The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-17

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| The trial Of Ed Jenkins and Boyd
| Travis, charged with assault and
battery, will be continued as soon
as their victim is able to appear
against them.
An eastbound AItamont car was
derailed at Sprague avenue and
Wall street at 1880 last night.
l. The funeral Of the seven year old
child of Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Hone
fenger was held from the residence,
1104 Knox avenue, at l o'clock yes
terday.
Lieutenant w. J. Moses OF the
United States navy, stationed at
Bremerton, has issued a circular let
ter to the commercial clubs Of east
ern Washington asking for cooper
alton in submitting to him the ad-
dresses of all farmer boys wishing
to enlist.
The big benefit to be given by
the Theatrical Mechanics associa-
ton Monday will be held at the
Auditorium. Headline acts from
the vaudeville houses will make up
the program, which is promised to
be the best ever performed at one
theater. There will be a large pa
rade held on Monday at noon in
which all the theatrical people in
the city will participate.
James Oldham, colored tailor,
is facing charge of perjury. In
testifying for Elizabeth Gray, col
ored woman charged with vagrancy,
he swore he had never been ar
rested. But in looking over the
police records, 1t was found that
Oldham had once been bound over
to the superior court on larceny
charge.
A farewell address will be deIiv-
cred by the Rev. George T. Ste
phens in the big tent on the north
side tonight. He will take for his
subject. THE Christian and Amuse-
ments."
A compromise may be effected In
| the case of Eugene DeSmith and
wife, who are suing the Inland EN-
pire Railway Co. for $3.50 damages
for causing the death of their child,
which was run down by one of the
company's cars.
! Judge j. D. Hinkle of the superior
court released Is jurymen yester-
day, leaving AZ only. He thinks
| this amount will be sufficient to
! handle the cases in the three courts.
Hugh MckeIvey, who killed Oscar
Johnson some months ago, will be
brought before Judge D. H. Carey
this morning.
The 10 students suspended from
the South Central high school Tues
day were reinstated yesterday.
| A plant for the manufacturing OF
locomotive CRATES. of which w. j.
Simpson of Hope, Idaho, is the in
ventor, is promised for Spokane.
The firm is to be known as the
Simpson Crate Shaker Co. A sat
isfactory test of the crate has been
given on one of the large engines
on the Great Northern.
The case of Nellie G. Pierce,
charged with assisting in q criminal
operation, was continued 10 days.
| Mrs. Bethesda Beals Is In this
city from Seattle to organize Spo-
kane branch of state anti-tubercu-
losis league.
Two hundred Tacoma boosters
will arrive in Spokane on the after
noon of May 25 on a tour OF the
state. They are travelling over the
Northern Pacific and will visit all
towns of note on the line.
A contract has been awarded to
Ernest K. and Guy M. Darnell to
carry mail on the star route from
| Watson, Mont, and Fort Logan
|
lance of 80 miles will be covered
weekly for a remuneration of $500
a year.
Two star route mail contracts
have been let to Teunis Wyers Jr.,
one from White Salmon, Wash, to
Bristol for which he is to receive
| $3.50; the other to RObertville by
way of Snowden. For this he is
paid $1,000. Three round trips
week are to be made.
G. M. Walk, alias J. W. Howard,
a former member of the Spokane
Merchants police, was arrested In
Occur d'Alene yesterday morning
for the murder of F. H. Childress,
policeman, in Bristol, Tenn, in
l3903. He will go back without ex-
tradition papers.