Heppner gazette., August 13, 1908, Image 7

MACHINISTS ON
CANADIAN OUT
Tie-Up of Railroad Frcm Ocean to
Ocean Is Their Aim.
Arbitration Award is the Cause Men
Refuse to Abide by Board's De
cision Twelve Thousard Men
Obey Order of Union and Walk
Out When Called.
Winnipeg. Man., Aug. 6. Trades
unionism in Canada has given its defy
to the Canadian Pacific railway. With
out any untoward incident or ostenta
tious show, the mechanics and kindred
workmen yesterday quit work and all
shops, big and little, on this great sys
tem are idle.
It is estimated that 12,000 men went
out, the largest number being 2,200
in Montreal and 1,500 here. Two
thousand men left work between Fort
William and Vancouver, all at the dic
tates of the executive board. Even
old workmen in line for pensions went
home, and it seems to be the most
complete tie-up in the history of rail
way shops in Canada. All the work
men employed around the trainsheds at
the depots went out and conductors
and engineers caused some delay in
the service by insisting on trains be
ing properly made up before they
would take trains out. Every wheel
in the shops stopped and every tire
died out when the whistle blew several
short blasts, caretakers and shop fore
men alone being left to put the places
in shape for the period of idleness
bound to follow.
The Canadian Pacific railway's view
is that the nnuing oi tne ooara ap
pointed at the request of the men
should, in the company's opinion, be
binding on the men. The Canadian
Pacific railway not only did not seek
arbitration, but, believing the board
to be hostile to its interests, withdrew
its representatives and the government
appointed another arbitrator to repre
sent the company, who therefor was
not accepted by the company. Despite
these facts the board so constituted
.gave a finding which was accepted by
the Canadian Pacific under protest.
REFORMS BY SULTAN.
New Cabinet Asked for and Several
Grafters Arrested.
Constantinople, Aug. 6. Said
Pasha, the grand vizier, and the newly
formed ministry have resigned. The
sultan has accepted the resignations,
and tonight invited Lemallediu Ef
fendi, the Sheik ul Islam and Kiamil
Pasha to form a new cabinet.
The notorious Fehmi Pasha, ex-president
of the council of state, has been
lynched at Yenishair, in the vilayet of
Brusa, Asia Minor.
Mendud Pasha, San Rami Pasha and
Recid Pasha, respectively ex-ministers
of the interior and marine and ex-prefect
of Constantinople, were arrested
today and conducted to the ministry of
police amid hisses of the populace.
The arrests have been ordereud of
prominent officials of the old regime,
and Tehin Pasha, ex-first secretary to
Abdul Ilamid, and Abdual Huda, court
astrologer, have been taken into cus
tody. REPORTS EXAGGERATED.
Loss of Life at Fernie Not So Great
as First Believed.
Vancouver, P. C, Aug. T. Pros
poets in the region of Fernie are
brighter today, and everyone is taking
new heart.
The coroner said today that the
deaths in Fernie City will not exceed
20. Of the 02 persons said to have
been burned in the Elk River Lumber
company's logging camp, all but two
are now accounted for. The relief or
ganizations are doing systematic work.
Patrols of special constables are in
charge of the camps, and sanitary
rules are strictly enforced. During the
past two days there have been 18
births and hundreds of young children
are being brought back to the camp by
their mothers from temporary places
of refuge. The sale of liquor has been
prohibited and Fernie is more orderly
than ever before.
Funeral Service for Allison.
Dubuque, Iowa, Aug. 0. The fune
ral service for Senator William I!oyd
Allison will be held at i o'clock Satur
day afternoon at the family home on
Locust street. A brief eulogy will be
pronounced. A simple prayer service
will bo said. There will be no flowers.
The burial will be private. It is pre
sumed that Rev. Bergen, pastor of the
Westminster Presbyterian church, will
officiate. There will be no honorary
pallbearers. Interment will be in Lin
woxl cemetery here. A committee of
senators will attend.
Relief Fund for Education.
St. Louis, Aug. 6. A movement to
add $85,000 to the university endow
ment fund of the Knights of Columbus
was started today at the session of the
national convention of the order. The
money is part of the $100,000 sent by
the national organization for the relief
of the San Francisco earthquake suffer
ers in 1906. The relief committee in
San Francisco used only $15,000 of the
total amount and the remainder was
returned to the donors.
Algeria is Shaken Again.
Constantine, Algeria, Aug. 6. Re
newed shocks of earthquake were felt
here this afternoon and tonight. No
casualties were reported.
