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The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1910-10-28
GENERAL
INTEREST
Matters of Importance Hap
pening Throughout the
Country

Oxford. n. c., Oct. 27.-Since the
creation of Granville county in 1916,
she has occupied an enviable place
among the counties of the State,
whether in peace or war. Her reputa-
ton is faithfully sustained in the
opening and Inauguration of the Gran
vile County Agricultural Fair.
Redding, Conn, Oct. 27.-The inven-
tory of the estate of Samuel L. Gle
mems Mark TWain) as returned by
the appraisers to the probate court
shows that the late author and humor-
ist left fortune of $611, ,125 of which
$4,000 represents realty and the re-
maindar personal property. The
copyright title of the Mark Twain
books appear nowhere in the papers
London, Oct 27.-Associate Editor
Lockstone, of the London Weekly
Telegraph, was fined $500 for con-
tempt Of court for publishing a story
commenting upon the case. of DR.. H
H. Crippen, the American under death
sentence for the murder Of his wife
Belle Elmore Crippen
At the time Scotland Yard was
pursuing the steamer Montrose with
| wireless, the paper published a story
| criticising the work of the detective
| department.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1910-10-28
THE WEATHER

Washington. D. c., Oct. q
North Carolina: Partly cloudy to-
night and Friday; cooler: brisk soutf
2est shifting to northwest winds.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1910-10-28

Superior, Wis, Oct. 27.-Half mil
l;pn dollars worth of coal, 250.000
TOPS, was DESTROYED by fire on the M
a. Hanna wharf here yesterday.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-05
THESE ARE THE REAL
=" MEN BEHIND THE GUNS"

Down in the basement Of the city
hall are a collection of faithful
workers in the public service. Their
names do not appear in the nsw-
papers often, because they are not
in politics-their sole mission Is to
deliver the goods" And they do.
This department Is called the
water construction and repair Of
flee, but as a matter of fact 1t is
the active machinery of the water
department. Here all connections
with the water pipes are cared for
and the crews get their orders, like
wise the men that lay new mains,
make repairs or look after the
thousand and one other things at
tendant upon the operation of the
water plant. These men try to do
their duty and generally do. When
kicks come they are, as rule, due
to the incompetence or lack of
knowledge of the men overhead.
from whom the experienced men
below must take orders.
These are busy times In the
water construction and repair Of
flee, as shown by reference to the
figures. Since January 1 last, 1441
jobs of new water service installa-
ton have been handled, some of
these representing three or more
water services. During the month
of June alone 339 jobs were han
died and Alp meters installed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-05

SUPPORT
PRESIDENT
That's What Waggoner
Thinks Roosevelt's Occu-
patton Should be Now.

Here are some more opinions Of
Spokane citizens concerning the
question asked by Tho Press:
"What should Roosevelt do?"
D. r. Waggoner. 1.-THE first thing
which I think Roosevelt, as an
American citizen, should do is to
come out and stand flat footed as a
republican, absolutely, and support
Taft and his administration. Roose-
welt should solidify the republicans
by making a statement Of approval
of Taft's administration in every
manner, shape and form.
''As to his occupation or bust
ness, that is not for me to say. He
should continue to be a good citizen
and take an interest in the welfare
of the country. He is a public
spirited man and should be willing
to help in any way he can. He
should first be a good, constructive
citizen"
Postmaster Edris: Theodore
Roosevelt should edit a political
paper or write for a magazine which
has tendency toward politics. He
is competent authority upon all
political subjects and to my mind
could WELD the greatest good with
his pen. By the means of the press,
people who cannot possibly hear
him speak may know his policies"
Judge Adolph Munter: 'The work
of the work is so manifold and the
fact that Roosevelt has shown abil-
ity to succeed in so many activities
makes it hard to decide what par,
ticular work he should take up. He
could, however, exercise great IN
fluence on the lecturep latform or
in the editorial room. I believe he
will engage in the activities which
he feels will be the greatest help to
mankind.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-05
TOO MUCH HUGGING ON
THE TRIP

