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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-07
RETAIL CLERKS

For the purpose of enlisting more
widespread interest in the organic
alton of Retail Clerks union, local
No. 1908 of Spokane, an open meet
ing for all retail clerks will be held
in the Scandinavian Brotherhood
hall, III Front avenue, on the night
OF Friday, April Is. Four good ora
tors, who will deliver Is minute
talks OF intense interest to the re-
tail clerks, will be on the program.
These speeches, according to Or
ganizer LeClair, will not be of the
radical kind sometimes heard in un-
ion gatherings, but will be devoted
TO straight from the shoulder"
talks on organized labor.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-07
JOB.
TO GET TIL:
. RIGHT MAN

Mayor Pratt has made no an
nouncement yet as to choice of city
engineer and corporation counsel
to fill the vacancy created by the
removal of ]. G. Ralston and James
T. Burcham.
1t is reported that Mayor Pratt
has rendered to Engineer Mozart
ney, formerly chief assistant under
J. G. Ralston, now first assistant
with. the North Coast, the post of
City engineer. Mccartney has had
considerable experience in this line
and quit the employ of the city to
go with the railroad.
Among the names heard spoken
of in connection with the attorney
ship is that Of Lester p. Edge, a
member of the legislature, who was
at one time an assistant in the Of
flee of the corporation counsel.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-07
FIREMEN'S SCALE BOARD

From H. B. Smith, chairman Of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen and Enginemen, who has
just returned from the east, it is
learned that the third member of
the committee to arbitrate the new
wage scale must be appointed by
the interstate commerce commits
sion, owing to the failure Of the rep
resentatives of the opposing inter-
ests to agree on the third man of
the committee. Timothy Shea, first
vice president of the brotherhood,
is representing the men and w. r.
Scott of the Southern Pacific repre-.
sents the railroads.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-07
BATTLE WITH
TRAIN ROBBERS

(By United Press Leased Wire)
CHICAGO, April 7.-Three al
legged train robbers were wounded
early today in battle with police
at Macon, Ill.,, where five men were
taken from a train and accused Of
having robbed the Coal City bank Of
$1,000. One Of the wounded men will
die; the others are only slightly
hurt. They deny any knowledge Of
the bank robbery.
Five men entered the Coal City
bank at 5 o'clock this morning and
bound and gagged the electrician
and the Waterman of the bank.
Then they rifIed the bank and es-
capped.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-07

refused, declaring that he did not
wish to become involved in the
mix up" This made it necessary
for McCleary to leave his prisoner
on his wagon in the road, while he
himself turned in a call to the pc.
lice station. By the time he had
finished with his mission, the poul.
try thief had gone on with the
chickens and has not been located
since. 81
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-07
BURGLARS RANsAcK HOME.

Burglars ransacked the home of
Mrs. c. e. Croft, E1527 Sixteenth
avenue, some time yesterday after
noon, carrying away between 50
and 50 in cash and a valuable Elgin
watch that was concealed In one
of the dressers. The burglary &C.
Cured while Mrs. Croft was in tenn
porary absence. The police received
the report of the burglary this
morning.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-07

August Lind, age SO years, died
Yesterday at st. Luke's hospital.
He has been resident of this CITY
20 years and at the time Of his
death was living at the Chicago
hotel. He was carpenter by
trade. Lind is survived by two
daughters and two sons. Funeral
services will be held tomorrow at
10 a. m. from Smiths chapel. In
terment at Paramount.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-07

Particulars concerning the sud
den death of A. c. Douglas, also
known by his friends as "Frock, u
is being sought here by his aged
mother. Mrs. Laura A. Curtis of
422 Main, North Sacramento, Cal
According to information that has
been received by Mrs. Curtis, her
son was found dead in a local lodg-
ing house here on February s.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-07
RAYMOND HAWK

Under the auspices of the Tenth
Legion, church organization, so
it is said, an entertainment to be
called the Carnival of Trades"
will be held at the Auditorium the
alter on the evenings Of April -
and ID. The accompanying pic
ture shows the three principal char
acters to figure in the event. In
the middle is Miss Mable Vest,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-07

