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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-05-26

charging anyone now on the pay
roll. but there will be one-third re-
duction in pay, while rigorous
economy must be maintained" de-
clared the mayor. IT am in thor.
>ough accord with the plan OF re-
ducing salaries of the city employees
rather than cutting down the de-
partment personnel. These men
have families and in this crisis It
is absolutely necessary that they
have steady work"
Mayor Schmitz believes also that
elected officers Of the city should
and will help out the situation by
accepting a reduction in salaries
for the common good.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-05-26
LECTURES INTERESTING

Miss Bannon contiDes her demon
STATIONS OF cooking with gas at the
Heath building. and each day she Is
sought by many interested ladies' who
find both pleasure and profit in listen
ing to her talks. Her daily lectures
give an insight into the real science
of coking with gas and more than one
woman has benefited through attend
ing the demonstrations,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-05-26
ATTACKS FXORBITANT
TELEGRAPH RATES
(Scripps News Association


WASHINGTON, May 26.-Repre-
sentative Smith of Michigan at
tackled the arbitrary and exorbi-
tant telegraph rates the people are
paying in this country" and urged
that 1t is the governments duty
to establish a postal telegraph sys-
tenn, reducing rates one-half. He
said:
Telegraph companies are honey
combed with rust, inefficiency,
watered stock and hampered with
non-progressiveness. Machinery has
been invented which greatly lowers
the cost Of operating telegraph
companies, but the companies re,
fused to use it,"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-05-26
GREAT NORTHERN FREIGHT
TRAIN WRECKED.

A freight wreck at Waukon. 80
miles west of here on the Great
Northern. delayed the passenger
trains on that road this morning.
Between IL and IA cars went into
the ditch. Passengers on the east
and westbound Oriental Limited
trains were transferred around the
wreck
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-05-26
MUSICAL
RECITAL

A recital by the pupils Of Mr.. An
dreas Refine will take place at the
Pilgrim Congregational church,
E22S Indiana avenue, next Tuesday
evening The program will open
with a piano trio, FESTIVE March, I"
by Lillian Martin, Eula Starkey and
Marion Southwood. Following there
will be piano solos and duets by the
Pupils. In all there will be 10 num-
bers.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-05-26

are ready for the trial at Caldwell
Tuesday morning. A stubborn
fight Is expected over the motion
for a change of venue. Hundreds
CT atiidavits were taken in support
and resisting the motion. Three
troops of United States cavalry
and two companies Of state militia
Will be at Caldwell during the trial.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-05-26
(Scripps News Association.)

st. Petersburg. May 26.-Premier
Gormykin gave the governments re-
ply to the Douma today. A few minor
concessions wer made but the princi-
pal demands are either refused or ig-
nored. When the address was read
the deputies made several fiery
speeches, charging that the Premier's
speech was an open challenge to the
Douma. Hints were made of the prob
able course of the Douma and the I'M
rest was increased by a rumor that
decree will be used tomorrow dis
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-05-26
ASKS FOR CONTINUANCE.

Attorney Richard Nuzum., on behalf
Of John Meek, today asked for a con-
tinuance Of the case until Monday
morning. Meek was arrested by Pa.
trolman McQuillan for having a IA
year-old girl in his room.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-05-26
CHARGE HIM
WITH BRIBERY
(Scripps News Association,

ST. LOUIS, May 26.-Accordlng
to the prosecutor a new informa-
ton will be drawn charging Robert
M. Snyder, capitalist of Kansas
City, with bribery. 1t being charged
Snyder paid $4,000 to certain
councilmen for passage Of the trac-
ton bill.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-05-26
WELCOME
PRINCESS

Madrid, May 26.-Fifty thousand
people went to Pardavilla today to
acclaim Princess Ena- Special trains
were run. The welcome was more vo-
ciferous than that Of yesterday. when
Alfonso visited his fiancee too early.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-05-26
TRAIN
WRECK,

Hoffmans, N. Y, May 26.-The New
York Central express was wrecked
early today. No human lives were
lost, but nine horses were killed. The
locomotive and two cars left the rails.
The wreck was caused by a misplaced
fishplate, supposed by Italian strikers.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-05-26
AMBASSADOR AT
TOXIC, JAPAN

