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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-22
HUTCHINSOWS
PLATFORM

Senator r. A. Hutchinson today
announces his platform for mayor
of Spokane on the republican ticket
It is short and speaks for itself.
Here 1t is:
"As a candidate for mayor Of the
city of Spokane announce the fol-
lowing as my platform, and II elect
ed mayor will endeavor to put it
into effect:
n stand for the enforcement of
the law and all that this implies.
Il believe in furnishing the peo-
pie all the water they need and at
a reasonable rate, and call atten-
ton to the fact that / am one of
the bondsmen in the suit now pend
Ing before the supreme court for a
reduction of the water rates.
Believing that Spokane Is destin-
ed to become larger city, am for
; q sewer system that will accommo,
date a large city and believe that
all public improvements should be
laid out along these lines. We are
past villags days and 1t is a waste
of money to so build that we must
tear up tomorrow what we do to-
day.
II have seen Ave bridges erected
upon the same site in Spokane and
the fifth one will soon have to be
rebuilt. believe that the city
should erect concrete bridges for
the reason that they last and there
are practically no repairs. The
great part of the money Is paid out
for hama Labor md 8 tho hridans.
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R00SEvELT'S
WELCOME

. OLD POINT COMFORT,
. Va, Feb. 22.-When Sperry
, and his division officers and
. captains boarded the May I
. flower shortly after the fleet 4
3 anchored in Hampton Roads
, Roosevelt addressed them in
; Later he boarded the battle
. ships and addressed the 4
. jackies In similar words.
, After praising the admlrais
, and officers and telling them I
, Of the nations pride In the Z
, fleet, said:
, "As war machine the
, fleet returns In better shape I
D than II left. Officers and I
, men have shown themselves I
, best of all as ambassadors I
, and herads Of peace. We I
, welcome you home to
, country whose good repute 4
, among nations Is raised by Z
, what you have DONE"
4 n a u 4 4 4 a u u u a a
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fleets voyage. He was present in
private captaincy because of differ
ences with Roosevelt shortly after
the feet left Hampton Roads. The
quarrel prevented Bronson from
further directing the fleets course
A bright feature of the fleets re.
turn will be the wedding tonight OF
Miss Gladys Halle of Jacksonville.
Florida, to Midshipman Alfred Mar
tin of Montana, of the flagship Con
necticut.
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KILLED BY DYNAMITE.

Fred Tobec, Polander. aged AZ
years. died yesterday morning at
the Sacred Heart hospital from in
juries sustained in an accidental
explosion OF dynamite near Green.
wood cemetery Saturday. Mike
Schulz, who was with Tobec at the
time the latter's pick struck a
piece of dynamite. was badly In
irred. hut will probably ssssyie, Il
Is Believed.
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LET PEOPLE SAY
SAYS HUTCHINSON

The following communication
from Senator r. A. Hutchinson,
which is of much interest to mem
bers of organized labor, was re.
ceived today from Thomas Maloney,
chairman Of the executive commit
tee of the Spokane Sectional Labor
council:
Yours of the 10th containing
resolutions from the legislative
committee of the Spokane Sectional
Central Labor council relative to
woman suffrage received, aud you
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MAN WHO PLANNED
GREAT CRUISE SHUT
OUT OF ITS GLORY

OLD POINT COMFORT, Feb. %,
One of the ironies of the feet re-
ception today was the presence Of
Rear Admiral Bronson, who as
chief of the bureau of navigation
formulated the original plans of tho
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may rest assured that | will do
what can to submit the PROPOSE
ton to the voters. | believe that
this. as all other measures that af
feet the people themselves, should
be submitted to the people, so that
they may have the power to say
whether they want 1t or not. You
will find that all my legislation Is
along these lines. Yours respect
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GOVERNMENTS BIGGEST
RECLAMATION PROJECT IS
OPENED TODAY IN IDAHO

BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 22.-In the
presence of officers of the reclama-
ton service, state officers and
members of the Idaho legislature,
water was today diverted from
Boise river into the canal leading
to Deer Flat reservoir. 20 miles
distant. This was the formal open
ing of the Payette-Boise irrigation
project, which includes 100000
acres and means much to home
seekers.
1t Is the greatest piece of recla.
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nation work ever undertaken by
the United States government. By
means of the great masonry dam
in Boise river, eight miles above
Boise, water is diverted to a sys-
tenn of canals covering the greater
part of Ada and Canyon counties.
Deer Flat reservoir, where the
water will be stored, Is the largest
artificial body of water in the
world. Special trains today brought
settlers from all the surrounding
country to witness the opening of
the head gates.
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GAS LIGHT EXPLOSION
MAY COST LIFE

