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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-09
HOLD-UP MAN WITH
LONG HOOKED NOSE

D. Holman, Of the Holman L.
quor Co., was held up on Second
av. last night by a lone, unmarked
robber Of slender stature who was
also very rough and rude. II he
had been the least bit gentle in his
salutation Of the liquor dealer he
might have succeeded in getting
some cash. uBt he was so vocifer-
GUS about it and delivered his COM
mand Of "Hands up" SO suddenly
that Holman, who was quietly
meandering along home, was SO
scared he let a yell out Of him and
beat 1t. The highwayman was as
much surprised at the escape as
Holman had been at the sudden
holdup, and merely gazed, amazed
at the sudden disappearance act.
When anyone sees long, lean,
gentleman with hooked nose and
a colorless buster abroad these
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-09
START WORK on CITY
PLAYGROUND

The board of education last night
appointed E. r. Crane, high school
manua, training instructor, superin-
tendent of the children's play
ground system with which the
board has begun experiments. The
first ground will be fitted up at
Monroe and Riverside. Equipment
designed for amusement and light
exercise purposes has already
been assembled. 1t is expected
that thie ground will be ready for
use in the next weeks Business
men have contributed means and
material for starting the city play
ground movement.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-09
NEARLY 1900
MORE PUPILS

The school census report SUBJ
mitted to the board of education
last night shows gam of 1921
children of school age in the past
year. The total number n Nv listed
is 1850. The biggest increase was
found in the First ward which re-
turned 4,039, an increase of SIT.
Owing to the steady removal of
families from the business to the
residence district the Second wari
showed a loss of III school chill
dren. Returns for other wards,
with gains over last year, follows:
Third, 1880, gain 1874; Fourth,
1924, gain SOL; Fifth. 3.71S, gain
49S; Bisbee precinct, 800, gain 3S.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-09
BRIEF CITY NEWS

Two suits of clothes belonging to
Julius Grant, of 1915 Main av.,
were stolen from his room some
time during the night He reported
to the police this morning.
Superintendent John M. Semple
yesterday released from the insane
asylum at Medical Lake Andrew
Larson, sentenced last February,
and Charles c. Blair, sentenced in
September, 1906. Both are said to
be permanently cured.
Deputy Prosecutor Fred Pugh has
returned from Rockford, Wash,
where he has been gathering evil
dence against E. s. Nance, who
was shot by deputy, and others
of the gang who engaged in the
fight.
Matron Tanner yesterday found
a newborn babe wropped in white
clothes on the door step Of the
Salvation Army rescue home. The
babe is about 2 days old. Nothing
was left with it to indicate who its
parents are. The matron will care
for the little / until it is old enough
to be given to some family that
will raise it.
Mae Guedelhoefer, formerly Of
Butte, who will arrive here soon,
will be a valuable addition to local
musical circles. Miss Guedelhoefer
has been studying under the direc-
ton of Frederick Root of Chicago
for the last years. She Is the
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Guedelhoefer, who have taken up
their residence here after living 26
years in Butte. They have rented
e. X. Erwin's residence.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-09
az c. n. TAvENNER


