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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1908)
' - , J ! 1 r ... ... T T " jF THE WEEK mi Fan to 5w IS OF WO CONTINENTS of tho Less Important tnt.rastln Events no Past Week. but i jtfimer burned on Lake Winnipeg. I HVC3 yfvlv tvB Turkish pinbtata hnvo boon and arresven. ,Mlntor!ffi'nt Boston flooded g, doing1 much damage APhll?a wornnn Pv. XQUW tiuu v a . 1 1 .. . nvr,. (a im nor destroyed nnu ISgcamrBfhrcatencdby forest fires l Montana. ., A In mnkintr oxtenalvo (reparations lor tno rcvinw " kit ksnip nc F- -if dna assumed nil rcBPonBl- I KOO&UY5I T .r ... Lmy for thC'dischargo of tho negro r , ........ ii. ... . j t. Moonino' houna nnu una 1 officers of grafting. i San Francisco man lived 48 hours f hfpaKimr nis nutiv nnu wu- Iioua a part of tho time. Thaw has filed a bankruptcy potltlon, aiming the doctors' fees nnu coat oi i 'trials nave icn mm wiwiouv ny- bng. .n .f Victoria. B. C. -who hiul I. I - ' , ' , t six days of a ton-dnya sentence J because he ma not novo mo to pay tho fmo la helrJ.00,- FOR -has just celebrated his PABTICULAiapopO. AND RATES )n(8t in Wisconsin SEE ,1 live. ' Inlnrya In T7ntfl Vl ft CI urkneaa. A ettiwrlnw docs not n Individuals. ics to reatoro exe Ican and other con- la im- ljitebreiikcrs from tho United tt. whole detachment of Japanso has been massacred by Corcan jenta. ' ' Jannnpgo sealinc- Rchnoner haa captured in Bering sen by a Rus- uiBer. aro raisin? a trrcat fund to lariew Zeppelin airship to replace- ne aeairoycu. viaduct at Cincinnati was dynn- A And 1R nnranna Imrf Ttin rlnm. Km placed at $10,000. IBvhlst gamo haa just been played ws Angeles for a ?1G,000 fruit which was in dispute. jlcksen, tho Danish explorer, nnd nmnnninno Vinuo mliik..M t.. l, E"-VJ-""W" I'M") j'UI lOIIUU 111 VIIU the Greenland const. Jtro accuses Holland of barbarism ysvairery. P?oward, tho great plny- ffrimana started for tho Pacific sun talking of higher froight IJw hundred 8heep wero kjHcd by a r oi Jigntnlnje? near Bridgo- Wread Prcaldcnta will confer with Er TV1"'' Tho meeting will w sat Chicago. S kalRPr linn 1-11 not recognize him with pro- ovrict aiwnuon to duty. Jnumber of earthquake ahocka have red In Alrrnrln ...l .i. ov..c, uuiiik inuuii uam W property and causing aomo losa FS(lhIa Id I' ; . macntniata on ttaiOtetft rw ia on and It is cxp pf Wen win i. . ir.V-3li w "u up, Gtrman Invnn 4 - vi vvf t nun ii iiiriiri LjLfni h0Ur8' rotu-int' to tffi itrreaf. Pni in. . . . !a?i- onueu m Ntia iahdvn , 45 "'cago nnu naa ywm tho ?l mark. 5Fyesof nil thn vo gone on a strike. brnnnrniu . . ?f " f tho bRtt,cal'P fleet ffe killed in Nevada 'by "A Who mistook him for n deer, ELH. of Now York, ia nt&fff. ""'fo Vigorous flcht pvwng men. &cBP0S!.Rn By. neantfa In- iuil. jiwb icsa cnanco of mn tho Bocialiata, A. Pnttll i . ... . irv "Hiuuno. lnnrinir nr thA hlW,0o'Lbor,diodlnra rruaBtOBUltofan oper- 'MANY FAMILIES SEPARATED, Prfierty Lota at Fernle Not Lesi Than. 2,BOO,000. Snokano. Wak. Ann-. A a nnr.. from Fomlo, B. 0 to tho Spokcsman- ivoviow, anya: It la feared that tho loss of life wll roncn uovonu i tin. huh hnM Ii . ' " " " wi.w.w UIVIW many llvlnsr rjconlo without hnm wholtcr or food to bo looked after that up to tno present no effort has been mode to aacortaln tho numbor of thoso who lost their lives. In tho district owopt by tho flames incro is CBiimnteu to havo been somo 7,U0U people. Two thousand of these peopioMiavo been Bont west to Cran brook nnd Elko, somo 1,500 fled from tno unmoB to tho northward nnd reach ed Hosrrfcr nnd other places along tho line. Tho Great Northern train took all tho peoplo It could carry up tho line, fighting Its way through sheets of flames boforo reaching a plnco of oafoty. Scores of families were separated. husbands not knowintr whom wlvca and children were, nnd in some Instances it was ascertained this morn ing that mombors of tho Bamo family I -. rt . wero in ranorooK, pernio nnu Hob mor. Tho lowest estimates of tho amount of tho loss is placed at $2,500,000, and as nearly as can bo ascertained tho in suranco carried will amount to some thing llko 51,500,000. Of tho 7,000 nconio Who had been honnwl vnntaninv 3,000 havo been taken away. It Is cs- tlmatcu uy tho committee appointed that there will bo 3,500 who will havo to bo furnished with tcmnorarv shelter anu ioocj. DEATH LIST GROWS. Soventy-Four Said to Havo Perished in Destruction of Fornlo. