Heppner gazette., July 02, 1908, Image 7

CLEVELAND DIES
OF HEART FAILURE
REBELS CXPTURE TOWN.
Mexican
Attack Comes Unexpectedly While at
Princeton.
Bandits Make Sudden
Successful Raid.
and
Nation Mourns End of Its Only Living
Ex-President Family Optimistic
to the Last Illness Becomes Ser
ious Day Before DeathPrinceton
Loses Staunch Friend.
Princeton, N. J., June 24. Grover
Cleveland, twice president of the
United States, died at 8:40 o'clock this
morning at his home, Westland, in
this quiet college town, where he had
lived since his retirement as the na
tion's chief executive, almost 12 years
ago.
When death came, which was sud
len, there were in the death chamber
on the second floor of the Cleveland
residence, Mrs. Cleveland, Dr. Joseph
D. Bryant, of New York, Mrs. Cleve
land's family physician and personal
friend; Dr. George R. Lockwood, also
of New York, and Dr. John M. Car
Jiochan, of Princeton.
An official statement, given out and
signed by the three physicians, gave
heart trouble, superinduced by stom
ach and kidney ailments of long
standing, as the cause of death.
wniie Jir. Cleveland had been in
poor health fur the last two years,
and had lost loo pounds in weight,
Ins death came unexpectedly. Some
three weeks ago he was brought home
from Lakewood, where his condition
for a time was such that the hotel at
which he was staying was kept open
after its regular season because he
-was too ill to be moved. But when
Mr. Cleveland was brought back to
Princeton, he showed signs of im
provement, and actually gained five
pounds in weight.
Although confined to his room con
tinuously after his return to Prince
ton, it was not until yesterday that
Mr. Cleveland's condition aroused un
easiness on the part of Mrs. Cleve
land. Undoubtedly affected by the
beat, Mr. Cleveland showed signs of
failure, and Mrs. Cleveland tele
phoned to Dr. Bryant, who came over
from New York on the train arriving
liere at 4:24 P. M.
Mr. Cleveland became worse during
the night, and Mrs. Cleveland was
called to his bedside. The distin
guished patient sank into unconscious
ness, from which he recovered at
times, only to suffer a relapse. This
continued throughout the night and
early morning. The last time he be
came unconscious was about two
liours before he died. Death was
peaceful. Just before he died Mr.
Cleveland sought to say something,
ljut his words were inaudible.
Laredo, Tex., June 20. Two hun
dred armed and mounted men today
attacked and captured the town of
Viesca. State of Coahila. Mexico.
Three persons were killed and several!
wounded in the fighting. '
Telegraph wires were cut and the
railroad lines torn up and a bridge j
burned.
Ihree trainloads of troops left the
Citv of Mexico tonight for the scene,
and a trainload of soldiers also is
leaving Saltillo, the capital of the
state.
Reports received here are to the
effect that the government believes
the attack was made by bandits. The
vice-president of the republic and sec
retaries of war and interior, it is
stated, deny that the trouble has any
political significance.
Some reports received here say the
outbreak is the starting of a revolution.
NEWS NOTES FROM THE
NATIONAL CAPITAL CITY
WANTS POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS
El Paso, Tex, June 28. Eleven
Mexicans were arrested by the police
of this city this afternoon, charged
with fomenting a revolution against
a friendly power on American soil.
The men were arrested in an adobe
hut in the outskirts, and a search of
the building revealed two cases con
taining rifles and revolvers, and also
1000 rounds of ammunition.
Literature and letters involving the
men in such an attempt were found,
among them a Mexican publication
with revolutionary tendencies pub
lished in this city.
SAYS BOXES ARE STUFFED.
Oregon Man Puts $25,000 in Postal
Money Orders.
I Washington, June 27. The largest
bunch of money orders ever presented
to the postoflicc denartment for re
demption was received today from
Mr. Reilly, of Pendleton, Or. Two
hundred and fifty orders for $100 each
were sent in by Reilly, with the state
ment that lie had purchased the or
' tiers in May, 1907, fearing to place
i his money in banks. The orders, be
j ing more than a year old, cannot be
cashed, an j the department is re
quested to replace them with a treas
ury warrant for $25,000. This will
be done.
