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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-22

means, but I tell you those who
give up their lives trying to stop
the forest fires ought to have
monuments just as much as war
heroes get them"
Between 1000 and 5000 refugees
arrived in Spokane yesterday and
today, from all the burning dis.
tricts. They are filling UP the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-22

When Morgan struck his tuneful
liar
To play to Nelson's song,
His improvising touched the hearts
OF all the "Trusty' throng,
His inspiration was a help
For Nelse was sore at loss:
He'd scratched his nut for 80 days
On How to Come Across.
The rubber tale that Bristow told
Had roared throughout the land
"Oh pierp! oh Pierp. Assistance!
Help!
This story must be canned"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-22
HEMZE TO WED
AN ACTRESS

(By United Press Leased Wire)
NEW YORK, Aug. 22.-
was announced today that r.
Augustus heirze, who recent
ly figured in federal prosecu-
tions, was engaged to marry
Bernice Henderson, a member
of the "A sEool There Was"
company. The marriage is set
for this week and the couple
will start on honeymoon
journe yinaspecialcar.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-22

Two carloads OF women and
children from Wallace and The
burned districts arrived over the o.
r. & N. railroad late this morning.
They presented a pitifuI spectacle,
dressed In whatever they could
seize at a moments notice, without
much baggage, and with hunted
look nthsir faces, as though the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-22

drum except those whose presence
was Of greater Importance here.
has gone to the scene. Unverified
rumors report that many lives have
been lost. 1t is impossible to esti-
mate the damage.
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LIST OF LOSSES
AT WALLACE, IDAHO I

. WALLACE, Idaho, Aug. 22. :
. Following is a list Of the
. larger losses suffered by Wal
. lace business houses In the :
. great fire on Saturday night. I
= Coeur d'Alene Hardware
= Co., $t5O,0OO.
. Sunset Brewery, $4,000.
. Pacific Hotel, $4,000.
. Pacific Annex, $4,000.
. Wallace Times, $4,000.
= Coeur d'Alene Iron Works,
. $4,000.
= Trades and Labor Hall,
= $4,000.
. Smith G. Fisher, $4,000.
= St. Elmo Hotel, $4,000.
= Bellinger Store, $4,000.
= Worstell Furniture Co.,
= $4,000.
= Turner Music Co., $4,000.
. O. r. & N. Co., $65,
. This does not include resi-
. dences no ra dozen small fac
= tories and places of business.
. . 80 = <~>> <>>> ~
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-22
NINE SPOKANE NURSES
TO STRICKEN DISTRICT

care in need of 10 trained for burned
here
This plea from Walter N Hanson Of Wallace Idaho
the stricken districts ready and equipped do all in their
alleviate
notice Becker,
ters the institution Miss
deman of S. Lukes Miss E. Rowands, slsouh
Frances Caunt, Spokane
The has been cooperating with De chamber of
unofficial
Yesterday afternoon the Wallace authorities ask for
Ihep
forthcoming we
ex frame. he necass
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-22

WASHINGTON, d. C.-Estimat-
ed now that the increased tariff
on tobacco will cost smokers of the
country $S,000,000 this year.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-22

cruel flames werA sthI pursuing
them.
They had left husbands and
brothers and sweethearts behind,
to fight the relentless flames.- and
save home and property il they
could. even at the expense of lives.
One beautiful girl, with dark
curling hair, and veritable peach
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-22

hotels. and many are being cared
for In private homes. Most az the
women and children are here with
only the things they wore On their
backs. but they come from prosper~
GUS districts Of the Inland Empire.
and they will not suffer for either
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-22

NEW YORK.-Fairfax Harrison
chosen president of the Monon
route to succeed late Ira G. Rawn.
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LONG BEACH. Cal.-Thos. G..
Mcbride. Is. son of wealthy oil
man of Coalinga. found dead In his
room here, with bullet through his
heart and revolver by his side.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-22

NEW YORK.-Wm. Cruikshank.
&c. jumps from Brooklyn bridge to
win bet of $500, is dangerously
injured and charged with attempt
ing suicide.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-22
BOUGHT HER RAT, SODA WATER AND
TICKET FROM NORWAY, BUT SHE JILTED HIM