RVTE HEARINGS SET.
Interstate Commerce Commission to
Meet in San Francisco.
San Francisco, Aug. 7. It was an
nounced here today that the Interstate
Commerce commission will meet in San
Francisco August 18, to take up mat
ters relating to the freight rate contro
versy between the commission and the
railroads that have grown out of the
new freight tariff order by the com
mission on shipments of lumber from
points in the Willamette valley to San
Francisco and Bay points.
It is likely that the commission will
also hear complaints from the trans
continental railroads regarding the
new ruling on Oriental tariffs, at its
San Francisco meeting, which will be
one of the most important sessions of
the year.
The government officials here pro
fess to be ignorant of the commis
sion's program, but admit that the
lumber rate controversy is to be con
sidered.
The commission has been subpoena
ed to answer in Federal Judge Mor
row's court to show why an injunction
should not be issued restraining the
enforcement of the new lumber rates.
The officials of the Pacific Mail com
pany are preparing to submit their ob
jections to the late ruling of the com
mission regarding the publication of
overland tariffs on Oriental shipments.
The new rule requires the publication
of overland tariffs and the steamship
people say they would be forced to go
out of business because competition on
the Pacific ocean forces them to give
the Oriental shipper a lower rate than
they give the American shipper. A
strong protest is to be made.
FIGURES ON FIRE LOSSES.
Railroads and Coal and Lumber Com
panies Make Estimates.
Toronto, Ont., Aug. 7. J. L. Lind
say, president oi the urows west uoai
company, summarized the iNortnwest-
ern fire situation thus in a dispatch re
ceived here :
The fire area is about 30 miles long
and from two to ten miles wide, and
is still burning in many places at the
outskirts, but Michel is safe, except in
the case of high winds, and may be
even then. Hosmer is quite safe and
Coal Creek may be said to be almost
certainly safe.
The loss of the Crows Nest Pass
company, owning mines at Coal Creek
and Fernie and Michel, will be $200,
000, and the Canadian Pacific railway
will lose $200,000. The Great North
ern railway will lose about $250,000,
and the lumber company not less than
$1,000,000. The loss of timber to the
Crows Nest Pass Coal company will
not be less than $1,000,000. The loss
to the city of Fernie will be not less
than $2,000,000.
STARTS GRAIN-RATE WAR.
Great Western Makes Slashing Re
duction From Western States.
Chicago, Aug. 7. Changes in grain
rates which may have a far-reaching
effect upon the'movement of the com
ing crops have been announced by the
Chicago & Great Western railroad.
That line has filed tariffs putting
equalized rates into effect between
Omaha and St. Paul on grain coming
from west of tl e Missouri river. The
new rates vary I e ween 8 and 10 cents,
the former charges having been 11 and
12 cents.
The new rates apply to all territory
on the Missouri Pacific and Burlington
systems, where the through rates are
less than the sum of the local rates in
and out of Omaha. The Great West
ern says that in nil such cases it will
take the haul East for what is left of
the rate.
Oflicials of other mads assert that a
general grain-rate war may result.
Bolster Up Hop Prices.
Sacramento, Cal., Aug. 7. There is
a rumor to the effect that the hop
growers and dealers in this and Yolo
counties will hold a meeting in this
city in a few days to take drastic ac
tion to steady the hop market, which
it is said is now suffering from over
production. The movement which is
said to be under way contemplates
bringing the growers and dealers of
the entire Pacific coast into line, with
a view to letting a portion of this
year's crop, possibly 20 to 25 per cent,
go unpicked.
Puts Boycott on Curacoa.
Willemstad, Curacao, Aug. 7. In
spite of declarations to the contrary,
the Venezuelan government will not
permit passengers from Curacao to ;
land in Venezuela. The American j
stenmer Zulia took three Curacaoans j
for Maraeaibo, but had to return them ;
to this port. According to private let-
ters received here from Venezuela, j
the people of that republic are paying i
no attention to the recent attack here '
upon Lopez, the Venezuelan consul.
Fined Under Pass Law.
Helena, Mont., Aug. 7. Convicted
on a charge of violating the anti-pass
law, S. C. Watts was fined $S()0 and
Gertie Williams $101 in the Federal
courrt today. Watts, who is a Great
Northern brakeman, secured a pass for
his wife and gave it to the Williams
woman. Both were indicated. This
was the first conviction of this kind
ever had in Montana.
Flames Lick Up Whiskey.
