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NEWS OF THE WORLD
SHORT TELEGRAPH 1TIMS FROM
ALL PARTS OF THE GLOBE.
A Review of Happenings in Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week—National,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events.
T. W. Barnes will be appointed col
lector of customs at San Diego, Cal.
Emperor William's birthday was
celebrated Saturday with tbe usual
observances, in Berlin.
By a vote of 130 to 108 the house
waived tbe eight hour day law for
alien labor on tbe Panama canal.
The order dismissing Midshipman
Decatur from the naval academy was
read sut at dinner formation at the
academy recently. He left the grounds
shortly after.
Jack Gtneau lies dead In the morgue
at Tonopab. Nev., and George Cole, a
member of the legislature from Nye
county. Is shot through the arm as Uie
result of a pitched battle between
union and nonunion miners at Clif
ford's, on the Manhattan road.
Myrtle M. Hubbard, a young woman
who came to San Francisco from Se
attle three months ago. committed sui
cide recently by turning on the gas in
her room.
The Invitations which tbe president
and Mrs. Roosevelt have sent out for
the marriage of Miss Roosevelt to Mr.
Longworth are limited to tbe Imme
diate family connections, a small of
ficial list and the intimate personal
friends of Miss Roosevelt and Mr.
Longworth.
In a bargain counter sale recently
at Ix)s Angeles, the crush was so great
that one woman bad an arm broken,
and more than a dozen fainted.
Midshipman Richard R. Mann, pres
idential appointee and a member of
tbe first class, has been acquitted of
the charge of hazing and restored to
duty.
Ground was broken at Washington
recently for the new residence of the
apostolic delegates, which is to be
situated on Baltimore street, in a fash
ionable section of the city. The home
will cost 1100.000 and is to be finished
in October.
It has been decided to raise the
Japanese legation at Romo to the rank
of an embassy, and it Is announced
that M. Uichida, tbe Japanese minister
at Pekin, will be appointed ambassa
dor to Italy.
Robbers have wrecked the safe of
the bank of Owasso, in the Cherokee
nation, with dynamite, and escaped
with several thousand dollars. The
exact sum secured is not known.
A. L. C. Atkinson, secretary of Ha
waii has informed the president that
on account of the Illness of Governor
Carter he will return at once to Hono
lulu.
The voting Is now practically over
In England, Only ten contests remain
to be decided. The totals are now,
liberals 371. unionists. 157, Irish na
tionalists 82, laborltes 50.
Two engines and several cars were
badly damaged by a headon collision
on the Rio Grande at Bingham Junc
tion. Utah, recently.
Captain William H. Van Schaick
was found guilty of criminal negli
gence In falling to have fire drills on
the steamer General Slocum, which he
commanded In June. 1904, when the
steamer burned with the loss of over
1000 persona. He was sentenced to
ten years' imprisonment.
AT THE GRIDIRON CLUB.
Scribes Make Fua Over Panama Canal
and Builders.
Washington, D. C.—From Washing
ton to Panama the Gridiron club took
its guests Saturday night and showed
them how to construct the canal.
From the reception room of the New
Willard hotel, preceded by the Marine
band and led by President Richard
Lee Fcnrn of the Gridiron club and
President Roosevelt, members and
guests wended their way through a
maze of palms and tropical plants to
the dining room, which was trans
formed to resemble the plaza In front
of Governor Magoon's residence in
Panama. From that time forward the
dinner was conducted as if the cor
respondents and their guests were by
the side of the big ditch. A pass was
Issued to each guest over the "Grid
iron way," the "only airline beyond
federal control." and good on the
'"Washington-Panama personally con
ducted tour."
DAMAGE DONE BY BOMB.
Dynamite Projectile Hurled Into
Crowded House.
Worcester. Mass., Jan. 29.—A dyna
mite bomb, burled through a second
story window of the house of Paul
Mosczynskl, 32 Union avenue, at an
early hour this morning, exploded and
tore away the rear part of the house,
blowing out the floors and rear wall.
Twenty-two persons were asleep in
the house, but no one was injured.
The wife of Daniel C. Booth, who was
ill. was rendered insane by the ex
plosion. She was taken to a hospital
tonight.
Murderer Ends Own Life.
Ashley, N. D., Jan. 30.—The body
of Henry Folkenson, murderer of W.
