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NEWS OF THE WORLD
SHORT TELEGRAPH ITEMS FROM
ALL PARTS OF THE GLOBE.
Review of Happenings in Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week—National,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events.
A
The powers are agreed concerning
a naval demonstration against Turkey.
Horace Lewis Smith, known as Hor
ace Lewis on the stage, died recently.
James O'Connell, president of the In
ternational Machinists' union, has been
reelected.
American and Japanese ministers
have signed an agreement for a copy
right convention.
Word has been received at the war
department that Secretary Taft and
party are on their way home.
Secretary Anson Phelps Stokes. Jr.,
of Yale university says the total num
ber of students In all departments is
3672.
General Daniloff and suite were re
ceived by the emperor of Japan the
first Russians to visit the court since
the war.
President Roosevelt has placed him
self on record strongly In favor of the
preservation intact of the wonders of
Niagara falls.
Senor Don Joaquin Casasus, the
newly appointed Mexican ambassador,
with his wife and seven children, has
arrived at Washington.
Mayor Johnson ot Cleveland, Ohio,
has appointed a committee to prevent
suicides. In the past nine months
there have been 68 suicides.
The Ramona hotel at San Luis Obis
po, Cal., was destroyed by fire recent
ly with a loss of $100,0011. All guests
escaped Injury and with their person
al effects.
Consuls who receive a salary of
$2500 or less must henceforth pass an
examination, and all secretaries of le
gation must understand at least one
foreign language.
Eureka, Can.—The stranded steamer
SI. Paul was completely destroyed by
fire. Much had been saved from the
wreck, but there was property of con
siderable value left.
Dressed turkeys are being shipped
by carloads from Waco, Texas, section
to California and points north and
east,
and 12 cents per pound.
The week's official New York bank
statement showed a deficit in the sur
plus reserve for the first time since
September, 19(12, when there was a
deficiency of $1,642,060.
Wellington.—Twelve thousand work
ers have petitioned parliament to pre
vent the American Harvester company
from doing business in New Zealand
under existing conditions.
King Alfonso has left Berlin tor Vi
enna after six energetic days with
Emperor William hunting, reviewing
troops, breakfasting, dining and danc
ing with German princesses.
The Tehauntepec railroad which the
Mexican government has been building
across the country from the Atlantic
to the Pacific, will be finished and
ready for use within six months.
The diplomats of the South Amer
ican republics will, on December 7,
decide upon the meeting place of the
Pan-American congress, to assemble In
1907, and Caracas may be chosen.
The assistant attorney general in
an opinion recently held that the re
cent confiscation in the New York
postofflee of 270,000 postal cards car
tooning William R. Hearst was Justl
fled.
Prices have advanced to 11
A mob of 200 men broke into the jail
at Henderson, Texas, and. overpower
ing the officers, took therefrom John
Reece. Robert Askew and one other
negro, whom they hung In the public
square.
' Fritjof Nansen, the Arctic explorer,
has been appointed Norwegian minis
ter to Great Britain. H. J. Haugh, at
present charge de'affaires at Washing
ton, has been appointed minister at
that capitol.
There is renewed agitation relative
to the erection of a building to be nam
ed the Roosevelt Temple of Peace, in
commemoration of the president's
success in inaugurating the Ports
mouth peace treaty.
Menominee. Mich.—W. O. Carpen
ter, a member of the firm ot Carpen
ter. Cook & Co., wholesale grocers,
died recently of cancer, aged over «0
years. His tortune is estimated from
$5,000,000 to $10,000,000.
Governor Pennypacker has written
to all governors of the United States
urging the sending of delegates to the
Washington, D. C., congress to be held
February 16, 1906, to consider the
passage of uniform divorce law.
Governor Higgins of New York in
formed the Hearst messenger that
when the request for the use of the
armories to hold the ballot boxes in
New York comes through the proper
channel, namely, the commander of
the New York national guard, he will
grant it. He will not order out the
troops to protect the boxes, however.
Young Heiress Is Kidnaped.
Prairie du Chien, Wis.—Agnes Pfei
fer. aged 16 years, an orphan aad
heiress to a large amount of property,
has been kidnaped from a school here.
During recess a closed carriage drove
up to the playgrounds, two persons
leaped from it, seized Miss Pfeifer,
hurried her to the carriage, and drove
away before anyone could come to her
assistance. The police have been un
able to find any clew to the kidnepers
or their motive.
Heir to English Estate.
Denver, Nov. 16.—Charles McNeil
of Denver has established his claim as
an heir to an English estate of an
alleged value of over $12,000,000 and
will be able to take possession shortly
after January 1. 1906.
