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NEWS OF THE WORLD
SHORT TELEGRAPH ITEMS 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.
All cable connection with Buena
Ventura is still interrupted.
Richard L. Asburst has been ap
pointed postmaster at Philadelphia, to
succeed Clayton McMichael.
Admiral and Mrs. Winfield Scott
Schley were In an exciting runaway
accident, recently, at the National
Capital.
Mount Vesuvius is In eruption from
a fissure 400 meters in length on the
right side of the mountain. It Is a
magnificent sight.
Public Printer Stillings has appoint
ed Charles S. Brown of Grand Rapids,
Mich., to bo chief inspector of the
government printing offices.
Cameron A. Owens, assistant cashier
of the W. K. Vandersllce Jewelry com
pany of San Francisco, committed sul
side recently by gas asphyxiation.
Ukiah, Cal.—Frank Willard, a half
breed, who murdered Sheriff Smith on
December 22 last, was sentenced to
be banged at San Quentin April 26.
The national treasury statement
shows: Available cash balance, $145,
955,426; gold coin and bullion, $77,
377,410; gold certificates, $36,765.170.
The American game of football as
now played Is wholly unfit for col
leges and schools, according to an
opinion expressed by President Cbas.
Eliot of Harvard university.
London.—Lady Strathcona and
Mountroyal, wife of the Canadian high
commissioner, has donated $52,500 to
Queen Alexandra's fund for the as
sistance of the unemployed.
The war department has decided
to go uack to the heavy caliber for
army revolvers and adopt a cartridge
proposed by the ordnance bureau car
rying a bullet of 45 caliber to replace
the 38 caliber now In use.
The board of construction of the na
vy has about decided to recommend
the Installation on board each of the
South Carolina and' the Michigan, the
two new battleships now being de
signed, of turbine machinery.
Secretary Metcalf of the department
of commerce and labor has issued In
structions advising Inspectors of
steamboat inspection service that they
In the future assist the United States
district attorney in the enforcement
of the steamboat inspection laws.
Chester H. Mercury, recently ap
pointed American consul at Managua,
will not fill that post. Mr. Mercury
married a Nicaraguan, the daughter of
an ex-president, who is still alive and
in politics. It was feared that Mr.
Mercury might therefore become In
volved in Nicaraguan domestic af
fairs.
The president has confirmed the sen
tence in the case of First Lieutenant
Richard W, Buchanan, 23d Infantry,
who was tried by courtmartial in New
York city and found guilty of charges
of violating his pledge to abstain from
the use of intoxicating liquors and
drunkenness on duty and sentenced to
be dismissed.
President W. Q Tighe of the New
Mexoio university was seriously injured
recently by sn explosion of gasoline
while experimenting in the laboratory.
One of liis arms was torn off and be
was otherwise horribly mutilated. His
recovery is doabtfnl.
M. Pokotiloff, the Russian minister,
and Mr. Tong,representing the Chinese
government, are discussing a Husso
Ohinese treaty along the lines of that
between China and Japan.
James H. Trevorrow, late superin
tendent if the Le Rol mine at Ross
land, B. C., is dead. He died at Los
Angeles, California. He was 44 years
oldjand a native of Cornwaall, Eng
land. Ho leaves a wife and six child
ren, the oldest of whom is about 18.
FROM LEWISTON TO PASCO.
The Clearwater Short Line Wdl
Build Road.
Olympia. Wash.—The Clearwater
Short Line Railway company haa filed
with the secretary of state an order
aopted by the company at a meeting
in St. Paul on January 25. authorizing
It to construct a line of railway from
Lewiston, Idaho, to Pasco. Wash. The
line is to be 140 miles In length, wholly
within Whitman and Frank..n coun
ties.
This evidently means that the Nor
—ern Pacific will bund a line to con
nect Lewiston and the interior of Ida
ho with the Pasco-Portland short cut,
and Is another link in the prospective
cut-off via Lolo pass.
Sheriff Kept His Man.
Poplar Bluff, Mo.. Feb. 4.—In spite
of the avowed intention of a mob to
wreak summary vengeance upon posi
tive identification of Bud Jackson, a
negro, as the assailant of Mrs. Daniel
Norman, Sheriff Hogg succeeded In
removing Jackson from the Jail and
started his way to Hendrickson, 16
miles distant, without actual harm be
ing done the prisoner.
Major General Fred Grant.
The president has selected Briga
dier General Frederick Dent Grant,
commander of the department of the
east, to be promoted to the grade of
major general to fill the vacancy caus
ed by the retirement of Major Gen
eral Sumner, February 6.