Sister Flora BiIkiss, the we'll
known local SUM worker, conduct
ed an excursion party to St. Joe
yesterday, which was a huge sue
cess from some standpoints, but
which from another viewpoint twas
simply scandalous." according to
the opinion Of the conductress.
1.-THE excursion" Sister BiIkiss
says, twas a successful and we'll
attended one, but vigorously OBJ
jected on the way home to the sim
mediate juxtapostion' of the young
people. There was too much hug
ging and squeezing to suit me.
"a gave the girls good lecture,
just as we got into the CITY at
told them to get off
the boys laps, and asked them
what their mothers would think.
scored their mothers for not bring
ing their daughters up better"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-05
KILLED 4BY
BLUE VITRIOL

An investigation made by w. G.
Davis, an inspector for the health
department, who reported to a
meeting of the health board this
afternoon, shows that little Rosie
Morrow, E1722 Eighth avenue,
probably came to her death from
eating blue vitriol instead of pois-
oned candy.
A sister Of the dead child took
Inspector Davis to a vacant house
near their home, where it was said
the candy had been found. Instead
of candy a lot of loose blue vitriol
was found on the floor of the Gel
lar and one piece had the appear
ance of having been bitten into
Inspector Davis is convinced that
the child took of this vitroil in
stead of candy.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-05
SETTLE BRIDGE
TR0UblEW|TA
UNION LABOR

All further trouble with the union
bridge builders of the city over the
work on the Monroe street bridge
is at an end, and the men now en-
ployed for the bridge are exclus-
lively from the union.
The city tried to employ its
bridge builders at random, regard
less of the union, but found that the
class of help acquired in this way
could not deliver the goods in
pinches, and that when the real
bridge builders were needed the
union was the only place that could
supply them. 1t required two or
three years and number of serious
accidents for the city officials to
learn this, but having finally &C
quired this knowledge, they are
now profiting by it and give the
union bridge builders full swing on
the job. The scale is S. per day. A
double crew of bridge builders will
be put to work on the job in a few
days.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-05
G O n TIN u f d |
F r o
P A @ F. O N F.
HE KNEW

would not accept, refusing to do
boxing act.
Jeffries was in fair shape today
following the pounding he received
from Johnson yesterday The con-
slant application of hot packs had
reduced the swellings. His most
severe injury is cut on the lip
and that is expected to heal with
out difficulty His eyes, which
were the target of the negro's at
tack are all right today. The big
fellow still appeared dazed. He
cannot remember anything about
the fight. He says he doesn't re-
member entering the ring.
His actions just before and after
the fight have caused rumors here
that he was doped before he en-
tered the ring His handlers deny
the story strenuously. They de-
clare that mental strain so upset
the big fellow that he didn't know
what he was doing. He acted like
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-05
1000 LOADS Of
DIRT PER DAY

Between 500 and 1000 loads of
dirt are being deposited daily by
the team in the employ of the Hill
Paving Co. in the immense fill be-
ing made at the west end of the
Hangman creek trestle. Some IA
holes have been cut in the floor of
the bridge by J. J. Mccormack, city
bridge foreman. through which the
dirt is dropped to prevent too much
of it depositing in one place and
thereby endangering the wooden
supports of the old bridge because
of slides.
The paving company will prob
ably supply the city with 100000
yards of dirt for the fill without
cost, merely for a convenient dump
ing place.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-05

a child. they say. He had to be led
though he were a baby. Twice he
wandered off the aisle and nearly
bumped into the seats.
Jeffries' private car will be at
tached to a train leaving for San
Francisco at 1885 p. m. today. At
first it was decided to wait until
tomorrow, but plans were changed
about noon and Sam Berger decid-
ed to pull out tonight.
1t is probable that Jeffries will
stay in Dick Adams hotel at Oak
land for a day or two to rest up
before he goes to his ranch near
Burbank. but his plans are not
definite yet and have not been an
nounced.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-05
PROTECTION" BY THE
POLICE OF THIS CITY
ONE HUNDRED AND FFTY-TWO ROBBERIES IN
A MONTH AND HALF

