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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-22
BY Gibson Gardner.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 22.-
President Roosevelt Is man with
rough corners and a temper which
occasionally gets beyond bounds.
That is the whole truth about the
case of Walter S. Elvidge, the
chauffeur who was recently dis
charged by peremptory executive
order, coupled with general
amendment Of the civil service
rules, which, under previous con-
ditions, would have insured him a
hearing.
President Roosevelt has an
nounced that now the man is to
be reinstated, as an act of mercy,
not justice.
President Roosevelt did Elyidge
an injustice. In his heart he must
realize this now. He is too honor
able to let the injustice stand; but
he is not big enough to admit that
the biggest and most popular pres
ident the republic ever had ought
to apologize to 5000 employe of
the civil service.
Walter Elvidge was the driver of
the electric vehicle for the bureau
of standards and measurements
His home was formerly in St. Paul,
and he secured the appointment as
automobile driver after passing a
civil service examination. He
brought with him a sick wife and
his little children. 1t took about
all the money he could scrape to.
gether to transfer his few personal
effects to the capital and to set up
his humble home in Washington.
So far all went well. He was
sober and industrious, and there
was no complaint of the way he
did his work.
But one day he was driving his
automobile along Massachusetts
avenue when he met a carriage
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-22

Crown hats, with broad, colored
bands, are most generally worn,
yet some wear the paleface hat.
Others are hatless and let their
hair hang down over their back.
Each dancer carries a gun. Three
or four men are standing at the
head of the line, and they give the
signal by striking on wooden
drum, rafting gourds partly filled
with pebbles, and singing the song
of the Rabbit Hunt"-a slow
monotonous chant, punctuated with
an occasional grunt. When the
music starts the line begins to
sway, the men at first moving only
their bodies. Then they put their
feet in motion, raising each al
ternately without moving from
their position. Later they chant
the song and thump the ground
with their feet more rapidly and
violently. Following this they give
IL yen duu lIOL dIpuHu tuc ouudlC,
one following in the others foot
steps in time to the song and
music. After making the round
they break into circles, after the
manner of a quadrille, and the
square is fielled with parties Of
dancers. The men forming the cir
Gle do not join hands, for they
need them in executing the move
ments with their guns in imitation
of the hunt, showing how they will
kill the rabbit on the morrow. The
circles dance in a direction oppo-
site to the course of the sun-that
is, from west to east. This cere-
mony Is repeated several times.
At first the dance Is fast and
furious. but finally decreases to a
mere "hippetty-hop" movement,
and then into the primary move
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-22
LIGHT SENTENCES
FOR TWO OFFENDERS

Two prisoners were arraigned be.
fore Judge Huneke this morning
for sentence on pleas of guilty. j.
e. Clark, guilty of larceny from the
person in taking $49.95 from James
Cannon, owing to previous good
record, was let off with the mini
mum sentence, one year in the pen
itentiary, and upon his request for
a Jail sentence was told by the
bench that there was no alterna-
tive for the court. Verney Graham,
guilty of fraud in passing a spuri-
GUS paper on j. H. Marks, received
a sentence of two years at Walla
Walla.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-22
Wierd Terpsichorean Revels OF Pu-
ebos to Thank Great Spirit for
Blessings of the Year.

Albuquerque, N. NJ, Nov. 1S.-
The Peublo Indians of New Mexico
have a day for thanksgiving and
prayer contemporaneous with that
of the paleface. Their prayer is a
dance. That Is the Pueblo Indian
method of praying to the Great
Spirit. The prayerdance is held
in the latter part of November,
according to the phase of the moon,
by which their days days are regu-
lated. The festival is known as the
rabbit Hunting Dance" Each
village has a festival. There is a
general attendance Of PueblOs, and
whites are admitted as spectators.
The villages of Zuni, Acoma and
Taos, being remote, are seldom
visited by white people on these
festivals, but the one at Isleta, a
few miles from Albuquerque, Is
more generally attended, especcial'
ly by tourists.
When the CHIEF or the village
has officially designated the day
the official cryer mounts to the top
of the "estufa," or place of wor'
ship, and announces that the
prayer-dance of the rabbit Hunt
will begin at daylight on the stated
day. Runners are sent out to notify
the Pueblo ranchers. They begin
filing into the public square long
before the hour, and fill the vacant
spaces, the housetops and dead
walls of the crumbling adobes. The
dancers are dressed in white cot
ton pantaloons, cotton shirts Of
all colors, and some wear loose
cotton gowns reaching to the feet
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-22