The postmaster-general will cite
this case as a splendid argument in
favor of the establishment of postal
savings banks. Such banks would
not only have paid the interest on this
large deposit, but would have saved
Mr. Reilly $73 in fees which he paid
for money orders.
TARGET ORDERS SEALED.
SWING THE WASTE.
goes
STEAMER ON ROCKS.
Nearly 100 Perish in Wreck on Coast
of Spain.
Paris, June 25. A special dispatch
received here from Corunna, Spain,
says that the Spanish steamer La
Roche went on the rocks in a fog
near Muros. where the cruiser Cardi
nal Cisneros was wrecked in 1005.
The La Roche sank rapidly, and a
panic followed. There were 97 pas
sengers and !S of a crew aboard.
These look to the boats, but up to the
tiling of the dispatch only 47 had
landed. Defective communications
jnade it impossible to obtain complete
details, but the latest reports state
that IT women were drowned. It is
loiown that 47 survivors were landed
:it Mums but that two of them have
since died. Fifteen others landed at
Lon.
According to the official reports the
La Roche carried !)S crew, including
stewards, waiters, etc., and 97 pas
sengers. The La Roche came from Cadiz,
where she had landed some of her
passengers. She was on her way to
Muros when, on account of the fog,
she headed for Corunna. Suddenly
she ran upon the rock, but the captain
who knew the coast well, got his ves
sel off. Almost immediately she ran
on another rock, which was uncharted.
According to a survivor of the crew
the steamer sank within a few min
utes. The heavy sea which was run
ning at the time destroyed two of the
lifeboats.
Professor Inherits Fortune.
- South Bend, Ind., June 25. Falling
lieir to an estate estimated to be
worth from $500,000 to $2,000,000,
Profes-or A. 1'. Reynolds, of this city,
formerly professor of Latin at Notre
Dame University, has given up teach
ing. The exact value of the property
cannot be ascertained at this time,
for the reason that most of it is in
mines. Much of the property, how
ever, has been developed sufficiently
to remove all doubt of Reynolds being
one of the richest men of the Pacific
Northwest. Most of the property is
in mines in Southern Idaho.
Hearst's Lawyer Says He Can Prove
Fraud Charge.
Njew York, Uinc 2(1 With the
practical close of the actual recount
ing of the votes cast in the. last
mayoralty contest today, came
charges by Clarence J. Shearn, coun
sel for W. R. Hearst., that ballot
boxes had been stuffed. When Mr.
Hearst began his legal contest for
the mayor's office, now occupied by
George B. McClelian, he had a pUi- j
rality of 3,S34 votes to overcome. The
returns from the contents of only 40
out of a total of 1,95 ballot boxes
remained to be recounted when court
adjourned today.
As the recount stands witli
contents of 40 boxes unreported,
Hearst has made a net gain of
leaving a plurality of 2.971 fur
McClelian.
the
Mr.
803, !
Mr I
miiizei
Mr. Shearn said that his client ' I)racl1 "'in io or tnree Battleships
would still Up Mr to nrnvo fraud snf ' ,m"K agamsr. a moving target towed
hciently glaring to invalidate Mr. Mc-
Atlantic Fleet to Practice Under Un
usual Conditions.
Washington, June 27. This vear's
ffarget practice of the ship of the
Atlantic licet at Magdalena bay, be
ginning about November 1, will be
attended with unusual conditions.
Each ship is to have sealed instruc
tions, to be opened after the estab
lishment of the ranges. This will
add to the severity of the firing, and
will impart an amount of anxiety
which will be appreciated as having
its advantages.
Before the regular target practice
begins each ship will steam past the
target and lire a limited number of
shots in order that the pointers may
get practice in shooting, but not until
then will the ship's crew know at
what angle the vessel will pass the
target or at what speed. As each
ship frequently has a certain amount
of ammunition left over which is not
tired on the regular run for various
reasons. the decision has been
reached that this ammunition will be
to cfirry out special tareet
Clellan's title to his office. Counsel
for Mr. McClelian declared that the
charge of ballot-box stuffing was
baseless.
MONEY THROWN AWAY.
Am-
Sailors Use $20,000 Worth of
bergris for Boat Grease.