TOXIC, May 26.-The emperor
received American Ambassador
Wright most formally, ladies of the
embassy being present. Charge
d'affaires Wilson starts home Tues
day.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-05-26

Stockton, Cal, May 28,-Inch Of
rain. accompanied by high wind, is
doing great damage to crops. The
cherry crop Is destroyed and all fruits
of the county are damaged from Is
20 3b per cent. Hay is nearly a COM
plete loss and old vineyards are dam
aged heavily.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-05-26
BRYAN DECLINES
SULTANS Offer

(Scripps News Association.)
CONSTANTINOPLE, May 90
w. ]. Bryan and wife declined the
sultan's offer to confer decorations.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-05-26
BANK PRESIDENT IN JAIL.

ENSLEY. Ala, May 26.--Gordon
Duboise, president Of the First Ma
tional band, arrested on charge
Of embezzling $4S, 900 of the banks
funds. was sent to Jail In default
|of $4,000 bond to await trial.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-05-26
CHINESE EMPEROR
REPORTED DEAD

PARIS, May ga Pekin tele-
gram mentions reports that the en-
porer Of China is i'll. and 1t is
rumored even the emperor Is dead
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-05-26
RAIN GENERAL
IN CALIFORNIA

Riverside. Cal. May 26.-rnless the
rain ceases within "a hours several
hundred thousand dollars worth of
hay now down will be a total loss.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-05-26

will be raised here. They say Spo-
kane policy holders are now paying
all that they can stand.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-05-26
AUSTRIANfMP Error IS
VERY I'LL

VIENNA, May 26.-Austria's en-
peror is seriously i'll. suffering from
intestinal Inflammation,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-05-26
HORSE FOUND.

The Humane society has in charge
u black horse which was brought to
the police station by two men who
found 1t at Pleasant Prairie 1t had a
harness on.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-05-26

a
will
building
result of
on he steps,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-05-26
INDIAN HAS
3 MATCHES

Indian Joe" Gregg has had an
offer to box Jack Curtis at Sedro-
Woolley July 2. Some months ago
Joe and Curtis fought a 20 round
draw. Curtis Is a heavyweight.
Another letter was received by the
Indian today asking him to box
Jack Donnelly at Ellensburg the
last Of this month and Joe an,
swered he would box him at 1856
pounds. The Indian plans to box
Donnelly, then go to Sedro-Wool-
ley and meet Curtis and on the
return trip box Curley Carr at
North Yakima. Joe defeated Carr
in Alaska three years ago.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-05-26

ST. PETERSBURG. May 26.--
This afternoon by almost a unani-
nous vote the douma voiced ita
lack of confidence In the ministry.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-05-26
Cyclone ENDANGERS
MANY LIVES IN TEXAS
(Scripps News Associntion.)

Fort Worth. Tex, May ga eye
lone was reported around Granger
(bout midnight, and much property
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-13
Y Fighting for Ibis Own X

do duty as berths. The cabin was hot and the
atmosphere sitting; but we took a couple oil
the shelves and lay down on them.
] was too much excited TO sleep. Every
thing was new and strange to me, as II was
to Maddy, for he had never before been in
Europe. We were both awake when the last
train from Paris arrived, and the vessel was
soon under way.
The air became somewhat fresher and
went to sleep.
When I awoke, the steamer was at her
pier in Southampton and we landed at once
We encountered the custom house officials,
and our valises were examined, though the
search was not at all strict.
We took the first available train, and were
in London Just before ten o clock. we en-
tered the great city as two strangers and we
desired to remain 80 for the present
We went to the Charing Cross Hotel, by the
advice of Mr.. Waxal We were not required
to register our names, as at hotels at home.
We took a large room, with two windows
looking into the railroad station, of which the
hotel is a part.
"Here we are, Gay, and l feel as though we
had stolen q march upon the conspirators,
said Maddy, when the porter had left the
apartment.
"No doubt of that" / replied. Now we
are ready for the great work oil hunting down
Mr.. p. Grantham"
"No. 10 Little Queen street is the key to the
situation,' he said. But, Cay, we must work
with the utmost care"
"Just so, AIaddy; and don't think we need
to make the acquaintance OF Mr.. Grantham at
once. We must not give him the chance to
arrange things for our benefit"
'rhe first thing is to take look at Little
Queen street"
My friend assented to this proposition. We
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-13

