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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-01-24
HOPE STRIKERS MERRY

HCRE. Idaho, Jan. 22.-Editor
PressV Since the beginning of the
strike now on against the Hope Lum-
Der company by its employees, who
are resisting second reduction of
wages. affairs have passed perfectly
satisfactorily to the union boys.
They have enjoyed the blessings of
public sympathy and the respect and
honor of all good principled working
men.
Their fight is a Just one and, with
right on their side. victory Is as
sured.
over $4,000 have arrived from the
American Labor union headquarters
since the beginning of the strike.
This has amply sufficed In keeping
the boys in chuck"
Pie? Every mothers son has had
pie every day. In fact. taking into
consideration the liberties they are
now enjoying, the pie, the occasional
venison, the daily duck ana the thrice
daily trout or char, and who would
feel inclined to nope?
On the other hand, the three or
Your nopuutau man at Hast what a
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ing to induce the company to either
find the goods or pay him for them
He has not been successful.
Arriving in Spokane, the Clark
family took sick. The failure Of the
household goods to arrive put an adj
ditional expense on the tailor. His
money evaporated. His expenses in
creased with sickness. Most of his
time was taken up fighting claim
agents, who have hammered down
his price until today he Is offered
one half of $3.50, the lowest price he
had placed on the goods and damage
done.
The goods are still missing and the
railroad company refuses to make
good until the claim agent has earn
ed his salary. For nearly a year
Clark has been sleeping in "a borrowed
bed.
TO the newspaper, to whose allur-
ing stories of wealth IL due his emf
grafton, Clark has gone to ask help
The newspaper manager told him
such a story would interfere with
the papers business relations with
the railroad company.
Mr.. Clark since then has been look
ing for an Iowa mascot, a check for
his household goods and a newspaper
not afraid to publish his tale of woe
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"Oh, you mustn't mind me-" an
swered Wilson.
Then he picked up another sack Of
flour and threw it at Mr.. Cook. who
lodged and ran out through the store.
Wilson followed Cook with another
through the front door Of the store
a second after Cook had made his
escape into the street. The sidewalk
was covered with broken glass and
-four.
A great crowd had gathered by this
time and followed the man down
Monroe to the Forest Park grocery.
Wilson rushed into this store and
ran down into the cellar. Here he
was detained by the crowd until the
police arrived.
Officers Casey and Smith went over
with the patrol and arrested Wilson.
They had to call officer Lewis to
their assistance, as the man is a
giant ana fought as only mailman
can. He was finally overpowered and
taken TO the station.
lie is undoubtedly insane. but the
intoXicants he had been using had
much 70 do with his strange con-
duet.
1t took five men at the station to
put Wilson in cell.
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TAILOR JOHN CLARK
AND HIS TALE OF WOE

As disciple Of hard luck John
Clark, who runs a small tailor shop
on Division street, is the one over
burdenod agent. Mr. Clark fairly
rolls in the lap of Madame Hoodoo.
Tailor Clark, a year ago, was con-
Quoting prosperous little business
in the small town of Colfax, Ia. He
was doing fairly well, but was am
bilious to move into larger quarters
and do business in a larger town.
He read some glowing newspaper
descriptions of the golden pavements
In Spokane and decided to move to
the city by the falls.
Accordingly he bought tickets for
himself and family, sold out his bus
household goods in n freight car
marked Spokane via the Great North
ern railroad and St. Paul.
Clark and his family got here, but
since leaving the Iowa town he has
heard from his household goods but
once, and that on transfer from the
Iowa line to the Great Northern at
st. Paul.
The household effects were shipped
at Colfax, Ia, last April, nearly a
year ago. At st. Paul they disap-
peared.
Since April Mr.. Clark has been try
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TO BLOCK ARM0RY DEAL
VeW Move on Foot to Preuent Sacrifice
of Public Money---7ower Organ
Adn1its Plans fire Too Costly