San Francisco. June 25. Greasing
masts, sea 'boots and oil skins with
ambergris, valued at approximately
$400 a pound, sailors on the British
bark Antiope, wasted about $20,000
worth of the stuff, unaware of the
alue. It was not until yesterday
that Tohn Mathiesen. master of the
vessel, learned that he had let a for
tune slip through his fingers. A
sniall part of the "grease" had been
saved, and this was identified by an
Oakland druggist as ambergris.
The Antiope reached here from
Newcastle, Australia, a few days ago.
On the way tin. in latitude 22 south, a
great quantity ot ambergris was seen
floating on the surface of the ocean,
and a calm prevailing, the men man
aged to scoop up several bucketsful
of the stuff. The "grease" was found
excellent, and was used for slushing
down the masts, the balance being
employed by the men on the oil skins
and boots.
Capture Jap Spy.
New York, June 2 V Captured with
plans of the bind falls surrounding
Fort Wadsworth's most important de
fenses, a Japanese was taken by mem
bers of the Forty-seventh regiment
and locked up in the guardhouse of
the reservation through the night. I
The man, who was officially de-1
scribed as a spy, had made drawings i
of the chief characteristics of the land
in front of Batteries Dix. Richmond .
and Ayres, all 12-inch disappearing
nflcs, and also of the pair of 10-inch
ritles between these three batteries,
known as Battery Berry.
All the drawings were made with
an idea of furnishing a view from the
sea of where the batteries were. Dis
tinctive trees, huts, sentry-boxes and
signal corps poles
the maps.
by another battleship.
Waiting for Passports.
Washington. June 27. Mr. Volose,
the Venezuelan charge, has not yet
been advised by his government of
the withdrawal of Mr. Sleeper, the
American charge at Caracas. Conse
quently he will not apply for his pass
ports, unless he is ordered to do so,
and he does not expect such an order.
Charge Sleeper has not yet reported
his departure to the state department,
his last cablegram from Caracas re
lating to the plague situation.
Acting Secretary Adee is to confer
with Secretary Root and Assistant
Secretary Bacon, and will then prob
ably make public the last diplomatic
correspondence relating to the Ven
ezuelan troubles.
World Honors Cleveland.
Washington. June 27. In every
part of tlie world where there is a
United States flag floating tribute
was vesterdav paid to the memory of
I Gr.
ver
Ck
land.
eve
ral
foreign
governments accorded special honors
for the occasion. American embas
sies, legations and consular agencies
bore the Stars and Stripes at half
mast, army and navy officers, wher
ever located, wore a badge of mourn
ing, and battleships, cruisers and ves
sels of our navy of every type ren
dered appropriate recognition of the
(leatn oi the tormer commander
chief of the army and navy.
Paper Makers Looking forfCheaper
Materials.
Washington, Juno 23 The American
muiun lias me reputation for wasting
almost an much of its resources as it
uses. Facts are often advanced to show
-..in, uiuu la jnuea iruin in sucn a
statement. A practical papermaker re
cently called attention to a few of th.
sources of enormous waste when
speaking of the number of materials in
America's refuse heap which are worth
while considering as promising substi
tutes for wood pulp.
The Northwest annually produce a
million and a half tons of flax sUlks
which are not now used for anything.
The amount of waste remains after the
twinemakers take all they want. It
makes excellent paper. The farmers in
the Smith burn or plow under 13,000.000
tons of cotton stalks every year. That
which is plowed under is "not u-liollv
lost, for it en riches the soil to some ex
lent, tut not so with that which
lip in smoke.
Five hundred thousand tons of fiber
have been adhering to eottun seed ever
year. Jt has been fed to farm stock
a! uig with the seed, and h:is done- the
! .. i'ood. (arte -i i: I j.
f:l i ii ,
iiui imi: iim liui-i, ami me see. I ,'aKe is
letter without it. A machine has been
invented, which, it 13 claimed, wiU sep
arate the lint from the seed. i'un.T.
makers think they can use it.
Nobody knows how many million
tons of cornstalks go to waste; but in
quality they are ahead of cotton stalks,
and it is believed can be made into pa
per, although it has not yet been dune
on a commercial scale.
