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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-03
BURNED To DEATH AND
BURIED ALIVE FOR W|TCHERY
JACK O'KEEFE
NOW A POET

A story comes out of Chicago
that Jack O'Keefe, who lambasted
Honey Melody 20 fast rounds to a
draw on the fiat, and who went the
same distance with Jimmy Britt at
the Arena, and who later took the
count from Jimmy Gardner at the
Broadway, has written a song.
No one would think Jack was a
poet to look at him, and some peo-
pie would not say he was a poet
after they had read the song, but
drummers who have passed through
the windy city en- route to Butte
say that Jacks song is "all the
candy and that newsboys whistle
it as they sell their papers.
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THE BURNING OF OP1ROFF.
Opiroff. Fearing that an ordinary
execution might not exterminate
the evil spirit, THEY DECIDED TO
BURN THE OLD MAN ALIVE.
Human Sacrifice.
They prepared a bonfire of wood
on the village green, and then went
in a body and dragged the old man,
too feeble to resist, to the pyre. He
was tied to a stack of wood, men,
women and children gathered
round, and the wife of one of the
village elders set fire to the fagots.
In a few minutes Opiroff, FRAN
TICALLY SHRIEKING FOR MER-
CY, EXPIRED, AMID THE RE-
.JOICINGS OF THE VILLAGERS.
To the surprise of the peasants,
the death of the ''sorcerer"
brought about no Improvement in
their harvests. The drouth con-
tinued, the cattle died, and the viii
layers were unable to obtain ex-
pected reductions in their taxes.
One of the older peasants remem-
bered that they had forgotten to
perform the rite of exercising the
evil spirit.
Acme of Fanaticism.
The villagers thereupon marched
to the grave at midnight and ex-
humed the charred remains. To
the spot where Opiroff had been
burned to death the bones were
escorted by long procession
headed by trumpeters and flute
players. Opiroff's bones were
placed on the ground and a COM
pany of peasants EXECUTED A
STRANGE DANCE ROUND THEM
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~ w lEIeD wi OOlS DI IIlE
TRUMPETERS.
While the exorcism was proceed
ing, the village priest, Father Con-
stantine, suddenly appeared.
The peasants greeted him with
enthusiasm, believing he had come
to BESPRINKLE THE SORCER-
Frs REMAINS WITH HOLY
WATER, and thus lend a religious
aspect to the ceremony.
Father Constantine, however, re-
buked them for their impious bar
barism, cursed their superstition,
and denounced them as heather.
The Priests Fate.
The peasants, many intoxicated,
and all unusually excited by their
wierd rites, cried that the evil
spirit had left Opiroff only to enter
the body of Father Constantine.
The mob of fanatical peasants
seized the priest, carried him back
to the cemetery, and THREW HIM
INTO THE OPEN GRAVE FROM
WHICH THE BODY OF OPIROFF
HAD JUST BEEN EXHUMED.
The grave was quickly filled in, and
he priest was buried alive.
The peasants danced over the
grave to the strains of wild music,
and then dispersed.
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Madam, / hope you are I'M
harmed?" said the gentleman.
Eyes, l am thankful to say,
am" said |.
"You know what it all means 2"
said he. at was a fine mind that
illness warped so terribly. She has
been i'll, and believes herself now
spirit. 1t is a delusion of hers
that if she can send a spirit to
heaven she may remain here, her
self. My poor wife! Forgive us
the terror you must have felt"
Then he bowed and followed his
wife into the other cab, and l saw
her clinging to him as they drove
away.
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/, OUR Daily Story.


YES" she went on: Eyes, | have
friend that is spiritualist, and
went to her at once, and as soon
as l appeared to her she kindly
materialized me, and | want to stay
So"
ooh, you will" | said. you sure
ly will. Let us drive to your house
and as soon as your children kiss
you you will know that you are no
longer a spirit. Have you told the
driver where to go?"
She put her hand on my arm and
drew me down.
Listen" said she; don't you
hear the sounds behind us? Spirits
coming to carry me to heaven.
don't want to go. but there is only
! one way to avoid 1t. The spirits
want spirit to take away, and it
must be a young woman's spirit.
You are about my age. Have you
husband?"
81 am a widow" said |.
Good said she. How lucky
that is. You'll want to go to heav-
en- because your husband is there;
| want to stay because mine is here.
Come, I'll send your spirit with
them-you'll yet me, won't you?"
was trembling all over, but I
asked her how she would do it..
at depends little on that"
"Oh," said she, "as for how.
there Is just one way. l must cut
your throat; but | have very
sharp razor and 1t won't hurt at
ALL"
made one dash for the door
which | should have made sooner
had | guessed at the hidden weap-
on, you may be certain-but as I
did SO her face changed, her eyes
flashed furiously, and she clutched
me by the throat. gave a wild
scream, the cab stopped and I
heard men shouting beside us. Then
the woman was struggling in a po-
liceman's arms, and gentleman
held the razor in his hands. There
was another carriage beside our.
and these men had sprung from it..
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MAYOR AND
HOG CHOLE ERA

