SUMMARY OF NEWS
FROM WORLD OVER
SHORT ITEMS CLIPPED FROM
DAILY PAPER DISPATCHES
DURING PAST WEEK.
Review of Happenings in Both Eastern
and Western Hemispheres During Past
Week—National, Historical, Political
and Personal Events Told in Short
Paragraphs for Busy Beaders.
Alfred J. Barr, former publisher of
the Pittsburg Post and also of the Sun,
is dead.
W. B. Nash, formerly bookkeeper of
the defunct Market street bank, San
Francisco, died Sunday.
One hundred and sixty-eight persons
are known to have frozen to death in
a snowstorm ju the Omsk (Asiatic Rus
sia) district February 24.
President Taft denies emphatically
that in a speech in New York on Lin
coln's birthday he said "that the peo
ple are not fitted for self-government."
Mrs. Charlotte Price, 75 years old, an
invalid and able to move about only
ru a wheel-chair, perished in flames* that
destroyed her home near Joplin, Mo.,
Saturday.
Stringent measures for suppression
of disorder in the south of China are
being taken by (he new government,
and the general situation is more quiet
than heretofore.
Boston station was packed with
jostling, cheering crowd Saturday when
Theodore Roosevelt stepped from the
train from New York for his four days'
stay in Boston.
Judge Braley of the supreme judi
cial court, Boston, has ordered the state
treasurer to turn over to the Royal Ar
canum $5,902,100 in securities deposited
by the society.
William J. Bryan, in a speech at Den
ver at a public meeting, definitely set
at rest reports that he might be in
duced again to make the race for the
presidency, stating he would not.
A flotilla of Italian warships bom
barded Beirut, Syria, Saturday, killed
60 inhabitants and wounded
others.
Turkish gunboats anchored in the port.
The foreign commerce of Switzer
land reached a record figure in 19X0,
the aggregate being $501,578,047,
compared with $515,916,181 during the
previous year, an increase of $45,661,
866.
a
many
They also sank several small
as
A man believed to be Samuel Miller,
Under sentence of death for the mur
der of his wife in Memphis nine years
ago, will be returned to Memphis from
Oakland, Cal., where he was arrested
Monday.
The
Bass of New Hampshire was presented
to Mr. Roosevelt as a candidate for
the nomination of vice president on a
ticket to be headed by Roosevelt for
president.
Edward Hines, the wealthy lumber
dealer, whose membership in the Union
League club, Chicago,
has filed suit for slander in the circuit
court against Clarence S. Funk for
uame of Governor Robert P.
was canceled,
$ 100 , 000 .
Sinai temple, Chicago, after 51 years
of development, has just been completed
and was thrown open to the public Sun
day for inspectiou. It cost, together
with buildings to be used as a social
center, $500,000.
A collection of German art works
that will include not only paintings and'
sculpture, but the various industrial
arts, has been organized'by the
at Hagen, Westphalia, Germany, to be
sent on a tour of the principal cities
of the United States.
Another crisis in Cuban affairs
ently is at hand,
island indicate that unrest has broken
out anew as a result of the Cuban su
preme court decision invalidating the
law ousting officeholders
Spanish sympathizer^ during the
lution.
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Keports from the
who were
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Old Man Goes Up 500 Feet.
San Diego, Cal.—James M. Sears,
aged 79, a tourist from Salem, Ohio,
had the distinction Sunday of being
the oldest man in the United States to
make a flight in a hydroplane,
company with W. K. Atwater, in the
new model Curtiss machine, he ascend
ed to a height of 500 feet.
"Best sport I ever tackled," he
In
said.
Voluntary Act By Colombia.
Bogota, Colombia.—The Colombian
foreign office has issued a statement to
the pressa that the recall of General
Pedro Del Ospina, Colombian minister
at Washington, had not been asked for
by the United States government.
NORTHWEST NEWS NOTES
A large lumber company has been
formed at Lubec, Mont.
J. A. Gartley of Coeur d'Alene is
now the object of police search.
