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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-20
WILL NOT ACCEPT
PUBLIC FUNDS

DR.. ]. G. Byrne has set a pace
for honesty in the matter of claims
against the city that it might be
well for great many other citizens
TO pattern after.
For year a warrant for $40 has
rested at the city comptrollers of
flee for DR.. Byrne, but he refuses
to take it on the ground that he
has not earned it.
In the scarlet fever epidemic of
year ago DR.. Byrne was called
and conducted an examination at
the schoolhouses. For this he was
allowed So in each case by the
health board and a warrant was
drawn on the city treasury for the
amount.
Dr. Byrne has been told that the
money is there for him. Other doc
tors accepted theirs-but not so
with DR.. Byrnc. He thinks that in
an emergency physician or an
other good citizen should lend his
aid TO the city and for this reason
the doctor refuses to take the
money.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-20
THERE MUST Be
REFERENDUM
TO AVOID SUSPICION THE CITY
COUNCIL SHOULD ASCERTAIN
THE PLEASURE OF THE PEo-
PIE.

The final word at the head
quarters of the citizens committee
working for the admission of the
North Coast and the Milwaukee
railroads, before adjournment last
night, was that there would be a
referendum. Already enough votes
have been secured to cause the
submission OF the franchises, it is
claimed.
On the other hand, the people
who want the railroads to come in
with the terminal rate clause
attached. say they are willing to
submit the matter to a vote of
,.lc people.
In view of these professions it
seems that the logical course is
for the city council to call for a
popular expression on the fran
chises and see how the people
stand.
Refusal to grant this concession
by the city council will lend color
to the claim made yesterday that
undue influences have caused the
city council to take it's present
stand for terminal rates.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-20
: THEY HAD HAD THE
NERVE TO 60 WHOLE
HOG It WOULD HAVE
BEEN LAST Of COP,
SAID UNCLE JOE, UNDISMAYED
SAID UNCLE JOE, UNDISMAYED

thing for us that we must strive
for a living, for if we got every
thing we wanted we would die of
dry rot. And so | like to live in a
country where | have to fight and
almost everybody is striving. Some
times it is comfortable to live in a
country that is governed by the
people. There are cranks who
think they have cure to all
diseases to which flesh is heir.
They think they and God consti-
tute majority, forgetting that
God constitutes majority without
them"
In the Sunday papers you will
find that some of them have sup
pressed the truth and some have
deviated from the truth in this case.
/ They will tell a long story of this
and that, and Cannon and Cannon
ism.
Suppose these $50 pounds of
! clay dropped dead. My God! what
would the uplift papers do for an
occupation?
To-day, the claimed majority Of
A in the house joined hands with
| the democrats and abolished the
committee on rules. Some people
seem to think that the committee
on rules can say. Let there be
light and there will be light You
know. and most of the people in
the country know that all this COM
mittee can do is to report bill
from the house back to the house,
whore the will of the majority must
be had to sustain the measure.
These cowardIy congressman,
rather than tell the truth about it,
joined hands with the democrats
and abolished the com mittee."
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-20

ATLANTA, Ga, March 19-There
are exciting fox hunts and danger
Gus wolf hunts, but did you ever
see a good pack of dogs hunt a
man?
They have man hunts in Georgia
quite Oftrn-whenever convict
obeys the dictates of nature and
breaks for liberty.
Newspaper cruSades cleaned
out most of the brutalities of the
old convict lease system, taking
the convicts away from the mines
and turpentine camps of private
lessees and putting them on the
public roads under direct control
of the state. But when a convict
gets away-and they break their
chains and leave camp frequently
when the guards are not looking
the same old chase by bloodhounds
is begun. And the convict seldom
gets far.
The best niger dog in Geor-
gia is old Troup. owned by the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-20
"DOPED' AND ROBBED BY
SOME KIND ACQUAINTANCES

