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NEWS OF THE WORLD
SBUKTTELEGRAPB ITEMS PROM
ALL PARTS OF THE GLOBE.
A Review of Happenings in Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week—National,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events.
Denver.—The eastbound California
flyt i on lli>' Santa Fe Collided head Dfl
Witli a freight at Cadoa. Dozens were
injured, mmv fatally.
The last treasury statement shows:
Available cash balance, $107,:544,51>0;
golu com and bullion, |£7,027,921; gold
certiihatcs, |52,026,240.
l/iiuioii.- sir Richard Claverhouse
Jolili, regiua professor of Greek and
member of parliament for Cambridge
university, is dead, aged t»4 years.
Hoosick Kails, N. V.— The body of
Mary kfabeJ Rogers, who was execut
ed at Windsor, Vt.. Friday, was placed
in a vault at tit. Mary's cemetery here.
Omaha. —Information has been filed
la tha district court at Council Bluffs
charging Pal Crowe, the alleged kid-
Baper of Bddie Cudahy with highway
robbery.
Chicago.- Admiral Qeorge Dewey ar
rived ucif id attend the banquet of
the Merchants' dub, where he and
General Horace Porter will lie the
guests of honor.
Boston. The Suffolk county grand
jury failed to return an Indictment
apainsi Thomas W. Lawson, who had
been held to that body by the munici
pal court on the charge ol criminal
libel.
The resignation of Robert H. Mc-
Curdy, general manager of the Mutual
Life Insurance company, wa.s present
ed to the board of trustees and accept
ed. The resignation takes effect De
cember 81.
Yale university has received from
two anonymous donors a gift of $75,
--000 to found a new and somewhat nov
el lectureship —that on "The Interre
lation of [Icliglon, Science and I'hil
osophy."
Santa Ana, Cal.—The worst wind
storm of the season prevailed through-
Out the Santa Ana valley Saturday,
the wind coining down the Santa Ana
canyon ii> great gusts that frequently
reached a velocity of iO miles an hour.
Newark, N. J.—Robert D. BeJlan
tyne, aged 35, grandson of Poter Bal
lantyne, who founded the brewing firm
of P. Ballantyne & Sons, committed
Suicide at his mother's home by shoot-
Ing. The cause of suicide was despon
dency.
Rome.- Driven out by hunger from
the Apennines, winch are covered with
snow, and attracted by the springlike
mildness of the climate on the plains,
pneks of wolves have ventured to the
vicinity of Rome and are causing
alarm.
Chicago. —Dr. Oliver B, Hart, who
came hero from St. Louis some time
ago, pleaded guilty to the murder of
Irene Klockow. The charge against
him was the murdering of the Klockow
girl, who was hut 12 years of age, by
administering morphine.
Reading, Mass.—Bight masked men
entered Read!"! 1:, captured and locked
up tin 1 two policemen who were patrol
ling the main street, and then forced
an entrance to the Mechanics' bank,
whcn> they wrecked a safe belonging
In the Ke; ■; iii jz waterworks, They se
cured $jl .1
Home. Signor Palo Carcano, minis
ter of t: ■ treasury, made his budget
statement before the chamber of dep
uties. Bhowlng the good condition of
Italian finances. Notwithstanding the
heavy expenses the budget shows a
surplus ;:; d there is no need of an
lncreaa< •■■ tnv.>s.
Los —oules. —Every building on
Echo mountain except the Mount Lowe
observatory was destroyed by a fire
that burned down the pole line, cut
nil all communication between Moun
tain anil valley and at noon was sweep
ing toward Aipine tavern and Mount
Lowe. The estimated loss is |2t0,000.
Rome. —The Vatican has decided to
issue a special document concerning
the separation of church and state in
Prance. It will contain what the Vat
ican considers proof that it did every
thing to prevent the rupture and de
clare that all the responsibility for it
lies with the last three French cabi
nets.
Clubs' Annual Dinner.
Washington.— Distinguished guests
were entertained by the Oridlron club
Saturday night at the annual fall din
ner. The table at the New Willarti
was spread for more than 200 persons,
among whom were the vice president,
nearly all the members of the cabinet,
foreign ambassadors and ministers,
senators, representatives and promi
nent people from every part of the
country.