Among the elephants both sexes of
Ihe African species have ivory trunks,
while In Asia these are generally re
stricted to the male.
I
BRITISH TARS SAVE LIVES.
Rescue 14 Persons Whose Yacht Cap
sized in River.
New York, Nov. 13.—Sailors from
the British cruiser Cumberland Sunday
saved the lives of 14 persons who were
upset in a yacht while on their way to
view the combined fleets In the North
rher. When the boat, which had come
from Staten island and contained eight
men, three women and three children,
capsized while going about, men from
the Cumberland went to the rescue
and succeeded in bringing all safely
ashore.
E. Dimmick, a seaman on the Bed
ford, jumped overboard and rescued a
boy who was thrown Into the water
by the swamping of a small boat along
side the ship.
CIRCUS TRAIN WRECKED.
Lioness and Car of Huge Snakes
Escape.
Arkansas City, Ark., Nov. 16.—Two
of 60 cars of a circus train were
ditched near Norphleet, Ark. One
ireedlng lioness escaped. The other
wrecked car contained 10 huge snakes
jf python, anaconda and boa con
strictor varieties, all over 20 feet in
length. These disappeared into the
swamps, terrorizing the people to the
north of Norphlett, killing horses.
30WS, dogs and pigs. The total loss to
the circus will be $20,000. Tip, an
elephant, leaped and saved Its life.
Four showmen are missing. It is re
ported that a black maned lion, Jeff
Davis, is preying on the farmers'
stock.
SPORTING NOTES.
Jack O'Keefe ot Chicago, with his
.rainer, has arrived in Spokane.
ias been matched to meet "Honey"
vlellody of Boston, before the Spokane
Amateur Athletic club. November 24,
in a 20 round boxing contest.
Rumors that John J. McGraw was to
jult baseball were dispelled recently
ty his signing u three year contract to
aiauage the New York National league
.earn.
An intercollegiate tennis league,
romposed of the Universities of Wash
ington, Idaho and Oregon, the Waste
ington state college, Whitman and
Whitworth colleges, is the scheme at
ihe University of Washington.
Eddie Hanlon and Aurelia Herrera
fought a 20 round draw.
Baltimore.—Before the Eureka Ath
.ettc club Kid Sullivan of Washington
got the decision over Tommy Lowe,
Uso of Washington.
San Francisco.—Willie Fitzgerald
knocked Fred Landers out in the 25th
•ound at Colma with a right swing on
he Jaw.
The bowling season is now on with
t vengeance. Three leagues are In full
lias, at Spokane.
"Honey" Mollody, who recently put
out Geo. Peterson at the Amateur Ath
letic club in Spokane, has been matca
ad to fight Geo. Herbert of San Fran
cisco, before the Colma club, on De
cember 1.
Webster Hoover has been unani
mously reelected captain of the Uni
versity of Washington baseball team
jf 1906.
Memphis.—Dan Patch, the pacing
champion, In an exhibition mile recent
ly on the track of the Memphis Trot
Ing association, lowered the world's
pacing record without a wind shield
by 1>4 seconds, covering the mile in
1:58 flat.
Ole Marsh, the wrestler, is in Spo
kane.
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Saturday Football Games.
In one of the most fiercely contest
ed games ever played on a northwest
ern checkerboard Idaho Friday defeat
ed the Washington state college by a
icore of 5 to 0. It was a great game
from the start to the finish, but it was
daho's game from the blowing of the
whistle in the second half.
Pennsylvania defeated Harvard In
me of the fiercest gridiron battles ever
seen on Franklin field. The final score
was 12 to 6.
The Cheney normal football team de
feated the Rltzvllle high school eleven
jy an overwhelming score of 49 to 0.
By a score of 6 to 0, In one of the
cleanest and hardest contested games
of football ever played in the north
west, the University of Oregon won a
signal victory from the Oregon agri
cultural college eleven on Kincaid
field at Eugene.
West Point.—Failure to kick a goal
causeu West Point to lose the game
to the Carlisle Indian football eleven,
me score was 6 to 6 in the Indians'
favor and the goal which would have
tied the score was missed by less than
six inches. Prince Louis ot Batten
berg was a spectator of the game.
The final score between the Spokane
and Lewiston high school elevens was,
Spokane 29, Lewiston 6.
The football team representing the
Lelaml Stanford, Jr,, university defeat
ed the University of California eleven
by a score of 12 to 5.
