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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-06

river. The camel caravans pad slowly
across them under the blaze and glitter
of the heat. The mirage begins TO
twist and blur the landscape with de-
ceptive waters. At intervals of forty
or fifty miles are the stations Of the
Soudan government, each trim and
regular. with its public buildings, its
StorehouSes, the lines OF beehive huts
of its garrison, tangle of native sail
ing craft, aud always, or nearly always,
one or two white gunboats of war
time days now turned policemen OF the
river.
Thus we reach IN time Fashoda-now
called Kodoi for old sakc's sake; and
hero are clusters Of Shillocks on one
leg In their natural attitude, and smart
companies of Soudanesc troops and
British officers, civil and military
the whole clear.cut under the sun blaze
dry light, yelled only in dancing dust
devils pjteousiy whipped by strong,
hot winds. We were still 500 miles
south OF Kharioum.
More Good Hunting for Roosevelt.
At Mcsbra- er.Zeraf we stopped for
two days TO shoot, by the Sirdar's III
vitation. in the extensive game reserve.
and were fortunate in securing bnt-
falo and various antelope. We wan
dered through harsh country, of
white sand and tussocks of coarse
grass. more gray than green. with Leaf
less black thorn trees deDsely tangled;
vet L. seemed full of game. In three
hours walk on the second morning, L
shot a Gnc watcrbuck. two reedbucKs,
aud two of beautiful herd of roam
antelope. who walked slowly down to
water aSt our ambuScade.
And he ii remembered that the
pleasure aud excitement Of such sport
are in these lands always heightened
by the possibility that at any moment
the hunters may come upon game or
much more serious quahty-lion or but
falo.-so that no ono cares to be more
than a few yards from his heavy rifle or
give his mind wholly to the buck he
stalks.
| was so much clatcd by this Jolly
mornings sport and the near approach
of civilized conditions-for, after all
contrast is an element III pleasure
that | permitted myself to rejoice ct
the safe and happy outcome of this
long Journey. and TO exult in our com
plete immunity from serious accident
or illness or even fever, How eXtrava'
cant were the accounts Of the dangers
of African trayell How easy to avoid
the evil chances of the road Reason
able precautions. steady exercise, reg
ular quininc--wcrc these not III them
selves the guarantees of safety? Thus
| reckoned. and with specious reasons,
but in bad hour. We were not yet at
our Journey end.
Twcnty-four hours steamiug from
Meshra erZeraf brought us near Khar-
toum. The character Of the country
WAS unchanged, yellow sand slopes
drank at the Nile brim: thorn scrub
fringcd the river on either sides but
date palms mingled even more frequent
ly and numerously with the vegeta-
tion, and brown. mud built villages with
brown, ud-colored populations multi.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-06

durman was reached; and as the mighty
and peerless river unroled It's length
and immemorlal history, the feelings OF
reverence, without which no traveller
can drink its sweet waters, grew in in
teDsity.
Yet it is not possible to descend the
Nile continuously from its source at
Rlpon falls without realizing that the
best lies behind one. Uganda is the
pearl The Nile province and the Lado
EncIave present splendid and alluring
panoramas. Even the march from Nj
mule to Gondokoro is through fertile
and Inspiring region.
But thereafter the beauty dies out Of
the landscape and the richness from
the land. We leave the regions Of
abundant rainfall, OF equatorial luxuri~
ance, of docile peoples, of gorgeous
birds and butterflies and flowers. We
enter stern realms Of sinister and for
bidding aspect, where nature is cruel
and sterile, where man is fanaticaI and
often rifle-armed. Cultivation-nav,
vegetaton-is but a strip along the
river bank, and even there thorn
bushes and prckly aloes are its chief
constituents, We enter two successive
deserts as contrasted in their character,
as redouhtahle in their hostility, as
Dante s Circles of the lnferno--the
Desert of Sudd and the Desert OF Sand.
Appalling Desert of sudd.
About hundred miles from Condo
koro the White Nile enters and spills
itself into a vast and appalling swamp.
OF the action of tins tremendous
sponge, whether beneficial in regulating
the flow or harmful in wasting tho
water through evaporation, nothing
need here be said, But It's aspect is at
once so dismal and so terrifying that
to travel through it is weird OK
pericnce, Our steamer. with the favor
ing current, made at least seven miles
an hour. aud. as the moon was full, we
travelled night and day. For three
days and three nights we were con
tinuousiy in this horrible swamp into
which the whole of the United King
dom of Great Britain and ireland could
be easily packed.
BY day from tho roof OF the high
pilothouse commanding view reveal.
ed hour after honr, in every direction.
one uninterrupted ocean OF noatinp
vegetation, spreading 10 far horizons
The papyrus plant Is in itself bcaut,
full, graceful and venerable thing To
travel through The Sudd is to hate II
for ever more, Rising fifteen feet above
the level OF the water. stretching its
roots twenty or even thirty feet below.
and so matted and tangled together
that elephants can walk safely upon
its spring surface, papyrus is the be.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-06

