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MEWSOFMWORLD
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTERE8T
FRESH FROM THE DAILY
TELEGRAPH WIRES.
fROH FORQGN AND DOMESTIC FIELDS
Happenings National, Historical and
Political and Personal Events
Told in Brief Paragraphs
for Busy Readers.
Jacob Goldberg, pioneer of Libby,
died of heart failure Sunday.
Representative Edwards has intro
duced a bill to officially designate civil
war as "war between the states."
Harry A. Wheeler of Chicago has
accepted the presidency of the cham
ber of commerce of the United States
for 1913.
President Taft has signed the con
gressional resolution providing for the
erection of a memorial to Lincoln in
Potomac park.
John D. Rockefeller and other Stand
ard Oil interests have sold their stock
In Ibe Wator-Pierce Oil company to
Ilenry Clay Pierce.
Augusta Endicott of Colorado Springs
and Lawrence Endicott of Seattle were
bequeathed $100,000 each in the will of
Henry Endicott of Weston. Mass.
Tariff revision hearings have been
(concluded by the congressional ways
and means committee, which now be
gins executive meetings to frame a bill.
W. C. McFarland, postmaster at Gar
rison, Mont., committed suicide Satur
day morning. He took poison and then
«hot himself through the head He was
despondent.
About 1000 men formerly employed
In the Rankin & Braddock plants of
the American Steel and Wire company
bave decided by a unanimous vote to
continue the strike.
The Rev. Emanuel Eckland, former
pastor of a church in Madison. Minn.,
bas pleaded guilty to a charge of arson
and sentenced to seven years in the
state penitentiary at Stillwater.
The bodies of August Harmon, aged
|0, a wealthy farmer, and wife, were
|>und at their farm home near Sparta,
iVls., Saturday. Each had been shot
to death. Robbery was the probable
■votive.
A. V. Rentz, who was arrested in
connection.with the murder, has con
fessed.
IFor'mlsapplying $50,000 of the funds
•of the Audubon National bank in a
.deal to obtain control of the institu
\tlon, David S. Mills, the bank's former
'president, was sentenced at New York
to serve seven years in United States
prison at Atlanta, Ga.
•Cairnes, Queensland.—Through an
.awful mistake on the part of a railway
•official, six persons were killed and
five probably fatally injured Monday,
when the Brisbane express, south
bound, crashed into the wreck of a
cattle train at Murpheys creek.
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cattle train at Murpheys creek.
At St. Joseph, Mo., Henry Sorenson
was for-the third time sentenced to
Jail for failing to produce in court
Alice Greenleaf, aged 13 years, for
whose possession her mother, Mrs.
Alice Hollingsworth of Los Angeles,
<Cal., has brought habeas corpus suit.
General Renna'nkampff, one of the
few successful Russian generals iu the
Russo-Japanese war, has been appoint
ed commander in chief of the troops
in the Vilna district. Ills force in
cludes five army corps and will form
the main western army in case of war.
The $70,000 bond of Frank M. Ryan,
president of the International Iron
Workers' union, was approved at Chi
cago by Judge Baker sitting in the
United States circuit court of appeals.
Ryan's sentence in the dynamite con
spiracy case was seven years' impris
onment.
Richard Lorenz, a member of the
German consulate in St. Paul, Minn.,
bas received a golden cross from Em
peror William II. of Germany, in token
of his elevation to membership in the
Knights of the Order of the Prussian
Crown. The honor is conferred for
long service in the German consular
«e-vice.
The railroad commission of Nevada
In a recent opinion has ordered that,
on or before February 25, the Southern
Pacific company within Nevada shall
reduce the present local one-way pas
senger fares between all points on its
standard gauge and branch lines from
fear and five cents a mile to three
cents a mile.
The department of the Interior at
Washington has rendered a decision
whereby 6,000,000 acres of Indian
lands, scattered throughout Wyoming,
Montana, North and South Dakota and
California, have been thrown open to
homesteaders and Indians for free
grazing purposes. Each homesteader
will have the right to free grazing tor
40 head of cattle or horses or 200
aheep, while each individual Indian
■nay graze 100 head of cattle or horses
or 500 head of sheep. Cattlemen who
bave large herds will be required to
pay rates varying from 20 cents to
$1.00 a head for cattle and horses, and
from 40 cents to $2.50 for sheep.
Chicago Police Kill Highwayman
Chicago.—Jamea Higgins, a 22-year
cM highwayman, was killed by police
mtber the young man, with a compan
ion, had held up and robbed a saloon.
