The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-30
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f0eotln0 Will pc noIo IN Hill
yard tonight to complete arrange
ments for Labor Day. It is pro-
posed to hold the biggest celebra-
ton of the kind ever given there.
Part Of the plan Is to have labor
parade in the morning, in which
the unions Of Spokane will be ask
ID to participate.
Bishop Charles w. Smith will
eonsecrate the ground to be occu-
pied by the new st. Paul's M. e.
church, Augusta avenue and Mon
roe, September 6. The event will
call together the chief workers in
the Methodist faith In and around
Spokane.
The suit Of Lewis Gray, an engi.
neer, against the Northern Pacific
for $4,000 damages for oil burns re.
cefwad while on duty, will be called
IN the superior court September Is.
The criminal action against Gray
for throwing acid at Ida and Han
nah Nelson, in which the state
claims his hands were burned, will
be called for trial September Fl.
Scotch songs and dances that
vividly recalled to the minds OF
those present the good old days in
the land Of Bobby Burns, were the
features of an entertainment given
to the Scots Of Spokane by Mr..
and Mrs william Hamilton, S31S
Pine street.
BY agreemnt, the case Of Howard
Craig, charged with statutory Of.
Tense, has been continued until the
October term of court. Craig was
once convicted after a trial lasting
two weeks, but was given a new
trial by the supreme court. An in
sanity defense will be made, the
same as in the former trial.
Jack WATSON and Joe Benton, the
young men arrested In the north
End Of Spokane county last week
On a charge of stealing a team OF
horses from Jerry Cooney OF
Epringdale. entered a plea OF guilty
before Judge Carey at Colville, and
were sentenced to the reform
school.
Japanese residents of Spokane
are planning to give the party OF
Japanese commercial visitors a
welcome in the manner followed In
their native land on Sunday after
noon, September II, at the new
lining hall of the chamber Of com
merce.
The Spokane Traction Co. will
begin the work of rebuilding the
burned portion of the Boone ave
hue bridge as soon as timbers are
received from the coast. The ma
erials are expected by the last OF
he week.
The Milwaukee road has started
proceedings to condemn lot IL
block 2 of Havermale's Second ad.
lition, lying Just west Of the Sacred
Heart hospital. The ground is own.
I'D by Cyrus Happy and the Hol
and bank.
Headquarters for the third Wash
ngton district in the taking of the
$40 census will be located in Spo-
Iane. This district will contain 1s
counties In Eastern Washington
he wokr in which will be directed
rom Spokane.
e. l. Geer, for 10 years one Of
Spokane's hustling "drummers, '
has been made manager of the
Wholesale department Of John W.
Graham & Co.
Rev. s. N. Ware, pastor Of the
Fourth Presbyterian church, scored
he Christian Science movement In
sermon last night He pronounc.
ID most of the cures claimed by
he Scientists to be pure fakes.
A new lodge Of the Moose will
be instituted here about September
0. A charter membership Of SO
as already been secured. The
loose is a fraternal order paying
lex and death benefits.
A number Of additions have re.
emily been made to the Great
Northern shops at Hlllyard, which
o not indicate that the Hill people
ave any serious intention Of aban.
oning their shop center there for
he present, at least.