WALLA WALLA, Feb. "a
Leaking gas in n stove caused an
explosion. probably fatally burning
II. w. Hill this morning. The fami-
lies of Hill and o. II. Dean, who
were occupying the same house,
escaped from the flames In their
might clothes. Damage, $4,000.
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GEORGE WASHINGTON
REFUSED kINGSHlP.

Efforts to get George
Washington to declare him
self king of the United
States, several times made
during the early days of the
new country, were strong
est in May, 1882, when
Colonel Nicola of Pennsyl-
vania headed a royalist
movement in his favor, and
began a campaign to that
effect. Washington, after
considering the project,
frowned on it, and rebuked
Colonel Nicola.
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AROUND THE WORLD AND STILL READY FOR FIGHT OR FROLI
# GEORGE WASHINGTON HAD CONSENTED TO Be KING

START PAGE ONE & RUN OVER
THEN TONY WASHINGTON,
DRUG CLERK IN GARDEN
CITY, MO-, WOULD NOW BE
THORNTON H..
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SEVEN KILLED IN /
KANSAS CYCLONE

lola, Kan. Feb. 22.-seven per-
sons are reported killed today in a
cyclone at Reece. near Wichita.
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Continued on page 50
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-09

N EW YORK.-Edward NJ. Field, son
~ of Cyrus w. Field, is now day
clerk at Chatham square lodging
house. An associate of one of the
missions said the other day of Field:
He's all right, and has been SO
ever since he started right again a
couple OF years ago; you can take
tnat from me. know him."
Edward Morse Field was the eldest
son of Cyrus W., and succeeded him
IN business. He had everything his
way and enjoyed IFS and friends. In
1881 he was charged with wrecking
MS nrm of Field, Lindley, Wiechers
e Company, having failed for $1,000
ooo. He disappeared, was found and
was committed as insane to an asy-
lum In Buffalo In 1892.
1t was always disputed that he was
insane, and 1t is certain that he en-.
9oyed full liberty within the institu-
ZION. He was released as sane in
1884, and was then liable to trial on
several indictments for forgery and
grand larceny, but he was not tried,
and In 1898 the indictments were dis
missed on the ground that there was
no possibility then of convicting him.
HE continued to go down hill, was
arrested at various times for drunk.
enness. and once for stealing a coat
IN the Western Union building. He
was picked up on the Bowery in 1904
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-09

WALL street is not altogether sor-
W did. Far from it. The love of
nature and of flowers and the things
Of the country prevails even in the
hurly-burly of the financial district of
New York City. Young women ste-
nographers and clerks in many Of the
'steen story ONCE buildings have pre-
vailed upon their employers, and usu-
ally with their ready consent, to have
window flower boxes installed where
they will do the most good.
There are many Of these miniature
gardens In the financial district. and
stenographers and clerks and ONCE
boys vie with one another in keeping
the plants we'll watered and shielded
from the too great stress of the ele.
ments. Ohlces inhabited and tenant
ed BY mere men, adjoining suites in
which there are women clerks in.
clined to domesticity, cast lonsinx
eyes in the direction Of the WINDOW
J. flower boxes, and blossoms often mv..
teFiously find their y way. to lapela
which must be supplied, IL at all. from
some source outside the wearer's Of:
dce. =
q. The flowers that bloom in the sprins
have. nothin0} on thoes which, sdouriah
IN the window boxes of: the .Wea, street
omces: Indeed, N. might be obsefyed
to paraphrase the wsll known stansa:
= 'zull many gem q pursst rsy s,r,n1
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-09
'What Is Your Totem?" Society's Latest

