LAST HimWEATHEX rOBECAST: TOMORXOW, BHOWXBS. SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1905.

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The Spokane Press. one CentTHIRD YEAR. NO. 134. PRICE: ONE CENT

RUSSIANS CLAIM A NAVALBATTLE IS NOT IMMINENT

No Weivs Arrived Today from the RivalFleets Which Are Thought to BeWithin Striking Distance of EachOther*"Entire Russian Fleet on Hand

ST. PF.TF.RSHI'RO, April 12.?Theprobability of a general battle be-tween the Russian and Japanese fleetsls not regarded as Imminent, hencethe reported engagement today Is dis-credited by the admiralty. It is con-tended the lirst news of a battlewould come from Singapore, not fromData via.

SINGAPORE, India. April 12.?TheGerman collier Hindoo with a cargoof Cardiff coal has been refused clear-ance papers for Saigon unless the

commander agrees to deliver the car-go through the British consul there.

SAIGON, April 12?The Frenchcruiser Descartes and five torpedo

boats are keelng n close watch nearCape St. Jacques, It is stated thegunboats Acheron and Styx will leaveSaigon to protect the neutrality ofFrench warters. Japanese warships

are cruising along the coast of Co-chin China to prevent the Russiansfrom provisioning or securing coal.

LONDON, April 12.?A dispatch toLloyd's from Singapore sets at restthe reports that Ro.iestvensky dividedhis fleet. Lloyds assert the fleet whichpassed Singapore Saturday consistedof seveu battleships, two armoredcruisers, five unarinored cruisers,three converted cruisers, seven de-stroyers, 17 steamers, one hospital

and one tug.

BAYONET IS CLASSEDAS CONCEALED WEAPON

The fortunes of war were againstRugene Goodwin, private In a com-pany of the Twentyfourth Infantry,stationed at Fort Wright, when heappeared In police court today.

OooriWln wus. arrested by OfficerBnamiska on a charge of carrying

concealed weapons.Elver since the night Officer "Bill"

Shannon mixed it up with a couple ofsoldiers, one of whom refused to stop

when Bsrgeant Sullivan shot over hishead, the police have been looking forsoldiers who might take It Into theirhead to revenge themselves on Shan-

non.So when Officer Bnamiska saw

Goodwin carrying a bayonet, sheathnnd belt under his soldier's blouse,

the policeman nt once decided OfficerShannon's life was In danger and

forthwith made the arrest.The murderous looking knife bayo-

net was taken from QoodWln, whowas locked UP on a charge of drunk-enness.

Today the charge was dismissedand one of carrylyng concealedweapons was preferred,

The idea that a soldier can carryhis bayonet about town was dispelled

when Judge Hinkle assessed a tine of$25 and costs.

Goodwin declared he was not look-ing for Bhannon, bul that he got thebayonet from another soldier whowas too drunk to be entrusted withthe weapon.

JULSVED 01 MAYOR Diliwas now pon

ally in tlie front rank of workers oncanvas or clay. Particularly is thisso in regard to sculpture. The citybouts severs! pieces that have at-tracted more than home attention,pieces that mark their makers assculptors of genuine merit and ofsufficient worth to earn the encour-agement of patrons of art.

The most recent production Is anude Indian In bronze, by Arthur Put-nam, the commission being given bya southern Californium It is of he-roic size, standing a few Inches overX feet from the sole of the extendedfoot to the tip ef the eagle's featheron his head. Kvery line of the mass-ive body nnd magnificent head showsadmirable conception of strength,physical and temperamental. Thegreat figure rests against a stump,across which is thrown the body ofa mountain lion.

"The Indian" ls Putnam's bestwoik, although it is his lirst attemptof this character, he having previ-ously confined himself almost ex-clusively to wild animal sculpture, Inwhich held of endeavor he easilyleads in the west.