I. Drake, a prominent Minneapolis den
tist, was found in a corn field near the
outskirts of the city. Indications
point that he ended his own life.
Folkenson killed Drake during a
quarrel over a bill for 45 cents, which
Folkenson claimed was due him.
Big Railroad Death List
A bulletin issued by the interstate
commerce commission shows that dur
ing the months of July, August and
September last 1003 were killed and
16,386 injured among passengers and
employes of steam railroads in tbs
United States.
There is only one ordained mission
ary in tbe world for 900,000 heathen.
. MURDERED MILLIONAIRE'S WIFE
Mrs. Canfield Was Seated on Front
Porch at Her Home in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles, Jan. 28.—Mrs. C. A.
Canfield, wife of Multimillionaire and
Oil Magnate C. A. Canfield, and a
prominent society woman of Los An
geles, »'as shot and killed while sit
ting on the front porch of her resi
dence In the fashionable section of the
city. Jler slayer was Morris Buck, a
former family coachman, who is in
custody. According to bis own story,
related to the officers who captured
him. Buck wrote to Mrs. Canfield, so
liciting an interview and demanding
the payment of a large sum of money,
which he claimed to be due him. He
said his letter met with no response
and he determined to seek a personal
Interview with Mrs. Canfield. He ar
rived at the Canfield mansion about
6:40 in the evening and found Mrs.
Canfield sitting on the porch. When
he renewed his demand for cash, she
ordered him off the premises. A ser
vant of the household started toward
him and Buck drew a pistol from hla
pocket. Mrs. Canfield grabbed the pis
tol and attempted to wrest it from
him. During the scuffle, he pulled the
trigger of the weapon and the bullet
struck Mrs. Canfield In .the breast and
she tell back on the porch.
Officers who arrested Buck after a
chase of several blocks are convinced
that the man is sane. According to
the version of neighbors, who wit
nessed a portion of the tragedy, Buck
first shot Mrs. Canfield In the breast
and when she fell back on the porch
ho leaned over and deliberately fired
another shot into her abdomen. The
first shot went directly through her
heart. On Buck's person, In addition
to the pistol with which he had done
the killing, were found a 38 caliber re
volver. a long dirk knife sharpened to
a razor edge and several loose cart
ridges. Buck is about 28 years old
and little is known of him.
C. A. Canfield left home a few days
ago In a private car for an Inspection
of oil properties In Mexico. Ho was
accompanied by two of his young
daughters. 12 and 14 years of age.
Mrs. Canfield was about 46 years of
age, and was the mother of five chil
dren. Mr. Canfield Is the senior mem
ber of the firm of Canfield 6c Chans
lor, the largest oil producers la the
state.
HEYBURN TALKED
FOREST RESERVES
Washington, Jan. 80.—The Chinese
boycott and the administration of the
forest reserves divided the attention of
tbe set ate Monday. The Chinese ques
tion ca ne up tn connection with a res
olution by Senator Tillman directing
an investigation by the committee on
immigration. Senator Tillman modi
fied the resolution by ommitting the
major portion of the preamble and af
ter considerable discussion the resolu
tion was referred to the committee on
contingent expenses.
Senator Heybnru raised the question
regarding forest reserves. He sharply
oritiz'd the methods of the forestry bu
reau and charged it with maintaining
a press bureau for the purpose of at
tacking him. He declined, however,
to hold the president responsible for
this course. He asid that the coarse
sws calculated to retard the develop
ment of the west.
Senator Dubois took a contrary view,
defending the policy pursued and con
tending that it was in the interest of
the arid regions.
Senator Heyburu addressed the senate
in support of his bill to compensate
states for school lands taken possession
of by the government for forest reserve
purposes. He said congress had sur
rendered its constitutional right to con
trol the public lands embraced within
the public lands embbraoed within
the forest reserves and that the admin
stratinu of the reservations is of such
a character as to force the conviction
that the time has arrived for congress
to resume its guardianship.
Senator Heybnrn said the forest re
serve- in Idaho cover more than 23,0(0
square miles. He protested against
such au extensive withdrawal as un
fair, saying;
"It is men we want, not trees."
SEEMS TO FAVOR LOCK CANAL.
Commission Said to Have Accepted
Minority Report of Engineers.
Washington.—The isthmian canal
commission has concluded Its consid
eration of the report of the board of
consulting engineers with respect to
the type of canal that should be built.