Mrs. Yerkes Is Married.
After persistently denying her mar
riage to Wilson Mizner for some days,
the widow of Charles T. Yernes exer
cised her feminine prerogative and ac
knowledged her husband in the pres
ence of a mass meeting of reporters.
Stockholm has the largest death
rate from the use of alcohol of any
dty in the world. The number of
deaths from this cause is 90 in 1000.
COAL MINERS MAY STRIKE.
Conference at an End and No Agree
ment Reached.
Indianapolis.—One of the most dra
matic scenes ever witnessed in a na
tional convention of the United Mine
workers of America was the final ad
journment of that body last week af
ter the dissolution of the Joint con
ference of operators and miners of the
central and southwestern districts and
aiier the national convention had ad
ministered a stinging rebuke to Pat
rick Dolan of Pennsylvania for trans
gressing one of the fundamental laws
of unionism, in voting contrary to bis
instructions to stand for an increase
of wages.
Secretary-Treasurer W, B. Wilson Is
especially determined that the funds
shall be at least $2,600,000 and the
other national officers and a majority
of the board members are of the opin
ion that this sum will not be founu
too large.
According to figures at the bead
quarters of the workers, a general
strike April 1 would bring out of the
mines 620,000 men if the nonunion
miners of West Virginia, numbering
150,000, could be induced to strike with
the union men of the other districts.
AT ROYAL FATHER'S BIER.
Queen of England Arrives in Copen
hagen.
Copenhagen, Feb. 6.—Queen Alexan
dra has arrived here. She was met at
Che depot by King Frederick and mem
bers of the royal family and the staff
of the British legation. A large crowd
saluted the queen as the royal car
riage left the station for the palace.
It haa been arranged that the body
of King Christian will be conveyed to
Roskilde by train and accompanied by
the royal personages who are to at
tend the funeral. The funeral train
will be followed by another contain
ing those invited to the ceremony. It
Is announced that there was a prob
ability that the funeral would be post
poned until February 21, owing to the
desire of some foreign royal person
ages to attend who can not arrive
here earlier. It Is rumored that King
Edward is among these.
The service at Roskilde will be very
simple. The sermon will be preached
by the bishop of Copenhagen. The
seating capacity of the cathedral is
only 1800.
28 BODIES FROm VALENCIA.
First Victim Buried on Island Is Stew
ard From Frisco.
Victoria, B. C„ Feb. 5.—The rude
cross placed at the bean of a new
made mound on the black sands of
I.ong beach, where miners washed for
placer gold a few years ago, marks
the grave of the first victim of the
Valencia to be burled on the Van
couver island coast. The cross was
erected by Lieutenant Whittier of tnc
landing party on the U. S. S. Grant,
which Interred the remains o( V. M.
Crane of San Francisco. Crane was In
the steward's department of the Va
leneia. It is expected that other bod
les washed ashore will hereafter be
buried near the scene, as they are now
much decomposed.
The sen is smooth and bodies are
beginning to rise. The Perry's men
found another body, not identified.
This brings the total number recover
ed up to 28.
Later Report.
Victoria, B. C„ Feb. 5.—Three more
bodies were recovered today at the
scene of the wreck of the Valencia,
the total now reaching 33. The wreck
victims number 117.
SAVES FIVE; THEN DROWNS.
Father Simon Loses His Life in a
Heroic Endeavor.
1a Salle, III., Feb. 4.—Father Gil
bert Simon of St. Bedes college and
three students were drowned while
skating on the Illinois river. Several
boys were standing to have a photo
graph taken, when the Ice broke and
all sank. Father Simon plunged into
the water and saved five boys, but on
reentering the icy river for a sixth
student, he became exhausted, and he
with three boys were drowned. The
four bodies were recovered shortly af
terward. Father Gilbert Simon came
to St. Bedes six months ago from St
Vincent's college, Pennsylvania. The
names of the drowned students are:
Case Bannin, Charles Reuter and
Frank Christie.
HUGE SUM RAISED.
To Build the Lewiston-Grangevllle
Electric Line.
Lewiston, Idaho, Feb. 4,—G. ...
Thompson and F. J. Randolph have
returned from Prairie and report that
$250.000 has been raised with which
to start work on building of Lewiston
Grangevllle electric line.
Washington, Feb. 6. — The senate
was treated to a distinct sensation
Monday by Senator Patterson, 'demo
crat, of Colorado, who followed up his
retirement last Saturday from the dem
ocratic caucus, by introducing in the
senate a resolution in effect declaring
the action of the caucus contrary to
the constitution of the United States.
