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NEWS OF THE WORLD
SHORT TELEGRAPH ITEMS FROM
ALL PARTS OF THE GLOBE.
A Review of Happenings In Both
Lastern and Western Hemispheres
uuring the Past Week—National,
Historical, Political and Personal
Lvents.
Judge Brazee of Milwaukee has de
ck. cd tüat Charles F. Pfister was not
guuty of larceny as bailee as charged
In the Indictment returned on August
4 Ly the grand jury.
be Ball Lake Herald says tnat the
Go aid lines running Into Balt Lake
CLy, which comprise the Rio Grande
Western and the Western Pacific,
which is now under construction, will
build shops there costing $2,000,000.
The appellate division of the New
York supreme court has handed down
a decision holding that a man cannot
be deprived of his vote even though
someone else has already voted fraud
ulently in bis name.
The federal grand Jury at Topeka,
Kan., which has been investigating the
land frauds in Kansas, has returned an
Indictment against Btale Senator F.
Dumont Smith on the charge of in
fluencing a federal officer to neglect
his duly. Five other indictments were
returned.
The Nickerson gas works at Hyan
nls, Mass., were destroyed recently by
an explosion which killed Osborne C.
Crowell, who was in charge uf the
plant.
The announcement is made that with
the close of the year the Baltimore &
Ohio will cease to issue passes and
reduced rate transportation uf an
suns, except to officers and employes
of the road.
Medical Inspector David Oldham
Lewis, fleet surgeon of the Unitea
States Pacific squauron, died recently
at Honolulu.
Dr. John Alexander Dowle announ
ces that next June he will appoint a
large number of new overseers for
Zion City.
President Castro having withdrawn
his note to M. Taiguy, the French
charge d'affaires, which gave offense
to France, the diplomatic Incident is
closed.
Italy has accepted the proposition of
Spain to hold the Moroccan confer
ence at Madrid. It is now expected
that the representatives of the inde
pendent powers will meet January 10.
The wholesale grocery house of C.
W. Adams & Sons at Louisville, Ky.,
was recently destroyed by lire. Loss
$ 110 , 000 .
The army transport Thomas has
arrived in San Francisco from the
orient. She brought home a piece of
artillery which originally belonged to
the United States, but which was
found in the possession of the Rus
sian forces at Port Arthur when the
Japanese captured that stronghold,
time widely known in politics, died re
cently in Indiana.
The last treasury statement shows:
Available cash balance, $138,490,071;
gold coin and bullion, $87,606,276; gold
certificates, $62,696,140.
Diamonds and other jewels valued
at $16,000 were recently stolen from
the rooms of Mrs. James Morgan at
the Hotel Green at Pasadena, Cal.
One of the most interesting pieces
of political news in Louden, England,
developed during the week filled with
political movements, is the practical
certainty that Lord Curzon of Keddle
ston, former viceroy of India, will
represent the city of London in the
house of commons in succession to Bir
Joseph Dimsdale.
The secretary of the interior has
sent to congress a draft of a bill, fix
ing a maximum penalty of $10,000 fine
or ten years' imprisonment or both
for fraudulently attempting to obtain
title to public lands.
New York.—After a conference last
ing over two months the Brotherhood
of Carpente-a made an agreement with
the Master Carpenters' association, af
feeling 12,000 men, by which wages
will be increased from $4.50 to $4.80
a day on July I.
The navy department has awarded
the contracts amounting to $16,000,UU0
for 10 sets of wireless telegraph out
fits for the Massie system.
Contributions to the relief fund for
Russian sufferers have reached a total
of $1,172,639.
DOWIE FORSAKES ZION.
Gives Up Rule and Leaves for Carib
bean Islands.
John Alexander Dowle, head of the
Christian Catholic church at Chicago,
has given up hls rule and will soon
leave for one of the Islands of the
Caribbean sea, there to remain until
spring in hopes of regaining his health.
Announcement of the abdication of the
leader of Zion City was made at Zion
City Sunday by Overseer John C.
Speicher. Saturday President Dowie
made it known that he would transfer
all authority over the church
servedly to a triumvirate and leave for
the south as soon as he could arrange
his affairs, and at today's meeting of
his followers formal announcement
was made that the church had been
placed In the hands of Overseer
Speicher. Judge D. V. Barnes and Dea
con Alexander Granger who. it is
elated, have been given full and un
reserved authority over the affairs of
the church.
