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VEATHER FORECABT: TOMORROW: FAIR.

LEVEY SUBMITS PLANS

FOR VARIOUS SUBWAYS

C. M. Levey, representing the

Northern Pacific, today submitted

to the city commissioners his plans

for the subways of his road in Spo

kane.

A change has been made in the

plans for the work at Washington

street. Up to now the idea was to

make two rows of posts at the

edge of the sidewalk, now the

DEPUTY SHROLL A

MAN WITH

CARES

Deputy Sheriff Shroll of Hillyard

aired at the city hall this morning

some of his numerous troubles in

Upholding the dignity of the state

anil obtaining justice for his fellow

citizens out in the railroad shop

euburb.

The burden of Deputy Sliroll's

plaint was the wonderful attain

ments of a certain justice of the

peace that holds sway in the sub

urban community. Said Shroll:

"You ask why I bring all my

prisoners to Spokane for trial?

Well, do you know a certain justice

of tlie pea.ee named C. V. William

WOMAN GRABBED GOLD,

QUICKLY DISAPPEARED

The hearing of Harry Rilkcs and

Flora Hilkos, accused of taking

from H. W. Holdbrook the sum of

$76, was continued in justice court

today until next Tuesday.

Ah near as can be ascertained

the story is as follows:

The Bilkes ran a restaurant on

Main street. They desired to sell

the place and made a dicker with

Holdbrook, who Is a man of about

70, to buy them out. Holdbrook

decided that he would purchase the

place and went with the Hilkes to

the restaurunt where a bill of sale

was made out. Holdbrook laid on

tho table the $75 in gold. Harry

Billies laid the bill of sale on the

table. This is where the trouble

MAY CASE

AT AN END

Tho trial of C. C. May in federal

court ended today when the Jury

entered tho Jury room to deliber

ate. Judge Whltson gavo a lengthy

charge to the Jury, and then for a

time the lawyers squabbled over

what exhibits should bo taken to

the jury room. The Jury retired at

noon, and those familiar with tho

case predicted that there Would bo

no verdict beforo night, If, Indeed,

the Jury ever reached an agree

ment. Mr. May was on trial for

wrecking the Dig Bend National

bank at Davenport, and the case

•has been strongly fought at every

■Inge of IU progress.

Dl TH WALLS DOWN

•** Lewis Konits, 40$ Main avenue,

roports to tho police station this

morning that his store was entered

last night.

The entrance was made ln a pe

culiar way. The burglars went to

scheme Is to have a single row and

in the middle of the viaduct. This

viaduct will be made of concrete

and steel and will have a clearance

of 14 feet.

Plans were also submitted for

the subways at Napa, Madelia, Hel

ena and Erie streets. These, how

ever, for the present will be tem

porary structures. Ultimately the

son? Rut I needn't ask. If you

did, you wouldn't be propounding

foolish questions. He's got any

other justice I ever saw beaten a

mile. He is a man of parts. His

chief qualification for the office is

his ability to use legal stationery.

He can't write so that you can read

it. He tried to draw some papers

for me the other day and after

consuming 20 blanks he hadn't

produced anything that mortal mind

could diagnose. He's a wonder, 1

tell you, and that's the reason I

have my orders to bring all my

cases into Stocker's office."

began.

No sooner had tbe money hit the

table than Mrs. Bilkes grabbed it

and started to run for the back

door. Holdbrook turned to look

whore the woman had gone. He

then turned back to the table nnd

discovered that Mr. Bilkes was

just vanishing through the front

door with the bill of sale. Hol

brook started for the police station.

It seems the reason Mrs. Bilkes

grabbed the money is because her

husband takes all she earns and

spends it. Bilkes took the bill of

sale because he wanted the money.

It is stated this morning that the

restaurant does not belong to the

Bilkes at all.

GROW IS

IDENTIFIED

(Berlppa News Association.)

OMAHA, Feb. 10— Daniel Bur

rls today In court Identified Crowe

as the man to whom ho sold a

pony a few days berore the kid

napping. The pony was the ono

ridden by the man who telephoned

the day after the kidnapping to

Cudahy to "look in tho yard for a

letter." This Is the first positive

Identification of tho prisoner, hav

ing changed greatly ln five years.