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Aug. A. Ab n result of bush firca tho town of Fernle, B.' C, is wiped oft tho map as a child cleans a slate. Michel, 14 miles dis tant. is in flames and tho fato of Hos- ,mor(nn1d gparwood, intervening towns, io in aouoc, mey neing cut ou irom communication. Over 100 lives are known to havo been lost, 74 of them in Fernle. A territory of 100 squaro miles la a seething mass of flames. Through it are scattered hundreds of lumbermen and prospectors, so that the actual loss of life will not be known for days. Tho properties of tho Canadian Pa cific and Great Northern railways arc destroyed, the bridges and rolling slock burned ao that it is impossible to enter or lenvo tho burning area. There is no possibility of estimating tho loss 'of Hfo nnd property which will result, for tho flames are driven by a half gale, making it impossible to put up a fight against their advance. ) Tho conflagration la tho greatest which has ever reached Canada and ranks only with the San Francisco disaster. For tho nast month forest fires have been raging in the mountains of Elk river valley country, but they havo not been considered serious. Saturday morning a heavy wind aprang up from tho wcBt and enrly in tho afternoon tho flames appeared over tho crest of tho mountains to tho west of Fernle. Thl8 ran down tho mountain aide nnd before a fire guard could bo organized had entered the town. FLEET PASSES 1 UTUILIA. Natives Gaze on Groat Battloshlps at Closo Range. Rnvln Fill Tslnnrta. Auc. 4. The ITnl.,1 Srntnn Atlnntfp flpfit nt S t). m. Soturday was In latitudo 15:43 south, longitude 17:24 west, being distant from Auckland l.uuu mnes. aiumu n'pnpe In ihn mnrnlntr the fleet chnnC"- ed its formation from lino of squadron to alnglo column, and nt 7 o'clock passed the end of eastern end of Tutu ilia Island, Samoa, and steamed closo in along tho const, giving tno peopio oi the island an .excellent view of the ships. Tho station ship Annnpclis passed closo to the fleet off Pago Pago. The usual honors were renuereu. AfOnVWlr thn fleet resumed its course for Auckland in line of Bquadron formation, it naa reuueeu iw upecu nfj. Tho weather is fine, though hot. Tho collier Ajax arrived at Suvla today. Dutch Mali Is Bnned Out. Willomstad, Aug. 4. Tho Dutch cruiser Goldorlnnd arrived hero today from La Guira. Venezuela. Her com mander declares that ho sent a boat n uVnr nf T.n fill Irn with nn ofllcer nnd .was rofused communication with tho abpro. Tho authorities there, ho says. Si6jined to accept llio letior uugu uu P(Mfllcinl communication to tho Ger- tW -- 1. I. .U.nnf Hlltlih minister who ibiui;iik'"' ists In Cnrncaa. Ho reports nlso pnezuela is preparing her lorcea UlSO OI mo couuvry. olland will take somo action. rl In rinn nmlntlet. . "iiri mililln ntrpnrs. OI WHO OOHUHK Ull ni Georgo Corny, of Terry, n small mining camp near hero, almost lost his Hfo to day at tho hands of a mob. Coroy had bcon arrested and placod in jail. A mob quickly formed and broko into tho jail, Tho man was taken to tho high way, whero ho was forced to run a gnuntlot of men with blacksnako whips. Many men woro in favor of lynching him, but tho women prevented this. Die of Heat In Mine. Virginia City, Nov., Aug. 4. Half a mllo beneath tho Burfnco of tho earth nnd 8,000 feet from tho mouth of tho Sutro tunnel, C. Pucilllnl waad scover od dead this afternoon with his four mlilos, killed by tho heat in tho tun nel's depths. I W: , ' '. 