William Cantwell, a companion of
Higgins, was clubbed into submission.
WASHINGTON ITEMS
Ritzville's new creamery has started
up
The county convention of the farm
ers' union was held at North Yakima
last Wednesday.
Henry Michels, editor of the Cheney
Free Press, died Saturday after but a
few hours' illness.
Main street of Waitsburg is soon to
be lighted with cluster lights Instead
of the present arc lights.
North Yakima will hold a special
election on the $260,000 bond Issue for
a sewer system for March 18.
G. A. Gaines, a prominent stockman
of Northport, has organized a Stevens
County Live Stock association.
Walla Walla Farmers' union mem
bers have signed an application for
1,000,000 grain bags at Tacoma.
It is thought the legislature will pass
most of the hills proposed for the bet
ter government of cities of the first
class.
Farmers are incensed at the tactics
of the so-called grain bag trust in rais
ing the price of hags so early iu the
season.
Four county division fights are
threatened in both houses, with gen
eral prospects that none of them will
get through.
White mold in hay fed to sheep was
responsible for a large number of
deaths in the flock being wintered
near Chewelah.
George Defoe, whose trial for the
murder of John Hagerman was set for
Wednesday, pleaded guilty to man
slaughter at North Yakima.
Announcing that she had no friends
left and that life was no longer worth
living, Miss Mary Dawson, aged 30
years, committed suicide at Spokane
Sunday.
A resolution introduced in the house
Monday by Representative H. W.
Holmes of Snohomish asks investiga
tion of affairs at Washington State
college.
The State Sheriffs' association
met at Olympia this week. The sher
iffs asked for the passage of a law
permitting them to install identifica
tion systems.
Four female elk, two male elk, two
bull buffalo, two silvertip grizzly bears,
one brown bear and seven beavers
have been donated by the government
to Spokane's zoo.
An immense ice gorge has formed
in the Columbia river at Boone's land
ing, threatening damage to the im
proved islands and lowlands along the
east side of the river.
Governor Lister has received word
from graduate nurses of hospitals pro
testing against the passage of an eight
hour law for women such as to apply
to the nursing profession.
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Indians of the Yakima and Columbia
valleys are to hold a big celebration
from March 1 to March 5 at the ranch
of Chief George Stwlre Waters, near
Toppenish, in honor of the inaugura
tion of President-elect Wilson.
Great Northern representatives an
nounce that it is the intention of the
company to have its line north from
Wenatchee in operation by July 1, if
possible and at least iu time to handle
the 1913 crop from that territory.
According to a recent official esti
mate, a million and a half grain bags
will be needed for this year's wheat
crop by the members of the farmers'
union at Walla Walla. The farmers
are preparing to pool their orders in
one big deal.
As the result of a decision handed
down by the government board of food
inspection at Washington, White
Bluffs, Hanford and Ringold will here
after be compelled to discontinue the
use of the label of the Yakima Valley
Fruit Growers' association.
The inventory of the Cheney state
normal school property just filed in
the report of the state bureau of in
spection fixes the total at $189,351.65,
of which $45,000 is comprised in six
city blocks, the remaining being school
buildings and personal property.
The theft of large quantities of brass
and copper from several machinery
houses in Seattle has been solved by
finding several thousand pounds of
copper wire, copper and brass fittings,
cables and pieces of brass machinery
hidden in the waters of Wolf creek.
Senators Arthur McGuire and Harve
H. Phipps, in senate bill No. 187, pro
viding for a $40,000,000 state bond
issue for the reclamation of arid lands
in Grant, Adams, Chelan and Douglas
counties, have introduced the biggest
development project that has yet been
presented to the state legislature.
Warden Charles Reed of the prison
has received word from the board of
control instructing him to rescind all
grain bag applications now on file.
About 2,000,000 of the bags have been
sold. A return to the prorata system,
in vogue when Governor Lister was on
the board of control, will inconvenience
the farmers greatly, according to farm
ers.
There were 21 persons killed and
3727 injured during the year covored
by the report of the activities of elec
tric companies in this state as filed in
the office of the public service com
mission. The figures show that in
Seattle alone there were 95,000,000
persons carried on electric cars during
that period, while in Spokane, Tacoma
and lesser cities smaller numbers were
handled, bringing the total in the state
to approximately 200,000,000.
United States cattle have decreased
20 per ceat In five years.