paint the totem on the sides of the
swaggerest runabouts in town, and
the idea is so terribly swell that
everybody feels thrilling sense OF
pride and elation when asked, "What's
your bug?'
Mrs. Perry Belmont's delicately per,
fumed notes from Paris are surmount.
ed by great, big, buzzing bee of gold
his quivering wings poised for flight
Miss Mathilde Townsend's totem looks
like a giant mosquito, while Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh have for their
totem bird built on hieroglyphic
lines. The bird, which looks much
like young robin with bill tightly
closed and neck considerably longer
than the usual, perched on the Walsh
note paper. and also on the Walsh
cards of invitation, is sometimes dull
blue, sometimes gray on gray papers,
and again it comes in glowing gold
and yet again in cleaning silver.
Just outside the entrance to the
Walsh mansion the bird shows up in
the form of clipped tree of dwarf
box. The Walsh totem has addi.
tional significance when it is remem.
bered that the Walsh millions were
dug out of the famous Camp Bird
mine. near Auray, Col.
Mrs. Taft on her stationery uses the
crest of the United States-the spread
eagle. surrounded by galaxy of thir,
teen stars-and a similar die is used
by the secretary of state on stationery
used for official occasions.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-09

SSW HAT is your totem?" is the lat
W est question in Washington
swaggerdom, and if you cannot answer
offhand the inference is you have been
dead to the world of fashion for at
least two weeks.
Nowadays, in lieu of the familiar
monogram and the banal crest and
the erstwhile much coveted coat-of-
arms, society danes and damsels. TAX
ing the cue from the aboriginal ma
tives of the country, 60 out to the
fields and, selecting whatever bug or
bird or beast strikes their fancy.
promptly pre-empt it as their totem" a."
The pendulum has swung the other
way, and society with a golden halo
has elected to become America of
the Americans. II. for instance, but
terf1y is chosen as the totem, then
milady proceeds to have it embossed
on her note paper and to have it
embroidered on her dainty lace
trimmed lingerie. Delicately cut out
Of silver, the emblem is affixed to her
handbag, and to her card case, while
whir of wings flashes across the Kilt.
tering surface Of her toilet silver.
Artists of renown are employed to
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-09
Capital Deserted by Society for Summe,

Moons and always collect a crowd for
tea after tennis. Mrs. Nicholas Long
worth will remain with Representa-.
tive Longworth. until congress ad-
journs and then will join her sister-in-
law, Countess de Chambrun, at Hamil-
ton, Mass.
Brig. Gen. Clarence r. Edwards,
u. 8! A.. and Lieutenant Commander
Cleland Davis, u. 8. NJ, are keeping
bachelor hall in the generals home.
while Mrs. Edwards and her young
daughter, will remain in Niagara Falls
with Mrs. Porter until it is time for
them to go to Lenox.
All the embassies are closed and
their occupants are scattered far and
wide, only an occasional belated Sec
retary being seen attending to his last
duties before Fastening to join his
chief. Mr.. De Thai of the Russian EN-.
bassy has returned from his leave OF
absence and will join the charge
d'ahaires, Prince Nicholas Kovdachen.
at Observation-Disclosures. The am
bassador, Baron Rosen, is in Europe.
and Dame Rumor has it that he will
be transferred to another post. Bar
oness Rosen and their daughter. Bar.
oness Elizabeth Rosen, are with him.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-09
Veteran Bell Ringer of Trinity Retires

Great Jehovah, Pilgrim to Foreign
Land"
He has been associated with many
other famous happenings, having rune
the chimes at the unveiling of the
Statue of Liberty, the opening of the
Brooklyn bridge, which was the first
to connect Manhattan with Long is
land; the celebration here of Queer
Victorias diamond jubilee, and many
other events of national and interna
tional Importance. One duty every
year (which he never missed was the
ringing out of the old year and the
ringing in of the new, and for nearly
third of century he has done this tc
the accompaniment of the footing
horns of the celebrating crowds in
the street below. 1t is far from
sentimental reason, however, which
has led to the retirement of Mr.. Meis
lahm, for his great weight has made
the climbing of the 81 steps to the
keyboard of the chimes an almost i'm.
possible accomplishment. He was born
in the shadow of Trinity.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-09
Third of the DeAcosta Sisters to Wed

drives we'll, motors with skill, can
row boat, steer motor boat, paddle
a canoe, tend the main sheet of
yawl, cast fly and shoot on the wing.
She has not emulated her sister, Mrs.
Root, in aeronautics, but, like her, has
had adventures here and abroad. She
has driven touring car through the
crowded thoroughfares of London in a
fog and fooled coach and green
four" through the narrow streets of
Paris. She has written poetry. is
somewhat of musician, and has a
pretty voice.
Her elder sister. Mrs. Philip Meiser
Lydig, who began her social career as
Miss Rita Hernandez di Alba de
Acosta, is one of the most popular
and beautiful Of the younger matrons.
In 1902, shortly after her divorce
from William E. Dodge Stokes. she
married Capt. Philip Lydig, a mem
ber of one of the Oldest New York
families.
Mrs. Oren Root was the first and
favorite pupil of Santos Dumont. She
has been thrown from horses, from
carriages and narrowly escaped
drowning. She married a nephew of
Senator Elihu Root.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-09

