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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01
THAT FIXED CASEY

Major Gwydir, license inspector,
tells a good story on PatrOlman
James Casey, one of the wits of the
police department. Casey used to
rasie chickens and had them
penned in sort of dug-out hen
house. One winter the water pipes
broke and drowned them. Casey
came down red-eyed to the water
department and jumped onto w. P.
Weymouth, superintendent of that
department.
$50 you were raising chickens ?"
asked Weymouth.
"Yis."
''And they drowned?"
"Yis."
"Why the dickens didn't you
raise ducks?"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01
AGES OF ANIMALS

= Many animals live to a great age
while others die soon after birth.
Comparative ages of different ami
mails show that the elephant lives
100 years or more; the rhinoceros
20, camel 100. lion 25 to 70, tigers,
lappards, jaguars and hyenas, in
confinement, about rs years. beav-
er. so years, deer 20. wolf 20, fox
Il to 16, llamas Is, chamois %,
monkeys and balloons 16 to 1S, hare
s, squirrel 7, rabbit 7. swine %,
stag so. horse 80, ass 30, sheep 10,
COW 20, OK 80, swans, parrots and
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01
BY gibson GARDNER.
Special Correspondence to The Press

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. l.
The most powerful man in Ameri-
ca-more powerful even that Presi-
dent Roosevelt--in theory if not in
facts Martin A. Knapp, chair
man of the interstate commerce
commission.
He is the man who heads the bu-
reau which puts the screws upon
the greatest and most powerful ag
gregation of capital in the United
States-the railways. ihe revenues
of the American railways are
greater than the revenues of the
government. The word of Chair
man Knapp affects railway COM
merce from Maine to San Diego,
and from Alaska to the Florida
keys.
When the subject of increased
power for the interstate commerce
commission was first preached, a
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01
NO USE TO ARGUE.

dispute arose as to who should UNI
pire, Neither team would agree to
the man suggested by the other
side, and 1t was decided to ask q
school teacher, who happened on
the grounds, to otficiate.
The man of the three RS said
he knew very little about the game.
but that If anyone would give him a
book of rules he would do the best
he could. They got the book and
after he had glanced over it the
game began. 1t was a pretty close
game and exciting. We were at bat
in our half of the ninth when Dan
iels hit the ball down to the pitcher.
Instead of throwing the ball to the
first baseman the pitcher ran to-
ward the base and when he saw he
could not beat the runner, tossed
the ball to the first baseman, get
ting it there yard ahead of the
runner. Imagine our surprise when
ne called the runner Safe. You
should have heard the roar that
went up from the other side. The
umpire contended that he was right
and said the rules sustained him.
They demanded to see the rule, and
he read the rule where 1t says a
runner is out when the ball is
thrown to the base ahead of him.
"'You didn't throw the ball. the
umpire said to the pitcher. you
tossed it, therefore the man Is safe.
well. the game ended in a row
and we got 1t 8 to 0, Education is
a good thing sometimes, said Par
rott. as he scratched match to re-
light his pipe.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01
TIPS

d. r. Mcdonald, conductor, and
l.. Burris, fireman, were killed in a
Northern Pacific wreck in Montana.
Fifteen men employed by the COM
pany were injured. Two engines at
tached to work train went over
bank into the water.
Fire starting from chemicals are
said to have destroyed evidence
against Meyer and his associates in
the Mine Owners association safe
at Cripple Creek. The stuff had
been stored as part of an exhibit
comprising photographs and docu-
ments obtained through Steve
adams.
! The recent Chinook wind has
ftafted a thaw east of the noun
fains that threatens great flood
Damage. Milton, Ore, is flooded,
bnd numerous other towns in the
{ntermourtain region in danger of
Joss. Railroad traffic has been
hgain demoralized.
! Unless their pay is increased by
Maa-ch 1 all the mail carries in
butte will quit. They can't live on
Sen year and have so notified the
lpSst authorities
4 Salmon river, Idaho, is frozen
over at Grangeville so that teams
may cross on the ice, the first in
stance of the kind known. The ice
is seven inches thick.
The Columbia River Outlook &
Northwestern Co. has been incor-
porated at North Yakima for the
expressed purpose of building a
railway from Vancouver, Wash, to
Spokane
Soldiers at Columbus. o., have
appealed to the war department
against an order requiring them to
attend church. 1t is announced
that the commanding officer has
misunderstood his authority in is
suing such an order instead of a
request.
BY the Overwhelming majority OF
S35 900 votes against 10000, as rep
resented by the delegates, the labor
conference in Belfast, Ireland, re-
jected a proposed amendment to
the constitution of the party, the
effect of which would have been to
transform it into an avowedly So
cialistic organization.
Against vehement protests of the
conservatives, comprising most OF
the clerical members, the chamber
of deputies in France adopted the
bill providing for the automatic
granting of DEGREES of divorce If
either party persists in a suit for
three years.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01
COUNTING A MILLION PEAS