Thousands of acres of wild hemp
grow in the southwestern part of the
country, particularly along the Colorado
river. Its only use now is to shelter
jackrabbits and coyotes, but it has
splendid fiber, and tests on a small scale
show that excellent paper can be made
from it. Papermaking from straw is
a well-established industry. Bookbind
ers use thousands of tons of straw
hoard. The straw which goes t waste
in Western fields would bring fortunes
if made into paper.
Lists of fibrous or woody plants siot-
for paper are without limit, but
only a few may be had in quantity suf
ficiently large to be worth considering.
The time has not yet come when it is
absolutely necessary that substitutes
for pulp wood be found, but it is com
ing. The forests are still able to fur
nish materials for paper, but tl.ey can
not continue to do so for a great many
years to come, at the present rate of
cutting and growth. Makers of paper
anticipate a scarcity of pulp wood, and
it is this which prompts the active
search now going on for substitutes.
:HH AGAIN MASTER.
ihle
SAVES MUCH LAND.
Persian Nationalists Driven From Par
liament Buildings.
Teheran, June 24. After a bloody
fight, which was waged around the
Parliament building, the city was
comparatively quiet last night, al
though the Cossacks were camped in
the streets, and squares.
Cossacks and soldiers early in the
morning surrounded the Parliament
building and demanded that a num
ber of persons whose arrest the shah
had ordered be forthwith handed over
to them, i he parliament refused to
comply with this demand, and shots
were lired at the troops, several sol
diers being killed.
Urders were issued from military
headquarters that the oarliament
budding be bombarded, and the bom
bardment commenced soon after 10
o'clock. While this was in progress
bombs were thrown fium the Parlia
ment building and the mosque build
ing, disabling one of the truns and
wounding the gunners. Eventually
the halls of parliament were cleared,
out not before many persons had been
killed and wounded. The bombard
ment continued until 3 o'clock in the
ifternoon, when it suddenly ceased.
in the meantime the troops attacked
the political clubs in that neighbor
hood and numerous residences of
of members of parliament, in which
work they were aided by the populace.
The number of casualties is un
known, but it wnl be very large. The
parliament buildings are practically in
ruins. The firing was confined to
'i -i- :'frare. the -r.l. r par
of the city being comparatively quiet.
iarge numbers of leading national
ists, including priests and members
of parliament, have been placed under
arrest.
TEXAS HAS
RAGE WAR
Two White Men Killed and Nine Ne
groes Lynched.
Five Hanged Together Another Shot
While Trying to Escape Threa
Others Killed and Two Hurried
Away for Safety. Both Sides Arm
for Conflict.
ROOSEVELT IN HAYFIELDS.
Re
-in-
wcre marked on
Final Orders for Fleet.
Washington, June 27. Final sailing
orders have been given Admiral Sper
ry. commander-in-chief of the Atlan
tic licet, which it to leave San Fran
cisco on it long journey around the
world, on July 7. The fleet is due at
Manila late in the fa'l, and will stop
at a number of places en route. The
I itinerary of the return trip by way
I of the Suez canal has not been finally
made up, nor Ins any decision been
'reached as to whether the ships shall
come to New York or to Hampton
Roads on their return to the United
States.
Interior Department Expects to
cover $1,000,000 Worth.
Washington, June 23. In a state
ment issued today in regard to the
land conspiracy cases which resulted
yesterday in the conviction of Fred
erick A. Hyde and Joost H. Schneider
and the acquittal of Tohn A. Benson
and Henry P. Dimond, Assistant At
torney General A. B. Ptigh declares
that while the trial of these four men
has cost the government $4S.;jtio, the
beneficial results to the land depart
ment in the future administration of
public Find laws are beyond calcula
tion. The net results, he says, will be
the restoration to the government of
more than 100.000 acres of public
lands, valued at $1,000.0(10.
Five Dead in Fire.
Chicago, June 20. Five persons are
known to be dead and more than a
score were injured, several of them
seriously, as the result of an explosion
followed by fire in a five-story build
ing, the upper floors of which were
used as a boarding house, at 179 Hu
ron street, today. The explosion oc
curred in the plant of the Pabst
Chemical Company, on the ground
floor. Four of the dead are members
of the same family, and include the
mother and three children. They were
found bv firemen in the rear of the
third floor.
