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RESUME OF THE
WEEK'S DOINGS
General Review of Important Hap
penings Presented in a Brief and
Comprehensive Manner for Busy
Readers National, Political, His
torical and Commercial.
The jewels of Pharaoh's queen have
been found.
A nun ba3 eloped from an Iowa con
vent and married.
The Missouri Pacific has closed its
chops at Sedalia, Mo.
Two submarine torpedo boats will be
sent to the Philippines.
The fight on Harriman's control of
the Illinois Central has been resumed.
A California girl is paying her way
through the state university by raising
The battleship fleet has started on
the last stage of its journey to Magda
lena bay.
Naval officers who have criticised our
warships will be given a hearing before
the senate committee.
Unknown warahirs have been sighted
off the Hawaiian islands and the peo
ple fear they are Japanese.
Kentucky Democrats may avenge
themselves for the election of a Re
publican senator by carrying prohibi
tion. The railroads are making a strong
plea of poverty to the Interstate Com
merce commission as a reason for post
poning the 9-hour law.
Thomas A. Edison is slightly im
proved. Six accomplices of Alio murderer
of the Denver priest have been ar
rested. Harriman has declared an extra
dividend of $75 per share on O. R. &
N. stock.
By an explosion in a mine at San
Jose de Sabinas, Mexico, 76 men
were killed.
Investigation into the Pennsylva
nia capitol graft is bringing further
graft to light.
The president has asked the Ore
gon delegation in congress to choose
another district attorney.
The bombs thrown at the shah of
Persia killed three attendants, but
the shah escaped unhurt.
An attempt was made to assassi
nate the president of Argentina, but
the bomb failed to explode.
The Northern Pacific railroad has
dropped for the present the idea of
reducing pay of its telegraphers.
The British house of commons has
passed the woman suffrage bill. The
6cene of action will now be trans
ferred to the house of lords.
Thomas A. Edison's recovery
seems doubtful.
The senate committee may revive
the Brownson-Rixey controversy.
Northern Pacific telegraphers
have rejected reduction of wages.
Roosevelt has called for a new
recommendation for Oregon district
attorney.
Heavy buying of merchants from
New York wholesalers shows a 're
turn of prosperity.
Los Angeles police have arrested
four men and a woman who had
planned to dynamite a bank.
A tobacco warehouse near Frank
fort, Ky., containing 100,000 pounds
of tobacco has been burned.
Railroads are pleading with the
interstate commerce commission for
delay in enforcing the nine hour law.
Charges against. Jerome, district
attorney for New York, cause-many
demands to be made for his re
moval. The president has submitted a
number, of treaties to the senate that
were approved by The Hague peace
conference.
Governor Toole, of Montana,
whnsfl rpsienation. on account or. in
health takes effect April
1, Is in Los ;
Angeles.
It is estimated that over $2,000,
000 will have been paid by New York
patrons of opera before the present
6eason ends in April.
The senate committee has ap
proved the dismissal of the negro
troops engaged in the Brownsville
riot in August, 1906.
Having been left an annuity of
$2,500 a year as long as he remains
in college and lives in a college dor
mitory, V. C. B. Kemp has contrived
to remain at Columbia university,
New York, 27 years without grad
uating. Four mail clerks were injured in a
train wreck near Flovilla, Ga.
Work is about to begin in New York
on a building for the variouB Irish so
cieties. Sixteen pereons were injured, five
seriously, by the derailment of a car on
the scenic railway at one of Denver's
amusement parks.
Mrs. Yerkea, widow of Charles T.
Yerkes, intends to devote a portion cf
her $10,000,000 estate to the erection
of a hospital in New York.
A man disguised as a girl obtained
employment in the St. Louis telephone
office and was only discovered when he
proposed to one of the girls.
RAILROADS RETRENCH.
Will Close Small Stations Because of
9-Hour Law.