Midway, Ky., Aug. 8. Six im
mense bonded whisky warehouses of
Greenbaum Bros.' distillery at this
place are threatened with total de
struction by fire. Four of the ware
house buildings were reduced to ruins
and the others are now on fire. A con
flagration is threatened which will
wipe out the whole of the town.
NEWS NOTES FROM THE
NATIONAL CAPITAL CITY
STATE GUARANTY ILLEGAL.
National Banks Cannot Accept Terms
of Oklahoma Law.
Washington, Aug. 4. In a formal
opinion rendered by Attorney General
Bonaparte at the request of Secretary
of the Treasury Cortelyou, it is held to
be illegal for any national bank to
enter into a contract or other arrage-
rnent with state officials for the pur
pose of creating a guaranty fund out
of the bank's deposits or capital stock
to be used in paying the depositors of
any bank included within the terms of
a state statute, any deficiency there
may be in the amount to be received
by them from assets of such bank in
the event of its failure.
Mr. Cortelyou requested the attorney
general's opinion "as to the legal right
of national banks in the state of Okla
homa to contribute toward the guar
anty fund or to avail thenselves of
the other privileges of the state bank
ing act."
DIRT FLIES ON ISTHMUS.
Total of Earth Removed Increases
Month by Month.
Washington, Aug. 8. Month by
month the total excavation on the Isth
mian canal is increasing. A cablegram
received yesterday from Colonel Goe
thals, chief engineer on the Isthmus,
shows that the excavation for July was
considerably greater than for June, al
though the latter was almost a record
in the canal work. The total excava
tion for July was 3,168,640 cubic
yards, against 3,056,976 cubic yards
for June, and, 1,087,498 cubic yards
for July a year ago. In the corre
sponding months this show an increase
of 2,091,932 cubic yards.
The average daily output for July,
1908, was 121,494 cubic yards, against
41,442 cubic yards in July, 1907. In
July of this year, 1,847,173 cubic
yards of material were removed by
steam shovels.
Roosevelt Praises Dead.
Oyster Bay, N. Y., Aug. 7. Presi
dent Roosevelt today sent a telegram
to the late Senator Allison's secretary,
as follows:
"Am inexpressibly shocked and con
cerned at the 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 have 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
the ranking member of that committee
and as Hale is the ranking member of
the committee on appropriations he
will be called upon to take Allison's
place as chairman, leaving the 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
a complaint with the Interstate Com
merce commission against the Oregon
Short Line, the Oregon Railroad &
Navigation company and the Northern
Pacific, in which it asks reparation of
$252 on 11 cars of stock shipped to
Tacoma from Nampa, Idaho, and On
tario, Or. It is alleged it was over
charged and that the cars were routed
by a more expensive route than neces
sary. Young Commandant at Mare Island.
Washington, Aug. 8. Captain Lu
cien Young is to be the new command
ant at Mare Island navy yard, San
Francisco, according to advices given
out by the Navy department. He will
succeed Captain J. B. Milton, who has
been transferred to command of the re
cruiting ship Independence, now at
Mare Island. Commodore J. M. Rob
inson who has been in command of the
Independence, is relieved and has re
turned to his home.
Release 43 Captives.
Washington, Aug. 6. Estrada Ca
brera, president of Guatemala, has re
leased 43 political prisoners, according1
to a dispatch received at the State de- ;
partment from ALmerican Minister ;
lleimko today. Of this number "2 '
were Guatemalans, six Hondurans nv.d
vfie Nicraguans. It is believed that
these men are among those who were
alleged to have been implicated in the
several attempts on the life of Cabrera ,
during the last two years. j
Give Consuls Refuge. j
Washington, Aug. 4. Word of the
arrival of the gunboat Marietatta at ;
Ceiba, Honduras, Captain Maxwell
commanding, has been received at the
Navy department. Captain Maxwell
will give refuge aboard his vessel to
the foreigd consuls at Ceiba, whose
exequaturs have been cancelled by
President Davila. of Honduras, if con
ditions make i e-podient for them to !
retire from t'.c city.
Says Kermit Did Not Talk.
Oyster Bay, Aug. 7. The president,
through Acting Secretary Foster, yes
terday denounced as being entirely fic
titious an alleged interview with his
son, Kermit, regarding the African
hunt of next year which is being given
publicity. Mr. Foster said the story
was an absolute fabrication and the
president was desirous of refuting it.
TALK WITH SCOTT FIRST..
