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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-20
DOCTOR DID
POOR JOB

Olous Klaus this morning
brought action against DR.. f. T.
Richter for S26,407 damages for al
legged incompetence in the examina-
ton of a dislocated shoulder of
plaintiff. The physician, the COM
plant says. called the dislocation
only a bruise, Klaus alleges that
after it was too late to mend the
dislocation he spent $407 seeking
relief.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-20

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 20
Diplomatic circles are greatly in
terested in a curious change in re-
lations between America and ia
pan since the departure of Aoki
and arrival of Takashira, the new
ambassador. The diplomatic sit
uation is now reversed and Japan
is on the offensive.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-20
SOUTHERN SENATOR DEAD

cultural pursuits. He took an &C.
tive part in the memorable CAM
paign of 1875 and was prominent-
ly identified in democratic politics
in 1890. He was elected to the
fifty-third to the fifty-seventh con-
crosses and was then elected to the
senate, succeeding John l.. Nc
Laurin. He took his seat March
5, 1908.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-20

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 90
Sen. Latimer, of South Carolina,
died this morning at Providence
hospital, following an operation for
appendicitis.
Ashbury Churchwell Latimer
was born in 1851 in Abbeville
county. South Carolina, and large
part of his life was spent in agri-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-20
CHINESE BRAWL

The Manchurian question has
come to the front with startling
suddenness and there is increasing
dissatisfaction in the state DEPART
ment with reports of Japanese ag-
gression in Chinese Manchuria.
The administration is alert and
will not tolerate any action on the
part of the Japanese to closing the
trade entrance into Manchuria. >
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-20
BILLEk MUST
FORFEIT LIFE

SPRINGFIELD, Feb. 20.-Her-
man Billek, accused of killing six
members of the Vrzal family Of
Chicago with poison, must hang.
The sentence of the lower court
was sustained today by the SUI
preme court,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-20
FEARS HUSBAND
WILL KILL Her

Marion Murray this morning
caused Judge Huneke to issue an
order restraining her husband.
George NJ. Murray, from interfer-
ing with her. She alleges that no
will kill her on sight. She has be-
gun a divorce action On the grounds
of cruelty. They were married at
Occur d'Alene. Idaho. Oct. s, 1906.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-20
GET BOOZE FROM BANK

WALLA WALLA, Feb. 20.--The
bank at Winona, Wash, In Whit
man county. was entered by rob-
bers, who were scared away before
they got into the vault. Nothing
but two quarts of whisky and two
revolvers were taken.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-20
FARMERS CUT PATH
FOR WORLD RACERS

LIONIER. Ind, Feb. 20,-The
American car, closely followed by
a French car, reached Kendellville,
Ind, in the New York to Paris race
today. Farmers along the course
cut out path in the snow for the
machines.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-20
MCKINLEY ON THE WAY

PORTLAND, FeD. 20.-As soon
as he landed last night from the
steamer. Horace Mckinley, the
Oregon land fraud shark, was taken
in charge and today he is on the
way back to Portland to answer
charges. He tells lurid stories of
his hiding from officers in China.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-20
BEGIN WORK ON NEW LINE

ST. JOHN, Wash, Feb. 20,-The
Spokane 4 Inland will soon begin
work ON the st. John electric line.
Work on the Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul from the o. X. Il NJ.
where spur was started, has been
stopped and no reason given.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-20
TREATY WITH ENGLAND

LONDON, Feb. 2U.-The house
of commons was informed today
that negotiations looking to an ar
bitration treaty between the United
States and Great Britain are now
In progress.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-20
BREAK BLOCKADE

OMAHA, Feb. 20.-The AS hour
blockade on the Rock Island road
was raised today and six stalled
passenger trains were released.
The blizzard had blocked all traf-
40
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NEW BRIDGE AT NEWPORT

NEWPORT, Wash, Feb. 90
About 800 men will be given work
March | on construction OF the
Great Northern's bridge across the
Pend d'Oreille river This will
complete the new cutoff.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-20

Mrs. Mechlie, of the Silver Grill,
reported to the police today that
she lost leaf brooch with an i'm
itation fly set with sapphires In one
corner. She values 1t highly.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-04-25
FLEET REACHES SAN PEDRO
Voyage From San Diego North One
Continuous Ovation,