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ST. joSF.pft, Mo., April 18.?Awarrant was Issued for the arrest ofHenry Breunlnger, president of theImerican Mercantile company, a "get

rich quick" concern which collapsedhere. Secretary Miles and Manager

Nordeau have disappeared. Two thou-sand people here lost $110,000 hy thefailure.

KING GEORGEAN ADMIRAL

ATHENS, April 12.?Emperor Wil-liam sailed from Corfu this morning.

Before leaving, the kaiser appointedKing George an admiral in tlie Ger-man navy.

MRS. CRABTREE DEADCHICAGO, April 12? One hundred

extra policemen Were detailed this 1morning to guard the wagons of jMontgomery, Ward * Co. Tills is the Ianswer of Mayor Dunne to the appeal

of Hie strike lenders. In which theycomplained of tlie Offlclousness of thepolice In protecting the nonuniondrivers.

the coal team owners today deliv-ered fuel to Montgomery, Ward flCo, despite the warnings of the unionthat a strike would be ordered againstthem, Detectives have been employ-

ed to watch express wagon drivelsand get evidence upon which to has"v petition In the federal court and toenjoin Interference with interstate

commerce.All negotiations for a settlement of

the teamsters' strike were declared

nff nt noon after \u25a0 failure of employ-era nnd labor men to OOme to anagreement,

The union leaders refused to arbi-trate the teamsters' strike alone andInsisted that any settlement must In-clude the garment workers. Follow-ing, the failure of the conference, agigantic merger of the business inter-ests of the city will be effected forthe purpose of presenting n solid alli-ance against trades unionism. An at-tempt will be made to force the sev-eral associations Of teamsters to tg-

nore the international Brotherhoodof Teamsters. Also It Is planned tomake a demonstration on the down-town streets with a mammoth cnra-Van manned by union drivers, loadedwith merchandise for Montgomery.Ward * Co.

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'.Bt ripps News Association.;PORTLAND, Ore., April 12 ?

Charles A. Watson, Coe D. Bernardnnd Clarence B. Zachery, indicted forperjury by the federal grand jury inconnection with the land frauds, werearraigned today in the federal districtcourt and filed a plea of abatementon the same grounds as Mitchell. Theplea Is evidence that all indictedparties are making a common causeas the-same attorneys appear in enchcase so far with the same defense.All pleas will be argued Friday.

THURSTONMITCHELL'S

ATTORNEYWASHINGTON, April 12.?Ex-Sen-

ator John M. Thurston of Nebraskahas been retained as chief counsel forSenator Mitchell of Oregon in thetrial of tlie Indictments in the ullegedland frauds.

HOCH GETS ACHANGE OF VENUE

CHICAGO, April 12.?Johann Hooh,tlie alleged bigamist charged withWife murder, today was granted aChange of venue from Judge 'Pulley'scourt to Judge Kersten's court. Thetrial is set for April 19.

COURT MARTIALFOR OUTKTOMSKY

ST. PETERSBURG, April 12.?Thedemand of Rear Admiral Prince Outk-tomsky for a court martial has beengranted. The court will consist offour admirals, Admiral Dlkoff beingpresident.

GOT HIS COINTom Grant, former police court

Clerk, Is a victim of midnight prowl-

NEW YD UK. April 12.?Mrs. MaryAnn Crabtree, mother of "LottS," the

er.t who entered tlie Merchants' hotel,on Riverside avenue, last night andraided several rooms.

famous actress, died here today. Mrs.Crabtree was her daughter's managerfrom the time she appeared on thestage |n California in the '60s to theend of her stage career of 10 years.

Grant lost v pocketbook containing$1.50 because he didn't happen towake up when the burglar called.

I Another roomer. Art Sherman, lost1 $11.

fAilj PORT ADOPTEDLirtDSLET AIM OPPOIfi

At the regular meet Inn of the city

eounctl last night a resolution was

presented by Councilman Pnttt and

passing adopting tin? report of engi-

neer, J. 11. Fanning on the water serv-ice plans.

Councilman Llndsley objected toth» ailoption of the plana, hut hisopposition was solitary and half-hearted and quickly disappeared.