Richard NJ. Bishop, age months,
Bishop, died April 6 at the family
residence, 1880 Herman avenue.
Funeral services were held today
at $3.50 p. m. from Smith chapel.
Interment at Paramount.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-07
KITCHENER HERE
(By United Press Leased Wire)

Wy OVllCU TICoS GCdSCu VTC)
SAN FRANCISCO, April T.
Field Marshal Lord Herbert Kitch-
ener, head of the army of Britain,
who is on special mission to Or
ganize the military forces through
out the empire and it's possessions,
slipped quietly into San Francisco
today and went Immediately to the
Palace hotel. *e1"
Lord Kitchener made his appear
ance in characteristic fashion. He
wishes to be regarded as ansunoffi-
cial visitor. With this view in mind,
he forgot" to notify TIN 1sBrfUsh
consul, Walter r. Hearn, OF his
presence in the CITY,. Hearn's FIRST
information that the distinguished
Englishman had landed reached
him through Stephenson Smith, a
commercial agent here for the New
Zealand government.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-07
Mary Allison, formerly Of Widen.

VI
err, Ark, is being sought by the
Spokane authorities at the request
of Clarence w. Withers of the
above mentioned Arkansas town.
Withers states that the girl is of
the approximate age of 10 years
now
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-07
(By United Press Leased Wire)

(By United Press Leased Wire)
WALLA WALLA, April City
warrants to the amount of $4080
have been stolen from the Rich and
Harris Construction company's Of
flee, in the city hall, according to
Cura Case, secretary of the COM
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-07

John Murphy, age SO years, died
last night at AIT Fourth avenue
Funeral arrangements have not as
yet been made.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-07
MISS MAPLE VEST.

queen Of the carnival, a we'll known
Spokane girl, and the guards are
Raymond Hawk on the left. and
Willard Matters. on the right.
Thirty Spokane business houses
are to be represented in the pro-
gram of short dramatics and clever
burlesque. Among the most prom
inent numbers on the bill are the
maids From the Isle Of Perfume"
in which 10 Spanish maids partici-
The Washington bee., 1910-10-08
WORTH ADVER TISING EOR

There are s99 Negroes EN- ployed here in Washington b
the Government alone and these oo Negroes draw e.
gregatIng $3o4o4 These of dafars
are spent right here in Washington sOag the
hundreds OF tradesmen Is this money b
ding for! certainly s and the largest tbs
city would refuse the big they realize
how much money the Negroes really Spending.
Now The Bee is tx ony Negro publication IA ts city.
stands without rival competitor and tie Asid Ike
few es sa Refcaa4s ia this city patrons advertising
un Of Ths Bee presenting the attractive bargains they F havs
tAsse Negroes these 54so Negroes annay eaa
Gevernaent Ees nlaas Of collars viii b.
reazng pbeasOa edited ana operated by Of heis e
such desire aRA deserve tear patronage And such ks va
bu e tire mions Of dollars received
spent By TIE Negroes sf Washington
dOg stores what furniture stores what dry goeds
anA whaA Of business VIII make effort vs
themselves three Bens doAgs spent by Was4sa
NesEoes By advertising in The Bear
Place yeur advertising in The Bee and watch these 500 asPsa
tive Negroes spend their three millions ef dollars w yea
Now Is tia advertise The Bee the newspaper sst goss
nsa every Negro hOms Washington Remember ervsats Of
ashiagtaa Rs what advertising pays yea, what
The Washington bee., 1910-10-08
Remarkable TyroIese Dance.

A student of the TyroI and Tyrolese
people describes a remarkable dance
in which the male dancers beat time
on the ceiling with their feet.
I'm Brandenburg and one or two
other Tyrolese valleys which boast of
a particularly muscular fair SEX" says
the writer, the girl at the conclusion
of her swain's fantastical jumps
catches hold of him by his braces and
hoists him up in the air. He of course
helps by jerking himself upward when
she lifts, and then, balancing with
his hands on her shoulders, he treads
the ceiling of the low room to the tune
of the music and she continues to
dance around on the floor of the room.
Such dances are rapidly falling into
uisuse, and it is almost impossible for
the ordinary tourist to witness one
nowadays"
The Washington bee., 1910-10-08
"HAPPY THOUGH MARRIED"
Wives No Longer Nope at Homo
While Husband Spends His Time
at the Club.