be successful, 1t is certain the deal
will have to be declared off.
Some of the members of the COM
mission are now strongly in favor of
selecting another site and only the
fear of the whip of the tall tower,
and Adjutant General Drains influ-
ence, has kept them from going over
to those opposing the site. now that
the architects plans show the ex-
travagance Of building over the big
hole.
This feeling is intensified since the
Spokesman-Review in an attempt to
counterfeit the publication of the
facts in The Press, tried, in it's usual
laundering way, to twist the fact
that new plans were ordered into a
trivial occurrence.
AS matter of fact the tall tower
organ was forced to admit that the
plans were too costly and in adver-
tently stated that cheaper construc-
ton would be necessary as well as a
reduction of the floor space.
This admission has damaged the
case of the tall tower combine, as it
shows plainly that the statements in
The Press and before the commission
were accurate.
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now left of them go and come from
their work like whipped schoolboys
in the tow of their master. They
never venture up into the village in
the broad light of day even. You
may see them skulking along with
the superintendent. who conveys
them to and fro, generally leading
one of his darlings by the hand and
holding IA in the other.
strange accident happened one
OF the nonunion men the other eve-
ming. A deplorable accident, and un-
doubtedly another charge OF conspir-
acy will be filed against the union
within a day or so.
AS the fellow was going out to
feed the fowls he slipped and fell
into vat of tar that stood near
the henhouse door
His cries and struggles bewilder-
ed the guileless fowls, who nuttered
like demented creatures Feathers
flew in all directions. and, say, when
that nonunion man emerged from the
henhouse, whittier he had stumbled,
1t would take poultry expert eight
NAna H..
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New moves In the fight against the
armory deal are likely to result in
blocking the scheme to locate the ar
mory over the, Riverside avenue hole.
Developments are promised which
may force the commission to throw
down the tall tower schemers and
select new site.
Although the county commissioners
directed Auditor Stewart to wire an
acceptance of the offer of N. w. Har-
ris & Co. Of Chicago for the bonds,
the sale has not been completed as
some would have the public believe.
The fact that the case of r. A..
Hutchinson against the county COM
missioners to enjoin the sale of the
bonds has been appealed to the SUI
preme court makes the deal in the
bonds hazardous and an investment
company would certainly be taking
chances in buying them before the
supreme court has handed down an
opinion.
But another move is on foot where
by the crooked deal for the location
of the site may be stopped and the
developments in this are expected
within few days. Should the move
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(RAZ1 RAh(H[R RUNS
AnU(k On NORTH SIDE

