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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30

1t was not generally known. and
perhaps would never have gotten
out but for an increase in sick
ness, that for time last week
people of this city were drinking
the old river water and the filth
poured into it from the Occur
d'Alene city sewer.
At the time when the difference
in the taste of the water was no
ticed Water Commissioner Wet
eel declared that the water was
coming from the we'll as usual.
The matter was investigated this
morning when the health depart
ment reported noticeable in
crease in cases of typhoid fever
Health Officer Grieve ascertained
the facts and attributed the cause
of the increase of the disease to
the change from the wholesome
pure we'll water to the filthy stuff
out Of the river, especially danger
Gus in hot weather.
The engineer at the up-river
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30
LITTLE WIDOWS GRIT
WINS HER A GOLD MINE

RENO, New, July 30.-By that
pluck, grit and nerve that are the
chief assets of the women Of the
great mining regions, where for.
tunes are won only after desper.
ate struggles, pretty Mrs. sylvia
Casey, a sorrowing little widow of
30 years. saved her husbands
claims from being jumped by driv-
ing for As miles through a terrific
storm on the desert and then
trudging 10 miles over barren,
snow-covered mountains and work.
ing all night in the freezing wind
to erect new monuments and relo'
cate the property. 1t was fear
full, lonely fight against the death
dealing storms of the desert, but
Mrs. Casey won out and Is now
working other mining claims with
the $4,000 she made by relocating
and selling these valuable proper
ties in the Funeral range on the
edge of grim Death valley.
After discovering gold-bearing
lodges In the Funeral mountains
David II. Casey located the Sena-
tor and Columbia groups and re-
turned to Godield to secure
money for assessment work. He
went to work H. a mine, but was
caught in a cave-in and was
crushed to death. He bad bonded
his claims for $4,000 and had re,
ceived IA small payment. Before
his death he had told his wife ia
hold the claims at all hazards.
Mrs. Casey was without a cent
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30
NEARLY D0OGED
GALLONS

SAN QUENTIN, Cal, July 30
John Siemsen, one of the gaspipe
thugs who will hang tomorrow for
a long list of crimes in San Fran
cisco, today is sorry he was I'M
able to escape before taken to the
death chamber.
Guards last night found evil
dences of his plot to burrow out
of Jail. He had secured nail and
gouged a hole in the wall, replac.
ing the bricks every night so as
not to attract attention.
Louis Dabner. the other con-
demned man, remains uncon-
cerned.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30
STILL HOPES TO
ClNCH JOHN D.

CHICAGO, July 30.-U. S. Dis
trict Attorney Sims returned to-
day from a conference regarding
the governments attitude in the
recent Standard Oil decision when
the 100000 fine was reversed.
II am sure Of the ultimate sue
cess of the government in this
case" said Sims. 1--WE are going
after the case hammer and tongs."
He said the government attor-
neys who attended the conference
were unanimous that every effort
should be made by them to secure
a reversal of the verdict setting
aside the Landis fine. Application
for rehearing will be presented in
the circuit court by the govern
ment within a few days.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30

in the world after paying the ex.
peases of her husbands funeral.
She rented small blackboard and
mountain pony and started for
Tule canyon through a binding
storm. Acting under the directions
given her by Ter husband, she
climbed through the gullies and
over the mountain ridges search.
ing day after day. One night she
found that three men had arrived
In Eagle Pass. BY questioning
them she learned that they intend.
ed to locate David Casey's claims
the next day.
That night she went into the
hills once more. After tramping
nearly the entire night she came
upon the damaged monuments and
the torn and faded location notices
placed there by her husband. Al
though nearly exhausted when she
found them she worked the entire
night erecting new monuments. Al
three men climbing the mountain
but she knew that she had placed
every monument and posted every
notice correctly and she fell
against a pile OF rocks in a quiet
sleep of exhaustion.
Recently the men in far ava,
New York, VINO had bonded the
claims, paid over the $4,000 anC
now Mrs. Casey Is in Goldfield SUI
perintending the working of Other
claims which she declares will
make her rich.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30
$4,000 SEWER JOB IN
PEACEFUL VALLEY

