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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-24
CAMP NEAR STANDPOINT
ENTIRELY DESTROYED

in the terrible conflagration. A
committee consisting of Byron B.
Defebach, as chairman; Mayor c.
f. Riggs, T. C. Bell, E. d. Farmin
and H. H. Maggie has been named
by the mayor. The committee had
a meeting yesterday morning, and
since that time a canvass has been
partially made to determine what
is most needed in the way of re-
lief AS the fire progresses and
more homes are lost as Is sure to
be the case, the committee will
have a better idea of how enor-
nous is their task.
LOSS AT SA0lE.
The following is list of the
properties lost near Sagle during
the fires:
Oliver Turnbull. storekeeper at
Sagle; store and contents, besides
residence, which was occupied by
his clerk, Mr.. Crumb; stock valued
at $500; partially insured.
w. E. Kinney, $4,000 feet Of
white pine lumber in piles along
the Northern Pacific tracks; also
about 10000 posts.
George Matthews house and out
buildings; orchard ruined
T. P. Craig; house and barn, 10
tons of hay
August Anderson; barn, 20 tons
of hay.
Claude Studebaker; house and
furniture all burned.
Andrew Turnbull; two barns
with hay burned.
Two county bridges, one nearly
200 feet long and the other over
100 feet, were completely destroyed
making traffic impossible.
Frank Leick lost two barns and
nearly so tons of hay.
Tom Longworth lost his barn
and hay.
Nick Pontious lost about $4,000
in posts and poles in the woods.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-24
SULLIVAN CORRALS PRIVATE
DETECTIVE BUSINESS HERE

Last night the city council, with
out opposition, and quite likely
without knowledge Of its meaning
passed an ordinance compelling pri
vate detectives to pay license Of
$50 per year and make their con.
duct subject to the approval Of
Chief Sullivan, under penalty Of q
forfeiture Of their right to do bust.
mess.
On the surface the ordinance ap.
pears to be all right, but like most
ordinances Of that character 1t was
introduced at the behest of private
interests. The purpose is to elimin-
ate from the game all small fry"
or men Of small means that can not
afford to put up the $50 to do bust
ness.
Private detectives have caused
Chief Sullivan more or less grief in
the last six months. Some of the
best Information that has reached
The Press about conditions in the
police department has come from
private detectives, who know how
the police run things. In the Elliott
case and one or two other cases val
liable assistance was rendered by
private detectives, and In every in
stance the men thus assisting have
incurred the everlasting i'll will of
the acting chief of police.
Among the first to lobby for the
new ordinance on detectives were
private detectives enjoying the good
will Of the police department.
Councilman Shaefer, who intro
duced the ordinance, says that he
knows nothing about its under
ground history. He doesn't recall
who asked him to introduceeit. The
matter looked good to him on the
surface and he put his name to the
ordinance and voted for it.
The ordinance will practically
confine the private detective work
in Spokane to the Pinkertons, Thiel,
Swain and such large agencies that
can afford to pay the license fee.
These agencies usually work with
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-24
TWO LOCAL BANDS AT
THE FAIR

The insinuation persistently en-
anating from some quarters to the
effect that Spokane musicians were
Disseminated against by the Spo-
kane Interstate fair management
will again be downed this year by
the announcement of the fair man.
agement that contracts have been
closed with two local organizations,
Reimer's and Bowman's brass
bands. These bands, which have
20 pieces each, have been engaged
for the entire week. While one of
the bands is holding forth on the
big stage across from the grand
stand during the afternoon and
evening, the other will make itself
heard to advantage in some other
part Of the grounds.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-24
WILSON
IN TOWN

John L. Wilson senatorial head.
quarters were very enthusiastic
this morning owing to the visit of
their chief. Ex-senator John l..
Wilson, who will be in Spokane
county Friday and Saturday of this
week.
Senator Wilson is spending this
week in Eastern Washington, visit.
ing Dayton, Walla Walla, Pasco
and Ritzville, speaking at Rock.
ford Friday night. H. w. Collins
will be chairman Of the meeting at
Rockford, which will be held in the
Odd Fellows hall. Seator Wilson is
also billed to speak at the Elks
Temple on Saturday night at a re-
publican rally. The meeting is be
ing arranged by w. F. Doust and
e. F. Waggoner, who are vice
chairmen of the Spokane County
Republican Central committee.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-24
DOESN'T LOOK
GOOD FOR
GRAY SITE