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RESUME TURK WAR
ARMISTICE BETWEEN BALKANS
AND TURKS LASTED EXACT
LY TWO MONTH8.
BOMBARDMENT OF ADRIANOPLE IS ON
Scutari Near Falling—Bulgaria Will
ing to Cease if Conditions Are
Accepted, but Scouts Fur
ther Armistice.
Sofia, Feb. 3.—The bombardment of
Adrianople was begun one hour after
the expiration of the armistice.
London, Feb. 3.—The Balkan was
has been resumed. The bombardment
of Adrianople was begun at 7 o'clock
tonight, and a small skirmish occurred
at the Tchatalja lines. The armistice
had lasted exactly two months.
Bulgaria has turned a deaf ear to
the remonstrances of the powers, and
unless Turkey yields tot the Balkan
demands the allied armies will now at
tempt to drive her completely out of
Europe.
Scutari Falling.
According to a dispatch tonight from
Belgrade, Scutari is already on the
point of falling. It is reported that the
Turkish commander has sent two rep
resentatives to the Servian command
er to propose the capitulation of that
town.
Dr. Daneff, head of the Bulgarian
delegation, in an interview tonight in
Paris, said he had promised Sir Ed
ward Grey, the British foreign secre
tary, that if Turkey immediately ac
cepted the allies' conditions, they
would conclude peace, but whatever
happened there would be no further
armistice.
Sir Edward Grey had a long inter
view today with the king, after which
he attended a brief meeting of the
ambassadorial conference, but nothing
of importance was transacted, there
being no new development since Sat
urday.
Turkish Boast.
Osman Nizami Pasha, the second
Turkish delegate, will leave London
tomorrow to resume his ambassador
ial duties in Berlin. He said tonight
that from information received from
military sources he believed the allies
underestimated the condition of the
Turkish army and would find them
selves confronted by a redoubtable en
emy—the best Mussulman warriors,
veterans from Arabia, who had fought
under Izzel Bey, and tried soldiers and
good marksmen lately engaged in Trip
oli under Enver Bey and Fethy Bey.
He added:
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Fight Like Wild Animals.
"That ambassador was right who
predicted that if driven to despair the
Turks would fight like wild animals."
The Times says that a report is cur
rent among some of the Balkan rep
resentatives that the porte has already
telegraphed to Sofia offering to cede
Adrianople on the conditions laid
down, and that Bulgaria is ready to
accept. This report has not been con
firmed at tin Bulgarian legation here,
but it is not considered incredible.
Plea for Foreigners,
Constantinople, ÏTeb. 3.—The consuls
at Adrianople have requested the am
bassadors here to arrange with Bul
garian authorities for permission for
120 foreigners at Adrianople to pass
through the Bulgarian lines. If this
arrangement can not be made the am
bassadors will ask that the Bulgarians
respect that portion of Adrianople set
apart for foreign residence.
UNION GARMENT HEADS AT OUTS
Scant Strike Benefits Cause Unrest
Among Workers.
New York.—An apparent struggle
for leadership between higher officers
of the United Garment Workers' union,
a feeling of discontent among the
thousands of workers because of the
few strike benefits paid, and the con
tinued bargaining between union rep
resentatives and manufacturers over
terms of settlement, marked the open
ing Monday of the sixth week of the
strike of the 110,000 men, women and
girls.
Immigration Bill Passed.
Washington.—The immigration bill
in controversy between the house and
senate for several weeks finally was
adopted Saturday by the senate in the
form agreed on by the conference com
mittee. It now goes to the president
for his signature. "The certificate of
character" provision, against which
there was much protest, was elimi
nated, as was a provision which would
have made it difficult to convict crim
inals.
Missouri Editor "Riled."
Kansas City.—Only the persistent ef
forts of his attorney in the face of
obdurate denials by the court saved
William R. Nelson, editor and owner
of the Kansas City Star, from imme
diately being placed in jail Saturday,
after asentence of one day's imprison
ment pronounced by Judge Joseph A.
Guthrie of the Jackson county circuit
court upon his conviction of contempt
of court.
Lifeboats for Every Person.
London.—The carrying of extra life
boats sufficient for the accommodation
of all passengers and crew of ocean
liners is recommended In the report of
committee appointed after the Titanic
disaster to advise the British board of
trade.
I SPORTING COLUMN
Pearl Casey, former Pacific Coast
league umpire, has signed up to um
pire for the Northwestern league.