The commission has had before it the
reports of the majority and minority
of the consulting board.
While no official announcement Is
made with reference to the commis
sion's report, there is good reason to
believe they have summarized the two
reports and have recommended the
construction of a lock canal, with 183
foot level, practically following the
recommendations of the minority of
the consulting engineers.
Strange Crimes in St. Louis.
St. Louis. Jan. 28.—While walking
along Kossuth avenue Bertha Riley,
aged 11 years, was stabbed in the
back, presumably by a young man.
The girl ran home and was given
medical attention, and It is said the
wound is not serious. This makes the
sixteenth girl that has been stabbed
in the night within tbe past two
weeks.
Vast City Buried In Forest.
Count Maurice da Peregny, an old
French archeologist, has discovered In
the Peten district of Guatemala an Im
mense ruin of an ancient city of the
Mayas, which it will take months for
him to Investigate property. The ex
plorer will return to this continent
next year to complete investigations of
the ancient city, whose ruins are of
the utmost archeological interest.
Queen Margherita of Italy has an
Alpine garden 6000 feet above sea lev
el, which is said to be not only the
highest garden in the world but the
most perfect of Us kind.
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SERIOUS CHARGES MADE BY THE
Lost Party of Nine Rescued While on
Tells of Terrible Experience of the
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who traveled an almost Impassable
trail for 15 miles. After a night spent
on the trail they started for home with
the survivors. Before returning Cap
tain Ferris visited the wreck. He
reports the beach literally covered
with wreckage, and at that time five
bodies were on shore being identified.
They found F. F. Bunker, assistant
superintendent of schools of Seattle,
and F. Marshall on the beach in a bad
condition, the latter having walked
the whole way suffering from a sprain
ed ankle and experiencing severe pain.
The remainder of the party had taken
to the trail.
Bunker had lost his coat and shirt
and was wearing a blanket with arm
holes cut In it. Marshall's ankle was
In a bad condition. The two men were
taken to a telegraph hut at Pachena
and given food. Soon afterwards,
while these two wore being cared lor,
the rescue parly arrived with the oth
er survivors. All were completely fa
tigued. The entire party was equip
ped with shoes, those who had been
without having been supplied with
shoes taken from the corpses »'ashed
ashore. The survivors are loud in
their praise of the rescue parly from
the Salvor, The trail is in a frightful
condition and travel Is moat difficult.
Brave Cable Operators.
Messrs. Richmond, Mousely and Mc
Wha, cable operators, were the first
to reach the survivors. The telegraph
men were completely worn out, having
swam several streams, but It would
have be/en Impossible for them to
bring In the survivors without, the
assistance from the Salvor's party.
The survivors who were picked up by
the Salvor at Touquart. the men found
on Turtle Island, and those brought
In by the rescue party have been re
moved on board the United Slates
revenue cutter Grant, with the excep
tion of two, who are too ill to be
transferred. The bodies secured by
the Salvor have also been removed
to the revenue cutter. The Grant has
gone to Seattle. ,
Crew Lacked Discipline.
F. F. Bunker said there was evident
lack of dt-clpllne among the crew,
and this fact Is corroborated by other
passengers. A messboy cursed an of
fleer to his face for not giving proper
orders. Mr. Bunker said boat No.
was sent through the surf with more
than 20 passengers In it and only sev
en got ashore after It capsized. He
got In the next boat lowered, with his
wife and two children. This boat
was sent out without officers or sea
men. The boat capsized and he tried
to crawl back. As he did so the boat
righted and nearly filled. He got
and his wife was clinging to the side
of the boat. The girl was gone and
the boy was limp. He tried to restore
the boy to life and the little fellow
recovered consciousness and began
cry and call "Papa.'' His wife said
she could not hold on longer. Ho
kissed her goodby. Just then the
boat again capsized. He told his wife
to hold on, and took her with one
arm and the child with the other, but
something struck him on the head and
he lost them. He was swept in and
out three times by the breakers, but
finally managed to clutch the rocks
and hold fast.
He waited on the rocks after climb
ing out of the water until morning,
and then he climbed up the bluff and
found a trail to a hut, which he reach
ed after great hardship, having
swim a river to gain the hut. In the
hut he found some moldy beans and
a telephone receiver. During the next
two days the sufferings of himself and
other survivors who had joined him
»■ere terrible, but help arrived from
the cable station at Bamfleld, then
party from Clo-Oose, then those from
the Salvor.
