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. ___ ____...._washed SERIOUS CHARGES MADE BY THE Lost Party of Nine Rescued While on Tells of Terrible Experience of the , . 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, tic 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 NEWSOFNORTHWEST to of is at WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA AND OREGON NEWS ITEMS. ' 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. 36 An the the all the of of the of by the the Af ap end in re • in has of of late is his king I., late of will of the or and an pur of 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. day 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. of has de po for need new lan her the and The dance hall and saloon conduct 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 a of in 10 6, in a 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' 1 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. of be his in of are of 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. the & the 229 the 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. the for by no 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. | --; It is said that last year the salaries of of 24,000 elementary school teachers in Ohio averaged 72 cents a day.