The finances of the Zion City In
stitutlons will be reorganized imme
diately.
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Big Chicago Banks Fail.
Chicago, Dec. 19.—The Chicago Na
tlonal bank, the Home Savings bank
and the Equitable Trust company have
failed. Depositors are to be protecteu
in full by banks of the Chicago Clear
Ing House association. The cause is
said to he the involving of their assets
by the president of the Chicago Na
tlonal bank.
London was increased during the
year 1904 by 374 new streets, with a
total length of over 74 miles, and 23.
26» new houses buiiL
HULUN liOVtRKIHUT DEFIANT
Police Hunt Down and Throw Into]
Jail Leaders of the Proletariat
—White Terror Returns.
St Petersburg, Dec. 18.—A shudder
of horror has convulsed Russia. The
govc.nment claims It has given battle
only to the 'Ted revolutionists, but
the populace generally believes that
the 'white terror" has returned. Al
ready the leaders of the proletariat
agltallou who escaped capture Satur
day night at the economic society, and
even men of the rank of Professor
Mllukoft are In biding from the police,
who ire uunting them down. The gov
erniaeut evidently anticipates a battle
royal and has made Us dispositions ac
cord.ugly. It fully understands that
the proletariat will give blow for blow
in answer to the wholesale arrests.
The workmen's council and lue
league of leagues Saturday night Is
sued a declaration of a general strike,
to begin immediately, and consequent
ly by an Imperial ukase published this
morning aU'governors general, gover
nors and prefects througnout the em
pire who are cut off by telegraph are
clothed with almost dictatorial powers,
being authorized without consultation
with St. Tetershurg to declare a slate
of siege and if necessary even martial
law.
As most of the provincial authorities
are reactionary officials of the old re
gime, the advantage they will take of
such power to terrorize the populace
can be easily imagined, they being ,n
a position to become petty tyrants and
wage war each lu his own particular
fashion against the revolutionists.
Press Is Suppressed.
The Novee Vremya was the only pa
per with the exception of the Official
Messenger, to appear today, and In
the center of the first page is a half
column of blank paper, showing the
censor had forbidden an article. The
Novoe Vremya seceded from the pub
lishers' union and was published un
der the protection of the police and
Cossacks.
PULLMAN WHEAT CONVENTION.
To Be Held in Connection With Win
ter School for Farmers.
Pullman, Wash., Dec. 18.—The wheal
convention to be held here on Thurs
day and Friday, January 11 and 12. In
connection with the winter school for
farmers, under the auspices of the
Washington Slate college, gives prom
ise of being one of the most import
ant meetings of the winter, and the
indications are that It will be attend
ed by a notable gathering of prominent
men from all parts of the stale. The
prime object ot the convention is to
bring together the various Interests of
the wheat Industry, from the producer
to the baker. Wheat being the prin
cipal product ot a large portion of the
agricultural section of the slate, the
importance of a meeting ot all those
interested In the industry for the pur
pose of conferring together, exchang
ing Ideas and promoting mutual Inter
ests can not he overestimated. It is
Hut. tiV-viMae Aaeresfeo" iiuurff "xtnritefft
Industry for the purpose of "boosting''
the flour trade In the orient and from
this source alone valuable results are
expected.
BIG INCREASE OF BRITAIN'S POOR
Pauperlsm Grows in Some Localities
In Alarming-Proportions.
Loudon.—In connection with ihe re
cent agitation started by the army ot
unemployed m this city the figures
given in the 34th annual report of Ihe
local government board showing the
great increase ot pauperism which
marked the close ot 1904 are of espe
cial interest, in December a year ago
the number of paupers in England and
Wales was 828,091, an Increase of no
fewer than 83,433, as compared with
tne same month In 1903.
On January 1, 1905, tue number ot
those relieved had actually risen to
932,267.
In London, on January 1, one in
every 31 ot the population was in re
ceipt of relief; in England and Wales
one in 36. The proportion of paupers
to population In Lonuou, 29.8 per 1000,
was higher than In any of the preced
ing 24 years.
ROBBERS BIND WATCHMAN.
Six Burglars Crack Suffleld Safe in
Daylight.