Perhaps you are right. but you can only
know after you have tried, said the mate.
- on must proceed with extreme caution. We
cannot prevent the yacht from being re-
ported when we make port; but you and
captain Fayrthorne ought TO be in London.
, don't see how that can he managed, un-
less Gay and / swim ashore" said the skip
per.
we must give the Lizard wide berth. 80
tnat the observers ther cannot make out the
Vessel, we must 90 more to the southwark" !"
Inc captain gave the order TO change the
course to the southeast.
lhere are observatories on the south coast
of, ireland and England, where passing yes
sels are reported, and must be avoided. The
mate said he would look into the situation.
and advise the captain what to do as soon as
ne came to a conclusion.
=, hrongh the skylight / could see Mr.. Wax.
M studying the chart on the cabin table. In
the course OF an hour, he came on deck again
think have it now" said Mr.. Waxall.
as ne seated himself forward of the cabin sky.
light We will run for Havre, for we are
expected to land in England: Grantham will
not look for us in France"
But we shall be reported at n Frencb
Maddy.
No doubt Of that; and in due time the ar
rrrval, OF the Sleeper will be telegraphed to
London; But you must 90 to London before
the yacht Is, reported there" said the mate.
y on have been wise enough to put a Brad
sshaw shaw INTO the cabin library, and have been
looking it over. Steamers leave Hayre for
southampton at midnight three times a week.
Passengers get to London by nine or fen
o'clock in the forenoon"
But there may be some one on the look
out for us at Havrc"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-13

at is not at all probable. Grantham will
expect to get his first intelligence from the
station on the south coast Of ireland" con-
tinued Mr.. Waxal. 1--WE are two or three
days sail from Havre, and we need not make
definite arrangements yet.
We had remarkably good breeze, and at
the end of the second day we were close 10
the French coast, at the mouth of the SEINE;
The mate had studied up his tide tables. and
at nine o'clock in the evening we dropped
anchor off the jetties. We had taken pilot,
who was able to give us all the information
we needed.
Although it was nine o'clock, it was still
daylight. We had been twenty-one days on
the voyage, and our arrival was on one OF
the longest days of the year. i had talk
with the pilot in French. We desired to reach
London as soon as possible He volunteered
to see us on board of the Southampton steam
er, and the boat was lowered for our use. AS
we did not put our feet on the shore, no one
asked us any questions.
Mr. Waxall was row acting captain and
he was to report the arrival Of the Sleeper
the next morning and attend to all the GUS
tom house formalities. He was instructed to
remain at Havre until he received written
orders by letter.
Maddy and l, each with valise, went on
passengers from Paris who choose to go to
London by this route come to Havre by one
of three trains, the last leaving at about six
o'clock Two of these trains had arrived, and
we found the cabin occupied by considerable
number of passengers
There were no state rooms, and the berths
are not assigned to passengers as they are in
the United States. They go on board and
take possession of one of the little shelves that
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-13
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YES, there are; lots of em."
IF he is to follow me, | do not see that
he can do anything but charter steamer Tor
the purpose
That is indeed, the only way in, which
he can follow u.s. for l think we could keep
ont OF the, way. of any sailing vessel with the
start we have"
THAT would he very extensive way to
do it,"
''If these conspirators are satisfied that you
intend to visit England, they would not con
slder any expense. They have offered 10 give
A!ilton Brooks FIVE thousand pounds to keep
MN quiet That is twenty-four thousand Two
while they are in doubt. This sum, would
keep steamer going for the next iour OF
six months"
That's good logic, Maddy but what is the
use of the fellows following us? lie can
captrre the Sleeper on the high seas ior tnat
would be piracy"
He can charge us with being filbusters,
bound for Cuba or with having deiaulter
ON board, or anything of that sort;
- In any such case, they can only sesrcn
the vessel. They can't take us back to rev
J ork. The only reason he can have ior Ioi-
lowing us is to ascertain where am going
ne spy is to keep his eye on. me. -,
II think you are right, and was speaaklng
only Of possibilities; There is one .thas' La
however, | am confident Pallingrove will do.
lie will send a cable dispatch to L. Grant
ham to this effect:
England
That is the only sensible thing he can
do
Then Grantham will employ agents to look
out for the arrival of the Sleeper, sald'
Precisely"
But we have right to land in Europe
ana we can investigate my case IN spite OF
any agents or detectives"
But thev will find means to annoy you,
ana may cause our arrest on some trumpen-
up charge"
But, Maddy, l am leading you into hot !,
water | don't want to get you into trouble,
] continued seeing that / was to be Dur
den to him.
| Don't mention it, Gay. / am as much IN
terested in this affair you are, and you
have given me an object in visiting Europe.
II is just the sort of adventure in which l de
light to engage If | am arrested, my tather s
name will conjure up an army Of friends in
any city in England or on the Continent,
have letters of credit and letters of introduc-
ton, and | can explain myself and my yacht
anywhere. This affair is mine, and shall
stand by you to the end. There is spice
of excitement about 1T that | like"
~''Well, any time when you find that l am
too heavy load for you to carry, all you nave
to do is to shake me off. Maddy, and shall
not blame you for 1t.
'''rhat will never be- Here comes the boat.
Mr.. Waxa directed me to put the helm
down and come about. We picked up the
boat, hoisted it up to the davits, and were
soon on our course again.
BY this time breakfast ready. Louis
Digfield reported that the stowaway had not
opened his mouth to speak during the pas
sage to the shore, and we could see him run
ming to warm himself on the beach: The
watches had not yet been arranged for the
voyage, and the mate and | took the morning
meal with the captain
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-13
CHAPTER XIV.
STEALING MARCH ON THE coNspIRA-
TORS.