Why These Serious Faults?
Mr. Bunker says that In his opinion
there are several questions that re
quire answering In connection with
the disaster, as follows:
"Why were boatloads of passengers
loaded Into the water without crews
to man or officers to command?
"Why was there no discipline among
officers and men?
"Why were the plugs for the bot
tom of the boats not made to fit?
"Why was it Impossible for the pas
sengers to make pins for the row
locks to fit?
"Why were the life preservers made
of reeds and not of cork?"
Mr, Bunker opened 50 of these life
preservers which floated into the
rocks near where he was. and found
them all the same. He also asks:
"Why did six members of the crew
land near Cape Beale in one of the
ship's boats without passengers?
"Why did the Queen and two tugs
which stood near the wreck on
Wednesday leave her to her fate?"
One hour after they left the wreck,
he said, the remains of the steamer
collapsed and more than 50 persons
floated to sea. with no one to pick
them up.
Alfred Willis Makes Charges.
Alfred Willis of Spokane, an ordi
nary seaman of the United States ship
Pensacola, aged 16, was one of the
survivors and tells a story of hard
ship that makes the blood curdle. He
was In the second boat, and when
was launched found that the plugs
would not fit. He could find no other
THEVALENCIA WRECK
SURVIVOR j OF DISASTER.
a Mountainous Trail— F. F. Bunker
Shipwrecked Victims—Calls Atten
tion to Many Faults.
Victoria, B. C.—All the survivors
who reached shore near the scene of
the wreck have now been cared for,
the last party of nine, who had been
stalled at Darling river on account
of the Hooded waters, have reached
the steamer Salvor at Bamfleld creek.
They were in a bad condition.
Great credit is due to the party from
the Salvor, headed by Captain Ferris,
plug and used his hand as a plug to
prevent the boat from filling and
sinking. The boat was washed through
the surf and was capsized. He was
to the shore and drawn out
three times by the undertow, but fin
ally caught his pants on a piece of
jagged rock and held. He is in very
bad shape, but came over the trail
in fine style.
No better example of discipline was
'ever shown than when Willis arrived
at Pachena bay and saw Lieutenant
Colville of the United States ship
Grant. Recognizing his superior offi
cer. be calmly saluted, and said:
"Lieutenant. I report, sir. It was,
Indeed it was, a pitiful scene." He
loud in his praise for Mr. Bunker, who
kept the party of survivors in good
spirits, and also to the rescue party
from the Salvor, to whom he gives
the credit of saving his life.
He is most emphatic in condemning
jthe officers and equipment of the llfe
boats. In number two boat there was
no one who understood its manage
ment, and it was steered by a flre
man. The wooden oarlocks broke
the flrgt , t roke of the oars,
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PASSENGER TRAINS
HEADON COLLISION
A fatal headon collision is reported
from Columbia Falls, Mont., at 10:40
Monday night between Great Northern
Limited trains. Both firemen, names
unknown, are reported killed- Con
ductor Quinn of the westbound limited
is repotrde badly hurt, and five passen
gers are said to have been hurt. The
injured were taken to Whiteflsh, Mont.
The trians met on a level, straight
away track, where speed of 80 to
miles is ordinarily attained. Both en
gines turned over and landed many
feet from the track. It is reported tbe
wreck took fire immediately. The sur
onnding country is low and marshy,
and it believed a heavy fog prevailed,
which contributed to the disaster. An
engine from the Kalispell branch was
quickly run to the scene fromjthe junc
tion a mile distant. This was coupled
to the rear of the train and the oars
pulled away from the fire.
The engines in the wreck were of the
"Changhai" type, monster locomotives
with high drivers.
The eastbound trian was in charge
of Conductor Bert Robertson, and En
gineer Therwichter. Conductor Quinn
and Eugineer Barden were in charge
of the westbound limited. All the
trainmen involved belong to Whiteflsh,
Montana. So far were the oars hurled
by the force of the collision that
of the telegraph wires and poles by
track were thrown down. A wrecking
outfit was promptly disnatohed from
Whiteflsh.