Suffleld, Conn., Dec. 19.—After bind
ing the railroad watchman, William
Jones, and his 12 year old son to chairs
in the station here at daylight, six rob
hers made their way into the Suffleld
bank on Main street, blew open the
safe after the fourth attempt and
escaped with $50,00u worth of regis
tered bonds and stocks not negotiable.
MINING NOTES.
Orogrande, Idaho.—A vein' of rich
ore containing coarse gold was en
countered In the main glory hole of the
Crooked River company a few days
ago. The company is installing plates
below the cyanide vats, to amalgamate
coarse gold.
For the first time In the Boundary's
history the weekly ore shipments ex
ceeded 25.000 tons last week.
Early this year It was expected the
Boundary mines' ore output in 1905
would pass the million ton mark, and
the total is over 870,000 tons with ship
ments running over 3000 tons daily.
Ballet Dancers' Union,
Under the auspices of the Actors'
National Protective union it was an
nounced recently that a union ot grand
opera singers, Including both men and
women, has been formed in New York,
with 182 members. The union consists
of the members of the chorus.
Farmers the Bank Robbers.
Wausau, Wis.—The two men who
held up the Colby State bank at Colby,
Wis., were captured in a saloon here,
making no resistance. All of the stolen
money was recovered. Both say they
are farmers and never before commit
ted a crime.
Congress of Mexico Adjourns.
Mexico City, Dec. 18.—Congress has
adjourned until next April and a per
manent congress has been organized
to git during the recess.
AffijRS |fj RUSSIA
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DARK DEEDS OF VIOLENCE AND
BLOODSHED REPORTED.
All Parts of Great Empire In Turmoil
—Troops in Manchuria on Point of
Revolt Because of Failure' to Get
Pay or Proper Food—Strike on Rail
road—Linevitch Reports to Czar.
Dark deeds of violence and blood
shed were reported from all parts of
the Russian realm the past week. In
St. Petersburg the week opened with
the military arrest of M. Kustaleff,
president of the executifive council of
the striking workmen. This was im
mediately followed by wholesale ar
rests of leaders of the insurgent peas
ant leagues throughout the empire, M.
Witte having entered upon a more
rigorous policy of putting down dis
order.
In Moscow the week opened with a
panic on the bourse. The government
met this startling situation by giving
out reassuring statements of Russian
dnances and the panic seems to have
been arrested .
Meanwhile the storm center shitted
from St. Petersburg, Moscow and the
Odessa country to the Baltic provin
ces In the west. The ancient kingdom
of Lithuania is aflame with the spirit
of revolution. A provisional govern
ment has been set up In Riga, capital
of the government of Livonia and seat
of the governor general of the Baltic
provinces.
Riga Is a city of about 300,000 pop
ulation and is oa the Duua river,
about 10 miles above Its mouth in the
Gulf of Riga, 3bJ miles southwest of
St. Petersburg. The new government
there has declared the separation of
the Lithuanian people from the Rus
sian empire. The population around
Riga Is largely Germanic, and Lithua
nians are bitter against the German
landlords. Bauds of peasants are burn
ing the estates ami murdering land
owners. Lithuania was formerly an
independent kingdom, but In the 10th
century it entered Into a union with
Poland. With the dismemberment of
the Polish empire, the country passed
to Russia and has since been a part of
lhat empire.
The Russian government has an ar
my in Riga and dispatches report there
has been fierce fighting In the streets
tnd that machine gnus were used by
the czar's soldiers against the in
surgents.
The czar's affairs were rendered stln
more desperate the past week by
Banning reports from his Manchurian
army. The troops in Manchuria are at
he point of revolt because of failure
to receive their pay and inability of
he government to give them proper
food and clothing, due to the suspen
due of traffic on the transslberlan rail
road, arising from the strike,
said lhat General Linevitch has advis
if a general revolt.
It Is
LATE NEWS ITEMS.
Senator McCreary has Introduced a
bill to reduce the tariff of the United
States by providing that there shall bo
levied upon all articles imported from
foreign countries a rate eqnal to three
fourths of the present shedule
There is a total of 26,481 persons in
the service in the city of Washington,
receiving an aggregate compeusation
of $27,145,709.
