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LINCOLN COUNTY TIMES
U T. Alexander, Publisher
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IDAHO
IDAHO STATE NEWS
It waa a safe and sane Fourth at
Boise, there being not even a parade
or a Fourth of July oration.
Crop conditions in the Buhl country
never have looked more favorable !
than at the present time,
erop is unusually heavy.
On July 3rd, Idaho celebrated the
*wenty-first anniversary of her ad
mission into the sisterhood of states. I
The state was admitted July 3, 1S9D.
Two additional postoffices in Idaho '
have been designated as depositories !
for postal savings funds. SL Anthony
The alfalfa
«in K^win j - 1 i
win begin to receive deposits on July :
on July 2,. |
Thieves entered a clothing store i
U Buhl, taking fifteen mens suits, a
number of shoes and other wearing ■
apparel. They cut out the glass In
the front door, slipping the lock. I
Depositors In the defunct Stale !
Bank of Commerce of Wallace, which
closed its doors May 12, will realize
their first dividend in the next two !
weeks, according to Receiver W. O j
Pierce. |
in eastern Washington
and northern Idaho are sending an
average of 90 cars of rough dimen Î
slon lumber monthly to British Co
That northern Idaho is having one ol
the most prosperous years in Its his
tory is the opinion of State Immigra
Hon Commissioner Rich, who has
returned from a trip through portions
of that section.
Becoming entagled in the harness
while unhitching a horse. Jacob
Schleetes. aged 35. was killed near
Sawmills
Inmbla and other provinces in west
ern Canada.
Mountain Home, the horse dragging
him over a large field, tramping and
v ,
The deal between the Bell and In |
companies
kicking him to death.
dependent
whereby the Bell company takes over
tn its entirety the plant, business and
good will of the independent concern
at Boise, has been formally ratified.
The first hill climb to be given in
the state of Idaho will be held July
21 at Shoshone falls, five miles from
the city of Twin Falls. The climb
will be under the auspices of the
Twin Falls County Automobile club.
Convicted of murder in the first de
gree at Coeur d'Alene for the mur
der of John Billings, Fred Gruber,
whose execution was stayed by an
appeal to the supreme court, has just
been resentenced, to be hanged on
August 25.
It Is said that the vast holdings
of the Washington Power company
af Spokane in Kootenla county, rai
ned at from $800,000 to $5 000,000,
could be sold at public auction by
the officials of that county because
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of delinquent taxes.
only among nurserymen, but among
orchardists. irrigation project settlers :
and the general public a. well, in
e annual convention °f the Idaho
Nurserymen s association to he held 1
The grading equipment for building
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ÏÏÂUTÆK
poller.
H. J. Bartel. living near American
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State Inspectors caused a stampede
st Boise among dairymen w-hen they
raided nine dairies, under the direc
tion of State Pure Food Commission
er Wallis, arrested A 8 many dairy
men. and Immediately afterward con
victed seven of them.
Considerable interest prevails, not
Inly 18 at Emmett.
to the dry farm section that gives
promise of yielding about 35 bushels
The dry farmers around Cambridge
•ro exceedingly Jubilant over the pros
pecks for a bumper crop. The rains
throughout May and June assures the
biggest yield since this land was set-;
tied. In many instances the yield ou
to the acre.
R. L. Maya, recently connected with
the railway station of the Oregon
dry farms will surpass that on Irri
gated land.
Short Line at Gooding, in the capacity
of a clerk, and Miss Billy Brown,
also of Gooding, are under arrest at
the Salt Lake county Jail, charged
with the larceny of railway tickets of
the Oregon „sort Line.
The body of Dan Miller, a natural
Uen Austrian, who was drowned in a
peculiar manner while taking antisep
tics from Boise to a construction I
camp up the Boise river in order to j
save the life of his employer, was
found July 3, Just two weeks after
bis tragic death.