DR.. c. V. Genoway, health ficer,
and Mayor Daggett have been in
vestigating the reports that hog
cholera existed in the vicinity of
Spokane, and Wednesday the may
or went out into the country and
called upon some of the farmers
from which investigation he and
the health officer have placed a
quarantine on all hogs brought in
to the city.
DR.. S. B, Nelson of the Washing.
ton state college has been sent for
and is expected in the city today.
He will thoroughly investigate the
matter.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-03
A Pathetic Story Of Much Psyche
logical Interest.

I had taken cab to go home
from the church society of which |
was a member, for it was pouring
rain, and we had gone four blocks
through the dismal streets when the
driver stopped and called through
the little window on the roof:
"Could you do a favor for half
drowned lady out here? She wants
me to take her in"
l opened the door. In an instant
a woman had hurried in and taken
her seat opposite me. She was
pretty, with dark complexion and
long black hair, braided oddly in
two braids like school girls. She
seemed about 30. She wore a
morning gown deliberately trimmed,
a breakfast cape and a little seal.
skin cap that looked like a mans.
/ felt sorry for her as she wiped her
poor little wet hands on her hand
kerchief. and looked pietously down
AT ner wet 1eet.
At last she fixed a long, steady
gaze upon me and said: ut Is a
wet. uncomfortable sort of world
after all, isn't it,"
Indeed, 1t seems so today"
at never rains In heaven"
IL hope not" said |.
"Where storms do not come" she
repeated, as though making a quo
tation. "Of course it does not. But
then" she added quickly, "you see
one stays with ones husband and
children at any cost | have hus-
band, the best fellow, and three
pretty children-pretty and good as
q mother could wish and how
anxious they were when I was so
Ill, He cried--a great, strong man.
Yes, he cried. or course, the chill
dren did. and when I died."
when you died?"
"Yes, when | died." she said I'm
louder tone. when died. I
say, he tainted. Oh. you think It's
strange that I should speak Of my
self so. Nobody believes me, but
It's true; am not living, am
only materialized."
could not speak any answer to
this; only shrank away into the
corner OF the cab, for though had
mo idea I was In company with a
ghost. her words made me nervous.
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DRDVl1rgIS

Ladies' play billiards and pool
every day and evening at Phster
billiard parlor.
A check book is much more con-
venient to carry than large wal
let filled with legal tender. and if
1t Is lost, no loss falls upon it's
owner, as would be the case If he
lost his wallet, for the checks are
valueless until signed by the de-
positor,
We pay per cent interest on &C
counts subject to check. Bank open
Saturday evening from 6 to s
o'clock.
SPOKANE G EASTERN TRUST
COMPANY.
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LOCAL JAPS
WILL HONOR
THEIR RULER

Tonight at Elks temple the Jap
anese of the city will celebrate the
anniversary of the Mikado's birth
day. About 700 invitations have
been issued. An interesting pro-
gram will be presented.
A. X. Okamota, representative of
the Oriental Trading company, will
preside. 7. Kishida has consented
to demonstrate Jul jitsu for the
benefit of the audience.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-03
HEARTS CURED.

Almost every case of heart disease
can be cured with DIR. Miles New
Heart Cure. In the early stages,
quickly and surely: In advanced
stages, with persistent use-almost
as surely Let us send you testi-
monials from those cured. where
symptoms were like yours. DIR.
MILlSn MEDICAL CO.. Elkhart, Ind.
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NOTICE TO
SUBSCRIBERS

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In this way we can be certain %
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THE SPOKANE PRESS.
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ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE ST.
PERSTITiON IN THE TWENTl.
ETH CENTURY CONSIGNS A
FEEBLE OLD MAN AND A
PRIEST TO TERRIBLE DEATH
LICENSE lG N o r A nee OF
CRIMEAN MONJIKS.

