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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-02
The Daily Short Story

Before any of Us could move, she
had torn open the envelope and
read her message. Next, you can't
imagine how she act. She walked
round and round, calling out, Hes
crazy! l know he's crazy! It's the
heat. Just read this!" We were
all curious enough to look, you may
be sure, but all the telegram said
was
81 have never regretted it. Have
you? Bradford"
Now, English could never forgive
anyone for making him conspicu-
GUS and he certainly was unhappy
then. Everyone stared at the Brad.
fords, while Mrs. B. grew wilder
and wilder, walking around talk
ing to everyone, beginning SEN
fences never to finish them-alto.
gether she was show.
We slowly drew away, for we did
not know to what Lady Macbeth
secrets the old mans question
might refer. English had been
growing more and more disguised
with it all. At last he took Mrs.
Bradford by the arm and led her
away to the telegraph Office. She
seized the first blank and wrote old
Bradford, of Rockford, this impas-
stoned appeal:
For Gods sake explain!"
There seemed nothing to do after
the instrument had clicked off the
message. However, Nellie created
a diversion by exclaiming, why
mother, isn't this your wedding an
niversary?"
Mrs. Bradford hastily consulted a
calendar and will you believe it
it was!
English? Oh, the next morning
he took the first train for Chicago
and never since has he looked at q
girl whose last name was 3D."
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-02

Indebtedness. Not content with
squeezing money out of the Maple
family at this rate, Eckhardstein
treated his wife with cruelty, and
ran around with otner women.
On the wedding day the baron
used such language in the train
from st. Adams to st. Pancras that
the baroness was reduced to tears.
Even in Paris, while on the honey
moon, he would leave her and re.
turn very late at night. They went
to Berlin and there he would leave
his wife alone with a servant, re.
turning in the early morning.
He called her cheap and BELT.
tied her and her people.
So enraged was the baron at the
fact that his father-in-law had cut
him off with beggarly $4,000 a
year that he quarreled with Sir
John on his deathbed.
In order to appease her insistent
husband the baroness voluntarily
added $4,000 year to this sum.
Still the baron was no, satisfied
and finally debts and brutality
drove her to court, where she was
given a decree.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-02

LONDON, Aug. 2.-England has
not yet ceased to talk about the sad
case of the Baroness Won Eckhard-
stein, nor have the English papers
ceased to comment editorially upon
the unusual features of her divorce.
The evidence plainly showed that
the baron married for money, but
that his wife was deeply in love
with him.
The world knows the fact that
Miss Maple, daughter of Sir John
Blundell Maple, now deceased, who
was called "the Marshall Field of
London" was married against her
fathers earnest wish to Baron Won
Eckhardstein, then secretary of the
German embassy at London, but
the world did not know, until the
facts were exposed in court, of the
amazing troubles she had been
through.
Within 10 months after the mar
riage, in 1896, Sir blundell Maple
paid nearly 100000 in getting the
baron out of debt, and in 1905 the
baroness herself paid $1,000,000 Of
her own fortune left her by her fa-
Their in further meeting the baron S
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-02
THE BRADFoRDs, OF
ROCKFORD