1t begins to look. as if the Gray
city hall site is at the beginning
of the end of it's official existence.
Last night the veteran campaign
er in municipal politics, Captain
John Gray, marched his forces to
battle, in an effort to storm the
works and force the passage of the
condemnation ordinance adopting
the Gray site, with an emergency
clause attached.
1t was desperate move, and the
doughty captain staked weeks of
effort on its success. He lost, by a
vote of to 4. six councilmen yot-
ing for the Gray site and four
against it.
By many it is believed that this
means the finish of the Gray site,
in the belief that the six votes had
last night can not longer be held
together. Supporting the Gray site
were Gray, Funk, Cartwright,
Shaefer, Dalke and Nelson. OPP.
posed to it were Schiller, Lambert,
Belshaw and Mohr.
There was great roar of ap-
prevail from the opponents of the
Gray site when Chairman Lambert
announced that the ordinance was
defeated. An ordinance with an
emergency clause requires eight
votes for its passage, and the Gray
ordinance lacked two votes of the
required number. Not put out by
the defeat, Captain Gray had the
ordinance reintroduced with the
emergency clause omitted. 1t was
read the first and second time.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-24
CITY MUSTPAY
$40, 900 DAMAGES

The city must pay the verdict
for $4,000 secured by Mrs. Mar.
garet Engleking against the city OF
Spokane for the loss Of the life OF
her husband, who was drowned Id
the Spokane river during the build
ing Of the Washington street bridge
nearly three years ago.
Word to the effect that the YER
dict has been received by Corpor-
alton Counsel Fred B. Morrill,. A
motion for rehearing may be filed,
but there is not one chance In a
thousand that the supreme court
will be made to reverse it's decision
already entered.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-24
G O NTIN u E p
=C h o -.
P A G F. O N T.
"UNWRlTTEN LAW

that they had been engaged for
two months to be married. She
denied that any improper relations
existed between her and Smith.
Later Miss Mclaughlin was called
to the stand.
Twenty-Five thousand women OF
Louisiana invoked the "unwritten
law" on behalf of Miss McLaugh-
lin. The Era club, powerful
woman's organization, led in the
movement. which was based on the
proposition that the "unwritten
law" as appealed to so often In
justice to men, Is as Justly applica-
BILE to women.
Smith was one of the best known
bachelors Of New Orleans. He was
we'll off, was good mixer" and
was prominent In local politics. He
was a man of considerable charm
and had a host Of friends. Miss
Mclaughlin is q girl of slender
means, the daughter of captain
In the local fire department.
According to her story, the girl
was wronged by Smith while she
was but Is. He promised to marry
her and continued paying atten.
tions to her till about IS months
ago. when he forsook her, refusing
to make good his promise of mar
riage and giving her to understand
that he would do nothing more for
her. He began to pay attentions
to another woman.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-24
WON'T GO ,,v
ON STAGE

CHICAGO, Aug 24.-"Go on The
stage? Never" exclaimed MIS-.
Jack Cudahy, when asked her fu-
ture intentions, following her di-
vOrce. Il have lost interest in So
ciety, in clubs and in everything.
The rest of my life will be devoted
to my children and when l am not
with them, l will be with them In
thought.
please deny that I am going on
the stage. / am not freak or a
curiosity and do not like to be
stared at"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-24
7. R. DECLARES
WAR
SBssus -,

HERkiMER, N. v, Aug. a.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt today
Issued a declaration of war to the
"oId guard" in the republican pasty
in New York. Roosevelt's atten-
ton was called to statement-of
William H. Barnes, leader of the
ere gulars," that he and his assist
ants would welcome a fight at the
Saratoga convention.
az they want to fight, all right,
said the colonel. "a like fighting
AS long as it is going to be a fight
expect they, will have all they
want"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-24
HIGH WINDS
START FIRE
AGAIN
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10y United Press Leased Wire.)
MEDFoRO, Ore, Aug. PA
sudden high wind arose In the fire
district Of southern Oregon about
II o'clock today and the fires have
redoubied their fury.
Ranger GubbIe has sent an urg.
ent call into Ashland for more
men to combat the flames raging
south Of that city.
1t is believed that if the wind
does not die down soon that the
city will be in danger 1t is in the
path of the flames, which are said
to be advancing at an alarming
rate, although as yet 1t is some
four miles from the city.
There is an immense quantity OF
dry grass in different sections OF
Ashland and a shower of sparks
would instantly set the entire city
afire.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-24