A Richmond, Va., man died, leav

ing two widows and a fiancee. He

certainly showed wisdom in dying.

the back of the building and with

tho aid of some tools knocked one

of tho bricks out. After this was

done enough bricks were torn out

to admit a man's body. Nothing

was secured.

The Spokane Press.

railroad proposes steel viaducts,

and It is said that in the case of

the streets in the eastern part of

the city the plans are acceptable to

the city authorities.

The temporary viaducts are to be

constructed for the present in or

der to afford relief to that part of

the city, but the permanent steel

structures will be delayed for some

time.

SHAW WILL

RETALIATE

WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 10 —

The house cut about $50,000 from

Shaw's emergency bill. As a re

sult, Shaw has announced that

about 70 employes in the customs

service will be dropped and 350 re

duced in pay. The secretary is be

sieged by indignant congressmen

whose henchmen demand that they

"get busy" and save their heads.

MONDAY WILL

BE HOLIDAY

Mayor Daggett this morning pro

claimed Monday, Feb. 12, as a holi

day for all the employes in the city

hall. Monday is the birthday of

Abraham Lincoln.

ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 10.—A

mutiny has broken out on a num

ber of vessels of the Baltic fleet.

Several officers were arrosted.

GREATEST BATTLESHIP IN

WORLD LAUNCHED TODAY

ENGLAND SENDS DOWN THE

WAYS THE MOST TERRIBLE

ENGINE OF WAR AND DE

STRUCTION, THE BATTLE

SHIP DREADNAUGHT—

GREAT PRIVACY IN BUILDING

AND AS TO DETAILS, BUT

HERE ARE SOME THINGS IT

WILL DO.

Special Cable to The Press

PORTSMOUTH, England, Feb.

10. —H. M. S. Dreadnaugbt, at once

the greatest battleship In the world

and the most fearful engine of war

and destruction known, was launch

ed here today at the navy yard.

The Dreadnought is being built

with as much privacy as surrounds

the drawing up of a secret tele

graph code In war tlmo.

Tho vessel Is tho embodiment of

all the lessons learned by naval

constructors through the Russo-

Japanese war. Of all the nations

Of the world, only Japan knows the

secrets that are being put inside

the Dreadnaugh's hull. The confi

dential reports of the Japanese na

val officers on the fighting value of

Togo's battle fleet have been plac

ed at the disposal of Japan's ally,

and the naval exports of every oth

er power would be willing to speud

hundreds of thousands of dollars in

sercot service money to learn what

those secrets are.

No such intcrost as that taken ln

the Ureadnaught has ever before

been fastened about a new typo of

battloship. British naval men be

lieve the Oroadnaught is destined

to revolutionize battleship construc

tion in the 20th century to as great

an extent as the discovery of steam

revolutionized naval warfare in the

tilth century. It Is declared by

those familiar with all the details

of the Dreadnaught that four of her

clasß could scud to the bottom the

SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 10, 1906.

MAYOR IS CHARGEO

WITH MORE

OFFENSES

An amended complaint was filed

with the city clerk today by the

Law Enforcement league against

Mayor Daggett. This amended com

plaint will be the basis of the ac

tion started in the city council on

Tuesday night to oust His Honor.

The amended complaint embod

ies everything Included in the first

complaint filed and the additional

charges of not closing saloons at 2

o'clock in the morning each morn

ing in the week, box rustling am.

CITY HALL

CHANGES

Several changes are being made

at the city hall today. The old file

room of the library is being turned

into an office for the city treasurer.

The room which was used by Chief

Waller and which was supposed to

be given to the police force for cots

for the men has been given to the

water department. It will be used

for the compiling of statements.

Arrangements aro also being

mtrtle for a great change in Judge

Hlnkle's court room.

"Dubber wound up his connection

with the bank brilliantly, didn't

ho?"

"Brilliantly? How so?"

"Why, he was flred."

entire American navy without diffi

culty.

A few details concerning the new

vessel have become known. The

most Important Is her armament.

She carries nothing but 12 Inch

guns and three Inch quickflrers, the

latter, numbering 18, being solely

to repel torpedo boat attacks. Of j

the huge 12 inch rifles, the Dread

naught will mount 10, six more

than the most powerful of Ameri

can battleships. There will be no

eight inch, seven Inch or six inch

guns aboard. The far eastern war

has shown them to be useless, ac

cording to Japan ami British opin

ion, aud they are to be discarded

from all future battleships of the

two nations.