George Wilson, a powerful Nor
wegian, who has lately been employed
at Grifiiith's ranch near Little Spo-
kane. came into town this morning
and made things lively.
He has been suffering from in
somnia of late and was in nervous
condition.
He went to a wholesale liquor
house, where he bought a dozen
bottles of beer and a bottle of whis-
ky. He had this packed in a box and
boarded car for North Monroe
street.
He left the car and went into the
grocery of w. L. Cook. O2925 Monroe.
Entering the store, he asked Mr..
Cook If he might leave the box
there. He was told he could put 1t
in the back storeroom. The prOprie-
tor saw nothing peculiar in Wilson's
conduct so he kept on with the work
in which he was engaged.
Cooks attention was next attracted
by a great noise in the storeroom.
Rushing in he found Wilson tossing
sacks of -four about and scattering
their contents in all directions. He
threw a number of sacks against the
wall with the ease of child tossing
a ball.
What does all this mean?" de-
manded the amazed grocer.
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The selfishness of the gang trying
to locate the armory on Riverside
avenue in order to boost their own
property holdings is demonstrated by
the plain admission that they will
fight for the erection of the building
over the big hole, even if necessary
to cut what was to have been a stout
building down to a mere barn-like
shell.
Already one Of those much talked
of basement floors Is cut off, to-
gether with the proposed office room,
and the plans have been changed so
that to drill a company in the ar
mory would necessitate a standing
order for right or left oblique in
order to escape the sharp and uneven
corners.
BY the time the plans are again cut
to get within the appropriation in
order to allow for the building of a
mighty and useless foundation, there
won't be room enough left to put on
the names of the members of the
armory commission-which would be
too bad.
The Spokesman-Review has helped
to show up the crooked deal and the
extravaganza of the site.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 24.-The
strikers today are circulating procla-
nations and the people are eagerly
accepting the documents, which are
signed The Russian Social Democ-
racy"
One proclamation declared yester-
day, after describing the bloodshed of
Sunday:
who directed the soldiers to aim
rifles and fire bullets at the breasts
of laborers. 1t was the emperor,
the grand dukes, the ministers, the
generals and the mobiles of the court.
They are murderers. Stay them! To
arms, comrades, Seize the arsenals
and arms at the depots and gun
smiths and lay low the prison walls!
Liberate the defenders of freedom!
Demolish the police stations and all
government state buildings. We must
throw down the emperor and the
government and have our own gov
eminent! Long live the revolution"
Professor Kareeff Mannensky and
NJ. Perchsechnoff, well known writ
ers. and Attorneys Kedrin and
Schnitnikoff were arrested during the
night.
Nj. lessen, editor of the Pravo, the
organ of the legal profession, has
been arrested.
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MOSCOW, Jan. 24.-Strikers are
marching about the city, gathering
recruits as they go. The printers all
struck and there will be no news
papers in Moscow tomorrow.
The gas and electric light works
are idle and are guarded by troops.
No fighting thus far.
Up to noon 1000 strikers quit work.
Ten thousand are now out.
The employees of Hopper's factories
this morning refused to quit but a
mob of 500 strikers forced an en-
trance to the factory and elected the
workmen and demolished the ma
chinery
The employees of the tanneries were
persuaded to join the strikers this
afternoon.
All arms have been removed from
the gunsmith shops. most of which
have been closed to prevent the
strikers obtaining weapons.
The report that Father Gopon is
in Moscow can not be confirmed. If
he is here, he is keeping himself Sc
cluded.
The authorities say they have no
fear of serious rioting, but it is
learned the troops are being held in
The strikers are acting in modera-
ton. The leaders are planning a
monster parade through the princi-
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ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 24.-12:30
p. m.-Thousands of strikers have
assembled on Nevsky prospect. The
outgoing trains are carrying the
wives and children of many promi-
nent citizens to outlying places Of
safety.
A number of government printers
resumed work this morning, but thou
sands are still idle.
Workmen are strolling through the
streets in small groups, but as yet
have offered no violence.
During the night strikers tore
down the telephone wires which run
and also attempted to plumber the big
universal store, but were repealed.
Fifteen hundred workmen broke
into the Sestroresk rifle factory and
plundered all the rifles in the factory
They destroyed the narrow gauge
railroad from st. Petersburg to Sest-
roresk and are reported to have de-
stroyed a section Of the railway rum
ming from st. Petersburg to Moscow
Three hundred and fifty attorneys
held meeting and passed a resolu-
ton of sympathy with the strikers,
protesting against the government in
provoking bloodshed and declining to
plead in the courts.
The Official Messenger today states
that no serious clashes occurred yes
terday and no casualties. 1t placed
the number of dead in Sundays fight
ing at SO, wounded 80.
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OF the First Baptist church. and
others.
On motion OF DR.. Van Osdel the
mayor selected a committee of 10 tC
prepare bylaws and arrange details
for forming a permanent organiza-
tion. This committee will meet al
the office of the mayor next Thursday
afternoon at 4 o'clock.
The committee is composed Of the
following: +. e. Goodall, Iarl J.
Cook, Mrs. F. r. Emery. J. NJ Com.
stock. Cyrus Happy, Rev. w. J.
IIindley, Captain Bryant of the Sal.
walton army, Captain j. G. McClel.
land, G.. Fl. Collin, chairman of the
board of county commissioners. and
DIR. w. w. Potter.
The meeting determined that Mayor
Boyd should be added to the commit
tee and should be its chairman.
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There is no confirmation OF the re-
port that the emperor and empress
and their children are going to Cop
enhagen.
Father Gopon's popularity is unim-
paired, but the social democracy is
fast assuming the leadership and urg-
ing the people to violence.
Father Gopon sent the following
letter to the social democrats:
"They have fired upon and massa-
cred us, but we are not vanquished
and the day of our triumph is near.
Do not spoil our triumph by taking
up arms and resorting to violence.
Content yourself with destroying the
portraits of him who is no longer
our emperor"
This appeal failed to pacify the
social democrats or workingmen, who
are clamoring for vengeance.
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ASSOCIATED CHARITIES
ORGANIZED BY CITIZENS