Washington had a real football team
on the field and swept the Sherman In
dians back to defeat by making four
touchdowns in the first half and one in
the second, while the Indians did not
come anywhere near scoring.
Portland.—Inability to punt and fum
bles on the part of the Multnomah
Athletic club eleven lost the game to
Willamette university by the score of
4 to 0. Willamette's score, a field kick,
was made In the first half.
Coast League Standing.
P. C.
Los Angeles ..
San Francisco
Oakland .. ..
Seattle.
Portland .. ..
Tacoma .. .. .
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.559
.538
.459
.457
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Accidentally Kills His V»ife.
Detroit. Mich., Nov. 13.—James T.
Thoburn, president of the William H.
Elliott company of this city. Sunday
accidentally shot and killed his wife at
their home here. The Thoburn home
was robbed recently, and, at his wife's
request. Mr. Thoburn bought a re
volver for her protection. Today while
Mr. Thoburn was explaining to bis
wife the workings of the weapon the
revolver was accidentally discharged,
the bullet entering Mrs. Thoburn's
temple and killing her instantly.
HIS MESSAGE TOPICS
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S NEXT
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS.
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(
Extraordinary Document Longest and
—He Touches Upon Great Number
Federal Supervision of
Most Remarkable Written by Him
of Topic)
Insurance Companies.
Wasbingtbn, D. C., Nov. 15.—The
proofs of the message that President
Roosevelt will send to congress on the
first Monday in December are now in
his hands for final revision. It is said
by those members of his cabinet who.
have heard portions of it read that It
will be the longest and most remark
able document that has been written
by President Roosevelt. Among other j
topics that have been treated in a
striking manner are the following:
Correction of the rebate evil and the
regulation of railroad rates.
Telling ot what has been done to
ward building the Panama canal. Ad
vocating legislation that will expedite
the work.
Urging the reorganization of the
diplomatic and consular service.
Advocating moderation in Chinese
exclusion laws.
Suggesting methods of cementing
up the cracks In the immigration
laws.
Recommending administrative re
forms in governmental departments
and the adoption of business methods
in operating the government.
Urging the ratification of the Santo
Domingo treaty.'
Recommending better tariff rela
tions with the Philippines and Porto
Rico.
Explaining the government's right
to inquire into corporations engaged
in interstate commerce.
Pointing to the benefits of a greater
navy.
Preservation of Niagara Falls from
the encroachments of commerce.
Statehood for territories.
Federal supervision of Insurance
companies greatly desired.
Other topics touched upon are:
Treaty of Portsmouth, trade In the
orient, treasury deficiencies, public
lands, forest reservations, rights of
labor, Venezuela, and economy in gov
ernment expenditures.
RIOTS AT . VLADIVOSTOK.
Country Is Completely Isolated, While
Pillaging Is Continued.
London, Nov. 16.—The St. Peters
burg correspondent of the Daily Mall
says that 24.000 Georgians, armed
with modern rifles, hold Georgia (in
Transcaucasia) despite the three im
portant Russian forces converging
thereon, and except for runners,
Georgia rfhs been completely isolated
for many days. Pillage is general.
The Shanghai correspondent of the
London Dally Post wires that an in
surrection has broken out in Vladivo
stok. The rioters and troops are fignt
ing in the streets and there has been
much bloodshed. Foreign residents
have asked their respective govern
ments to send warships to that port
to protect them.
Garrison in Revolt.
Helsingfors, Finland, Nov. 15.—A re
volt broke out yesterday In the garri
son of Sveaborg. Hundreds ot the
men assert that they have been re
tained with the colors from two to
three years beyond the legal period
of their service, and also complain of
I heir conditions ot life.
The mutineers refused to obey ord
ers. expelled the civilians from the
precincts of the fortress and. in sev
eral of the barracks, threw beds,
chairs and kitchen apparatus out of
the windows. They then opened ne
gotiations with General Kaigarodoff
ana Governor Nylands, who promised
to remedy their grievances and to
give them easier terms of service.
There was no bloodshed.
WILL TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE.
Hearst Will Force the Courts to Act
Upon Contest.
The New York Tribune says; Wil
liam R. Hearst will, if the contest for
the mayoralty is prolonged in the
courts, beyond the first of next year,
lake the oath of office as mayor, an
nounce his appointments and demand
possession of the mayor's office in the
city hall. Inasmuch as Mayor McClel
Ian has decided to fight bis adver sary
at every point, this city may have a
dual government on New Year's day.
PUTS BULLET IN THREE.
Chicago Man Wounds Alleged Despoil
er of Home. .