(6y United Press Leased Wire)
STANDPOINT. Idaho, Aug. "a
Latest reports state that Camp
1dlewild, at the extreme upper end
of Lake Pend Oreille, has been
completely destroyed by the raw
ages of the forest fires. Cape
Horn is on fire and other noun
tains in the vicinity of the head of
the lake are ablaze.
Carol Lowe of Blacktail, after
fighting fire all night Monday,
made a hurried trip to this city
yesterday. He stated that the fire
had consumed q great part of the
timbered section Of Blacktail
mountain.
RANGER VAN DYK SAFE.
Forest Guard Van Dyk, who last
week went into the independence
creek country with a crew of 30
men and who was reported lost,
has arrived from the stricken dis
trict with every man. He has sta
toned them at Lakeview to exert
their efforts in saving the town In
case the fire eats its way around
the lake to that point.
From linemen on the Northern
Pacific 1t was learned that old
Trout Creek, between Noxon and
Trout Creek, was burned Sunday
night.
Reports have it that the entire
timber region on both sides of
Clark's Fork are on fire. On the
north side of the river from Trout
creek there are millions of feet of
green timber and many ranchers
have their homes in it. No fatal
ities haye as yet been reported
from that territory.
STANDPOINT RELIEF.
Action has been taken by citi-
gems of Standpoint in securing re-
lief for the fire sufferers, many Of
the ranchers having lost their all
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-24
G O Min u F. D
R o
P A G T. o N T.
ESTIMATE

here has shrunk from 100. as a
one time estimated, to 38. Only l
of these have been identified.
Here is the official list:
At WaIIace-Joseph G. Boyd,
an unknown man thought to
have been car repairer
named Curtis, two unknown
persons whose bones have
been found.
At Placer creek-William
Hearmouth of Winnipeg, Zoe
Fene, Harry Hanson and thfee
unknown men.
At the Bullion mine-val
Nicholson, Gem; Larry Ryson,
Wallace; Leslie seIIars, Gem;
S. q. Adams, Chicago; Aaron
Benston, HilIsdale, Wis; Lou
Holmes, Spokane; Tom WEIGH.
Spokane; Ernest Elsin, Wal.
lace. al :
On Big creek-Joe Beau
champ and Richard Amee,
homesteaders; N. j. Elliott, 4. !
Hukslo, D. Brown, Upton
Smith Of Kellogg, Ed Cameron
Of Pine Creek and six unknown
men.
At MuIIan-One fire fighter,
two prospectors, names un.
known.
At Saltese-WilIiam Mickey,
fire fighter.
On Pine creek-Three I'M !.
known men.
The rumor that 600 men have
been burned to death near Thomp
son Falls is believed to be without
The wind last night was driving
flames toward the Yellowstone Ma
tional park.
The total known list OF dead IL
Idaho and Montana
now numbers SO, as follows: Ii
and near. Wallace. as; in and neal
8; near st. Joe, Idaho, 6;
at 0altese, Mont. /.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-24

There we're burning words ut
tered in the city council last night
over the proposition of who shall
pay for the $4,000 damages as
sessed by Me court for taking II
feet off of the west side of Division
street, Buckeye to the north city
limits
Every councilman except the
father of the widening plan, Coun-
Gilman Nelson, had his hammer out
for the plan. which is tied up for
the present, pending decision of
the council as to whether or not 1t
wants to 60 ahead with the inn
provement and dig up the cold,
hard cash that will be necessary, II
the city asks the court to enter
the order of condemnation. The
matter has already been tried in
the courts and the decision is help
up.
Councilman Nelson had the mat
ter passed by the council by reso-
luton, without a petition by the
property owners. He said that he
had consulted a majority of the
property owners and that they
were in favor of the undertaking.
In reply to the objections of too
much Division street, urged by
some of the councilmen, Nelson
shouted Sprague avenue fill at
Funk, Monroe bridge at Mohr and
Hangman creek fill at Lambert and
A.
much nettled over the fact that his
councilmanic colleagues were find
ing fault with his pet measure for
Division street.
Mohr said Nelson should be fined
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-24
BETTER IN
MONTANA