TORS.
S-7OTHING would please me better
n ri than to write out the log OF the
i Sleeper on her voyage across the
sSsS5E8AI Atlantic; but my. space does not
tSeAx4sS) permit me to indulge in such lux
ury 1t would be rather monoto-
nous to the reader, though Maddy and L en-
loved every day and hour of the trip.
OF course we had great variety OF wealth
er. and we had to lie to under close reeted
foresail for thirty hours at one time. But
We had fresh northwest wind during most
of the voyage, and Mr.. Waxall said we were
making a quick passage. We sighted great
many ships and steamers; but we did not
care to be reported, and we gave them all
a wide berth.
Hardly a day passed in which Maddy and
did not discuss my case in full. We read
p Grantham's letter a hundred times, and
Looked over the addresses had obtained from
the housekeeper's letter or my fathers pa
pers: H.,
ON this side of the ocean, and Mr.. Waxall
has had a great deal" said Maddy to me the
day we sighted the coast of Ireland. II have
been thinking we had better tell him the
whole story of what we are driving at in
consented. and during the next watch,
the skipper told him my story, and showed
him the meagre papers we had, a copy. OF
each of which was in Maddys possession
them came on deck, and we had a talk about
Your first business on this side of the
water is to look up p. Grantham and Mrs.
fIarriet Shrimp" said the mate, who seemed
70 he quite as much interested as the skip
ner in the matter.
p>"Of course; and thus to get on the track
of the person who is called Maldrake in the
letter." replied Maddy:
"Crantham is probably London solicitor,
who has the charge of the chief conspirator's s
business affairs, / am afraid it will be diff
cult TO find him"
II don't think so,' / replied "He was
stupid enough to say all that was needed to
I don't believe he will take the trouble to
hide himself in London"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-13

idr idre. L nau plenty OF money
and letter of credit in my pocket; but the
skipper insisted on paying all the bills.
Little Queen street was a very short avenue,
and led into Holborn, one of the great avenues
of the city, though called by other names
above and below it. Without difficulty we
found No. 10. We could not make out wheth-
er the building was dwelling house or was
used for Offices. There were number of
names on the signs at the door, but P. Grant
ham was not one Of them.
"There appears to be no such person in this
house" said Maddy, when he had examined the
signs half dozen times.
"His name doesn't appear, at any rate"
replied, deeply disappointed at the result of
our first examination of the premises.
"There are number of persons in the house.
and all we have to do is to go in and make in
quiries," said Maddy.
Suiting the action to the word, he seized
the door handle, but the door was locked.
We hI concluded that the apartments il
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-13

had left our yacht uniforms on board OF the
Sleeper and were dressed in plain clothes. We
went down to breakfast and then called a
hansom
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-13

HE driver of the hanson left us at
the corner of Great Queen and Lit
tie Queen street. Maddy gave him
a half crown, for which he thanked
him, for it was more than his regu-
lar fare. / had nlentv Of money
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-13
CHAPTER XVI.