ment. The Indians continue their
chant and dance as long as
strength and breath remain. When
exhausted, they rest to resume the
prayer-dance when the Spirit
moves them. The dance ends about
noon. to be resumed after a "big
feed" and continues during the
night. In an hour or two most
begin to drop out from exhaustion,
for with the Indian dancinE is not
a leisurely pastime. He eIAers into
it with his soul, and especially his
entire body. He prays fervently
that the Great Spirit may give him
power to Stay plenty Of rabbits and
other game, and he also thanks the
Great Spirit for the game of last
season. the crops and the rains.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-22
EXPENSIVE CHAT
WITH COlORED WOMAN

Through making the acquaint-
ance of colored woman last night
Thomas Kelly, who lives in room
Al, Columbia hotel, is the loser of
just $56 in cash.
Kelly, it is reported, was going
up the street when he met the col
ored woman and stopped to talk
with her He says he did nothing
but talk, but when he reached in
his pockets after he got home he
was short the $56.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-22

tralian, in Berkeley.
Realizing that tvery mans hand
was turned against him, Andrews
secreted himself in a small apart.
ment on McAllister street, where
he succeeded in Guiding the police
for over a month, aided by the
woman who bought provisions and
medicines for him, and through
whose errands he was finally traced
to the home Of j. B. Meagher, who
rented the apartment to the wom-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-22
SUPREME COURT
JUDGEMENT NOW
A COUNTY RECORD

The formalities of making the
judgment of the United States SUI
preme court the judgment of the
superior court of Spokane county
and thus of record in this county,
were gone through with before
Judge Huneke this morning. This
is the case wherein the Northern
Pacific tried to GUST occupants off
the outside 100 feet on each side of
its 200 foot right of way. The rail-
road company lost it's contention,
and now the litigation is recorded
in the county clerks office, with
maps, etc, and decree.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-22
CRIMINALS GO
TO WAllA WALLA

Spokane is a sort of criminal
clearing house today for prisoners
sentenced to serve terms in Walla
Walla. Travelling Guards Rourk
and Chariot are here gathering up
the sentenced men of northeastern
Washington for the trip to the jute
mill. Five prisoners are here from
Okanogan county, a number have
been brought in from Lincoln coun-
ty and Spokane contributed two
this morning. Arrangements have
been made for the transport of the
entire bunch tomorrow.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-22

, had weighed his wagon. He got
his coal, but knew only the amount
called out by the weigher.
What he did find when he placed
the coal in his box was that at
least 300 pounds more of cubic
quantity of coal was in that box.
He believes that there is a short
age in weight at some of the coal
yards. All he knows is that the
firm which sold him coal on his
statement that he lived beyond the
city limits gave him more coal than
he had ever received from a city
dealer who delivered the coal in his
own wagon.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-22
DID HIGHLAND TR1
TO MILL WIFI AND CHILD

The troubles of Captain McClel-
land, exclusively announced in The
Press Monday night, seem to be
thickening and court martial and a
probable dishonorable dismissal
from the army, if not Imprisonment,
is awaiting the erstwhile genial Of
ficer and convivialist.
The latest phase of this officers
troubles to reach the light is an
attempt on the lives of his wife
and child in his quarters at the
fort, after his forcible return from
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-22
Century MARK
Is REACHED

BENTON, O., Nov. 22.-The Rev.
John Shaffer, until five years ago
a minister of the Disciples of Christ
Church, but since then retired from
active service, is celebrating his
Tooth birthday today. He is still
fairly strong and healthy and lives
here with two of his daughters.
His wife died several years ago. He
is the father of 10 children, eight
of whom are living.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-22
ARE THE COAL DEALERS
GIVING SHORT WEIGH