J. P. Morgan Gets Degree
New Haven. Conn.. June 2,V Vale Praises tor Clevpland.
1 . . . . C .1 1. . . A - ,1,-1 I r T . mi
L,tmcrsny nuiu-Tini hlmum.uv u - i,nmion, lime Ire Alonvnc
grees today as follows: Master - of Post a hj laU(latorv editorial
arts, William Kent, i ale. 1SS,, of Chi- n
cago. donor of California redwood sn-vs: Cleveland was one of the
trees to the United States govern- great men of his time, lie had Bis
nient; doctor of laws. John Pierpont j marck's strength and Bismarck's
Morgan, a direct descendant of Rev. breadth of view, and more than Bis
James Pierpont, the most prominent J mark's honesty. As president he did
1 lie degree . not bit a finger for the Democratic
Warships at Astoria.
Astoria. Or.. June 24. The torpedo-
jboat Rowan and the destroyer Goldsbor
I pugh arrived in this aftern oon from
j Pugct Sound to await the Fox and
I Davis, now at Portland, and proceed to
I Humboldt Bay. California, where they
will remain for the Fourth of July,
jl.ater the fmr vessels will join the tor
pedo flotilla in southern waters and will
ail in August for the Samoan islands.
No Trouble at
Washington. June
Panama.
23. fte:isii;-ine;
of the founders of ale.
is awarded with special reference to
Mr. Morgan's public service to the
nation in mitigating the panic
advices have been received bv the a
ministration regarding condition in
Panama. Dispatches have come t'r-.m
Chief Engineer Goethals. Commi'one
Blackburn and General Counsel Logers,
of the isthmian canal commission, indi
eating the. improbabil'ty of trouble at
the coming elections.
Bears Sorrow Bravely.
Prim-eton, N. J.. June 27. West
land, the Cleveland home, yesterday
resumed the peaceful and quiet ap
pearance whi'h was so characteristic
of the place before the death of the
distinguished occupant. Mrs. Cleve
land spent most of the day with her
children indoors. F.arly in the morn
ing she visited Princeton cemetery,
and late in the day she went driving.
Mrs Cleve! nd is bearing her be
reavement b-ively. and busied herself
with affairs that needed immediate at
tention. Break With Venezuela.
Washington, June 25. Senor Ve-loz-Goiticoa,
the Venezuelan charge
d'affaires in Washington, was a caller
at the state department today, and
interviewed Acting Secretary Adee.
but the latter declined to state what
the nature of the interview was. Mr.
Sleeper, the American charge at Car
acas, is coming home, by direction of i
the state department, and it is ad-
muted that this means the practical
cessation of diplomatic relations with
Venezuela.
Goes Thence With Family to See Big
Yale-Harvard Boat Race.
Oyster Bay, N. Y., June 24 The
sun shone at Oyster Bay today, and
the president made hay. During the
mowing Mr. Roosevelt was content
to supervise the work, but tomorrow
morning, when the crop that covers
the hillside in front of the president's
nome lias ripened, the chief executive
will take a hand in the work. Mak
ing hay is one of the yearly occupa
tions engaged in by the president on
his summer's vacation, and he cniovs
it thoroughly.
Ihis morning he took a horseback
ride, in the heat of the day he labored
in the field, and just before dinner
lay low in a sturdy tree, the useful
ness of which, except as fuel, was
past.
Secretary Loeb announced last
night that the president did not ex
pect to meet Mr. Taft at New Lon
don. At 1 o'clock tomorrow after
noon the president, Mrs. Roosevelt.
Miss Ethel Quentin and Archie will
board the Mayflower for New Lon
don. The Mayflower will arrive in
the Thames Thursday morning. As
the Mayflower is too large a craft to
navigate the river, the passengers in
the morning will transfer to the Sylph,
which will precede the Mayflower to
the mouth of the Thames.
MISSIONARIES BESIEGED.
Kurds
to
in Persia Strike Terror
American Residents.
St. Petersburg, June 24. The Novoe
Vremya today published a dispatch
from a correspondent who has just
completed a perilous trip from Tab
riz, Persia, to Urumiah. through a
country swarming with pillaging
Kurds. He declares that Urumiah is
Houston, Tex., June 23. Nine ne
groes met death last night at the hands
of a mob in the vicinity of Hemphill, ift
Sabine county. Today both races se
cured arms and the tension is such to
night that a race clash appears immi
nent.