The program was unusually attract
ed the wit and humor, the vari
ous skits, the songs and the speeches,
all tended i., make the dinner a meui
orable occasion among the many giv
en by this famous club of Washington
correspondents.
Factory Strike Is Abating.
Moscow,—The strike of the factory
employes Is abating. The majority of
the workmen have resumed, accepting
the conditions of the employers that iO
hours shall constitute a day's work.
Late«t Victim of Football Game.
Grover Mason, aged 18 years, who
*M injured during a football game
etwwsn local team" three weeks ago
<"«* at his home in Indiana.
BATTLESHIP IDAHO AFLOAT.
Successful Affair at Philadelphia Last
Saturday.
Philadelphia, Pa.—The battleship
Idaho slid off the ways at precisely
U:l6 Saturday, and everybody agreed
that the affair was a huge success.
There was no hitch from the begin
ning to the end. Nothing marred the
program, and from the time the pretty
young sponsor, Miss Goodiug, broke
a bottle of champagno on the bow of
iln vessel, as Bhe slid in the water
as graceful as a swan, until the last
■peecb was made by Representative
Preach In the banquet hail nearby,
everything went like clockwork.
Tin* launching was witnessed by the
greatest Crowd that ever assembled at
the Cramp yards on such an event.
Idaho was particularly well repre
sen ted and considering the distance
between the two points made a sur
prisingly good showing.
The Idaho is a sister ship to the
Mississippi, which was launched on
September 30, and will be a battleship
of the first class. When finished she
will be a conspicuous illustration of
the important factor electricity has be
come in the operating of a modern
warship. Except for windlass and
steering gear practically all her other
auxiliary machinery will he run by
electricity and her two military masts
will lie fitted with apparatus for wire
less telegraphy. The keel plates ot
the Idaho wen.' laid In May of last
year. Her specifications are:
Length on waterllne, 376 feet; over
all, :;-!! feel; extreme beam, 77; iiial
displacement on a draft of 24.8, 13,0u0
tons. The contract provides for a
speed of 17 knots. Motive power will
Ik- furnished by twin screws, triple ex
pansion engines of a collective indicat
ed horsepower of 10,000, steam being
supplied to the cylinders by eight wa
ter boilers set in four water tight
compartments. The main battery will
consist of four 12 inch breech loading
riiles mounted in two turrets; eight S
inch breech loading rifles, mounted in
four turrets; eight 7 inch breech load
ing rifles placed behind casement ar
mor, and two 12 inch submerged tor
pedo tubes.
Secondary battery—Twelve 3 inch
six pounders, two l pounder automat
ics; two 1 pounder rapid fire guns, two
'.', inch Held pieces, two machine and
six automatic guns.
The main belt, side armored, will
be a si rip nine feet three inches in
width, running the entire length, nine
inches thick amidships, gradually ta
pering to a thickness of four inches
fore and aft. The upper and lower
casemate armor amidships over the
main belt will be seven inches thick,
while the bulkhead terminals, in the
Immediate vicinity of the 12 inch tur
ret barbettes, will have an armor of
the same thickness.
Reign of Terror.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 13.—A reign of
terror is following the jailing of Krut-
taleff and wholesale arrests of members
of the peasants' league are reported
everywhere.
(General Maximovitch is organizing
Cossacks for active service. Several
conflicts are reported from Retisoff.
A commander of Cossacks was captured
and handed to a tree by 200 peasants.
A deputation of noblemen and land
lords from Moscow have arrived to
urge upon the czar the necessity of dis
missing the present cabinet and insti
tuting a stern reactionary rnle.
The provinces, owing to the postal
and telegraph strike, remain places of
deep mystery. There are intimations
of mutiny and massacre in Riga and
elsewhere, but the news is scanty and
unreliable.
The army is believed to be honey
combed with seditiou, but many pow
erful bodies of the forces are loyal to
the remaut of authority at the capital.
Advocates of violence with unprece
dented audacity parade the streets and
oppnlv preaoh revolution. The police
and military watch these demonstr;i
tlona closely, but do nut check them
with armed force. The abdiction of
the czar is discussed in public placet*.