Los Angeles, April 20.-Los An
geles sent more than 100000 of its
citizens to the oceanside today to
welcome the American battleship
fleet, which steamed into San Pedro
Harbor, 22 miles away, In the full
radiance of a midsummer sun, and
dropped anchor at 3:30 p. m. The
10 fighting vessels and three auxil-
iarfes, leaving San Diego shortly
after o'clock this morning, had
steamed up the 100 miles of surf
beaten coast in single column for
nation, 400 yards apart and In full
view OF thousands of persons who
gathered at every vantage point.
With the Connecticut leading and
with Rear-Admiral Charles M.
Thomas on the bridge, the long line
OF ships pointed within the break
water at San Pedro bay Just half an
hour behind their scheduled hour of
arrival. The Connecticut, Kansas,
vermont and Louisiana took berths
within the sheltered portion of the
harbor, where they are to remain
the full seven days of the fleets
visit, while the other ~ ships of the
second, third and fourth divisions
reached out into the open sea In
line nearly two miles long.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-04-25
STRIKERS REFUSE TERMS,
NO Hope for Settlement of Chester
Streetcar Trouble.

Chester. Pa, April 2O.-All hope
OF an early settlement of the street
car strike, which began in this city
last Monday, disappeared late to-
night when the motorman and con-
ductors of the Chester Traction Co.
refused to return to work on terms
offered by the company. The state
police have the situation we'll in
hand and there was no serious dis
turbance during the day.
The traction company resumed the
running of cars within the city limits
THIS afternoon. They carried no pas
sengers. Traffic was suspended at 7
A committee of the strikers went
TO philadelphia today and hired a
number of buses, which will be
placed In service, the purpose being
to compete with the traction com.
pany.
Mayor Johnson at 6 D. m. gave
permission to saloonkeepers to omen
their places, contrary to the advice
81 Deputy superintendent Lumb. of
The state police.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-04-25
Strike Brings Blood he'd.

Chester, Pa, April 17.-Riot and
bloodshed marked the third day OF
the streetcar strike here today, when
the Chester Traction company at
tempted to operate its cars with i'm
ported strike-breakers The strikers
and their lympathizers stormed a
trolleycar that was started cut of
the barns and in the melee two men
were shot.
William Griesomer, claim agent
Tor the company, was struck on the
arm by bullet and William Borg
mann, the motorman who had charge
OF the car, was struck in the foot by
another bullet. He was dragged from
the car and beaten and was rescued
from the angry strikers and their
sympathizers with difficulty.
Greisemer, besides being wounded
mad his shoulder dislocated. Several
other traction employers were also
cut and bruised.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-04-25
No Socialism for Him

New York, April 1S.-Dr. H. M,
MIacCracken, chairman of the New
YORK University, who has visited the
Danish, Norwegian and Swedish uni-
verslties to introduce plans for an
interchange of professors, returned
nome today on the steamer Maure-
King Haakon of Norway, with
~nom my son and myself iunched
impressed me as being a man of nm.
usual intellect. "A
Or. MacCracken quoted the King
as saying to him: 'A'"s
rr,s suppose that at ~ o'clock on
II iiuay we divided the wealth of Nor
way, as you suggest. within ST.
minutes there will have been ~ n,re
Der of babies born in the COMM nur1
them?' again WIN
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-04-25
Great Northern Is BIockoa

Butte, Mont, April 17.-Great
Northern Agent Stewart, of Wolf
creek, reports that the track from
Il, /" Vli creek east as far as he can see
10 IS iioooed to depth of three feet
a. tnat Tor three miles or more II
- completely washed out and in
places overturned, while the rails
b ARE twisted and bent into every shane
oy the foaming waters. twenty
Ttsnt Ielles OF track are under water
~ Is inquired conservatively that for
a. ieast 70 days no trains can 90 over
sne llne and no repair work csn h.
aone until the water recedes
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-04-25
TWELFTH BODY FOUND.
Death List at Chelsea Grows-Large
Relief Fund Needed

Boston, Mass, April 2t.-Many
thousands of people today walked
through the ruins of the fire which
one week ago swept through Chel-
sea. IL was an orderly crowd. and
the mllitiamen and policemen on
guard had no difficulty in handling
u. Many OF the church societies had
Dig out-of-door meetings in the pub
lie squares and parks.
One more body was found today in
the ruins. 1t is believed to be that
OF Captain Benjamin r. Knowles. a
Grand Army veteran. This makes
the 18th body thus far found In the
ruins.
The general relief committee. In a
statement today, declares that 49,
900 people We're made homeless and
that 10000 OF these need not only
temporary aid, but must be rehabll-
itated, at least to the extent OF abso-
lutely necessary housekeeping equir.
ment, which Will involve the expen-
diture OF fully 100000.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-04-25