The action of the senator was unex
pected on the part of many of the sen
ators, and they listened attentively to
the leading of the rather lang pream
ble, evidently not a little concerned as
to what should come next.
Senator Patterson made no effort to
disease the resoaltiou, bat gave notice
that hejwuold address the senate upon
it later
oratic senators will resist the resolution
and that the republican senators will
favor Senator Patterson's resolution.
It is expected that the demo
Cut Grain Rate to Europe.
New York, Feb. 4.—The rate on
heavy grain from New York to Ham
burg by direct steamer was cut yes
terday from 17H cents to 12H cents
for the second half of February load
ing without inducing the engagement
of a single bushel.
During the :
British Columbia promises to be
come a dangerous rival of Oregon, as
an apple growing region,
last season 600,000 trees were planted. 1
HER WEDDING GIFTS
MISS ALICE ROOSEVELT'S TO BE)
OF THE GREATEST.
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Will Come From All Over the World
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Many Disappointed by Not Recelv
A Washington special says: Miss
Alice Roosevelt will probably receive
a greater number and more varied s„
lection of wedding presents than any
Estimates Place the Number at 4000
Aggregating $1,000,000 In Value—
ing Wedding Carde.
other bride in the history of this coun
try if not of the world. Estimates
place the number of presents at 4000,
aggregating $1,000,000 in value.
Many of the gifts are those to be by
various cities of this country and gifts
of foreign countries are already
known, but there is no one who will
venture a guess as to the number of
barrels of potatoes, turnips, pumpkins
and other eatables that will ultimate
ly be contributed to the bride's lar
der. Even at this early date a clerk
is being kept busy receipting for con
signments of vegetables and fruit.
Many packages come from as far west
as California and as far south as Flor
ida. Innumerable cases of choice wine
have been received from vineyards
from the north and from California
and these merely give an Inkling of
what are to come.
The articles are being piled up in a
room sot aside for the purpose. The
room is already nearly filled and what
disposition Is to be made of substan
tial gifts that are expected is not
known.
Heartaches in Washington.
Washington.—The number of heart
aches and disappointments because of
the nonarrival of the coveted envelope
from the White House bearing an In
vitation to the greatest wedding ever
known within Its walls will probably
never be known. An exodus to Flor
ida will begin next week for Wash
ington hostesses who can not bear the
chagrin of owning they are overlook
ed in such matters, have a fashion of
suddenly departing either for Beixmida
or Florida. They have been even
known to go all the way to Europe on
account of some one's illness Just In
order to avoid being found out
The original number of invitations
*o be struck off for the wedding of
Miss Roosevelt and Congressman
Iiongworth was 1500. The number haa
grown in small additions to 4700, this
number Including, of course, invita
tions which have gone around the
world. Only about 1000 of these Invl
'atlons were sent to persons in Wash
Ington.
A movement has been started in
Boston by national officers of the Wo
man's Christian Temperance union to
ibtaln Miss Alice Roosevelt's cooper
ilion towards barring wine from her
wedding breakfast,
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CAPTAIN COUSINS TO RESIGN.
For Not Going in Close to the Wrecked
Valencia.
That Captain Cousins will be com
pelled to resign because of criticisms
made upon him by the public för not
going in close to the Valencia wreck
to lake passengers off who were cling
ing to the rigging is believed In the
beat informed steamship circles. Cap
tain Cousins has been made the tar
get both at Seattle and in San Fran
cisco for obeying the orders of Assis
■ant Manager Pharo to take the Queen
back to Victoria and proceed on his
way.
Within a few days Captain Cousins
will have added his resignation to
that of Assistant Manager Pharo.
II Is reported that the resignation
of Captain Cousins has been asked tor
the purpose of showing to the trav
eling public that the captain should
have stayed by the wreak despite the
orders of the assistant manager.
YOUNG IS REPRIMANDED.
Lax in His Duties on the Steamer
Bennington.
Although not sentenced to a "pub
lic" reprimand, there was made public
recently the reprimand addressed by
Secretary Bonaparte to Commander
Lucien Young, who was in command
if the Bennington at the time that
vessel suffered an explosion of her
boilers last
Commander
Y.ung was tried by courtmartial and
convicted of remissness of duty, In
'hat he failed to sign the smooth steam
log of the Bennington.
summer.
NINE PERISH IN RUINS.
Buildings of Home fer Aged Burn at
Rennes.
