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COLLIDE IN
BIG SWAMP
Two Passenger Trains Come Together
Near New Orleans.
Eleven Persons Dead and Score In
jured Heroic Work by Women to
Stay Intense Suffering of Victims
Wreckage Takes Fire and Adds
to Horror and Suffering.
New Orleans, Nov. 12 Eleven per
hoiih a re Known to lie dean ana a score
or more are injured as a result of a
wreck yesterday morning on the New
Orleans & Northeastern railroad at Lit
tie Woods, 12 miles from New Orleans
lietween Slidell and New Orleans the
tracks of the New Orleans & North
eastern are used by the ('J rent Northern
nnd it was a suburban train of this roai
from Covington that crashed into the
rear of a local Northeastern train from
Ilattiesburg, Miss., telescoping the four
rear conches.
Little Woods is so surrounded by
swamp that the only access to the scene
is by way of the railroad. When tho
rescue party reached Little Woods the
ceno was one of terror, desolation and
death. The wreck had caught fire and
the first efforts of the loungers around
the camps went toward subduing the
flames. In this they had been partially
successful, but little succor had been
given to the badly injured and several
if these died while lying around the
Miiiiiildering debris. Hude bandages had
1 n bound about their wounds in an
olfort to stop the flow of blood and
many instances the later investigation
of the surgeon discovered that inoro
than one life had been saved in this
manner. None worked harder than the
women passengers in this crude surgery,
MAY BE ANDRE.
Skipper Finds Remains Under Cross
Bearing Explorer's Name.
Copenhagen, Nov. 32. There is rea
son to believe that the body of Pro
fessor S. S. Andre, the Arctic explorer,
who, in 11105, made an attempt to reach
the north pole in a balloon, has been
found on the coast of Labrador.
A letter received from the captain of
the Danish steamer Inga, dated Labra
dor, September 30, reports that Captain
Chatker, skipper of the American
schooner Pelops, of Conception Bay, N.
V., discovered in northern Labrador a
'ross bearing the name "Andre," and
that beneath this cross he found a body
and a box of documents.
lie dug under the cross and found
human remains and a box containing
papers. Captain Chatker said that he
removed the cross, but he refused to
say whether or not the papers were in
liis possession. The Inga's captain
asked how the name "Andre" was
upelled. On being told, he took a piece
of paper from liis pocket, on which was
written the name as it appeared on the
cross. It was "Andree."
The place where the cross was dis
covered is an absolute desert and is
rarely visited, even by the Eskimos.
What became of Andre's two compan
ions, if the discovered remains prove to
be his, is a problem, but the light proVi
jibly will be thrown upon their fate by
an examination of the papers.
GRILL OIL TRUST.
Stuff Sold in Canada Said to Be Ex
pensive and Dangerous.
Winnipeg, Man., Nov. 12 A sweep
ing investigation of the affairs of tTie
Standard Oil company in Canada was
started here yesterday as the result of
a series of explosions east of here in
which more than a score of persons re
cently lost their lives. The investiga
tion is being conducted by both the pro
vincial and the dominion officials.
Each body is working separately, but
both are reviewing the same evidence.
The quality is one of the most im
portant facts to be established and the
officials first went to Swan river, where
a family of nine perished because of an
explosion of inferior oil.
The investigators have learned that
oil selling for 40 cents a gallon can be
bought HO miles away in the United
States for 12 cents a gallon. The Stand
ard Oil officials say the difference in
price is due to a local syndicate of deal
All Bribes in Evidence.
San Francisco, Nov. 12. Judge Law
lor yesterday ruled that the various
briberies and offers to bribe the former
lioard of supervisors by Abraham Ruef
through James L. Gallagher constituted
4 'similar offenses," and sustained the
contention of Assistant. District Attor
ney Francis J. Heney that in order to
show the relations lietween unci aim
the supervisors he was entitled to intro
duce evidence of oilers to bribe in the
various other franchise matters other
than the particular indictment in the
Vnited Kailroads case.
Ends Public Ownfrship.
Cleveland, Nov. 12. Two receivers
for the Municipal Traction eompany
and the Cleveland Railway company
will be appointed today by Federal
Judge Taylor. He made it clear that
tV 'receivers were merely to preserve
t bo propertv and that lie would not, un
dertake to determine the rights of the
rlevoland lailw:.y company or the Mu
nicipal Traction company as to restora
tion of their property, but would re
serve that question for the final hear
ing. Largest in the World.
Chicago. Nov. 12. A permit for the
construction of what architects say will
be the largest office building in the
world was procured yesterday. The
building will be erected for the Top
ples Gaslight & Coke company and will
stand at Adam street and Michigan
avenue. It will be 20 stories high and
will contain 7,020,000 cubic feet of air
space.
MINE EXPLOSION FATAL.
Awful Disaster in Germany Claims 339
Known Dead.