Washington, March S. American
railways have made arrangements to
comply with the provisions of the
"ninehour law." The operation of
the law will mean the employment by
railroad companies of several thousand
additional operators and the closing of
a large number of small stations on the
principal systems. Discontinuing of
railway service at many points, it is
thought, wilTinduce at least temporary
inconvenience to traveling and shipping
public in order to reduce operating ex
penses, which now seems necessary.
The operating ofhcials of the railways
believe this is the only way they posei
hly can meet the situation with which
they are confronted.
During the hearing of applications
for an extension of the nine-hour law by
the Interstate Commerce commission
some astonishing statements were
made by the operating officials of im
portant railways. A good many lines,
owing to a reduction in the revenues
and to their inability to command the
cash necessary to meet their payrolls,
have been forced during the past four
months almost to the point of asking
for receivers.
With four or five exceptions, no im
portant raliroads of the country have
indicated an intention to reduce the
wages of their employes.
SURPRISE FOR EVANS.
Title of Vice Admiral Likely to Be
Awarded Hero.
Washington, Marh 3. In a quiet
way naval officers in Washington are
endeavoring to arrange an agreeable
surprise for Admiral Evans when the
battleship fleet under bis command
sails through the Gclden Gate, com
pleting the Pacific cruise. It is pro
posed to greet the rear admiral with a
commisson as vice admiral of the
Amercan navy. Of course, the success
of this undertaking depends upon con
gress, but the president has done Lis
part in makng a proper recommendaton
to that body for the re-establshment of
that naval grade, and it is not doubted
that congress can be induced to act
upon the recommendation in season to
i insure trie issue oi Admiral tvans
commission, so tnat ne may Dear tne
title of vbe admiral for the few months
that intervene between his anival at
San Francisco and his retirement from
active service.
The naval argument in Eupport of
the proposed re establishment of the
grade of vice admiral is strongly rein
forced by a comparison made at the
lorceooy a comparison nmu m, y,wlth the two railroads building they
Navy department between the British ' almost sure to obtain a hish
home fleet engaged in tne maneuvers
of last fall and the splendid battleship
fleet commanded by Rear Admiral
Evans. The British fleet, composed of
26 battleships, 15 armored cruisers,
nine protected cruisers and 57 torpedo
craft, was commanded by one admiral,
three vice admirals, seven rear ad
mirals and one commodore.
SILVER THAW IN CHICAGO.
Temperature Rises in Nickof Time
to Save Big Damage.
Chicago, March 3. Record breaking
destruction of telegraph and telpehone
property was averted today by a narrow
margin. Sleet that covered wires and
poles 25 to 50 miles, north and west
and south of Chicago, and 100 to 150
miles east, was melted during the day
by a rise of temperature jut in the nick
of time. Ice coated lines, sagging
heavily, had already begun to snap to
pieces or topple to the ground long lines
of glistening overweighted poles.
The worst damage was east of this
city and west of Tort Wayne. Trunk
system on the Lake Shore and Michi
gan Central railways suffered particu
larly. In one instance a stretch of
nearly a mile ofpoles bearing dozens of
important circuits to New York and
other Eastern cities, went down in a
tangled mass of wreckage. With the
mercury ascending a trifle, the miles of
sleet disappeared almost as if by magic.
Tonight the telegraph officials had re
stored the facilities to a basis adequate
for, the upual traffic and hoped to
be able to care for brokerage and other
business tomorrow without delay.
Forcing the Use of Phones.
Cleveland, O.. March 3. The nine-
hour law for railroad telegraphers is
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nastening tne use or tne leiepnone in
tne operation or trains, according to a.
S. Ingalls, of the Lake t-hore road, in
an interview. "I believe," said Mr.
Ingalls, "that the new law regulatii g
working hours will bring about in one
year what it wou'd have taken ten years
to accomplish in the direction of new
use of telephones on railroads. Since
October, tests have proved so satisfac
tory that railroads in many parts of the
I country have stirred themselves."