Engineer Ralston has submitted
plans to change the sewers on
Main and Huron SITS. in order to
relieve Peaceful valley. The cost
will be $3.50 on Main and $2,3S3
on Huron. A change in the size
of the sewer pipes and enlarge
ments of the outlets are provided.
The plans and specifications are
in the hands of the committee on
streets and sewers, which will re-
port at the next meeting. Then
the board of works will be author
lied to advertise for bids and have
the improvement undertaken at
once.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30
RAILROAD FEARS
NIGHT RIDERS

LOUISVILLE, Ky, July 80
Illinois Central officers are today
taking precautions to prevent exc
cution of threats made by night
riders to wreck the company
trains unless militiamen encamp-
ed on the roads property are or
dered to vacate.
The railroad officials appealed to
the governor to remove the militia
but the governor refused, saying
the commonwealth should be con,
sidered first.
The situation In western Ken.
lucky Is growing more serious. II
Is feared clash between troops
and riders will occur before the
week ends.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30
CORPORATION GET WATER
IF CITY BURNS

Although the board Of works
yesterday imposed new and strict
water regulations on everyone it
failed to repeal the unjust and
purely discriminatory concession
granted the White City Co. near
Recreation park.
The company already enjoyed a
special privilege of using as many
automatic sprinlilers as could well
be placed within the area from 10
o'clock in the morning until 4
O'Clock in the afternoon.
Ordinary people are allowed to
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30
EX-GOVERNOR
BUDD IS DEAD

STOCKTON, Cal, July 30-Aft.
er illness of long duration James
H. Budd, former governor of Cali
fornia, died this morning at his
home here. Last night he suffered
a relapse and at 10 o'clock passed
into a state of Inconsistencies
from which he never recovered.
All night relatives were at the bed
side and at 6:40 this morning the
nurse announced that the patient
was dying.
Uric acid poisoning is given by
physicians as the direct cause of
death. He had been sufferer
from rheumatism and kidney trou.
bles many years and had made two
trips abroad in search of health.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30
LONDON JEW
BA|TERS RIOT

LONDON, July 30.-Twenty-five
thousand persons engaged in
monstrous anti Semitic demonstra-
ton outside Bow st. police station
today, cheering Robert Siever, who
was acquitted OF a charge of at
tempting to blackmail ]. B. Joel,
millionaire nephew of the late
Barney Barnato, diamond king.
Joel is a Jew and this was the
only provocation for the demon
stration.
The mob triei to reach Joel,
who fought them off and escaped.
The angry crowd then knocked
down all Jews in sight. A hum
dred police reserves used clubs
freely, beating the crowd back.
Bloodshed was narrowly averted.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30
SICK Man ENDS
LIFE BY SHOT

While irresponsible from i'll
health Harry Frank shot himself
with revolver yesterday at Che
ney and died after lingering sew
eral hours. He was in charge of
the commissary department of P.
Welch & Co.. contractors, and had
lately returned to the camp after
a vacation in search of health. The
body will be sent from here to
Dayton, Ohio, for interment.
Frank was a veteran of the
Spanish-American war. He leaves
a mother and several sisters and
brothers.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30
WATER
AGAIN IN MAINS

pumping station this afternoon
stated first that the city was not
given river water at all last week,
but when pressed forgot his in
struotions and corrected himself
by saying that "a little was turn
ed on when 1t was necessary to
close down the we'll system during
an inspection of the foundation Of
the pumphouse.
The water department has done
the city a criminal injustice in
turning In river water without no
tifying the pubic Of what it had
done so that tne water could be
boiled.
Health Officer Grieve's had re-
peatedly cautioned citizens TO boil
all water before the new system
was in working order. The ty-
phoid fever prevalent is chargeable
to Commissioner Wetzel at the
head of the water department. and
in fact, the whole city administra-
ton in a position to know Of the
true state of affairs
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30
BRYAN SAYS HEARST
STOLE DEM. PlANKS

LINCOLN, July 30,-Bryan was
working early today in analyzing
the independence league pltform
and dictated this statement:
The platform of the indepen-
dence league contains number
of planks identical with or sub
stantially the same as some
planks Of the democratic platform,
The tariff plank, one advocating
election of U. S senators by popu-
lar vote, labor and railroad planks
are like the democrats"
He pointed out other similarities
in the two platforms.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30
SCHADE SEES BRIGHT
PROSPECTS