I say, did Jack English ever tell
you of the time he went to the sea-
shore with the Bradfords? Mrs.
Bradford and Nellie planned the
trip, and about that time Jack was
going wherever Nellie did. The
memory of that trip must make
him sick!
You know he has lots of money,
and he is not particularly bad look
ing-besides being all kinds of a
good fellow. Not at all the kind
to fall in love with stick like
Nellie. He was always keen after
good form, so perhaps it was Mel
lies clothes that attracted him.
They were certainly correct
enough! l am perfectly sure that
he never was in love with her. 1t
must have been largely the moth
ers doings, for no woman ever
lived who liked to manage the af-
fairs of others better that did Mrs.
Bradford.
AS none of us could endure Mel
lie, a wedding would have put an
end to our good times with Jack.
We were all doing our best to up
set Mrs. Bradford's plans-but with
no success-and we could almost
hear the wedding bells when old
Bradford did the business for us.
One of those unconscious acts OF
heroiism, you know, for which we
never were able to thank him.
Mrs. Bradford and Nellie had
been at the shore for some time
Mr.. Bradford was poking around a
little old town called Rockford
Trying to make more money and
keep cool, l suppose! Mr.. Bradford
smiled and smiled. How l hated
that smile!
Everyone in the hotel wondered
how such a fine fellow could spend
his time with that dull girl, but
Jack seemed perfectly contented
Perhaps they would take walk In
the morning, up one street and
down another. Nothing exciting In
that! Perhaps they would 60 in
bathing. Nothing exciting in still
water swimming! Perhaps they
would drive over the moOrs in the
afternoon. Nothing very rapid
about a livery horse-or they would
| walk in the evening with Mrs. B
sauntering along behind So the
days went, and it looked awfully
stupid to the rest of us, but will
you believe 1t, nothing we fellows
could do diverted Jacks attention
for an hour.
One hot afternoon everyone wa:
lounging around on the piazza wait
ing for the mail, and things were
pretty quiet. A small boy saun
tered up. After looking us over, HI
pulled a telegram out of his poke
and shouted, Mrs. Bradford! Mrs
Bradford here?"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-02
VALUE OF AUTOMATIC
ALARM POWER

One of the incidents of the hot
wave was a false fire alarm yes
terday in the Crescent Department
Store, caused by the new Automatic
Fire Alarm installed few months
ago by the Electrical Alarm Co., of
Sill Monroe st. On every 20
square feet of ceiling space
throughout the entire floors of the
building is placed temperature
detector, so arranged as to turn in
an alarm upon the rise of the tenn
perature to a dangerous degree, at
which the instrument is set.
These temperature detectors, or
Thermostats as they are called, are
adjusted to turn in the alarm at
1875 degrees, but through the care
lessness of workman installing
them one or two were set much
lower, and the extreme heat Of yes
terday caused them to turn in the
alarm. The company installing
them is today testing them all out
again to be sure of their accuracy.
The Crescent management speak
very highly of the system, and be-
lieve that possible false alarm is
cheaper than a fire. The apparatus
is something new in that line, the
patents only having been issued a
few months. Local business peo-
pie have purchased from the in
ventor the territory of Washington
and Idaho. and are Just introducing
the Thermostatic system of fire
protection to this community, and
are installing quite number of
systems. The Thermostats are
used for a great variety of pur-
poses, and regulate hot and cold
temperatures, and give frost and
fire alarms, in larger cities ca0y-
ing the alarm direct to the fire sta
ton, indicating the exact location
of the fire, and in smaller towns
carrying the alarm to the town
bell or gong, striking the number
assigned to the particular place on
fire, so that the public is warned Of
the exact location of the fire, be-
sides giving local warning. This
warning is given entirely auto
matically at any time of day or
night and Immediately upon the
starting of any incipient fire. "*'
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-02
ANNUAL PICNIC
BIG SUCCESS

The annual picnic of faction Co.
employees yesterday at Mantle park
was attended by more than 200 peo-
pie. Refreshments were taken
along and general good time in
dulged in. The afternoon sports
resulted as follows:
Hundred yard race, prize hat by
Chicago Clothing Co, won by E.
Isbell; running broad jump, prize
shoes by Veins. won by E. M. jim
kins; ladies' 25 yard dash. shoes
by the Crescent, won by Mrs. w.
r. Elston: high jump, prize shirt
by the LOOMS Co., won by E. Is
bell: ladies' throwing contest, prize
sack of -four by Bradley & Co, won
by Mrs. B. E. Sterling; girls so
yard race, prize hat by the New
York Cloak & Suit House, won by
Esther King: boys so yard race,
prize 4 pounds coffee by the I'M
perial Trading Co., won by Carl
Wick; sling shot contest, prize So
worth of merchandise by the Dodd
Clothing Co., won by A. c. Savage;
legged race, prize kid gloves by
Berry Co., won by Frank Smith
and e. NJ. Jinkins; ladies rs yard
race, umbrella by Miller, Mower &
Flynn, won by Ella Brown, stand
ing broad jump, 1915, won by w
Dalin
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-02
DIG FOR GOLD
NEAR SPOKANE