By a majority of 201 votes Boise
adopted the commission form of gov
ernment.
Peaches, cherries and other fruits are
10 days farther advanced than usual in
the Lewiston country.
A homeseekers' league is the latest
innovation in the Inland Empire in
the way of booster organizations.
The 1912 show and sale of the North
west Live Stock association is to be
held at Lewiston, Idaho, December
9-13.
Dudley Axtel, who had been engaged
in the newspaper business in Montana
for several years, died at Lewistowu,
Sunday,
Milton Ruppin, a clerk of Sacra
mento, whoso home formerly was in
Portland, killed himself by poisoning
Saturday.
The funeral of Frank Aldrich, pio
neer and prominent stockman of the
John Day valley, Oregon, was held Sat
urday.
About 50 farmers in the vicinity of
Rouan, Mont., met at the Glacier View
clubhouse recently and voted to organ
ize a permanent farmers' association.
Kalispell, Mont.—The organization of
at least three new labor unions and the
probable formation of as many more is
the record at Kalispell, Mont., last
week.
General Sir Robert Baden-Powell,
father of the Boy Scout movement,
will not visit Spokane on March 5 as
planned, but will talk at Portland, Se
attle and San Francisco.
The vote taken at Kamiah, Idaho, on
the question of authorizing the school
board to issue $25,000 in school bonds
to run 25 years resulted in an over
whelming vote in favor of issuing the
bonds.
The second annual gathering and ban
quet of the Northwestern Montana Re
tailers' association took place in Kal
ispell Monday, February 22, with nearly
200 representatives of the trade in at
tendance.
A freight wreck occurred at Kane,
Idaho, a small station on the Mil
waukee railroad, about seven miles east
of this place. Fourteen cars were piled
up, and about 50 yards of track was
destroyed. No lives were lost.
To accommodate a large number of
friends anxious to attend the funeral
of John J. Nicholson, former sheriff of
Shoshone county, Idaho, two special
trains were run to Wallace, Idaho, Sun
day. The funeral was very large.
The Northern Pacific roundhouse at
Logan, Mont., was destroyed by fire
Saturday, practically ruining two en
gines. The fire originated from hot
coals falling upon the floors of the
roundhouse office. No estimate of the
loss has been made.
Mrs. K. Ruthledge, wife of a Flat
Willow (Mont.) rancher, was seriously
injured when her stove blew to pieces
while she was engaged in preparing a
meal. Unknown to her a man sinking
a well on her place had placed a stick
of dynamite in the oven to thaw.
Governor Oswald West of Oregon an
nounces that he had obtained a full
confession from one of the men impli
cated in the robbery of the steamer
Humboldt, from which in September,
1910, was stolen $57,500 worth of gold
bullion. Twenty-five pounds of this
was delivered to the governor.
Even though the commissioners of
Lincoln county, Mont., have been en
joined from signing the $125,000 bonds
for roads and bridges the Coast Bridge
company, which has the contract to
build the three bridges, is going ahead
with the construction of the bridge
across the Kootenai river at Libby.
Forty sheep dead from poison and a
couple of bullet holes through the cabin
of the herder is the result of a mid
night visit of two men to a sheep camp
on Box Elder, near Great Falls, Mont.,
owned by J. B. Long & Co. The whole
affair is a mystery, as the sheep were
grazing on leased land, and interfered
with no other claimant as to grazing
privileges.
The report of the house committee on
rivers and harbors made Monday in
cluded several items of interest to the
northwest, one of which is $25,000 for
the improvement of the Snake river
between Lewiston and Pasco. This
sum will be added to $13,500 accumu
lated and now available for this pur
pose. For the Columbia river $30,000
is provided for use between Celilo and
the mouth of the Snake river, $25,000
for the Columbia between Bridgeport
and Kettle Falls, and $600,000 for con
tinuing the work on the Celilo canal.
Provision also is made for a survey
and examination of the St. Joe and
St. Maries rivers, and the Kootenai
river from Bonners Ferry to the
Canadian border, under a bill intro
duced by Representative French.