LOS ANGELES, Cal, July g.
Mental pictures Of dignified. earn
est-faced orator, pleading with his
fellow men to leave off the evils OF
strong drink; long files of wretched
liquor-sated mortals who could
once boast of being respectable,
useful men slowly making their
way to the front of the church to
sign the famous pledge of Francis
Murphy-such are the stirring, I'M
pressive flashlights of Renaissance
called up to the little group OF
temperance workers in the Murphy
home here.
Every day for week they gath
cred in the hope they would be on
hand to offer a consoling word to
the wife and children when the
end came. Each day the physi-
clans declared the patient could
not possibly live more than a few
hours more. Still Francis Murphy
lived on, hour after hour, day after
day, every now and then Tightening
the silence of the deathroom with
SOME UTSeZy WlttiIloL thot hN'N>
him world-famed as an orator.
over 100000 great-hearted
men have signed my pledge in this
or other countries" was the sub
stance of one of DR.. Murphy's al
lusions to his life work. Those
who have not wavered will not
waver after my death, and those
who have stumbled must get to
their feet"
AT another time before his death
the patient said:
God is SO willing to look out
for the drunkard, II the latter will
only let him. There are worse
things than drinking. The man
who lusts for power, the inquisitive
spirit, the greedy man, are all
worse than the drunkard."
Francis Murphy spent a half
century of his 70 years for the
drinking man. Twelve million men
signed his pledge. He addressed
$4,000 meetings and visited thou
sands of saloons in quest of the
class he desired to save. In his
temperance work he save. In his
temperance work he Travelled L.
100000 miles, or, in other words,
stretched the piue ribbon of So
briefly 40 times around the globe.
Murphy was generous, jovial,
careless and hospitable. 1t may
not be wondered that the drink
habit became so well fastened to
him not long after his arrival in
this country al the age of Is. He
was fast going to the dogsa t Port
land, Me-, when rescued at the
very brink Of disaster by Captain
Sturtevant, master of sailing
schooner. Although he had little
education, Murphy scrubbed in a
little notebook this now famous
pledge, which has stood the test or
a generation unchanged:
with malice toward none, with
charity for all, | hereby pledge my
sacred honor that, God helping me,
I will abstain from all Intoxicating
liquors as beverage, and that l
will encourage others to abstain.
(Signed) Francis Murphy"
From that moment Murphy be-
came a character. At the end of a
month he had 100 names signed in
the little book to the pledge. His
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-09
ITALIAN CARVED
IN SALOON FIGHT

A fierce fight between an Italian
saloonkeeper named Tony Boneo
and q conductor named e. e. Young
occurred last night in the Pompei
saloon on Main av. The conductor
was hilarious and the Italian
wasn't feeling any too quiet. Con-
trary to the usual custom 1t wasn't
the Italian who used the knife, but
the conductor, while the son Of
Italy used his fists to the best Of
his ability.
Later on DR.. H. H. Mccarthy was
called to the police station to sew
up couple of ugly rips in the
Italians stomach The conductor
has some Jumps on his face where
the Italian used his fists on 1t. Both
are languishing in the Jail.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-09
GREAT VICTORY OVER COWS

Members of the G company, First
regiment, New Jersey National
guards, fought sham battle be-
tween Pine Brook and Stilestown,
in which a number of cows, being
mistaken for the enemy, nearly lost
their senses, so badly were they
frightened.
The company divided into the
blues and browns and hunted each
other over the flats. While march
ing through the mud a herd OF
cows doomed up in grass field
and were ordered to halt. They
weren't used to firearms and didn't
halt for some hours.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-09
TRIES TO BEAT HIS
Added BRAINS OUT

John Julign, who was arrested
early last evening by Patrolman
Bunker, tried to beat out his brains
on the hard cement floor of the Jail
soon after he was locked up. Other
prisoners heard him groaning and
called the jailer, who opened cell
16 and forcibly prevented Julign do
ing himself further harm. The
prisoner fought in desperation and
wanted to do away with himself.
He was so seriously cut about the
scalp that DR.. H. H. Mccarthy was
called to sew him up. The man
has been on a prolonged spree.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-09

LONDON, July 9.-1n death
defying dash around the new
Brooklands racing track at Wey-
bridge, S. F. Edge, in a six-cylinaer
motor car, covered 1881 miles ini24
hours, a remarkable record for
day, and the fastest time ever made
in England.
The average speed attained tby
Mr.. Edge was &C miles per hour.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-09
THIEF DELAYS HIS
TRIP TO SEATTLE

John Kaeser, of E227 Ermina av.,
was robbed last night Of $40, a
ticket to Seattle and return, and a
check on the Old National bank for
$500. Kaeser was prepared to
leave for Seattle this morning.
About 1880 o'clock last night he had
taken the check out of his trunk
and put it in his vest with his
wallet. Then he went down stairs
for a few minutes. When he re-
turned to his room his valuables
were gone. The case has been as
signed to Detective Briley.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-09