Business in many parts of the city is at
a stand still. All financial interests
are menaced by the general panic.
Though some of the strikers are resum
ing work fresh labor troubles are break
ing foith continually. Teirible rumors,
nine tenths of them wholly fanastic,
arc in circulation.
Boston Went Democratic.
Boston, Dec. 14.—Th c democrats
were victorious in Boston, electing
former Congressman John F.Fitzgerald
mayor over three other candidates.
Fitzgerald's plurality over the nearest
competitor, Luuis A. Frothiugtain, re
publican speaker of the state house of
representatives, was 8380. The vote
was unusually heavy for a city election,
more than 92,000 votes being cast out
of a total registration of 114,000. The
city delcared in favor of liquor license
by a large majority.
Yale Plan to Drop Depew.
Now Haven, De.-. 12.—Yale men plan
to quietly drop Chauncey If. Depew
from tin. university corporation or
board of trustees. Instead of compell
ing him to resign in the midst of his
of mx yi ars he will be allowed
to finish it nrxt June.
Colonel Edward C. Peck Is Dead.
Beaumont, Texas.—Colonel Edward
c. Peck, manager of the Texas Car
association, and past grand command
er of the G. A. R. of Texas, diod at
Houston recently.
By Rail, Siberia to Alaska.
A dispatch from St. Petersburg says
that the scheme of Baron Llocq Do
Lobel, the French engineer, for the
building of a railway from Siberia to
Alaska, has been approved by the Rus
sian government. ■ .
IHI.NEShOIVETI.RMS
TELL WHAT WILL BRIM TnUfi
BOYCOTf 10 AN END.
i hey Make Proposal to American Mer
chants at Hongkong— Are Many and
Extremely Weighty—Must Define
Term "Labor"—lnsist Upon Most Fa
vored Treatment of Chinese in U. S.
At a meeting of the boycott commit
tee Hi the Chinese guilds and Ameri
can merchants recently, the former
drew up the following demands, the
granting of wnich, they said, would be
necessary to bring the boycott to an
end :
"First, a distinct definition of the
term '"labor."
"Second, (hat. legislation affecting
the Chinese must have the approval of
the Chinese government.
' r 'Tiunl. that American consuls in
<'hina be authorized to issue certifl
catea for admission to the United.
States of Chinese, except laborers,
withoul hindrance, except in cases of
Fraud.
"Fourth, Iho issue of passports by
the Chinese or other governments for
submission to American consuls pre
paratory to the granting of certiticates
"Fifth, mental examination prior to
departure to be conducted by Ameri
can doctor and one European doctor,
the latter to be appointed by the
Chinese authorities, with a similar ex
amination on arrival in the Uniteu
siates If found necessary."
The sixth and seventh demands call
for most favored nation treatment of
Chinese residents and travelers in the,
United States.
The eighth demand repudiates ex
cepi tonal registration.
"Ninth, the admission of Chinese
laborers to the islands of Hawaii and
the Philippines, provided the local au
thorities are willing.
"Tenth, in case of necessary inquiry
on arrival, there is to be no detention,
provided security be furnished. Tech
nical errors in papers are not to be
considered a bar to admission.
"Eleventh, the admission of the
families of Chinese residents, the im
portation of females being safe
guarded.
"Twelfth, the readmission to the
United States of Chinese who have
been deported for nonregistration on
proof of their possession of property
In that country, or that, they are credi
tors there."
IDAHO NEWS.
Student! of Idaho university will
abolish hazing.
Unlimited whisky and alcohol caus
ed the death of Charlie Deadhorse, a
Nez Perce Indian, who celebrated at
Lewiston saloons.
Mrs. Eugene Day, a bride of less
than 11 months, the wife of a million
aire of the Coeur d'Alene mines, has
commenced suit for divorce.
"The annual cash income accruing
io the Nez Perce Indians for the rental
of their bO.OOO acres of reservation
land amounts to $10O,00o," said E. W.
Allen, cash clerk at the Lapwai agency,
yesterday.
