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EX-GOVERNOR
OF IDAHO MET
HORRIBLE FATE
_ . .. .
One of the most bastardly crimes
everoomit e n
red at Caldwell
Pi»»" - be w entering U. ,«d.
about 6:40 In the evening.
A dynamite bomb was placed under
the gate and was exploded by means of
a wire just as it was opened by Hover
nor Btennenberg. The body of the
governor was terribly mangled by the
explosion and he lived but half an
jj 0ur
The only possible reason for the out
rage is believed to be the part he took
in the trouble in the Ooenr d'Alenes
during the great mining strikes in
18119 when he was governor of the
sta te.
Careful investigations since the
tragedy of Saturday night have fully
convinced the officers that the explos
ion was managed by means of a wire,
and that it had been very carefully
planned and carried out. Five men
bave already been arrested on suspio
ion, and every effort on the part of the
officers is being made to discover the
perpetrators of the crime. Governor
Hooding, in behalf of the state, has
offered a reward of »5000, the county
of Shoshone has offered a similar re
ward, Canyon county {1000 and the
family of the deceased has offered
»3000, making a total of »13,000 re
ward that has been offered for the cap
tore and conviction of the men guilty
of the outrage.
The officers at Caldwell believe they
He
have one of the men responsible for
the assassination of the govenor.
is one of those who have been under
suspicion. This man registered at the
Saratoga hotel three weeks ago as M.
J. Hoglau, giving Denver as his ad
dress. A year ago he stopped at the
Pacific hotel, registering as Thomas
Hoglan.
A search of his room at the hotel re
sulted in the finding of an old overcoat
and some other rough clothes, also
some "fish lines similar to the pieces
found at the scene of the explosion,
supposed to be part of the string with
which the trigger of the infernal ma
chine was pulled. Further, in his grip
was a lot of white powder, believed to
be a high explosive. There was also
something that looked like brown
wrapping paper,but it would not burn.
The contents of the rooms have been
placed in the hands of a chemist.
It is stated that Augns Sutherland,
former sheriff ot Shoshone county, who
is on the ground, has recognized this
man as one who was in the famous
bullpen after the Coenr d'Alene riots
in 1809. This story has not been con
firmed, nor another that Sutherland
has his right name.
It is stated that Governor Stennen
berg look a very active part in the sup
pression of the riots in the mining dis
tricts in 1899, and to the best of bis
ability enforced the laws of the state
and national governments. On this
account he made many enemies among
the miners, and since that affair he
has received many threatening letters,
the last one reaching him about a year
and a halt ago, when he was in Wash
ington.
The fact of bis having received those
letters was never given out to the pub
lic, although it was known to many of
his intimate friends.
The entire state of Idaho is in mourn
ing over the awful tragedy, and no
steps will be left untried to capture
and convict the perpetrators.
Governor Stuenenborg was highly es
teemed all over the state as a man who
believed in law'and order and was no
flinching in his enforcement of the
laws of the state and nation. After
retiring form the office of governor he
gave up politics entirely and has given
bis entire attention to the practice ot
law.
Denver. — " An inquiry into the
assassination ot former Governor
Bteunenberg of Idaho will be conduct
ed by the Western Federation of Min
ers," said President Charles H. Moyer
of that organization.
"We will do this not only to prepare
ourselves against any charges that may
be brought against tbe federation, but
in order to ascertain if possible whether
or not a member of our organization
committed the crime. The affair is to
be lamented. No one is more sorry for
its perpetration than are the officers of
the federation. ' '
IDAHO BOYS TO ANNAPOLIS.
Congressman French Makes Selection
for Cadets.
Congressman Burton L. French of
Idaho recommended the appointment
of the following cadets to the naval
academy at Annapolis: Howard Kirk
Lewis of Moscow, principal cadet;
Asa Monroe Gainer of Boise, first al
ternate; Jay Jellick of Idaho Falls,
second alternate, and Wade Thomas
Keene of Kendrick, third alternate.
Examinations will be held at Mos
cow and Boise In April. The success
ful candidate will enter the naval acad
emy In June and immediately go on
a three months' cruise.
If Lewis, who is nominated as
principal cadet, falls and Gainer
passes, the latter will be commission
ed. If Gainer falls the other alter
nates will be eligible In their order.
Filipinos Ask Bryan's Aid.