'J FROM WASHINGTON, D. c7 HEADY FOB FIGHT. STATE.pUARANTY ILLEGAL, National Banks Cannot Accept Terms of Oklahoma Law. . Washington, Aug. 4. In a formal opinion rendered by Attorney General Bonaparte at tho renufat nf Snrtnrv of tho Tronnnrv rViri.ilumi it la bo illegal for any nationnl bank to i .... enter inio a contract or other arragc mcnt with state, ofllcinlH for tho nur poso of creating a guaranty fund out Of tho bank's dononltn or rnnlfnl atnnXe to be used In paying tho depositors of any uunK inciuucu. within the terms of a Btato statute, any deficiency there may bo In tho amount tn hn rppnlvoH by them from assets of such bank in tho event of its fa uro. Mr. CortclVOU romiontofl thn nttirnov general's oninion "an to-tho Innrnl rlirht. of national banks In the state of Okla homa to contribute tnwnrrl thn cninr. anty fund or to avail themselves of me otner privileges of the state bank ing act." DIRT FLIES ON ISTHMUS. Total of Earth Removed Increases Month by Month. Washington. Auc. 8. Month hv month tho total excavation on the Isth mian canal is increasing. A cablegram received yesterday from Colonel Goe thals. chief encinnnr on tho Tnthmua. shows that the excavation for July' was considerably greater than for June; al ii in ... . inougn me inner was almost a record in the canal work. Tho tntnl nxrnvn. tlon for July was 3,168,640 cubic ynras, against 3,ubU,y7U cubic yards for June. and. 1.087.498 cubic varda for July a year ago. In the corre sponding months this show an increase oi z,vvi,vaz cubic yards. The average daily output for July, 1008. was 121.494 cubic vards. acainst 41.442 cubic yards In Julv. 1907. In July of this year, 1,847,173 cubic vard8-of material wore removed bv steam shovels. Roosevelt Praises Dead. Oyster Bay. N. Y.. Autr. 7. Presi dent Roosevelt today sent a telegram to the late Senator Allison s secretary, as follows : Am inexpressibly shocked and con cerned at tho news. The whole coun try loses a man grown gray in the most honorable type of public service. a man, who, becuse of his experience and trained ability, was one of the most effective aids in making good government that we havo in our coun try. (Signed) 'THEODORE ROOSEVELT." Perkins on Naval Committee. Washington, Aug. 7. As a result of the death of Senator Allison, of Iowa, Senator Perkins, of California, will be advanced to the chairmanship of the committee on naval affairs. Next to Senator Hale, the California senator is tho ranking member of that committee nnd ns Hale is the ranking member of tho committee on appropriations he will be called upon to take Allison's place as chairman, leaving tho chair of the naval affairs committee to be filled by Perkins. Packers Kick on Overcharge. Washington, Aug. 7. The Carstens Packing company, of Tacoma, has filed n complaint with tho Interstate Com merce commission against tho Oregon Short Line, the Oregon Railroad & Navigation compnny and the Northern Pacific, in which it asks reparation of $252 on 11 cars of stock shipped to Tacoma from Nnmpa, Idaho, and On tario, Or. It is alleged it was over charged nnd that the cars were routed by a more expensive route than neces sary. Young Commandant at Mnro Island. Washington, Aug. 8. Captain Lu- cien Young Is to be tho now command ant at Mare Island navy' yard, San Francisco, according to advices given out by tho Navy department. He will succeed Captain J. B. Milton, who has been transferred to command of tho re cruiting ship Independence, now at Marq Island. Commodore J. Al. llob inson' who has been in command of tho ndependence, is relieved and has re turned to his home. Release 43 Captives. Wnsihintrton. Autr. C. Estrada Ca brera, president of Guatemala, has re- eaBCd 43 political prisoners, nccoroing in ii clisnatch received' at tho State de partment from ALmoricnn Minister Hoimko today. ut una numuer as woro Guatemalans, six Hondurans and vflo Nicrngunns. It is believed that theso men aro among thoso who wcro alleged to hnvo been implicated in tho sevoral nttenints on tho life of Cabrera during tho last two years. Give Consuls .Refuge. ttr-nLinrvtrin Allry A Wnwl flf tllO Y (lolling wii, i.