Chicago, Nov. 14.—Seeking revenge
upon the man who he declares bad
alienated the affections of his wife,
Morris Jacobs, a physicial instructor,
shot and perhaps fatally wounded F.
H. Force, a painter and paperhanger,
besides accidentally shooting two other
persons.
Jews Flee From Russia.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 15.—Advices
from south Russia show that the Jews
are leaving the cities there by the
thousands. Parts of Kishineff, Nicoleff
and udessa are literally depopulated.
All Jews having sufficient funds are
arranging to remove their families to
England and America, many ot them
abandoning prosperous (rejects rather
than risk another reign of terror.
Peace Conference Is Assured.
St. Petersburg.—Practically all the
powers have now accepted the Invi
tation of Emperor Nicholas to be rep
resented at the second peace confer
ence and the program which Russia
will submit for consideration of the
delegates at The Hague Is being elab
orated at the foreign office. The date
if the conference was tentatively fixed
for next May.
Cruiser Olympia at San Domingo.
Rear Admiral Bradford has informed
the navy department of his arrival at
San Domingo city on the flagship
Olympia.
AX MAY FALL UPON CZAR.
Grand Ducal Party Is Said to Be Open
ly Discussing His Overthrow.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 14.—Abdica
tion or removal of the czar, openly
talked of in high circles, divides at
tention with another sensation.
The dreaded intervention of Qer
many in the Russian crisis is believed
to have come. The kaiser, when he
learned of the Cronstadt riots, sent a
wireless message to the czar offering
to P lace the German northern squad
ron at bis disposal. The czar sent
hack a message of thanks. It has not
transpired whether the offer goes be
yond safeguarding the sovereign's per
son, but inasmuch as a Germrn war
ship has been stationed off Peterbof
for several days for this purpose It
is Inferred that Emperor William's
proposal has a wider significance.
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L ttle , has he * n " ld P^Uely. °f
,conlemptuoU8 111 w111 ot f " WoMb,e
regiments toward the sovereign since
the peace of Portsmouth was signed.
It was soon evident the army would
seek a scapegoat and It is now becom
ing manifest that it will be the czar
himself. This found its loudest expres
sion over the expulsion of Grand Duke
Cyril from the navy. The decree order
ing his expulsion evoked such out
bursts of indignation in both navy and
army as would have led to the malcon
tents being court martialed and shot
if they had been servants of the klser.
Grand Duke Vladimir took the side of
his sou energetically and promptly re
signed. Now Vladimir, whatever his
character, has the support of the im
perial guards brigade, which is espe
cially charged with the protection of
the emperor's person.
The high world here began to ridi
cule the sovereign and speak con
temptuously of his character. From
that they began to say there was no
possible future for him as a Russian
sovereign.
The next stage now has been reach
ed and the question of the czar's suc
cessor is being discussed with amazing
boldness. Names constantly beard in
military circles for the regency or the
head of the timid monarchy are urand
Dukes Nicholas Nicolovich and Con
stantine Constantlnovich. Both are
grandsons of Nicholas I. Witte and
his supporters are still almost helpless,
but their collapse is by no means
certain.
ENDOWS ROOSEVELT CHAIR.
Professorship ot American History and
Institutions in Berlin
'Varsity.
New York.—Announcement is made
that James Speyor of New York has
given to the trustees of Columbia uni
versity, New York, the sum of $60,000,
to endow the Theodore Roosevélt pro
fessorship of American history and in
stitutions in the University of Berlin,
in accordance with a plan approved by
the German emperor, who received
President Butler in audience at Wil
helmshoe in August last.
BABE SHOT BY 6 YEAR OLD BOY.
Little Sister, Aged 3, May Die From
Wound.
Florence, Colo., Nev. 13.—By the ac
cidental discharge of a revolver in the
hands of her brother, George Tonso,
aged six years, Lena Tonso. aged three
years, was shot through the right lung
on her father's ranch near here. The
ball passed out at the shoulder blade.
Her recovery Is considered doubtful.
New Salton Sea.
Through great underground fissures,
rent by earthquake shocks, the waters
of the Gulf of California are pouring
Into the old Salton basin and resist
lessly forcing the new Salton sea to
sea level.
Doubt no longer exists as to the
origin of this vast inland sea which
now skirts the main line ot the South
ern Pacific for nearly 100 miles and
stretches away on either side of the
track 25 miles to the foothills.
SPOKANE
Wholesale Produce Prices.