ODESSA, Nov. 3.-Intending it
as an expiatory offering to drive
away impending famine and ruin,
peasants at Seizakrieza committed
horrible crime.
The harvest has been the worst
in many years, and the peasants be-
lieved their misfortune was caused
by one Opiroff, 70, long suspected
of having secret dealings with the
devil. 1t was formally resolved at
a meeting of village elders to kill
The Two Victims of Awful Russian
Peasant Fanatlcism.
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NEURALGIA

IS an affiiction or the nerves, and
therefore yields readily to the sooth-
ing influence of DIR. Miles Anti-Pain
Pills. They are absolutely harmless.
ana drive out the pain by relieving
the irritated condition of the nerves.
Guaranteed to benefit, or money re-
funded. rs doses. 25 cents. Never
sold in bulk
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-03
BUSINESS RESUMES
IN new ORLEANS
(Scripps News Association.

NEW ORLEANS, La, Nov. g.
Louisiana state university opened
today. Other schools throughout
the state are nearly all open. Bust
ness generally has been resumed
throughout the state and city. The
opening of the schools indicates the
end of all fear of any further spread
of the disease this year.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-03
ron SALE.

We are still retailing at wholesaie
prices: Fir flooring. $40 and up.
Clear fir ceiling, $500.
Clear fir drop siding. $500.
Five cross panel No. 1 doors. $l.eo.
Door and window frames complete.
$1.00 to $1.25.
Jenkins Luellwitz Lumber Co.,
North End Division st. bridge.
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L. X. MoNFoRT & CO.,

Oh NIVETSIu6 hVtIuC'
$500-Three-room house, barn
and chicken house, good lot; $500
cash, $40 per month, no interest or
taxes until paid for.
S2000-New four-room modern
cottage, electric lights, with fix
lures, lawn, barn, both streets
graded, sidewalk on street In front
of house, all assessments paid to
date; $50 cash, SIS per month, in
Guiding interest.
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The Steam Clothes Pressing con.
pany will French dry clean and press
-FOUR suit for Soc or your trousers fne
lsc; only to Is minutes required;
good dressing rooms: alterations ana
repairing. $40 Second avenue Phene
1859
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FOR SALE,

2h acres In Writings Second adj
dition; fine residence site. Geo.
Kendall Stocker Co., 215-216 Mo
hawk block.
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STOCKHOLDERS MEETING

The annual meeting of the stock.
holders of the Columbia & Red
Mountain Railway company will be
held at the office of the secretary
on the second floor of the Great
Northern depot building in the city
OF Spokane at p. IN. on Monday,
November 10, 1905.
r. c. MORGAN,
Secretary.
Spokane. Wash, Nov. 3, 1905.
The Press delivered at your door
for zoe per month. Phone 375,
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xnucAnoxA

Learn telegraphy and railroad e.
counting; $50 to 500 q month saIaaY
assured our graduates under pond
ca and endorsed by all railroads:
write for catalogue. Morse School,
Of Telegraphy. Cincinnati, O., buI'
falo, N. Y, Atlanta, Ga. La Crosse
Wis. Texarkana. Tex. San FRANCISCO
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Phone ". sas--Prsss--ske -
month.
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Ro1 sALx-1BAI rsFAxH.

Do you want the best lots IN the
city for tho money! See US todays
we will show you. Fine lots. on car
line. SITS and $3.50: $40 down and
IS month. for few days only.
Northern Investment Co.. $50 River.
side avenue. Phone l333.
$500 buys a new, modern, Ave
room cottage on Bridge avenue.
close in: nice lawn. big shade trees.
Terms.
$1700-Buys six-room cottage
new and modern: $500 cash.
LIGHTLY & CO.,
Ga Jameson Block. Tel. 1898.
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Loans on long % snort tina
Daniel Bros. SIT Hyde block. se-A
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-03

81 opens a checking account. The
Peoples Bank, 112 Mill. Long
hours.
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NOTICE.

In the superior court of the state
of Washington, in and for the county
of Spokane
Spokane International Railway
company, a corporation, plaintiff, VS..
Ralph A. Petley and - Petley.
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CAST OFF CLOTHING.

Positively highest prices paid Tor
cast OF clothing. N223 stevsnA II
l7l1.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-25
LEGAL NOTICES.