That he was "doped" by some ac-
quaintances, made while drinking
at saloon near the Lorraine hotel
last night, and that later the same
men robbed him of $50 in cash, was
the story told to the police by J. T.
Sandguard, well known Lewiston
hotel proprietor, when he was ar
rested yesterday afternoon on a
charge of disorderly conduct.
Sandguard was arrested in COM
pany with G. w. Wright, an ex-
pressman. He was riding with
Wright in the wagon, headed for
the Northern Pacific depot when
the reckless rate of speed at which
they are said to have been going
caused an officer to arrest them
both. Just as the officer ran out
in the street, the horse lunged for
ward, Earring the seat of the wagon
loose and throwing both Sand
guard and Wright to the pavement.
Sandguard was bruised considera-
bly, and 1t was necessary to take
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-20

him to the emergency hospital.
Lying on cot in the hospital
with his right foot chained to the
bedpost to keep him from surrep-
titiously removing himself, Sand
guard told the story of his robbery.
81 sold out the Globe hotel at
Lewiston several months ago." he
said, "and since then haven't been
doing anything. I decided to go to
work again and came to Spokane
to see If couldn't find employment.
l had been drinking little last
night when some men who / met
in the saloon asked me to go with
them for an automobile ride.
went and when we got out near the
city limits they brought out some
beer. Mine must have been drug
ged. for after I drank it l didn't
know anything for long while and
when l finally came to my senses
my money, consisting of about $50,
was all gone. Today I was hurry
ing to catch the train back to Lew
iston, when | was arrested"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-20
THE MAN ON THE J0B=:=REP. NORRIS

pocket of his coat and he nerer en-
tered the hall of the house, with
out his coat on. He watchedSevery
parliamentary situations; he bored
over presidents and awaited his
chance like a cat on guard at
mouse hole. On Thursday the
psychological moment arrived.S So
did Norris. He drew from. his
pocket the soiled and dog-eared pa
per, and the fight was on.
Cannon himself unwittingMg gave
him the opportunity. The speaker
had ruled the day before that a
matter privileged under the CON
stitution of the United States
transcribed all rules. Norris in
troduced his resolution as matter
privileged under the constitution of
the United States. A stockily
built man with mass of black
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-20
HAM SCRAPE
IS RECALLED

Talking about undue influences
with the city council" said an old
timer yesterday in discussing the
action of the council in the rate
matter, you should bear in mind
the famous ham scrape after the
fire.
"Why, what is the ham case"
asked a tenderfOot.
well, after the big fire Spokane
was flooded with aid in money and
provisions from all sides. Among
other things that came was a :ot
of hams and considerable money.
The city council was made the
custodian of the relief funds and
provisions. and it seems that some
of the councilmen helped them
selves to everything in sight. An
investigation was started and as
result one member Of that coun-
Gil is still a resident of Canada"
This story was told as being
timely in the present railroad
franchise fight.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-20

Fulton county (Atlanta) convict
camp. When old Troup and his
brother bloodhounds start on "A
trail the convict must take to the
water or All airship. Troup led a
CHASE a few days ago which led
clear across the county into W.T.
dcrness, over streams and up we'll
travelled roads, through mud and
timber, and after 20 hours freed
tie escaped convict, 10 miles from
the camp.
The bloodhounds, the real "Uncie
Toms Cabin" variety, are trained
to hunt, not foxes or coons. but
convicts. Put them on the trail Of
man and they will not quit. The
picture shows the convict guard
and a few dogs keeping the negro
convict up a tree until the arrival
of the rest Of the posse. The negro
was perfectly willing to stay there
until enous,' men arrived to tie up
the doss He will be a good con
Wet utnil the call Of the woods
comes to him again.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-20

hair flecked With gray, a reddish
brown mustache, closely clipped,
and eyes that snap, Norris appear
ance does not fit the part of a pa
tient waiter. He, personally,
speaks for action. He walks
briskly, talks tersely and to the
point. His chin sticks out aggres-
sively and his mouth shuts in a
thin line. His left eyebrow droops
deceptively, but the sharpness of
his eye Delies the usual deduction
of listlessness. He dresses simply
if not carelessly, usually in brown,
and his coat generally fits badly
over a pair of muscular shoulders
In action on the floor of the house,
he is energy personified. He has
trick of pursuing up his mouth to
emphasize the points he wishes to
enunciate.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-20
G O N TIN u E D
r o
P A G.E O N E
SOMETHING ABOUT