"Jim" Thorpe, the Indian athletic
marvel, has signed a contract with the
New York National league baseball
club during the season of 1913.
The official transfer to Venice, a
suburb of Los Angeles, of the franchise
of the Vernon team of the Pacific
Coast baseball league has been made.
W. S. C. defeated the University of
Washington at basket ball at Pullman
Saturday in one of the fastest games
ever seen on a local floor by a score
of 28 to 25.
"Kid" Mohler, former captain of the
San Francisco team of the Pacific
Coast league, has accepted a Contract
with the Portland Northwestern team
to play second base.
At Montreal Robert McLean of Chi
cago, the American champion, won two
of the six races in the Canadian ama
teur skating championship meet. Mc
Lean finished first in the mile and
half-mile events and was second in the
220 yards and 440 yards.
Jack Johnson has been made defend
ant in another suit when he was sued
in the Chicago court for $200, for col
lection of the judgment obtained
against him in London, England, in
1911. It is a balance due to lawyers
employed in England by the pugilist.
Grand Junction, Tenn.—Philippides,
English setter, owned by F. S. Hall of
Detroit, Mich., and handled by J. A.
Judo of Bruceville, Ind., won the 1913
championship of the field trial of the
world, as well as the Dexter and $1000
in cash, when the national champion
ship stake was finished here Sunday.
Plans have been made for a world's
baseball tour by the New York Na
tionals and Chicago American baseball
teams next winter. They will start
their trip immediately after the world's
series in October, and will end it in
Dublin, Ireland, on Washington's birth
day, 1914, according to present plans.
In the American league last year
Umpire Dineen worked in 159 games,
the average time of the contests being
1:55. Frank O'Loughlin, who officiat
ed in 142 games, was second with a
time average of 1:57. The remaining
six umpires had exactly the same aver
age, their time being 1:58.
With a view to enabling Great
Britain to make a better showing in
the Olympic games to be held in Berlin
in 1916 than they did at Stockholm
last year, it is announced that the
Amateur Athletic association has ar
ranged a financial plan to assist the
English athletes systematically to train
for that event.
Where Teams Will Train.
Portland—Santa Rosa, Cal.
Spokane—Boise, Idaho.
Seattle—Home.
Tacoma—Home.
Vancouver—Walla Walla or home.
Victoria—California.
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GREAT FIRE AT SAVANNAH
Flames Sweep Water Front and Rage
Four Hours Before Being
Controlled.
Savannah, Ga.—Destruction by fire
early Sunday of the wharves of the
Merchants and Miners' Transporta
tion company and the Planters' rice
mill on the water front entailed a loss
estimated at $1,500,000. It raged for
four hours before it finally was
brought under control. No lives were
lost.
Several warehouses and business
structures also were damaged or de
stroyed.
The Central of Georgia railroad,
which owned the Merchants and Mi
ners' terminals, was the heaviest loser,
damage to its property being estimated
at $600,000. Railroad officials an
nounced that the wharves would be
rebuilt at once.
"OUR ALASKA BARGAIN"
"Our Alaska Bargain" will be the
subject of The Century's fourth "After
the-War" feature, which will appear
in the February number of that maga
zine. Those that know only the bare
outline history of the purchase of
Alaska from Russia will find fascina
tion in this account by Alfred Holman,
editor of the San Francisco Argonaut.
He reviews the Russian occupation of
Alaska, why it failed, Russia's motives
in selling the territory to the United
States, our own governmental neglect
of the northwestern golconda, and the
present problems of Alaskan develop
ment. The article, which is profusely
illustrated, will contain much more
than transcription and paraphrase of
record, for Mr. Holman writes history
with verve, and does not hesitate to
set forth his own opinions of Alaskan
policy and the men who have tried,
and are trying, to shape it. He does
not neglect to call all concerned by
name.
Denver's Officers "In Bad."
Denver.—Police Commissioner Geo.
Creel, newly wedded husband of
Blanche Bates, newspapermen and as
sociate Judge Ben B. Lindsey in mu
nicipal reforms, was suspended from
office Saturday pending hearing on
charges preferred against him by
Mayor Henry J. Arnold.
Fire Commissioner Thomas F. Mc
Grew resigned Saturday night as the
result of a wordy controversy with
Commissioner Creel, which terminated
in a personal encounter until Chief of
Police Neill and Eire Chief John Healy
intervened.
As & disease, appendicitis became
known about 30 years ago.