Manila.—Filipinos who spoke at the
banquet given to W. J. Bryan demand
ed the Immediate Independence of the
Islands and said they were looking
to him to champion their cause with
tne American people. Mr. Bryan, In
his response, made no promises and
the natives were disappointed. Ag
utnaldo was among those present. The
menu displayed an American flag, sup
ported by an insurgent banner. Amer
icans here are pleased with Mr. Bry
an's conservatism.
Redding. Cal.—A Are has destroyed
the merchandise store of Chenowlth
& Moore, and the candy store of Wil
Ham Kesler.
Redding Has $30,000 Fire.
BITS OF NORTHWEST NEWS.
The Tacoma ball club lost {7000 last
season.
State librarians chose Seattle as
next meeting place.
I Banks of Walla Walla have {!,
500,000 of deposits belonging to
farmers.
Ellensburg citizens have secured an
option on a valuable tract ot land for
a site for their sugar factory.
wuh ft , eft hook w the Jaw follow .
ed b B r | ght aw i nB to the same spot,
.. Indlan '. Joe Gregg knocked out Jack
"«"y »1
J .eL,
• was faBt ana oöy '
«ruck by a train near Toppenlsh
and both of his arms were seyererL
Robert Dollar, president of the Dol
lar Steamship company, will take a
large amount of Washington fruit to
, China as presents to high Cnlnese of
flclals,
1 With a shower of lefts and rights to
the face and body Kid Scaler, the
Spokane favorite, knocked out Kid
Harrison of Salt lAke In the eighth
I round Friday night at Spokane, ot
what had been scheduled for a 20
Black Moustaches, a Yakima Indian,
, . . ., .
a a " °P lnl ° n ha " ded , he f b , oard
o public works says the city of Se
a " e Pan rom ' lpl olnt use " f ,e 'f ph ° n *
P""* a companies operating In that
c,ty -
The county commissioners of King
«ou"'? ran not make an appropriation
of county funds for the erection of a
children's home near Seattle. State
proprlatlon.
- While Mr. A. Brown of West Seattle
aw »y visiting, thieves entered his
home and prepared a meal, exchang
ed their ragged clothes for good ones
and departed taking {2000 worth of
Jewelry and silverware.
The Mitsui company of Japan, the
largest and wealthiest exporting and
Importing concern In all Nippon, will
open a branch In Seattle.
Mrs. L. S. Hazeltlne, a Butte wo
man. lost {1388.50 In certificates of
deposits she had placed In her stock
ing for safe keeping.
Sheep men of Umatilla, Ore,, have
protested against permission being
granted Washington sheep owners to
graze flocks In Oregon .
Reports from Olympia say the O. R
& N. will oppose a Joint wheat rate,
claiming such rate would mean a loss
of $500,000 a year In earnings.
An unknown man was found In a
round glove contest.
Corporation Counsel Calhoun of Se
laws make no provision for such ap
box car at Sandpolnt, Idaho. He had
been shot In the head and was frozen
stiff,
pected.
A. B. Wilson, alias Barrett, has been
arrested In Walla Walla for represent
Ing himself as an agent tor Collier's
Weekly and making fraudulent collec
tions.
Mrs. Hembree, wife of A. Hembree,
and their daughter. Ora. a young wo
man about 17 years old. were burned
to death at Sand Lake, Oregon, where
the family lives.
Murder and robbery Is sus
Beginning about January 8 the Jute
mill at the Washington stale peniten
tiary will start again, after a long
shut down. Hereafter the mill will
be operated by electricity Instead of
by steam and a considerable saving Is
expected.
COPPER RISE BREAKS BROKERS
Boston Firm, with 40 Branch Offices
In New England, Falls.
Boston.—The recent rise in copper
stocks on the Boston stock exchange
was an Important cause to the sus
pension of the stock brokerage firm
of H. R. Leighton & Co., which as
signed for the benefit ot Its creditors.
Although the firm is not a memoer
of any stock exchange, the assignment
was adjudged of considerable Import
ance from the fact that the firm has
some 40 branch offices all but three of
them In New England cities and
towns. The outside offices are at
Montreal. Halifax, N. S., and St. John.
N. F, The assignee la Charles E. Al
len, a lawyer of this city. The firm
stated that the suspension was due to
the failure of a member of the Boston
stock exchange to meet his obligations
to the company, and to outstanding in
vestments—in coppers to a greater or
leas extent—upon which necessary
money could not be realized.