New potatoes. 50@60c cwt; onions,
$1.25; squash. $1.25 doz; cabbage, $1.25
@1.50; oranges, $5.75 to $6 case; lem
ons, standards, $5.50@6 case; seconds,
$4.50 case; pineapples, 65c@$l; beets,
60@76c; turnips, 60; dried figs, 7@
8%c lb; cranberries, $12.50 bbl; huck
leberries, 12V4c lb; eating apples. $1.25
@1.75 box; cooking apples, $1@1.26
box; beets, $1.25; turnips. $1@1.25;
Hubbard squash, 75c@$1.25 doz; egg
plant. $1.60 crate; sweet potatoes $2.75
@3 cwt; Concord grapes, 3S@40c has
ket; Muskats, $1.75 crate; Tokays.
$1.75 crate; winter pears. $1.25@1.50
box; eggs. $7.50@8 case; flour, local.
$4@4.25 barrel; creamery butter, 30c
lb best grade; celery. 60c doz; honey,
$3.25@3.50 case; sweet potatoes, $2.76
@3 cwt.
Wholesale Feed Prices.
Bran. $15 ton; bran and shorts, $16;
straight shorts, $17.60; white shorts,
$19; corn, $1.50 cwt; cracked corn,
$1.60; timothy hay, $16 ton; alfalfa.
$12; grain hay, $12@13 ton; rolled
barley. $1.10 cwt; whole oats, $1.20
cwt; chopped oats, $1.30; wheat, $1@
1.10 cwt.
Prices Paid to Producers.
Live Stock—Steers, $2.50@2.75 cwt;
cows. $2@2.15; calves, $5®7 cwt; pigs
$5.S0@5.75; sheep, $3@3.50.
Dressed meats—Steers, 5®5V&c lb;
cows. 4@4*4c; veal, 5®7c lb.
Hides—Green steers, 8%c lb; cows.
8c; salted, 1c higher; dry bides, 15Mic
lb; calf skins, green, 9c; kip. 8c; sheep
skins, 75c@$l.
Poultry and eggs—Chickens, hens,
12c lb live weight; large spring, 12c;
roosters, 8c; broilers, $2.75@3.25 doz;
turkeys. 16c lb; ducks, 10@llc lb;
geese, 10® 11c lb.
Creamory products, f. o. b. Spo
kane—First grade creamery butter
fat. 28*£c lb.
Hay and grain—Timothy, $12.50 ton;
alfalfa. $10@11 ton; oats, $1.10@1.15;
potatoes, 40®i>0c cwt; cabbage, 80c®
$1 cwt; cooking apples, $4.50 case;
bananas, $2.75®3 bunch.
, Wheat Market.
Portland. Ore.—Club, 74 @ 76c; blue
stem, 76@77c; red, 70@71c; valley, 74
@75c.
Tacoma. Wash.—Bluestem, 76 He;
Club, 73He; red, 69V4c.
NORTHWEST STATES
WASHINGTON, MONTANA, IDAHO
AND OREGON NEWS ITEMS.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of the Sur
rounding Country—Numerous Acci
dents and Personal Events Take
Place—Fall Trade Is Good.
IDAHO NEWS.
There are 20,000 bushels of wheat
in the Juliaetta warehouses and no
cars for shipment. The car shortage
has worked a hardship on the grain
buyers this year.
The supreme court has granted a
new trial to David W. Burke, sen
tenced from Nez Perce county on con
viction of having rubbed and burned
the granary of L. M. Englehorn, near
Mohler, in 1904.
Demanding an advance of four cents
per hour, the night switchmen on the
O. R. & N. at Wallace recently went
out on strike. They claim they are
only paid the same wages as brake
men, and that they are entitled to
more.
Shipping at Troy is practically tied
up on account of the shortage of cars.
A 90 day order from a Kansas City
firm for 16 cars of lumber has been
canceled because cars could not be
obtained to fill the order.
A alight earthquake tremor was felt
at Boise at 3:36 Saturday afternoon,
causing dishes and windows to rattle.
Glenn's Ferry reports such a tremor
there at 3:45. It was felt at Idaho City
at 3:40 and at Baker City, Ore., at
3:40. Halley reports the earthquake
shock rattled bottles on shelves and
was felt distinctly.
Tom Hopper, the famous wolverine
hunter, has made application to the
county commissioners for $15 as boun
ty on a cougar which Mr. Hopper says
he killed four miles south of Post
Falls. The entire hide and the bone
of the right foreleg are left here for
the inspection ot the board. The skin
measures nearly nine feet from Up to
tip.