government. In time to sec the tusks or
this man slayer, who had died Of his
wounds. brought in by the tribe whose
plantations had SO often been rayagcd.
Gondokoro, like most of the names
which figure so imposingly on the AZ
rican map, is not numerously popu
lated town. There are about six houses
and a number of native huts, There
is, however, telegraph station, pris-
on. courthouse, and the lines Of a
company of native police and King'a
African rifles. Here the Nile again
becomes navigablo, and offers an un-
broken waterway open to large yes.
sells until the Shabluka cataract is
reached. hundred miles below Khar-
toum, and 1900 miles from GondokoTo.
And here at the rivers bank, seen
white funnel and superstructure Of the
Sirdar's steamer with all the letters and
newspapers; and which. instead of pur-
suing US across Uganda, had "come
through the other way"
Had come through the other way
it is an easy phrase TO wrjte-but
how much it signifies i'll the modern his
tory of Africa! Ten or eleven years
ago this journey which | was now able
comfortably, would have been utterly
impossiblc The Dcrvish empire,
stretching from Wady Halfa to Waldo
lai. intcrposed n harsh barrier which
nothing but stricken field could sweep
away; and these long reachess of the
Nile which now bore a feet of fifty
steamers were silent in the embrace
Of devastating barbarism. a grim
slaughter which had strewn the sands
Of KerTeri, 1900 miles TO the north, with
iibba,clad corpses like snowdrifts
had blasted n passage and the Nile was
free.
"The Bost Lies Behind
Embarked at Gondokoro we passed
out Of the sphere of the British colonial
office into the domain of that underlined
joint authority which regulates the Sou.
dan. which flies two flags side by side
on every public building and which you
can Only correspond with through the
British foreign office,
Henceforward our journey was COM
| Portable and regular, yet l could not
traverse tho Soudan without the keen
est interest, When one has started
from Cairo and padded up the Nile 10
| Wady Halfn, crossed the desert rail.
wav TO the Atabara. and. as n soldier,
marched thence 200 miles TO the battle
! OF Omdurman, one feels one has seen
something Of the Nile. Yet now we
had followed Vt tho other way from it's
source for nearly 500 miles, and vet
! 1900 more intervcned. before even ON
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-06

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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-18
.GREENE'S LAW
: IN SENATE
SENATOR HUTCHINSON INTRO
DuCES THE ACCOUNTANCY
BILL AND HAS ALSO START
Ed INITIATIVE AND REFER.
ENDUM.
Especial to The Press.)

OLYMPIA. Jan. 1S.-In the SEN
ate today r. A. Hutchinson of
Spokane introduced the uniform
accountancy bill drawn by Auditor
Greene of Spokane. This measure
is designed to provide perfect
check on the handling of all coun.
ty money. 1t has been endorsed
by the state auditors.
Senator Hutchinson has also in
troduced the initiative and refer
endum bill asked for by labor and
reform forces OF the state. He
had bank guaranty law ready to
introduce, but withheld 1t for the
reason that Senator Paulhamus
has a similar bill and Hutchinson
believes he can do more good by
supporting this measure than by
introducing rival bill. He is
willing to let the glory go In order
to insure getting the law passed.
The Spokane delegation is work
ing In harmony and has secured
all II went after.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-18
TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT
Of ALL SPOKANE NIGHTS