Paris, April 16.-The Temps today
expressed enthusiastic approval Of
PRESIDENT Roosevelt's reasoning in
favor of providing additional ships
Tor the American navy, especially
the affirmation that the United States
would lose rank as a great power,
not only if she was feeble, but II
she had the reputation of being
feeble. France should mediate on
this" the paper says.
II America wishes to avoid war
with Japan, she must have fleet
permanent in the Pacific. The Am
er1can people are at present confused
as to the proper course to pursue,
but President Roosevelt's naval pol
icy suggests a luminous and wise
path which the country sooner or
later will follow.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-04-25
Students Witness Prizeeuh.

Berkeley, April 17.-Battling Nell
son and a number of other repre-
sentatives of the prize ring. an
peared in three-round bouts tonight
before a large crowd of students of
tne University of California, among
wnom We're many co-eds. The en-
tertainment was held under the aus
pieces OF the Polydeucean club of the
university. The affair, postponed
from three weeks ago, was held ont
sloe the university grounds, but was
sanctioned by the executive of the
a Students and the faculty
OF the university. '"''y
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-04-25
FLOOD TAKES FOUR LIVES.
Thousands Homeless. Circus Wrecked
ard Railroads Blocked.

Fort Worth, Texas. April 20.-An-
other rise of three feet In Clear and
Westfork forced thousands OF per-
sons to flee from their homes In
East Fort Worth today. So Ear as
known, four persons have lost their
lives. At least 1000 persons have
been rendered homeless and all
streams are still rising.
The railroad service Is badly Grip
pied. Five hundred delegates tc the
State labor convention are weather.
bound here. A cloudburst In Park
err and Palo Pinto counties last night
will probably send the Brazos and
Trinity rivers two feet higher and
these streams are now higher than
In % years.
North Fort Worth, Mineral City
and Cleburne are almost completely
inundated. Engineer Long and his
firemen were found dead under their
engine today. Their train left the
track In a washout a mile north OF
Cleburne. Crops over large area
have been destroyed and the esti-
mated loss will reach over half a
million dollars.
Cleburne, 90 s,lles south, was
struck by wind storm of tornado
followed by torrential
downpour of rain that literally flood
cd the city. Within 20 minutes after
The storm broke last night the two
oayous that run through Cleburne
had left their banks, flooding 500
Dr. 500 houses. circus whose tents
we're pitched in the western portion |
81 Cleburne was completely wreck |
I'd. Two lions escaped. and prowled |
ibout town for an hour, throwing |
he people into a panic.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-04-25

Boston, April 1s.-The remains Oh
two persons, a man and woman,
were found today in the ruins Oh
Sundays fire at Chelsea, and TO-
night human skull was found IN
the cellar of No. SO Chester avenue.
The bodies of three unknown persons
had been recovered previously anu
the death list is now six, but tne
authorities expect to find otne,
bodies in the ruins. Early today tno
police arrested Daniel Ross, who was
waving lighted tapers in a lumber
yard, and he was hold on the enafs'
OF attempted incendiarism.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-04-25
Millions In Sagebrush

Hammond, Ind, April 16.-Syl-
vester Sparkling, an employe of the
Reid-Murdoch Company, of Chicago,
has patented a process that will con-
vert the sagebrush of the great bar
rem wastes of the west into millions
OF money. A company of Hammond
business men will incorporate Tor
$25O,OO0 to erect a plant in Nevada
which will make the utilization OF
sagebrush possible. The product 70
be derived from the shrub is potash:
Sixty-one per cent of potash is found
in sagebrush ashes, whereas ordinary
wood ashes contains only II
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-04-25
CALM or TERROR.
President Alexis Has Ccwed HavtI bv
NholasnIe Murdar.