There are prospects of a paying
gold mine being opened in the i'm
mediate vicinity of Spokane.
Messrs. Wolverton and Lindsay are
orking claim miles south of
town On the Medical Lake line.
The mine is about l mile south of
the Jameson station.
A shaft has been sunk 100 feet
on the ledge and prosecuting is
now in progress. There is nothing
on which to estimate the width of
the ledge, but it is from present in
dications very. wide. The ore is
free, milling.
Nothing could be learned as to
the relative value of the ore but it
is evident that it is satisfactory to
the owners, who are spending
money in development work.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-02
HEROINE At 70 REscUEs TWO CHILDREN

CHICAGO, Aug 2.-Tottering
under the weight of 20 years, Mrs.
Mary Zorn displayed amazing
nerve in the heroic rescue of her 2
little grandsons from death by fire!
Harry and Walter Zorn, aged IA
and 10 years, respectively, were in
the kitchen when ia kerosene stove
exploded. They were overcome by
the heat and fumes. Impelled by
love, the aged woman, needless OF
her own danger, rushed into the
room.
After carrying the children to
safety she pitted her feeble
strength against the fury of the
flames in an effort to save her
property by throwing the burning
stove into the yard.
Mrs. Zorn was terribly, perhaps
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-02
CAN'T LOCK OUT
Meter Man

Business men and others whose
families are out of town are dis
playing with considerable wonder
ment bills from the light and gas
companies for last month. They
do not question the bills, but are
trying to figure out how the meter
man was able to read the meter
as their homes have been locked
up tight during the day.
What they want to know is how
the deuce the meters are read
without their knowledge, or if the
reading is dispensed with and an
estimate made of what they should
pay.
The secret of it is that meter
readers are furnished with skele
ton keys and are no respectors OF
persons Or property when laying
the foundations for the company
bill.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-02
BRIDE WAITS IN VAIN
At MARRIAGE ALTAR

TACOMA, Aug. 2.-Another
mysterious disappearance of a
bridegroom on the eve of we'd
ding is puzzling the police of this
city. No trace has been found of
w. C. Cunningham, for whom his
prospective wife, the minister. and
wedding party waited in vain until
long after the hour for the cere-
mony. Cunningham had made ev-
cry arrangement for the wedding
and had purchased tickets for a
honeymoon trip to New York. He
was known to have had 500 on his
person the day of the wedding, and
it is believed he was murdered and
robbed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-02
A SOCIALIST view ON The VERDICT

desirable in their day to the ruling
class as are the present day "unde-
sirables." Let the people remem-
Der these things, and above all, let
The Press and all other non
socialist publications be commend
ed and supported when, in the face
of prejudice and class partisanship,
they demand that both sides be
heard and verdict given based on
justice. That is all that socialists
and organized labor have ever de-
manded-justice and fair play. H.
w. MangOld.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-02
SUNDAY CLOSING NO JOKE

COLFAX, Aug. 2.-That the Sun
day closing law in this part of the
country is something more serious
than a joke is demonstrated by the
binding over of saloon men for
trial. The presenting attorney
made the arrests through con-
stable. because the sheriff's Office
neglected to investigate reports
that the Sunday law was being
violated. All the accused men are
from Palouse.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-02
BIG BLAZE AT SNOHOMiSH

SNOHOMISH, Aug. 2.-Fire
broke out in the Cleveland block
and before it was placed under
control destroyed property to the
value of $4,000. Among the build
ings consumed were the Cleveland
block, the Commercial hotel, the
Colburn building and several small
store buildings. The Snohomish
fire department was unable to cope
with the situation and called the
city of Everett for assistance.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-02
HUGE NUGGET FROM ALASKA

SEATTLE, Aug. 2.-The steam
err Humboldt, from Skagway,
brought over $4,000 in gold, l
massive solid chunk of the precious
metal weighing 500 pounds. or not
quite a third of ton. This i'm
mense piece was not mined in l
lump. but is the result of some in
dustrious melting 1t required the
strength of a half dozen express
men to put the nugget on a wagon,
and, properly guarded, it was i'm
mediately driven off slowly to the
assay Office The piece is valued
at $140.777.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-02
TURN KIDS LOOSE NAKED