A FIGURE unique in the church his
"A tory of New York city and one of
the last professional representatives
OF the rapidly passing occupation of
bell ringer has just been lost to New
York in the person of Albert Meis-
lahm, who ever since 1S79 that is for
80 years, has rung the chimes of the
famous old Trinity church at every
regular service and on special occa-
sions. The last of these special occa-
sions on which he played the chimes
was when Theodore Roosevelt set out
on his African hunt His selection
for that occasion, given as the out
bound steamer was abreast of the
church, was, Guide Me, Oh Thou
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-09

HE announcement of the engage
1 ment of the third of the de Acosta
sisters, Miss Maria de Acosta, to A.
Robson Sargent, son of Prof. Sar-
gent of Harvard university will in
terest society in New York, Newport,
London, Paris and Rome. Though
probably not so well known in Europe
as her sisters. Mrs. Philip M. Lydig
and Mrs. Oren Root, Miss Maria de
Acosta is none the less as beautiful
and as accomplished.
She has the wavy dark hair, the
swapping eyes, the olive complexion
of the race from whom she traces her
descent, but it is more the type of
beauty that one finds in the grass
lands of Ireland, where the Spanish
survivors of the ill-fated Armada left
their trace than one would look for in
a Cuban of Castilian ancestry.
Miss Maria de Acosta rides and
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-09

The fortune Of $5,00O,0OO which was
acquired by Christopher Magee, politi-
clan and newspaper publisher of Pitts
burg, who passed away several years
ago, has been released by his wife's
death and will now go to the ultimate
purpose for which it was devised by
its accumulator-the foundation and
maintenance of hospital for women.
The institution is to bear the name of
the testator's mother, Elizabeth Steel
Magee. One of it's features will be a
department for women in distress,
who are to receive free treatment at
all times and be asked no questions
Chris" Magee did not escape sharp
criticism while alive, but even the
most inveterate of those who were his
political enemies must admit the ex-
cellence of the great purpose to which
he saw fit to apply his money.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-09

The unwarrantable criticism of the
duke of Norfolk which arose in some
quarters when it was announced that
he had sold his famous Holbein-a
portrait of Queen Christina of Den
mark-and that the painting would go
out Of England, is now silenced. The
criticism was unwarranted because
the picture belonged to the duke and
he had given the National gallery an
option on it which was not used,
says the Troy Times. It appears that
the purchaser of the Holbein is not an
American, but German, and that the
price paid is 100000. Very we'll, the
duke received round figure, which
would have tempted many another
man to part with scrap of canvas.
The action of the duke which shuts
the mouths of his critics is his gift of
a park to the city of Sheffield. The
property covers 60 acres and is the
only park in the city. 1t is worth more
than the duke received for the picture
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-09
Doors of Famous Old Hotel Are Closed

Bob" Callahan, the retiring proprie.
tor, found recently among the ar.
chives of the house a bill made out
for one of the guests of the early
days-one Dougherty. Mr.. Callahan
called attention to the fact that in
1915 the jumping of a board bill was
as popular pastime with a certain
class of customers as it is in the
twentieth century. Mr.. Doughertv
had run up a bill of $497.75, mostly
for toddies and juleps. 1t shows a
single credit of $50. The proprietor
Of the Indian Queen had the unsettled
bill framed. The price of a toddy
in 1915 was two for a quarter.
Charles Dickens stopped at the In.
dian Queen on his first American tour
and mentions the hotel in Martin
Chuzzlewit.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-09

Observation-Disclosures is so
W cially a deserted village" these
days. Drawn shades and boarded
front doors are the features of all the
uptown streets and are so general
that they make an open door or hab.
liable looking house appear like an
oasis In a desert: and the modish
looking women whom one meets in F
street in the shopping hours Of the
morning seem like visitors from some
planet where the rule "all play and
no work" applies, at least to the femi
nine part of its population.
Quite a colony has established itself
at Chevy Chase proper, with the
Chevy Chase club within easy dis
tance.
Miss Eleanor Terry, Miss Louise
Foraker and Miss Anna Cockrell are
much in evidence these summer after
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-09
Lieut.. u. S. Grant to Be Busy "Janitor'