Shall Spokane have a public
weighing station where the private
citizen, for small fee, can learn
il coal dealers are giving them
correct weight?
The above question was brought
to the attention of The Press to.
day by a North Washington street
man, who tried to inven; a way of
his own to find out whether he is
being cheated. The best he could
do was to note how much coal
there was in the coal box into
which he has been receiving single
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-22
lis long debauch in the city.

his long debauch in the city.
A shotgun is said to have been
the weapon with which he made
the attempt. Afterward, all weap-
ons were removed from the house
except small knife which he had
gotten in the Philippines. 1t was
with this that he made the attempt
On his own life.
Lieutenant McClelanld, it has
been found, is short in his accounts
as repository for the funds of his
company. The amount is something
over $500.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-22

I tons from several concerns.
With his own personal rig he
went to the Office of the Spokane
Wood & Coal yard on Division
street this morning and asked for
a ton of COAL
He was informed that the con-
Germ sold no coal which 1t did not
deliver with and in its own delivery
wagons.
The man next went to the Dia-
mond Ice & Fuel company and, hav-
ing learned by experience, solemn
ly asserted that ne was a farmer
from the country northwest of the
city and wanted ton of coal. He
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-22
HORSE DISAPPEARED

Mr.. Holm, proprietor OF the Holm
saloon, reports to the police this
morning that some one stole q
horse and saddle belonging to has
son from in front o. Whites restar-
rant. The boy left the horse tied
to a post and went away for fe"
minutes and on his return found
the horse gone.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-22
WATER MAIN
BROKE DURING
A BIG BLAZE
tScripps News Associatiou.)

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 22.-Fire
broke out at the Barger Furniture
company at 10:40 today. At the
same We the water main broke.
The firemen feared the destruction
of large part of the business sec
ton on account of lack of pressure.
1t is rumored an elevator contain
ing passengers are stuck between
two burning floors.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-22
SOFT COAL MEN MEET
(Scripps News Association. }

CHICAGO, TX, Nov. pa well
attended meeting of owners of soft
coal mines was opened here today.
which was called for the purpose
of forming a national federation of
operators of soft coal mines.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-22

Mrs. Amander Kutzelb, who lives
in Leavenworth, Kan, wrote the
police this morning that she would
give $25 for information leading to
the finding Of her brother, Charles
TCff. Her brother left home five
years ago. He is a mute. She
gives his occupation as a printer.
Money awaits his arrival in Leav,
enworlh.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-22
buy POWER SITE

Sparks Bros. have bought 80
acres of land near Tumtum, Wash,
on the Spokane river, and will hold
it until a power plant is needed.
The land is on both sides of the
river and cost $4,000. There is a
water fall of 10 feet on the prop
erty. This can be raised with dams
to 40 feet.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-22
THIEF GOT
5000 HAUL
(Scripps News Association.)

(ScrIpps News Associat1On.)
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Nov. 22.-
George H. Wiley, paymaster of a
construction company, was held up
at the door of his Office at Camp
Cudahy, Wis, his personal effects
taken, keys of his Office and safe
stolen, safe entered and about
$4,000 in cash and negotiable papers
taken.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-22
HOUSE AND ROOM WHERE
MILTON FRANKLIN ANDREWS
COMMITTED LAST CRIME

San Francisco, Nov. %. - The
killing of Nulda Petrie, his para.
mour, by the notorious criminal,
Milton Franklin Andrews. and his
self-destrucction while officers were
breaking in the door to arrest him,
has caused a sensation in local
police circles unequaled by any
thing in late years.
Andrews was one of the most
famous crooks and outlaws in the
country, and large rewards for his
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-22
HOW THE PRESIDENT HURLED AN
OLYMP|AN BOLT TO STAY A CNAT

HISTORY OF THE CHAUFFEUR
ELViDGE CASE AND THE CT.
VII SERVICE AMENDMENT
SHOWS THE PRESIDENT HOT
TEMPERED AT TIMES RE.
lNSTATEMENT, BUT NO Elk.
CULPATION.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-22

capture were offered by the police
of several states. He was accused
of numbering Bessie Bouton, his
former sweetheart, in Colorado,
and of many other crimes, his last
offense being an attempt to muir
der VIM. c. Ellis, a wealthy Aus
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-22