ROOSEVELT WILL
BE CANDIDATE
SAYS HE WILL ACCEPT THE
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION
IF IT IS TENDERED.
"I Will Adhere to This Decision Until
Convention Has Expressed Prefer
ence"—Reply to Seven Governors—
Views Republican Nomination Purely
from Standpoint of People's Interests
New York.—''I will accept the nom
ination for the presidency if it is ten
dered me, and will adhere to this de
cision until the convention has ex
pressed its preference, " is Colonel Theo
dore Roosevelt 's reply to the letter of
seven republican governors asking him
to stand for a nomination.
The eagerly awaited reply was given
out Sunday night at Colonel Roose
velt 's offices here. He is absent on u
trip to Boston. It was unexpectedly
brief, but definite. It follows;
New York.—Gentlemen: I deeply ap
preciate your letter, and realize to the
full the heavy responsibility it puts
upon me, expressing as it does the care
fully considered convictions of men
elected by the popular vote to stand
as heads of government in their several
states.
1 absolutely agree with you that this
matter is not one to be decided with
any reference to the personal prefer
ence or interests of any man, but pure
ly from the standpoint of the interests
of the people as a whole. I will accept
the nomination for president if it is
tendered to me, and I will adhere to
this decision until the convention has
expressed its preference.
One of the chief principles for which
I have stood and for which I now stand
and which I have alweays indorsed and
•qlways shall endeavor to reduce to ac
tion, is the genuine rule of the people;
and, therefore, I hope that, so far as
possible, the people may be given the
choice through direct primaries to ex
press their preference as to who shall
be the nominee of the republican con
vention.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
The Hon. William E. Glasscock, gov
ernor of the state of West Virginia,
Charleston, W. Va.
The Hon. Chester Aldrich, governor of
the state of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb.
The Hon. Robert P. Bass, governor of
the state of" New Hampshire, Concord,
N. H.
The Hon. Joseph M. Carey, governor
of the state of Wyoming, Cheyenne,
Wyo.
The Hon. Charles S. Osborne, gover
nor of the state of Michigan, Lansing,
Mich.
The Hon. W. R. Stubbs, governor of
the state of Kansas, Topeka.
The Hon. Herbert S. Hadley, gov
ernor of the state of Missouri, Jeffer
son City, Mo.
Considers Letter Two Weeks.
The aforementioned governors as
sembled at Chicago, two weeks ago and
drafted a letter to Colonel Roosevelt,
asserting there was a popular demand
for him to be president again and urg
ing him to declare himself as to wheth
er he would accept the republican nom
ination "if it came unsolicited and un
sought. ' '
For two weeks Colonel Roosevelt
considered the letter, indicating plainly
that he had no intention of making a
hasty reply.
Taft Grieved.
Mr. Taft was hurt deeply to know
that from now on he must engage in an
open contest against the man under
whom he had served for many years,
became known soon after the Roosevelt
letter was made public.
. The relations between Colonel Roose
velt and President Taft when the lat
ter served as secretary of war were ex
ceptionally close.
HOOSAC TUNNEL
BADLY DAMAGED
Will Be Many Days Before Trains Can
Operate Through Big Bore.
North Adams, Mass.—The Hoosae
tunnel proves to have been so badly
damaged by the fire that followed a
wreck February 20 that it will be im
possible for trains to pass through the
four and a half mile bore under the
mountain until March 3.
In addition to clearing away tons
of rock which fell on the tracks, the
wreckers will have to remove from
the walls of the roof many pieces
loosened by the intense heat.
China's New President.
Peking.—The government is prepar
ing an elaborate reception of the dele
gation of republicans who are coming
here under the leadership of Tang Shao
Yi, from Nanking, to notify Yuan Shi
Kai of his election as president of the
republic.
REAL SPORTING NEWS
organization meeting of the
held Monday
.The
Spokane City league was
night.
Frank Klaus and Jack Dillon have
been matched to meet at San Fran
cisco next month.