About $50 enthusiastic people gath
cred at the council chamber last eve
ming to take the initiative steps to-
ward the organization of central
charity organization.
Mayor Boyd called the meeting to
order and explained it's object in an
address filled with information on
the practical workings of charitable
organizations in other cities. The
address received careful attention and
was warmly applauded.
The mayor was retained as presid-
ing officer of the meetin, on motion
of Rev. G. William Giboney.
Addresses were made by Captain
McClelland of the Ondawa Inn. Brig
adler Mcmillan and Captain Bryant of
the Salvation army, Mrs. F. f. Emery.
Rev. Alfred Lockwood of All Saints
cathedral, Rev. DIR. o. w. Van Osdel
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LIKESSPOKANE

Spokane is surely a wideawake,
progressive city and / am delighted
with it,"
day by G. w. Brownell. a prominent
citizen of New Rockford, N. D., who
is stopping at the Pennington.
Mr.. Brownell is an intimate friend
of Thomas Ware of Ware Bros. and
came here on pleasure trip. but he
is so much impressed with the posi-
bilities of Spokane that he has half
concluded to remain here and engage
in business.
He thinks Spokane is bound to have
100000 people inside of five years.
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dition that the city pay the expense
of laying the mains. The money paid
by MIR. Finch he would ask the city
to repay from revenue received from
water rents.
Mr.. Finch contemplates building
several dwellings and making inn
provements on the property west OF
the creck-ail at cost of S50.00o.
After considerable discussion at
the meeting yesterday the committee
decided to recommend to the council
that the city build the main across
the bridge. This. however. is to be
done on condition that Mr.. FMeh and
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COUSIN OF
THE PREMIER

The body of l.. G. Laurier, who
died in Seattle, arrived here this
morning and is now at Smith & Co. S
undertaking rooms.
The funeral will be held from
Smiths at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow
afternoon. Rev. Father Verhagen
will officiate and the interment will
be at Greenwood cemetery.
The deceased was Maccabee and
members of that order will attend the
funeral In a body.
Mr.. Laurier was a brother of Rev.
Father Hector, noted priest of Mon
treaL He was also cousin of Sir
Wilfred Laurier, the Canadian
premier.
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f0Q mn. 5W[[h1
PLACES lin W|hh[R

1t Is limited the King county people
are asking Furth to come to Olympia
and cut the Wilson-Piles knot.
One thing is sure-something is
expected to break the deadlock before
the close of the week. 1t may be
only the shifting of personalities OF
the introduction of a dark horse
Result Of the eighth ballot: Fos-
ter, 43; Piles, 81; Sweeny, 2S; Wilson,
II; Jones, Z; Graves, 6.
The nine ballot was identical save
two democrats who changed from
Graves to Foster.
Sam Stern is here in the supreme
court.
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ENDORSE THE
FRANCHISE

delegation representing the
Brotherhood of Electric Workers OF
this city called this morning upon
Cyrus Happy. counsel for the tele-
phone company which Is asking the
council for a franchise.
They stated that the local branch
of the order had endorsed the pro-
posed franchise and the members
would do all in their power to have
Il granted.
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Especial to The Press.)

OLYMPIA, Wash, Jan. 24.-Not-
withstanding predictions by some of
the wiseacres previous to the joint
session no change developed in to-
days balloting.
What some people had found in the
air and had taken as arrangements
made last evening was that Sweeny
held the key to the situation and had
spoken and the result would show
today.
The impression prevails that
Sweeny is coquetting with the Fos-
ter people.
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MRS. DUKE IN CUSTODY

a Texas Indictment against Mrs.
Duke and her former partner, Charles
l.. Taylor of Chicago. The indict-
ment charges swindling.
Mrs. Duke will be held pending the
arrival of extradition papers.
Mrs. Duke was held in $4,000 bail
for examination tomorrow.
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SHOOTS Will
THIN H|l15[lf
(Scripps News Association