A mysterious shooting occurred at
Black Bear recently. Mrs. Maud Ditt
raore receiving a shot in the arm. She
claims the shot was fired by her hus
band, with whom she has not been liv
ing for some time. He claims the
shot was fired by the woman, and that
she had threatened to get rid of him
and fired the shot with the intention
of having him convicted of attempting
to kill her.
J. E. Jennings of the Idaho Sugar
company and Mark Austin, assistant
general manager, recently spent the
day at Nampa, where the site of the
proposed factory was staked out. They
will go to Payette, where the site for
the factory at that place will be staked
out. Work is to begin at once and
the two factories are to be completed
in time to handle next year's crop. The
promoters expect the season to begin
September 10. about two weeks ahead
of the southeastern part of the state.
The two factories will cost $2,000,000.
MONTANA SQUIBBS.
The Bozeman and Utah agricultural
colleges played a tie game on the Boze
man gridiron, the score standing 6 to
5 at the end of the two grueling halves.
O. W. Peterson, a lodging house em
ploye at San Francisco, committed sui
cide by taking strychnine recently. He
went there several years ago from
Butte, where he was a switchman.
The Anaconda Copper Mining com
pany recently burned sheds containing
several thousand dollars' worth of lum
ber. to kill the germs ot glanders left
in the buildings by afflicted horses.
Route Agent Hughes of the Northern
Pacific Express company has procured
the arrest of Charles E. Sollin, the Bil
lings cashier of the company, on the
charge of grand larceny. The theft of
two $60 express orders is alleged.
An autopsy held by the deputy coun
ty coroner shows that alcoholism caus
ed the death of John Dixon, former
private secretary of Senator Clark,
who was found dead in his room at a
local hotel. Dixan formerly lived in
Butte, Mont.
The Identity of the man who shot
Arpin and Dglive, the two telegraph
operators at Helena recently has been
established to the satisfaction of Sher
iff Scharrenbrolch. The sheriff Is con
vinced the man is Louis J. Davidson,
three times an inmate of the asylum
at Warm Springs.
H. Ray Long, Julius Heinicke and
Edward Taylor, who were arrested sev
eral days ago at Lewistown on the
charge of having murdered Samuel
Studzinski last August for the purpose
of robbery, were discharged, when ar
raigned for preliminary examination.
Heinicke proved an absolute alibi, and
the evidence was not sufficient to con
nect the others with the crime.
M. L. Hewitt of Basin, well known
in political, mining and railroad cir
cles, is In Helena and announces that
the proposed railroad from Basin and
Elliston to Kalispell would certainly
be built within a very short time. The
road will open up splendid mining,
timber and agricultural sections In cen
tral, northern and northwestern Mon
tana, in addition to furnishing a con
necting link between the Northern Pa
cific and Great Northern lines.
OREGON ITEMS.
The largest lodge of Knights of
Pythias in the world was incorporated
in Portland, when articles were filed
for Ivanhoe lodge No. 1.
La Grande. Ore.—The harvesting of
the beet crop is about completed, and
it Is expected that the factory will
close for the season at the end of the
week. It is estimated that 18,000 tons
of beets have been handled this year.
A crew was sent to Echo to dig the
crop put in by the company in that
vicinity. It is estimated that half a
crop can be secured there. Echo will
be abandoned.
Two of the largest real estate tran
sactions consummated In the Weston
section for some time were recorded
last week. One was the sale of 240
acres of land, with fine improvements,
by Mr* Annie O'Hara to Charles M
Price for 118.500.
Portland will rank among the first
cities of the United States in its con
tribution to the fund for the relief of
the Russian Jews, with a fund that
will approximate $15,000.
WASHINGTON NOTES
Work on an Immense hotel at Spo
kane, at least eight stories high, cost
ing $750,000, is to be started in the
spring by Thomas L. Greenough.
Pasco is to have electric lights and
a system of water works and sewers.
Spokane dry goods dealers are form
ing a Merchants' Protective associa
tion.
The 17th annual teachers' Institute
for Adams county will open Decem
ber 4.
Again the clearances of the local
banks have exceeded $4,000,000 in a
single week.
Roy K. Mason has been appointed
postmaster at Latah to succeed J.
Mason, resigned.
Plans are being prepared in a tenta
tive way to make Medical Lake a pop
ular resort next summer.
Insanity is on the decrease in this
state, according to statistics compiled
by the state board of control.
The council committee of Tacoma
has recommended increasing the sal
aries of city officials and employes.
Threshing is nearly all completed
near Davenport, but to the southeast
of town there is still more grain to
thresh.