Fred Schade las returned from
Soap lake. Douglas county, much
improved from his attack of in
fiammatory rheumatism. Mr.
Schade made the principal address
OF the Bryan ratification meeting
at Wilsoncreek He said he was
confident Douglas county would so
democratic this fall and that Dan
Paul, Coulee City. will be elected
to the state senate to represent
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30

STEALING
$4,000

NEW YORK July 30.-Admit-
ting that they spent SAT, 900 be-
longing to the Eagle Savings &
Loan Co. of Brooklyn in western
mining scheme, Quarantine Com
missioner Frederick H. Schroeder
and Col Edward Britton are un-
der arrest today
Britton is president of the COM
pany and Schroeder a director.
Thehy said they took the money
to aid friends, expecting to pay it
back. The sums taken range from
1892 to $3.50.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30

brothers in Helena, Mont, is evil
dent from letter received this
morning by Police Chief Rice,
which states that one Eugene
Bouion is again in this country and
located in Portland. The letter
asks If Bouion is wanted in this
city for any crime. If it is the
same Bouion known here he was
arrested several times for va
grancy and fined. Last September
he and Susanna Duvelle, his IA
vorite white slave, went to
France.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30
BIG STICK FOR
COAST OFFICERS
Roosevelt Has Evidence of Huge Inn
migration Frauds.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 30.-The
big stick in the hands of Roose-
welt is about to swing amid the
ranks of the Pacific coast immigra-
ton bureau. It is reported that
heads, big and little, will fall in
the basket.
An investigation which has been
going on over year under direc-
ton of special commission named
by the president is said to have re-
vealed evidence of alleged con-
nivance on the part Of immigra-
ton agents in smuggling Chinese
and Japanese coolies across the
Mexican border. The investiga-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30
BRUNO SENDS
PRESS THREAT

The Press has received a sort OF
Black Hand epistle from Frank
Bruno, dive keeper by profession,
in which he hints threats of dire
consequence unless The Press
apologize for printing report of
robbery in his resort few nights
ago. The man robbed reported to
the police that he missed his
money at Bruno's. Bruno denies
this and in the letter he has hired
somebody to compile alleges that
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30

eide among tho Igorrotes than
among any other people on the
face OF the earth. Gov. Pack says
that during these seven years the
lgorrotes population has increased
from 10000 to 10000. He admits
that some inhabitants have come
across the borders from other prov
inces, but he proves conclusively
that the birthrate has been stead
lily increasing. This is due to ad.
ditional prosperity and better
mode of living which brings about
an effect that the women do not
have to work as hard as formerly"
explains the governor.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30

The following information were
filed in the superior court this
morning by Prosecutor Barnhart:
James Domono, alleged to have
thrown a bomb upon the doorstep
of house occupied by Marie Pine
with intent to do her bodily harm;
G. c. Murphy, alleged to have
stolen a diamond ring and pin
from G. l.. Christensen; Tom
Evans, alleged to have assaulted
Peter Martin with a knife.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30
CUPID HELD THE ACE
AGAINST A KING

BERLIN, July 30.-Kaiser Will
helm learned today that he had
been outwitted and defeated by
Cupid, for Marie Sulzer, former
dancehall queen has been the wife
of Prince Joachim of Prussia since
Aug. 10.
Society and royalty were shock
ed when it became known year
ago that the prince intended TO
marry the dancer, who was then
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30

Of COURSE

The new bridge committee of the
city council appointed for the pur
pose of securing a definite agree
ment from the streetcar and steam
railway companies as to what they
will pay towards the building OF
new bridges, has postponed the
meeting set for this afternoon un
til 2 o'clock Friday afternoon.
ID. l.. Huntington, who was ask
ed to appear before the committee
this afternoon, asked for the post
ponement because he was tied III
with other business engagements
Postponement is the regular or
der of bridge business with the
city council and companies.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30
LNOUZSI7IVE WIVES BEWARE

the counties of Ferry, Okanagon
and Douglas. Mr.. Paul, who has
on a previous occasion served in
the legislature, is one of the
pioneer settlers of that section
and we'll to do.
1t is generally understood that
Mr.. Schade and Capt. Gray will
make a fight for the nomination
in the democratic primary for the
legislature in the Second district.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30
EMERGENCY RULE FOR
SPR|NKL|NC ANNOUNCED