The lynchings followed the killing
of two white men by negroes. Two
weeks ago Hugh Dean and several
other white men visited a negro church
and schoolhouse, where a dance was in
progress, presumably in quest of
liquor, it being the custom of some of
the negroes to sell whisky during the.
progress of such affairs. During th'j
evi-.mjg Dean was kiileu and sue ne
groes were held for the killing.
At the preliminary examination evi
dence tending to show that the plot
was planned at the dance to kill Dean
was produced. Saturday last Aaron
Johnson, a prominent farmer, was as
sassinated while seated at the dining
table with his wife and child, the bul
let being fired through a window. For
this crime Perry Price, a negro, was
arrested, and, it is stated, confessed,
implicating Robert Wright, a relative
of one of the negroes held for Dean's
murder. Price declared he was offered
$5 to kill Johnson.
Then followed the forming of a mob
last night, the overpowering of th-
jailer at Hemphill, and the lynching of
the six negroes held for the murder of
Dean. Five were hanged to the same
tree, while another attempted to escape
and was shot to death.
Later in the night William McCoy,
another negro, was shot and killed,
while standing at the gate of the John
son home, and this morning the bodies
of two more negroes were found in tae
creek bottom. Wright, the negro who
confessed to the killing of Johnson, and
the man implicated were taken to Beau
mont for safekeeping under guard of
the military company of St. Augustine.
Sabine county is situated in the most
remote part of the eastern section of
the state, with sparse railroad and tele
phone facilities.
DYING FROM HEAT.
Eight Dead in Chicago in One Day
Police Kill Unmuzzled Dogs.
Chicago, June 23 The hottest day
of the year, with the mercury standing
at 94 degrees, brought death and suf
fering to Chicago. Eight deaths were
reported to the coroner's office, and
heat prostrations were numerous.
In addition, a mad-dog scare spread
nriw ",TiT"1rrf1ir curt aiiii-Io1 1m iV A
who are ravaging the villages on ali f the ci and the chief of po-
su es up to the eates of the town The Jice ordered His men to shoot all an-
Will Protect Missionaries.
Washington. June 25. William F.
Doty, American consul at Tabriz, has
telegraphed the state department that
the missionaries at Urumiah arc anx
ious tiT have him conic to the latter
place. Mr. Dotv has been directed
to conplt with the o'"'cnl or the
American legation at Constantinople
regarding the matter, and if he can
be of any particular service to the
missionaries, there will be no objec
tion to bis gointr.
sound of firing is constantly heard
The missionaries at Urumiah have
held a meeting and sent out to their
respective countries a statement of
the critical position in which they find
themselves.
Turkish regular troops are close
behind the raiding Kurds. Two bat
talions of infantry, two squadrons of
cavalry and a battery of artillery have
occupied villages three miles from
Urumiah. and six days ago one bat
talion of infantry and five batteries
of the Sixth division of cavalry went
into camp in the region around Suj
bulant to settle the dispute between
Turkey and Persia.
It is declared at the foreign office
here that Russia has made continual
representations to the porte about
the situation, but without result up
to the present time. Russia has not
yet decided upon any more aggressive
steps.
Duel to'Death.
Goldfield, New, June 24. M. Taylor
and C. W. Priest, both miners, en
caged in a duel this afternoon on j
Grand avenue, and both men are now
in a dying condition. The duelists,
emptied their guns into each other..
Taylor being shot several times.
Priest was taken to the hospital in a ;
dving condition. The shooting oc-!
etirred immediately following a re
mark bv Priest reflecting upi'ii Tay
lor's wife. It is not known just what
started the quarrel, but it is said that
the men have been enemies because of
Priest's persistent attentions.
muzzled dogs. A similar order issued
at Morton's Park, a suburb, resulted ia
the killing of 40 dogs in a few hours.
The death list today follows:
Frank Cass, 35, overcome while work
ing in his garden at LaGrange, a
suburb.
Samuel Douglas, 25, a negro, made
dizzy by heat and fell off a yacht into
Jackson Park lagoon, drowning before
aid could reach him.