Faster time has been recorded for
short distances, but only one au-
thentic record is listed of greater
distance covered in the time. Gle
mems, in Indianapolis, on Nov. II,
1905, made 1904 3.16 miles in "a
hours.
Thousands of people watched the
car as it darted around the track,
and when he finished, the driver
was given a tremendous ovation.
Mr.. Edge believes that with a rae
ing car he could make IS miles an
hour for "a hours.
The Brooklands motor track has
recently been completed, at a cost
of $4,000. 1t is three miles In
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-09
TAKES LONG SLEEP WALK

After wandering 9 hours around
Savin hill, Boston, sound asleep
and clad only in nightshirt, Vasal
Lashua, 9 years old, returned home
and got in bed.
Many policemen and the boys
parents had been hunting him all
the time. The boy eaid he didn't
know he was out. Only few pei
sons had seen him.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-09
GUARDS HIS DEAD MAeTER

A cab horse standing by water
ing trough in Chicago, stamped its
feet and paved the pavement TIL
persons were attracted to the spot,
where they found the driver dead.
He was Gustave Steiner. Heart dis
ease killed him as he unsnapped
the checkreln so the horse could
drink. The horse hal stood faith
full guard over him.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-09
SERVING HIS SENTENCE

PORTLAND, July 9.-Marion r
Briggs, partner of Congressman
Williamson and convicted with the
latter 2 years ago for subornation
Of perjury in land fraud cases, sur
rendered to the federal marshal and
has begun serving 10 months Inn
prisonment in the county jail.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-09
EMMA GOLDMAN, ANARCHIST
Gives Her Idea Of "Desirable Cit
izen''-Going to Europe.

NEW YORK, July emma
Goldman, the most celebrated an
archist in America, will 60 to Leip-
sic in August to attend an interna-
tional congress of anarchists. In an
interview she said:
President Roosevelt believes a
man is a desirable citizen If only
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-09
BREAKS NECK suTTlNc IN

Alex Harold, a giant excufsionist
to Atlantic City, laid a wager that
he could butt a punching machine
indicator out Of the top VI the ma.
chine. He backed on and struck
the target with his heal so hard
that 1t dislocated his neck. Doctors
are patching him up and think he
will recover.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-09

nights, II they will either capture
him or have the police do 1t, they'll
have Holzman's holdup man, for
that is the description OF him.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-09
PROMOTION FOR LEACH

WASHINGTON, D. T., July O.
Frank Leach, superintendent of
the San Francisco mint, will be ap-
pointed director of the mint to
succeed Roberts.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-09

Marriage licenses were issued
this morning to Harry Meyer, Spo-
kane, and Mildred Newman, Cam
den; B. e. Butler, Wilson Greek,
and Pearl Wadsworth, Ephrata.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-09

he contemplates serenely the flag,
the governmental halls, and the
White House, while capitalists and
ministers are going through the
same persons pockets. The idea is
coarse and vulgar A desirable cit
izen is one who throws off tradi-
tons and the past and acts freely
on the impulses of the present"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-09
ROB CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

SAN DIEGO, Cal, July O.
Thieves entered the exhibit room
of the chamber of commerce and
stole $4,000 worth of cut and uncut
native gems.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-09

length and the sides are banked
like a bicycle saucer. The track is
considered the finest speedway for
motor cars in the world.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-09

Let US fill your prescrip-
tons; no substitution; prices
right. Watson Drug Co.,
233 Riverside aV.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-22

ty-eiSnt magazine ana weekly publ
cations controlled by the army in TWEEN
tyfour tongues. including our familiar
old friend the War Cry.
And General Rooth is the supreme
boss of. the whole cstablishment-neXt
to the Lord Almighty.
But this is not all-not by half. Gen
eral Booth is yet unsatiSfied. He
comes to the United States with still
bigger notions. Three vast projects.
new things, he has in mind. One is
already we'll advanccd-that of reiiev-
ing the congestion of great cities by
establishing colonization centcrS not
far away to which fit families and in
dividnals from the submerged tenth
may be sent and where they may be
helped into buying little homes for
themselves and making living ont of
the soil. One of these colonies is in
full blast in the south of England.
Others are likely to spring UP near the
big cities of the United States.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-22
Thin Blood Makes
a Weak Body.
But You Can Enrich the Blood and
Send New Vigor Through the Sys.
tenn by Using DR.. A. w. Chase's
Nerve Pills.