Serious Fire In Tenement.
Minneapolis.—One dead, two badly
burned and 15 or more Injured or over
come by smoke, is the result of a ure
In the Higgins tenements. The fire
started in the apartments ot Mrs.
Buckllff. 823 Minnehaha avenue, in
the middle of the big tenement, and
spread with great rapidity. Twenty
seven families were rescued from their
beds and sent shivering and
smothered Into the outer air, where
the thermometer showed 10 above
zero.
half
Three Men Blown to Pieces.
Huntington, Ind.—By the blowing up
of an engine attached to a freight
train on the Chicago <x Erie railroad,
near Drlsoo hall. Engineer John J.
O'Brien of Kouts. Fireman C. R. Oli
ver of this place, and Lemuel Fisher,
brakeman, of Rochester, Ind., were
killed and 15 cars were piled up. The
wreck caught fire. Only the body of
Engineer O'Brien has been recovered.
It was blown to pieces.
The train was composed of refriger
ator cars loaded with meat and was
running as a special.
Gotch Throws Delivuk.
Montreal. Que. —Frank Gotch defeat
ed Delivuk, the Austrian wrestler, in
two straight falls, Graeco-Roman. He
took the first fall In one hour and the
second In 26 minutes.
Six Stores Burned.
Charlton, Iowa.—Fire has destroyed
six store buildings on the north side
of the square, causing a loss of
$100,000. The postofflce and most of
Its contents were burned.
Just at the opening of the football
season comes the announcement that
Ralph D. Paine will continue, In the
! November Century, his discussion of
"The Spirit of School and College
] Sport,"
taking up "English and
American Football."
C. T. YERKES IS DEAD
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NOTED RAILWAY FINANCIER DIED
IN NEW YORK CITY.
Suffered Complication of Disease)
His Family Present at Deathbed—
Was Born in Philadelphia in 1839—
Made His Fortune in Chicago—He
""Built Railways in London.
Charles T. Yerkes, the noted rail
way financier of Chicago and London,
died Friday In his apartments at the
Waldorf-Astoria hotel In New York
city, where he has been ill for more
than six weeks.
Mr. Yerkes suffered from a compli
cation of diseases growing out of a
severe cold which he contracted In
London early In the fall.
At the death bed were Mrs. Charles
T. Yerkes, his wife; Charles Edward
Yerkes, a son, and his wife; Mrs.
Charles Ronda Miller, a daughter, and
the physician. The death was peace
ful. but unexpected at the time.
Mr, Yerkes' residence Is at Sixty
eighth and Fifth avenue. Speyer &
Co., the New York banking firm, which
had much to do with the New York
financing of Mr. Yerkes' affairs, made
the following statement;
"The death of Mr. Yerkes Is partic
ularly sad. coming at a time when his
great work In connection with the Ixm
don underground street railway was
rapidly approaching completion and
Important portions of It were being
put in operation. Mr. Yerkes' falling
health had warned him and the bank
ers associated with the enterprise
that arrangements should be made for
relieving him of a portion of h.s work,
or for completing and carrying It out
In case of hla death. These arrange
ments have been perfected and will
be announced at the proper time."
His Biography.
He was born In Philadelphia, on
Tune 25, 1839. He was educated In
the public schools. He began business
at the age of 17 and at 20 was a pri
vate banker. In 18S1 he purchased
his first street railway stock. In 1864
he assumed millions of Philadelphia
city bonds, but failed to carry out his
contract. He was Indicted, found guil
ty, but executive clemency was extend
ed. Later the city council released
him from all debts which afterwards
Mr. Yerkes paid his creditors. He
arrived In Chicago In 1882 and opened
a banking house. In 1886 he made his
first railroad venture In Chicago. He
"hanged the horse cars to a cable sys
tem. He was the first to give the
city anything In return for the prlv
lieges accorded corporations. He gave
a {50,000 telescope to Chicago univer
sity. In 1898 he began the consolida
tion of the Chicago street railways.
In 1901 he left the city with {15,000.
000 and went to London where jie
built a.i underground railway. Ha was
rewarded with wealth and fame. He
outgeneraled J. P. Morgan and asso
ciates who formed an American syn
dicate In London underground.
His Art Collection.