Furmalaunonucomeut has been made
by President and Mrs. Roosevelt of the
engugomuet of their daughter, Alice
Lee Roosevelt, to Nicholas Longworth,
representative in congress from the
First district of Ohio.
James Rozzellia, a miner, was en
tombed in a tunnel on the Springville
claim, located between .Wallace and
Mullau, Idaho, and a large force of
men by removing the debris rescued
him after several hours work.
William R.Uearst when asked about
the decision of the court of appeals of
New Y'ork, refusing to order the open
ing of the ballot boxes, said that
only one of many aveunes along which
bis counsel was working.
M. J. McCone, a well known
" I
con
tractor at Hatte committed suicide re
cently, shooting himself in the heart.
No motive is at present known.
One of the biggest mining deals in
the history of the Mesaba iron range
was consummated recently, when the
transfer of a halt interest in what
known as the J. J. Hill nuleased
lands, on the western Mesaba
was formally made to the United
States Steel corporation.
are
ore
range,
Governor Mickey of Nebraska says
that he can not honor the requisition
of the governor of Iowa for the remov
al of Pat Crowe to that state. The
governor give as his reason the fact
that there is still a criminal charge
hanging over Crowe in Douglaa county
and until that is disposed of he cannot
be removed.
Mexico City.—Owing to the high
price offered for silver pesos, their
portatiou begins again, $1,000,000 go
ing oat in one day and $1,000,000 or
dered tor London acoonnt.
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The news that Midshipman Minor,.,
Meriweather, Jr., had been sentenced
to one year's confinement within the
limits of the naval academy and to be
publicly reprimanded by the seorteary
of the navy was received with general
approval at Annapolis. The confine
ment will begin at onoe,
Six children of William Morgan and
wife of Lindsey city, N. V., recently
horned to death. The parents and thcir|
remaining obildreubarely escaped with
their lives.
George W. Perkins has handed in his
resignation both as vice president of
the New York Life Insurance company
and as chairman of the finance com
mittee of that corporation.
It is said Poland is in a state of des
perate anarchy, and panic reigns in
every quarter of the province. A bomb
was thrown at random and killed r
soldier in the telegraph offioe and
wounded others. The newspapers ao-1
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onse the Lodz of engineering the reeont
• The bouse ot 'ho towuspeo
pie are daily searched for arms which, 1
when fonnd, are confiscated, thus de,
priviug the people of means if defense
■ -
against the banda of raider .
PEACHES ON HIS FELLOW THUGS
Tells of Murder and Burglaries In
Montana Town.
Lewistown. Mont., Dec. 18.—James
Sherman, aged 19, manager of the Ar
gus Publishing company s stationery
Ä.* 5 "ST'LSSS!
Sam Studzipskl, an old pawnbroker,
August 2a, for the purpose of robbery,
has confessed. lmp..cating Dr. E. A.
Long, a dentist; Walter Gooch, former
night marshal of the town, and Russell
Hortop and David Atchison, young men
of the town, In the murder, as well as
In a postofflce burglary and many oth
er recent burglaries in the town. More
of the jewelry stolen from the Stud
zlnskl place was recovered today from
the place, where It had been cached by
Sherman.
County Attorney Escapes Death.
Roy E. Ayers, county attorney, who
lias been active In solving the murder
mystery, has made public the fact
that an attempt was made, December
1, to poison himself and wife, it being
his theory that It was thought the at
tempt would put him out of the case
by killing or frightening him. Mr.
and Mrs. Ayers were away from home
until 2 a. m. and when they returned
found the house had been entered.
When Mrs. Ayers tooa a drink from a
bucket of water she noticed a peculiar
laste and an analysis by a chemist re
vealed the presence of a large quan
tity of strychnine In the water.
All whom Sherman has Implicated In
the crimes to which he has confessed
are under arrest.
Every one of the suspects denies ab
solutely that there is any truth In the
story told by Sherman. Dr. Long
points out the fact that he was not In
town at the time of the postofflce rob
bery, and this statement Is confirmed
by the officers. Sherman has told con
tradictory stories in regard to some of
the details connecting these persons
wilh the crimes, and some doubt Is ex
pressed by the officers.
SPORTING NOTES.
The Los Angeles team won the Pa
cific coast league pennant .or 1905.