The resolution adopted provide!that Mr. Pfenning'! plans shall be

worked out In full and then submittedto Mr. Panning before being formallyadopted by the council.

Two ordinances In blank were alsoIntrodUOed for tho purpose of carry-lug out the reservoir project by Sub-mitting the bonding proposition tothe people at tho next city election.The bonds will probably be for |4f>o,-UUO.

The two Ordinances will be sub-mitted at the next meeting of thecouncil and passed then. ?

CALIFORNIA SCULPTORPRODUCES GREAT WORK

BAN FRANCISCO, April 12-Thecost, s» long prone to turn up Its nose?t tin- west's pretensions to art. Is\u25a0wakening to the fact thut (he coun-

try llilh Side of tho Hookies Is de-veloping nrtlnta whose merlti nan nolonger be denied end who are entitledto position* very close to if not uctu-

CHILD ISBURNED

TO DEATH(Scrlpps News Association.)

ORAND RAPIDS, Mich., April 12.?As a (Vault of a lire early today In aboarding house and saloon at liroad-way arid Elizabeth streets, May Mer-rick, B,' is dean, and Mrs. Charles Her-rlck, the child's mother, is fatally in-jured. Five others are seriously in-jured.

SCHOOL LANDSARC WITHDRAWN

(Scrlpps News Association.)

SAI.EM, Ore., April 12.?The stateland board today suspended issuanceof deeds by the state for school landspurchased until the Investigation by

the grand Jury ls completed. It In-volves millions of acres. AttorneyGeneral Crawford ruled that the

board has a right to cancel nil certifi-cates based upon fraudulent applica-

tions.

HE HAD TOOMUCH CHANGE

Officer Burns last night arrestedFrank I.awler, alias Thomas Florence,on suspicion of being one of thepostoftlce robbers wanted at Cunning-

ham, Adams county.Lawle r, or Florence as he is known

to the police, was trying to change ahatch of nickels for larger money. Hehas- been in jail here before as a"strong arm" man and has also servedin tlie penitentiary.

H. J liogn. another ex-convict, wasarrested with Florence.

SHERIFF SHOTAND KILLED

(Scrlpps News Association.)

SRNATOHIA, Miss., April 12.?Sheriff uteag was shot and killedearly tills morning hy n mijh ofmasked men Which entered the jailto relense a prisoner.

In an antemoi'tem statement SheriffHoag said six men were in the party,

all heavily armed. They demandedthe release of Jim White, a Whiteman from Tate county charged withmurder. When refused they openedfire on him. Tlie jail guards prevent-ed the rescue of White, but the mobescaped. Bloodhounds will be put onthe trail with prospects, of a lynch-ing.

BROOKS GOTPRICE'S RIG

An order of default was entered to-day in the case of John R. Price, in-sane, against T. J. Brooke.

Price is tlie Wily, Slippery Inmateof Medical Lake asylum who hasescaped from the "retreat" a coupleof times in a sensational manner.

When Price was lirst declared In-sane a grey horse and a top buggy

owned by him was placed ln tlie

THE POOR THING!

S. C. T., chief solicitor for the Standard oil Company, Ims come to the rescue of theOotopui. In a published interview he says every charge against John l>. Rockefelleris "false ami vile."

charge of T. J. Brooks, according tothe complaint tiled in tlie superior

court.Brooks, according to Price's guard-

lan, the Spokane & Eastern Trustcompany, has refused to return tlie

horse and buggy to the guardian.

The default will be followed by anexecution to restore the rig.

COINEMEN ANDJAPS TO WORK

ON THE CANAL(Scrlpps News Association.)

WASHINGTON, April 12.?At ameeting with Secretary Taft the ex-ecutive committee of the isthmian ca-nal commission today decided to em-ploy immediately for work on the ca-nal 2000 Chinese ami 2000 Japaneselaborers. Should the experiment provesuccessful, practically all the work

will be done with these two classes.