Rennes.—Ail the buildings of the
home for aged in the Fauborg de Paris,
kept by the Little Sisters of the Poor,
were destroyed by fire. Nine bodies
have been found in the ruins. Three
women died from fright. Chaplain
Stenou, while attempting to save the
inmates of the home, fell and was seri
ously injured.
Big Shoe Company Loses.
St. Louis.—The detailed report of
the affairs of the Tennent Shoe com
pany, prepared by expert accountants
acting under instructions of a commit
tee of directors in the concern, shows
that in addition to the losses of the
creditors, the preferred stockholders
amounting to 40 persons, will lose
their entire Investment, about $300.
000. Creditors are Informed that the
actual discrepancy as shown by the
stock books amounted to $1,133.910.
Cruiser Tennessee Completed.
The trial trip of the armored cruiser
Tennessee has been set for February
9 over the course off Rockland, Me.
The trial of the armored cruiser Wash
ington will follow that of her sister
ship at an early date.
Devastated by Prairie Fire.
Cheyenne.—Driven by a high wind a
prairie fire swept over 25 miles of
range east of here, destroying great
quantities of hay and otherwise devas
taring the area over which It passed
TERRIBLE AFFAIRS
OVER IN RUSSIA
The correspondent of the Chicago
Daily News says:
Since the days of Ivan the Terrible,
Russia has not witnessed snob anothei
wholesale s'anghter as that now in pro
gress. The daily reports from various
parts of the empire seem to rival each
0 ti,or in horror. People are shot with
out trial for belonging to the socialist
party and for carrying illegal litera
ture or arms. In the province of Vel
na the governor general has issued this
order to his troops: "Use yonr weap
one energetically and without fear of
responsibility".
Those unable to renew their licenses
are sent to jail for conspiring to dimin
ish the revenues of the state. Where
the treasury has been robbed the gen
erals order the inhabitants to make
good the deficiency on pain of having
the town destroyed. In places where
it is snspeoted that there are revolu
tionists the miitlary chiefs order the
townsmen to point ont the gnilty men
or suffer bombardement. In one town
webre there were no revolutionists the
colonel in command of the troops car
ried out the threat.
In respect to the Jewish situation
the condition of affairs is appalling.
Gomel has been razed by fire and many
Jews mnrdered and burned. Similar
massacres are being plotted in othei
southern towns and the end of the mar
tyrdoms can not be seen.
The Novoe Vremya accuses wealthy
Jews, and especially Americans, of
hepling their coreligionists to bny land
and take np farming for the purpose of
transforming Russia into a Jewish
kingdom. It therefore urges the gov
ernment to forbid Jews to bny land
and to prohibit the existence of all
Jewish societies.
Four more naval bata lions are dril
ling at Kronstadt preparatory to being
employed for land service at Riga,
where revolutionary Letts are concen
trated.
The artillery has bombarded the Riga
polytechnic laboratory on the suspicion
that it was used us a storehouse fer
bombs.
The Terek Cossackvs in Ciocancasia
have sent a telegram to the czar pray
ing for the hastening of reforms
SEVERAL KILLED
IN HELENA WRECK
Helena, Mont., Feb. 6.— A runaway
freight train on the Norothern Pacific
crashed into a passenger train Monday
night at 11:20 o'clock about two and a
halfmiles from hern, resulting in the
death of three persons, whoso names
are unknown and of two others who
were burned in the wreck and * whose
names have not yet been learned. The
known dead are:
J. S. Robinson of Missonla.
Charles Briokle, conductor on pas
senger.
C. J. Jessup, express messenger.
Edward Brown of this city, brake
man, was so seriously injured it is
thought he will die.
Other passengers were slightly in
jured.
Every coacli in the passenger train
was burned and the freight train,
which was made up of oars loaded
with lumber, was also burned.
The passenger train preceded the
freight out of Austin,about eight miles
west of Helena. At Austin, the engine
was detached from the freight. There
is a heavy grade from Austin to Helena
and the freight train got loose. The
passenger train was waiting at a cross
ing when the freight came thundering
down. Before it oonld get out of the
way the freight crashed into it. throw
ing ail passneger oars into the ditch.
The passenger engine became un
coupled and kept on the track ahead of
the freight. Alter the freight had got
a quarter of a mile beyond the passen
ger wreck, it went into the ditoh and
caught fire. A carload of shingles was
damped on the passenger train wreck
and made a terrific fire.
Messenger Jessup was burned a live,
while four people were trying to pull
him out from the wreek. He was oauht
under the wreckage and oonld not be
moved.