Every nerve and every muscle of the
body depends on the blood for nourish-
ment. Thin, watery blood makes weak
nerves and flabby muscles. The heart
fails in its work of forcing blood
through the body; the lungs, the stom-
ach, the liver, kidneys and bowels all
do their work in an imperfect way, and
you drag about weak, tired and miser-
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The use OF DR.. A. w. Chase's Nerve
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DEMONSTRATING blood.
Gradually, certainly and naturally
they instill new vigor into every nook
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and vitality, and put new joy into life.
Note your increase in weight while
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so cents box. at all dealers. or DR. A
w. Chase Medicine Co, Buffalo, N Y.
HARPER HOUSE PHARMACY.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-22
The Centte.uanly Chcetah.

Tndia'a hunting leopard, the cheetah,
HIS reputation rs one OF the most
@entlcmanly Of beasts. Three Calcut-
Ia visitors to northern India were out
on 4 tramp when they We're overtaken
by Il thunderstorm. They cspiel 4
cave in the side Of hill and into it
they rushed. When the rain stopped
th,y came out and found cheetah
sitting licking the heavy wet off his
waistcoat and his paws. 1t was his
cave; bat rather than deprive his Wis
itorS Of their shelter the polite crea-
tire had sat outside in the driving
tempest. With Il friendly new and
gracefully waggins his tail, the cheetah
badc aIicu to his guests and walked
with dignity into his house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-22
reld by all the churches of Christen-


dom.
IN the final analysis General Booth
is Il s0ciologiSt. To tha thinking world
therein lies his value. We may not
fancy his methods. the army methods.
but LET Us not overlook the results
Since Booth published his book. IN
Darkest ENGLAND AMI the Way Out"
sixteen year; AGO. the thinking world
has accepted his ideas for social anne
Iteration. He deals with four classes
chiedy-JrUHklr.'S. criminals. paEpors
and fallen women. These he aids to
get on thct" feet and walk erect. That
is the Salvation Army's mission boiled
down.
Quito recently the general has opened
anti-suiciGe bureaus in London and
New York, y,ith excellent results. lie
proposes to help the dcspGifiag and
show them that life is worth living.
The municipality Of London has pre-
scented General Booth with the freedom
of the city for ''carnest ard consci III
tious cXertiaHs for The moral ana so
ciaI advancement Of the subjects of
Great Britain and Other races and
peoples throughout the world"
Recently somebody has prom 0unced
William Ba7th the greatest practical
philanthronirt of his tins" Somebody
else has called him the Christian
Colossus"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-22

IS greater by far than any that was
commanded by Alexander or Hannibal
or Napoleon or Grant 1t is the big
gest army that ever happened, and its
battle front and firing line-are longer
than all the battle fronts and firing
lines of the past put together. The line
reaches around the world, penetrates
and crisscrosses fOrty-nine nations and
has hopes of reaching into Russia, the
fiftieth.
Now, it is no small honor to COM
mand an army of this magnitude. Gen
eral Booth himself is well aware of
that, yet he takes care to point out just
wherein his honor differs from that OF
the other great generals mentioned. a
few years ago at San Francisco Mayor
SchmitZ was eloquently welcoming the
Salvation commander to the city He
spoke of the worldwide welcome ac-
corded to the venerable general, who
replied:
ut is not the honor accorded to a
man who has achieved pre-eminence in
the slaughter of his fellows"
That is true, and il is exactly why
some OF us regard General Booth as
the greatest of the worlds command
ers. His is the Salvation Army-its
mission is to save rather than to Stay.
It Stays n devil wherever ones head
pops up, but it saves men and women
millions of them; saves them not only
spiritually, according to the orthodox
creeds of all Christendom, but saves
them physically; saves them from
themselves and from society, which
has negatively neglected them or posi-
lively ground them underfoot.
General Booths "Mack Raking.'
General Booth Is great muck raker
He has taken his rake and gone down
into the muck Of the submerged
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-22
By ROBERTus LOVE.
V yHO is the greatest general in
SjAj the history of the world?