EUGENE Aug. 22.Amos Hoff county farmer,
seeking balm the
comey who refused to wed ioff after
. he had paid her fare from Norway Eugene.
his complaint off gives list Of purchases alleged to
have been made for herbenet The list includes womans
Ianda ice cream sodA
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DEW SURE
THE LIMIT
(By United prssa Leased Wire,

FATHERPOINT. Que, Aug. 22.-
The wireless station here reports
that the steamship Megantic with
Inspector Dew and his party who
are conducting DR.. IL. III, Crippen
and Miss Leneve back to England,
left the mouth of the st. Lawrence
river early today.
The prisoners are keeping close
ly in their cabin most of the time,
"a portion of the deck being
schsened with canvas to prevent
intrus,ons while they are taking air
and exerNise.
The departure of Inspector Dew
equalled in opera bouffe features
the arrival OF the famous sleuth.
Dew, on his arrival, was found to
have registered as "Dewhurst.
and to have endeavored to conceal
his identity aboard the steamer
Montrose by posing as merchant.
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don't forget to give carrier
your new address Or tele-
phone The Spokane Press,
Main 376.
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Fair tonight and 1tlee *!
Max. temp, 60; min !
56. !.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-18

F. S. White, agricultural agent for the
Frisco system, was i'll NettletOn with his
car Monday, March IA. He lectured at
10 am. and pm, in the Knights of
Pythias hall The farmers appreciate
Mr.. Whites visits, and he was greeted
by the largest crowd this trip than ever
before.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-18

Hong-Kong, China.-Exclaims the
fervid missionary speaker, "China's
millions are crying for the Gospel"
Rubbish
China's millions would like to throw
Christianity into the Yellow sea, and
they would have a fete day in the
Punishment or murder of every mis-
sionary within the borders of the Mid
die Kingdom, If they had their way
1t is only the fear OF foreign gun
boats and armies that makes China
endure the missionary. Everybody in
China knows that, be he missionary,
merchant or legatieAsr. Pie uRAs ess
fuIas&s of the sort OF sentimental
prss ntaWon OF the missionary cause
that is SO frequently INDUCED in
throughout cSristenGOm is clearly IN
derstood and earnestly deplored by
every thinking missionary.
China does not want missionaries
or missions. Sir Ernest Satow was
right when he declared that Csina
does not desire the spiritual side of
ute. From the shrewd, unforgetting
old tigress on the throne down to the
ignorant, superstitious, oX-llke coolie
straining at a horses load, the Chi
nese people may be said to be prac-
tically one in not desiring the Jesus
way" True, they now want the ap-
planes CT western civilization, to
make more effective their old spirit
as when the officials of North Central
China conspired by telegraph against
oreign-administered famine relief
Put the principles Of Christian ciVih-
cation they care for not at all
Desires Versus Needs.
China. does not want the western
religion. But does she need it? All.
that is another story. While there is
almost no basis for the enormous mis-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-18
Walter George Smith Invited.

In both branches a concurrent resOl1-
ton was adopted authorizing the gov
ernor to invite, in the name of the leg
islature, some member of the national
commission on uniform legislation to
address the two houses at an early date
on legislation necessary to effect uni
formity in the state laws relative to
stock transfers, negotiable instruments,
uniform sales acts, bills of lading, ware
house receipts, all of which are prepared
under the direction of and recommended
by the national commission on uniform
state legislation. Immediately upon the
adoption of this concurrent resolution
kilograms were addressed to Presids0s
Walter George Smith of the national
commission, at Philadelphia, who VIII
be asked to send representative here
to address the legislature on the subject,
and it is expected that laws viii yet
be passed identical with those of other
states on the same subject.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-18
S,fhnaena for Vardaman.

Judge Sam Cook of Clarksdale, sittin}
a. the special judge for tie ensuing t'rm
of Kinds county pending the assuIngeio.'
of duty by JuAge Will A. Henry, opened
court at the usual hour Tuesday morn
ing and started the mill to grinding.
Whether there will be any grist turned
into the court as result Of the specific
charge of Judge Cook concerning the
alleged debauchery or undue influence
practiced during this legislative session,
will not be Immediately manifest,
though it is expected that there will be
some probing done. 1t is stated about
the courthouse that whenever he returns
to the city from his lecture tour, ex-Gov-
ernor Vardaman will be served with
subpoena to appear before the gram
jury. 1t is supposed that he will be
wanted to give such information as may
be in his possession relative to the al
legged bribery and other cserupting In
fluences used during this session OF the
legislature. The ex-governor is at pres
ent in Oklahoma and is filling other en-
gagements that may keep MIN absent
for fortnight or so.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-18