THREE ARE BURNED TO DEATH.
Lamp Exploded and a Wisconsin Home
Destroyed.
Prentice. Wls., Feb. 4.—Fire result
ing from the explosion of a lamp in
the home of Grant Stewart today de
stroyed the house and cost four lives.
Mrs. Stewart broke through a window
and escaped. Her husband, a babe
born the day before and two other
children were burned to death. Mrs.
Stewart suffered severely from expos
ure to the ce Id and may die.
Report Favors Lock Canal.
The report of the Isthmian canal
commission recording its decision In
favor of an 85 foot level lock canal,
has been submitted to Secretary Taft.
The report is accompanied by the
report of the board of engineers, the
majority of whom declared for a sea
level canal.
It will now be for Secretary Taft
to express his own views upon the
great project In an Indorsement when
transmitting the papers to the presi
dent.
Unionist Leaders At Outs.
London, Feb. 5.—The Observer says
that Joseph Chamberlain and former
Premier Balfour parted in disagree
ment Friday night after the dinner at
which they discussed the question of
leadership of the unionist party and
that it is to be feared the opposition
will now be split in two and perhaps
three factions.
O'Keefe-Parker Fiaht. """
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The Spokane Amateur Athletic club
has announced a more than ordinary
interesting twenty round boxing con -1
test between Jack O'Keefe of Chicago,
and Kid Parker of Denver, for Friday,!
February 16. Both men are training,
faithfully, and expect to enter the ring
in the pink of condition.
NEWSOFNORTHWEST
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA
AND OREGON NEWS ITEMS.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of the Sur
rounding Country—Numerous Acci
dents and Personal Events Take
Place—Fall Trade Is Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
A real census of Whitman county
by municipal officials shows the popu
lation to be 31,373.
A good showing is made In the
treasurer's office of Douglas county in
the collection of taxes for 1904.
The Mayview grange is one of the
prosperous institutions of Garfield
county. It has a membership of 130.
The 50th anniversary of the wed
ding of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Loundagin
was celebrated at Waitsburg last
week.
Only one woman committed suicide
In Spokane county last year out of the
16 unfortunates who ended their ex
istence.
That he was tired of life. Is the ex
planation given by Peter Thompson, a
Dane, who shot himself in the head at
Spokane recently.
Manager Dutcher of the Sprague
roller mills has received an order for
4750 barrels of flour to be shipped to
Vladlvostack at once. •
The .state board of control will in
future not limit the sale of jute bags
manufactured at the state penitenti
ary to use In the state of Washington.
The Harrington school board has de
cided to turn the seats In a number
of the schoolrooms half way around
to gain a better light for the pupils
at work.
A huge tree sprayer has been sent
to Spokane from the Washington State
college at Pullman to be used for
the spraying of shade trees, which
have become affected by aphis and
other pests.
Representative Jones has been as
sured by Secretary Wilson that east
ern Washington will receive a liberal
appropriation of the general funds for
the promotion of scientific farming In
the west.
The highest price ever paid for 10
acres of fruit lands in Yakima county
was recorded recently, when E. J.
Haaeze sold a tract on Nob hill to H.
S. Wilkinson of Syracuse, N. Y., for
$19,000. or $1900 an acre.
On the ground that her husband has
not taken a bath for four years and
has not during the seven years of
their married life used soap for per
sonal cleanliness, Mary Frederlcksen
commenced suit against Kristian Fred
erioksen In the King county superior
court to obtain divorce.
No officer In the northwest is a more
thorough student of the Bertillon sys
tem of measuring criminals and the
linger print system than Deputy Sher
iff Maxey of Ellensburg, and no office
in the northwest Is better equipped
for this method of taking and retain
ing measurements of criminals than
the sheriff's office of Kittitas county.
About 2000 persons gathered at the
Sunnyslde barbecue to celebrate the
coming of the railroad. Two beeves
were roasted, with which bread, but
ter. baked beans, pickles and coffee
were served. The business men of
Sunnyslde acted as waiters. A tem
porary table 300 feet in length en
circling the barbecued beeves was
provided, around which the guests
stood several deep. All the towns
from Prosser to North Yakima were
well represented.
Judge M. J. Gordon of Spokane and
other lawyers claiming to have con
tracts with the Colville Indiana for 10
per cent of the amount received by In
dians from the sale of their surplus
lands, are trying to secure an amend
ment to the bill for opening the Col
ville reservation which will provide
for payment to them of $150,000. Their
contract was approved by Hoke Smith
when secretary of the interior, but It
Is now claimed the contract was nev
er made with representative citizens
of the Colville reservation.