Fort au Prince, Hayti, April 21.--
Wnaie there have been many arrests
OF natives suspected OF sympath,
with the late revolution, and poiiti-
cal prisoners continue to he brought
IN In patches from interior points.
there have been no more public
shootings here Indeed. the gov
eminent denies that any more execu-
items have taken place. This. how
ever. ts incredible, In view OF the fact
that many persons are known TO have
been dragged from their beds at
night and that all trace of them has
been lost.
In the executions of March is last
President Nord Alexis achieved the
double purpose of celebrating az
many OF the foes as he could law
hands on, and striking terror into
the hearts of those who were beyond
his reach. Since then bis name and
that OF his feroeious lieutenant. Gem
eral jules Alexis Colcou, who per-
sonally directed the shooting of the
prisoners. INCLUDING some of his own
blood relatives. are mentioned only
IN whispers. All Hayti trembles be-
fore them.
Alexis has made the Significant
seaeehehl tbats IT ne Is not permit |
ed TO end his term OF office unmo- |
ested, he will, rather tbNn submit to |
deposition, write his name on the
'eroli of fame In the blood OF such a |
massacre AZ Hayti has not seen since |
ne days OF DessalIneS, once known
~ Jean Jacques.
no one doubts his ability to carry
nut this threate, which Is understood |
o be intended as a deterrent not
'nly to revolutionists. but to any at
empt at foreign interference In the
fairs of Hayti.
Destitution prevails on every
land ragged soldiers swarm the
treets begging piteously, and even
Ulcers, bedazzled In dingy gold and
liver lace, beg cop in hand and are
refuse In thanks for dole of
ents. The soldiers beg because
helr pay, when they get 1t amounts
0 less than 80 cents month. and
mat else they are able to secure Is
mail. A general receives 20Ol
ourdes month, equal TO abouts27.
0 thnt In order to live he must add :
, his income as best he may. Sim
ariy all government officials who
re paid In the debased currency are /,
expected to reeoup themselves In
Jme manner.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-04-25
ITALY SHOWS HER TEETH.
Sends Big Fleet to Threaten Turk
ish Ports.

Rome, April 21.-An Italian
squadron under command of Ad-
miral Grenet, will set out for the
purpose of making demands In Turk
ish waters. The squadron comprises
II warships and includes the battle
snip Regina Elena, commanded by
the Duke of Abruzzi. Altogether, the
vessels VIII carry 5095 men and
their objective point will be Asia
minor, some 700 miles away II has
been decided. If II Is deemed neees-
sary, also to occupy a small port I'M
I'll Turkey sees the error of her way
and gives full satisfaction. More
energetic measures may thus be
avoided.
The difficulty between the two ma
tons arises from the refusal of the
Turkish government to permit the
installation of Italian postoffices
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-04-25
REOPEN GATEWAY
WITH NEW TARIFF
Union Pacific ASKS Permission f,,,.
Interstate Commission.
Practically Restores Former sv.,.
Eastern Tourists Buyiru '''--
to Portland Viii Be oivsu ~'s''
to Sound If Wansea-s,o. 'Ss'
Route tor Wool. a.

Omaha. Neb., April 1s-p,.
mission of the Interstate n Per-
sion, the Union Pacific has Womnis-
tariff which is expected PREPARED
come the result of a nres,, 70 over
sion which had the effect '1 ~ dec
the Portland gateway. The aeloslng
Pacific and Great Northern Ibo nser
concurred In previous tariffs a aal not
commission ruled that tIckets uu l1e
under the rates so published ms sold
legal. The Union Pacific is no "efe Il
mltted to name Portland AZ NV per-
tination, but If the traveller s sLe oes-
intention of going to Seattle snllles
tner north, the conductor llft, u laf'
ticket will give him another lug dis
from Portland to the noint ieaolng
reached. po'ns 10 be
In other words, the old method !.
resumed OF drawing exchange nos Is
on Portland to points in Wa WEI orders
The additional charge is absorhpsS,Va
the Hartman lines and thev 'eu ~
enjoy the benefit of the lone b asah
1t Is said that the whole onas ui
Of authorized routes to the paciS,l
Coast is not any more safisfo atlllc
now to the Northern Pacific thOu,yy
IS TO the Hartman system ana tsi u
It is equally anxious to see tba au Ina. mat
SUBJECT Oh gateways reconsidered
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-04-25
BLUEJACkETS ON SHORE
Once More Tread Soil of Gods Own
Country.

