The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-18
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A banquet will be rendered Sen
ator r. M. LaFollette by the for.
|. mer Wisconsin residents OF Spo-
kane at 6 o'clock Wednesday eve
mig. at the Hall of the Doges. Tick
cts to the banquet will be sold to
the public at $3.50 per plate and
those who may desire to attend can
be accommodated by application to
the committee. Senator La Toilette
will speak Wednesday night at the
First Methodist church.
Beginning tonight, street meet.
tngs by the Union Rescue Mission
will be held four nights in the week.
The Rev. Dan Bush, iL charge of
the york, will conduct the stree.
Sc, vices.
Miss MagdaIen Worden Of New
York, a writer of number of
songs, will furniah the accompani-
ment for Madame Jomelli. the
prima donna, at the recital Wednes-
day nighta the Auditorium.
Civil service examinations to fill
the positions of miller and engineer
ON the Utah Indian reservation, in.
spector's assistants in the bureau
Of animal industry and mechanical
craftsmen in the various arsenals
will be held November "a by the
local government civil service
board.
Byron Clark, aged IL, son Of Viii
bur Clark of the assessors office.
who fell from a pole and fractured
his skull, is improving slowly and
will eventually recover.
The coming Of Commander Eva
Booth of the Salvation Army, No.
vember 2, will be great occasion
for the faithful, and elaborate prep
arations will be made by the local
workers to receive her. Command
err Booth will speak at the First
Methodist church at night, while
addresses will be made during the
afternoon at the army barracks,
Main and Howard. by the general
officers accompanying the party.
Rev. J. Gordon Mcpherson, the
deposed pastor of the Calvary Bap-
fist church. was prevented from
giving lecture to the colored
troops at Fort Wright Sunday by
order of Lieutenant Colonel Aber-
crombie, who had heard of the Rev.
McPherson5s troubles locally.
Rev. Hindley has baked on GOV.
er.ng his face and expansive and
hairless pate with coating burnt
cork for the Elks' Minstrels, and
may lose his place as the official in
terlocutor. 1t has been suggested
that Rev. Hindley preserve the nat
ural color of his bald head by wear
ing a wig. The minstrel company
does not want to lose the doctor,
who was heralded as one of the
stars of the cast. The show opens
Thursday night at the Auditorium.
The cornerstone laying and con,
secration Of ground for the new
Lidgerwood M. Il. church was held
at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon at
The church site, Broad avenue and
Morton street. The services were
n charge of the Rev. u. F. Hawk,
district superintendent, and adj.
dresses were delivered by DR.. II. l.
Rasmus, Rev. E. M. Hill, Rev. J. s.
Dell ttuu ItGN. a. .. IiSSS, Tue pas
tor. The church. frame struc-
lure, to cost about $500, will be
completed in four or five weeks.
Lieutenant Colonel Abercromble
he commanding officer at Fort
Wright, soldiered about Spokane as
second lieutenant of the Second
infantry from 1877 to 1886. His
regiment was first sent here to aid
n suppressing some threatened In
Han outbreaks. The colonel has
noted considerable change in Spo
zane in the 20 years that have in
ervened since his last visit.
At the spiritualistic demonstra
ion given by Professor Max Hoff
nan at the Elks Temple last night
hearty every one of the spirits
Jailed upon had good word for
spokane. Professor Hoffman's lee
ures will continue until Novem
per I.