Mr. Wd Talks Straight.
San Francisco, March 3. At a ban
quet jiven today in honor of Chinese
Minister Wu Ti'ig Fang, by the Chinese
merchants of San Frsn i co, Minister
Wu is reported to have given utterance
to some significant remarks, the tenor
of which was that the exclusion of the
Chinese laborers from the United States
is a fixed fact, and those who make at
tempts to oppope the excision laws or
tT vi tiate them are acting ill-advisedly
for their own interests.
Pittsburg Fears Flood.
Pittsburg, Mach 3. A warm rain
has been falling here and at the head
waters of the Allegheny and Mononga
hela rivers all day. Both streams are
rising, and small creeks are already
beyond their banks. It is expected
the danger line, of 22 feet will be passed
nnless there is an early change in the;
temperature and weather.
NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FROM THE STATE OF OREGON
LARGE CLIP EXPECTED.
Eastern Oregon Wool Industry Looks
tnccuraging.
Pendleton The fixing of the wool
sales dates for Eastern Oregon is ttie
fi st step in what promises to be one of
the best years for sheep and wool in the
history of the state. Owing to the mild
winter all over Eastern Oregon the
lamb crop promises to be heavy and
the wool clip will average higher than
everlefure. It is estimated that the
Eastern Oregon herds will average nine tions for offices to be voted for in
pounds or more this year, owing to the the state at large, or in any district
constant improvement of the grade of .composed of more than one county,
sheep.. Sheanisncbei
and prices will be fixed soon. It is 1(offlceg ln',udeB state offices, con
thought the price for shearing will be gresslonal offices, joint senators,
about 7 cents per head, and there is joint representatives, circuit judges
a large preference shown for hand amj district attorneys. There peti
shearing, owing to the fact that the tions are to be filed in the office of
machines injure the roots of the wool the secretary of state,
by cutting too close to the ekin of the I Petitions for"' nominations for of-
sheep. The skin of the machine shorn
sheep being clipped extremely close,
sunburns badly and this retards the
growth of the wool for. another year. i
Wool and sheep buyers are already
on the ground, and ' there promises to
be spirited bidding for wool and mut
ton sheep all over this section. Ewes
which will bear a lamb this spring and
hainflr a heavv fleece of wool UDon them
are now worth $6 per head in Eastern
O.egon.
FARMERS HOLD THEIR WHEAT
Growers of Baker County Expect to
Get High Prices.
Baker City One of the strongest
combines among the farmers around
Baker City is now in existence and
it is practically impossible to secure
grain of any kind. Heretofore they
have always been anxious and ready
to sell but at the present time it is
almost impossible for the local deal
ers to supply the demand of the peo
ple in Baker City who have stock to
keep.
The cause of this combine among
the farmers of this section of the
country is the building of the Eagle
Valley railroad, which will employ a
large number of teams in the spring
and the farmers are holding their
grain in anticipation of the great de
mand and the high prices when ac
tive operations begin. The
build-
ing of the Snake River Railroad will
also create a strong market for grain
and many of the ranchers expect to
sell to the contractors on the Snake.
price for their grain and to make
1 money by holding it.
Fruit Replaces Forests.
Grants Pass If the moereBs of clear-
ing up raw land and improving it keeps j
on at the present pace, Josephine j
county, within five years, will be en-! Weston The Adams place, two
tirely cleared an i planted to fruit. As miles east of town has been sold by
an instance of this work it may be stat- Walter Adams to R. W. Brown, for
ed that one country store in Applegate merly of Eureka Flat. The place
valley has placed seven grubbing ma-
chines within the last month, lhese
mechanical devices dc the work of sev
eral men, with greater ease and less ex
pense. Within short distances of town
where heavy machinery may be used,
donkey engines play a prominent part
in pulling stumps and brush.
Clackamas May Get Cannery.