sionary propaganda in the desires Of
the people, there is abundant warrant
for 1t in their necessities. AS little
as dirty small boy desires a scrub
bling, he still requires it; so with this
vast nation. Let me, after a careful
investigation that has ranged through
many cities and villages, from remod-
eled I@king to little settlements in the
remote interior which have no place
on the maps, indicate few Of the rea-
sons why, in the eyes Of an ordinary
man of common sense, the presence of
the missionaries, those pioneers OF
civilization, is justifable in China.
China is dirty. The first day l
landed on her shores l said that her
greatest apparent and Immediate
need was 100000 900 cakes of soap
and an ocean of disinfectant. On this
point 1 am writing to Incompetence
ing readers; for America can never
understand or imagine the unspeak-
able filthiness of the Chinese, in their
persons, in their clothes, in their
dwellings and in their streets. It is
almost impossible to hint at the true
state of affairs in any publication less
unlicensed than a medical journal.
The tourist who docs" China, by
passing through the port cities stop
ping at the big hotels-althOugh these
are bad enough, in all conscience
can have no understanding of what
Chinas dirtiness means. Only those
who live or travel in the interior can
comprehend this. / have found many
reasons for admiring tho missionary
body as a whole; none Of these is
greater than the manner in which
they maintain, amid such miserable
Surroundings. the ideals and stand
5 and practices o. cultivated Amer
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-18
Redistricting Bill Will Pass.

The most important piece Of legisla
ton of the day was the taking up of
the circuit court redistricting bill by the
house committee on judiciary Tuesday
afternoon, the committee sitting for
three hours in busy session with this
one bill before it. The committee heard
from several prominent lawyers of the
state not members of the legislature,
including G. Wood Magee of Monticello,
Il. n. Miller of Hazelhurst and A. T.
Stovall of Okolona, and the entire bill
vas freely discussed and finally favor
ably disposed of. Il was ready to re-
port to the house at the evening session
and without doubt that it would pass
Notwithstanding as outlined the meas
IRE is not entirely satisfactory to every
one, the prospect is that the bill Will
become law before the end of the
week.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-18
JACKSON
COL. G0-OoN MEMPHIS GUEST.
Mississ-4 Statesman Makes Delightful
Tig at Luncheon.

Mississ-.-i Statesman Makes Delightful
T-ls at Luncheon.
Those who attended the luncheon
given at the Memphis Business Mems
Club in honor of Hon. James Gordon of
Mississippi, poet, statesman and ex-
United n~ttes senator, can we'll under
stand how This grand old man, with his
plain, old-Lashioned eloqueIce, born of
the old Southern school, swayed the SELL
ate recently with his love everybody"
speech, which made him famous in Il
day. IL We uld take a man with heart
OF adamant to withstand the spOnta-
neous bubble of sunshine disseminated
by the gallant old soldier, without feel
ing that he was better man Tor hav-
ing heard 1T.
The reception to Col. Gordon was
marked throughout by the utmost sim
plcity, though noIe the less hearty, Il
tact which apparently appealed TO the
uest of honor.
Judge Greer, in a happy speech, babe
"ol. Gordon welcome. Col. Gordon re-
ponded in short speech which must
have been the prototype of the one
which made him famous. Without St
yempt to drift into the flights OF oratory,
IN which he is not versed, the venerable
statesman voiced, in his own PLAIN way
MS appreciation of the welcome which
lad been extended him.
81 am glad to be in Memphis" said
he, ''for l feel very much at home here
1 am especially glad to meet SO many
Of the business neil of Memphis. have
never known very much about business.
There is one business, however: that l
have been successful in. l aul a great
circulating medium. believe chat money
should be circulated, and that's one rea
son why l admire John d. Rockefeller
Col. Gordon then told how he had
broken into the United States senate q.
during tie course OF which hc pad =.
glowing tribute to Gov. E. +. Noel OF
Mississippi. He said that the spec h
which had attracted such wlc ,preal
comment had been delivered with no
such intention.
Il didn't mean to do it, he sald But
when chat large, port. gentlem"1, our
beloved president, came Up ant ell
braced me after it was over kneN ina.
: must have done some good i'll the sen
ate after all. Even Senate? IIeybuin OF
Idaho came forward and snool my hand
after had invited him to pay visit to
my Mississippi home. Gentlemen. Hey
burn is all right, you must not ta;n~-
100 hard Of him. 1t was his environ
ment hat warped his view of the South.
He has been sitting way ny there III
Idaho Oh an iceberg, with nothing more
han the aurora Borealis to enli.hte:.
AIM about the South. That's the rca-
son | invited him 70 come down and see
for himself"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-18
How to Shake Hands.