HELENA, Mont, Aug. 24.-With
a light rain falling over the valleys
and snow in the mountains, the for,
est fire situation in central Mon.
tana is greatly improved today. 1t
is almost certain that the majority
of the big fires will be subdued
should the downpour continue long.
Sunday the temperature was 80
degrees. Today overcoats are in
great demand. The change in the
meteorological conditions is most
remarkable.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-24
HAD TO RUN
TO SAVE LIVES

(By United Press Leased Wire)
LEWISTON. Idaho, Aug. "a
There is slight change for the
better in the Clearwater district of
northwestern Idaho today, where
great fires are holding high car
nival in the forests.
Last night the wind subsidized, and
the hundreds of forest fires scatter
ed through the mountains died
down. Today the wind began to
rise again. and the army of fire
fighters have begun another logged
struggle against the red enemy.
Several crews OF men have had mar
row escapes. In several instances
the fire fighters have been COM
PEELED to bury their provisions, cast
their shoyels and tools into streams
and run against flames to save their
lives.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-24

base of one of the center piers Of
the bridge to keep the water from
washing away the base. City En-
gineer MacCartney says that the
other concrete bridges are all right.
What about the Washington
street bridge lasting 800 years?"
asked Councilman Schiller.
NO" corrected Councilman
Mohr. at was 5000 years they said
that It would last"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-24

A jury in the superior court fixed
the amount of damages that Mrs
Engleking IL entitled to. Her hus.
band was a laborer and was sent
into the river on a frail raft by
the order of the city engineers
office, which had charge of the
building Of the bridge.
On the suggestion of Corporation
Counsel Morrill, an effort will be
made to settle by compromise q
similar suit Of Mrs. Grant Powell,
whose husband was drowned at the
same time that Engleking went
down.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-24
FORGERY CHARGED

Forgery and embezzlement are
charged against c. l. Bradley of
Bear Creek. Carbon county, Mon
tana, former treasurer of the
Smokeless and Sootless Coal Co. Of
that place, who was arrested in this
city yesterday afternoon. He was
held as the result of telegraphic ad-
vices received and will probably be
extradited. He is alleged to have
secured by fraudulent means sew
eral hundred dollars cash.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-24
SMUGGlED DOG
THROUGH As BABY

3 WALLACE, Idaho, Aug. "a. 4
; Mrs. J. McGinnis owns
3 small fox terrier, by the name
, of Jerry, of which she is very
, fond. So highly does she think
, of Jerry, in fact, that when the
, fire came down on the town
, and everybody prepared to
. leave she could not think of
. leaving him behind.
. They won't let you take
= that dog on the train," her
. neighbors warned her.
. Wont they" queried Mrs.
. McGinnis. We'll see."
= She went into a room and
; emerged with Jerry neatly
= clothed in a complete baby's
. outfit. A long dress covered
. him and his head was masked
. by tiny bonnet. He lay still
. in Mrs. McGinnis' arms, and
, was got on board the train
= without mishap. On the way to 4
. Wardner he barked once or 4
, twice, but the excitement on 4
. board the train was so great 4
, that no one noticed it.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-24

$4,000.
Miss Creekmore asserts that she
still loves Ogden. In her COM
plant she published several en-
dearing letters which she alleges
were written to her by Ogden. In
one she alleges he says he is with
her until hell freezes over" In
another the correspondent rejoices
over Miss Creekmore's SNAPS" He
is enthusiastic Of what he calls her
classic lines "of a Greek statue"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-24
AND THEY SAID THAT It
WOULD LAST 5000 YEARS!

Councilman Mohr has heard that
the Washington street bridge is
about to fall down. It was built
three years ago under the Moore
administration by former City En-.
gineer Ralston at cost of about
$175,000.
An appropriation of $4,000 was
made by the city council last night
to put a metal sheeting around the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-24

the police and never bother them
selves as to how the police conduct
their affairs. The good will Of the
police department is valuable as
set for the private detective, to
whom the police can shift thou.
sands of dollars worth of business
every year. The private detective,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-24
SAID SHE LOOKED
LIKE GREEK STATUE

(Dy United Press Leased Wirs.)
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 24.-Willa B.
Creekmore today commenced suit
against Ben Ogden, Jr., of St.
Louis, married and wealthy, for
$500 and certain valuable jewels
that she alleged Ogden gave her,
regained, and has failed to return.
At the same time Miss Creekmore
filed complaint against Ogden's
parents, alleging that they have
slandered her and asking for
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-24