Two old cannon, standing as orna
ments on the campus at the University
of Idaho, have been the cause of
a Btream of correspondence between
Francis Jenkins, the registrar at the
university, and the war department
and now Senator Heyburn has been
asked to straighten out the tangle.
Adjutant General Vickers has an
nounced that as the result of tin- elec
tion for colonel of the Second regi
men! of the Idaho National Guard,
Lieutenant Colonel John Mcßlrney of
Boise has been elevated to the Col
onelcy and Major L. V. Patch of Pay
ette to in- lieutenant colonel. Mcßlr
ney succeeds Colonel \V. J. McClel
land of Nampa.
Thomas Hawkins, an employe of the
Federal Mining & Smelting company
at the I.as! Chance mine, in the Coeur
d'Alenee, was Instantly killed by be
ing struck on the head by a falling
plank. His skuli was fractured. Flail
ing rock loosened the plank. He was
30 years old and unmarried. nis
mother lives at Melbourne, lowa. An
Inquest w ill be held Monday.
Milt Sims wan found guilty of as
sault upon Miss Bessie Jones by the
lury in the district court at Moscow.
it was alleged in the Information Bled
by the prosecuting attorney that al
tnougb Miss .ior.es was *ji years of
age, she was of unsound mind and
that, therefore, under tho statutes of
[daho, Sims was guilty of statutory
assault, which facts were proven to
the satisfaction of ihe jury.
Register at L wis'on.
Washington, I>. <"., Dec. 14. — T. H.
Bartiett of < miugeville, Idaho, will be
appointed and confirmed register of the
Lewiston land offloe, succeeding .1. H.
West, removed. Mr. Bartiett is prose*
OUting attorney ('f Idaho county.
Convicts Fight Guards .
Havana, Dec. 11.- The convicts in
penitentiary mutinied Sunday
niiilit. and a tierce fi^ht between them
and the guards followed, in which two
of the prisoner! were mortally wound
ed, if. mere seriously wounded and
three of the guards badlj Injui
Preserve Indian Music.
Tii. ueci isity for preserving Indian
tabllshmeni of an \<
m school and the erection of a
sanitarium for tubercular Indians arc
n. m featun ■ of the annual report "f
tk« commissioner of Indian at:
Francis B. Leupp.
PREDICT DOOM OF BUREAUCRACY
"Quo Vadis" Author Fears Germans
May Absorb Poland.
Stockholm. —The Associated Press
correspondent recently had an Inter
view with Henryk Sienkiewicz (author
of "Quo Vadis" and other well knowu
books) prior to his receiving the Nobel
prize lor literature. The novelist said:
"I have not been in Poland for three
weeks. The situation in Russia and in
Poland is extremely bad. The bureau
cracy can not last much longer with or
without, revolution. Its days are count
ed. The Russian people are good, but
the bureaucracy are a set of thieves.
That was proved by the war. Count
Witte's position is most difficult. Witte
is clever and of great ability, but it
is doubtful if he will be able to retain
his position.
"We are In the greatest danger as
Poles, and a German occupation of
Poland is possible if this revolutionary
movement gets beyond the control of
the Russian government. Perhaps such
occupation would be by consent of the
Russian government and perhaps not.
However, it th<> Russian government
should acquiesce in the occupation of
Russian Poland in whole or in part by
Germany the act would be resisted not
only in Poland, but in Russia.
ALL WARSAW IN FERMENT.
Rumor Has It That Citadel Garrison
Has Mutinied.
Warsaw, Dec. ] I.—The ferment
among the troops is increasing. A
hundred soldiers of the Kexholm regi-j
menl headed a procession tins morn
ing, singing revolutionary songs, in
Marzalkowska street their way was
barred by a detacument of the Grocho
wski regiment, the commander of
which ordered his men to fire. The sol
diers refused to do so, and permitted
the procession to pass. The command
lag officer then fled.
A rumor Is current that the whole
garrison at Warsaw citadel has
mutinied.
Other reports declare (hat the gar
risons at Lodz, Lublen and other cities
in southern Poland are in a state of
mutiny.
Only the Cossacks remain loyal to
the government, and they are being
kept in service day and night, dispers
ing meetings oi students and socialists.