Orading' for the government rail
road from Barberton to Arrow Rook,
for the Boise irrigation project, will
be finished as far
where a bridge is to be be built across
the river, by the end of July, and the
galls will be laid in August.
as Gooseneck,
Following the announcement that
tho Idaho Northern railroad was to
be extended half a hundred miles
north from Emmett toward Payette
lakes In northwestern Idaho, there
is a report that the line will also
be built southwest from Its present
southern end at Murphy.
« THREATENED
WITH A REBELLION
PERSISTENT RUMORS OF UPRIS
ING IN PROVINCES THE CAUSE
OF MUCH ANXIETY.
President Gomez Declares He Will
Take the Field at the Head of the
Rural Guard at First Sign 0 »
an Uprising.
Havana,—Attacks recently made on
President Gomez by a
newspaper
ha« shown much opposition to
^ administration, are apparently be- 1
gI „ n i ng to assume Importance. Con
gressman Andreas, director of the
uewpaper El Dla. charged the presl
dent with accumulation of a large for- I
tune during the two years of his ad - 1
ministration. The president has issu
ed a statement giving an Inventory of
his estate, which shows it to be only
of moderate dimensions, acquired
prior to his assuming office. This
action is deplored by his friends
weak and undignified and denounced
by his enemies as an attempt to
er culpability.
troversy was shown on Friday in a
host of disquieting rumors.
The executive committee of the
zonservatlves, discussed the matter
Wednesday night and decided that it
did not present legal grounds for ac
tlon against the president. It is now
rumored that evidence has been dis
covered of projected uprisings in the
provinces; of Orient and Pinar del Rio.
The president is represented as much
perturbed. He Is said to have de
dared that at the first sign of d s
order he would take the field at the !
head of the rural guard and crush
th f rev °lj 1 Lionary movement. I
It was learned Thursday that there
Is much uneasiness among the rurales !
on account of the possibility of their ]
being suddenly called into active ser- j
!
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cov
The result of the con
vice.
Reports from the various country j
provinces do not show definite indica
ions of an immediate uprising, but
he rumors continue persistent, result
mg in a strong undercurrent of anx- !
lety.
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^ „ ree Gr T 3 AdV ° Cated
In^on «n F ? T ake , Sh ? P gr f Z ~
S next tew years TZ obtect of
a bill introduced hv
Rucker of Colorado. The measure am
^^nTaUgrÏÏlng tee^ "T"
'° n '"Xte "J J/Z l
congress Bv* aUt . h ° r '
[TZ/ZZll TorZjy
'o permits and the running of sheep
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Gave Life for Her Brothers.
Grants Pass, Or.—A family auto
mobile party, louring from Portland
to San Francisco, ended near Cres
cent City. Or., Thursday, when the
machine s fuel tank exploded, fatally
burning one young woman and In- i
Aiding serious injuries upon her sis
ter, father and the two little brothers
for whose protection she gave her
life. The dead :
The Injured: J. B. Kelly. Myrna's
father. Miss Angela Kelly, Hobart
Kelly, Homer Kelly, all of San Fran
cisco. Mrs. Kelly and an infant daugh
ter were left behind in Portland.
;
Miss Myrna Kelly.
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i Now York.—Anotbar a... o, A.„
Uc cholera brought Into this port on
an ocean Iiner wa8 discovered Thurs
: ^
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j 8 ® ngei T the M °>t k ® will be re'eas
ed and the steerage passengers and
1 crew will be detained for further ob
I serration.
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Ca,tro Said b « i" VcnezuCa.
Caracas—Reports, apparently of an
authentic nature are in circulation .
'hat former President Castro landed
j
from a motorboat Thursday at a port
near the western end of Venezuela 1
He is said to be without munitions !
The **™*™*t .hows no alarm, but
i* ma King arrangement to prevent
his getting a foothold and to capture
him If possible.
Money Returned to Leaders.
Mexico City.—Following a confer
ence of President De la Barra and
Minister of Finance Madero, an order
wa8 issued to the national treasury
° n Thursday to pay to Gustavo Ma
j dero *320.000 gold to reimburse him
t° r expenses incurred during the rev
olutlon. Gustavo Madero, a brother of
Francisco I. Madero, contributed lib
erally to the revolutionary fund
Taft a Member of Rough Riders.