KINO OF DENMARK
DIED SUDDENLY
Copenhagen, Denmark, Jan. 80.—
Christian, the ninth, the aged king
Denmark, dean of the crowned heads
of Europe, father of King George
Greese, of Queen Alexandria of Europe
Great Britain and Ireland, and of
dowager empress Maria Feodorcna
Russia, grandfather of King Haakon,
the seventh, of Norway, and related
blood or by marriage to most of
European rulers, died with startling
suddenness in the Amalienborg palace
Monday evening. The successor to
throne, Prince Ferdinand, his eldest
son. who will be known as Frederick
the eighth, war proclaimed Tuesday.
The following is the official bulletin
announcing his death:
"His majesty died at 3:80 p. m.
ter his majesty had brought Monday
morning's audience to a close ho
peared to be quite well, and proceeded
to luncheon as usual. Toward the
of the morning he gave evidence of
disposition and was compelled to
tire'fo bed at 23:0 p. m. His majesty
passed away peacefully the symptoms
indicating heart failure."
This bulletin tells concisely the story
of the death scene, which found every
one, even those who realized the
creasing feebleness of the king, unpre
pared for the sadden shook.
The death of King Christian
plunged half the continent of Europe
into the deepest mourning and brought
a sense of personal loss as well as
sincere grief to every one throughout
the kingdom of Denmark.
Prince Frederick, the eldest son
the late King Christina, who succeeds
to the throne. Was born June 8, 1843.
and was married July 28,(1869,to Prin
cess Louisa, daughter of King Charles
XV. o f Sweden and Norway. The
King Christian's eldest daughter
Queen Alexandria of England and
sou, Prince William, was elected king
of Greece under the title of George
in 1868. Another daughter of the
king, Marie Dagmar, is the dowager
empress of Russia, Maria Feodorovna,
who was married to Alexander HI.
Russia. He died Noveumber I, 1894,
and his son, Nicholas, is now emperor
of Russia.
The sadden death of the king will
place the majority "of the royal houses
of Europe in mourning. The rulers
Russia, Great Britain, Greece, Sweden
and Norway are directly related to
dead monarch, either personally
through their consorts. His sons
daughterss were preparing for their
nual trip to Copenhagen for the pur
pose of celebrating his 88th birthday,
Queen Alexandria received the news
the death of her father at Windsor.
Our Fleet Leaves Tangier.
Algiers.—The Second squadron
the North Atlantic fleet. Rear Admiral
Charles D. Sigsbee commanding,
sailed for Vlllefrance. A dozen
serters were left behind, and the
lice authorities are searching
them.
Queen Maud of Norway will need
little tuition in the speech of her
realm, for she took to the Danish
guage with instinctive ease during
girlhood. The difference between
two languages, both In vocabulary
pronunciation, are principally dlalec
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A Few Interesting Items Gathered
rounding Country—Numerous Accl
From Our Exchanges of the Sur
dents and Personal Events Take
Place—Fall Trade Is Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
William Schlminski, who recently
pleaded guilty to the shooting of Pear
son and Heady at their mining camp
on the South half, was sentenced by
the superior court of Ferry county to
five years at hard labor in the state
penitentiary at Walla Walla.
General Charles King camp No. 4,
department of Washington, United
Spanish war veterans, has issued In
vitations to their comrades to join ih
a celebration at Spokane. February 3
of the Filipino Insurrection.
The Great Northern observation car
Columbia took fire between Wenat
chee and Rock Island recently and was
totally destroyed.
Seattle will have an ordinance pro
viding for the inspection of meat.
The annual charity ball of El Katlf
temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine,
of Spokane, will be given in Masonic
temple February 22. The entire tem
ple will be given to the Shrlners for
the annual event. They will enter
tain with lunch, cards, music and
dancing. /
Plans for the railroad shops of the
Washington & Columbia River road,
which are to be removed from Eureka
Junction to Walla Walla, are nearly
completed and work on the new build
ings will soon be commenced.
Daniel K. Oliver, one of the pioneers
of Spokane, died at his home Sunday
night from stomach trouble. Mr,
Oliver came to Spokane in 1878. He
was 62 years old and a member of the
O. A. R. He leaves a wife and one
son. Charles W. Oliver.
The workmen on the Sunnyslde
branch of the Northern Pacific are
now laying track on the last mile of
the road Into Sunnyslde. Upon its
completion the citizens have decided
to hold a jubilee meeting,
J. C. Robinson, a member of the
Prosser O. A. R. post and prominent
in the order throughout the state, has
received from General Tanner, depart
ment commander of the national or
ganization, notification of his appoint
ment as aide de camp on his staff.