When Mr. Yerkes made his will,
several years ago, he announced that
he had left hla collection of pictures
and objects of art and his two houses
at Fifth avenue and Sixty-eighth street
In New York city to the Metropolitan
Museum of Art. This property Is
worth about {5,000,000. The houses
themselves are a veritable art mu
seum. It is said among his friends
that this provision of his will remain
ed unaltered.
Among Mr. Yerkes' most treasured
possessions is a collection of oriental
rugs that is said to be the finest and
moat costly In the world.
RECEPTION AT WHITE HOUSE.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 2.—States
men, diplomats, soldiers, sailors, office
holders, office seekers and plain people
all gathered at the White House Mon
day to pay respects to the president and
Mrs. Roijpevelt.
The doors of the historic mansion
were thrown open at 11 o'clock and for
htree hours a living stream of well
wishing citizens poured in through the
marble corridor,tiled past tbe president
and his lady, in the beautiful blue par
lor. The reception was one of the most
brilliant in history. Since as far back
us the days of Washington, when loyal
colonists journeyed to New York to pay
homage to the nation's chief, no annual
birthday has been observed with great
er wealth of gold lace, smart gowns,
joyous music or cordial good will.
This New Year reception was nota
ble in many ways. For instance there
was a real vice president there, a dig
nitary not seen at similar celebrations
for eight eyars. Hobart was the one
of that rank to participate,until today,
when Fairbanks took his place at the
head of the cabinet line. Mrs. Fair
banks ranked the ladies of the cabinet
circle at Mrs. Roosevelt's right hand.
Miss Aloe Rosoevelt, whom every one
wished to see and congratulate, was be
held of all beholders in a sweet crown
of girls gathered in the green room.
One years go, Count Cassini, Russian
ambassador, led tbe diplomatic proces
sion entering the White House, just as
the news bearers were crying "extras"
that announoed_Poit Arthur's fall.
Not far behind him came Takahira,
the Japanese minister, his face illumi
nated by an ill concealed smile of tri
umph. Today Baron Rosen replaced
Count Cassini, and instead of being at
tbe front of the foreign contingent, be
was sixth, next to last. Japan bad no
minister in line as Baron Aoki, newly
selected representative of the mikado,
had not yet arrived.
Ambassador at Tokio.
Baron Mumm von Schwartzenstein,
the German minister at Pekin, has
been appointed ambassador of Ger
many at Tokio.
Alaska's Gold Output.
Consul Randall of Dawson estimates
the output of gold from Alaska the
past season exceeded $14,000,000. It
was $9.000.000 last year. The big in
crease is In the Tanana valley.
ENGLISH LEADERS SPEAK.
Premier and Ex-Premier Both Ad
dress Meetings.
London.—Sir Hunry Campbell-Ban
nerman, the premier, and Arthur J.
Balfour, the former premier, respect
ive leaders of the two great parties,
now drawn up In battle array In the
United Kingdom, addressed a large
audience recently.
The premier spoke at Dumferllne,
Scotland, making fiscal reform his
battle cry. In answering a question
he said he did not favor a separate In
dependent legislature for Ireland, but
Intimated that that country should
have a legislature subordinate to the
Imperial parliament.
Mr. Balfour, talking to a sympathet
ic audience at Queen's hall, London,
asked: "Will you have fiscal reform
or home rule, for this Is the true
Issue of the campaign?"
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman said
that the liberals would fight protec
tion and fiscal reform during the cam
paign, as they did whue In opposition,
while the former premier said that fis
cal reforms wou.u be the first great
question with which the unionist party
would have to deal whenever It was
returned to power, because It was a
question In which the welfare of the
country was bound up.
Mr. Balfour plainly Indicated that
the whole attack of unionists through
out the present campaign would be
centered on the assumed Intention of
the liberal party to give Ireland con
trol of Its own affairs through an ex
excutlve responsible directly to an
Irish elective body. This, Mr. Bal
four believed, would inevitably lead to
separation, which he admitted would
he preferable to the continued parlia
mentary turmoil consequent on half
way measures.
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman de
voted almost his entire speech to an
attack on the fiscal proposition of the
unionists, and said It was the duly
of the liberals to bury any party sup
porting Joseph Chamberlain.
Sir Edward Grey, the foreign secre
tary, speaking to his constituents at
Belford, Northumberland, said that
the carrying out of Mr. Chamberlain's
nollcy would mean the ruin of the na
tional prosperity. He assured his au
dience that the liberals had no Inten
tion of granting home rule, but that
they hoped to do much for Ireland.