-w... - - arrival of tho gunboat Mariotntta nt Ilnnrlni-nii Pntitnln Mnvwoll VjUIUM, liuimwiM", w.-j. ......... - commanding, has been received at tho Navy department. uapiain aiaxweii will givo refuge aboard his vessol to tho forolgd conBUlB nt uoiba, wnoso exequaturs havo been cancelled by President Davlla, of Honduras, if con ditions make H e-pcdlent for them to retire from the city. Says Kormlt Did Not Talk, nvstor Rav. Auir. 7. The president, through Acting Secretary Foster, yes inninv Announced as belntr cntirolv fie- tltloua an alleged interview with hiB son, Kormlt, regarding tno Airican liunt of next year wnicn is uowg given publicity. Mr, Foster Bald tho story was on auaoiuto iauricauon anu uio president waa dosirous of refuting it. TALK WITH SCOTT FIRST. Roosevelt Not Ready to Act on West Point Hazors. Oyster Bay, Aug. 0. Secretary of War Wright has sent word to Presi' dent Roosevelt that ho desires the preV ident to see Colonel Scott nnd talk with him regarding tho findings nnd recom mendations made by a board of inquiry and indorsed by Colonel Scott in tho case of the suspended cadets. Colonel Scott undoubtedly will be received at Oyster Bay by tho president on his way to West Point from Washington. The president's assistant secretary, Rudolph Foster, this afternoon made a statement saying the president had not received the 'final decision of the War department. The statement adds: "The president, of course, will come to no ' final decision until he hears from General Wright." Debt Is 820,677,414 More. Washington, Aug. 5. The monthly statement of the public debt shows that at the close of business July 31, 1908, the debt, less cash in the treas ury, amounted to $958,809,823, which is an increase for the month of $20, 677,414. The cash in the treasury is $1,791,038,029, against which there are demand liabilities outstanding amounting to $1,437,409,856, which leaves a cosh balance of $353,638,173. Tho apparent increase in the public debt is accounted for by the loss of cash in the treasury, which, during July amounted to nearly $36,000,000. This loss was occasioned by the large also by the redemption of the notes of failed and liquidating national banks and the reducing of circulation, of na tional banks. Law Will be Given Test. Washington, Aug. 6. The constitu tionality of the Federal law prohibit ing the importation of women from foreign countries for immoral purposes is involved in the cases of Alphonse and Eva Dufour, which are docketed today in the Supreme Court of the United States. Six indictments were returned against each in the United States Circuit court sitting in Chicago, on the charge of violating the immi gration laws, and Judge Landis refus ed to release them on the writs of habeas corpus. They took an appeal to the Supreme court. The maximum punishment is five years imprisonment and a fine of $5,300 in each count. Opium Users in New York. Washington, Aug. 4. At least 5,000 white persons in New York city are slaves to the opium habit, according to the statement made today by Dr. Wright, one of the three representa tives of America on the international commission which is investigating the opium traffic throughout the world. He said the investigations have led also to the estimate that there are from 600 to 1,000 Chinese residents of New York who are addicted to the drug. The commission intends to extend its activities to all the main cities of the country, to determine the extent of the uic of drugs in the United States. Deepen Mare Island Straits. Washington, Aug. 4. The board of civil engineers of the army and navy npponited to suggest some methods of Improving the approaches to the Mare Island navy yard, has