Ducour
France.—Lieutenant
killed here Saturday in an
Pau,
neau was
aeroplane accident.
Mike Gibbons of St. Paul knocked
Willie Lewis of New York in the
second round of a scheduled 10 -round
out
bout recently.
While playing basket ball at Des
Moines, Iowa, Robert Findley, 23 years
old, whose home is in Boise, Idaho,
dropped dead.
Abe Attell, defeated featherweight
champion, denies that he ever told any
that he had been robbed by Referee
Eyton in his fight with Johnny Kilbane.
Jimmy Clabby, the Wisconsin pugi
list, Australian middleweight champion,
fought a 20-round draw recently with
Dave Smith, the Australian boxer and
former middleweight champion.
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The Spokane Rifle and Revolver club
team in the United States Revolver as
sociation won the two final matches in
the championship competition, defeat
ing Chicago and Pittsburg by decisive
margins.
"Soldier" Mauser, one of the new
recruit pitchers for the 1912 Spokane
team, was the first arrival of the in
coming host of ball players that will
open training camp at Walla Walla
within the next week.
The Butte team in the Union asso
ciation will get the pick of the extra
men on the Spokane list this season
after the regular team has been picked
by Manager Joe Cohn to play the North
western league games.
The school of mines basket ball team
defeated the team of the University of
Montana, 30 to 11. This victory puts
the school of mines in line for the
state championship. It will have to
play the university again and the agri
cultural college.
The Oregon Wolf, a nine-cylinder dis
placement craft, transformed into a
hydroplane, in a sanctioned race against
time, at Portland, today broke the
world's motor-boat records on a five
mile course for all distances up to 30
miles. The Oregon Wolf's time for the
30 miles was 42 minutes 14 2-5 seconds.
Fistic fandom of the country suf
fered a triple shock February 22. Three
surprises were sprung on the fans, one
a big one, and the other minor shocks.
Attell was figured superior to Kilbane,
Klaus was expected to knock out Pe
troskey well within the 20 rounds, and
Billy Papke was general favorite over
Frank Mantell.
"Mme. Cozette de Truise," heralded
as the "wonderful French aviatrice of
Pau, France," dashed through the air
in a fashionable sheath gown above
gaping crowd at the Oakland (Cal.)
aviation field Saturday, performing
thrilling aerial feats,
ing a rival aviatrice tore off "Mme.
de Truise 's" wig and veil, revealing the
painted face of Lincoln Beachy.
San 'Francisco,—John O. Miller of the
San Francisco Olympic club broke the
Pacific coast record for the 800-yard
run at the indoor athletic meet held
here,
seconds.
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After descend
His time was one minute 17
A new indoor record for the 75-yard
low hurdles was established by Smith
son of Los Angeles. The time
seconds, the world's outdoor record for
the distance.
Ralph Rose, the noted California ath
lete, established a new indoor record
when lie hurled the 16-pound shot 50
feet 2 inches.
was 9 1-5
Sam Bellah of Portland, Ore., made
new indoor Coast record for the pole
vault when he cleared the bar at 11
feet inches.
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The sixth annual
western
bowling
congress closed at Los Angeles, Sunday
with individual bowlers
rolling their
last games. Burns of the Pacific Sash
and Door team, - 0 f Los Angeles,
of the last to roll, made high
the singles for the tournament with 623
winning the $330 prize. Thorpe and
Irwin of San Francisco, with 619 and
617 respectively, won the $250 and $150
prizes.
one
score in
Hie big prize for the meet, $2000 for
the best five-man team, was won by the
Grand Bowlers of Los Angeles, under
the colors of the Evening Herald, with
a score of 2876, the western bowlinu
congress record. The Chicago Miner
alites wore second.
In the doubles the first
, , prize, $350,
goes to Gilray and Garner of Spokane
with Shave and Thorpse of San Fran
cisco, second, $300.