How much police protection the people of Spokane receiving
the present regime the city hall?
They show
thieves month half had
things pretty much they please.
In 4s May and June beginning with May 10 and terminal
station published Chief Sullivan
n the IS his officers.
which offenders
district, very eyes
police.
hundred and ytwo robberies burgae
month half of the making their
escape
These figures from the records of Chief Sullivan himself and
words the of police protection the
timereceving
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-05
CHILD SEEMED TO HAVE
PREMONITION OF
DEATH

Inspector Davis has looked
into the death of the child kill
ed by taking strychnine in
epson salts and makes a grave
case against the clerk in the
north side drug store, who sold
the medicine. The mother of
the child can identify the clerk
that sold the poison, she says.
After tho mother and a wo-
man friend had passed over the
medicine to the sick child, the
little one refused to take it,
saying that it tasted 90 bad.
The women sampled the medi-
cine and said that It did taste
like quinine. Thinking 1t all
right, they forced the child to
take the dose, with the result
that death followed a few
hours later. The little ono
seemed to have a premonition
that death rested In the fatal
dose.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-05
COLORED MEN HERE WON
10000 OR MORE ON FIGHT

The colored population of Spo-
kane reaped a golden harvest of
sheckelS on the Jeffries-J Johnson
fight. With few exceptions the
negroes were solid for Johnson,
and the saloon on Front avenue,
where the fight returns were read
to the negroes, was packed like a
box of sardines.
When the fifteenth round came
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-05

George Lovelace. an engineer -ol
the Great Northern railroad. TWas
yesterday afternoon stricken Fth
heart failure In Mantle park a1nf
died before assistance could reach
him. He and his son were GONE
to Mantle park and the heat Of az
over-crowded car. coupled with te
weak heart were too much for lq
Lovelace. He was one of the bt4t
known railroad men In the Inld g
Empire. Hi
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-05
LOCATE CITY HALL.
NEXT TO ARM0RY

Another site has been offered for
the location Of Spokane's new city
hall-the west half Of the block
now occupied by the armory. This
location is suggested by George M.
Colborn & Co. The advantage of
the site are enumerated in a letter
which reached the city hall today,
and include the following: A desir-
able part of the city, arjacent to the
armory, overlooks there streets, &C
cessible from the business center,
adjacent property is vacant, low
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-05
STOMACH TROUBLED S
JEFF IN ROUND THREE
BY JAMES j. JEFFRIES.

RENO, ST.
possibly myself confident faithfully
The demanded
work before that fight thought
my pos
sbe
johnson great fighter the imagine
nothing Johnson
battle strictly merits
my troubling
didn't whether the fight
the |
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-05
HASSAM 0. K.
SAYS MERRILL

There are no legal tangles which
will prevent the city using Hassam
pavement in place Of asphalt, &C
cording to an opinion handed out
by Corporation Council Fred B.
Morrill,, which reached City Clerk
G. A. Fleming this morning. Flem-
ing put the question up to Morrill,
recently, asking him If it mattered.
legally, if the city asked for bids ON
a patented article. There Is pat
ent penalty of 35 cents a square
yard on the mixer which must be
used in laying Hassam pavement.
This will clear the air for while
and Hassam may eventually insinu-
ate it's way into many more city
contract jobs. At present the con-
tractors are putting the new mater
ial In on two big jobs, the first on
Indiana avenue, between Division
and Ash. and the second on Aston
street, from Nora to Buckeye.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-05
DAY LATE, SOAKED
YEARS INTEREST

s. A. DeFoe, E211S Sprague ave-
nue., considers he has grievance
against the city officials, and he
asks for redress.
Just because he was day late in
paying the first instalment on i'm
provements benefiting his Sprague
avenue property-the total assess
ment on one lot amounted to
$685.. 2O-he was taxed eight per
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-05
NECROE HUNG TO
A LAMP POST