representatives. For more than a
generation he has been a member
of that body, and for five years
it's speaker. The raw material
was recognized as such. "The gen.
tleman must have oats in his
pocket" exclaimed a member,
when Cannon made his first speech
in the house. The kid" member
from the west admitted it. and sug-
in his hair. Last winter that
speech was recited from the floor
by one of his admirers, while Can
non sat blushing in the speakers
chair his vest unbuttoned from
top to bottom, his frazzled hair so
thin it could no longer hold hay
seed if it tried, his bones clothed
in homespun and toothpick in his
mouth-just as picturesque figure
as he was 33 years before.
His habits and manners are all
pervading. They permeate Uncle
Joe's" clothes, just as they do his
system. They are likewise copy
righted. About year ago when
the speaker went to New York the
metropolitan newspapers comment
ed on his ''25 cent hat" In reality
it was a $40 panama, but it had
been Cannonized. The best tailors
in Washington make his suits, but
an everlasting contest between the
garments and their owner as to
their right to shield him from the
elements give his clothes wither-
ed rose appearance the year
around.
The tobacco habit characterizes
him as nothing else. The angle at
which his cigar is held is regarded
as barometer of his spirits. Only
on one occasion was the cigar ever
observed as gloomy That was
the night of election day in 1890,
when Cannon and Mckinley were
defeated for congress. Both were
at headquarters in Chicago. Final
ly, when all others were gone ex-
cept one or two, Cannon said to
Mckinley:
William, there is no use of our
trying to fool one another, is
there?"
NO, joe" replied Mckinley.
We'll, doesn't it beat hell?" and
with that his cigar fell to the low
est angle it ever registered. 1t
was the only defeat he ever suf-
fered until his Waterloo of today.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-20
FOOLISH HOUSE"
BRIDGE REPAIRED

After remaining almost a con-
slant danger to pedestrians for
about two weeks, or ever since
the big flood swept Union Park,
the foot bridge at Crestline street
and Sprague avenue has been set
back in place. During all the time
it was out of repair, it stood in
such position that all who passed
over it experienced peculiar SEN
sation like that accompanying a
trip through a foolish house" The
big planks squirmed and creaked
under their feet and in several
instances. pedestrians with more
than ordinary avoirdupois narrow
ly averted being pitched into the
muddy water channel.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-20
(Unted Press Leased Wire)

.. (Unted Press Leased Wire)
WASHINGTON, March 1e.-His
cigar tilted rakishly upward from
the left corner of mouth that
orinned undismayed, Speaker Can
non "biew into" the banquet room
Of the Illinois republican associa-
ton at the Riggs House as if moth
ing had happened today at all.
"Oh, | don't feel so very tired"
Uncle Joe said, waving his hands.
You see, l had seven hours sleep
last night. and that's enough to
keep me going for two more nights
If / needed it. But I'm lazy. My
opinion of today's fight is just this
if the insurgents had had the
courage to go the whole hog, it
would have been all over for the
republicans at the next congress.
except the shouting. AS it is,
guess our chances are about 60 per
cent"
The 500 guests at the dinner
jumped to their feet when they
caught sight of the man from Dan
vile. waved their napkins, ratified
the dishes and yelled at the top
Of their lungs.
When order was restored Uncle
Joe with a wry smile apologized
for not keeping in closer touch with
Illinoisans in Washington.
But. you know" he observed,
1--WE are all busy here in the CAPT
tai. You are busy he paused
here, and I am busy.
Then, with vest unbuttoned and
hand uplifted. he waded in.
Some people pray for the mil
lenium to come he said. Il do not
want the millennium. 1t is good
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-20
RIFLE EMPTY; MAN
DEVOURED BYi
HUNGRY WOLVES

SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, March 10
James Smith, woodsman, was de-
voured by wolves in the woods
near Ally yesterday. The. wolves
attacked him while he was alone,
awaiting the return of brother
The latter found his brothers
bones in the center of a circle of
five dead wolves, while an empty
repeating rifle showed that he had
been overpowered before he could
reload the weapon.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-20
CLEVER DETECTIVE WORK
WITH PICTURE AND HAT

which was turned over to the po-
lice. The skypiece was found to
fit Green, who was wearing com
paratively new hat when arrested
The ininials A. G.. were stamped
inside the new hat while the one
held as evidence bore no initials
A bogus 81 bill on the bank of New
Brunswick was found in Green's
vest pocket. Silverware and jewel
ry were among the articles which
the prisoner is supposed to have
stolen
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-20
(By United Press Leased Wire. J

WASHINGTON, March 19.-The
man on the job-George William
Norris, the insurgent general who
seized the psychological moment
and led the allies to victory.
On November 10, 1909, Norris
told United Press representative:
Il intend to fight it out along this
line until the bitter end"
He then showed the correspond
ent copy of a resolution which
he said he intended to introduce in
the house at the first opportunity.
1t was the one sent to the clerk s
desk st. Patrick's day.
1t was carefully prepared, being
the fruit of many months delibera-
ton. Norris kept it in the inside
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-20
LEMONADE MADE GIRLS
DRUNK; WILL ABOL-
ISH GAY TIMES

louisville, Pa. March 12.-
louisville school directors state
that that certain social functions
connected with the local high
school will be abolished as the re-
suit Of tho discovery that at dance
held few nights ago several par
Elephants were taken home drunk.
In discussing the matter the Rev.
w. III. Lindcmuth, pastor Of the
Methodist church, says: Not only
arc temptations thrown In the way
OF our youth by the saloons. but
under the name Of certain social
functions temptations. in the way
OF 'doctored' lemonade, are put in
the way of our school boys and
girls. causing them to be intoxi-
] Gated"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-20
UNION PARK DANCE HALL TO
BE MADE INTO APARTMENTS

Following Immediately upon the
opening of the first Union Park
apartment house, in the Framing
ham block, at the corner of Pitts
burg street and East Sprague ave-
nue., it is announced that Joseph
Thebis, owning the Union Park
bank block, at the southeast corner
of Napa street and Sprague, will
convert the upper floors into bach
elors' apartments. This part of the
building it now the best dance hall
in the east end and is popular re-
sort for lovers of terpsichorean
pleasures at all times of the year.
but the owner is of the belief that
there is more money In making it
an apartment.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-20
F|REMEN TO HOLD
AN OPEN MEETING

An open meeting to all men fir
ing on railway engines is to be
held this afternoon at 1870 o'clock
in Oliver hall, near the corner of
Riverside avenue and Washington
street, by the striking firemen. 1t
was announced unofficially last
night that a raise of two and one
half cents an hour had been offer
ed the firemen and, according to
information credited to local Of
ficials of the railway with friends
among the strikers, the high rail
road officials are putting forth ev-
cry effort to bring about a settle
ment of the grievances in order to
keep the firemen on the job.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-20
MARKED INCREASE IN
DEMAND FOR FARM HELP

Applications for men with a
knowledge of farm work and horses
are coming in SO rapidly at the en-
ployment bureau of the Y. M. c. A.
that it is declared they cannot be
filled. The Y. M. C. A. is coming
rapidly to the front here, for the
business of farmers in quest of men
because. it is said, the help that
has been sent out from this institu-
ton is of a better class and men
steadier than those furnished by the
employment offices making a reg
ular business of furnishing men for
all classes Of work.
Work on the farms this season. it
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-20

After a search of several days
with a stamp picture and derby
hat as the only clues to the identity
Of the man wanted, the police de-
tective department arrested Charles
Green, an engineer SO years old,
last night on suspicion of being
the robber who burglarized a room
ing house at $780, Front avenue
two weeks ago.
In making his escape from the
rooming house on the night of the
robbery, the footpad lost his hat
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-20
ALLEN 3 HUTCHINSON
ISSUE VALUABLE MAP