<1. H. Dnnford, a prominent citizen
of Prosser was rnu over by freight train
Monday night died a few honrs after
ward from the shock. He was trying
to oiimb over the train, when it started
and he fell between the oars.
The entire season's ontpnt of grain
bags from the state penitentiary,
amouting to over 1,000,000 haa been
sold. The present ont look for a heavy
yield of grain may increase the price
of sacks later in the season. The price
fixed by the state is 6,H cents. It is
thought the price of sacks may go to 9
cents before the close of the season.
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OREGON ITEMS.
The town of Sumpter for some time
has been vexed with an epidemic of
scarlet rever, especially among chil
dren.
C. F. Davis, ex-deputy sheriff of
Umatilla county, was convicted of the
larceny of $4200 of public money. His
bail was fixed at $7500.
Captain James Nevins, superinten
dent of the Pinkerton detective ser
vice in the northwest, has resigned
and will retire to his ranch in Ben
ton county. Wash.
"Boxcar Casey," a well known char
acter in the northwest, has been sen
tenced to 60 days in Jail at La Grande.
It is reported in Butte railroad cir
cles that contracts u'ave been let for
100 miles of construction work of the
proposed Burlington extension from
Billings to Great Falls. The new i.ne
will traverse the central portion of
Montana and will open up a rich min
ing and agricutural section.
IDAHO NEWS.
Mrs. Ella A. Wade, postmistress at
Mullan, has resigned.
r The Commercial Cream company ofj
Lewiston is establishing a cream sta
tlon at Genesee. I
William Campbell, a settler living at ;
-1 Big Creek, 30 miles above St. Joe, ac-j
cidentally chopped his foot in two. [
If is authoritatively stated that the.
Northern Pacific has awarded the con-1
tract for building the Lewlston-Grange
ville line to Porter Bros. & Welch.
At a recent meeting of the Mullan
town council a 10 years' franchise was
granted the Mullan Electric Light &
Power Co. to operate In that camp.
Larger premiums for the live stock
exhibit and a better street fair togeth
er with more entertainment features
at the fair grounds are Improvements
that Secretary C. W. Mount la plan ]
nlng for the Interstate fair this fall. |
Senator Heyburn of Idaho continues |
to rest easy, though he is not gaining'
as rapidly as his physicians had hop
ed. The physicians admit his condi
tion Is most serious.
The party of Northern Pacific sur
veyors working on the right bank
of the Snake river between Lewis
ton and Pasco in moving camp from
WTndust Ferry to Hoon Bar met with
an accident In "shooting the rapids,"
by which one of their men was drown
M
George Davis of St. Maries, aged
20, had a narrow escape from death
recently. He was working in the
Goidridge mine and was at the bottom
of a 60 foot shaft when the man at
the windlass let a bucket fall, just
missing Davis' head and striking his
leg.
The interesting question as to
whether an Indian can will an allot
ment or whether It must go to the
heirs according to Indian custom, will
be answered by Judge Hanlon in the
probate court In the matter of the es
tate of Polly Thompson, a Nez Perce
Indian.
County Tax Collector Daggett re
cently turned over to County Treasur
er Schuldt at Lewiston $163,736.12,
and Mr. Schuldt will within a week
or 10 days make the apportionment
among the four uanks that have quali
fied as county depositories. The to
tal amount of taxes collected on the
1905 roll is $223,169.48.
Captain A. O. Tonkray, commonly
known as "Huckleberry Finn," of
which character of Mark Twain's he
is reputed in Coeur d'Alene district to
be the original, was found dead in h.s
room at Murray recently. Heart fail
ure Is thought to have been the cause
of death. "Cap." Tonkray was a na
tive of Hannibal, Mo., and was about
65 years old.
In the litigation between Shoshone
and Nez Perce counties both counties
win in a sense, as decided by the su
preme court recently. The writ of
mandate prayed for by Shoshone coun
ty to compel the authorities of Nez
Perce to Issue warrants to the county
of Shoshone to the amount of $60.
655.98, the sum found by accountants
to be due Shoshone, is ordered Issued.
The court finds, however, in favor of
Nez Perce county in its contention
that the portion of Skoshone county
annexed to Nez Perce shall pay the
indebtedness represented by the war
rants. '
MONTANA SQUIBBS.
Charles A. Quinn, a conductor on
the ill-fated east bound train in recent
wreck, died of his injuries. The di
rect cause of death was a crushed
abdomen.