But one such appointment is made in
each state.
A statement made public by the rec
lamation service shows that the rec
lamation fund now amounts to $27,
818,351, of which amount the state
of Washington contributed $3,187,136
and Idaho $2,028,761.
Ah Min, alias "Gold Tooth," who
la said by the United States authori
ties to be the most notorious smug
gler of Chinamen In the northwest,
will be deported to China this week.
The body of Martin Murray, the
baggageman who was killed In the
train wreck at Rock Island, near We
natchee, has been recovered by the
wrecking crew. It succeeded in rais
ing the car. which had synk in the
Columbia river after leaving the track.
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IDAHO NEWS.
Charles McTlernan, a tlmberman
the Morning mine, near Mullan, was
killed recently by being struck on the
back of the head by falling mine tim
ber.
Lyman Johnson of Clarks Fork step
ped off a passenger train on the North
ern Pacific at 5:30 o'clock the other
hen the train stopped on the
bridge over Lake Pend d'Oreille, and
»•as dashed to death on the rocks be
low.
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W. P. Green, an employe on a right
of way contract on the Corbin road,
chopped down a tree the other day.
In falling the tree struck a green tam
arack, bending it to the ground. When
released the tamarack shot back with
such force as to strike Green, crushing
In the side of his face and body and
killing him instantly.
William Yarbaugh, plasterer and
mortar mixer of Lewiston, last Sunday
attempted to murder his wife with
butcher knife, and after failing in his
purpose returned to his room, where
he cut his own throat with a case
knife.
With $145.000 cash in the hands
the county, Lewiston banks are en
gaged In a fierce contest over the de
pository law, the settlement of which
will determine where the money will
be deposited and when the county will
begin to draw Interest. The county
commissioners are at a deadlock.
Henry Neuebaumer, the Alaskan mi
ner who committed suicide at Boise
recently, after having fatally wounded
Ollle Powell, his former sweetheart,
who ran away with another man the
night before her marriage to Neue
baumer was to have taken place, and
seriously wounded L. Gray, successful
rival, and the latter's mother and
sister, left what is believed to have
been a considerable quantity of gold
dust burled along the Yukon river
Alaska.
The state land board has been com
pelled to readvertlse the school land
sale at Coeur d'Alene City, as the time
limit to remove the timber has been
extended from three years as fixed
in the present advertlsemenL to
years from date of sale. The sale
•has been postponed until March
1906.
The new town of Potlatch, the home
of the Potlatch Lumber company's big
sawmill and lumber plant. Is making
more rapid growth than any town
the history of the state, outside of
mining camp.
Stiles and surrounding country now
have the worst roads of the season.
The bridge over the Clearwater be
tween Stiles and Kooskia is now com
pleted.
Archie Glllls, foreman of the carpen
ter gang at the Morning mill at Mul
lan. narrowly escaped losing his left
hand, If not his life, recently. While
working around the machinery Mr.
Glllls allowed his left hand to become
caught in a rapidly revolving pulley.
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ed by William Moore for the past six
months at Wardner has closed its
door*, and ceaaed to do business.
National bank of Wallace, has gone
to Twin Falls to open bids for the
j construction of a building for the
First National bank of Twin Falls.
The Coeur d'Alene land office Is;
withdrawing an additional 17 town-,
shlps and adding the tract to the
Priest River reserve. The withdrawn
land In Kootenai county lies due east
I of the Priest River forest reserve and
Is contiguous to it.
The Idaho Cedarmeu's association
has been formed recently In Spokane,
with Idaho men in the company and
one Spokane man. The purpose of the
organization will be to establish a
uniform grade, and rules governing
the Inspection of telephone, telegraph
and electric light poles.
I
MONTANA 8QUIBB8.
Harry A. Kennedy, one of the best
known mining engineers in Butte, and
a well known business man, was re
cently Instantly crushed to death in
the 1200 fool underground shaft in the
Plttsmont mine while engaged in
measuring the distance of a drift.
Death came without warning, a large
mass of rock crushing Kennedy's
chest and body In as if it were an
eggshell and breaking his neck.
Smith Higgins and Mrs. Emma
Rowe of Missoula have been under
arrest at Juneau charged with the
theft of $800, the property of the four
minor children of Mrs. Rowe, whom
she is accused of deserting to run
away with Higgins.