CHICAGO, Aug. Zone of those
amazing Chicago university profess
sors has broken into print again.
He had to use an AK to do it, but
he broke in, all right.
Prof. Starr stood on his hind
legs" as Sam Jones used to re-
mark, and declared:
Children should wear no cloth
ing until they are 10 years of age.
Il mean. not a stitch of clothing.
This is right on both physiological
and moral grounds"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-02
SPOKANE TENNIS PLAYERS

Miss Carolyn Richards will rep
resent the lady tennis players of
Spokane at the Tacoma tourna-
ment next week and the following
week will enter the Vancouver
tournament Misses Zimmerman
and Cullen will also go to Van
couver. W. A McBurney and DR..
]. E. Drake will enter the Van
couver tournament and may go to
Tacoma.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-02
COLUMBIA INQUIRY ENDS

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2.--The
examination of minor witnesses
this morning concluded the investi-
cation of the Columbia catastrophe
A ruling from the marine board fix
ing the responsibility is expected
within 2 weeks.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-02

The illustration shows two little
girls dressed for a children's matt
nee. Their coats are of accordion
pleated white liberty silk. trimmed
with tiny ruching OF the same.
The capes are deliberately shirred
and finished with deep founce of
the silk. The hats are alike and
are made OF fine white null and
lace.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-02
DEAD, NOT KIDNAPPED

CHICAGO, Aug. 2.-The body OF
Gretchen Rhodes, who was thought
to have been kidnapped, was found
at the bottom of Lake Michigan
this morning near shore.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-02
BY MARION ASHE

AS much thought and ingenuity
s displayed nowadays in the fash
!oning of children's frocks as is
given to the gowns of the society
woman. 1t seems foolish, but. new
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-02

ertheless, the fact remains, that the
dresses OF the little tots Of or 6
cost as much as those OF the
grown.ups.
The most delicate fabrics are
nsed. Exquisite handwork decor
ates the simplest linen Jumpers,
Whilc their lingerie hats are beau-
tlfulIv embroidered and trimmed
lir Gr~ lnoe aud ribbon.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-02

The Spokane Press delivered to
any part Of the city for rs cents
per month.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-02
MANlTO PARK PICTURES

This weeks moving pictures at
cool Mantle park are the finest
ever shown in Spokane. Admis-
sion free. 3***
New-York tribune., 1907-12-29
4 GREAT KING.
Louis IYI and the Building Of the
French State.

THE LIFE OF LOUIS NJ The Rebel Bel Rau9nsI 64;sina
and the Statesman King. From ftlS Crlsindl "
Letters and Other Documents. BY ChTlStopheII
Hare Illustrated. Svo. PIP. XVII, 5W importer
by Charles Scribner'S Sons
Many a reader who would scOrn the imputa-
ton that he obtained his ideas of history from
works of fiction would nevertheless have to con-
fess that his conception of Louis NJ has been
determined for him by the genius of roInancer.
The portrait of the French King drawn IN the
pages of Quentin Durward' has Unquestionably
had a profound influence upon modern opinion
OF that monarch. 1t is. in certain important de-
tails q true portrait Louis beyond all
doubt a cruel master of his people-upon occa-
sion-and in matters OF religion his faith often
took a superstitious turn. There is more than
meets the eve in the remark of his latest bioS-
rapher apropos OF his dealings with his physl-
cians that with little confidence in human sci
ence. he believed much in prayers ana almsgN-
ing" But Scott composed his famous tale at
New-York tribune., 1907-12-29
A REMBRANDT ETCHING.
e London Morning Post.