Oregon City If the preeent plans of
the members of the Clackamas County
Horticultural fociety are carried out,
Clackamas county will have still an
other enterprise in the shape of a fruit
cannery. A meeting of the society was
held last week. Mr. Britton, of East
ern Oregon, addressed the meeting on
the subject and stated tbat he had made
a careful examination of th fruit acre
age of this vicinity and finding it high
ly satisfactory, was willing to finance
the scheme.
Pumping Out Red Boy.
Baker City After lying idle for
months, the pumps of the famous Red
Boy mine have been started again and
the mine will soon be in condition for"
operation. The monster pumps throw
out about 600,000 gallons of water every
24 hours, and at this rate the mine will
be ready for operations in about 30
days. The Red Boy mine was one of
the best producers of Eastern Oregon
for many years and it is thought that it
will again occupy a front rank.
TracMayirg on Klamath Lire.
Klamath Falls Track-laying was
commenced last week on the Califor
nia Northwestern railway, out from
Bray, California, which has been the
terminus of the road for several
months. The grade is ready for rails
about two-thirds of the way to Dor
ris. It is expected that MacDoel will
be reached with the rails by March
15. This is the Dunkard town, this
side of Mount Hebron. At this rate,
Dorris will be reached by May 1.
Will issue Pamphlets.
Salem The secretary of state has
turned over to the state printer all
measures to be submitted at the clec-
jtion June 3, and arguments for and
'against them, for the purpose of hav
ing them bound in one pamphlet,
which will be sent to all voters
will nrohahlv be readv for mniline
at the end of March, when it will 1
be sent to all voters whose names
are sent In by the county clerks.
Oreron Butter Sent East.
Corvallis A carload of butter has
been shinned by the Corvallis cream-
try to Philadelphia. The shipment i
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casioned by much better prices for 1820c per pound according fa "hrlnk
the product in the East than are ob- age; valley 18(S)20c aHXrding to fine
tained on the Coast. Jneas; mohair choice 2930c per pound.
FILING PETITIONS.
Candidates for Office Have More
Than a Month. ,
Salem Candidates for office have
more than a month yet in which to
procure
signatures to their petitions
and to file them in the office or tne
secretary of state or the county clerk
as the case may be. Some oi them
are not familiar with the details of
the direct primary law and are mak
ing inquiries as to dates. The last
'day for filing petitions for nomina-
Iices 10 oe voieu lur iu Jiu.y uuc
county must be filed in the office of
the county clerk not later than April
1- .
The secretary of state will certify
the state, congressional and district
portion of the ballot to the county
clerk by March 30. The primary
election will be held Friday, April
7. The general election will be held
, Monday, June
Alfalfa for Cattle.
Pendleton It is estimated that the
increase in the alfalfa acreage of Uma
tilla county this spring will amount to
at least 10 per cent. In the Butter
creek and Hermiston districts in the
West end of the county and also in the
Hudson Bay district in the North part
of the county active work in enlarging
the alfalfa farms is now in progress.
The raw land without water is worth
but $10 to $25 per acre, while seeded to
alfalfa and under irrigation it is worth
from $100 to $150 per acre. The pro
posed erection of the packing plant at
Portland has stimulated the growing of
alfalfa and the fteding of cattle in this
district very much.
New Fruit Pacmng House.
Milton At a meeting of the Milton
Fruitgrowers' union the following di
rectors were elected for the ensuing
year: J. N. Stone, T. L. Ragsdale,
William Forsythe, 6. K. Goodman and
E. P. Jenaon. The union is in good
condition and its affairs have been
handled in a very creditable manner.