In a fast fight, Kid Krant of Seattle
knocked out Young CboynslU of San
Francisco in the first minute of the
10th round, with a right swing to the
jaw. The men are lightweights.
Will Coyle, the popular little quarter
back of the Seattle high school, has
been elected to lead the school eleven
next fall.
The following table shows what the
coaches and trainers get In big col
leges:
Coach Reed, Harvard .
Coach Stagg, Chicago
Coach Williams, Penn.
Trainer Murphy, Penn.
Coach Yost, Michigan
Trainer Filzpatrich, Michigan.. 4,000
12,000
In a recent statement President
Dean W. N. Ferrln of Pacific univer
sity. Forest Grove. Oregon, charged
lhat eastern colleges and also other
Oregon colleges have purchased the
services of students attending Pacific
university who showed athletic ability
and attempted to purchase those of
.$7,000
. 5,500
. 6,000
. 5,000
. 4,600
Yale's Graduate Coaches
There was nothing to choose be
tween Multnomah Athletic club and
Seattle Athletic club In Saturday's
football game, declared one of the best
and most hotly contested games ever
played in Washington. No scores.
The death of Captain Samuel
Brown at Pittsburg, Pa., marks the end
ot the career of one of the best known
members of the racing turf In this
country.
Kid Parker of Denver won from Bar
ney Mullin In the fight Friday night
Spokane by beating the Irishman down
by repeated blows on the kidneys. The
fight lasted eight rounds and was fast
and furious all the time.
Kid Herman of Chicago got the de
cision over Eddie Hanlon in their fight
in Los Angeles. The fight was fierce
from start to finish.
The scores of the big football elev
ens east and west which totaled over
200 points are given:
Oppo
Games. Scored, nents.
Minnesota ..
Michigan _
Iowa ...__
Chicago __
Pennsylvania
Yale .
Wisconsin ..
Princeton_
Northwestern
.11
621
22
.13
496
. 10
281
90
XI
271
.13
241
27
11
227
.0
226
28
.10
226
46
.11
214
122
Hyde Goes to Paris.
With all business ties severed, as
sured there will be no further call
for him by the insurance investlga
ting committee, James H. Hyde, ac
cording to his friends, will sail for
France on the Touraine on December
28, to make bis borne in Paris, says the
Herald.
Marquis (to to Boss Korea.
The correspondent ot the London
Standard at Kobe, Japan, says that
the Marquis llo has accepted an ap
pointment as resident general In
Korea.
Balbino Davilos of the City ot Mex
ico, a well known litterateur, who has
translated Into Spanish some of the
best American poetry, has been ap
pointed to the Mexican embassy staff
, ,aahlngton and will accompany
Anibas8a d° r Casasus to the United
fatates '
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,, , l e defending a case in court at
Carlow - Ireland, the other day an
at iorney was suprised and grieved
to . ® ee on . the ,eet of his cllent a P alr
of boots that had been stolen from him
some lime before -
W. L. D. Cary of Oakland, Cal., Is
known as the king of the isle of Calf
of Man. It Is about five miles In cir
cumference, and was given to the
Carys, by an ancient king of England.
It is Inhabited uy 40 persons.
Several centuries ago It was consid
ered fashionable to carry silver tooth
picks suspended round the neck by a
chain.
Mrs. Stoessel, wife ot General Stoes
sei of Port Arthur fame, recently paid
$120.000 for a bouse in St. Petersburg
_
There mutton sometimes sells for
little as two cents a pound.
There is no meat trust In Australia.
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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
-Fall Trade Is Good.
Placi
WASHINGTON NOTES.
The state board of control has is
sued its formal order finding the
charges against Warden A. F. Kees of
the state penitentiary not sustained.
In a fug so thick lhat the signal
lights were unseen and neither motor
man saw the other car approaching
until almost within a car's length, two
cars collided recently on the south Ta
coma Une. H. F. Breunlng was se
seriously Injured that he died after
removal to his home.
A plan Is on foot to double the saw
ing capacity of the big Palouse saw
mill and enlarge the factories con
nected therewith.
The senate committee on assign
men's announced Senator Ankeny as
chairman of the irrigation and com
merce committee, and Senator Piles to
the territories, interoceanic canal, pen
sions, civil service retrenchment, geo
logic and coast survey, Philippines and
Porto Rico committees.