SPORTING NOTES.
Walter Ekersall, the phenomenal
kicking quarterback of the University
of Chicago football team, has been
elected captain for the coming year.
Milwaukee.—Young Erne of Phila
delphia was awarded the decision over
Charles Neary In an eight round bout
before the Milwaukee Boxing club.
Colfax, Wash.—The Colfax Rod and
Gun club is preparing for a big shoot
ki match to be held at the county
fair grounds on Thursday and Friday,
December 21 and 22.
"Honey" Mellody, the well known
Spokane welterweight, has posted one
thousand dollars with the sporting edi
tor of the Examiner, accompanied by a
challenge to Mike (Twin) Sullivan,
says the San tYancisco Txaminer.
Pullman, Wash. —At the gymnasium
of the Washington State college the
basketball team of the college defeated
the S. A. A. C. team by the score of
14 to 10.
University of Washington, Seattle.—
Graduate Manager of Athletics U I).
Orinstead has announced uiat $1169.5G
was tin; clear profit for the football
season of 1905 alter paying all ex
penses. The salary of Coach O. P.
Curtis was $1000 alone.
The winner of the 20 round contest
between Barney Mullin and Kill Par
ker at Spokane Friday night has been
challenged by Rufe Turner, one of
the cleverest little colored fighters in
the country.
Kid McCoy has sent a challenge to
1a..,.. .!. C rbett for a fight, in his
letter to c<., ,;, McCoy Bays li- 1 has
posted |5000 as a guarantee of good
faith.
.James J. Corbett, .when asked con
cerning the challenge, said.
"McCoy made a great blunder in
asking me to fight. I am an actor and
my ambn.on is to become a great
actor. I have a five year contract and
1 would not think of breaking it. My
fighting cl .ys are over. I hate the
fighting game. I made all the money
and got all the fame that was coining
to me out of prize fighting."
Six-Day Bike Race.
New York. — Eddie Hoot and Joseph
Fogler, the New York team, won the
six day bicycle race in Madidon
Square Garden after covering 2\lW
miles and six laps. The finish was
witnessed by a crowd of 25,000 per
sons.
The record for the six day contest
is 27:;:{ miles and four laps. The rid
ers in this year's race, therefore, fell
about 47:! miles below it.
The major prizes were as follows:
First. 11500; second, $1000; third,
|700; fourth, |600; fifth, MOO; sixth,
$250. and seventh, $200.
The average daily attendance during
ne race was IX,OOO.
Max Dyer Gets Canal Job.
Max D er, chief clerk in the office
of the general storekeeper of the
Great Northern, has accepted the chief
clerkship under \v. c. Tubby, superin
tendent of construction of the Panama
canal.
Pickpocket (to lawyer who has got
him free) —Even you believe me
guilty.
Lawyer—Oh. no, not in the least.
"Then why did you leave your watch
and pocketbook at home?" — Trans
lated for Talcs from Mfgsondorfer
Blatter.
ALIENS TO THIS SIDE
COMMISSIONER'S <NNUALREPORT
SHOWS 1,026,499.
Over Two Hundred Thousand More
Than Last Year—Pacific Ports Show
Decrease—On Account of Jap-Russo
War—Slavs and Huns Most Promi
nent—Fewer From Germany.
In presenting the annual report of
the bureau of immigration, Commis
sioner General Bargent refers to the
magnitude and gravity of the problems
presented by the growth of the alien
population of ti.e United States.
"These problems," he declared,
"loom so largely in the prospect of our
country that it may be said without
giving just cause to charge exaggera
tion, that all other questions of public
economy relating to things rather than
to human beings, shrink into compara
tive insignificance."