Worley has boosted Spokane for
over Is years.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-11-22

an without knowledge of her male
companions presence.
Rather than face the gallows,
Andrews, when threatened with
capture, shot the woman he loved
too well to leave behind, and
killed himself just as the police
forced an entrance.
Holbrook argus., 1905-02-25
Notice for Publication
Department of the Interior, Land Of-

Department of the Interior, Land Of- flee at Prescott, A. T., Feb. 5, 1903. Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his inten- tion to make final proof in support on his claim, and that said proof will be made be- fore F. J. Wattron, U. S. Court Commissioner at Holbrook, A. T., on March 2ith. 1905, viz: Isreal Laxton for the S1a SEl4 Sec. 20. Tp. 10 N. R, 22E.
 He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultiva- tion of said land, viz:
 Frank Nickolaus. of ShowLow, Arizona James Hansen, Abner Ellsworth, Frank Ellworth,
 Fen. s. Hildreth,
 Register.
Holbrook argus., 1905-02-25
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior, Land Of- flee at Prescott, Ariz., Jan. 20. 1905. Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before F. J. Wattron. U. S. Court Commissioner, at Hol- brook, A. T., on March 25th, 1905, viz:-Hugh Lynch for the s. 1a NW.N Sec. 2 Tp. 20N. R. 26E.
 He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultiva- tion of said land, viz:
 John Connor of Holbrook, Arizona. F. F. Hathorn '' Viola V. Hathorn J. F. McCarroll
 Fen.S Hildreth
 Register.
Holbrook argus., 1905-02-25

H. B. Smith returned last evening from Pinetop, he reports there is more water in that vicin- ity than ever before, within the recollection of the oldest settlers there; and all the streams be- tween here and Pinetop are run. ming bank to bank.
 The 9th infantry of Leaven- worth, Kansas, consisting of 43 officers and S55 enlisted men passed through here last Satur- day on three special trains for San Francisco. They will go di- rectly from the cars to a trans port and are to land on Samar Island in the Philippines, where the natives are making trouble
 Last Monday morning wild animal attacked Bart Smithson, small boy at Woodruff, and came near killing him; his screams attracted the attention of some folks nearby who scared the ami mai off, but the fog was so dense they were unable to tell what it was. A hunting party was soon organized and Will Dewitt killed the animal, which proved to bea large lynx, measuring three feet from tip to tip.
 Passenger trains, No. 1 and 7, due to arrlve here Sunday morn- ing did not pass through until late Monday night. The delay was occasioned by the engine and nine cars of No. 7 running off the track about three miles this side of Rio Puerco. Two freight engines which went to the assistance also left the track. A shoofly was then built around the wreck and traffic resumed. Not a person was injured.
Holbrook argus., 1905-02-25
LOCAL and PERSONAL

professional business Sunday.
 H. M. Tanner, of St. Joseph spent a few hours here Tuesday.
 A. E. Lewis was a business wis itor at Winslow Monday.
 Adam Hanna came up from Winslow Tuesday.
 Alvin Despair spent Wednes day here.
 K. C. Creswell was a visitor at the county seat Wednesday.
 J.Y. Lee, of Woodruff, was here Monday after a load of provis. ions.
 Mir. and Mrs. E. Hall returned to their home Tn Albuquerque Sunday.
 Dr. Johnson went to Snowflake Monday to attend aprofessional call.
 l. E. Richards came up from St. Joseph Tuesday after a load of supplies for his store.
 This section was treated to a good dose of sky juice Wednes- day night.
 Mrs. J, w. Richards and family are spending the week at St. Joseph.
 A. L. Truax, a substantial citi- zen of Adamana, was a visitor here to-day.
 MT. and Mrs. F. A. Buck and MT. and Mrs. Chas. Allenbaugh attended the dance Wednesday night.
 Mir. and Mrs. w. B. Woods ar- rived home Thursday from a short visit with relatives in Los Angeles.
 Judging from the little hatchets worn by the school children Car rie Nation must have been in our midst this week.
 L. Lowenthal, representing the Topeka Paper Company of Tope- ka, Kansas, was in the city yes terday taking orders for his house.
 Professor McClelland will not be able to get here to lecture to- morrow night, and has postpon- ed giving his lecture until Sun day night, March 4tb.
 A. E. Maupin left here Sunday morning for his trading post, near Keams Canyon. He was accompanied by Tex Edmund son.
 Dr. J.S. Woolford, a wellknown physician of St. Johns, arrived here Monday and boarded belat- ed No. 1 for Los Angeles where he goes for medical treatment.
 Mrs. Louise Cross, accompan- jed by her son, w. B. went to Woodruff Monday to attend the
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-03-04
SELLS SACRILEGlOUs CHARM.
Claims Ta1isman Is Safeguard Against
Pestilence and Destruction.