decided on the employment of hydraulics in the Mare Island straits. By this means it will bo possible to provide an adequate depth of tho channel at Mare Island to accommodate the largest war vessels. The project is said to ba feasible and can be maintained, when once it lsin- stnlled, for $25,000 a year. Roosevelt Entertains Guests. Oyster Bay, Aug. 6. Secretary of tho Treasury Cortelyou and Thomas J. O'Brien, American ambassador at To klo, were guests of President Roose velt at Sagamoro Hill today, Secretary Cortelyou driving over from his home at Halcsite, near Huntington. Other guests of the president today were : W. C. Forbes, vice governor of the Philip pines; R. R. Rogers, general counsel of tho Isthmian Canal commission; Robert J. Collier, Norman Hapgood and Mr. and Mrs. Mark Sullivan. New Man at St. Anthony. Washington, Aug. 5. Announce ment was made at tho Postofnco de partment today that Charles C. Moore hnd been appointed postmaster at St. Anthony, Idaho, in plnce of Marcellus J. Gray, removed. This change was decided upon several weeks ngo after an inspection of the office. Tho de partment says Mr. Gray has been care less in tho conduct of tho office and failed to givo it tho personal attention required. Treasury Department Is Upheld. Washington, Aug. 5. The attorney general has upheld the Treasury de partment in its view of that packages by tho distilled spirits produced at dis tilleries not affected by restraining or ders must bo marked in accordance with the regulations which took effect July 1. A circulnr letter is soon to bo issued to tho internal revenue collect ors instructing them in accordance with this viow. Send Leonard to Toklo Fair, Washington, Aug, 5. Major Henry F. Leonard, of tho Marino corps, haa been designated na naval attacho to tho Toklo Exposition commission in re sponse to the request of Commissioner General Loomis. Major Leonrd's con nection with tho commission will begin about September 1. Standard 'May Not bo Able to. Slip f Oyt of Landis' Decision. Chicago, Aug. SHUnited Stafes At-. trfrncy Sims and Special Consul ICel logg and Wilkcrson today drafted a petition to tve United States circuit court for a rchcarin of the Standard Oil case, in which one appellate court recently reversed Judge Ldndis, i Judge Grosscup and his associates will be asked to reverse themselves on the ground that they erred in de claring that Judge Landis erred. t The petition will aver that the circuit court misinterpreted the testimony, misread Judge Landis' obiter dictum and did not understand the ( legal premises on which he based his im portant decision. The three points raised by the court will be met squarely. The first is that Judge Landis attempted to im pose a Jine upon the New Jersey Standard Oil company for the of fenses of the Indiana corporation. This is to be flatly denied and. the record to be cited to confirm the claim that the court did not read the decision of the lower court as it applied to the evidence. The second point, that the whole offenses were in settlements and not in each shipment, and that ignorance of existing rates excused the accept ance of rebates, will be respectfully characterized as misapplication of the law and a ruling contrary to its known maxims. The third pointy that the fine of $29, 240,000 is excessive and confiscatory, is to be met by the contention that the corporation is a chronic offender and gained many times the amount of the fine by alleged rebatinp: methods. The financial statements of the com pany, showing net gains of more than $50,000,000 since the rebating be gan, the government regards as elo quent arguments. STARTED FROM BRUSH FIRE. Destruction of Fernle Said to Have Cost Number of Lives. Vancouver, B. C Aug. 3. The city of Fernic was nearly all burned Sat urday nignt by lire wnicn caught from a bush nre which had raged all the afternoon among the timber on the opposite side of Elk river from the