Arrangements are completed for thereorganization of the directory of tliePanama railroad, which takes place

next week.

REAL RANDOLPHIS ON TRIAL

A descendant of John Randolph,

one of the signers of tlie Declarationof Independence! is on trial in Judge

Hinhle's court this afternoon on acharge of grand larceny.

The "descendant" is George B. Ran-dolph, the young real estate man whois accused of stealing $40 in moneyand $400 in salary warrants fromMiss Gertrude Saylor, a schoolteacher.

Randolph, who has been keepingcompany witli another school teacher,

who lost her diamond ring, claims tobe a direct descendant from the Ran-dolph of revolutionary days.

Randolph does not produce theproof of his descent, but insists uponbeing recognised as a real Randolph,

despite his confine meat ln the city

jail under a criminal charge.

SPRECKELSCHAMPIONS

THE TOURISTSIScrlpps News Association i

VIENNA, April 12.?The civil courttoday decided that Rudolph Bpreckels,the San Francisco millionaire, mustpay a $2000 fee asked hy Dr. EdgarCans, the Austrian physician, for

treating Bpreckels for appendicitis,Spieckels objected to the bill as ex-orbitant and made a test case as thechampion of all tourists.

MAX FIGMANMax Pieman, who takes the lead-

ing role in "A Marriage of Kitty,"

which appear! at the Spokane theati iApril 14) ami 15, appeared aa co-starwith Sadie Mnrtinot In "The Pass-port," ami last season gave a remark-able characterisation of AssessorBrock with Mrs. Flake In Ibsen's"Hedda Gabbler." He also appearedas Thorwald Heltner in "A Doll'sHouse." Sardou's "DtvOrcons" nnd"Dolores, Phe Voyage of Buastte,""A Mistit Marriage, fha Club'sBaby," "Oretna Green," as Passepar-tout in "Around the World in BlightyDays," and Captain Danby in the bigmilitary spectacle, "Burmah."

WANTS LOTS FORHIS COMMISSION

Aii attachment suit wus filed Inthe iuparlor court tiiis morning byCharlaa Gourdet against Mary B<Bddy, fortnerl) Mary Bertram.

in ills complaint Qourdet seta forththat lie bargained with Mis Bertram,us six* wus then known, to sen thefurniture of the Greet Northern hotel,iiis commission to he 1100,

lie says lie SOld tlie furniture as

agreed to Mis. k Walsh, but thatthe former owner tailed to nay the

commission.In his statement Qourdet says Mr*.

Eddy "has absconded from tilecity" but that she left four lots Inl.ldgerwood Park idditkwt behind ber,which he wants attached (or theamount of the commission.

IN HOW MANY WAYSWAS LOVEJOY SKINNED?

Kind Hearted Elk Did Not Intend toPart With So Much Cuticle, ButEminent Surgeon Considered His the"Nicest and Softest."

Wag George A, Lovejoy "skinned"?

Mr. Lovejoy is well aware of thefact that he was skinned literally.Now the question before him la?washe "skinned" metaphorically?

if yon ask Mr. Lovejoy the ques-tion?and get away from tlie rightand left swings which are liable tofollow?you may be told that the"SUbpect" of the skin grafting episodewas buncoed ? victimized ? confl-denced?swindled?an?

Well there were things done to himWhich lie did not bargain for Or ex-pect.

Mr. Lovejoy Is the healthy Elk whooffered his body and his cuticle tohelp save the wife of a brother Elk,Mrs. E. It. Sears.

Mrs. Sears, be it remembered, isthe woman who went to bed with anelectric light?and awoke to find her-self burning up.

Mis. Sears' arrival at St. Luke'shospital caused a flutter among theantlered herd of Elks In Spokane. Be-cause the Elks were asked to passunder Dr. Thomas' hands as the oper-ating surgeon and subject themselvesto tlie ordeal of having skin cut fromtheir body to graft upon Mrs. Seals.