Lady Violet Greville Ia trying to
make a warm handclasp and hearty
handshake popular. She is very glad.
she says, that the elbow shake" Is
going out of fashion Who invented
the elbow shake, she says. she does
not know, but it is senseless, devoid
of grace, with no charm or meaning.
1t used to be part of boys or girls
education to learn the graceful curce
of the elbow that was necessary when
hands were shaken.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-18

Tien-Tsin on which he was working,
his work fellows laughed heartily.
AS our ship was being warped into
her moorings at Shanghai a boatman
fell overheard, and the crowd
laughed; although he spoiled the
point of the joke by managing to
scramble out At an execution | saw
crowds pressing eagerly about the
Eeadless trunk of the victim, and
laughing merrily over his fate. One
must hear on the spot the unreport-
G.5le fendishness of the Chinese mobs
toward massacred missionaries to
realize The unfathomable depths of
Chinese cruelty. The gentleness of
Jesus, who taught: Blessed are the
merciful," is sadly needed in China.
A Nation of Liars.
The truth in the inward parIs"
which is supposed to accompany
Christianity is utterly lacking in
China. This is nation of liars. Not
to lie is considered foolishness. There
is nowhere the Anglo-Saxon assump-
ton that the other man is playing a
fair game; you simply have to match
him in guile or suffer. The incon-
venience the annoyance, the exasper-
alton of having to live surrounded
with consummate liars must be ex-
Ierienced to be appreciated
Take one of countless incidents.
as illustrative; the fare from Chin
kiang to Marking by boat is two dol
lars. Upon buying my return ticket
was told by the official that it was
four dollars; when the gentleman who
was escorting me to the beat, a mis-
eionary, made it plain that he was no
unposted traveller, the man promptly
and without embarrassment, accepted
the right fare. That missionaries man.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-18
Odd Fellows Honor Sire.

When w. L. Kuykendall, grand sire
of the Independent Order OF Odd Eel
lows in the Mississippi jurisdiction, left
here Monday he carried with him as one
very pleasant and gratifying reminder
of his visit to Mississippi a beautifully
wrought silver loving cup. Among v4aar
past grand masters in attendance TO
greet the head of the order, were Hon
Wylie n. Nash of Starkville and Emile
Bonelli, also a former supreme repre-
sentative from Mississippi. Seated near
the rostrum, and side by side, We're two
men who are probably the oldest living
Odd Fellows, in point of continues
membership, in AississRpi-S0al Z.
French OF VicksbsAA vAs a&IAsHad 40
golden jubilee as an Odd Fellow six
years ago, and is the only wearer of a
veterans jewel south of the Ohio river,
and 7. D. Pace, of Jackson. Both these
men were members of lodge in Jack
son fifty years ago.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-18

1t is pitiable thing to see young
man whining over his lot in life, and
excusing Indifference and inaction be-
cause of hard luck. or some cruel
fate which has put stumbling blocks
in his way.
No matter what your environment,
or what you may be called upon to go
through, face like a man, with
out whining. Turn your face to the
sun, your back to the shadows, and
look the world in the face without
whSaAg. MSS0 TIE most 81 your STU
atial. See the beNwAi&a in 1t and Rst
the ugly features. This is Me way 10
improve an unfortunate environment.
Success Magazine.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-18