If wives continue to grow sensible
at the present rate, the time will
come when everybody will know
''how to be happy, though married" T."
Time was when the picture of the
wife mopiug at home, while the hus-
band took his night off at the club,
was a true one 1t isn't so these days,
a writer declares.
When the modern husband says to
the modern wife, "My dear, I'm go
ing to dine at the club Thursday
night; / may be rather late" the mod
ern wife says cheerfully, Very well,
dear" and sits down to indite invi-
tatiOns to dozen or so of her friends
for a nice little hen party for Thurs
day night.
And there's Just as good a time at
the hen party as the husband is
having at the club, too. There is a
perfect little dinner of the most ex-
pensive delicacies of the season, and
then there is bridge. And who wor,
ries about what her husband is doing
at the club when there is bridge to be
played? Not the modern wife.
They play for stakes at these hen
parties, too. In fact, all the comforts
of the club. to change an old saying
a little, are fast being appropriated
by these poor deserted wives.
The Washington bee., 1910-10-08
Feminine Nature of Crowds.

Crowds are everywhere distin-
guished by feminine characteristics,
not always revealing the best in
stincts which are associated with the
nature of woman but this crowd was
remarkable for its kindly tolerance,
wOmanly tenderness and consideration
for the woman and children and for
those who were overcome by the long
hours Of waiting and the sufferings
Of the heat and thirst. So much at
tentiOn has been paid to the criminal
actions of crowds that the influence
they exert has come to be looked upon
as necessarily demoralizing. History
has many instances of the heroism Of
crowds; it is by witnessing the dis
interested unselfishness of such a
crowd as this that one can hope to
realize in some measure the devotion
and self-sacrifice of which collectiv-
tiles are capabl6.
The Washington bee., 1910-10-08
AN AMBUSH FOR WASPS
Special Fondness Of the Queens for
Rhododendrons Leads to Their
Death,

A curiosity in natural history that
must surpass all records has been OBJ
served in a garden not far from Alder
shot, says the London Daily Mail. A
numvgr of wasps were heard buzzing
about particular rhododendron bush.
The gardener summoned the owner of
the garden, and the two proceeded to
slaughter. Within half an hour fifty
queen Wasps had been killed.
The next day a number more were
buZZing about the bush under the
same fatal but obscure attraction. 1t
was noticed that the wasps were
only attracted to this single bush.
which is one Of many. A suggested
reason is that the flowers were a lit
tie further advanced and so more
full of honey, but as rule color is al
most as strong an allurement as
scent or the honey sense
1t is not unusual for a few queen
wasps to be killed at this season,
when the time for nest making is
approaching, but this quantity is IN
paralleled. The experience suggests
that the wasp might be exteTminated,
supposing this to be desirable, if we
all grew specimens of this favored
flower The special fondness of queen
wasps for white flowers of particular
sorts has been observed before, and
some gardeners grow such on purpose,
but fifty in half an hour is a new rec
ord of slaughter.
The queens were killed by pinching
the flowers into which they dived and
which served as a shrOud to the guam
tity of bodies lying around the deadly
ambush of the rhOdodendTon.
The Washington bee., 1910-10-08
A CAT AND DOG SKIRMISH
In Which the Cunning and Resource
full Cat Won by Superior
StrategicaI Ability.