FURNISHED APARTMENTS IN LITTLE
QUEEN STREET.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-13

To He Continued Next Sunday
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-15
E.A.YAUGHAN'S
INC0URT AT NEW YORK

"Peanuts' Robinson, the brains of
the big Vaughan grain brokerage
swindle, will not join Edward A.
Vaughan in the Hennepin bastile for
some time He had hearing yesterday
before United States Commissioner
Shields Of New York, where he is await
ing extradition, but the case was con
tinued to March 6 to allow Postoffce
Inspector Boyle to secure the further
proof Of his guilt required by the New
York law. -.i.l. -, -. -
Teresa Kerricks and Lena Leitzman,
both Of Minneapolis, testified that they
had been in the employ Of the commits
sion firm which pulled $4,000 into it's
office in the Metropolitan Life build
ing. They swore that they saw Robin
son receive money orders from custom
ers, but could not swear that the COM
missions were never carried out. This
was not sufficient to satisfy the New
York extradition law. "<
"Peanuts,' as, he is known to the
postoffce inspectors who have investi-
gated him several times for alleged Of
lenses against the postal laws, or
Hubert #. Robinson, as he is named in
the Indictment and the New York dis
patches, is supposed to be the orig
inator Of one Of the cleverest swindles
on record. Vaughan, who was indicted
with him and now awaits him in the
Hennepin county jail, gives Robinson all
the credit for planning and executing
the deal which made such a vivid i'm
preston on the public that letters and
money are still coming in from remote
towns where the news fthe exposure
of the firm g methods has failed to fol-
low it's lurid advertising.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-15
ST. PAUL IS LACKING
IN MUSICAL TASTE

1.-THE failure of the public to attend
rec!tals by the best artists, shows an
entire lack of appreciation for the
highest form Of Instrumental music. -
So said Miss Gertrude E. Hall, presi-
dent of the Schubert club, in her an
nual address to that organization in
Schubert: hail., st. Paul, yesterday.
q, I'VE have hundreds of students in
St: Paul, - she continued, "and as
many more people who claim they lust
love music: Consequently I cannot IN
derstand the lukewarm attitude of a
large majority Of those who claim they
are music lovers - 35,.
The club elected officers for this
year as follows: President, Miss Ger
trude Hall; vice president, Mrs. G. E.
FEur1ness; corresponding secretary, Miss
Catherine Hale; ASSISTANT correspond
ing secretary, Miss Marie Hartsinck;
recording secretary, Miss Cornelia
Lusk; assistant recording secretary,
Miss Alice Perry. treasurer, Mrs.
Z; 8. Cole; librarian, Mrs. J. W.
F. Colville. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-15
CHARGES MANY WRONGS.
THEREsE TFIIEL ACCUSES HUs-
BAND AND LAWYER IN PLEA
FOR DIVORCE.

After twenty-five years of married
life, Therese Thiel is seeking a divorce
from Carl Thiel. Her case is on next
Saturdays special term calendar. Her
complaint contains some most unusual
allegations against her husband and
his Duluth lawyer.
The plaintiff is 40 years old and her
husband is 46. Until recently they OBJ
Grated a photograph gallery at Duluth
They have two children now in the Gus
tody of the husband, who is at present
a photographer in Hibbing, MINI. The
wife alleges, she supported herself by
canvassing until her health failed and
that she is now virtually a pauper.
In addition to numerous charges of
cruel and inhuman treatment, the plain
tiff alleges that in December, 1908, at
Duluth, "the defendant entered into
an agreement with a Duluth attorney
for the purpose of beginning against
one Julius Kelleschon an action, based
upon the alleged alienation Of the plain
tiff's affections from Thiel.
Mrs; Thiel alleges that false reports
lated. She asserts that the attorney
institute an action for divorce against
her husband. It is alleged that this
was done so as to get her out of the
state and thus further the suit against
Kellerschon. She says she went to
Sioux Falls and there pretended to es-
tablish a residence and began divorce
proceedings.
During her absence she alleges a set
Element of the alienation of affections
case was arranged and that Kellerschon
paid $4,000 to Thiel and his attorney.