Alexander Lindsay. It vi cost
about $4,000 to put in iron pipes,
and this will have to be done soon,
because they are said to be past
repair. And when the city takes the
old wooden system over, the Land
company is to be repaid out of the
revenue from the pipe line.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-24

on the other hand, II he IL Of tho
right kind, will see that the police
lose nothing financially by this COM
munity Of interest arrangement.
The little detective has no place
in the galaxy of favorites that lie
close to the hearts Of the police de.
partment, hence 1t is deemed best
to put them out of business entirely.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-24

BREMERTON, Wash, Aug. "a
The bunboat Princeton, Commander
c. H. Haven, sailed at 10 O'Clock
this morning for Nicaragua, via San
Francisco. The Princeton will re-
lieve the gunboat Vicksburg in Cen
trail American waters.
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= Q 80 . 80 q 90 90
EARLIER HOUR FOR
LABOR DAY PARADE

= Owing to the rival attraction 4
. of the Buffalo Bill circus pa
: rade the Labor day parade will 4
= start an hour earlier than at 4
= first figured on. The parade 4
= will move at $50, so as to 4
. leave the streets clear for the
, circus parade at 1920 a.. m.
. . . 90 90 q 80
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for starting the. matter by reso-
luton. f-
The matter was referred to the
finance committee to see IL there
is a way by which the money, over
$31 900, can be advanced by the
city until it is collected from the
property owners. Some of the
councilmen want to drop the whole
proposition.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-29
Beware Of 0Intments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury.

as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely derange
the whole system when entering it
through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except
on prescriptions from reputable ply
sicians, as the damage they will do is
ten fold to the good you can possibly
derive from them. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by f. j. Cheney x
Co., Toledo, o., contains no mercury,
and is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system In buying Halls Catarrh
Cure be sure you get the genuine. 1t
is taken internally and made in Toledo,
Ohio, by f. j. Cheney 4 Co, Testimon-
ials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price, 75c. per
bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-09-29
REAL ESTATE REPORT.

The following Real Estate Report is
furnished us by the ManitowOc County
a distract Company, which owns the
only complete Abstract of Manitowoc
county.
John EIanck to Joseph EIanck so a
sec Cooperstown, $1,000,
Robert ILL, Theresa Krahn and Ma.
thilda Hoffman to Carl Hansen lot Il
blk 329 Manitowoc, $500.
John Carney to Frank Frosch part
NWf SWi sec Cato, 1928.
Tosten Tostenson to August Schroed-
or 80 Il sec 40 sec II Manitowoc, 81.
j. b. Laun and VIM. Schulz to VIM.
Broeckert lots II, Is, 10, 20 blk I in
Laun Il Schulz's add to Village of Kiel,
300.
John j. Steiner to Wenzel Kazda lot
l3 blk 3 in Manitowoc Land < Salt
Co.'S subd no | ''Ilighland Home Man
itowoc, 81.
William Chaser to Frank Aumann lot
s blk 20i Manitowoc, $3.50.
Stanislaus Bishop to Ladslaus Ry-
barczyk 50 sec Two Rivers, $500.
Josie Mrotek to Paul MIRO TEX and
Mathilda Mrotek lot blk 33l Mantle
voc, 81.
John Jindra to James II. Cahill part
lot Is blk l07 Manitowoc, $3.50.
Bertha H. l}OOrtZ to Charles Imedka
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BECOMING RICH.

Too often the fact that man is
growing rich is first announced to his
neighbor 10y wider spread and finer
show in his style of living. His wife
and daughters begin to resemble the
lilies. They neither toll nor spin but
Solomon in all his glory was not ar
rayed like one of them. Next come a
coach and span. Then, of course, a
new house. The old one was ample.
There is no increase of family but
without a grander mansion how is the
world to know that the man has made
fortune? SO architects and painters
and decorators in due time install the
household in palace fit for duke and
they take their rank among "the up
per ten" All the humble walks of
life are abandoned, old friends are
dropped, the hearts once often cheer
ed, and the poor helped, look no longer
for their coming. The cloak of selfish
ness is tightly drawn and the heart
closed to the appeals for charity. How
true, when blessings come in the way
of great prosperity, they are wholly
appropriated for self, and the good
they were intended to do never speed
on missions of mercy, but are tightly
held, dwarfcd and thwarted altogether
and they are not known to have become
rich by the many blessings bestowed or
good done, but only by an outward
dazzling show that few years will
Ohlitpratc.