Oscar Normandin, 22 years of age,
a student in the Butte Business col
lege, and son of a wealthy rancher
near Deer Lodge, was recently found
dead in bed at Butte. Death was due
to asphyxiation. Both of the gas jets
in the room were turned on full.
A large slaughtering and packing
establishment is to be built near Butte
soon by a company formed recently.
Montana's ranges yearly afford many
thousands of head of cattle for east
ern packing centers, the dressed beef
in turn being shipped back to the
state.
Though he had confessed to a mur
der for which, under the strict oon
strnottion of the laws of the state, the
penaitty is death, James Sherman,
aged 20 years, was Monday night, by a
jury in the ditsrict court at Lewistown
found guilty of murder in the second
degree, the penalty for which is im
prisonment for not less than 10 years,
which may be extended to life. The
sentence is to be fixed by the trial
judge. He mnrdered Samuel Stndzin
ski on the night of August 23 last, the
motive being robbery, Sherman desir
ing money for gambling.
At a recent meeting an organization
known as the Montana Racing and
Fair circuit was organized with the
following officers: President, R. D.
Steel of Bozeman, secretary-treasurer,
Dr. A, D. Galbraith of Butte; execu
tive committee, VV. B. George of Bil
lings, John W. Pace of Helena and O.
VV. Beiden of Lewistown. The follow
ing towns and dates form the oirenit;
July 30, Butte, 10 days; August 13,
Anaconda, six days; August 20 Lewis
town, four days; September 3, Big
Timber, four days; September 10, Bil
lings, four days; September 17, Boze
man, five days; September 24, Great
Falls, five days; October 1, Helena,
five days; October 8. Missoula, four
days; October 15, Kalispell.
The purses and stakes of the circuit
will aggregate $120,000 with about 10
weeks' racing.
A complete announcement of early
closing stakse will be annnonoed soon.
Every town on the list has a good
track and first class accomodations and
Montana expects to not only give first
olass racing,but also plenty of oppor
tunities for the betting element.
Theatrical Notes.
H. C. Whitney's gorgeous musical
production, direct from its phenomenal
run of eight months at the New York
Casino, is coming to Spokane soon.
"Pitt, Paff, Pouff" has been termed a
musical cocktail which seems a ben
editing description.
Nance O'Neil has traveled entirely
around the world
months.
Maude Fealy has been engaged as
leading woman for William Collier.
Beerbobm Tree has again been in
vited by the Germans to visit that
country in a series of Shakesperean
revivals.
Arnold Daly seems to be about at
the end of his Bernard Shaw career.
According to reports received from
New York, he has found little save
in the past 12
unappreciative audiences during his
tour of the coun try
Richard Mansfield has been playing
I "The Scarlet Letter during his en
; gagempnt in Philadelphia,
[
Swedish school children, under the
guidance of their teachers, annually
plant about 600.000 trees.
Andrew Mack will make his appear
ance In Chicago Sunday. February 11.
COUNTESS CASTE LIANE, FORMER
IV UKC A V hi 1 ft Hill D
UUllU.
Legal Separation Is the Hardest Blow
SHE WANTS DIVORCE
and Will Be Swung—Brother George
Gould Too Cunning to Give Count
Property Wife Bought—ton! to Get
Some Cash.
Paris, Feb. 6.—Countess Boni de
Castellane, formerly Miss Anna Gould
of New York, who Is suing her hus
band, the count, for a decree of separa
tion, Is reported to be making prepara
tions to return to the United States to
Join her family. It is understood that
the count has decided not to oppose
the action for separation, and the only
matter that remains to be arranged is
the monetary settlement, which, it is
reported, is to be made. Just how
much the count expects to get is hard
to say, but gossip here is to the effect
that the question of settling an allow
ance on her husband has been referred
by the countess to her bretber, George
Gould, and as the latter has never had
very much use for his tilled brother in
law, it this report shou.d prove true,
the count will hardly fare very well
financially.
Boni Will Not Get Property.
The countess has been in close com
munication with her brother and
members of the Gould family in Ameri
ca for some time by cable, and they
are fully cognizant of her plans. It la
reported here that her suit for sepa
ration, instead of for absolute divorce,
was begun at the instance of her
brother George, who pointed out to
her, according to rumors here, that a
separation would be to her advantage
and would preserve for her son prop
erty bought with the Gould millions In
France, which otherwise, under the
French law, would revert to the count.