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 24.-Ed-
ward T. Tidcomb, a clerk, last night
shot and killed a young woman with
whom he had been living and then
shot himself. He will die.
The couple were not found until
noon today. Lack of work Is sup
posed TO be the cause.
Tidcomb and his victim were known
to the neighbors as E. L. Jamison
and wife.
Both came here recently from Port
land, Ore, where Tidcomb Is said to
be prominent in athletic circles.
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HANGMAN CREEK
WATER MAINS

The question of n water main
across Hangman creek came up again
before the finance committee of the
city council yesterday afternoon.
John \. Finch has made IA PROPOSE
ton 10 bear the expense of the pipe
for the line across the new bridge.
and for the lines e. be constructed
~, thn rnst side OF tho crook ON CON.
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AUTO RACES
fScrirps News Assoc!ation.)

ORMONDO, Dayton Beach, Jan. "a,
Jays steamer won the first event
in the auto race on kilometer class,
time a rs. The second and third
events were postponed.
The fourth, five miles, for stock
cars, was won by Pope's 80 horse
power car. Time, 5;13 3-5.
Arthur Mcdonald made five miles
In a 90 horse power Nipier in 3:32,
which is three tifths of a second
above the worlds record.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 24.-Mrs. Alice
Webb Duke, whose marriage to
Brodie l.. Duke, the millionaire to-
ton a few weeks ago, was ARRESTED
this morning on a warrant based on
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ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 24.-It is
reported the strikers forced an en-
trance to the Genliloff ammunition
factory and seized a large quantity
of explosives and cartridges. The
rebels, 1t is learned, intend to march,
10000 strong, to Tsarskoe-Selo to
make another attempt to see the car
If they persist, it will no doubt
be a repetition of Sundays slaugh-
ter. The clash, however, may be a
more serious affair, as the strikers
are now fairly equipped with arms.
The revolt is spreading, especially
in the Moscow district, where the en-
ployes of the Bachrushin, Michaeloft.
Emilinde and Schrader factories join
ed the strikers.
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WOODLEY
(Scripps News Association.)

(Scripps News Association.)
SEATTLE, Wash, Jan. 24.-J. r.
Woodley is on trial in the municipal
court today on the charge of living
off the earnings of Mona Smith.
He denies the charge and says he
is only a friend.
The police have good case.
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The arrest was made on a war;
rant issued by Judge Stocker upon
information sworn to by Alfred Lee
son, an officer of the union.
Young says the union is indebted
to him. He gave bonds for his ap-
pearance on Monday next.
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SWAYNE CHARGES
fSeripps News Association)

fSeripps News Association.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2i.-The sem
ate today formally received the ar
ticles of Impeachment against Judge
Swayne. They We're presented by the
seven managers selected by the
house.
The senate took up charges at 2
o'clock.
a summons was issued for Judge
Swayne. returnable January 81, at l
o'clock. The Impeachment court adj
journed to that date.
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TREASURER ARRESTED

T. II. Young, who until recently
held the position of treasurer of
Mill Workers union, No. 1860, of
this city, was arrested this after
noon on charge of converting to
his own use money belonging to the
union.
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RUSS|ANSTR|KERS
Break Into Factories and Take Rifles.-
Mosc0w 7hredtened--Gouernnent
Declares Riots Under Control

pal streets to the Kremlin, the sa-
cred precinct where every car re-
ceives the religious conservation.
Troops are stationed at the bridges
across the Moscow river
Strikers this evening are endeavor-
ing to penetrate the center of the
city, but have been met and resisted
by the troops.
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WRECK
(sc,ipps News Associatlon.)

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 24.-The
Southern Pacific overland, due to ar
rive in this city this evening, was
writ cked this morning at a siding five
miles east OF Lovelocks, New.
Nobody was severely injured,
though passengers were badly shaken
up. Nearly all the cars left the track,
one of them going into the ditch.
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TUCKER TRIAL
tScripps News Association.

BOSTON, Jan, ei.-Attorney Park
er made the closing address for the
defense In the Tucker murder trial
Tucker made a brief address to the
jury, declaring his innocence.
Judge Sheldon finished his charge
to the jury at 1890 o'clock. The
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-01-24
(scripps News Association.)

BERLIN, Jan. 24.-The Russian
government has ordered 500 guns
from a German firm.
SMOOT