Allen & Hutchinson, with offices
at 600 Columbia building. have is
sued map of the north side from
the river to Indiana avenue and
from Monroe to Division streets,
which shows the plat of each sep
arate piece of property and gives
the name of practically every owner
in the whole district. The map is
one of the most valuable that has
been issued in Spokane in some
time
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-20

is declared, will be quite profitable,
wages having been raised mater
tally in some parts of the country
tributary to Spokane. At the pres
ent time. from $35 to $40 and as
high as $45 month and board and
room is being offered and in some
instances the jobs are good for the
entire year. -
Taken as a whole, the fee fe We
curing employment Is greater in
the Y. M. G. A. bureau than in any
of the others. The most common
fee is reported to amount to about
one-third Of a weeks wages in the
work to which the applicant is be-
ing sent.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-20
MASQUERADE BALL
FOR BROTHERHOOD
OF OWLS-TO DRILL

A masquerade ball will be held
by the Brotherhood of Owls, Tues
day evening, March 22, in the lower
Pacific halls. 1t is for all Owls and
their friends. Prizes are to be
awarded.
At the next regular meeting of
the lodge, March %, the degree
team, captained by r. A. Koontz,
of considerable fame as a drill
master, will put on one of the best
drills of the season for the amuse-
ment of the lodge.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-20
BORNEO BOAK'S
THE UGLY FELLOW
BORNEO BEARDED BOAR.

BORNEO BEARDED BOAR.
The bearded boar of Borneo forms
one of the three groups of wild pigs
i'll the Malayan islands and Japan.
He is distinguished by a very long
skull and fringe of long hair on
the cheeks. He is a remarkably
ugly-looking fellow.
Pig sticking is a favorite sport
in Asiatic countries, especially in
men.
BorneO, where the wild boars are
and speared by mounted
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-20

Because IL Is always ready to at
tack other sea birds, it is called the
frigate bird, sometimes the man-of-
war hawk At any rate it is the
best fighting bird along the Allan
tic and Pacific tropical costs. Fish
Is it's exclusive diet and because of
the fact that 1t cannot dive into the
water II makes other fishing birds
give up their prey.
During the love-making season
the gular pouch Of the male be-
comes a vivid scarlet and is greatly
distended, almost like a balloon.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-20
THREE HORSES STOLEN

The police are searching Tor
three horses which were stolen
last Thursday night from August
Hannah, a rancher residing at
Half Moon Prairie. The three ami
mails are a sorrel mare, a gray
mare and a grey gelding.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-20
KNIGHTS AND LADIES
SECURITY TO DANCE

Prosperity council, Knights and
Ladies of Security, will give
dance in the halls at 722 First ave-
nue. on the night OF April 2. A class
of about 10 new candidates was in
itiated into this order last night.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-20
HOUSE RAISING
ORDER OF THE DAY

House raising In the east end,
which WAS swept by the flood from
melting snow two weeks ago. Is the
order u the day, In all parts of
Union Park. where dooryards were
swept away and Easements filled,
the damage IL being speedily re-
paired by the raising Of houses and
the filling Of front lawns.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-20

This is the specter tarsier, the
ghost among animals. Its home is
in the East Indies. Though it is
found in the PHILIPPINES occasion
ally. 1t lives up in trees and re-
mains securely hidden throughout
the day, to venture forth in ghost
like fashion in the darkest hours of
the night, and feed upon insects and
small reptiles. II
1t has large, broad hend, with
very large eyes.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-20

LIVERPOOL, England. - Two
bombs were hurled into a room
where a party of clerical candidates
were dining today, killing two and
wounding seven others, including
the presiding priest.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-20

The knell of the tall collar is toll
ing For those who cannot wear
the low cut neck there are orna-
mented velvet bands to be worn, or
bows of tulle worn at the
back to soften the effect.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-20

LOUISVILLE. Ky.-On the eve
of going to Philadelphia to marry
Miss Virginia Harrison. DIR. Will
liam l.. Bentley, young physician,
was found dead In his home, two
bullet holes in his head. He was
evidently suicide.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-20

Among the pleasant events
week I'm club circles was tneil
cial Of the Monday Night =
social was given Monday evsg
home of Mr., and Mrs. a. "a
The evening was spent ndtTr
OF games and music. Dehci>.
ments were served. and soclh
casion was Il decided success :