city. The sawmill plant of the lilk Kiver Lumber company was the first to catch in the city of Fernie, and from there the fire spread to the main offices of the Crows Nest Coal company. Inside of an hour hun dreds of cottages of miners had been burned and the main business sec tions of the city were swept away. i'ernic has a population of about 5000. and two-thirds of the people are homeless. One or two deaths oc curred during the fire. Special trains are being rushed from nearly all towns to assist the homeless people. The total loss is said to be about 52,000,000. HEAT KILLS OFF BABIES. THIRD IN JijwjiM Navy Will Ba firtallr .'i t-j inn i v ) i JHUrciSCa 1311. Great Increase in July Death Rate Over Former Years. Chicago, Aug. 3. Enormous in crease in the death rate among ba bies last week put city health officials on the anxious seat, and unless the weather turns cooler a still higher point is 'expected in the weeks to come. A total of 206 children under 1 year of age an average of more than 29 a day died, according to the statis tics of the department. In the 22 pre ceding days of the month the average rate was 18 babies. In comparison with this total of 200 is an average of 161 for the week ending August 3 of last year and 139 for the week ending August 4, 1906. An official explanation of the in crease will probably be made public tomorrow, but, generally speaking, lack of proper care during the hot weather was given today as the cause. Growing Too Many Hops. New York. Aug. 3. Baron Louis von Horst Of Coburg, Germany, who has large hop , interests in California, was a passenger on the steamer St. Paul, which arrived here tonignt. Speaking of the situation in the in dustry, he said that the trouble is overproduction and that as a result the small hop farmer has been in se vere straits- during the past two years. The prohibition movement in the soutu ana west ana tne licensing dim in England and Germany have cut down the demand, he says, with the result that there has been a falling in prices. Pettibone Cannot,, Live. Denver, Col., Aug. 3. An operation performed today at St. Joseph's hos pital, in this city, on George A. Petti bone, formerly a member of the execu tive board of the Western Federation of Miners, showed that he is suffer ing from cancer, and the physicians in attendance agreed that his life could not bo saved. Pettibone be came sick , while in prison in Idaho awaiting his trial for alleged complic- ty in the murder of former Governor Frank Steunenberg, which resulted in his acquittal. France Faces Great Strike. Paris, Aug. 3. A tremendous strike is brewing upon the French nation alized railroads, according to present indications. Government acquisition f the Western railway, in addition to the many lines it already held, brought matters to a crisis. It added immensely to the strength of the governpient-employed railroad men. Un tle ground that living expenses have increased they adopted resolu tions calling for revision of the scale. , in . MnawMH. Cross Land by Balloon. ihicatm. Autr 3. A trnnscontlnen tallballoon race, starting from either Loi Angeles or ban lrancisco with the Atlantic seaboard as the objective point, is being planned by the Fed erattpn of American Aeronauts, ac cnrdmtr to announcement!) mnnV hv the hoard of directors nf th nrirnnf. zaujrnerc tonight. MANY NESHIfS AIE BUILBINf 1 German Navy League Discovers Large Addition to Program Soon Have 21 Battleships. Berlin, Aug. 4. The Japanese navy will take third place in 1911, according. to the. bulletin made by the German Navy League in i.ta August report. "Notwithstanding the assertions of Japan's bad financial position," tho article says, "the so-called program of 1907 appears to provide for consider able more construction than has been reported. From a fully well informed quarter it is affirmed that Japan, be sides building the three battleships, Aki, "A," and "B," and the four ar mored