The president has nominated T. Y.
Coleman register of the North Yakima
land office.
Dr. Milner Robert, dean of the min
ing courses at the University of Wash
ington, announces that the short
course for miners will begin January
9 and continue for turee months.
Taking a view directly opposed to
that of the tax commissioners of this
state, Attorney General Atkinson in an
opinion holds that municipal bonds and
warrants are not subject to taxation.
The tax commission had previously
given an opinion that warrants were
taxable and bunds are included in its
detail list of personal property, re
cently prepared.
Rev. Leonard E. Jesseph, pastor of
the Presbyterian church and mayor of
Kettle Falls, died recently.
The new Spokane public library was
formally thrown open to the public on
Monday.
On account of the breakage of the
machinery the Reardan electric light
plant has closed down and the town
is in darkness.
Herman Benken, a private in Com
pany G, Fort Wright, recently died
from the effects of a dose of carbolic
acid.
The Pacific Shingle company of Ta
coma has closed its mill.
Henry Eades, a pioneer of Deep
Creek, died recently.
James Wright, son of Mrs. Eliza
beth Wright of Seattle, was shanghai
ed on board of a British ship and
lakcn to Australia and from there to
mealed to
protection.
The consul took the uoy under his
care and notified his parents. The at
tention of Congressman Humphrey
was called to it and an investigation
has begun.
The headquarters of the office of the
assistant superintendent of the Wash
ington division of the O. R. & N. have
been removed from Tekoa to Star
buck.
As a result of a grade crossing ac
cident at Spokane Miss May Burns of
Hlllyard was severely injured and a
score of people were bruised and cut
by a collision Saturday afternoon be
tween a Great Northern switch en
gine and a Washington Water Power
company northbound Hlllyard car on
the crossing at Hamilton street. The
street car had nearly 100 people on
board, and that a terrible catastrophe
did not happen seems little short of
a miracle.
Horticulturists of Spokane are on
record as opposed to the contemplated
plan to hold the Interstate fair during
September.
Professor H. C. Sampson, head of
the Preparatory department of the
Washington State college, is at Taco
ma, and will spend some time on the
Sound, where he will be engaged in
Institute work.
The courtmartial called to try
First Lieutenant Donald C. McClel
land of Company E, Tenth United
States Infantry, at Fort Wright, con
vened Monday morning.
A change has been made In the de
partment of veterinary science In the
Washington State college. The change
decided upon is to offer, In oddltion
to the regular three years course, a
course of four years, with freshmen
entrance requirements, leading to the
degree of bachelor of science In vet
erinary science.
It is reported that James Watson
has resigned as superintendent of the
school for defective youth at Van
couver, and that William N. Marshall,
one of the teachers there, will be
placed in charge of the institution.
An interesting program is being ar
ranged by Secretary L. G. Monroe for
(he annual meeting of the Washington
State Horticultural association
North Yakima January 9 to 12. Inclu
sive.
P. C. Kauffman, secretary of the
Washington State Bankers' associa
don, is sending out postal cards to the
members of the association warning
them to be on guard for yeggmen and
burglars who are supposed to be oper
ating In this part of the country.
As Fred Thordson was putting oft a
blast at the Bon Hur mine at Republic
(he premature explosion of a cap con
fused and prevented him from reach
ing the cage, which was about 18 feet
above the shaft bottom. Thordson
reached the cage just as the explosion
occurred and was thrown to the bot
tom of the shaft,
when rescued and gave a clear account
of the accident, but died 12 hours
later.
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the American consul for
...Sa
at
He was conscious
IDAHO NEWS.
Karl Johnson, a farmer residing, a
mile and a half southeast ot Medi
mont. committed suicide by shooting
himself a few days ago.
The funeral of John Braun, the young
miner who killed himself at Mace
by drinking carbolic «cid, was held
Last Sunday.
Francis Marlon Hughes, 1*7 years
old, born in Bunkum county, N. C.,
in ITS«, U living today at Orangeville.
Until recently his figure, bent, old and
gray, massive in proportion, the typl
cal type of the aged mountaineer,
could be seen dally upon the streets. \
At a total coat of 114,000 the new
assay building to be erected immedl
ately for the University of Idaho will
give the mining department of that
Institution one of the best equipped
buildlngs of its kind to be found in
I
the west.