The call for Elk skin stirred tilingsand the antlered ones who respond-

ed to the call immediately becameheroes. Tlie condition imposed wasthat the cuticle of tlie sacrificing Elk'smust be clean, soft and healthy.

George A. Lovejoy was the premiercandidate for the honors of beingskinned. His cuticle was hailed as amiracle of masculine perfection?sowhite?so soft.

Mr. Lovejoy's proffer was eagerlyaccepted. He believed an inch or two Iof lost skin In such a good cause !would never be missed.

But, so the story runs, Brother

George, Instead of being one of manyto proffer cuticle, was made to bearthe large end of the burden.

Instead of losing an inch or two ofcuticle the brother was chloroformedand ?according to his story?about

two square feet of skin was skunfrom his body.

When the brother came to he dis-covered the loss of large patches. Hewasn't In condition to measure theraw places, but two weeks in thehospital brought him to the beliefthat he had been skinned and buncoed.

There's a mighty difference betweentwo inches and two square feet?andGeorge A. Lovejoy is just the manto expatiate upon that difference.

When he "kicked" to the surgeonhe was told that his skin was soWhite and soft that it was a shame totry any coarse man's cuticle ?forwhich reason he was bereft of thetwo square feet.

Another story from that hospital Isthat a sister-in-law of Mrs. Searsfell under tlie same surgeon's atten-tion. She felt ill and was told shehad a tumor which would necessitatean operation.

Tlie sister-in-law, Mrs. Barger, at

first consented to the operation. Thenshe was placed on a diet.

While struggling through the diet-ing process, Mrs. Barger became con-vinced there was nothing the matterwith ber. But tlie operation wasInsisted upon. f

Believing herself to be "sound asa dollar," Mrs. Barger cone! \ led toescape. Het'ore breakfast one finemorning, she left her room and es-caped from the hospital-

Then she went to other sufgeons,

who made examination and state thatMrs. Barger had nothing wrong withher.

MURDERED MAN FOUNDWITH HATCHET BURIED

IN TOP OF HIS HEAD(Scrlpps News Association.)

BEI.LINUHAM, Wash., April 12.?with a hatchet buried in the top ofhis head and a skewer driven the fulllength through his temples Into thefloor, F. B. Dames, owner of a meatmarket, was found murdered ln asleeping room this morning. Appear-

IMPORTANT EVIDENCEIS FOUND IN TRUNKS

inces Would indicate that he had beenstruck by an unknown assailant andlragged from his bed. The bed.lothes, covered with blood, werestrewn over the body and about thedoor. The police have no clue. Hisslothes were rifled and probably rob-bery was added to murder.

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CHICAGO, April 12.- Evidence thatthe packers sold casings at the mini-mum price of 40 cents per set In pur-suance with an agreement to regulate

tho price of byproducts is said tohave been found In the trunks seizedby tlie government officials engaged

REM HDOIPII=Iifird or wmm

ln the beef Investigation. Five em-! ployes of the packers were questionedIby the federal grand jury this morn-ing and transcripts of their evidence

Is being made to submit to Judge

QrOSSCUp to ascertain if an Injunction'of his court restraining the packers

| from combining has been violated.

Miss Baylor took the stand to tes-tify that she had left her purse con-taining the money nnd six warruntsin a dresser drawer In her room at

TO*. Fifth avenue. Randolph had aroom two doors away.

I'pon her return from luncheon she

missed the purse and contents.Later, she said. Randolph epprOMh-

Ed her and told tier he had heard ofher loss and offered condolences, atthe same time expressing his beliefthat any "honorable person" wouldreturn the warrants. Randolph toldher then that he believed the threewarrants which were not endorsed,would be returned through the mall?which happened the following Friday.

RACE WAR IN KANSASCX)FFEYVILLE, Kan., April 12.?Following a brutal

assault on Mrs. John Griffiths by a negro yesterday, araeo war is threatened. Tho streets are lined with armedwhites and negroes. A hundred deputies have been swornin to preserve*order. The mayor ordered all negroes dis-armed by tonight, by force, if necessary. %i