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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
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. 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.
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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
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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.
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