NEW YORK. Feb. 1.-On a $3.50
wager a certain Mr.. Parish three
months ago began counting batch
of 100000 peas, and has just fin
ished. His eyesight is nearly gone,
and all he thinks OF now Is peas
There was another stipulation
which the loser of the bet had to
make good on beside paying over
the $3.50. He has to eat the peas.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01
HINTS TOBOULERC

By AN EXPERT--NO. 4

Be careful of the ball until 1t
leaves the hand. Many bowlers
spoil the chance of good shot
right at the last fraction Of Sec
ond. They do it by jerking the
hand just as it is about to let loose
of the ball. What the ball Is 60
ing to do under such circumstances
is uncertain, except that it will not
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01
JAPS TROOPING IN.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. Fed
eral Off ials have learned that hun
dreds of Japanese coolies sent to
the Hawaiian islands to work on
sugar plantations are deserving and
coming to the Pacific coast. This
is in direct violation of the contract
labor law
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01
THE COLUM BIA.

A large attendance greeted the
linn Co. last night for the opening
performance of. Fra Diavolo" Ex-
ira scenery had been provided and
the play was well costumed. AS a
whole the production took with the
audience and the company rather
exceeded past efforts. The engage
ment closes Saturday evening.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01

ravens 200, eagles 100, geese 80,
hens and pigeons 10 to 16, hawks
SO to 40, cranes "a, blackbird 10 to
II, peacock 20, pelican 40 to so,
thrush s to 10, wren to 3, nightin-
gale Is, blackcap Is, linnet ii to
%. carp 70 to $50, pike 80 to 40,
salmon Is, Goldfish IA to II, eel 10,
crocodile 100, whale estimated
900,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01
SPEECH KNOCKED INTO HIM.

SALT LAKE, Feb. AFTER be-
ing dumb for six years as the result
of sickness contracted in the Philip
pines, Thomas Mannix recovered
his voice by getting a rap on the
head while trying to board street
car. He has been talking night
and day ever since.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01
WHOLE TOWN sWEARS OFF.

NEW YORK. Feb. 1.-THE entire
male population Of the village of
Port Republic, N. j., has Sworn
o" from the use Of tobacco in any
form rs the result Of a religious re-
vival which has been In progress
there for several weeks. One OF
those converted Is Miss Amanda
Blake, who was proprietor OF the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01
TO BUILD AM, RINK.

The Hypotheek bank sold lots %,
20 and "a, in block in Growers ad-
dition, west of the Masonic temple.
yesterday to the Coliseum Co. for
$4,000. The company will erect a
skating rink theer the coming sea-
son.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01
SURVIVES 4,3OO VOLTS.

SALT LAKE, Feb. 1.-Harold M
Speight a lineman employed here,
received a shock of 1890 volts of
electricity. He lived through it,
but may lose leg from the gurns
sustained.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01

Dave Rowan, who played the
initial sack with Spokane last year,
is holding out from signing up with
Manager Quinn on account of sal
airy. Davey should be good or they
might tell on him and the New
York state league or one of the
others back there lay claim to his
services.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01

George AIDES success, THE
County Chairman" presented by a
company of 60, will be at the Spo-
kane Sunday evening The pres
ent seasons production is made on
an elaborate scale by the company
that enjoyed the long New York
run. Politics furnishes the main
action of the story. Theodore Bah
cock, the well known character &C
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01

AT an age when most men are
content to sit in the easy chair
and watch the youngsters. James
p. Foley, 65, captain of the police
force of Logansport. Ind. is prepaf
ing to ride horseback to San Fran
cisco on a $500 wager that he can
complete the trip in 80 days. The
start is to be made in the spring,
although the doughty captain was
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01

How do you always manage to
keep your husband home at night 2"
That's easy. tell him I've made
an engagement to spend the even
ing with somebody know he
doesn't like" ,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01

only store in the village where to-
bacco was sold. She made a bon
fire of all the smokables she had in
stock. One of the first to swear off
was John Johnson, 70 years old.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01
THE SPOKANE.