criusers, Kurama, Ibuki and. "E" and "F," has appropriated money for four additional battleships, each of 12,800 tons, and for five armored cruisers of 18,500 tons. Through these increases Japan will push forward in 1910-1911 to third place in the world's navies, Japan's position with&reat ships now being: Ready, 14 battleships with a tonnage of 191,400, and 12 large cruiseos with a tonnage of 113,000: building, three battleships with a tonnage of 60,800, and four cruisers with a tonnage of 66,900, to which must be added those vessels embraced in the latestjinforma tion, namely, four battleships, with a total of 83,200 and and five cruisers with a tonnage of 92,500." HEAT RECORD SMASHED. Temperature in Chicago Registers Highest in Eight Years. Chicago, Aug. 4. August heat re cords for the past eight years were smashed at 10 a. m. today, when the mercury reached the 94 degree mark. which it had not attained since August 5, 1900. Having reached this mark, the liquid metal rested for a time, be ing at the same mark at 2 p. m., but started up the tube later, determined to break alljjrecords for the year 96 degrees, made July 23 the hottest day since July 21, 1901, when a mark of 103 degrees was set. In spite of the high mark reached by the mercury, there was less suffering in the city than there was on some of the days last week when the temperatures were in the 80s. Then, however, there waa great humidity. Today it was dry and a 15-mile wind was blowing from the southwest. This kept the number of deaths and prostrations down. Four deaths and 26 serious cases of , prostration had been reported up to ip o'clock. Tonight a cooling breeze came off the lake, which lowered the temperature to 87 degrees. The police killed 24 unmuzzled dogs. LEARN LANGUAGE FIRST. Foreigners Ignorant of English Are Denied Final Citizenship. Denver, Colo., Aug. 4. A sensation was created in the Federal court today when Judge Lewis, in throwing out half a dozen naturalization cases, held that a foreign-born person must speak the English language before he can secure citizenship. "I cannot allow final papers to be given," said the court, "where tho party seeking the same is unable to speak the English language. He can not understand the laws of this coun try, its constitution or any of the acta that go to prove his citizenship. He may have homesteaded upon land, but he must read and write English before he can secure his final papers and come before the court with a native citizen who can swear he has known the sub ject for a period of five years." Wheat Elevator Burned. Chicag.o Aug. 4. Fire which waa so hot that the firemen could not get within a block of it, and which , made it necessary to play str eams of water on buildings three and four squares away, this afternoon destroyed the Burlington elevators "E" and "F," the Rock Island transfer warehouse of that road and either burned or rendered useless 500 box cars. The loss on the grain in the two elevators is placed by Armor & Co., who owned it, at $700)000. The total loss is placed at $1,000,000. Conservatives Win In Cuba. Havana, Aug. 4. Election returns throughout Cuba indicate a general victory for tho conservatives, who havo carried most of tho important cities. The liberals elected Azbert governor of tho province of Havana, but the conservatives were victorious in tho city of Havana. Tho liberals showed their greatest strength in East ern Cuba. So far no reports have been received here of serious trouble at tho polls. Robbers' Swag Fifty Thousand. Chicago, Aug. 4. Terrorizing tho postmasters of Northern Michigan for ten years and stealing more than $50, 000 from tho government, George Rosay' and Frank Roach aro under arrest tc day. Tho bandits were captured ' by Postal Inspectors raster and Clark in a hut in the woods near.Escanaba. When they were captured Ross and Roach had $10,000 worth of stamps and postal erders in their possession. p.. . 5 4 1