! The great 12 inch battery will be

I capable of bring 8500 pounds of

projectiles every minute, with suffi

cient velocity to send them 26 i

miles, or to penetrate It! Inches of;

armor plate at two miles. This Is '

twice the projectile force of any

other warship atloat. I

allowing women in saloons.

The original complaint filed re

lated to closing saloons on Sunday.

The amended complaint is signed

by C. GG. Pence, J. P. Sanders, G.

W. Odgers, E. Solberg, W. B. Eak

in and O. F. Ross.

Accompanying the complaint is

a notice from the president of the

council, G. B. Koontz, to Mayor

'laggett to appear before the coun

il and answer the charges embod

d in the complaint.

TRAIN IS

DITCHED

EL PASO, Texas, Feb. 10—The

Texas Pacific east bound passen-'

ger train was wrecked this morn

ing this side of Odessa. Three cars

were piled in the ditch. Twenty

injured, several fatally.

STEAMER OVERDUE

BELLINGHAM, Feb. 10. — The

schooner Tarn O'Shanter left San

Pedro, Cal., for Bellingham on Jan

-17 and grave fears are now enter

tained for her safety. Nothing has

teen seen of the vessel since she

left, the California port. It ordin

arily takes 10 days to make Bel

lingham. It is believed the delay

is caused by the storms raging at

the time the Valencia was wrecked.

Till: NEW TERROR OF THE SEA.

Tho engines of the Dreadnaught

will be turbines, the first time the

now type of driving power has been

used for a battleship. They will

send the huge mass of stall through

the water at the rate of 19 and a

fraction knots an hour, at least a

knot faster than any other battle

ship can travel. The vessel will

have a displacement of 18,(00 tons,

2600 tons larger than any Ameri

can warship.

Other details concerning the levi

athan are not known. How her

vitals are protected, what the new

mechanical arrangements inside

are and her total resisting power

are stents jealously guarded.

Though hor power is so much

greater than any other Boating fort

ress one of the most surprising

tilings about the Dreadnaught Is

tti.it her cost is 10 per cent per ton

Us than the most recent battle

ship additions to the British navy.

Her tine in construction is also

making a record. She v. as not laid

down until October of last year,

RESCUERS HAVE FINALLY

REACHED ENTOMBED MEN

(Scripps News Association.)

STOCKTON, Cal., Feb. 10. —

Once more the resistless, treacher

ous ground in the App mine in Tuo

lumne county has caved in, post

poning indefinitely the rescue of

Tom Sablich and M. Vukovitch,

who have been entombed in a drift

on the 300 foot level of the mine

since last Monday evening. The

air pipe, by which the rescuers

were able to communicate with the

imprisoned men was yesterday

crushed by a landslide in the after

noon. At 3 o'clock this morning

MINERS ARE

ENTOMBED IN

BURNING SHAFT

(Scripps News Association.)

NEGUANEE, Mich., Feb. 10. —

Fire started in a shaft in the Prince

of Wales mine. There were 300

miners working there when the fire

started. Most of them escaped.

Many are missing, but how many it

is impossible to determine.

MRS. LUNDEEN S

DEMURRER DENIED

Judge Hinkle today denied the

demurrer of attorneys fc\ Mrs.

Lundeen. clairvoyant, to the city's

riminal action against her for op

erating without a license. Mrs.

Lundeen had eight women and five

-non in court to testify for her

igain today if their services were

necessary.

so that it took only four months to

prepare her for launching. Her

completion will have occurred in

February, 1907, making 10 months

from the time work was started on

her to her readiness for battle.

ENGLAND'S GREAT FLEET.

The Dreadnaught is the only bat

tleship provided for in the British

naval estimates for the present

year. Four armored cruisers are

being built as tin- year's contribu

tion to England's sea strength and

when they are finished, the British

navy will be on the following re

markable footing, supported at a

cost of $160,000,000 a year:

First class battleships 51

Second class battleships 11

Third class battleships 1

Armored crui.-ers 49

Second class cruisers 33

Third class cruisers 54

Mosquito fleet 339

Submarines 39

Total 680

FOURTH YEAH, NO. 80, PRICE: ONE CENT

the rescue party was so near the

entombed men they could hear

their shovels scraping as they dug

desperately in an effort to escape.