Navigation up the St. Joe river has
become so difficult that only the iron
clad boats of the Red Collar .line are
running. Ice la five inches thick in
places.
Practically all the wheat In the Lew-j
Iston country, with the exception of a
little along the Snake river, has been'
sold- '
On January 10 2500 acres of school
lands will Be sold at the Idaho county
courthouse In Grangeville. The land
is all agricultural land, located mostly
on Camas prairie.
Stale Laud Commissioner C. J. Mun
son recently sold 2UOO acres of school
lands at auction at the county court
house at Lewiston The land brought
a , J ap -
piase a $ > -
state Land Commissioner C. J. Mun-!
„„„ „„„ ,
son reports that the stale is preparing
for a big sale of timber in Kootenai
county, which will probably take place
at Rathdrum in February.
R. Reynolds, who has been conduct
ing a saloon at .Dublin, was caught re
cently in the act of selling liquor
without a license and was fined $50
and costs.
OREGON ITEMS.
One of the most daring robberies
ever recorded in Portland occurred re
cently when two masked men entered
the barroom of the Centennial hotel
and held up the bartender and 16 men
who were drinking in the place. The
men who attempted to escape the rob- j
uers were shot, one perhaps fatally.
The robbers escaped with the $125 '
stolen.
"A husband is liable for the expen
ses of hls family whether he lives
with them or not, unless one or the
other of the parties has been divorced.
No husband has the right to pick up
nis hat and walk out of the house and
then say that he will not pay the ex
penses of his wife and children if he
Joes not choose to return and live un
der the same roof with them," declares
Presiding Judge Frazer of Portland.
Oregon- will have a representative
delegation at the convention to be held
m Salt Lake City January 26, called
to discuss the subject, "See Europe if
you will, but see America first."
B. H. Harrlman, president of the
Southern Pacific railway, is preparing
to sell a part of the Oregon and Cali
fornia railroad land grant in Oregon.
This grant amounts to about 4,000,000
acres. Several years ago some of the
land was sold at prices ranging from
$5 to $26.
Congressman Binger Hermann has
been in the shadow of death during the
present week and close upon the sud
den death of hls distinguished col
league, senator John H. Mitchell.
Hon. J. M. Gearin, appointed to suc
ceed the late United States Senator
John H. Mitchell as senator from Ore
gon. has departed for Washington.
The Elks have dedicated a new tem
ple at Baker City.
MONTANA SQUIBBS.
Governor Toole will be asked to call
a special session of the legislature for
the purpose of passing a bill creat
ing a railway commission.
The debating team from the Univer
sity of Idaho won the decision In the
debate at Missoula with the Univer
sity of Montana, after a spirited and
well argued debate.
Game Warden W. F. Scott of Mon
tana says that he and Game Warden
W. M. Stevens of Idaho met Novem
ber 17 and discussed matters pertain
ing to the violation of the game laws
along the Idaho and Montana borders,
but that neither of them has ever sug
gested the creation of an Immense
game preserve in the Bitter Root for
est reserve, as various stories In cir
culation have stated.
The quick wit of John Hahn, a mo
torman, recently prevented the rob
bery of the saloon of Jerry Hayes In
East Helena. Ho and the conductor
captured the thief.
Later information from Forsyth,
where John Hammond, wanted in Al
bany, N. Y„ for wife murder, was re
ported to have been seen. Is that the
suspect is another person. This dis
poses of the theory respecting the
whereabouts of the alleged murderer,
who was last hoard of In Missoula.
Congressman Dixon has Introduced a
bill into congress appropriating $200.
000,000 for a government building at
Missoula.
Augustus Saint-Gaudens, the sculp
tor, has completed his plans and is
aow working on the clay model of
bis statute of Mark Hanna, which is
to be erected In Cleveland.
St. Louis is getting the cream ot
the trade of the Indian territory, the
purchasing capacity and business of
which are growing by leaps and
bounds.
Mount Acoucagagua, the giant peak
of the Andes, is 23,080 feet high.
Alexander Ribot is a candidate for
rhe place of Audiffret-Pasquier in the
French Academy.
General Pierron, who, at Sedan,
burned the colors of the French regi
ments so that they might not fall into
the hands of the Germans, has just
died at Versailles.