Lieut.. Grant married not long ago
the daughter of Senator Root of New
York. Since that time he has been
stationed in Boston in the engineer
department. Under the law a member
of the engineer corps must superin.
tend the state, war and navy building.
This is, without exaggeration, the
largest Office building in the world. 1t
extends from Pennsylvania avenue to
the Oval and from Executive avenue
almost all over town. Branches OF
the enormous building can be found
on almost any street within mile.
The state, war and navy building
in itself Is enough care for an or.
binary man, but there are also the an.
nexes. which are arranged without
any consideration for the convenience
of the superintendent.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-09
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THE Metropolitan hotel, for more
1 than century southern headquar-
ters at the national capital, with a
history almost as long as that of the
city itself, has closed it's doors for
want of new tenant. The last pro-
prietors did not ask for a renewal of
Aheir lease because of the loss in
traffic caused by the demolition of the
old Pennsylvania railroad station,
and the diversion of transients to
points nearer the new Union terminal.
AS the Indian Queen Tavern. the
traffic center of the old stage-coach
days, the hotel began its career at the
time of the administration of Thomas
Jefferson. From the courtyard in
front of the old building the Baltimore
and Philadelphia coaches started each
morning, and thrice a week a coach
left for the old National road line to
Frederick, Cumberland and Pittsburg.
In ante-bellum days the servants
were all slaves and one of the pecu.
liar customs was the method of sum.
moning guests to dinner. A negro
boy was sent forth at mealtimes with
a huge gong which he pounded for
ten minutes as he paraded.
The, present structure was built in
the Sos. Just why and how the hotel
became so great favorite with tho
Southerners has never been explained,
but for the last seventy years it has
been the meeting place for politicians
of the southland. 1t has catered to
that trade almost exclusively and
enjoyed the patronage of practically
half the southern congressional dele
CATION.
Its broad. low ceiled lobby filled
with bread hated: }ffock coated men
was far more suggestive of Memphis
or New tOrleans than Of the northern
cities. The bar was, always famous
for its juleps, toddies and sherry cob.
blers.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-09
Might Have Been Ruler Of Franco

June l." says the English Mail of
Frankfort, "was notable date in the
annals OF France. It was the thir-
tieth anniversary of the day on which
the hope of the Bonapartists fell
under the spears Of eighteen Zulus.
Little did those savage warriors real.
1ze how momentous had been their
murder OF this pale-faced youth. Born
three years before the present kaiser.
whose playmate he was In the Tuil.
cries in 1867. the prince imperial
would now have been in his f,ftv.
third year, and who knows-tf he had
returned laurel-crowned from zulu.
land-perhaps Napoleon w."
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-09
Flower Boxes Brighten Wall Street

The dark unfathomed caves Of Ocean
bear;
Full many a rose bloom, after strife
most keen
Is bestowed upon some brokers' clerk
to wear"
Above the dust of the street those
flowers thrive, and in luxuriance and
fragance many rival those grown in
the private gardens of stock exchange
and business men at their country a.
tates in Jersey or Long Island.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-09
Secret Of .or.eeful Walking.

:Loie Fuller" said young man,
!''gave me in Paris the recipe tor grace
full Waiting. have conhded 1t to q
dozen girls. It has changed them
from camels to swallows"
"Confide it to me-" she said eagerly.
I'D so love to be a swallow"
"Well, you are not exactly a came" "
he said, ":but this recipe will improve
your walt4ipE. nevertheless: Miss
Fuller. calls IT the" ."opposltion, Of mo-
ton: IT y simply, THIS:
"'As tho foot trips forward bend
the body . little backward from the
waist, and % tho shoulders turn
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-09

The April fire loss in the United
States and Canada amounted to $19,-
345,3O0, making an aggregate Of $72,-
O06,700 for the first quarter of 1909.
Compared with the two years last
past this shows a better state of
things, which, it is hoped, may con-
tinue. The fire loss for the first four
months of 1908 was $9O,S04, 900, and
for the corresponding period of 1907,
$86,426,2OO.