Match games arranged during the day
were rolled tonight. The mixed doubles
were won by Mrs. F. McGinley of Los
Angeles, and J. Blouin of Chicago, with
* t ; ta, .° f 1114 - Blou: ' n rowing a total of
684, with an average for his three
of 228.
games
If ? had four husbands
named William, would she be
collector?
all
a bill
MILITIA GRABBED
LITTLE CHILDREN
WERE NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE
LAURENCE. NASS., FOR
OTHER' CITIES.
Under What Law Have These Pirates,
Under Protection of Ouns, to Inter
fere With Children of Mill Workers
on Strike Going Where They Can at
Least Get Bread and Butter?
Lawrence, Mass.—Heads were broken
Saturday in a riot which resulted from
an attempt to send 30 children of strik
ing textile workers to Philadelphia,
contrary to orders from the authori
ties. Police and military took the chil
dren into custody and arrested several
persons.
Anticipating a possible attempt to
rescue the children, four companies of
infantry ami a squad of cavalry
rounded the railroad station.
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The ac
tion was taken as a result of the
der issued by Colonel Sweetser,
mander of the militia doing patrol duty
here, forbidding the exportation by the
strike committee of the Industrial
Workers of the World of additional
parties of children lo other cities.
When they learned their children
the parents rushed
or
com
were being held,
to the police station to rescue them
but a detail of special policemen
thrown about the building
parents were arrested.
While the scene at the railroad depot
was being enacted strike pickets
active
was
and the
were
in the foreign quarters.
were they that 35 per
So
demonstrative
sons, 27 of them women, wore arrested.
Appeal for General Strike.
An appeal for a general strike for
all working classes in the city was con
tained in a circular issued over the sig
nature of the strike committee.
Copies of the call have beeu posted
vailable spot, despite the
fact that the police have been in
structed to arrest any person seen dis
tributing the documents.
One Rich Man Fed Poor.
Walter Shephard, a wealthy philan
thropist of Fitchburg, came to Law
rence and began the distribution of sev
eral thousand cards for free meals for
He is having dining
quarters fitted up and says he will feed
3Ü0U children three times a day as long
on every a
children.
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as the strike lasts.
SEVEN KILLED BY
WIND IN SOUTH
Tornado Sweeps Prairie and Rice Lands
in Arkansas.
Little Rock, Ark.—Seven persons
known to have been killed and
tlmu a score injured in a tornado which
swept portions of Lincoln, Jefferson and
Arkansas counties, late Sunday,
greatest damage was reported near Al
myiia, iu the prairie and rice lauds of
Arkansas county.
Mrs. Ed Johnson, her three children, a
lured man named McClain, and an un
identified .stranger, who was at the
Johnson home, were killed.
i he husband and an infant
were injured severely,
are
more
The
child
A score or more
persons were injured when their homes
were destroyed.
A child by the name of Hamilton is
known to have been killed near Swan
Seven injured were placed
on u relief train to be taken to a hos
pital at Pine Blnff.
At Terry, in the northern part of Lin
coln county, several residences were de
stroyed, and Dr. Williams and his wife
were caught in the wreckage of their
homo, both being injured seriously.
All wires are down in the storm 's sec
tion. . Meager reports place property
the Almyria neighborhood at
Lake, Ark.
loss in
$ 100 , 000 .
GOVERNMENT MUST BUY RIGHTS.
Clause in Patent Reserving Ditch Right
of Way la Held Invalid, Says
Judge.
Montrose, Col.—Judge Shackleford of
the United States court has made per
manent an injunction preventing offi
cers of the reclamation service from
constructing a canal through a quarter
section of homestead land which has
een proved up by John A. Masters.
patents for land issued by
the government since 1900 contain a
clause reserving rights of way to the
government Judge Shackleford held it
was too indefinite to be of
an ° n ^ wa 7 the government
con construct a ditch was by due
process of law.
question affects every reclama
project in the west.
any use,
The
tion
Famous French Artist Dead.
Paris.—Jules
.. Joseph Lefebvre, the
e - nown French painter and member
Sund * * n ^ erna hl°nal inst'tnte,
died