Tf ia tha nnmnso nf thn iinion tn hnild
I Vew and lareer Dackine houBe on the
a new &na larger Packing h touse on tne
"l lu? K1""' w?. , k,
, TLhe new building will probably be a
; uiree-story Btruinure uuu win uw uuii-
i venienttiy arranged mr tne nananng or
fruit-
contains 300 acres, much being good
farm land , and the consideration is
not given out, but is said to have
been about $60 an acre. The place
is well improved, with a fine house
and barn and gravity waterworks. It
is among the first farms in this vi
cinity. After Federal Court
Pendleton The Pendleton Commer
cial asociation will send a delegation to
Washington to fight for the Federal
district headquarters when the date of
the hearing with the house judicial
committee is fixed. If the Oregon del
egation think it necessary, expressions
frcm attorneys of Morrow, Gilliam,
Sherman and other Eastern Oregon
counties in favor of Pendleton for the
headquarters will be secured.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 81c; bluestem, 83c;
valley, 81c; Yed;'79c.
. r Bar ley Feed, $26 per ton; brewing,
$3S; rolled, $2930.
Oats No. 1 white, $2?; gray,' $27,
per ton.
Corn Whole, $32.50; cracked,
$33.50.
Hay Valley timothy, No. J, $17
$18 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy,
$2021; clover, $1415; cheat, $15;
grain hay, $1415; alfalfa, $1213;
vetch, $14.
Fruits Apples, table, $1.753.00;
cookine. $1.25(3)1.50 per box; cran
berries, $811 per barrel.
Vegetables Turnips, 75c per sack;
carrots, 65c per sack; beets, $1 per
sack; cabUge, lli.ic P" Funl; cau
liflower, $1.75 1.85 ; celery, $3.75
4 per crate; onions, 15(320c per dozen;
parsley, 20c per dozen; peppers. 7e
per pound; pumpkins. ljc Per
pound ; radishes, 20c per dozen ; ppin
ach, 6c per pound; sprouts, 8n per
pound; squai-h, l,lHc per pound.
Onions $2.50 per hundred.
Potatoes $2.50 p r hundred, deliv
ered Portland; eweet potatoes, $5.50
3.75 per cwt.
Butter Fancy creamery, 3035c per
pound.
Poultry Average old bene, 1 3(513 ic
per pound; mixed chickens, 12213c;
spring cnickens, iziwi ac; roosters,
10(2il lc: dressed chickens, '4c; tor-
keys, live, 14(315c; dresped, choice, 15
f5ll7c; geese, live, 9(S)10c; ducks
15c; pigeons, 75v.l ; squabs, $1.50(22
Eezs Fresh ranch
candled, 22
23c per dozen.
Veal 75125 pounds,
7c; 150 to
200 pounds, 6(26c.
Pork Block, 75 to 150 pounds,
6)4
7c; packers. 56c.
Hops 1907, prime and cnoice 4(9
c per pound; old. 1 per pound
Wool Kaetern uregon average
hoet
NEVADA POLICE GET ARMS.
All Ready to Take,; Place of Soldiers
at Goldfield.
Carson, Nev., March 2. The mem
bers of the Nevada police who are to
take the place of the United' States
troops at Goldfield on Marah 7 received
their arms today. They consist of
Winchester carbines, 30-30 Colt's re
volvers and 20 automatic Remington
shotguns. The armory in this city has
been used as a drilling room for the past
week, and 35 men are in shape to go
into the field. Target practice has also
been indulged in.
Captain Cox stated today that he had
not decided just when the police would
move to Goldfield. The police will not
occupy tents, but a hotel or some large
house. Captain Cox stated this after
noon that he would leave with at least
25 trusted men, others to follow as fast
as they were drilled and shown their
duties. Instructors will be maintained
in this city to qualify the reserves for
service in the camps. The officers of
the police received their first pay thiB
morning.
The uniform', which are dust colored,
are expected to arrive i" a few days.
Each member is given a card signed by
the governor and Captain Cox, and is
also decorated with a large Eickel star
bearing the words "Nevada State
Police."
BUTTE MINES TO RESUME.
Great Smelting Works at Anaconda
Also Fire Up. 1
Butte, Mont., March 2. John D.