(By United Press Leased Wire)
NEW YORK, July 5.-A
negro was hanged to a lamp
post in the tenderIoin here to-
day, but the police cut him
down in time to save his life.
Riots continued all night and the
police fear further trouble dur
ing the day. Thousands of po-
Iicemen are on duty in the COL
ored sections of the city.
Negro coachmen and buffers,
who have won large sums on
the fight, are quitting work.
The negroes are assuming an
overbearing and insoient de-
meanor, and go out of their way
to crowd whites off the side
walks.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-05

cent interest-and for one whole
year previous to the commencement
of the contract
DeFOe thinks that he was soaked
quite enough without having to pay
interest, too. And for whole year.
at that. He says in letter which
reached City Clerk Fleming this
morning that he was never notified
of the assessment against him.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-05

negroes won amounts Of 500 and
slightly upward, while there were
very few who did not have every
cent they had and could borrow
on the fight. A few bet on JEFF
fries, but these were small bets.
It is estimated that the negroes in
this city won $4,000.
All celebrated till the wee hours
of the morning. If there is a sore
negro in town over the outcome of
the fight he has yet to be found.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-05

price, erection Of the city hall ON
this site would mean an increase
of building values in the immediate
neighborhood.
Technically, the location is de-
scribed as follows: Lots Z to IL, in
block 7, First addition to Fourth, ad-
dition to Railroad addition. Tho
property faces three streets. being
bounded by Pacific on the north,
Bernard on the west and Second
avenue on the south. Pacific and
Second are paved and Bernard is
graded. The site is $50 by 142 feet
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-05

The hearing Of the injunction suit
brought against the striking cooks
and walters for picketing will take
place next Thursday in the superior
court and will be bitterly fought by
the union.
No meeting of the Central Labor
council was held last night, on &C.
count of the holiday. There will be
no session until next Monday even.
inc
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-05

in, pandemonium broke loose and
the negroes went wild with joy.
Hats were thrown in the air and
several broken pieces of furniture
gave mute evidence of the scene
that had occurred. -
Ben Howard. proprietor of thH
saloon, won $11O0 in cold cash, Id
addition to suit of clothes ahd
new hat, and he had Johnso1ss
golden smile beat mile when the
returns came in. Several other
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-05
, 9PRINklING QUESTION
WILL COME UP AGAIN I

. At the adjourned meeting of =
q the city council which will be .
. held tomorrow night, the =
. sprinkling question. which, has =
= aroused SO much interesNSAr- .
q ing the last few weeks, Will be .
= considered, and perhaps def .
= initely settled. Another piece =
. Of business scheduled for q =
= hearing is the mandamus pro- =
= ceedings, seeking to compel =
= the city to consider the petit =
. ton presented in favor of .
q commission government, .
q which are returnable in the .
= superior court tomorrow. .
q 90 80 = = . q 800 .
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-05
G O N TIN u F. y
r o
P A @ F. O n F.
JOHNSON DOOMED

lion dollars as result of Jacks
fistic ability. Enthusiastic over
their sudden wealth, they started a
boom to make their dusky cham
pion alderman by starting a parade.
Whites pelted the parade with
Irish confetti" and a number of
persons were injured before the
police restored order.
Whites residing in the "black
belt" last night were forced to
cheer for Johnson. Frank Bryant,
colored, and Joseph Hunter, white,
got into an argument when Hunter
refused to cheer. A fight followed
and Bryant was fatally stabbed.
William Kelly, a white teamster,
was beaten unconscious by negroes
whoc heered for Johnson. Kelly
protested against the demonstra-
ton for the negro champion.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-05
q q . q . . q q q = . q . .
$50 FOR RAT POISON.