Kicking policemen is practiced to
such an extent by Liverpool roughs
>f both sexes that It is suggested to
provide the constables with leg guards
to wear under the trousers.
Mrs. Mildred Dewey, wife of Ad- j
mirai Dewey, has returned to the
Twenty-eighth Alabama regiment the
dag captured during the civil war by
j
her first husband. General Hazen.
The London county council an
nounces that hereafter school mana
gers may exclude from board schools
children under 5 years old.
PENSIONS FOR THE AGED.
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, Frauk A ' aude , rl| P' formerly As
«1» tant Secretary of the Treasury, ad
Twat « 1 ln » addm,H the f tab "
»"«»ment by large corporations of pen
8 * on funtis for 0, d employes. In d s
cussing the matter Mr. Vanderlip re
terred to the great changes which have
been going on in industrial life during
the past 25 years
tendencies." he said, "toward speclall
7-atlon and concentration. There has
been a wonderful application of me
ffe have been work
El-SrerMarr Vanderlip True* Cor.
ixirotlon. «o Make Provloloa.
"There have been
cbanlcal aids,
lug toward production on a vast scale,
This has created an industrial army,
the rank and file of which tend more
wheels In the great Industrial organl
nation. The new Industrial order has
made a new social order. There Is to
day no such things as Industrial Inde
prudence possible for a workingman,
IIe must work wlth otllpr8 . He must
and more toward becoming automatic
become sulijeot to regulations in con
nection with his fellows.
"So long ns the individual can act
ively fill his place In this new order of
affBlrg thl „ conf „ tIon shoW8 Rreat lm .
ment ln m re speots. The mo
he tg 0 „ t of lmrmony W lth the
whirl of the industrial machine, how
lever; the moment that sickness over
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takes him and accident Injures him or
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old a * e , t0
^ " Uh nduB ' rlal march - hla
condition Is likely to become Incompar
B, 'ly more unfortunate than would
bave been the case under similar clr
cumstances In earlier times,
"With the exception of the United
States, all the great powers of the olv
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llized world pension their civil ser
vants. The full working out of the
merit system In civil service can never
be accomplished, I believe, until we
recognize the principal of a civil pen
sion for superannuated government
employes. There is no other impor
tant nation which has not recognized
that principle.
"In an inquiry reaching nearly 2,000
corporations replies show that 70 have
adopted some plan for retiring and
providing for employes during old age.
Without a single exception these
poratlons which have adopted such a
plan expressed the opinion, after hav
ing had an opportunity to note Its ef
fects, that It was a wise business
tlce. As a rule those American
poratlons which have adopted the old
age pensions system have treated the
matter in the light of deferred wages,
the corporation bearing the entire ex
pense of the pension requirements.
"If 1 were to attempt to summarize
the reasons why Institutions in the
United States are beginning to adopt
old age pension schemes I would
that they embrace such considerations
as these; The pension attaches the
employe to the service and thus de
creases the liability to strike. It makes
more certain a continuance of efficient
men in the lines of work with which
they are perfectly familiar. Of quite
as much Importance is the fact that a
pension system enables employers to
dispense with the elderly and Ineffi
cient and thus give constant encour
agement to good effort on the part of
younger men hoping for promotion. It
operates especially as an Incentive to
hold men between the ages of 40 and
,50 when they have acquired the ex
erlenee and skill which makes them
especially valuable and prevents their
being tempted away by slightly In
creased wages for a temporary period.
cor
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say
FIRST SEWING MACHINE
Reputed to Have Been
Charles Kyle li
The cut is from n photograph of the
first sewing machine ever Invented,
now In the loan collection at the Vic
toria and Albert museum at South
Kensington, London. It Is reputed td
have been made by Charles Kyte In
1842, at Eversham, England. A four
Made
Ruslan*.
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THE FIBST SEWING MACHINE.
legged stool supports the table
which the machine Is carried. The
treadle acts upon a crank axle, carry
a wooden fly wheel. The machine
exceedingly simple ^n construction.
Bn< $ tbe results obtalued could not
* iaTe beuu especially cheering. Still
the contrivance will make a lock
stitch, and there Is even an attempt
at a tension arrangement.
on
When a man Is chaperoned, hg Ig
really being shadowed.