for the fast mail, Cannon is emf
nently fitted for the duties of the
position.
The fireworks feature on this bill
is an adjourned session of the city
council that no one has ever. yet
heard about. The boosters are de-
termined that it shall not be sup
pressed. A guarantee goes with it
that more business will be trans
acted at this session than at the
city hall in the past four years.
One huge reform on the program
was the total elimination of the
Northern Pacific from the townsite
forever, but Cannon smuggled him.
self onto the head of the commit
tee and smothered 1t. But the grid
iron council will attend to some i'm
portant franchise matters, dispose
of a message from the mayor, and
at last give Captain Gray chance
to alter the motion he has made in
the council for the past six years
that the minutes be approved with
out redaing. They will be read this
time and all their grewsome mys-
terry exposed. Councilman Funk
will also have the chance he has
long been denied of speaking for
the down-trodden workingman, and
Councilman Baldwin will make
some startling departures from his
customary conservative attitude.
Among other select numbers on
the program are. orations from P.
B. Keaney, a descendant of Robert
Emmett; j. Stanley Webster, to
whom the original Dan could not
hold a candle, and c. c.. Dill, high
school professor and authority on
Spokane streets. Conner Malott
will conduct a class in political
economy, consisting of Masters
Frank H. Shaw and w. N. Day,
while Captain Brown of the fire de-
partment, and R. c. Sweat will
commit things that must never be
told.
The boosters are ending a big
year in big fashion, and they want
you to come along and help them
enjoy the fruits of it. Also you will
get some fresh ideas of what
should be done for Spokane this
year, and how to do 1t.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-18
Boosters Invite You to Feed
and Frolic With Them
to the Limit.

Tonight is the night of the year
for all Spokane boosters. They are
invited to assemble at the armory
to sup and smoke and enjoy the
program the 10000 club has pro-
vided for its annual meeting. The
club has some business to transact
first, but they are accustomed to
fast and certain methods in bust
ness, and they expect to finish with
1t and be ready for the riot at 8
O'Clock at the latest.
Preparations have been made to
seat 1900 at the banquet. No re-
strictions are placed as to men,
bership in the club. and no charge
Is made. Anybody who has ever
been booster, or who is ever like
ly to be a booster, or who wants to
see how boosters live and laugh is
welcme. There will be plenty to
eat and. smoke. with the made in
Spokane" label on all of it.
If you want an idea of what the
menu is likely to offer consider
now the committee having that i'm
portant adjunct in charge. 1t COM
prises G.. w. Tuerke pronounced
Turkey, d. T. Ham and Rem H.
Rice. If you can't get a feed sut
of that tygu are shy on appetite.
The business session includes re-
ports of President Corbaley, Secre-
tary Jones and Treasurer Eggle-
ston; election Of five members of
the executive board to succeed
Gus Meese, M. H. Eggleston, Cor
don C. Corbaley, c. w. Tuerke and
Bruce Blake. =
The Grafton of this occasion will
flow from Tom Richardson, prize
Portland, booster and a man in his
own class in that line. Lunch and
smoke follows Richardson After
that the deluge.
e. j. Cannon will take the throne
to preside over the inquisition of
the ssgridiron." Being of railroad
steel construction and geared up
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-18
SCAvENGERS
GET NOTICE

Notices will be sent out by F. p.
Weymouth, superintendent of the
city crematory, in a few days, call
ing upon all parties engaged in the
scavenger passenger or the dis
posa of garbage to desist there
from or suffer the penalty of ar
rest under the city ordinances,
which were upheld a few days ago
by Judge Huneke.
I'VE do not intend to be harsh
in this matter and will give every
man a chance to make proper. ar
rangements to protect himself. but
the crematory ordinances will be
enforced. A reasonable amount of
time will be given every man now
engaged in the scavenger business
to comply with the city ordinances.
after which the city will protect
its interests.
"The crematory was not launch
ed as a money-making proposition,
but to fill a public necessity, and
the people can rest assured that
when the department is put on a
good working basis, the work will
cost the patron no more than it is
actually worth"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-18
THE
REMEDY