LEAVES $15,000 FOR PETS.
Actress Remembers Dog and Parrot
In Her Will.
The fact that Cecelia A. Wolsey
who was formerly a performer on
the vaudeville stage under the name
of Lillian Western, bequeathed $15,000
tor the care of her dog, parrot and
a cage of love birds, became known
when her will was filed. Miss Wilsey
died a week ago, Harriet Gates,- a
friend of the dead woman, is charged
with the care of the animals and
Miss Wllsey's will provides that she
have the use of the $16,000 for that
purpose.
After the death of Mrs. Gates, the
will stipulates, the remainder of the
money shal^ go to the American So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelly to
Animals to care tor Miss Wolsey's
pets If they outlive Mrs. Gates, and
if not, to care tor other homeless
animals.
Miss Wolsey was a "musical special
1st"»on the vaudeville stage and re
Mred from It a year ago, having only
her pets as companions.
ROBBED OF $5000 ON TRAIN.
Englishman Believes Money Was Tak
en by Fellow Passenger.
Kansas City.—Byron R. White of
London, Eng., who says he Is the soi
of Sir Thomas R. White, a member
if parliament, reported to the police
here that he had been robbed of
money and iewelry valued at about
{5000 In a Wabash train somewhere
between Detroit and Kansas City
White expresses the belief that he
was robbed by a fellow passenger
who left the train at St. Louis.
BURGLARS WRECKED SAFE.
Secured $600 From Bank of Slickly.
Wray & Co., at Iroquois, III.
Iroquois, III.—Burglars have wreck
ed the safe in the private banking
Institution of Slickly. Wray & Co.
and escaped with $600 after exchang
ing shots with James Whiteman, the
first person to appear on tue scene.
No one was hurt.
MISS BUSCH MARRIED.
Brewer's Daughter Weds a German
Lieutenant.
Lieutenant Edward Scharrer of
Stuttgart, Germany, and Miss Wilhel
mina Busch, daughter of Adolphus
Busch, the brewer. Were quietly mar
ried on New Year's day at the Busch
mansion In St. Louis.
Suicide in Portland.
Portland.—The body of Kaspar Van
Dran. until recently a saloonkeeper In
this city, was found In his room In
downtown hotel. He had committed
suicide by swallowing cyanide of pot
assium. Van Dran left a note In which
he blamed a former rival saloonkeep
er, Joe Young, for his troubles.
An unusual story is attached to
these two men and their families. In
volving the attempt of Young to kill
Kasper Van Dran and the death later
of Mrs. Van Dran from cyanide pois
oning. administered by persons un
known to the authorities.
Gems Valued at $4000 Stolen.
New York.—For the second time
within three months, and the seventh
time within three years, the jewelry
store of Schwartz Bros., at 368 Broad
way. in the heart of the tenderloin
district, was robbed Saturday and
about $4000 worth ot diamond rings
and watches were stolen. The loss
on the seven robberies, according to
a member of the firm, aggregates
$ 20 , 000 .
Honest Confession.
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Jack-And do you always speak the
* f Loi a—Yes—but notZu sfter they
ar ^ g ' n e
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The motto, "In God We Trust," was
not placed on American coins until
1905.
TERMS OF SETTLEMENT.
Between Princu« Louiee and Prince
Phillippe.
Paris,—The concluions of settlement
of tue long drawn out quarrel between
the Princess Louise of Saxe-Coburg
and Uotha. eldest daughter of King
Leopold of Belgium, and her husband,
Prince Phllllppe of Saxe-Coburg and
Qotha. are as follows:
The prince pays her as alimony
I221.0UU annually and also the sum of
*1,000,000 by installments, while King
Leopold guarantees her an annuity ot
{10.U00. The princess undertakes to
hand over to the prince's lawyer all
tne documents and photographs In
tended to be used as evidence, the
dlvulgence of which will annul the
arrangement. The two parties agree
to accept a decision of the court ot
Goiha granting them a divorce on the
ground ot incompatibility of temper
and on that ground alone.
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Trade Is Better.