several lllllliOllS Oh men ANA
women throughout the world.
If asked that question, would reply in
stantly:
General William Booth. founder and
commander i'll chief of the Salvation
Army"
Most of these millions of enthusiasts
no doubt are soldiers duly enlisted and
enrolled i'll General Booths army. But
there are many outsiders-earnest. stu
dious. observing. intelligent and intel
lectual men and wOmen-who would
make the same reply to the question.
They believe that General Booth is the
most useful man on earth.
1t may be taken for granted, then.
that the present visit Of General Booth
TO the United States. to Canada and
thence across the ocean TO Japan is Il
matter OF vital news interest. The
general proposes to spend his seventy
eighth birthday. April 10. aboard ship
somewhere on the Pacific. Seventy
eight and still fighting hard against the
hosts of sin and the demons of de-
Spair.
The time has passed when nevspa-
pers put quotation marks around the
military title of William Booth. This
title. this rank. of course was not con-
ferrcd by any nation and is not govern
mentally official. Nor did the Rev. Mr.
Booth assume it himself. 1t was con-
ferred upon him by his army. and he
has justified 1t by his work. He is Il
full general. The army he commands
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-22
Z Rav Erirtinn.

y scientist &t Washington described
a process Of printing by the aid of the
Y ray which. lie thinks, may some day
supcrsede some OF the present meth
eds, says the Kansas city Journal.
This process Is called typoradiograph.
One way to prepare the original. copy
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-22

IS to print the text with adhesive ink
and then dust metallic powder over 1t.
which will remain only on the printed
characters. The copy is next bound
up with about fifty thicknesses of the
sensitizcd paper and subjected to the
action Of the Boentgen tube.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-22

the organization and military uniforms
ana titles were adopted. From that
time forward the movement spread
tremendously. In 1880 it reached the
United States. Now the Salvation Ar
my is fighting on the five continents of
the sphere, there are 1000 army corps
and 10000 officers, and the orders of
the commanding general are delivered
in thirty-One languages. There are fif-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-22

BE very careful of Your bowels when
you have Z cold. Nearly all other cough
syrups are constirating, especially those
containing opiatos. Kennedy's Laxative
Cough Syrup moves the bowels-con
tains no opiates. Sold by all druggists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-22
General William Booth,
The Christian Colossus.
Commander In Chief of the Salvation Army On
Another Campaign Across This Country.
Career the Greatest Panropt His
Side of the Savaionists- Movement For the Raising
of the Submerged Tenth-Three Big New Projects
a of nty.egh.

tenth" the outcast, the criminal. the
pauperizcd, the drunken. the despair
ing, the helpless and hopeless people
of Gods world, and lie has raked
them mp into the light of day. given
them soap to wash off the muck. given
them soup to feed their starving stom-
achs and then talked spiritual saliva
ton TO them. Judging from what we
know of the character and teachings
of Christ. the Man of Galilee would
do pretty much likewise if on earth
today.
The mighty armies of north and
south in the United States We're just
melting away after four years of fear
full slaughter when Methodist
preacher i'll England began the or
ganization of the Salvation Army.
Rooth had been preaching since he at
tanned his majority. He was always
an evangelist. y man OF education.
an enthusiast. Il student and observer
his wanderingS in that part Of London
which our American Jack London
calls the abyss impressed him with
the profound conviction that it was his
duty to do something toward reclaim
ing the outC0st.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-22

There's naught so sweet rs loves
young dream.
And it would swecter be,
If lovers would only tabe
A little Rocky Mountain Tea.
r. II. Thomas pharmacy
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-22
Began In z Graveyard.

In 1865 this Methodist preacher held
his first mission meeting for helping
the bitterly poor and the criminal I'M
fortunates. In Il tent in an old desert
ed Quaker graveyard this meeting was
held. and out of it grew the Salvation
Army. At first the movement was
called the Christian mission. 1t was
not until thirteen years later that the
name Salvation Army was applied to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-22
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