ESSEX County Orphans Court, State OF New
Jersey.-In the matter of estate OF John
Winter.-Order to show cause.-ELIzABETH
WESTERMAN, sister. one of the next Of
kin of JOHN WINTER, late of Newark
New Jersey having filed her application in
writing with the Surrogate of Essex County
New Jersey. alleging therein that said JOHN
WINTER being a resident Of the State OF
New Jersey, has absented himself from said
State for seven years successfully That
his next of kin and heirs at law are the
said ELIZABETH WESTERMAN a sister
STORCK. a sister. And praying for an
order that cause be shown why letters of
administration of said JOHN WINTERS
ABETH WESTERMAN. and that letters OF
administration of the goods and chattels
credits and estate Of d, SAID "a ,,erI9 John WINTER
MAN And it appearing that said LENA
GEISHEIMER and SOPHIA STORCK have
ministration Of the goods and chattels and
credits of said JOHN WINTER and re-
quested that administration be granted to
said ELIZABETH WESTERMAN.
Now therefore, it is on this twenty-thrd
dav OF December, Nineteen Hundred and
Four. ordered that cause be shown. by any
Surrogate of the County of Essex. at his
office in the Courthouse in the city Of New
of February, Nineteen Hundred and Five.
at 10 o. clock in the forenoon. or as soon
thereafter as the matter can be heard. why
letters of administration OF the goods and
chattels credits and estate of said JOHN
WINTER should not be granted to the said
ELIZABETH WESTERMAN. And 1t is
further ordered that said order to show
cause shall be published. within twenty days
hereafter in the Newark Evening News, a
newspaper printed and published at Newark
in the State of New Jersey and in the San
Francisco Call, a newspaper printed and pub
lished at San Francisco, in the State OF
California for four weeks successfully at
least once In each week
G. E. RUSSELL. Surrogate.
CHARLES T. GLEN, Proctor TAI Broad
street Newark. N. ].
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-25
! CLEARINGHOUSE OF HUMAN INTERESTS
REAL EsrATE-cITY-FoR SALE.

REAL EsrATE-cITY-FoR SALE.
HEADQUARTERS FOR PARK LoTSi
Incompatible "Oceanside" Dist. lotsl
$500 to S120O.
Your choice in graded new blocks Easy terms.
Fronting right on Boulevard and Ocean.
5000 to s1o0o-Lots fronting Park; unobstructed
view of Park and Ocean; official grade;
has positively best future in this city. On
installments
s1o0, $3.50, $3.50 to $850-Near Park and Ocean,
The prices and location and terms cannot
be beaten.
All bargains! See them at oncei
Branch office on corner H street and 4Tth ave.
Open daily and Sundays.
$500 to S450-North of Park, near Fulton st.
and Park; opposite Spreckels Lake and
Speedway; superb view OF Park, Lake
and Ocean.
$50 to s400-Level Excelsior Hid. lots near
Mission-street cars. SIS monthly.
$1,000 to S35o0-Modern cottages in Sunset,
Richmond Oceanside and Excelsior Hd.
All bargainsl Easy terms!
SOL GETz & SON, Owners and Dealers
Room a. fourth floor, Chronicle Bldg.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-25
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

The following marriage licenses were issued
yesterday:
Alexander Gogstad, 80 s64 Geary street, and
Marie C. Jonassen 2s, S64 Geary street.
Eduard Bischof, g. PA Haight street. and
Johanna weienman. "a Alameda.
Daniel ]. O'Hearn 30, city, and Pauline
Schaffrey. 20, city.
Vincenzo Maroellino, 81. 4131s Green street.
and Elena Petricevich. 1s. 4lSh Green street
Susan M. Morrin, 26, 1896 Filbert street.
Henry A. White. 81, College City, and Carol
L. Phelps, 49, Red Bluff.
Walter r. Castagnetto, 81, 1924 Dupont ST.,
and May Castagnetto, 10, Yosemite Valley.
Otto NJ. Becker, Al, 419A Natoma street,
and Maria Hauser, 34 s14 Alvarado street,
Joseph Pincolini. 81, Verdi, New. and Nellie
PEosoli 81. Steamboat. New.
Meredith Sawyer, 2S city, and Florence
Martin 20. 8474 Clay street.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-25
REDEMPTION BONDS.

CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY
FIRST REFUNDING MORTGAGE BONDS
Notice is hereby given that, pursuant TO the
provision of article eight OF the mortgage
from this company to the Central Trust Com
pany of New York, trustee, dated August l.
1899 this company has set apart out OF the
net income derived by Ii from the lines Of
railroad therein mortgaged the sum of TWEEN
ty-fve thousand dollars in trust TO be used
to redeem said bonds, and that bonds issued
under said mortgage will be redeemed there
render of such bonds at prices to be named
by the bidders, to the amount of $26 go so.
in the sinking fund. Such bids should be
presented to this company at its office, 100
Broadway. in the city Of New York, on or
before the 14th day of February, 1905 at IL
o'clock noon and should be indorsed Bids
Company First Refunding Bonds
CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY.
BY z. H. HARTMAN. President.
New York. January 16 1925.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
(OF CALIFORNIA-FIRST CONSOL-
GOLD BONDS OF 1S93-Notice is hereby
given that the board Of directors OF this
company has determined to to redeem
First Consolidated Mortgage Five Per Cent
Gold Bonds of the Southern Pacific Railroad
Company (of California; S20.4 AIT ~ now n
the sinking fund for the redemption and pay
ment OF bonds Of that issue. and that bonds
Bids are hereby invited for the surrender OF
such bonds at prices to be named by the
bidders Such bids should be deposited with
Andrew K Van Deventer. assistant treas
urer of the Southern Pacific Railroad Com
pany, at his office. 120 Broadway New York
city. at or before IL o'clock noon, on the
14th day of February, 1905, and should be
indorsed bids for Surrender Of Southern
Pacific Railroad Company (of California;
Five Per Cent Bonds"
By E. H. HARTMAN President
New York. January 16. 190h
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-25
q. N. WILLBERG, Licensed Survsyor,
109 MONTGOMERY ST.
City Lots Accurately and Officially Surveyed.

City Lots Accurately and Ofncially SurVoyeo-
CHARGES REASONABLE
My field books, diagrams show, by actual
measurements, the exact points from which
your lot was surveyed, which Is inperatively
necessary, as the City Surveyor and other sur
veyors do not show that, and also because all
the original monuments taken out when
the streets formed In the early days OF
the city. since which time the different City
Surveyors extending to the present time have
made innumerable errors in their street and
lot surveys, and to conceal such errors they
have moved the monument lines away from
their original correct positions without legal
authority from the people, causing blocks and
streets to measure incorrectly creating excess
measurements in hiacks of the most valuable
portion of the city, which they do not distribute
proportionately throughout the block, but often
give the entire excess of sometimes IL inches
more to one person. thereby interfering with
the deed distances of the people and the abso-
lutte security of boundary lines.
Consult me before moving your valuable
buildings such unfair surveys. Work guar
anteed.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-25
RLP OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
HELP wANrEp-MALE.


A--MURRAY & READY. 634- $50 Clay St
Phone Main osIS
THE RIGHT OF MAN To LIVE. THE
RIGHT OF MAN TO WORK.
Leading Employment and Labor Agents
we gave II laO} 1905 we hope to
1900 men work increase 64 OOO
SPECIALS
OPEN AT A. III.
Steam shovel foreman; see boss here; 800
Cement finisher; good long Job; So 30 day.
Man TO run carding machine, city factory;
81 % day.
DIARIES. ORCHARDS. VINEYARDS
Teamsters, farmers, mixers.
HOTELS
COOKS. walters. dishwashers gardeners por~
ters oelooys. elevator boys, yardmen, etc.
MARRIED.
Man ana wife, country $40 to $50 and found;
COOK and wife. $50 and found; walters,
southern California, good hotel. $25 and
found. 81 20 fare.
BOOKKEEPBR
Bookkeeper for country store and Postofhce.
south; married man preferred; must give
Bookkeeper and general office man, mining
company: must have experience around mine;
Rookkeeper. country merchandise store, s75.
Working foreman, ranch south, $50 and i'd.
Farmer and wife, chicken ranch good propo-
sition.
BUTCHERS
Shop butcher south; good job; $45 and I'd.
Butcher shop and wagon; near city; $50 and
found.
Butcher city Job: steady: s12 week..
TRANSFERS
teamsters, 2-horse lumber wagon, city,
/ teamster. near city, 81 day.
Jobbing gardener city $40.
2 concrete finishers. near city. 81 80 day.
Man and wife ranch, Placer County $32 so
and found.
MURRAY & READY. es4- CSC Clay st.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-25
NOTICE TO srocxHoLDERs.

annual meeting OF the stock
holders of THE RIGHTWAY SHOE co.
No s12 S14 Market st.. in the City and
County of San Francisco, State Of Caiifor-
mia on the 30th day of January. 1906 at
o'clock D. m. for the purpose Of electing
directors and for the transacticA of such
other business as may be brought before
said meeting The stock transfer books will
be closed at o'clock y. m. January 30. 1905.
and remain closed until 10 o'clock a. m.
January 81, 1905.