Ha mm, Westphalia, Oermany, Nov.
l.'l The greatest mine disaster in many
years in Germany occurred yesterday
morning at the Kadbod mine, about
throe miles from this place. There was
a heavy explosion at 4 A. M., and al
most immediately tho mine took firo.
Of UNO minors working underground at
tno time, only six escaped without in
jury. Thirty five men were taken out
badly hurt and 37 dead were brought
HAPPENINGS GATHERED IN AND
AROUND WASHINGTON, D. C.
CHANGE IN COINS.
Mints Turning Out Gold Pieces of
New Design.
Washington, Nov. 12. The .uints of
Philadelphia, San Francisco and Pen
U . - . M - -
to the mouth of the pit. The remain- ver have begun coining nev $5 gold
ing 302 have been given up for lost. pieces, struck on a different plan from
I he explosion was unusually violent, Lmv tiprntnfnrp
n-MM-yujtf ihu! or ino Hiiarts. wnicn nau r4. r, . t..:
If fl 1 rl 1 V vat HI i -rm I 1 1 n f f li n dicimia 1
work was begun. In addition the UL1U k. oust veil uy Jr. vviniaiu
flames and smoke proved to lie almost Sturgis Bigelow, of Boston, that to
insurmountable obstacles in tho efforts nermit the coins beinir piled to a uni
of tllO reselling Parties. A Snecial fnrm liroo-lif -i InVlier nr ctrnnmr rf
orps, composed of tho men who ren- lief might be obtained bv depressing
ered such valuable aid in the terrible the design below the field or fare of
mine disaster ai uourneres, France, in the coin, instead of raising it above
March, l!)0(i, arrived upon the scene as usual in all coinage operations
shortly before noon, but were unable This would provide a flat field and a
to enter the mine, being forced to await uniform thickness, the flat surface
the result of the efforts of the firemen taking the wear and protecting the
10 keep uie names in check. relief, the shape of the depression fol
luoantime Heartrending scenes took owing the out me of the re hef
place at the mine when tho dead and The same design will be used on
injured were brought to the surface, the new $2.50 pieces and all will bear
ami mere were similar scenes in the the In God We Trust motto.
town when tho injured were transported
through the streets to the hospitals.
... . . . ' ni it ,. I or nn.iTtiiil ipn
M 1 o'c ock the tiro had made creat nvani "ill oc iuii i mucu.
headway, and later in the afternoon,
after a consultation of the engineers, Government to Take Octopus Rebate
! W,H lt 1 u,i any lurtner at- Case to Supreme Court
tempts to rescue the entombed men r
would be in vain, owing to the impossi- Washington, Nov. 13 Tt was stated
bility of entering the galleries. At the at the department of justice that in
same time an order was issued to Hood U.;nw ,lf i, inr nf mnnpv in
Hi o nu' no " "
First reports indicated that the ac- voivea, uie important questions or law
cident was the result of an explosion "1 the popular interest in the case, the
ot coal dust, but the statements of the government would not rest on the de
injured men rendered this improbable cision of the circuit court of appeals in
ind it is not clear just what caused it. the Standard Oil case, but that the case
would be taken to the supreme court of
FREIGHT RATES UP. the United States at the earliest possi
ble date. This will be done bv an appli-
Railroads Gain $10,000,000 Yearly tiorari The appncation to the court
Dy rMew i arm. for a writ will be submitted Aovem
Los Angeles. Nov. 13 Ten million ,jcr
lobars a vear will bo nd.led tn the Attorney-l.eneral lionaparte said tliat
freight revenues of the. r.i ilronrf!. bv U conference of counsel would be held
the increase in west-bound transconti- on Thl,rsilay to decide definitely on the
nental freight rates -which become ef- steps that would be taken in bringing
feet ve .Linnarv 1 nccnnl intr n th oti. tiie case berore tne supreme court, ite
mate of Fred I Gretrson. traffic, man- B!d that many important rate Cases de
7 I i i ii r . ii..'
iger of the Associated Jobbers of Los P nU( a 00 nn!U uecision oi mis case,
Angeles. among them being seven or eight on
Mr. (iregson has just received a press "tner counts against tne standard un
proot ot the new tariff, which is issued tulllr";
by the Transcontinetal Freight Bu
reau the first copy of the new tariff to
reach Los Angeles.
"The increase in rates is not nearly
is bad as I feared it would be," said
Mr. (iregson, after going through the
tariff,
"One item which might work a hard
DENY SETTLERS MORE TIME.
Delinquent Minidoka Applicants Must
Forfeit Lands December I.