Butte is again a wide open town, the
games opening with a flourish last
Monday after a suspension of six
months, daring which time it is esti
mated the ooanty and city officials
were quarreling over the so called
"license money.'' County Attorney
James E. Healy, up to this time, had
repeatedly assured tbe public of his de
termintaion to suppress gambling,
which,Jon tbe statute books,is a felony,
but now he has put himself on record
as saying he is in favor of wide open
gambling and is thoroughly tired of
tbe gambling question. Tbe play on
Monday was extremely heavy, crowds
packing the various tables to almost
the point of suffocation.
OREGON ITEMS.
The Oregon land fraud eases are
to be given precedence on the trial
calendar in tbe United States circuit
court, according to United States Cir
cuit Judge W. B. Gilbert, before leav
ing for San Francisco on official busi
ness. The eases when called will
tried before Judge Wolverton.
Renewed Interest in the disappear
ance of J. L. Huffman has been arous
ed by the offer of a reward for infor
mation leading to his location by his
mother, Mrs. C. H. Whitney of Baker
City. Huffman was a typesetter.
Portland merchants are disturbed
over receiving postal cards bearing
the "black hand" symbol of death
used by Italians. The police are
vestigating.
The ashes of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth
Casslday who died in Spokane recent
ly. were scattered on the waters
the Willamette river at Portland. This
act was in accordance with Mrs. Cas
slday's last wishes.
The severe weather which has visit
ed Sumpter section for several days
past has at last subsided and busi
ness conditions as a consequence are
assuming a normal tone.
Frank Martin, a laborer, has been
arrested at McEwen on the charge
having assaulted Grant Geddes.
in
YAKIMA IRRIGATION
PROJECT ASSURED
Prosier, Wash., Jan. 81.—The Tie
ton and Bunnyside irrigation projects
are assured by the signing here of the
government agreement by E. F. Benson
of the Prosser Falls Land & Power
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Ail the other rights in the
company.
Yakima liver are now adjusted, and
Eugineer Jacobs has wired Washing
ton from here that the slate is clean.
Taylor & Kemp and Thompson
Pratt, the two other firms having water
rights, signed tbe government agree
ment a week ago.
The government is to take over the
irrigating plant of Mr. Benson and also
water 400 acres of his individual lands.
It will allow 216 cubic feet of water
to pass Prosser daring August, and 229
daring the balance of the irrigation
season, and also raise the dam in the
river here from 12 to 16 feet. This will
leave ample power for manufacturing
purposes.
Engineer Jacobs said he believed the
work in this valley would continue
12 years, until $12,000,000 are expend
ed and 400,000 acres of land irrigated,
200,000 of which will be in Benton
county.
This is the greatest day in Prosser's
history, even being eclipsed in enthus
iasm by tbe news, nearly a year ago,
that Benton ooanty had been created.
Predictions are freely made that Pros
ser will have,26 population in 10 years.
Theatrical Notes.
John P. Ward, the veteran come
dian, is again playing in the role
of Uncle Barnaby in "Babes in Toy
land."
"The Harlequin King," produced
Lewis Waller in London last week,
will be given in New York next month.
Beerbohm Tree is considering mak
ing a spring tour of Germany.
Virginia Harned seems to have
definite plans for the future.
A countryman recently went to Lon
don to see the popular musical com
edy 'The Spring Chicken," but got
mixed up in bis ornithology and pur
chased a ticket to Ibsen's "The Wild
Duck."
Bleanor Robson is to bring out her
own play by Clyde Fitch in Cleveland
on February 1. It has been named
"The Girl Who Has Everything."
Lyons, in the valley of the Rhone
France, is the largest silk manufaotur
tng center in the world, producing an
Dually about $80.000,000 worth.
Great Britain imports $900.000,600
farm products In a year.
RISE A FALL OF A NORTHE CAL'
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REPUBLIC, A MONTH
;
CASIAN GOVERNMENT.
Russian Soldiers and Entire Popula
a
tion of Several Cities Constituted
an Assembly and Revolutionary
Army, Which Was Put Out of Busi
ness by a Torpedo Boat Destroyer.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 29.—A letter
from Pyatigorsk, in Caucasia, de
scribes the rise and fall of the north
Caucasian republic, which had a short
and thrilling history of a month. Af
ter the revolt of the reserve battalion
garrisoning Pyatigorsk, the soldiers
were joined by the entire population
of that and four neighboring cities.