Dun's Weekly Review of Trade
jays: Unseasonably mild weather ae
jeutuated the customary holiday ween
jullncss in distribution of staple mer
chandise, but gratifying results of
„uristmas trade estabiisued a strong
one and continence regarding the fu
.ure is mure pronounced. Outdooi
.vork is facilitated by the high tem
perature and, the lack of snow, making
me year's total of building operations
_-»eu greater man ~.e most sanguine
expectations. Trade In furs and heavy
clothing Is unfavorably affected by
me open winter, but the ret result is
most satisfactory. It is gratifying to
manufacturers to find that no burden
some accumulation of stocks has oc
curred, despite recent record break
ing production. Statements ot rail
way earnings continue satisfactory;
ilgures thus far available for Decem
ber showing an average gain of 6.9
per cent, over 1904, and foreign com
merce at this port was remarkably
.avorable, exports gaining {2,063,129
and Imports Increasing $4,161,897, as
compared with the same week last
year.
COMING EVENTS.
Northwest Fruitgrowers' associa
tion, Ia Grande, Ore., January 3-5.
Oregon State Poultry association
show, Portland, January 10-17.
Oregon State Press association,
Portland, January 12.
Oregon Slate Horticultural society,
Portland, January 9-10.
Washington State Horticultural as
soclntlon, North Yakima, January 9
12
Walla Walla Poultry association
February 5-10.
Inland Registered Stock Breeders
association, Moscow, Idaho, Februarj
8-9.
Washington State Letter Carriers
association, Spokane, February 22.
COMING.
January Attractions at The Spokane
Theater.
January 2-3—"Alcazar Beauties."
January 5-6—"Sho-Qun."
January 9-10—"Orientals."
January 15—Calve.
January 16-17—"Buster Brown."
January IS — High School Com
mencement.
January 19-20—"College Widow."
January 21—"When Johnny Comes
Marching Home."
January 23-24—"Bohemians."
January 30-31—"County Chairman.'
Jail for Labor Leader.
Topeka, Kan.—Governor Hoch hat
nnounced that he had decided not tf
ardon Arthur E. Ireland, third vic<
resident of the American Federatloi
•t Labor, who was sentenced to the
'owley county Jail for six months for
■ssaultlng a nonunion machinist em
loyed by the Santa Fe Railway com
iany.
Many Workmen Killed.
St. Petersburg.—In an encounter be
ween workmen and Cossacks at th<
.'evsky shipbuilding yards eight Cos
icks and 27 workmen were killed am
nany were Injured,
rains from bt. Petersburg to Moscow
to not running to that city, but arr
topping at a station near Tver.
The permanent way of the Nichola'
•allway has been damaged between
Tver and Kuntacia stations.
The rallroai'
Big Banks Are to Merge.
New York, Dec. 29.—The Nations
Shoe and Leather hank and the Met
•opolitan bank, within a few months
will be merged, the former losing Its
dentlty and becoming a branch of
the latter. Under the new arrange
ment the Metropolitan hank will have
a capital and surplus of about $2,
760,000.
Practical Joker Killed.
Notre Dame. Ind.—Louis Roquela o'
•■olombla. South America, a studen'
it Notre Dame university, shot and
•Hied Claude A. Bagby of Durango
"ol., when Bagby and several other
students, as a practical Joke, held up
Roquela. mistaking him for another
person.'
Suicide to Escape Trial.
Walla Walla. Wash.—Following 8
Iruflken carousal covering a period of
\ week. Sergeant Jarret of troop A
■vourteenth cavalry, committed suicide
In his quarters at Fort Walla Walla
He was 23 years old and his home
whs In Tennessee.
Trouble May Be Averted.
Advices received at the state de
partment are to the effect that the
threatened trouble between Colombia
and Venezuela has probably been
. T p,,pd
averted._
Pickering College Destroyed.
Pickering. Ont.-Pickerlng college
was destroyed by Are Saturday. The
college was a Quaker Institution. The
| building and contents were valued at |
Fair Buildings Sold.
Portland, Ore.—Washington's state
building at the exposition has been
sold for $500 to Lafe Pence, who has
bought practically all of the struc
tures of the Dream City except the
forestry and government buildings.
! $75,000.
•'MANY HAPPY RETURNS."
Th» Formal Dinner Party Wai
Honor of a Birthday.