Washington.—Although he prefers
the automobile to the horse. President
Taft on Thursday was notified that
he had been elected an honorary mem
ber of the grand camp of Rough Rid
ers of California.
Made Deaf by Giant Firecracker.
Glosgow. Mont.—The young child of
William A reason
on the night of the Fourth of July
by the expiosion of a giant firecrack
er thrown under the buggy in which
the child was seated with its
was rendered deaf
parents.
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surf CaL—Second Officer E Heu
son and three seamen of the steamer
Santa Rosa, of the
steamship
ashore at Point ArguelIo earIy Fri .
day were dr0W ned when a lifeboat
capsized while the passengers of the
wrecked vessel were being taken
ashore by the crew
There were 275 persons on board
when the accident occurred.
The Santa Rosa went ashoro jum
before dawn, at the bar at the mouth
ot Honda creek . It , 8 8uppo8ed ^
a p0 w erfui searchlight used by a
gang of railroad laborers working
near a wreck was the cause of the
CAPTAIN FAILED IN HIS DUTY
Steamer Goes
Ashore on
Coast of
California, Four Being Drowned
When Lifeboat Capsized.
Pacific Coast
company, which went
ve88e1 , eaving lt8 co the
tenuaster mi8tRking u for the Ught
of tbe Arguello lighthouse. . The ves
sel lay about 200 yards from shore
near Saddle Rock, where the Yankee '
Blade was wrecked several years j
When the boat struck the injury did
not appear to be serious and Captain
Faria, believing he would be able
again to float the Santa Rosa, made
no attempt to land the passengers. !
A sharp wind, rising soon after 4 j
ago.
o'clock, threatened to rack the boat |
to pieces and hasty preparations
were made to take the passengers i
and crew ashore. At 5:30 o'clock a
heavy swell cracked the vessel amid-1
ships and at 6 o'clock it split in two.
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Cost of Briquets Reduced by Use of
Powerful Machine.
Washington.—In briquets of lignite
the ^'ernment bureau of mines be |
lieTes u baa developed a fuel supply!
' be ^ mease vaIae 10 lbe
° btained only ÏÏ
A powerful machine brought from
Germany has solved the difficulty
^ '—tofore ha, limited the
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Castro Is In Venezuela.
GIVES LIGNIT c VALUE.
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Washington. Clpriano Castro, the ;
etod^ed tîTe vidian cl
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a f d landPd hl f naÜvfi i
th ë Goiiia nenlnsL La8 ^ lletas ' on ;
!!! ? Bt i acc ° rdlns t0 a 1
' department from
Caracas, confirming a rumor from that
j capital. Tho Venezuelan government
1
! ls l ," iakIng strenuous efforts to cope
^luUon^y''des^pf 'to^termeî
president
Dream Cause* Confession,
Colorado Springs.—George
King,
ex-convict, accused by John Fields,
nineteen years old, of being the in
stigator of the murder of Felix Jack
son, shot to death by Fields for the
purpose of robbery, at midnight
Thursday night, called Sheriff
Jones of Eibert county, to hia ceil
and substantiated the nrevlous con
fession of Fields,
prompted to make Che confession by
a dream he had.
Paul
King S'Jfl he was
Fisher Will Visit Alaska.
Chicago—Walter L. F,.,her,
secre
tary of the interior, will make a trip
to Alaska this summer to Investigate
the coal lands, the alleged grab of
Controller bay and other disputed
situations.
John D. Is Seventy-two.
Cleveland, Ohio.—John D.
Rocke
feller was seventy-two years old Sat
urday.
The world's richest
spent the day in his usual way—golf
In the morning and a drive In the
afternoon
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FROM THE INSIDE
LOSS OF BATTLESHIP CAUSED BY
EXPLOSION OF HER THREE
MAGAZINES, SAYS BIXBY.