SALEM, Ore, Jan. 18.-Should
any member Of the legislature re-
pudiate their pledge to vote for
Chamberlain for United States
senator the recall will be put In
operation without an hours no.
tlee.
This announcement was made
today by w. s. U'Ren and other
men who are on the side OF the
people. u'Ren, who 10 expected
here today or tomorrow, 10 do
cIared to have recall petitions
ready for. circulation Wednesday,
the day after the senatorial vote
is taken, in event any Of the legls-
lators break the promise.
The petitions will be flied after
rs per cent Of the electors have
signed them. II a member against
whom the recall is directed fails
to resign within five days AFTER
ward an election will bs held In
his district.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-18
MAYOR MOORE
SAYS It AGAIN

Mayor Moore this morning again
reiterated his declaration that he
will not be a candidate for the
mayoralty in the spring election.
Il have accomplished what l
was elected to perform, that is, to
give the city better moral atmos-
phere. There are several reasons
why i should not again be a candi-
date, chief among them the need
for my attention to my private
business. ~f
There are several weighty ques-
tons coming up in the next few
years in Spokane, chief among
these being the need of more ade-
quate compensation for the city in
the awarding of public franchises.
Some fixed plan whereby the city
will receive its just proportion Of
the earnings of the public service
corporations should be adopted"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-18
RIOT OVER
A DOLLAR
Crowd Smashes Red Cross
Employment Office
Furniture.

Every stick of furniture In the
Red Cross employment agency,
Stevens street between Main and
Front avenues, was demolished
just before noon today by a mob
declared to have been lead by
members Of the Industrial Work
ers of the World. They were an
gered because q clerk refused to
refund dollar to man In a dis
pute over aAjob to which he had
been sent. sS ~ A
Jack Hastings, a contractor. in
the Office at the time, was terri
bly, beaten. one or two of his
teeth having been knocked out.
William Roberts and Rudolph
Ling, lumberjacks. are in the city
Jail charged with disOrderly con-
duct as the result of the riot.
Threats of violence, such as, 1--WE
will make short work of him If we
find him." were heard against AL
bert Smautley. young elaborer,
who was one OF the parties that
called the police. Officer Henry
Snamiska was scratched about the
face and several of his fingers
were wounded in AN attempt to
capture one of the men engaged
in smashing furniture.
Three men, one Of whom has not
yet been captured, figured in the
disorder In the employment Of
fee. On seeing the officers ap-
preaching the principal characters
In the fracas ran for the I. w. w.
headquarters, off an alley between
the river and Front avenue, near
Stevens street. Here, while a
thousand or more excited laboring
men crowded in narrow alley,
the two men under arrest were
overpowered and taken from their
confederates by the police.
William Cotton, the clerk, with
whom the men started the trou-
BILE, stated that the man to whom
he had given the certificate for
employment had never gone to the
place to get the job. but came back
to the Office stating that he had
decided to remain In the city and
demanded refund of his money.
He was told to wait for the return
of ]. II. Travers, manager of the
place. whereupon he, with the 9TH
ers, started the riot, according to
Cotton. The men i'm the fight
claim It was case of beating the
applicant for the job.
Albert Smaultley, who was being
sought by the angered men be-
cause he had called the police, was
afraid to leave police headquarters
for fear the threats would be car
ried out. It Is stated that there is
a lively possibility that the
charges against the two arrested
part..". will be changed to that of
resisting an officer OF Of melting a
riot,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-18
WlLIETTE OF NEW YORK
CUTS LOOSE IN STAGE VII
LAIN STYLE, BUT THE
HOUSE SHUTS HIM OFF.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 49,
One of the most vitriolitic attacks
ever directed against Roosevelt
was made today on the floor of
the house by Representative Will
lette of New York. His theme was
1.-THE Passing of Roosevelt" Aside
from this he did not use the presi-
dents name.
Willette. called him waterspout,
tyrant, pigmy descendent of
Dutch trades people. fountain Of
billingsgate, imitation king, bogus
hero, and declared the president
makes everybody laugh. He also
declared the president was saved
at San Juan hill, cuba, by colored
soldiers. He denounced him as
assistant secretary of the navy,
and said his election as governor
of New York was a luke.
Willette said:
HE tries our patience; he is
always good to laugh at. Thank
heaven for things that make us
laugh! Without them we might
become raw, untamed Anglo
Saxons. He will never outgrow
the cowboy habits of his younger
days. AS commissioner of police
In New York city he scared mem
bers OF the force by Sherlock
Holmes exits and entrances. AS
assistant secretary of the navy he
knitted a high minded chief in the
back, but as warrior in Cuba he
was saved at San Juan hill by
colored soldiers"
HE was the signer of an in
subordinate round robin which any
digniiied war department would
have punished by summary court
martial. He was a candidate for
governor of New York and was
victorious through a fiuke when
the false halo of San Juan hill was
above his head. He was a bene-
ficiary, through assassination, and
as last browning piece OF luck,
was the nominee for president
when all aggressive elements of
the opposition desired their own
candidate defeated.
HE is a mammoth popularity
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-18
TO DODGE
C|GARET LAW