81 never faneied cats very much, .
said a limited lover Of nature, but
certainly the cat is a fairly courage
Gus animal and more than ordinarily
shifty and resourceful, and so it's
quite likely to be able to hold its own
against an enemy much larger and
more powerful than itself.
Here was a yellow cat moving at
a walk leisurely across the street
while at the same time there was
coming along this block dog. When
the dog saw the cat it started for it
as fast as 1t could go, and when the
cat saw the dog 1t turned on full
power at once and fairly jumped to
clear the remaining space to the other
side of the street, where it halted
with its back against a tall iron picket
fence and faced the dog.
Instantly the dog jumped for the
cat, but even more quickly up went
the cats paw to sweep the air down
ward, and a cats claws are very
sharp and a dogs nose is very tender
and delicate, and the dog didn't close.
In a moment he jumped for the cat
again, but again the cat clawed him
off, or the fear of the claws was
enough to make the dog shy again.
'But the next time evidently the
dog was going to close in and rough
house things and take the chances; (;
and do you know what the cat did
now? The cat is very eOmpressible
creature; it can get through a very
small space; and now this particular
yellow cat backed in between two of
those iron pickets to the inner side
Of the fence; but 1t didn't run away.
It stayed right there, close to the in
ner side of the fence, which the dog
couldn't get through, and when the
dog came up for that last time the
cat struck at it again through the
fence with that swift, silent sweep of
its paw, swung this time, as it
seemed, with a sort Of savagely cool
contemptuousness. Then the foolish
dog ran away.
I'VE may not fancy the cat, but we
should err If we failed to give 1t at
least some measure of admiration for
the shifty ability with which It holds
it's own against its natural enemy"
The Washington bee., 1910-10-08
BLIND MAN CLIMBS STATUE
Goes to Top Of Liberty Monument
and is Told of lights He
Cannot See.

Coming over from the Statue OF
Liberty in New York harboT, a pas
senger fell into conversation with q
blind man who boasted that he had
climbed to the top of the statue.
at was a pretty good pull" he said,
but l have done better. Bunker Hill
monument tired me a lot more, and
the Washington monument in BaIti-
more was something Of a clip; but the
climb that pretty near tuckered me
out was coming down the monument
In Washington. Maybe you can't call
that climbing, since 1t was walking
down instead Of up, but for a man
who can't see the coming down from
these high places is always harder
than going up.
Everybody you meet on top of q
tower is mighty good to a blind man.
They point out the bay on this side,
the river up yonder, the islands to
the front and the tip end of the city
over there. While I was doing Liberty
statue a shipload of immigrants
passed within hailing distance. I
couldn't see them, but a woman told
me all about them, how they were
all packed together in the bow Of the
ship for their first glimpse of the city
and everything. l suppose some folks
wonder why a man without eyes is so
anxious to climb 400 or 500 feet to the
top of a place that is noted for its
view, but the charm is not all lost,
and anyhow I've got the satisfaction
of saying I've been there"
The Washington bee., 1910-10-08
MORE MONEY RACE PROGRESS.

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The Washington bee., 1910-10-08
The WORLDS Best Runners.

The best runners in the world are
said to be a race of Indians living
near the Gulf of California. They are
known as Seris, and number only
some 400. In the open country the
women and children catch hares by
hand without any artificial aid what
ever. The men, however, look upon
this as child's play, and themselves at
tack and capture antelOpes, deer and
wild buffalo. The swiftest horse can
not Outrun these fieet-fOOted Indians,
who perform on foot the same feats
as the cowboy on his broncho.
A boy can be seen driving horses
round and round in an inclosed track,
and when they have got up a good
speed one of the barriers is removed
and a horse dashes into the prairie at
full speed. 1t has not gone 120 yards
before the Indian has caught up with
it; another 60 yards and he has bound
ed on its back, seized its name with
one hand and it's nostriIs with thu
other and thrown it to the ground.
The Washington bee., 1910-10-08
HAD TO MAKE CONFESSION
Not Only Thas But Il Cost Hubby a
Good Many Dollars to Square
Himself.