City authorities have at last
been forced to officially recognize
the water famine and the follow
ing new sprink!ing hours, either by
automatic sprinklers or by holding
the hose in the hand, have been
adopted by the board of works.
South of the bluff in the north
ern part of town, 6 to in the
morning and 6 TO in the evening.
In the territory on the bluff in
the northern part of town 6 to 8
in the morning and to 10 in the
evening
Hours on the bluffs south of the
city are the same as in the main
portion of the town, 6 to morn.
ing and evening.
Owing to the fact that the peO.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30
INVOLVES BROKER
7 IN MINING FAKE

J. E. Craddocl, a mining broker
In the Rookery building, was ar
rested by Detective Briley yester-
day on complaint Of Ed Thomp-
son, who alleged that through the
influence of Sahara" clairvoy-
ant fake, he purchased $500 worth
Of mining stock from Craddock,
who showed up with it at the
psychological moment just after
Sahara" had revealed the name
of the mining stock which was to
double in value within 30 days.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30

he, Bruno, has been slandered, de-
based and degraded, and The
Press must print an apology or, in
Bruno's own ultimatus:
I'VE will have to resort to other
recourses for our reparation. In
the meantime allow us to remain
the keepers of the notorious palm
garden and rendezvous for rob-
bers. (signed) Frank Bruno"
A man notorious as the keeper
of one of the dirties dives in the
country, and which was closed up
by police authority, slandered by
report of an alleged robbery in a
place from which dissolute women
have recently been driven by or
der Of the chief of police!
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30

tors have the data completed and
will make a report to Roosevelt In
a short time. Government agents
in San Francisco are working on
the finishing touches with a staff
of Chinese detectives.
1t is further charged that orien-
tails were struggled under the eyes
of government immigration Off
GERS. Heney and Detective Burns
are aiding the investigators. Toll
is alleged to have been exacted
from each alien crossing the Dor
der.
The smugglers had an agree
ment with immigration officers, it
Is alleged.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30

use automatic sprinklers from to
8 morning and evening. Yesterday
the hours when one may sprinkle
if the hose is held, which previous
ly was any time of the day or
night, were cut to the same limita-
tions as for automatic sprinkling.
The White City Co. was not IT,
fected. In the eyes of the board
of public works the grass the COM
pany is trying to grow on pleas
ure ground is more important than
the actual necessities of private
citizens and fire protection of the
puhliC
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30

Baroness Biebenberg. The kaiser
banished the prince 10 Africa to
stop the marriage.
In the meantime the baroness di-
vorced the baron and gave him
$500 to allow her to retain the
title so she could marry the
prince. She then hurried to Paris.
met the prince and the ceremony
was performed there.
The prince then proceeded to
Africa, as ordered by the kaiser.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30
HEARST J0BBED THEM

CHICAGO, July 30.-Charges of
czarism are made against Hearst
in his conduct of the independence
party in an affidavit made today
by Joseph I. Marshall, Plymouth.
Neb He declares that the indie
pendence convention was pack
ed" and charges that the platform
as adopted by the committee was
changed before it was presented
to the convention.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30
Tenement BABES
ARE DOOMED

CHICAGO, July 30.-Two per-
sons died this morning, two score
were Frustrated and suffering from
heat is intense,
1t is feared many babies will die
in tenement districts If the heat
continues "a hours.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30

pie of Lidgerwood and Monroe
Park additions have been practical.
ly without water for several days
they have been given slight adj
vantage, as water Is harder to get
up there than in any other por-
tons of town.
Heretofore there had been a
limit put only en- automatic sprin.
king, while If one held the hose
nozzle in his hand he might sprin'
kle all the time. The change now
is that all hours are the same.
Water Commissioner Wetzel
says these rules must prevail un-
til the other two pumps are put
to work again. 1t will be prob
ably the middle Of next week be-
fore normal water conditions exist.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30
THIS SURE TICKLES TEDDY