David Kieffer was killed at the
Thompson logging camp on Nelson
creek, four miles from Chewaukum, by
a falling tree.
William Cowles, clerk of the school
board at North Yakima, has been ar
rested on the charge of forgery In
raising school warrants.
The state superintendent gave no
tice recently that there will be a meet
ing of the state board of education in
North Yakima December 28.
J. H. Shively, Insurance commission
er of this state, has returned from
Ohio, where he stumped the state in
the Interests of the republican ticket.
Shaefer & Tefft of Spokane have
placed a contract for a twenty-five ton
ice plant, and machinery with the
York Manufacturing Co. of York, Pa.
It is said Colonel L. Frank Boyd, ex
mayor of Spokane, may soon enter the
consular service of the United States,
representing this nation in Some for
eign city.
The sum of $153.941 will be distrib
uted among the schools of the state,
representing the quarterly apportion
ment of state funds. The November
quarter is the small one of the year.
Mrs. Helen Moore Hubbell, widow
of Frank B. Hubbell, the well known
capitalist who committed suicide In
Seattle October 28, has applied to be
appointed administrator of his estate.
The Spokane-Columbla River Rail
road & Navigation company has
awarded a contract to M. P. Zlndorf
of Seattle toy the grading of 63 miles
of railroad from the Columbia river
to Fletcher, Adams county, Washing
ton.
Secretary Hitchcock has rejected the
Tieton and Okanogan irrigation pro
ject on the ground that it would re
quire more money to complete them
than there is in the reclamation fund
at present. It is estimated that the
cost would be about $1.500,000.
Colonel Howard Hathaway of Ev
erett has brought before Governor
Mead a petition for a commutation to
life imprisonment of the death sen
tences imposed upon Angus McPhail
ot Snohomish county. McPhail is to
hang at the penitentiary December 8.
After a strike lasting since the 1st
of May, the Northwestern Brewers' as
sociation and striking brewers have
signed an agreement. Although neith
er will discuss the matter it is posi
tively known the strikers won every
point including the eight hour day and
closed shop.
Because so much time has elapsed
between the commission ot the fraud
and the discovery ot their peculations,
many of the timber land claimants
whom the federal government believes
to have secured extensive land hold
ings in this state fraudulently may es
cape criminal prosecution.
One of the most important actions
taken at the recent convention of the
Washington Good Roads association
was the decision to employ a first
class practical man in the capacity
ot organizer, at a salary of $4000 per
year, and the provision made for rais
ing the money to meet the expense.
ARM; DEFEND YOUR HOMES.
_
St. Petersburg.—The strike leaders,
after a lengthy conference, which last
ed until 1 o'clock (Monday) morning,
drafted an appeal calling on all citi
zens to arm in defense ot their homes
and families. The delegates to the
union of unions decided to again stop
all traffic between Warsaw and St.
Petersburg, and orders to that effect
were issued. All workmen have been
commanded to work not more than
eight hours a day, beginning this
morning, and the situation is generally
graver.
Brewers Fear for Trade.
Washington. — President Roosevelt
has been requested to use his influ
ence to prevent the insertion in the
statehood charters of Oklahoma and
Indian Territory of a provision for
the absolute prohibition ot the manu
facture and sale of intoxicating bev
erages. The question was precipitat
ed'during the discussion of the state
hood measures in congress and has
aroused considerable comment through
the country.
Cunliffe Got Six Years.
Pittsburg, t'a. —Cunlifte was sentenc
ed to six years In the penitentiary for
stealing $100.000 from an express com
pany.
Although the name of the first rope
maker and that of the land in which
he practiced his art have both been
lost to history, Egyption sculptures
prove that the art was practiced at
least 2000 years before the time of
Wrinkles are poetically termed by
the Japanese "waves ot old age."
Christ.
The motto, "In God We Trust," was
not placed on American coins until
1905.
I
DNEXPtCTED PtOUSISs
l
It was Mrs. Cralgle, ef the old Oral
gie house In Cambridge, Mass., who
would not be so cruel to her "fellow
worms" as to tar her trees against cat
erpillars.
brown-tail moth have scarcely been
trocbled by such extremes of merciful
ness as this; but they receive some
queer protests.
"Sir," wrote one woman to the local
tree warden. "I have watched the poor
men employed by you while engaged
In their perilous task, and I do not see
how your conscience can be at peace
while they are without a proper safe
guard. What are the lives of insectt
In the balance against those of menl
Beter a horde of caterpillars than one
broken human neck.