That the count is decidedly disap
pointed that his wife would not sue for
an absolute divorce, is current gossip,
and It appears, on the surface at least,
as though George had scored heavily
once again over his titled relative.
LATER—Countess Boni lias entered
a plea for divorce. Representatives of
the countess and the count appeared
before J udge Henry Ditte of the court
of first instance, who, in conformity
with the French law, endeavored to
arrange a conciliation before allowing
a definite suit to proceed. It is said on
unquestionable authority that Judge
Ditte's efforts were not successful, the
countess absolutely declining to resume
her relations with her husband, and
that after repeated, but vain, attempts
by Count De Castellane 's advisors to
arrange a settlement, the representa
vives of the oonmess and count left the
court and the suit will proceed.
SPOKANE—
Wholesale Produce Prices.
Vegetables—Potatoes, 76c
beets, $1.26 cwt; turnips, $1.10®1.2B
cwt; rutabagas, $1.10®1.25 cwt; sweet
potatoes , $2.75®2.90 cwt; cabbage,
$1.25® 1,60 cwt; carrots, $1 cwt.
Apples— Spitzenburg,
Winesaps, $2.50@3.50
Beauties, $2.26 box; yellow Newtowns,
$2.50®3.50 box; Baldwins, $2 box;
Black Twig, $2.26 box; cooking ap
ples. 6 tier, $1.25®1.SO box; 4 tier,
$1.75®2 box; Ben Davis, $1.60 box;
Wallbi'idge, $2.25 box; Wagoners, $2.50
box.
cwt;
$2.50 hex;
box ; Home
Oranges—$2.25@3,25 box;
fancy, $'5.25@5.50
case.
Flour—Local, $4@4.26 bbl; Minne
sota, $6.75 bbl.
Celery, 70@75c doz; honey, $3.26®
3.50; strained honey, 8c lb; rice, $6®
7.60 cwt.
lemons,
case; choice, $6
Butter and eggs—Standard eastern
eggs, $7.50 case; extra select east
ern eggs. $8.75 case; best ranch eggs,
$10 case; best creamery butter. 32c
lb; ekeese, 16H®18c lb.
Sugar—Granulated cane sugar, $6 20
per 100 lbs; beet sugar, $6 per 109
IDs.
Wholesale Feed Prices.
Bran, $16 ton; bran and shorts, $17
ton; while shorts, $19 ton; corn. $1.35
cwt; cracked corn. $1.65 cwt; timothy
hay. $16 ton; alfalfa, $12@13 ton; roll
ed barley. $1.30 cwt; whole outs, $1.45
cwt; chopped oats, $1.50 cwt; wheat,
$1.16 cwt.
Wholesale Meat Prices.
Beef—Steers, dressed, 6@6Hc lb;
cows, dressed, 6H®6c; mutton, dress
ed. 10c lb; pork, 9c lb; hams, 13c lb;
bacon, 13%c lb.
Prices Paid to Producers.
Live Stock—Steers. $2.76@3 cwt;
cows, $2.25 cwt; sheep, $5 cwt; hogs,
$5.25&5.50 cwt.
Poultry and Eggs—Live hens, 12c;
live spring chickens, 12c; live roost
ers. 9c; live ducks, 12c; live geese,
12c; live turkeys, 18c; dressed hens,
13c; dressed ducks, 14c; dressed
geese, 14c; dressed turkeys. 20@22c;
fresh ranch eggs, S5c doz; $9 case.
Creamery products, f. o. b. Spokane
—First grade creamery butter fat,
30Hc lb.
Feed—Timothy hay, $13®14 ton; al
falfa hay, $10.60 ton; oats, $1.36 awt.
Vegetables—Potatoes. 60c cwt; tur
nips, 65c cwt; beets, 75c cwt; onions,
$1 cwt; cabbage, 80c@$l cwt; apples,
$1@2 box; carrots, 60c cwt.
Northwestern Wheat.
Ritzville, Wash.—Bluestem, 63e;
club, 61c.
T 'acoma, Wash.—Unchanged. Ex
port: Bluestem, 73c; club, ll%c; red
67 He.
Miss Roosevelt's Presents.
The gifts of William Taft to the
president's daughter are said to be
diamond lockets, one with an emerald
pendant, the other with an emerald
center.
An extremely novel gift Is a working
a Krag-Jorgenson rifle,
wrought entirely In solid 22 karat gold.
Some enormously large stones make
up a diamond collar for Miss Roose
velt. and she will also receive the
largest diamond tiara ever fashioned
by Tiffany, one of diamonds and ru
bles.
model of