WASHINGTON, ID. c., July 30
However much, or little, William
Jennings Bryan may be worrying
Pres. Roosevelt. and Judge Taft,
there is cause for rejoicing in Oys-
ter Bay and Cincinnati, This Is
due to the annual report of Gov.
VIM. f. Pack, of Benguet prov
ince, Philippine islands.
Benguet province Is the land of
the lgorrote. These native tribes
men We're recorded as uncivilized
until seven years ago-when the
Roosevelt administration came in.
The report shows that since that
time there has been less race sui
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30

= LOS ANGELES, July 80.
. Married men are rejoic-
. ing today over a ruling
= made by Judge H. H.
. Rose that a wife has no
. right to go through her
= husbands pockets without
. his consent, and that he
= may use force in preventing
. her from doing so.
. This ruling was made in
. the trial of E. G. Hurth,
. who was accused by his
= wife because he fOrcibly
= objected to her taking
= angel cake from his bakery.
= In sustaining Hurth's &C
= ton the court added that a
. man has the right to pre-
. vent his wife searching his
. pockets.
. . . . H>>> ~>>.' 80 Z
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30
$300,000,000
TRUST TACKLED

Judge. Kinsey issued a temper
airy injunction. Handley claims to
have received information that
preparations are complete for the
organization of pine trust, and
that the promoters are ready to
put it in operation.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30

CLEVELAND, July 30.-A young
and handsomely gowned woman at
temped suicide today at the Erie
railroad station. She was found
on the floor of the lavatory with a
bullet wound in the mouth and an
other through the right eye. A
pearl-handled revolver lay on the
floor. She may live, but the
chances are slight.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30

CHICAGO, July 30.-George w.
Perkins, chief OF the cigarmakers'
union, today received letter from
Gompers denying that he sent or
caused to be sent cable to
Hearst to support Bryan.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30
HARTMAN THR0TT[ES
GOULD ROAD TO COAST

the Offices Of Kuhn Loeb & Co. at
which it was arranged that the
Gould lines should be given S..
100000 to meet notes which fell
due Saturday.
1t is generally believed that the
agreement is the outcome of q
pact between Hartman and Gould
meaning the abandonment OF
GOuld's trans-continental railroad.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30
cREMATEp AFTER QUARREL

NEW YORK, July 30.-A clew
discovered today indicates that the
body burned in trash heap at
Williamsburg yesterday may be
that Of Mrs. Sarah Moskovitch.
who disappeared Monday. Police
say she left after a quarrel with
her husband.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July 30.-Suit
to restrain a gigantic merger of
lumber companies throughout the
United States into a 100000, 900
combine to control the yellow pine
industry was brought today in the
circuit court by Attorney General
Handley of Missouri.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30
SHERMAN STILL
on SICK LIST

HOT SPRINGS, Va, July 30
Taft and family arrived here to
day for months stay. Taft said
Sherman, vice presidential nom
inee, is still sick but will partici-
pate in the campaign.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30
E. WASHINGTON. THURSDAY, JULY 80, 1908
BIG SEATTLE
Theft

SEATTLE, July 30.-H. F. Park
hurst, first assistant cashier of the
First National bank of Seattle, was
arrested today changed with en-
Of $48,33O.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30

The corpse OF a man that had
evidently been in the water two
weeks or more was found this aft
ernoon in the river at the Wash
ington st. bridge. Identification
had not been established.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30
CLOSE WATCH ON
SLAVE OWNERS

That the U. S. immigration Of
ficials are keeping a close tab on
immoral Frenchmen in the North
west since the denouements fol-
lowing the arrest of the Gouyet
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30
100000 TO MEET
NOTES ON UNDERSTANDING
THAT COMPETITIVE TRANS
CONTINENTAL SYSTEM BE
ABANDONED.

NEW YORK, July 30.-Wall st.
is specializing today as to the real
meaning behind a meeting held in
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-30

Lila Lefevre applied for a di
vorce from Fred +. Lefevre this
morning on the grounds that he de
serted her two months after their
marriage in this city Dec, 81,
1904.