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MED TO DEAID
FIVE PEOPLE LOSE LIVES IN
APARTMENT HOUSE FIRE AT
SACRAMENTO, CAL.
OIL FUMES EXPLODE IN BASEMENT
Two Waitresses Save Many Lives by
Heroic Work, Rushing Through
the Halls and Awakening
Guests—Removed Victims.
.Sacramento, Cal.—Four persons are
known to be dead, another is dying, 10
are in hospitals suffering from burns
or broken bones, and the search for
bodies continues jn the ruins of the
St. Nicholas apartment house, which
went up in flames Sunday morning.
An explosion of fumes of oil, which
had escaped from a defective burner
in the basement, started the fire,
wnich qiuckly enveloped the building.
The dead:
Miss Nora Lawrence, 47 years old,
clerk for Wells, Fargo Express com
pany; body found in ruins.
Albert Fehr, 65 years old, pensioned
Southern Pacific machinist; body
found in ruins.
W. J. Dunn, 30 eyars old, local man
ager of a typewriter company.
Unidentified body found in ruins.
Fatally injured:
Harold Protzman, engraver, back
broken; internal injuries.
Walter E. Fehr, machinist.
Jump From Windows.
Dunn and Protzman jumped from
the windows, as did also Charles E.
Cox, minute clerk of the state assem
bly; R. E. Connell, clerk of the state
fish and game commission, and many
others.
That nearly all of the 80 persons
occupying rooms in the house were
not burned to death was due to the
heroic work of Miss Frances Reddick
and Miss Mary Courtwright, wait
resses, who ran through the burning
halls, awakening every one and assist
ing those who were overcome by
smoke. After dragging Einer Soren
son, who had collapsed within a few
feet of" the front entrance, to safety,
Miss Reddick rushed back into the
burning building, aiding and directing
those who had become confused. She
was herself rescued by a fireman,
when she fell exhausted.
Mary Courtwright saved the little
son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Driver by
snatching him from his mother's arms.
Mrs. Driver barely escaped with her
life.
Dunn was an artist of considerable
repute. He had drawn a number of
cover designs used by magazines and
weeklies of national circulation. The
property loss is about $70,000.
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PIGEON FLIES IN
FROM MIDOCEAN
Carries Message to New York From
Seattle Man Bound for Europe.
New York.—Bearing a note from a
passenger on the Prinz Frederich Wil
helm, now in midocean on the way to
Bremen, a carrier pigeon dropped ex
hausted on the roof of a big uptown
hotel Sunday.
The message was from A. Schubach
of Seattle, Wash., president of a
steamship company, who informed the
hotel management that Mrs. Schubach
had left two valuable sable skins in
her suite at the hotel before she start
ed for Europe January 30.
When in this city 15 months ago
Mrs. Schubach left two carrier pigeons
and the birds were kept on the hotel
roof until last Thursday, when Mr.
and Mrs. Schubach decided they would
take the pigeons on their ocean trip.
The Prinz Freidrich Wilhelm was
nearly 600 miles at sea at 9 o'clock
Saturday morning, when one bird was
released. The hotel management re
plied to Mr. Schubach by wireless that
the pigeon had arrived safely.
TEN KILLED IN EXPLOSION
Cuban Cable Temporarily Put Out of
Commission.
Havana.—An explosion of blasting
powder in a hardware store at Cienfue
gos resulted in the death of 10 per
sons Saturday, including the proprie
tor, his wife and their two children.
Scores were injured.
The office of the Cuba Sumarine
Telegraph company, on the opposite
side of the street, was badly damaged
and several employes were injured.
MRS. LONGSTREET WOULD HELP
Wires Governor Sulzer Southerners
Ready to Aid General Sicktes.
Gainesville, Ga.—Mrs. Helen D.
Longstreet, widow of the famous con
federate general, has telegraphed to
Governor Sulzer of New York that she
had received letters from many promi
nent southerners offering to aid Gen
eral Daniel E. Sickles in reimbursing
the state of New York for his alleged
shortage of $23,476.
The friend took the visiting Boston
ian to the ball game. The Bostonian
didn't care for the game, but the local
man had nothing else to show him.
"There, see," said the native; "the
pitcher has just thrown a curved ball.
Did you notice it?"
"I noticed it," replied the Bostonian.
"But I wouldn't call it curved. I would
call it sinusoidal."
Whereupon the native ceased to of
fer further information—and they lift
the grounds at the end of the sixth
inning, the home team being hope
lessly In the minority.—Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
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Portland's mayor, A. G. Rushlight,
Sunday morning married Agnes O'Con
nor Ingram.