The rescuers were digging a small

tunnel to reach the imprisoned

men. The entombed men are now

shut off from any means of forcing

food, to them. With the exception

of a little soup and coffee sent

through the air pipe yesterday af

ternoon, they have been without

food for 114 hours. It is feared they

may starve before they can be

reached. They may suffocate, al

MATTERS GROWIHG

MUCH WORSE

IN CHINA

(Scripps News Association.)

WASHINGTON. D. C, Feb. 10 —

Rev. Dr. Lyman Peet, for 18 years

the hea<l of the Foochow college,

China, called upon the president

this morning. The president ques

tioned him closely regarding the

boycott. Peet said: "Conditions

are growing rapidly worse from the

American business standpoint. A

large number of riots are instigat

ed by officials, who pretend to af

LEAKE IS UNABLE TO

KEEP OUT OF TROUBLE

"If your honor please, I would

like to have my trial today. I have

been in tbe county jail for the past

70 days and I am tired of it. This

disorderly conduct case I had ab

solutely nothing to do with. I can

clear myself in a minute if you will

let me be heard today." said Frank

Leake, who was arrested last night

by Officers Thompson and Roff on

the charge of being one of three

men who beat up Thomas Kelly in

the Florence bar last night.

"If you have been in jail that

TRACTION CO. OFFICIAL

BUYS SCHOOL LANDS

H. B. Ferris, representing the

Spokine Traction company, was

the heaviest buyer at the sale of

school lands this morning. Five

blocks of 54 lots were sold by Au

ditor Stewart. Tlie efforts of Mr.

Ferris seemed to be directed to lots

in blocks 163, 154. 163 and IR4,

which form a square midway be

tween Boone avenue and Broadway.

This sqquare is ample for a base

ball park and if a park were situat

ed there, the grounds would be ac

cessible through the Traction com

DROMVS TRIAL FOR UND

m COMES NEXT VEEN

Deputy U. S. Marshal \V. L. Grit

man of Seattle is In Spokane to

day, having brought two federal

prisoners here to testify In the case

of the government against H. L.

Brokaw. Brokaw was accused of

land fraud in company with F M

Barrett aud F. H. Boone. Ho WM

though It Is believed their chamber

will hold enough air to keep them

alive for days yet. The rescue

crew may be crushed to death at

any moment by a cave-in.

The two entombed miners were

reached by tunnel shortly after

noon today and taken out. The

whole community Is rejoicing. Tho

men say they did not get any of the

food forced through the pipe aa

there was a leak in the pipe. They

were in fairly good condition con

sidering the enforced imprisonment

and will recover.

ford Americans protection, but

who are undoubtedly supporting

the boycott secretly. I think tho

immigration laws should be revised

to admit the better class of China

ment, but do not advocate admis

sion of coolies. The government,

first of all, in dealing with China

men, use firmness. The Chinese

accept hesitation as fear. The

firmer we act the more friendly

they become."

long, I think two days won't hurt

you. I will set your case for Tues

day," said Judge Hinkle.

Leake was arrested on Nov. 29

and sent to the county Jail for

smoking opium. He was released

Wednesday. Last night he, with

two other men jumped on Kelly

and beat him up. Leake stated he

was In the saloon on business and

ha<l nothing to do with the flght.

Officer Thompson stated that Leake

had blood on his hand and was the

leader of the three In tiie flght.

pany's Boone avenue line and tho

Coeur d'Alene road, an advantage

not enjoyed by the present Recrea

tion park. The four blocks in ques

tion lie between DeSmet and Mal

lon and Cook and Lacey streets.

Bidding was spirited and the val

uations increased one-third and

more above the appraised valua

tion. For instance, one block that

brought $4,522 had been appraised

at hut $2300. Another block valued

at $2450 was knocked down for

$3692.

allowed his liberty on ball, Jumped

his bond and Anally gave himself

up at Honolulu. They are prison

ers ln the King county Jail where

they have seven weeks yet remain-

Ins of their sentences of one year

and a tine of $1000. Brokaw'a case

will be taken up next by Judgo

Whitson.

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