Judge Edged hnrrlcd Into bis house
as usual at half-past six. threw ulT his
coat, washed bis hands and hastened
Into the dining room. At the thresbol'
he recoiled In surprise. A blaze o'
light dazzled him. The best sllve.
and glass were laid out. Candles
burned at the four corners of the ta
blc. Cut flowers filled the room with
a fragrance that extinguished the
usual smell of cooked food.
At the table his wife bloomed like
a young girl. Her best gown of white
voile trimmed with Isce—her mother's
wedding lace—showed her fine throat
and arms. His little daughter sat with
the self-conscious smile of party cor
rectness, wearing blue ribbons on her
"pigtails," and his son beamed be
hind a great deal of glistening shirt
front His older daughter was busy
giving a last touch to the sideboard
She was the most serious of all In her
grave offlclousnesa.
"Goodness! Well! What! Who's
coming? Have I forgotten a dinner
engagement? The Bryces aren't com
ing till next week."
"The week after next," corrected his
daughter, soberly.
"Then who? What? My, what a
handsome spread!"
"Daddy,'' observed the youth In the
white shirt, "I thought judges never
got surprised at anything, and here
you are like a minister at a slipper
party."
"My son," said Mrs. Edged, ''you
are not quite old enough to make, com
ments ot that sort on your parents.
Charles," she said, turning to her hus
band with a cool but gentle smile, "you
need not dress; there la not time.
This Is rather a special event, but I
will not explain until dessert. Sit
down, dear, and enjoy It with us."
Judge Edgell's training as a lawyer
taught him not to ask futile questions
of his wife. He sat down, ate one
good thing after another, admired his
wife, talked with hla son about foot
ball and school, and came completely
out of the abstraction Into which the
lingering memory of cases In court
sometimes plunged him during meals.
When angel cake and colored Ice
creams came In, the handsome lady
across the table smiled and said;
"Charles, Don Carlos"—It was the
name she had used playfully In their
youthful courtship, and threw
back twenty-five years—"Don Carlos,
this Is a birthday celebration,"
"Oh. It Isn't mine.
him
mama," came
from the little girl. "I had two last
winter,"
"No, my dear, It Is mama's."
"Mama's!"
cried Judge Edgeil.
Then, as his son would have said, he
"tumbled."
Everybody, he certainly,
had forgotten the dear lady's birth
day. The self-contained If not vener
able justice left hla seat, strode round
to his wife and kissed her heartily.
The woman glowed. The elder daugh
ter brushed away a tear. Seeing the
tear, the small daughter began to cry.
Mr. Edgeil looked distressed, and his
more manly son pooh poohed at the
fuss. "That's a nice way to end a
good dinner!"
"My boy," quoth the father. "It Is a
good way to end a dinner which has
In It a little repentance, and It Is a
good way to begin now for other din
ners, about one a year,
wait a year.
Tomorrow night we'll have a real
birthday celebration for mother, and
she shall not have to superintend It.
We'll have a caterer to do the Job.
It Is a poor stick of a husband who
makes his wife get up her own birth
day celebration."—Youth's Companion.
No, we won't
This one does not count.
What He Wan.
There Is a man living In Waterbury,
Conn., who is the head of a large
family, nearly every member of which
la a performer on some kind of musical
instrument.
A Bostonian, who was visiting the
house of the Waterbury man, referred
to this fact, remarking that It must
be a source of great pleasure to the
family, but to this observation the fa
ther made no reply.
"Really," continued the Bostonian,
"It Is remarkable. Your younger sou
Is a cornetlst, both your daughters are
pianists, your wife Is a violinist, and,
I understand, the others are also mu
sicians. Now, what are you, the fa
ther of such a musical combination?"
"I," replied the old man, sarcastical
ly. "I am a pessimist." — Harper's
Weekly.
Spoiled In Tranalt.
There Is a Philadelphian, having a
summer home near Cape Cod, who
takes great pride In hla cranberry
meadow. On one occasion this gentle
man was entertaining an Englishman
nt dinner when the latter partook for
the first time In his life of the delicacy
known as "cranberry sauce." He was
delighted with It. Indeed, so much
and so often did he express pleasure
that, when he had returned to Lon
don, the Philadelphian sent him a bar
rel of the finest Cape Cod cranberries.
A month or so passed, and then there
came a totter of acknowledgment from
the Briton.
"It was awfully good of you," said
he. among other things, "to send me
those berries, and I thank you. Un
fortunately, they all soured on the
way over."—Harper's Weekly.