Claims Talisman Is Safeguard Against
Pestilence and Destruction.
A negro has had printed several hun
dred copies of a letter purporting to
have been written by Jesus Christ, and
found As years after his crucifixion. 1t
is his object to sell the letter to the
ignorant of his race. A good many
copies of this letter have already been
sold among the poorer white people of
Columbus, many ignorant people not
doubling its genuineness. The letter
has the following heading:
Copy Of a letter written by our Sa-
yior, Jesus Christ.
Found IS miles from Iconium, 45
years after our blessed Savior's cruel
fiXion, transmitted from the holy city
by a converted Jew, faithfully trans
lated from its original Hebrew copy,
now In possession of the Lady Cuba S
family in Mesopotamia.
This letter was written by Jesus
Christ and found under a great stone,
both round and large, at the top of the
cross 10 miles from Iconium, near a
village called Mesopotamia."
The following inducement to buy is
published at the close of the letter,
and is justly regarded as a sacrilege
of the worst character:
And whatsoever shall have a copy of
this letter, written with my own hand
and keep it in their house, nothing
shall hurt them, neither pestilence
lightning, nor thunder shall do then
any harm. You shall have no answer
from me, but by the holy scripture
until the day of judgment. All good
ness and prosperity shall be in the
house where a copy of this letter shall
be found" -Pittsburg Times.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-03-04

IllHe an alliance
with England was discussed as the
only means by which the evil Of for.
eign Intervention on the western hemi.
sphere might be averted. 1t was one
or the most critical times in the his.
tory of the republic.
The President, James Monroe. was
man who had been distinguished for
qualities other than those of nnpno.
cious opposition to the European now.
ers. Yet 1t was James Monroe who I'm.
eXpectedly came forward with the
very proclamation that convinced those
powers Of the dangers of interference
In his message to Congress in that wear
occurs the sentence which has become
part of our national policy under the
name of the Monroe doctrine.
I'VE owe it to candor, and to the
am1cable relations existing between
the United States and those powers"
1.-THE powers in question were those of
the holy alliance) ito declare that we
should consider any attempt on their
part to extend their system to any por-
ton of this hemisphere as dangerous
to our peace and safety"
The boldness and earnestness Of this
document and its opportune promulga-
ton marked the vigorous commence
ment of national life and the develop
ment of clearly defined foreign pol
Icy. 1t was the death blow of the holy
1t has become a national ira
dition that has brought untold aid to
this country. And all because James
Monroe was not found wanting when
the time came when his country most
needed his courage.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-03-04
A GIobe-Trotting Teacher.

Miss Nina Boegli, Swiss girl, has
the distinction of having taught school
IN nearly every civilized country in
the world, although she is barely 81
years of age. She began teaching
when she was Is, and year later de-
cided to take trip around the world.
making her expenses by teaching in
the lands through which she passed.
With $3.50 and large stock of pluck
ana courage as her capital, she
started out, and it has taken her
eight years to accomplish her DUR
pose During the entire tour of the
world she never met with an accident
She was treated with courtesy every,
where, and had plenty of pupils IN
each country where she chose to ston
She reports that she found Australia
the most liberal in paying teachers 70,
their services.