Countess Olga Won Hatzfeldt.
formerly with "The Burgomaster,"
is starring in "1ne Little Duchess"
which opens double engagement
with Saturday matinee this even
ing. The comedy carries big
company, said to be first class in
the light amusement line. The
countess has added to her fame as
a fun maker in this piece, which
was one of Anna Held's greatest
successes. This seasons presenta-
ton is announced as fully up to the
former tandard.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01

The S. A. A. c. basketball team
defeated the Princess team in the
game on skates at the Princess
rink by score of 10 to Z. A series
of games has been arranged.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01
SPORTING SNAP SHOTS

The Whitman basketball team
last night defeated the S. A. A. C.
80 to 81, winning after the clubmen
had scored a lead of 10 to 8.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01

Uncle Joe Cannon says the tariff
is big stick. That's right; some
thing by which we're struck.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01
THE WASHINGTON.

The weeks vaudeville bill has
had a successful run. A new pro-
gram begins Sunday.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01
THE AUDITORIUM.

Hearts of the Blue Ridge" is
maintaining its popularity this
week. 1t runs tonight and tomor-
row evening.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01
fit the Theatres

tor. will play the part of Jim
Hacker. Thomas Grady has the
role Of the negro, Sassafras.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01

ready for the getaway within 10
lays after the wager was made. had
the man who covered his money
Insisted.
u Captain Foley has figured that he
will be able to make As miles 2 day
through Indiana, Illinois and Ne
hraska. Through the mountains he
is only counting on averaging from
10 TO rs miles.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01
HE PROVED IT BY THE RULE BOOK

Eve were playing game with a
team in an interior Texas town.
says Tacks PARROT, who was with
San Antonio last season, when a
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01

The Spokane Rod & Gun club is
holding it's first weekly shoot at the
Natatorium park range this after
noon. This is the first of long
practice for the Pacific coast handi-
cap shoot which comes to Spokane
next September. Hereafter the
club will hold so bird handicap
shoot the last Friday in each
month. In the weekly shoot OF %
birds a medal will be offtred for
the best records. and the one who
wins it the most times during the
year will be declared the owner.
Eddie Quinn, manager of the Spo-
kane baseball team, has confirmed
the rum0r that Swindells, the old
Butte catcher who is such favor
lite and good player, has been sign
ed to captain Spokane. Nobody
will but say that as a catcher and
player Swindells is the best man
Quinn could get, but as a captain
he's a dead one. 1t takes man
who is somewhat scrappy to cap
tain q baseball team. Swindells
lacked ginger in all his games here.
He is naturally clever player, but
never gets in the game Swim
dells wouldn't holler if an umpire
handed it to his team in large
bundles; he won't correct a player
or keep order, But the fans have
faith in Eddie Quinn and are will
ing to accept his judgment on
| Swindells.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01

d. r. Mcdonald, conductor, and
l.. Burris, fireman, were killed in
Northern Pacific wreck in Montana.
Fifteen men employed by the COM
pany were injured. Two engines at
tached to work train went over
a bank into the water.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-12-27