Ryan, managing director of the Amal
gamated Copper company, who returned
home at noon from the East today, an
nounced that the mines of the company
will resume Monday, when fires will be
lit in the great Wafjhoe smelters at An
aconda. One minute after the announcement
was made the mine whistles on Ana
conda hill began to blow, which was
the first announcement the city had of
the decision to resume. The order
means the employment of a full force
in' the various mines and at the smelter.
Roughly speaking, about 12,000
hands Bre affected. When going full
blast, the Amalgamated payroll runs
from $1,000,000 to $1,500,000 month
ly. The Great Falls smelters have been
going full time, but the Anaconda
smelters have been closed entirely,
while in Butte, of all the Amalgamated
properties only the Boston & Montana
mines have been operated.
The shutdown has never been com
plete, and was gradual, beginning last
October. Married men were provided
for, but In all only about 40 per cent of
the normal force could be employed.
The Amalgamated is reported to employ
about 20,000 people in Montana, in
mines, smelters, mills, coal mines, log
ging camps, etc.
BRITAIN ANGRY WITH JAPAN.
Obstructions to Trade in Manchuria
Cause Distrust.
Shanghai, March 2. There is a
growing distrust in British commercial
i circles on the Chinese coast of the en
tire policy of the Japanese government
in the Far East, and of recent months
there has been a successiou of com
plaints regarding the obstruction of for
eign trade in Manchuria. This partic
ularly affects the British steamship
companies, and officials of these lines
?ay that obstacles are placed in the way
of their steamers going to Port Dalny.
The opposition of Japan to the exten
sion northward of the Hsin M'n Tun
railroad also is adversely criticiztd here,
it being contended that her sole object
in this regard is to eliminate any possi
bility of opposition to her lines in Man
churia. Great Britain is now negotiating at
Tokio on the question of trademarks,
and one newspaper says:
"It is difficult to convince Japan that
no satisfactory solution can be con
structed upon the existing laws, which
are at variance witn tne commercial
morality of civilized nations.''
It is considered esential in English
circles here tbat Great Britain should
press new trademark laws upon Japan.
Hold Up Insurance Law
Kansas City, March 2 Judge Slover
in the Circuit court here today issued a
temporary injunction restraining the
Missouri state offioiala from ousting
from the state the Prudential Life In
surance company of New Jereey, the
Metropolitan Life Insurance company
of New York and the Equitable Life
Assurance society of New York for vio
lating the law passed by the last legis
lature prohibiting any company that
pays its officials a salary of $50,000 or
over ft year lrom doing DusinefS in
the state.
Drives Tack in Tongue.
Stenhensville, O., March 2. Miss
Clara Sterling, teacher at Tuscara
county children's home, who, it is al
leged, drove a tack into 6-year-old
Sampson Fowler's tongue, is accused of
other cruelties in a report filed with
the probate judge today. The board
says that Miss sterling forced several
boys under her charge to take ground
mustard into their mouths until their
months were burned, and several of
them were made violently ill.
First Oermin Dreadnai'ght
Berlin, March 2. Germany's first
f'Pu'ii Huht. ihe 18,000-ton battleship
l'.iern. wi'H'h was laid down last
M-nch. will hr launched at Wilhelms
haven on March 0. The emperor will
attend the re'emory and his guests will
include Q ipen Wilhelmina rf Holland
and the nrinf consort, and Prince Ru
pert of Bavaria. v
MINISTER HAS
NO PROTEST
Wu Ting Fang Admits There Is Fric
tion With Japan.
But Will Not Seek Intervention From
United States Has No Instruc
tions in Regard to Exclusion Law
Lands at San Francisco With
Retinue of Seventy.
San Francisco, Feb. 29. Wu Ting
Fang, for the second time appointed.
Chinese minister to this country, ar
rived yesterday on the Pacific rnull
liner Siberia, with a large retinue of
secretaries and legation and consu
late attaches numbering 70 persons.
He brought with him new consuls for
Mexico, Havana, New York and San
Francisco, besides three nephews and.
three secretaries and five other at-,
taches for the Chinese legation at
Washington and 24 young students,
who will enter various schools and
colleges in this country.