From The London Morning Post
Professor Jan Six of Amsterdam. recenIN
read an interesting communication before the
Dutch Royal Academy of Sciences on KEN
brandt's Preparations for Etching or Jan
Six" This. of course, was the renowned etehl:'o
of 1917 for which the mastery little oil IN Ias
possession of NJ Bonuat is generally regardea
preliminary sketch. though they dl1er co1.
siderably in detail There are two drawings ~
existence which are clearly preparatory 10 u'5
etching. One is that which was actually trae@u
over on the copper and the professor mas pee
fortunate enough to acquire it The other W.
recognized short time ago by Mr. Z HooII III .
scribbled drawing in the Museum Fodor ~
Amsterdam Both are in black chalk Ihat ~
Fodor is on the back of drawing. also IN p,eL
chalk of beggar family. The drawing WIZ
was traced, now in Professor SKIS poSSeSsiO..-
is backed with black chalk. not with red. as ~
the case of the Anslo drawing IN the brisis -
Museum; and this he thinks. suggests a VII VII
etching ground. the of which. as ne poissa
out was known in Leyden. as Is proved uS -
letter of Rubens in 1922 to Pieter van cen.
ferring to van Veen'S discovery or etchihS Os g
white ground. practised by Elshelfner. ~
in the Fodor sketch, is wearing his nat a. a.
seems to have a sheet of paper OF MIN 49,,
in his hand and is looking al 1t In tne etCI'i , in
of course he Is bareheaded; he holds DoVn rsa
both hands and his attitude IS more resi-
attitude however was varied on the plate hs -s
80 as better to show the face; and in the =, r. 80
first state something of the landscape Is 81 500
be seen as we see ii in NJ Bonnats OH plctu-t -t
Indeed the noteworthy fact to whlch the CIV
dence Of the drawings points IS, froiesS. suc-
Saws that for this etching. one or MS Mus ren-
cessful and technically great Remoranul "a =,
arations were of the smallest. and NE HAN
work up the plate direct from Nature
New-York tribune., 1907-12-29

into favor Also Charles VII. having given his
son the county of Dauphine saw to it that
he set upon task well calculated to bring
out all his resources. He charged him to rid
France of it's ecOrchcurs.
To grasp the full significance of this order
the reader must consider the state of the coun-
try at that time. Christopher Hare gives us
brief but sufficiently vivid account of the man
ner in which the mercenary soldiers of the
fifteenth century had come to be a menace TO
the nation employing them Thousands Of them
were scattered through France. and when they
not engaged in warfare they lived the
lives Of chartered bandits. They murdered,
robbed and burnt to an extent that finally made
them utterly intolerable. Charles VII. not
daring to attempt a violent expulsion of these
ruffianly Adventures. suddenly seized by
happy idea The House of Austria had asked
him for help in its against the Swiss 1t
occurred to him 10 get his unspeakable 6cOr
cheurS together, to have them led into battle
outside his domains and to trust to fate to see
them destroyed or at least kept afar off. His
cynical plan was carried out with exemplary
zeal and thoroughness. 1t in his opinion
sacred duty ''to purge the soil of France
without exposing to massacre those who might
seek to drive them out" and with unimpeach-
ably good faith he put the Dauphin at the head
of the enterprise. That young warrior was
nothing loath. and he had good luck. for he
returned to court with his task well
ecuted that the King found himself in better
position than ever before to administer the
forms he had long had in mind. There was
little gratitude. however, in the nature of
Charles VII. who retained amongst his min
listers men directly inimcal to his son. and the
time came when Louis felt that he would be
safer outside of France. He fed to the court
of the Duke Of Burgundy. and there for some
years played the part of a respectful but dis
trustful
Thoughts OF his exile must have been In his
mind when he made the speech on his accession
New-York tribune., 1907-12-29

doubt when he showed himself fndlnerent u
her poetical interests but it was good thihs
for France that even n lad, the Dauphih
had excellent practical common sense. Keen
knowledge of facts and numbers and passion
ate love of warlike pursuits" The young nus
band needed to train himself in more or less
hardy pursuits for the tremendous task await
ing him
His father did much to strengthen the realn'
but it was little compared to what still had to
be done Though there does not appear 10 have
been any very passionate love between the two.
Charles was at least wise and helpful parent in
giving his heir early opportunities to fend for
himself and develop his masterful traits he
took the boy with him alike on journeys Of peace
and those of war and while still in his teens the
Dauphin was sent into the country to carry out
royal measures of discipline. Not unnaturally
his head was turned. and he even thought it
worth while to take conspicuous part in a re-
beIIion against the throne. surely the oldest OF
episodes in the history Of a man destined to put
all his strength into the establishment of the
kingdom But he had the wit to make submis-
sion when persistence in rebellion was obviously
futile. and his father. in turn. had the good
sense to believe in his regrets and to take him