George" she asked, why did you
tell that man you were talking to over
the telephone a moment ago that you
envied him?"
Il don't remember. Did I say 1 en-
Wed him?"
''Yes, you did, and you said it as If
you meant 1t. Who was he2"
"Oh, 1t was a fellow I met at the
athletic club the other night. His
name is Robinson"
What were you talking about so
long?"
Nothing very important He mere
ly wanted to see me at lunch tine to-
morrow"
And he didn't say why he wanted
to see your"
mo; l think he wants me TO sup
port him for some Office"
"Oh, he is a politicianP"
mo, no; believe he intends to run
for some Office In the club"
WAS that why you said you envied
ihim?"
Certainly not. l don't want to run
for any office. l haven't time for that
sort of thing"
We'll, how can he take the time for
it?"
you see, he has no family. He isn't
married"
How long have you known him?"
Just met him yesterday"
And did you ask him then II he had
a wife?"
NO; he told me just now when we
were talking over the wire that he was
not married"
And you said you envied himi"
"Yes-I mean no, no, Josephine
honestly l never-come, dearest, you
don't think Pd-o, well confound it, If
you insist on quarreling, what's the
use of denying it?"
Nevertheless she received permis-
sion the next day to buy the $3S leg
horn nat that had pleased her fancy
Chicago Record-HeraId.
The Washington bee., 1910-10-08
Use of the Hardy EArna-

Graceful effects may be developed
IN fairgrounds, in drives through
glades, and in many other positions,
by the bold use of the larger hardy
ferns. Few people seem to give much
attention to hardy ferns, and In most
gardens, if there are any at all, they
are usually planted in some out of the
way spot where no one sees them.
Rarely do We find them well grown
or an important item IN the garden
picture The bold and handsome ferns
Of our own and other countries de-
serve something better than to be con-
demned to a miserable existence
among q lot of decaying roots, which
the conventional idea always associa-
ted with them.-Garden Illustrated.
The Washington bee., 1910-10-08
WHERE THEY LEFT MARGARET
Informed of the Loss Of One Of
His Passengers.

Speaking of automobile speeding" I"
said man who drives his own car, 'T
heard a good one the other day. A
young Irishman who, having left
home and made a lot of money, was
visited by his two married sisters,
neither Of whom had ever ridden in
an automobile. So, he planned for
them a trip in his automobile, think
ing they would enjoy both the novelty
of the ride and the city sights. With
a view to a little fun at his sisters
expense, he told the chauffeur to let
'er out as much as was consistent
with safety, at the same time warn
ing the sisters that they shouldn't
speak to the chauffeur as he was a
very nervous man and mustn't be
disturbed when ne was driving a car.
Everything was quiet In the ton
neau while the driver went rushing
out into the suburbs and through the
parks. Sometimes it was on four
wheels and sometimes on two, but
there was no protest. He had en-
tered into the spirit of the affair, and
he made up his mind he would make
those women cry enough So he
picked out some rough going and
bumped the bumps for a half hour.
Finally the younger sister leaned for
ward and touched him timidly on the
shoulder
Excuse me- she said trembling,
I know I ought not to speak to you,
but l thought I ought to say that we
left Margaret some ten minutes
back. '"-COlumbus Dispatch.
The Washington bee., 1910-10-08
ChrySanthemumS,

ChTysanthemums stand fourth in
commercial Importance among flow
eTs. Only the rose, the violet and the
carnatiOn sUrpass them, and that
chiefly because the chrysanthemum
season is SO short, while the others
can be had from the florist nearly the
whole year round. Greece gave US the
name. Chrysanthemum means gold
en- flower" But the name was invent
ed long before the big butter yellow
globes were known in the occident. It
referred to the prevailing gold in the
small varieties that were known.
Strangely enough, the first chrysan-
themum brought into Europe was not
gold, but purple. 1t was a small flow
er about two inches across, shaped
like an aster. Somebody took it to
Europe from China in 1790-and, pres
to, the modern history of chrysanthe-
NUNS was begun.-Argonaut.
The Washington bee., 1910-10-08
Real Readinu.

In anything fit to be called by the
name of reading, the process itself
should be absorbing and voluptuous;
we should gloat over a book, be rapt
clean out Of ourselves, and rise from
the persual, our mind filled with the
busiest, Kaleidoscope dance of i'm
ages. incapable of sleep, or Of contin-
uous thought. The words, If the book
be eloquent, should run thenceforward
in our ears like the noise of breakers,
and the story, If it be a story. repeat
itself in thousand colored pictures
to the eye.-RObeTt Louis Steven
SON