The Southern Pacific is trying to
gain control of the Oregon-Washington
Railroad & Navigation company be
tween Portland and Puget Sound is
the report.
Suffering extremely from hunger and
exhaustion, the crew of the steamer
Ikala was given government relief on
their arrival at the'port at Melbourne
February 1, after a terrible experience
in crossing the Pacific, from Astoria to
Australia, with timber.
Martin W. Hamby, the 22-year-old
Wells-Fargo express messenger, who
pleaded guilty to having embezzled
$20,000 from the company car in the
Sunset-Pacific train near Bakersfield,
Calif., December 9, was placed on pro
bation for three years.
With Oregon's twenty-seventh legis
lative session half over, 600 bills have
been introduced, appropriation re
quests are in sight for sums totaling
morn than $9,000.000, the formal elec
tion of a United States senator has
been disposed of, nine vetoes of the
previous session have been overcome
and two bills repealing obsolete sec
tions of the Oregon code sent to the
governor.
J. H. Lothrop, manager of the trans
portation committee of the Portland
chamber of commerce, has received
notification from the interstate com
merce commission that complaining
shippers in the case of the increase of
rates contained in transcontinental
west-bound tariffs must be filed with
the commission not later than Febru
ary 15. The date originally set was
March 20 for complaining shippers and
March 1 for carriers.
A petition for probate of the San
Francisco portion of the estate of the
late Joseph Kamm, multimillionaire
shipping man of Portland was filed
Saturday in San Francisco. Kamm,
who died December 14 in Portland, left
an estate valued at about $10,000,000.
Much of it had been deeded to his wife
and she is named as the residuary
legatee of the remainder. The estate
consists of money in bank, the exact
amount of which was not made public.
It is supposed to be about $100,000.
The estate in Oregon has been ad
mitted to probate.
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HITCHCOCK FAVORS LOWER
RATES FOR PARCEL POST
Advocates Increase in Second Class
Tariff Which May Permit Estab
lishment of 1 Cent Letter
Postage.
Washington.—Postmaster General
Hitchcock's annual report just made
public, tentatively suggests reduction
of some parcel post rates and increas
ing the limit of weight beyond 11
pounds; recommends civil pensions for
postal employes; an incraese in rates
on second-class mail, which may pave
the way for 1-cent letter postage; the
consolidation of the third and fourth
classes so books and papers may be
forwarded by parcels post, and points
out that during his administration ex
pense of operating the postal service
has been cut down $45,000,000.
WILSON RESIGNS GOVERNORSHIP
Has But Four More Weeks as State
Chief.
Princeton, N. J.—Only four weeks
remain before Governor Wilson will
resign his present post and as a com
pliment to him the senate and assem
bly leaders desire that the chief rec
bmmendations of his message shall be
acted upon before he leaves.
TRANSPORTATION.
According to recent reports, train
service between Spokane and Pateros,
on the Great Northern, will be inaug
urated about the middle of June. Less
than seven miles of grading on the
Pateros extension north from Wen
atchee remain to be done.
President Edmund Pennington of
the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste.
Marie railroad has anounced that the
Soo line, a subsidiary of the former
road, will spend $25,000,000 in build
ing 726 miles from Plaza, N. D.,
through Montana to strike the Cana
dian Pacific at a point near the Idaho
Montana boundary line. This will
probably connect with the Canadian
Pacific branch south from Fernie.
Indians Want to Evade Taxes.
Santa Fe, N. M.—Indians from every
one of the Pueblo tribes in New Mex
ico are at Washington, where the In
dians propose to urge the secretary of
the interior to accept deeds to approxi
mately 600,000 acres of land owned by
them in New Mexico. The object of
the Indians in deeding their land to
the government as trustee for a period
of 25 years is to avoid paying taxes.
A recent decision by United Spates
District Judge W. H. Pope that the
Indians were citizens subjects their
property to taxation.
Fire Chief's Home Burns.
Washington.—Answering an alarm
of fire Sunday, Fire Chief Patrick
Curran found his own home in flames.
Rushing into the house he stumbled
over the body of his mother, aged 84,
and carried her to the street. The
aged woman died two hours later from
bums received when her clothing be
came ignited from an open grate.
John j. Le Haven, judge of the Uni
ted States district court, and a pioneer
Californian, is dead.
England, Germany, Canada and
France are the four heaviest buyer«
of American good«.