The total alien arrivals reported for
the year of 1,026,499 represents an in
crease over the preceding year of 213,
--629, of which the continental ports of
the United suites report an Increase of
196,940, as compared with arrivals last
year, and Canadian ports 13,830. At th-i
insular ports the increase was 2Hi(3,
although the arrivals at Porto Rico
were less by 94 than in 1904. There
also was a targe increase in arrivals at
southern ports, while a decrease is
Bhown for the Pacific ports, which is
accounted for in some measure by the
Russian-Japanese war.
or (lie Increased arrivals above re
ferred to, Austria-Hungary sent 88,637
over its quota of 1904, Russia 39,756,
Italy 28,183, and the United Kingdom
1*9,644. This increase from the last
mentioned country, says the commis
sioner, is somewhat offset by the de
crease from Germany, Switzerland and
Sweden. Notwithstanding the increase
from Italy, (hat country, says the com
missioner, may be regarded as having
probably reached the high water mark.
From this showing. Commissioner Sar
gent ventures the prediction that the
chief source of future increases in im
migration are those two in Europe
which have the greatest resources in
population, probably, to dispense with
Russia and Austria-Hungaria.
ARE FOR ROOSEVELT.
United Confederate Veterans' Camp
Lauds Roosevelt's Recom
mendations.
Dallas. Texas.—Sterling Price camp
of United Confederate Veterans held a
large meeting Sunday and discussed
the recommendation of President
Roosevelt's message to congress tor
the national care of Jie graves of
confederates in the northern states,
and also the expressions of the presi
dent on the Monroe doctrine. A long
preamble ami series of laudatory reso
lutions presented by Charles L. Mar
tin were adopted with only two dis-
Benting votes. The resolutions declare
that the president has shown himself
to be the president of the entire coun
try and deserving of indorsement by
all confederate veterans and their
sons. The resolutions recite mat
('amp Sterling Price is the largest
body of ex-confederate soldiers In the
world, having more than 1000 mem
bers.
TURKtYHASYLILHED
The correspondent of the London
Daily News at Constantinople cabies:
"The sultan has yielded. He ac
cepted I lie Hheme for the iitiancial
control of Macedonia as embodied in
the lust collective note of the powers."
Trouble is threatened ou the Turkish
Persian frontier at the vilayet'of J\]o«k
land, near Bayasid, on the "frontier.
These points have not ever been exact
ly delimited.
Five thousand armed | Persians are
gathered m the district of Snjbulak,
southward of Lake Urumiah, and they
threaten to invade and take possession
of a strip of territory in the vilayet of
Hosul, claimed by Turkey.
Two battalions of Ottoman troops
with three guns, have been dispatched
to repel the invasion and the ■gorernox
of Mosul is calling for more reinforce
me its. A similar situation exists ia
the frc. ier in the neighborhood of
HaysibicL
FAMOUS SEA MARK SINKING.
Lightship Near Nantucket South Shoal
in Distress.
Newport, U 1., Dec. 11.—While the
Nantucket south shoal lightship No. 58,
Chained to a spot far out in the north
Atlantic, was plunging about in the
levereii ■torm so far this season, a
leak w.-ts discovered in the fire room
compartments which let in the water
so steadily that when wireless com
munication ceased at 3:30 o'clock Sun
day afternoon the fires had beta ex
tinguished and the vessel was help
less.
Lost on Lakes, 215 Lives.
According to inures recently com
piled, the death list on the Great lakes
during the season now closing has
ihe heaviest of any one year
■ince big steel vessels began to be
used on the lakes. A total of 21 o
lives were lost. Of these 116 were lost
during the three great storms this
fall.
The robin is the last bird to go to
bed at night.
WASHINGTON NOTEB.
A coyote drive is planned to take
place at Sunnyside Dec. 16.
The Seattle wheat market was ex
ceptionally strong last week.
The Harrington city council has
raised the saloon license to JlooO nar
year. v
Harold Bush, aged 7 years sick
from fever, was burned to a crisu at
Spokane recently.
Tacoma city council granted the In
dependent telephone company a fran
cihse by unanimous vote.
Wenatchee Canal company contem
plates an extension of their canal and
he irrigation of more laud.
While coasting at Spokane Oscar
Oeachlagel, 13 years of age, waa killed
by sliding under a street car.
Judge Bnell of the Pierce county
■uperlor court has called a grand
jury to investigate municipal affairs
Nearly 5000 acres of land on the
Pend d'Orellle river near Bosslnirg
Si evens county, will soon be opened
for settlement
The "log rolling" held by the Wood
nion at Colfax is ended. The meeting
was a great success, 376 new mem
bers being taken in.