Chief of Engineers Declares There Are
Numerous Conditions of the Hulk
■ î®,'" 8 * 0 "' The loss ot the bat '
Sion 0 P f her n fhr'ep S ma!!«tfn hy
effect as that nmdnrpH !!1 * r »° * *
sei could have been caused hv 'ni
"«ton iom without
Such is the opinion of Geeneral WII
Which
Prove That Explosions
Occurred Inside the Ship.
Ham H. Bixby, chief of engineers, U.
S. A., who has returned from a per
6onaI inspection of the work of rals-j
tbe Maine.
The caisson built around the wreck
in Havana harbor has met every ex
pectatl ° a of its designers, in the opln
l ° B of General Bixby. He explained
that delays In the work were because
was necessary that the wreck be
exposed by easy stages. More time
tban bad been expected was expended
after 'be first pumping in clearing
a * ay debr * a a ® d mud.
® neral Bixb >' 8aid »bat a portion of
the deck over 'be magazine was blown
upward aBd '-aid backward and there
were numerous conditions of the hulg
which proved that no expiosion from
i the outside said General Bixby could
have caused the same result
"What the primary cause of the ex
p ' osion was " * a "> General Bixby,
| ^ be learned."
General Bixby does not believe the
wdlT'b*e teuÎdTn Ze ZZuZ ''lie sïvs
the - v ar ® p '® bab 'y buried 200 feet or
more from the wreck in the mud,
While inspecting tho work. General
"2, ^ "T"" th< * ^ ° f thS
*11 u lea'st two third^of'th^how
»■»"»•i'alv t»a. t«e wreak of
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'thin the vessel,
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.bulls is to be held at^itair for
ft d at hw.>...r ,oi
fighting
. , , , a
« hole week leginning July 22. Felix
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h The^.
h J h v *" Jf" 8 ® h J p POdrom® at Saltalr
has been remodeled and now resem
ble ® the bull rings in the City of Mex
!co - The resort will he decorated ini
fP»"«»«» ®°'ors and there will be
"" band * Mw,can dançlng
a
The festival will begin Juiv
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Turks Invading Balkans.
London.—Europe is again on the verge
of a volcano.
The YoungTurks, long
King Nicholas of "Montenegro
ha« called ont his reserves and will
fight lbe invaders to the last ditch!
The campaign of devastation and
nacre now started is bound tn result
in horrors which made the great
of 1877 a shock to the civilized world.
restless, are advancing
kans.
mas
war
Band Leader Drops Dead.
Chicago.—While his band
was play
ing the ''Star Spangled Banner," c.
Frederick Kellogg the leader,
was prominent in Chicago musical cir
cles, dropped dead at Hacidile. from
heat prostration.
who
Four Killed in Collision.
Superior, Wis. — Four
men
were
killed and three seriously Injured in
a collision between an extra
gravel train on the Soo line
miles from this city Wednesday
dead and injured are all railroad
and a
a tew
The
men.
(»0 RAISING
DEPOSED PRESIDENT PREPARING
. TO START ANOTHER REVO
LUTION IN VENEZUELA.
Health and
Completely Restored to
Provided With Liberal Funds. For
Dictator Expects Soon to
Overthrow Present Regime.
mer
Caracas.—Clprlano Castro, tho exiled
president of Venezuela, has returned
to the country and has already mus
lered an army of 3.00» men, accord
Ing to well-founded reports that have
The news has
reached the capital,
caused Intense excitement, tho sov
ernment is recruiting troops as rapid
iy as possible, and well-informed men
inly foreign intervention ran prevent
the success ot the former dictator.
Castro, according to the best Infor
mation obtainable. Is at an inaccessible
point near the Colombian boundary,
where he can escape to Colombia In
he event of unexpected reversals. 1
This, however, is not thought prob- |
able, as there are many persons well I
Informed who boast openly that tho
that
tho opinion
are firm in
present administration will be over
thrown in two weeks.
Castro, it Is asserted, has been com
pletely restored to health, is ready for
a fight and has almost unlimited funds.
the Credit Lyonnaise In
It is understood that in one institu
tion alone,
France, he has $ 7 , 000 , 1)00 to his credit. |
A Cuban banker of the name of Silvern
is reported to be backing the révolu
! tion.