lean life. To be a lady in interior
China is to be a heroine.
John Chnaman Too Much for Germs.
The germ theory is all upset by a
study of China. By all the laws of
modern medical science, the country
should be continually rayaged by de-
structive plaques. The Chinese seem
to grow fat on germs; they eat them
alive. as they also eat, in order to
get back their blood" certain I'M
namable creatures which they pick
by the dozen from their persons a1d
raiment. "China's millions is q
good, reputable missionary phrase at
home; out here it is used to desig-
nate the uncounted guests with whom
you are obliged to share your bare
room in a Chinese inn. or your sleep
ing shelf on a Chinese boat | can
scarcely imagine any power short Of
a supernatural religion, that can clear
up the Chinese, even externally AS
for his inward, mental and spiritual
filthiness, that must be pissed over
in silence. To hear, and understand,
one Chinese as he reviles another is
to discover a new and horrible world
Of corrupt imaginings.
Making Sport of Suffering.
The first day we landed in China,
we saw some children having fine
sport in killing a kitten by the gentle
process of jumping upon it. The i'm
preston then formed has been stead
lily deepened, that tie Chinese are I
cruel people, cruel to dumb creatures,
but crue!ler to one another The
statement is almost warranted that
here is a nation without a sense of
pity or sympathy. A roadside death
is a pastime for the bystanders. When
q coolie was cut clear in half by the
swinging of a heavy steel plate
against the hatchway of a shil at
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-18
BeaUvoir Gets $4,000.

Mr.. Vance explained the Beauvoir ap-
preparation bill, and the senate readily
passed it, the S92, 900 being given, So
that the cottages might be completed,
the culinary and hospital departments
improved, and the present number o.
49, veterans be increased by the forty
now on the waiting list. This move will
De a benefit to the veterans on this Iist,
and to the daughters, also, many OF
whom have the care of veterans who
should be in the home The senat.
passed the Old Ladies Home bill, givin-
this institution $4,000 for the two years
1910 and 1911.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-18

Men drunk from liquor and men
drunk from overeating are most sus-
ceptible to pneumonia and die of it, "
said Chicago health commissioner in
an address. "The majority of cases
of pneumonia are of patients who con.
tracted the disease after a drunken
debauch or who were drunk from over
feeding" the commissioner continued.
People drunk from overlooking, l
think, are almost as immoral as those
who stupefy themselves with liquors.
The effects of pneumonia in such pa
+ients are much the same"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-18
THE BRANDY SET.
Vanderbilt Tells Story to illustrate
Roulette Chances.


81 dined with w. K. Vanderbilt, Jr.,
on his return from Monte Carlo, at
the Cafe de Paris" said California
millionaire.
"Mr. Vanderbilt declared that there
was one sure way to get rich by gam
bling at Monte Carlo. That was to
build a second casino there and run
it on the present casinos lines. He
said that in roulette playing the
chances against you were quite un-
fair. You were in the hopeless posi-
ton Of the man who made the brandy
bet.
This man was met by friend, who
said:
"'What makes you look SO blue?'
Finn the man replied, has bet
me a ten-spot that he can drink a
quart of brandy in day without
staggering.
land you look blue! Why cried
the friend-'why, man, you've got a
dead certainty Firms bound to lose.
He can't take two drinks without stag
gering scandalous'
"'But the duffer,' replied the other,
has taken the bottle to bed with
him."
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-18
Cad Liver Oil for plants,

A woman who owns two splendid
looking plants which keep green and
vigorously though their habitat is an
apartment, says that she attributes
their good health entirely to an occa-
sional dose of cod liver oil. She has
found large spoonful Of this medi'
cine, from time to time, better than
any of the fertilizers usually advised,
and not more expensive.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-18
Would Hear Col. Gordon.

The senate concurred in the house
resolution inviting Col James Gordon,
he distinguished and recent acting SEN
ator from Mississippi by appointment of
the governor, pending the election of the
late Senator ,icLaurin's successor, to
visit this city and address the legisla-
cure. No date has been fixed, that be-
ing q detail left to be filled after Col
Gordon is heard from.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-18
Memorials to Dead Senator'S.

The senate chamber was the scene of
Impressive exercises Wednesday night in
honor of two members of that body who
served during the first session of this
legislature, Samuel Nicely Sample of
Holmes county and Frederick George
i;arry of Clay. The chamber was filled
with senators and representatives, as
veil as public officers. The chamber had
ueen draped with streamer4 of white
ala black crepe, while the desks which
aot been USED by the two senators were
'eaed, and IL addition, each bore a
',,- containing lilies of the valley.