"I wish to propose—and if you do
not Immediately consent I shall appeal
to higher authority and insist—that
safety-nets, like those In the circus,
should be spread below every tree, and
If nets cannot be got at once, then
blankets, until they can. Respectfully,
"Marla B.
"P. 8.—I have some blankets I would
be willing to lend, but they are rather
holey and perhaps not strong enough."
Fortunately, no safety-nets wer«
needed by the skilled linemen em
ployed, since none fell during the cat
erpllar campaign.
She was not the only person to
whom their occupation looked alarm
ing. Another tree-warden received this
comprehensible If slightly Incoherent
appeal:
"Dear sir, please leave us our cater
pillars, we don't mind and are not
afraid of Itches, but my daughter his
histories and men In the ellums would
be worse. Her hlsterlcks are very bad
and it Is truley terreble to see them at
such bights. Why are they worse than
Inchworms anyway? Yours truley,
John Jones."
Recent destroyers of the
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THE HEATHEN ESKIMO.
I
He 1« Good Nutured with His Oueei
Customs and Beliefs.
Professor Mylius Erlkseu, writing ol
the heathen Eskimo In northern Green
land, says; "He lacks Imagination, out
his powers ot observation are very
acute. In spite of the tact that his
life is an uninterrupted struggle for ex
istence the Greenlander Is always in a
food humor, and his boisterous laugh
can be heard sounding far over Ice and
mow fields. His way of telling sto
ries is short and abrupt, but comical
leatures are strongly emphasized. His
Itories consist generally of hie own
idventures, old legends about fights
with neighbors and wild animals,
«bout severe winters and great fam
ines. about the creation of the world
ind about supernatural beings. It is
tonsldered highly creditable to be able
to tell stories so long that the audl
znce Is lulled to sleep. An orator who
ichlevcs this feat Is solemnly welcom
'd on the next morning and every one
hanks him profusely for the pleasure
X'hlch he accorded the night before.
"Ideas of beauty are peculiarly de
veloped in the heathen Eskimo, He
l-gards beauty solely from the staud
|olnt of utility. For Instance, a rock
(rejecting out of water only appears
beautiful to him when it is visited In
summer by water birds which breed
there. A foaming torrent is only beau
tiful It it contains many salmon.
Clothes are not put together with any
Idea of regularity of color, only thebf
practical utility being considered. Huts
are made of snow and stones, with
domed tops, but without any architec
tural design.
"Only the spirit conjurers (angakoks)
occupy an exalted position, being re
garded as priests and doctors. Their
task is to establish a connection be
tween the visible world and the hidden
spirits, and In this way they obtain a
certain Influence over their neighbors.
The angakok asks his spirit for ad
vice and then informs the Invalid that
his Illness has been sent by the spirits
as punishment for certain deeds."
The Patriotic James.
Though Henry James, the novelist,
lives tbroad, ho is very faithful to
America, and very proud of his fellow
countrymen.
At the Athenaeum, of which classic
club he is a member, Mr. James dined
one evening with Joseph Chamberlain.
Mr. James praised the English high
ly. He praised their dress, their man
ners, their country life, and even theli^
climate.
Mr. Chamberlain listened attentive
ly and gracefully. At the end he said,
expecting a compliment tor Great Brit
ain:
"Mr. James, If you ware not an
American, what would yon want to
be ?"
"If I were not an American," Mr.
James answered, promptly, "I'd want
to be one."
Many Kecrn ta for Jap Navy.
Cadetships in the Japanese navy are
open to every subject in ths empire, as
are also commissions In the army and
all civil appointments under the gov
ernment. There is no system of nomi
nation and the successful candidates
are chosen entirely by competitive ex
amination. The naval exploits during
the present war have naturally given
a strong impetus to the esgeruess of
high-spirited youths to ent»r a service
which has won auch glo»y for their
country, and the applications for na
val cadetships during 0>e present
year already far exceed in num
ber those of any preceding entire
year. In one district ot the four In
which they are received ukoy already
amount to over 9,700, as against 3,000
in 1903 and 5,500 lit 1904.
J#.y,
Joy is one of ths gr»nt«jt germ kill
ers In existence. It is a positive
diant force, irresistible aixj compelling,
before which all dlscour»,foments and
ills go down in utter def^t. A good
dose of Joy will do score Jor you than
any tonic or medicine you can name.
ra
Woman-rake.
"She's very masculins, isn't she?"
"OI she Is and she Isn't."
"Why, you used to consider her ex
tremely mannish."
"True; but one day I asked her why
»he was sd and she simply answered)
'Because.' "—-Philadelphia Press.