, Ruler Declares His interest in Ireland's
i Welfare Is Deep and Abiding,
: Dublin.—King George and Queen
Mary received an cnthvislastlc wcl
C0lue when they landed in the slate
1 ba >5® at Kingstown and touched I.tab
i soil f0r lhe firf!t ,irnp ou Sat,,rday '
j \ast crowds thronged the wharves
j and cheer after cheer went up as Vi
ceroy and Lady Aberdeen greeted the
royalties, while the fleet thundered
IRELAND WELCOMES KING.
r* * ?!!' ™ U ' e
"" 1 "ales. Lhe iTmcos. Mary,
heD " L ° f , C °on"-<-gh- and a br.I
llaBt staK ' As th . eil majesties_®tep
I ped ashore the chairman of t.ie Kings
t° wn town council presented an ad
dye88 ' to which the king replied in,
1 1 f 8 ° w ° rd8, ,
land the queen hastened our vlsi.
to ,be lnsb People, in whose wel.are
0U _ r . i , nt ® rC: ' t , is dcpp aild ab ' d 'ng.
1 hbr ' ef 8 «**"h «** reeved with
great cheering and was taken ns an
of the king's good will ,,
* a >d Ireland.
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Loses in Fight With Death.
Salt Lake City-After battling for
bis life for e.ghty-five and a half hours,
In which he displayed fortitude and
ZTb
1 Henry Johnston, who was shot in the
abdomen in a room at the Alberti
hotel by Elmer L, Dewey, a private
Agreement Should Be Modified.
P™» «' '• >n OPPOO
——" *»
ncgolUtiona with Japan with a view
,„ r "* , th " Anglo-.Japanese
its welcame from the bay.
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Mexico City—Ellmlo Vasques Go
mez will resign in a few days as sec
retery of the Interior, according to
r™ nclsco *• « ad ®">. Upon him has
fall ® n 'he responsibility of restoring
normal conditions in the states and
1 h ' 8 fa ' 1Ur * t0 d ° tl,Î8 Promptly has
given a faction of the Maderista, an
i opportunity to demand his removal.
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Autolsts May Run Away
New York.—The state
law that
® S U a fe . ,ony r ° r an automob ilst
! isrs» : i r■ z ss
■ court, us It compels a person to he
I -ome a witness against himself.
Use of Bloodhound, I, Legal.
! -JZZ: Ka "'T. The Ka,lsa, ®uprenw
t # U f^ bloodhound
1 " ^t of J«®«ee. "
as
ug the
If the hound had
oecn proven accurate in follow;
trail of humau footsteps, that
dence was enough,
zonvict.
ovl
s->ld the court, to
Government Owned Steame
Washington— A bill
16.000,000 for
r Line
appropriating
.. a a eovernm ®nt owned and
Yontrollod steamship line alon
Pacific coast and through ,he Panama
.anal wag Introduced Saturday by
Representatlv Stephens of Calltoroi
the
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Lightning Strikes Carryall
Barboursvlllo. Ky-One ma „ was
»ltd and one probably fatally In
lured here when lightning « ruck a
jarryall filled with persona goin^ to
zaseball game. Several other " 5
bruised and shocked
a
were
POLITICAL RIOT IN MEXICO
Eight Men Killed and Many Wounded
aa Reeul« of Fight Between Par
tlaana of Candidates
Oaxaca, Mexico.—Eight
killed and more thin fifteen
men
were
wounded
In a political riot in Ocolian Saturday
night
Partisans of Benito Juarez.
one or
'll® two candidates for governor, in
augurated the riot by lending
tack on mercantile establishments
the Diaz brothers. 1 latives of General
Felix Diaz, the opposition candidate
for governor.
an ui
Of
Armed resistance on the part of Up.
occupants increased the fury of tin
mob, which ran amuck through the
principal streets, breaking windows of
private residences and
houses.
business
Diaz rallied and tlu r leaders led them
in a counter mob. Few of either far
uous were armed with anything bet
In a short time the
partisans
of
'er lhan revolvers clubs, stones and
knives being weapons most frequently
tacked, posted themselves
cases on top of their buildings ami
«hot Into the attpckng mob.
the deaths are ascribed to them.
wielded.