= An ordinance providing for Z
= the appropriation of an addi- Z
= tional $470 for tn health de- I
= partment will come before the Z
= city council at the meeting Z
= tomorrow night. OF this Z
= amount $420 will be used to Z
. pay sanitary inspectors, at the Z
. rate of SO per day, and $50 will Z
= go to buy rat poison. An =
= ordinance asking for $3.50 to =
. erect an asphalt plant on the =
. city crematory grounds will =
Q also come before the council. .
q Q Q Q Q Q q q 1<~~ - . . .
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-05
(By United Press Leased Wire)

Wy SupSS0 ' s~SS -~NSSN -
RENO, July 5.-Pickpockets
and hotel thieves cleaned up
nearly as much loose coin in
the heydays Of the fight as did
the gamblers. Detectives who
came to see the fight said that
never in their experience had
they seen 80 many pickpockets
in one city. It was estimated
that 1000 pickpockets came to
Reno.
The city Jail was inadequate
to house tho "dips" arrested
Saturday and Sunday. In the
earlier days of the fight prep
aration, many pickpockets,
taken in on suspicion, were
sent out Of town. When the
fight started at least $50 men
were under guard az suspects.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-05
NEGROES ATTACK
WHITE MEN AT
JEFF'S OWN CITY

LOS ANGELES, July 5.-Four
white men are being treated at the
receiving hospitals for injuries they
received in fights with negroes, fol-
lowing the announcement of the
Jeffries-JOhnson fight.
William Bennett received two rib
fractures in fight with a burly
black man who declared he could
lick any white man in California.
Several clashes between whites
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-05
nv United Press Leased Wire)

(By United Press Leased Wire)
OYSTER BAY, N. ", July S.
Representative Poindexter OF
Washington, after a prolonged con-
ference with Colonel Roosevelt to-
day, declared Roosevelt to be with
the insurgent movement ain heart
and sotion.- ;s-2sa-iis.s. a--~.:'sssss
Discussing his conference with
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-05
GREATEST SHOW
Of A CENTURY
BY TOM FLANAGAN.

RENO, July 5.-NaturalIy it
wac the crowd that pleased me
most, but the fight was ver-
tainly great one. We have
been given a square deal right
straight through, and in my
opinion every man that entered
the arena was a true hearted
sport. Jack Johnson certainly
won his titIef airly and squareIy
and showed everyone just what
sort of fighter he is. am
satisfied and happy. It was
the greatest show the century.
! don't think anyone will dis
pute that.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-05

Snatching purse from the hand
of Dan Mccarthy, which contained
$40, Charles Wright dashed down
Front avenue, but was captured
after a chase of a few blocks. He
was arrested and charged with
theft.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-05
P0INDEXTER SAYS T.R. :
IS AN INSURCENT

! Roosevelt with representative Of
the United Press, Poindexter said:
Roosevelt and ! have always stood
together. He Is still with me and
he assured me today that he will
continue to be with me. We dis
cussed politics In all it's phases,
and am heartily pleased with the
colonei's views. The outcome OF
our conference is gratifying"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-05

An autopsy will be performed
this afternoon on the body OF little
Rosie Morrow who died from eating
some mysterious substance Friday
afternoon. The NJ other Of the dead
girl Is still YER hysterical and re-
fuses to be ct mforted.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-05
We Employ No
Beginners

All our dentists are ex-
perts. That is the only kind
of a workman that we will
have in our shop. We make
these prices for the very
best of work:
Full Set of Teeth. SIS
22k. Solid Gold Grown. SIS
Best Bridge Work for. ..$5
Come in and get acquaint-
ed with us. We will give
you a thorough examination
free of charge, and will ad-
wise you conscientiously as
to what we consider neces-
sary for the welfare of your
teeth.