A constituent assembly was summon
ed and a "revolutionary army" form
ed, consisting of the mutinous soldiers,
who were led by a renegade Cossack
officer and several bands of the fight
ing branch of the revolutionary or
ganizations and other Irregulars.
This "army" carried on a successful
campaign against the troops guarding
the railroad stations, who were driven
back for some 40 miles along the line
with considerable loss.
The revolutionists conceived plans
of marching to Rostolf-on-Don, 250
miles away, and even talked of con
tinuing on to Khargoff to join hands
with the supposed revolutionary army
there. They were to stop on the way
and attack the Important arsenal at
Georglevisk, where there are large
stores of rifles, cannon and machine
guns.
The army was attacked by three
companies of Cossacks, whom it de
feated with heavy loss, most of the
survivors being killed during their
flight across the thin ice of a stream.
Later the "army" encountered a
column of Infantry, a battery of artil
lery and seven companies of Cossacks,
This column was too strong to be re
sisted, and the revolutionists after a
hasty council of war fled. The "re
public" then came to an end.
The Vistka In the government of
that name, a band largely composed
of schoolboys and schoolgirls, seized
the water works, which they held tor
15 hours against a whole battalion of
infantry. The troops were attacked In
the rear by two companies of revolu
tionists. who were finally driven to a
fortified house. This house was cap
tured. Among the killed was the
colonel commanding the troops.
The newspapers publish interesting
accounts received by mail of the die
orders in the smaller cities of the in
terior during the period of armed re
volt, many of which passed unnoticed
at the time, owing ta the interruption
of telegraphic communication. In a
number of instances the revolutionists
were defeated and driven out of the
town or forced to surrender.
At Sotsl, on the Black sea, 80 Cos
sacks of the garrison who attempted
to disperse a gathering in the market
place were routed by the revolution
ists and forced to flee to their bar
racks outside the town, where they
were regularly besieged. The insur
gents brought up an old cannon from
the port and bombarded the barracks
for two days with such effect that the
Cossacks were forced to surrender.
The triumph df the revolutionists
was short lived, however, for a tor
pedo boat destroyer arrived from Ba
toum and the population at the first
threat of a bombardment hastened to
liberate the prisoners and to deliver
up their arms, as well as tbe funds
of the city treasury, which had been
taken to the mountains.
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GET BANK FORGERY SUSPECT.
the
American Bookmaker Held in an
$800,000 Deal.
Central office detectives of New
York City have arrested a man for
whom they declare the police of the
whole country have been searching
for more than four years.
The prisoner, who was picked up on
the street by a mere chance, la de
clared to be James Manes, formerly an
American bookmaker, who is wanted
In connection with the famous Bank
of Liverpool robbery of November 22.
1901, in which the English institution,
through forgery and conspiracy, was
defrauded out of more than $800,000.
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LIVES LOST IN FIRE.
Three Persona Suffer Death in Fire at
Lowell.
Lowell, Mass.—Three lives were lost
by the burning of the Richardson ho
tel here at 2 o'clock In the morning.
The dead are:
H. C. Harding of Somerville. Mass.
Christine Nelson, pastry cook, of
Boston.
Miss Josephine Kennlster, a nurse,
Franklin Falls, N. H.
There were more than 40 guests in
the building when the fire broke out.
The upper floors of the hotel were
burned out.
The fire is believed to have-started
In the kitchen, from an overheated
stove.
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got
More Bodies Found.
Victoria. B. C.. Jan. 29.—Organized
parties are making every effort to se
cure all the bodies of victims of the
Valencia disaster that can be found.
Nineteen were recovered Sunday even
ing. and with a calmer sea. attempts
were made to land near the scene of
the wreck and take the bodies on tugs.
It being impossible to take the dead
over the difficult trails.
The Reporter's Reason.
her "Why do you say "a blush crept
over the face of the fair plaintiff?"
asks the editor.
"Because," explains the reporter,
"there was so much powder on her
in face the blush ha<1 to cree P ° r elae 11
woul<1 ralse t0 ° "«ch dust."—Modern
an- Society.
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It is said that last year the salaries
of of 24,000 elementary school teachers in
Ohio averaged 72 cents a day.