Roosevelt Not Ready to Act on West
Point Hazers. 5
Oyster Bay, Aug. 6. Secretary of
War Wright has sent word to Presi
dent Roosevelt that he desires the pres
ident to see Colonel Scott and talk with
him regarding the findings and recom
mendations made by a board of inquiry
and indorsed by Colonel Scott in the
case of the suspended cadets. Colonel
Scott undoubtedly will be received at
Oyster Bay by the 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 $20,677,414 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 cash balance of $353,638,173
The 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
lie of drugs in the United States.
Deepen Mare Island Straits.
Washington, Aug. 4. The board of
civil engineers of the army and navy
apponited 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
be possible to provide an adequate
depth of the channel at Mare Island to
accommodate the largest war vessels.
The project is said to be feasible and
can be maintained, when once it is in
stalled, for $25,000 a year.
Roosevelt Entertains Guests.
Oyster Bay, Aug. 6. Secretary of
the Treasury Cortelyou and Thomas J.
O'Brien, American ambassador at To
kio, were guests of President Roose
velt at Sagamore Hill today, Secretary
Cortelyou driving over from his home
at Halesite, near Huntington. Other
guests of the president today were : W.
C. Forbes, vice governor of the Philip
pines; R. R. Rogers, general counsel
of the 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 the Postoffice de
partment today that Charles C. Moore
had been appointed postmaster at St. 1
Anthony, Idaho, in place of Marcellus
J. Gray, removed. This change was
decided upon several weeks ago after!
an inspection of the office. The de
partment says Mr. Gray has been care
less in the conduct of ihe office and
failed to give it the personal attention !
required. I
Treasury Department Is Upheld.
Washington, Aug. 5. The attorney
general has upheld the Treasury de
partment in its view of that packages
by the distilled spirits produced at dis
tilleries not affected by restraining or
ders must be marked in accordance
with thp rrtriil;itirrw whicli took pfTeot.
ii,. i a itt, ; n Ko i
issued to the internal
revenue collect-
ors instructing
i with this view.
them in accordance
Send Leonard to Tokio Fair.
Washington, Aug. 5. Major Henry
F. Leonard, of the Marine corps, has
been designated as naval attache to the
Tokio Exposition commission in re
sponse to the request of Commissioner
General Loomis. Major Leonrd's con
nection with the commission will begin
about September 1.
SENATOR ALLISON DIES.
Death Comes as Shock, as Few Were
Aware of Illness.
Dubuque, Iowa, Aug. 5. Senator
William Boyd Allison died in his Lo
cust street home at 1 :33 o'clock yes
terday afternoon. With him at disso-
lution were members of his household
and a physician. In a bulletin an
nouncing his death Doctors HancocK
and Lewis gave heart failure as the
cause. The announcement of the sen
ator's death came as a shock to his
neighbors, as few were aware of his
illness. Though for the past two years
Senator Allison had been in declining
health, and though he suffered the loss
of much vitality during the present
summer, no news had gone out from
his home indicating the gravity of his
illness.
Senator Allison suffered from the
worst form of prostatic enlargement
and a kidney affection made relief
even more difficult to afford. As is
usual in such cases, the senator suffer
ed frequently from periods of faint
ness and weakness. These spells have
frequently occurred of late. The last
of them had its beginning on Friday
and finally resulted in the patient's
death.
CLOUDBURST IN ARIZONA.
Bisbee Suffers to Extent of $100,000
From Water.
Bisbee. Ariz.. Aug. 5. A cloudburst
this afternoon did about $100,000 dam
age in Bisbee. One side of Main
street, including the postoffice, in less
than ten minutes was changed from
200 yards of stores, costly saloons and
business houses to a mass of wreckage
bv rocks, water and mud that came
tumbling down off the mountain side
Postmaster M. E. Cassidy and Sheriff
Jack White, who were in the post
master's office, narrowly escaped with
their lives, as did the force of 18 girls
emnloved in the postoffice. when the
inrush of water, almost without warn
ing, struck the building.
Huge boulders and tons of dirt slid
into the first floor of the postoffice
where the force was at work. Consid
erable mail was washed away or dam
aged by mud and water. Miss Clara
Larsen, of Chicago, was rescued from
five feet of water into which she had
fallen by Miss Barr, another clerk.
Thousands of tons of rock and dirt
were washed down the mountain side
into the streets, where it was piled up
from five to 20 feet high.
TWENTY LOGGERS MISSING.
Mill Men May Have Perished in Fire
About Hosmer.