Merchants, owners of the stores at
in many
Most ot
FORESTS SAFE FOR A TIME
Recent Rains In Northwest and British
Columbia Will Prevent Spread
of Fires.
Spokane, Wash.—Timber
and Rangers in Washington,
Oregon, Montana and the province of
British Columbia declare that the for
owner«
Idaho.
®*t* are safe from fires for at leant
thirty days, us a result of the recent
rains, and announce that plans have
been completed to prevent a repet I
tlon of last year's destruction of life
and property in tho government re
serves and private holdings.
Judge Albert L. Flewelling. president
of the Northwestern Forest and Con
scrvatlon association, which takes in
tho Btatos of Washington, Idaho, Ort*
Ron - California and Montana, reports
,hat the associations In Idaho
ZZ* ,0KPther and 'hat private
holders
nr»
with the fed
® ra ' government and slate forces to
Protect government and other proper
l l ® 8 throughout the season, ns well as
assisting in enforcing the fire iaww u.
the letter In the
wealths
wial ' bs
CATTLE DYING IN TEXAS
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Thousands Succumb to Heat. Hunger
and Thriat Broughton by Drouqht
on the Ranges
Galveston Texas—Thousands
he# ., of ca|t|p hay# ™° U "
hunger flm , th|r „ t on , he ,
western Texas and i n the Pecos villev
ftnd , hp loMM * nre es lma ed
fro n «g 00nftft , n •'.mated
'^ra 'ns fa i' w hi n " n , "h
, , . , , *" n d,,> "
" *** ** rou,! * < ' 01 m *'Hon
The^rsln
few days havJ'nn h "l" 1 '' lu* r'"'
montîs drought h ,ha°. sc.- ten Z
grass on the ron». "on and
and ® a ttle travel for mil." In'fruttles,
heVt" W " ter - dy ' nK
Assembling of War Vessels
Province,own' Mar,.-The
"tmm „ Am * r,can war , vessel, ever
several common
o'
e«s
UÎ
largest
raao, ao.n, rla-, thirlv 0 ,i
..ore
submalnes. colliers and dispatch boil,
and In a few days will |, e joined hr
Kr. h K,.ïr's„'z
vessel«
Gom P«rs Says It Wn Infamoua.
, Washington—'''Infamous" and "third
!,PKr, " e '"ethod." were terms nsed by
, PrP,,ldeB ' Oompers of the American
of Labor, in denouncing
' he ftrrPKt of 'he men charged with
,ho I ' OB Angelos Times
bulldinR "t a hearing Saturday before
be 8Pnat « committee for the
Investigation of police methods of fer
feting crime.
8h °t In the Back.
Victoria. Ter.-Ocorge Gosnell «
'stsdsT.
bad deposited ^ Z b^kî T u L t
have arrested Mr,. Gosnell Peter Jl»
ng ter ä? 0 ard M " ler and ar ® look
Pointer. 19 - yPar " ,ld ^ named EL
Horses Killed by Heat.
have'dleJte'hT 81 * hundrcd horses
« harnp " 8 six days. Th.
ml rTr has hpPn """'> 1 ® to
, tb0 bodl ®H bom the
promptly, so thick have they
Police Find Bomb Factory.
Buenos Ayre,—What is believed
p b r 0 an K anarChiSt p,ot ha " been
archlsts ha ° h° ll< '° Two Ual,an
of th * r * * iaV0 bpp, ' arr ®»tcd. A search
Ular SLv rPVeal8 >t to be
u,ar bomb factory.
streets
lain
to
uncov
an
a reg
Fought Against Great
Portland, Ore
tween
Odds.
~A revolver battle be
thirty Z niRn "° d a " art >- " f
Wk i„ ZZ Z l ,l<!k hlokcr* i„ «
i wo rn te* C ', ty rPSUlted the fa.
MelZ f ° f the Serv,a t>
'lexsoff who died later
Peter
at a hospital