San Diego, April ia parade Of
DlueJackets and marines landed from
the American battleship fleet-5OOO
fighting men fresh from a cruise Of
more than 1900 miles-marked
the ceremonies of official welcome to
the State of California. Sixty-four
companies of sailormen, in their toys
OF the sea, with wide flaring trousers
reefed down in canvas legglngs, and
10 companies of marines, seldierly
and straight, formed this most no.
table of the navy's land displays. The
landing party, equipped as infantry,
armed with Krags, in light marching
order, and with canteens filled,
equalled an army corps.
The procession the men Of the
navy formed was more than two
miles long. They marched from the
waterfront to the City Park,
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-04-25
ELEPHANT RUN AMuck'
explosion of Oil Tank stampedes an
Entire Herd.

riverside. Cal, April 17.-ThroWn
I3nfo a wild panic by the explosion oi
Il hinge oil tank In the outskirts OF
Ithis city. at 1880 o'clock this AFTER
noon. a herd of elephants belonging
lto the Sells-F1oto circus dashed mad
" through the streets of the resi-
dance district driving terror-stricken
citizens before them and ieaVthg d
trail of destruction In theiF wake
The leader of the herd invaded the
business district before he was re-
captured and ran amuck In the court
ward of the Glenwood hotel, where
he attacked Miss Ella Gibbs, prom
inent church woman, pinned her
against the side of the building with
his tusks, then threw her to the
ground, trampled upon her and IN
|flicted injuries from which she died
at 9:45 O'Clock tonight.
D. P. Chapman. a guest OF the
hotel which is one of the famous hos
telries OF the coast, attempted to
stop the elephant, and was In turn
attacked by the infuriated animal,
which knocked him down and
trampled upon him breaking his leg
and otherwise injuring him. The
big beast then crashed through the
wall of the courtyard into the hotel
barber shop, wrecking that estab-
lishment in gaining Main street,
plunged through plateglass window
hurting Frank A. Bird to the ground
and goring him all but fatally, was
rounded up in livery stable and
made captive.
Four other elephants of the main
herd, which had In the meantime
been re-captured, were brought to
the stable to aid in subduing the
leader, and before he was chained
fast to his comrades the brute added
one more to his list of victims by
hurting one of his keepers over a
high board tense, badly injuring him
Another was added to the list of
the injured today when L. X. Wors- |
ley, an oil-wagon driver, who was
fatally burned in the explosion, was |
taken to the city hospital 1t was |
from his wagon, 1t is said, that the |
fire was communicated to the oil |
tank which exploded. Worsley was |
hurled 20 yards by the explosion and
Wd5 plChSu up Win LIS CiOLulnS III
flames. He is dying.
A second large storage tank filled |
with oil exploded soon after the first
and both bur ned until late at night.
Sixty thousand gallons of oil, includ-
ng much refined oil in cases, was
consumed, together with the build
ngs adjoining the tanks. The
Standard Oil Co.'s loss on the oil
S $1,000 and on buildings, $4,000. l.
The circus tents were pitched
.hree blocks from the oil-tanks.
When the first muffled explosion oc-
shaking the ground like an
and the flames shot up
everal hundred feet into the air, the
ircus management hurriedly cleared
he tents and sent home the crowd
which was assembling for the after
loon performance. 1t was while the
ents were being struck that the
frightened elephants became unman-
geable and stampeded.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-04-25
Injunction Removed.

San Francisco, April 16.-Juoso
Seawell has removed the last hope u
the defense in the Benson-Hyus
cases to prevent the removal OF s'a'.
land records to the federal courts A. a.
Washington, d. c., where the reco,us
will form important evidence IN wv
land fraud trials. Yesterday ai...
noon Judge Seawell dissolved IA
preliminary injunction which ne sa, ,.
he had granted without full Know
edge of the facts of the case.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-04-25

BOSTON, Mass, April 1S.-Tbree
a corpses were recovered late to-
day from the ruins Of surda,,, 80 ~ -
h he Nnelsea, making the total NM ~
t,or now recovered nine. In ada,
of c.r TWO persons have died this weei,
VI T rsuses incident to the fire - week
,ha me bodies recovered TODAY vo..
nose u., OF Mrs. Minnie l. Fsnv We're
, Mlis OF Dr. j. B. Fenwiek, one o Ft IN
1WSa nig physicians in Chelsea. u M me
w wa,.er Barnes, of Glen Ride n 1iIs.
D. po, mrs, Fenwick, and Miss V viege
poyes, OF Chelsea, a maid in tbo lule
pioy OF the Fenwick family " tue en-