Vancouver, B. C, Aug. 5. Up to
this evening 18 bodies had been found
in the ruins caused by the fire at Fer
nie. The logging crew of the Elk Lumber
company, consisting of about 20 men,
is still missing. They were at work
on the mountain north of Hosmer and
nothing has yet been heard from them.
Some believe that the entire party has
perished in the flames.
The only possible way of escape open
to them was to cross the mountain
range. If they succeeded it will be
several days yet before they could pos
sibly reach Fernie by a circuitous
route. No human being would under
take to reach them across the burned
area at the present time.
Fire Devours Michel.
Vancouver, B. C, Aug. 5. For three
days the people of Michel have fought
for their homes with death at the door.
This afternoon they were beaten at
the game. The city, the second in
size in the devastated district of East
Kootenay, started to burn in real ear
nest at dusk this evening.
Nothing can save it from lying a
heap of ruins even more complete than
Fernie by tomorrow morning. The
background of Fernie in every direc
tion, except the openings up and down
the valley, is a mountain. There is
one main street running through the
center of the town and the railway
runs down the center of the street.
Two rows of houses on each side have
their back yards abutting against the
mountain.
Portugal Faces Religious War.
Lisbon, Aug. 5. A religious war is
imminent in Portugal. A bill intro
duced by Alfonso Costa, leader of the
republicans in the chamber of deputies
and the most bitter enemv of the gov
ernment, providing for the expulsion i
of all religious orders from Portugal,
is the storm center. The bill is
thought to be a veiled attack on the
throne, which favors Catholicism. The
Jesuits have been encouraged
Queen Uarie Amelie for the past
years and have a strong foothold
this country.
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Edison Will Do What He Likes.
New York. Aug. 5. -To gratify a
life-long wish, Thomas A.Edison, the
great inventor, has decided to quit
temporarily his laboratory and go on a
roving commission to the Pacific coast,
where he will engage in scientific re
search free from all commercialism.
The change does not mean that he will
cease work at all. but that he will de-
vote himself purely to science. Edi-
son. accompanied ny nis wile, win leave
late in August for the journey.
Monument of Great Quake.
San Francisco. Aug. 5. The new
Relief Home for the aged and infirm,
erected at a cost of $450,000 from the
surplus ir.or.ey contributed for the re
lief of sufferers by the earthquake ami
fire of April 18, 190t was formally de
dicated today and turned over to the
city. It is located on the Almshouse
tract south of the Golden Gate. I
JAPAN CLIMBS
TOWARD TOP
Navy Will Rank Third of Nations in
Power by 1911.
Will Soon Have 21 Battleships Read
for Active Service German Navy
League Discovers Large Addition
to Program Many New Ships
Being Built.
Berlin, Aug. 4. The Japanese navy
will take third place in 1911, according
to the bulletin made by the German
Navy League in its August report.
"Notwithstanding the assertions of
Japan's bad financial position," the
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'great ships now being:
Ready, 14 battleships with a tonnage
of 191,400, and 12 large cruisers 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 latestinforma
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 was
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 10
o'clock. Tonight a cooling breeze
came off the lake, wdiich 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, sain tne court, "wnere me
irty seeking the same is unable to
peak the English language. He can
not understand the laws of this coun
try, its constitution or any of the acts
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."
Standard's Foe in Europe.
Basle, Switzerland, Aug. 4. Re
ports received here today trom repre
sentatives of the International Oil
vndicate, which proposes to buck the
Standard Oil company all over Europe,
state that the outlook is bright and
that the product of the new concern
will find a ready
market as soon as an
enort is maae to pusn tne trace, ine
syndicate managers are rapidly com
pleting arrangements for an alliance
with the great Russian oil firms.
These firms, it is understood, have ex
pressed a readiness to sell out.
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Conservatives Win in Cuba.
Havana, Aug. -1. Election returns
throughout Cuba indicate a general
victory for the conservatives, who
have carried most of the important
cities. The liberals elected Azbert
governor of the province of Havana,
but the conservatives were victorious
in the city of Havana. The liberals
showed their greatest strength in East
ern Cuba. So far no reports have been
received here of sericus trouble at the
polls.
Robbers' Swag Fifty Thousand.
Chicago, Aug. 4. Terrorizing the
postmasters of Northern Michigan for
ten years and stealing more than $-"-000
from the government, George Ross
and Frank Roach are under arrest to
day. The bandits were captured by
Postal Inspectors Frasier 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 orders in their possession.