Large increase of students; a faculty
winch has just about doubled in..four
years; increase of equipment, lib
rarY, IMPROVEMENT in the buildings;
the 40 ition of 500 here and 5000
There il tue furnishing CT TIE Hall
ana OF tue rooms, which has again
aad again been repeated: the having
out OF the campus: the Improves
ment OF the COURSES OF study: the
new athletic groundS: the deBatins
leagUeS, with their valuable iuter-
colLeel tie Debates; the new stand
ing which The University has secured
in t East and with the other
large institutions which have come
to recognize 1T as one of the great
schools of the Northwest: the in
terest of people of means like Mr..
CaMHeg e, Mrs. Swift, and others
onlsidc of the state; and the COM
pletion OF 500, 600 OF productive
endowment which Within a year will
be adding from three to six Thousand
do lars to its annual income fol
running expenses, with other things
too numerous to mention, constitute
a forward movement we'll worthy of
the attention Of our citizens.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-12-27

three miles east Of Mitchell. At
that time Hanson county was COM
posed OF unlimited boundaries that
extended as far west as Wyoming and
hundreds Of miles north. He built
the first frame house in the The
county, and filed and proved up on
the first presumption before the land
office then at Vermlllion. Mr.. Green
was associated witt. The birth of the
democratic party in Dakota territory
convention held at Yankton, when
Moses X Armstrong vas elected as
u. deieeate to congress, the democrats
taking advantage of a split in the
republican party. lie was the orator
OF the first public celebration of the
fourth OF July, held in 1876, neal his
home in The Jim river grove The
Green home was the headquarters
for many social gatherings in those
pioneer days and on one occasion the
neighbors for fifty miles around
gathered at their domicile and had
a three days celebration Of feasting
and merrymaking. The neighbours
brought along their cattle, horses
and chickens TO save them from the
marauding Indians who might be
lurking around in the absence of the
people. When he first came to the
territory Mr.. Green was appointed a
deputy United States surveyor, and
in that capacity he set all the corner
posts for the country between the
south line and the British possessions
on the north. When several OF tho
counties yer organized through the
James river valley, it was done
through the efforts of a company Of
men who we're trying to build q
railroad. These counties were given
a boundary Of SO miles long and Il
miles wide. and the county seats
located touching the proposed rails,
road route. 1t was the aim of the
railroad promoters to secur a bonus
from each county seat town for the
construction of the railroad, but the
scheme was never carried out and
the counties were reduced materially
in size.
Mr. Green has been an Odd Fellow
since 1864 and helped to organize the
local lodge in Mitchell. This worthy
old couple have reared four Children,
two of whom are living. Mrs. Albert
Hammer, of this city, and q. w.
Green. Of Chicago, each Of whom
have five children. Mr.. Green said
that his four brothers and one sister
have all passed the golden wedding
anniversary in their married lives.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-12-27
ADOPTED THE CONSTITUTION
The Roosexelt-Taft Club Perfected It's
Organization by Adopting a
Constitution Friday Night.

The second meeting of the Roose-
Welt ait club was held Friday even
ing and the work of the organization
was completed by adopting the con-
stitutlou. which was presented from
tie committee by j. l.. Hannett
and read to the assembled members.
AS stated by the constitution, the
purpose CT the club is to favor the
election by the republicans of this
state TO the national republican,
convention to be held in Chicago,
June q, 1908, delegates favorable to
the termination for the presidency
OF the United States, first Hon.
Theodore Roosevelt, and second,
Hon. William II. Taft. The further
purpose OF the club shall be TO pro-
mote, by all fair and honorable
means, the election of delegates to
the national convention of the re-
publican party who are favorable to
the candidacy of President Roosc-
welt, and II it should appear that he
will accept "a nomination therefor,
and if noJ then these delegates will
use their influence to secure the
nomiation of MIR. Taft. The consti-
tuition does not provide nor is it the
intention to use the influence of the
club to promote the candidacy of any
other individual, either county, state
or national-the sole efforts of the
club arc to be directed along presi-
Dental lines.
The duties Of the various officers
are outlined and that Of the execu-
tive committee ''shall be to attend
to all the business of the club; to
promote by all fair and honorable
means, in their power the purposes
for which the club is formed. and
to take any action that may be
deemed right, proper and honorable
to ecure the election Of delegates
from this state to the national re-
publican O 7enuion who will at saiG
convention support first. Hon. Theo-
dore Roosevelt; second, William Fl.
Taft for the nomination to the
presidency Of the United States, and
who will not support any other per,
sen at said convention for said nom-
,nat1on.n
The club will meet ON the first
Tuesday Of every month, and special
meetings can be called when neces-
sary. A. q. Dean vas elected the
treasurer OF the club.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-12-27
ARE FIFTY YEARS MARRIED
Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. Green Spend a
Half Century in Living in the
Marriage State.

