The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-15
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When arraigned In police court
yesterday afternoon, charged with
robbing the cash till in the Inland
Tea & Coffee store on Sprague
avenue while the proprietor was
out answering telephone call
purposely turned in at neighbor
ing store by a. confederate, o. G.
Spurgeon was given continuance
of his case that he can secure. wit
nesses.
Ralph Walton, an accountant
who will face the police court to-
morrow in preliminary hearing
charged with the embezzlement OF
money from the Spokane Marble &
Granite Co., is declared to have
been before the courts for the en-
bezzlement of $4,000 from a com.
pany for which he worked in Chi.
cago some time before coming
here.
The German societies Of the city
have finally completed their plans
for the observance of~German day,
October 6, and have asked Judge
George Turner and Mayor Pratt to
be the English speakers for the
day. The Rev. Grosschupf will de-
liver the chief address in the
mother tongue.
The Milwaukee railroad has
started proceedings to condemn the
Franklin school site.
The hearing on the application
for a guardian for John G. Climber
mann, the insane butcher who MUIR
dered his wife, VII be called Sep
TENDER "a in the superior court.
The petitioners in the case are
Henry p. Glindermann, Marie G.
and Dora G. Glindermann.
K. Matsukata, ono Of the Japa-
nese trade commissioners, who is
president of the Kobe chamber of
commerce, contracted for 40 acres
of irrigated land at Vera while
here.
The Spokane musioians' union
has adopted rule that hereafter
they will supply the G.. A. r. Of the
city with Is piece band free for
the Memorial day parade.
Some Spokane democrats have
asked William J. Bryan to stop
here on his way to the Seattle fair,
October IL.
Charles Stewart, the government
weather observer. has gone to New
York on a vacation and to join his
wife and daughter, who have been
there since May.
The post Of assistant educational
director of the Y. M. C. A. has been
filled by A. Robert Fulkerson OF
Regina, Saskatchewan, who will
come Friday to take charge of the
work.
Joseph A. Steinhardt, New
York apple buyer, has purchased
approximately 10000 boxes Of ap-
pies from the Meadow Lake or.
chards in Spokane county. Stein.
hardt has purchased about 800, 000
boxes of apples in Oregon and
Washington, paying as high as
$3.50 per box for some apples, and
1t is charged that he is trying to
corner the apple market. He has
gone to Wenatchee.
At dinner given by r. Lewis
Rutter, president of the Western
Union Life Insurance Co., to the
directors of the company and some
friends last night at Davenport's 8,
he made the statement that the
company expected to have
100000, of life insurance in
force by the time It occupied its
new building. now being completed
at Riverside avenue and Madison
street. The assets Of the company
are over 100000. A quarterly divi-
dend at the rate Of six per cent per
annum was declared.
The booster party Of the Spokane
Merchants association left this
morning in special train of two
Pullmans and baggage car for
NorthpOrt, and will go tomorrow to
Kalispel. The merchants of all the
intermediate towns on both lines
will be visited.
A verdict for tho defendant was
returned in the superior court in
the case of William 9. Dugan
dSdluSl tuS 6SuluStOu water
Power Co. for t15,400 damages for
being knocked from a Hillyard car.
Spokane jobbers and wholesalers
on October / will inaugurate the
policy OF refunding the fares Of out
Of town merchants who patronize
the members of the association,
when two per cent of the pur-
chases will equal the railroad fares.
George e. Meredith has been
chosen secretary Of the transporta-
ton bureau, to be located In the
building Of the Spokane Dry Goods
company. .
Fifty Japanese Towering cherry
trees will be sent to Spokane by +.
Minami Of the commercial party on
his return home. Il,
Tho police arc stllI looking for
w. Il. Manly, the contractor who
is wanted In Spokane on a charge
Of embezzlement. The last heard
OF him he was at Seattle. ID.
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