John Golden, drowned in Desplaines
river while seeking relief from heat.
William Dettling, 55 years o!d, negro,
crazed by the heat and committed sui
cide by drinking Paris green.
William Hobson, 55 vears old,
dropped dead of heart failure superin
duced by heat.
Baby Gunther, two weeks old, died
at county hospital of heat prostration.
Sarah Oskmus, 9 years old. died at
Presbyterian hospital, after heat pros
tration. Bartnett Found Guilty.
San Francisco. June 23. Walter J.
Bartnett, ex-vice-president of the sus
pended California Safe Deposit & Trust
company, and administrator of the es
tate of Mrs. Ellen M. Colton, this after
noon' was found guilty of embezzlin-
es-
securities anil bonds owned bv the
! tato to the value of $31,700. The Jury
, was out less than 50 minutes, and
; reached a verdict on the first ballot.
Bartnett was recommended to the
mercy of the court, and Judge Conlev
fixed Hi A. M. June 30 as the time for
pronouncing sentence.
Tornado Rips Up Farms.
' Mountain Lake. Minn., June 2".
A tornado passed about five miles
northwest of here last evening, de
molishing at least a dozen farm
buildings, killing one child and
wounding scores of persons, some of
whom may die.
party, but merely served the VJnited
States. Tie was the strongest man
that lived in the White House since
the death of Washington."
New Diamond Field.
Rcrlin. June 2V A dispatch re
ceived here from Windhook. Damara-
land, German Southwest Africa, says
that a diamond field, the extent of
which is nearly ten square miles, has
i been discovered at Ludcritz bay.
Independence Bell Tolls.
Philadelphia. June 27. Tn memory
of ex-President Cleveland the bell
in the tower of historic Independence
hall was tolled yesterday afternoon
during the hour the funeral services
were held at Princeton.
Will Not Call in Bonds.
Washington. June 25. Secretary
Cortclyou stated today that he had
no intention of taking any immediate
action whatever as to the 3 per cent
I Spanish war bonds of 1908-1913.
Heavy Crops at Toppenish.
ToppenUK A ride through the
Parker bottom. Snrinedale and Zillah
fruit belt y.sterdiy foi'tvt the fruit
growers in excellent spirits, with a
big crop expected. The aphis has
made inroads on the peaches where
spraying had not been carefully at
tended to. The apple and pear crops
will be enormous.
Test Oil for Navy.
Washington. June 25. Oil
furnaces are to he installed
ten torpedo boat destroyers
ized bv the last naval appropriation
bill. This will be the first test of oil
burning boilers in the army and navy.
burning
on the
author-
Law Knocks Out Races.
New York. June 24 The Brighton
Beach Racing Association has decided
to cancel all of its stake events for
this year. The purses amount to
$200000. This action was made
necessary by the great decline in the
daily attendance at the racetracks
since the anti-betting laws went into
effect. The mid-summer meeting of
22 days will be held at Brighton
Beach as planned, with over-night
sweepstakes to take the place of the
stakes.
Eleven Die From Het. j
Chicago. June 24. Eleven deiths
due to heat prostration or allied
causes were recorded in Chicago to
day. The thermometer again climbed
to above 90. but late this afternoon
a shift in the wind brought relief, and
it is believed that the torrid wave has
broken.
Spiritualist Faker Sentenced.
Denver, June 23 Mrs. Loonora
Pearee. convicted of having obtained a
valuable diamond ring from Mrs. Har
riet Crowe, an aged blind widow, by
palming herself off as a spiritualist
capable of restoring sight, was sen
tenced today to serve three to fur
years in the state penitentiary. Mr.
Pearee 's attorney gave notice of am
application to the supreme court for
supersedeas. It. is charged that, in ad
dition to the ring. Mrs. Tearce secure!
from Mrs. Crowe $16,800.
Taft's Brother Coming to Coast..
St. Taul. June 23 Henrv W. Taft,
brother of William H. Taft. secretary
of war and nominee for president, ac
companied bv Mrs. Taft. Miss Louis
Taft and William IL Taft. Jr.. loft to
night for Yellowstone Park, Tortlandi
and Seattle.