What appears to be deter
mined attempt to violate the ciga-
ret laws of the state is being
made by Blackwells Bull Durham
Tobacco Co. of New York city
Cards the size of postals and en-
titled, How to Get Cigaret Paper"
have been seen in tobacco stores
In Spokane during the last week.
Cigaret smokers are told that by
sending certain amounts of money
or postage to the tobacco company
they will receive by mail number
of books of cigaret paper and that
for a little more money a higher
quality of paer will be mailed
them.
At the present time, in spite of
the ban the state law has placed
on the cigaret or cigaret paper
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-18
SPOKANE WASHINGTON MONDAY,
TAFTS BEHIND .
WORLD LIBEL

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1S.-Chas
Taft, brother of the president-elect,
arrived here today in response to
summons to the grand jury in.
vestigation Of charges made by the
New York World in connection
with the purchaser of Panama
canal property.
While the government Is ostcn-
sibly behind the prosecution, it is
generally believed that Taft and
Douglas Robinson, Roosevelt
brother in law, are the real prose.
cutOrs.
If found guilty of libel, the paper
is subject under the District of Co,
lumbia law to fine not exceeding
$1,000, jail sentence not exceed.
ing five years, or both.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-18
TABERNACLE
STILL OPEN
Men Not Wanted for Work
and Sunday Says
Come Back.

III there's no work for the home
less men who have been staying In
the tabernacle, then back to the
tabernacle they go. and there
they'll stay till there is some other
means provided to keep them out
OF the cold weather."
Thus did Billy Sunday declare
his position In the question that is
worrying every minister In the
Spokane Ministerial association to-
day.
Il don't believe there's SO typical
hobQes in that whole crowd, but
there's college graduates, printers,
architects and men of nearly every
trade and profession down there
who are victims of hard luck right
in the coolest time Of the whole
season.
1T Is true that this emergency
scheme has lasted whole lot
longer than | ever expected when
l invited the men to come and
sleep in the tabernacle, but while
there they have acted like gentle
men. haven't smoked or chewed
tobacco. and for that reason
they're not going to be kicked out
into the street with no other place
to go.
AS far as ! am concerned. every
last one OF these fellows that can't
get work may remain In that
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-18
PAY
FRANCHISE BIT

Checks have just been received
by City Treasurer NJ. II. Eggleston
in payment of the franchise tax
of the street railway companies
for 1908. The present franchise
tax Of two mills per car mile falls
the heaviest on the Traction COM
pany for the reason that most of
its franchises were granted since
the car tax was adopted.
The Traction company pays I'M
der 16 franchises. on which lines
there were travelled during the
past year 1,440,569 miles, netting
the city S2.SS1.13.
The amount of car tax paid by
the Washington Water Power Co.
was .$1,042.45.