Jeanne I (rooks, vaudeville singer,
working at Tacoma, was left $20u,000
by the death of her husband, from
whom she was separated. He died in
South Africa.
J. H. Mason was killed in Helling
ham recently by falling from a box
car. Mr. Mason was a large property
owner ami had a wide circle of ac
quaintances.
Donations are needed for insane pa
tients at medical Lake. The superin
tendent deshes to make Christmas as
pleasant as conditions permit. Every
one is asked i'ur a donation.
The recent purchase by the Grote
brothers of the C. B. Upton tract of
wheat land of 5600 acres, located in
the celebrated Eureka Sat district, for
which they paid approximately flbO,-
Ouo, is considered a good bargain.
Angus McPhail, the murderer of
Fred Alderson at Darrington, Wash.,
May 1. 1903, paid the penalty of his
crime by death on the scaffold in the
prison yard at the penitentiary Fri
day.
In a spirited and Interesting orator
ical contest held in the chapel at
Whitman college for college orator
Calvin C. Thomanson carried away the
honors againat five contestants. The
oilier Bpeakera were Walter Felthouae,
Peringer and O'Neill. Peringer was a
close second.
Farmers are rejoicing over the
lengtfl ef time the snow is staying on
the ground. They say that wheat will
grow under the snow since the ground
was not frozen. There has been more
Bleighing since tnis snow fell than at
any time since the winter of 1897,
when there was snow on the ground
for 20 days.
I). A. Griffin, a prominent hotel man
ami pioneer politician of Doming, was
recently sentenced by Judge Netererof
the superior court to 14 years in the
penitentiary for criminal assault on
Winnie Johnson, a 16 year old domes
tic in his household. Notice of ap
peal was given immediately. ' A ver
dict was returned September 29 and
caused a tremendous sensation
The Whitman county commissioners
have granted a franchise to the Wash
ington Water Power company of Spo
kane to erect poles' and maintain an
electric power line on any public road
in Whitman county. This is to be a
power line and not a railroad, but is
to supply electric power to towns,
factories and private individuals in
Whitman county.
Dr. J. Edward Hughes, awaiting
trial at North Yakiina on a charge of
bigamy, hanged himself in his cell dur
ing the night. Hughes was arrested
in Seat He mi last l-ebruary on a seri
ous charge preterred by Theophilus
Hatch, a wealthy wheat raiser near
Ainiira, Wash., but this charge was
later changed to bigamy. Hughes ran
away with Mrs. Hatch and her 14 year
old daughter. Hughes is claimed to
have married the daughter at Ogden,
Utah. She was granted a divorce at
Spokane three weeks ago. The trial
of Hughes had been set for the Janu
ary term of court.
While coming from a tunnel on their
mining claim on the Colville reserva
tion about Tl miles from Wilbur, Lishe
Heady and Otis Pearson were fired up
on from ambush. Both men were bad
ly wounded.
Director I.oach of the San Francisco
mint, !;as established two facts in con
nection with the investigation of Cash
ier Adams' thefts from the Seattle
assay office, both of which refute the
self confessed embezzler's contentions
!>nd establish that his peculations ex
tended over a period of five years.
Mr. I>each has ascertained that Ad
ams removed gold dust from deposits
made in the assay office as early as
January, 1901, and also that his total
thefts will total approximately |170,
--000.
Engineers Trade Jobs.
W. L. Darling, chief engineer of th«
Pacific Railway company, and E. #•
Pearson, chiof engineer of the N. *••
havo suddenly changed places. Mr.
Darling has become engineer for the
X. P. while Mr. Pearson has become
''nginoor for the company which 's
building the St. Paul extension to the
coast.
Carl Vcn Saltza Is Dead.
New York.—Carl Frederick Vo"
Saltza, instructor in fine arts at Co
lumbia university, is dead.
Prince Yamashima, who is greatU
Interested In scientific research, n
provided an all the year round me
teorological station on mount TsukaM
near Tokio.
New York state ban authorized »•
expenditure of $50,000,000 for g°°°
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