Washington, Nov. 14. Secretary
Garfield has announced that he will
ship on our foundrymen and some manu- grant no extension of time to settlers
tacturcrs is the rate on certain kinds of on the Minidoka irrigation project in
iron, which has been raised from 75 to Idaho, who have been backward in
80 cents and on which the rate is the making their first annual payment to
same on the unfinished as on the fin- the government. Many settlers who
ished product. should have paid $2.60 per acre on De-
Live poultry in carload lots is cember 1 last have not vet paid un, and
raised from $2.00 to $2.20 a hundred unless snich payment is made before De
weight. Boots and shoes are raised cember 1 next," such settlers will become
from $2.50 to $2.7a, plaster from $7 to delinquent and their entries will.be can-
$S a ton, while hardware and structural celled and all moneys they may have
iron men are touched up all along the paid thereon will be forfeited. Settlers
line, rummers supplies, building hard- under the law have one year grace, but
,-are, drugs and chemicals, glassware, the secretary is unwilling to grant more
lectricai machinery ami many other time than the law allows
items are raised. "
Fight for Colonel Stewart
Washington, Nov. 11 The enforced
retirement of Colonel William F. Stew-
All Depends on Note to the Powers art from the United States army five
From Austria. years hetore the age limit has brouirht
powerful friends to the officer's niil.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 13. Although ho announce thev will lav the matter
- : a j i a i l . . '
no uir vi uuLwuru caim is maintained he-fore congress at the next session. It
at ino missinn ioreign oirice, me is predicted that the hearing will re
Balkan situation has now reached an 8Ut in the exposure of such a personal
acme singe, wnere everytuing uepenas f0Url as intensified the Miles-Corbin
upon the nature of the note which is animosity. Friends of the Fort Grant
xpected from Vienna today and the exile declare that several distinct in-
outcomo ot the mediation which Kus- fhiences drove Colonel Stewart from
ia, I ranee and Creat Jintain have un- the army. Retirement lost the officer
ertaken at Helgrade, at Aurtro-Hun- at least $10,000 in nav and the wnor-
gary's request, with a view to limiting tunity of retiring with higher rank and
the belligerent activity of Servia. prestige.
it mediation is not successful, war is
recognized as a possibility in authori
tative circles. The Ausf ro-IIungarian-
Servian relations are too strained, it is
WAR AGAIN POSSIBLE.
Bids for Battleship.
Washington. Nov. 12. The New
v.,-i- ci,;k.,;i,i;., r r-
believed, to permit present conditions! . v t cK,;f' ,i i,...
to continue indefinitely. ... f . rrtn,trlI(.tim. f tu.
1 he Aus r.an note . will definitely out- bntteshi p Utah. The bids were
me the attitude of that government re- f.i, ti, v... -:.
- i ,i ''v.i iniiuaj. i lie new ll'IN
u ,.mg oi ,e anuexauon n shipbuilding company offered to ful
Bosnia and Herzegovina and possible fi, tIlp lWPrnm-t',-ni,n, iefan;
FEW CHANGES OF SENATORS
Cummins Will Go From Iowa Kern
From Indiana.
Washington, Nov. 10. The present
indications are that the Republicans
will have about a two-thirds majority
in the United States senate, as the
result of the election last Tueeday,
or virtually the same as at present,
Of the D2 members of that body, 61
hold over, leaving only 31 places to
till. Of these 19 are held by Republ
cans and 12 by Democrats. Alabama.
Arkansas, Louisiana and Maryland al
ready have chosen Democrats, and
Kentucky and Vermont Republicans
The other senators of whom successors
are to be elected are :
Republicans Allison, Iowa; Ank
eny, Washington ; Brandegee, Connect
icut; Galligr, New Hampshire; Hasn
brough, North Dakota ;Heyburn, Idaho;
Hopkins, Illinois; Kittredge, South
Dakota; Long, Kansas; Penrose, Penn
sylvania; Perkins, California; Piatt,
New York; Smoot, Utah; Stephenson,
llf All ( '111
Wisconsin, ah oi tnese win De suc
ceeded either by themselves or other
Republicans.
Democrats Clay, Georgia; Gary,
South Carolina; Gore, Oklahoma; Mil
ton, Florida; Overman, North Caro
lina. All of these will be succeeded by
Democrats.
The only senatorships remaining in
doubt are those in Ohio, Indiana and
Oregon, which are now represented by
Senators Foraker, Hemenway, and Ful
ton, Republicans, and Colorado, Mis
souri and Nevada, represented by Sen
ators Teller, Stone and Newlands,
Democrats.
Governor Cummins, of Iowa, is about
to realize his ambition of becoming a
senator from that state. He has many
admirers in Washington and hi3 entry
upon the scene of national politics will
be observed with keen interest. If
ndiana should send a Democrat in
place of Hemenway, it is supposed
here that John W. Kern, the defeated
vice presidential candidate, will be
chosen and he would be the first Demo
crat to occupy a senatorial seat from
Indiana since 1899, when David Turplie
surrendered his office to Beveridge.
compensation to Servia and Montene
gro, and the nature of the note will de
termine whether or not an international
congress can be held.