At the Pacific mail dock, where
tho Siberia made fast, shortly before
1 o'clock, a large number of Chi
nese from the local colony were ori
hand with a brass band to greet thelr
minlster, From the dock the minis
ter and his party were taken to the
Fairmount hotel, where a large num
ber of suites had been reserved.
Minister Wu denied the report
that he was the bearer of an appeal
to Washington .asking this country
to assist in preserving the interests
of China in Manchuria and protest
ing against the alleged aggrandize
ment of Japan In that Province, but
admitted "there was some local fric
tion." He professed to be ignorant about
the Kan Tao boundary dispute be
tween China and Japan and the ex
tension of the Hslnjnlntin-Fukemert
railroad, which has caused friction
between the two countries.
Asked whether he would endeavor
to secure some modification of the
exclusion law, Minister Wu said that
he had no particular instructlons
from his government with reference
to that.
WILL SHOW TEETH.
Japan Sends Cruiser to China to In
vestigate Seizure.
Tokio, Feb. 29. The Japanese ar
mored cruiser Idzumi sailed yester
day from Shanghai for Hongkong,
where, it is understood, she will in
vestigate the seizure on February T
by the Chinese customs cruisers of
the steamer Tatsu Maru.
This movement is possibly Intend
ed as a demonstration against the
Chinese officials, although the for
eign office denies It has such an ob
ject In view, adding that negotia
tions are proceeding at Pekin and
that the Japanese flag has been re
stored to the Tatsu Maru.
The whole question of the seizure
of the Tatsu Maru, which carried a
cargo of arms and other munitions,
now turns upon the character of the
merchant to whom the arms were
consigned. It is believed that he is
a sympathizer of the revolutionists
in China, for whom the arms were
possibly intended.
KENTUCKY ELtCrs rtfcNATO.
Legislature Elects Governor Brad ey
After Six Weeks.
Frankfort, Ky., Feb. 29. Four
democrats, who have stood out from
the party machine, swung into line
with the republican members of the
general assembly yesterday, result
ing in the election of ex-Governor
William O. Bradley, a republican, to
the United States senate. The elec
tion followed a deadlock that has
held up more than six weeks, tha
democratic organization supporting
ex-Governor Beckham, while the re
publican members have been as a
unit for Mr. Bradley from the first.
The four democrats who made pos
sible an election have persistently re
fused to vote for Mr. Beckham, and
when they were convinced that their
party would unite on no other man,
they withdrew, their support from
scattering candidates and centered it
on the republican choice.
Union Men Refused Pardon
Washington, Feb. 29. The Presi
dent has denied pardons in the cases
of P. D. Lenihan. M. J. Plunkett,
Joseph Shannon, William Cutis and;
A. Edwards, members of a labor
union, convicted some months ago of
violating an injunction issued by a
United States court judge enjoining
them and others from interfering
with the operation and busineis of
the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone
Company, at Butte, Mont. The pen
alties imposed were from three to
four months imprisonment and, in
some cases, fines.
States Canada's Positi n.
Ottawa, Ont., Feb. 29. Dr. Thom
as, of the Yukon, In the house today
discussed the question of Canada
.having the right to take part in tho
(negotiation of all treaties between
Great Britain and the foreign coun
tries. Referring to the British-Japanese
alliance, Dr. Thomas said, in
the event of trouble between tho
'United States and Japan, the sym
pathy of Canada would go out to tho
United States and against the ally of
Great Britain.
New Claims Bring Bis; Prices.
Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 29. Ad
vices received In this city today state
that the two original claims at Hart,
San Bernardino county, where a
enmp was established six weeks ago,
following a discovery of gold, have
been sold for a deposit ofJ20,ft00
cash and a bond for $250,000. The
claims were owned by James Hart
and Rert II If t. and were sold to Col
onel Hopkins.