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By the time a German woman gets
a company dinner on the table, about
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One of the most prominent figure«
in Congress at the approaching session
will be Representative Chas. E. Town
send, of Michigan,
whose proposed
railroad legislation,
backed by th*
President, Is again
to engage the at
tention ot that
body. His seat In
Congress was gain
ed largely through
the winning an
Important railroad
c. e. TOWxsENU. State tax suit for
the people In the federal court In IDOL
President Roosevelt Invited him to the
White House for a conference on rate
legislation. With Representative John
J. Esch, of Wisconsin, also a member
of the Interstate Commerce Commit
tee, he prepared the Esch-Townsend
bill. It gives the interstate Com
merce Commission power to make the
rates charged by railroads. The bill
passed the House, but failed to pass
the Senate. A bill embodying the
same features Is to be resubmitted to
Congress at Its coming session. He Is
married and has a charming family.
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Offlfflcla statements show that the
Postofflce Department deficit for the
Inst fiscal year amounts to the largo
sum of $15,087,000, This tallies prac
tically with the treasury deficit for the
first quarter of the present year, and
the sharply suggested deduction Is that
If the mall service should be placed
on a paying basis the government's
finances would present a fairer face.
The width of the gulf between the re
ceipts and the expenditures of Mr.
Cortelyou's department has brought
to Washington Representative Jesse
Overstreet, chairman of the House
Committee on Postofflce« and Post
Ronds, who Is in consultation dally
with the official In the effort to devisa
means to cut expenses or Increase the
Income.
The annual distribution of vegetable
and flower seeds by the Department
of Agriculture will begin soon, and be
fore planting time It Is expected the
entire amount, aggregating 38,000,000
packages, will be In the hands of the
people In all sections of the country.
Congress for several years has appro
priated $290,000 for this purpose, but
a portion of the amount Is used for
foreign experiment work. Most of the
packages are subject to the order ot
Senators and Representatives for dis
tribution among their constituents, the
Secretary of Agriculture reserving one
fifth of the entire amount to supply the
statistical crop correspondents, the
weather bureau and for other pur
poses.
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The words ot the President, "square
deal," are being worked vigorously by
many persons who have old claims or
requests upon the government. Many
of the cases which are known In the
department as "old slugs" because of
the many times they have been consid
ered and rejected have again been pre
sented with a demand for a "square
deal." An officer of the army to whom
all such cases In the War Department
are referred for report says that all
these claims, which have heretofo***
been passed upon and decided adverse
ly to the claimant, set out that what
they ask now Is a "square deal," and
many of them Insist that their
quests be presented to the President.
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What will be the final number of
American States? And will there ever
be a completed list? At times It has
seemed as If no more States would be
possible after tbe admission of all the
existing territories. Just at present
the question Is, Shull the four territo
ries In the West become two States,
three or four? The division of tbe old
States, although of extremely rare oc
currence, is always .possible. Parts
of the American domain outside the
Continental Republic may also" become
States, should a majority in both
Houses of Congress so decide. Many
stars may yet be added to the flag.
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There promises to be the hottest kind
of a fight In Congress over the ques
lion ot the type of canal to be cou
itructcd across the Isthmus of Pana
I ma.
latlon ot the President, bused upon
views expressed by the board of con
lulling engineers and the Isthmian ca
' nal commission, advocates of a sea
level type lln d lock type will engage
In n battle royal, which is calculated
1° please only those Interests charged
by Secretary Taft
|Bhonts with working to prevent the
building of the waterway,
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Whatever may be the recommen
and Chairman
A historian has been appointed for
the Panama Canal. He will hence
forth keep track of every event lu
connection with that
project. How glad the chroniclers ot
the past would have been to get
the scenes destined to command the
world's attention Just before the ex
citement began. Many photograph«
have accidentally been taken at criti
cal moments. A care-free tourist had
his camera pointed at the Campanile
In Venice Just as It fell.
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President Roosevelt has cordially
accepted, on behalf of the United
States, the Invitation of the Czar to a
second i>ca.e conference at The
Hague. Favorable responses have
been made by other governments; but
„ disposition Is manifested In some
quarters to secure a definite aZ,
s ment upon the scope of the conference
So much time Is like
ly P0 ' ls i UIllp<i ln these prellml
" arle8 tha t It Is thought that the con
' erel u'e may not assemble before 1907.
Patronize those who advertise.