BY their own tireside and sur
rounded with a few friends and
relatives, Mr.. and Mrs. FL. C. Green
quietly celebrated their golden we'd
ding anniversary on the evening Of
Dec. II. They are the earliest
settlers IN this section OF the state,
ana came to their presumption claim
at d time when there we're no residents
within many miles. They located
on a claim three miles east OF Mitch
ell Oh the James river in 1871, and
they we're the practical monaichs Of
all they surveyed. Mr.. Green was
born in Plattsburg, N. Y, Aug. IL,
1881. and Mrs. Green was born in
Batavia. N. Y. April ID, 1910.
Mr.. Green came west with his
parents in 1884 and they located in
Green BAY. Wis. which was then
Known as Michigan Territory. Mrs.
Green followed with her parents in
1873 and loca'ei near Milwaukee.
nil. Green perfected himself in the
bushes, OF civil engineering and in
1880 he went into Missouri ana sur
yeyed The line of road of the Missouri
Pacific. the first railroad constructed
west of the Mississippi. He was
enlgged in that work on the road for
six eafs. He returned 10 Rochester.
MINI. and was married to Francis
Mania Baker Dec, II. 1857. While
Ii ing in Minnesota Mr.. Glten was
active I'm politics atld was d delegate
to the inst state Democratic coDven-
ti0u in 1857, wien General Sibley
MIS- u%otuiDateG and elected as the
4oterD0r of that state. AT that
ttue the democrats we're accused OF
voting all lt.e Indains in tie state
Tor rleir ticket ana they were
ItiHtthed tile moccasin democrats, but
whateyef they were called, Mr..
Gre u said they we're successful. In
those davS MIR. Green said he was
well acquainted With Jln Jill when
the now great railroad president was
selling coal on.the levee in ST. Paul.
In 1870. Mr.. Green and his family
equipped with three prairie schooners
started for the territory of Dakota
ans finally located in Bon Homme
county. The year following they cams
up into Hanson comfy, and pickec
out a claim on the lanes river,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-12-27
MISS TERRILL PASSED AWAY
Young Lady Who Was Burned Dur~s
ing Corn Palace Week Passed
Away Monday Night.

Miss Mayme Terrill was relieved OF
her intense suffering Monday evening
after three months duration, when
she died at I 80 o'clock. The case OF
Miss Terrill was a very unfortunate
n and it has aroused the SYM
pathies of the people. In the morn
ing of September %, the day the
corn palace opened. Miss Terrill was
engaged working in a restaurant that
bad beer started up that morning for
corn palace week. In working around
ire gasoline stove, sufficient of the
Ill had leaked from the openings as
/. cause An explosion. just at that
Moment Miss Terrill was unfortunate
enough to be In close proximity to
the stove and received the greater
portion of the explosion. She was
very badly burned, and it:was.thought
at the time that she could not live
through the terrible ordeal. She was
removed to ST. Joseph's hospital,
where She was accorded the best OF
treatment and care. The greater
poi ton of the time she has-sulfered
intensely ana her case was a very
pathetic one. Last Friday the young
woman showed sufficient improve
ment so that she could be removed
to the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. ID. W. rerrill, some three miles
southwest of the city, although there
vas NOT the SLIGHTEST hone that she
could i've long.
The deceased young Lady vas horn
at New Providence. Iowa, on April
IS, 1884. and died December %, agtd
% years, months. and 80 days.
She leaves her parents. six sisters
and two broll ers TO mourn her death.
She sas a life member of the
Friends church at The place Of her
birth and has been an active worker
in the Sunday school and Christian
Endeavor since living in this city.
For the past five years she has been
engaged in school work, one zeal Of
which was spent in attendance at
the state normal school at Cedar
! Falls, Iowa.
Private funeral services We're cor-a
Quoted this afternoon at 2:3O O'Clock
at the residence in the country, BY
Rev. Fl. 5. Wilkinson Tomorrow
morning Mr.. 'rerriil will accompany
the = mains OF his daughter to New
Providence. Iowa. .or interment.