Chinese Emperor Dying.
Pekin, Nov. 13 The condition of the
emperor is so serious that tho various
legations here are sending cable dis
patches thereon to their respective gov-
fil the government's plans, installing
turbine machinery and guaranteeing
the completion of the warship within
thirty-two months for $3,940,000. The
bid guarantees that the vessel will
make a speed of 20? knots.
Water Okanogan Lands
Washington, Nov. 14. At the begin
ning of the next irrigation season the
government wUl deliver water to 3.472
acres of the Oknnocran irrigation prot
ernmenis. mere nave noon circum- net n Was i nctnn. nnd a n nrm nf i
- - -
tantial rumors among the people of per acre will be made for the cost of;
he death ot the emperor and his ltt e ' ' " ' " imt me j:uin. mis
rot her. tho infant son of Prince Chun, 'B he divided into ten equal install-
has been brought into the palace. The nients with $l.;i0 per acre additional
mperor has been suffering for ten years maintenance- cnarge. rayments hecome
st from chronic nephritis, a condition "" on -Al:.v 1 "h year, the nrst
now complicated with diabetes and sci . payment necoming due in jshisi.
atica. It is admitted that Ins brain is
affected.
To Improve Tennessee River.
Iluntsville, Ala., Nov. 13. The Ten
nessee Kiver Improvement association
met in convention in this city yester
day with a good attendance of dele-
Rush Work in Klamath.
Washington. Nov. 13. The reclama
tion service has announced that tho
Klamath irrigation project is now 34'-V
per cent completed. Muring October
four sections of the Keno canal were
complete-' and the south branch canal
c fr n-lvnnced tint it will be com-
Roosevelt Leads "Hike."
Washington, Nov. 11. President
Roosevelt yesterday led a party of 60.
composed mostly of high officials of
the army and students of the Army
ar college, in a five-mile tramp
through Rock Creek park. A portion
of the route was up and down hills and
over rough roadways, the president fre
quently taking the small army of pe
destrians over barbed wire fences. It
as after dusk when the long walk
ended, and not a few or' the party were
much fatigued, while the president was
in high spirits and fine physical trim.
Banker to Be Sentenced.
Washington, Nov. 12. The supreme
court of the United States has af
firmed the decision of the court of
appeals of New Jersey sustaining the
erdict of the Monmouth county court
essions which convicted President
Albert C. Twining and Senator C.
Carme! of the Monmouth Trust &
Safe Deposit company, of deceiving a
state bank examiner as to the condi
tion of their institution. It was con
tended that the deception was prac
ticed to cover up the misapplication
f $30,000.
Reputed Minister Comes.
Washington, Nov. 11. Senor Joaquin
assasus, who formerly represented
Mexico in this country, and whose ap
pointment to succeed Enrique Creel as
linbassador to the United States, has
r some time been anticipated, reached
ashington last night, accompanied bv
s family. Senor Cassasus denied that
had received any notification of
his appointment or that he had been
sent to the United States by his gov
ernment under any special mission.
Twin Sisters Win Court Honor.
Washington, Nov. 7. Twin sisters,
Misses Ethel A. and Florence M. Col
ford, of this city, have been admitted
to practice in the United States Su
preme court. They are the youngest
women ever admitted to practice be
fore that tribunal, and both are pretty.
Their ability got for them an indorse
ment from the department of justice.
B ds on Eugene Building.
Washington. Nov. 11. Bide were
opened yesterday for the construction
of a pul lie building at Kngene, Or. The
) idders were as follows: Campbell
1'nilding company. Salt Lake, $."." OftO ;
W. O. lleckert, Eugene. $(i2.."S0; Geo.
('. Mourer, Salem. $ti3.320: Welch Bros.,
Salem, $."4.0.7; Charles A. Gray. Port
land. $(ki,225. No award has yet been
made.
STANDARD GAINS POINT.
ASSASSIN'S SHOT
FOR EX-SENATOR
Murder is Result of Political Trouble
in Tennessee.
Appeal Court Refuses Rehearing in
Great Rebate Case.
Chicago, Nov. 11. A rehearing of
the appeal of the Standard Oil com
pany of Indiana from the sentence of
$29,240,000 fine imposed by United
states District Judge Landis in the
government s prosecution for receiv
ing rebates from the Alton railroad
was denied yesterday by the United
States circuit court of appeals, pre
sided over by Judge Orosscup. The
government will appeal to the United
states supreme court for a writ of ccr
tioran as soon as possible.
Meanwhile additional suits against
the Standard Oil company of Indiana
have been fully prepared, and trials
may be demanded within two weeks
Two of the suits charge rebating in
. .... i ; . .'ii. i .i f i
Luiim.-j.umi wiin srupmcius on tne i i- Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 10. Ex Sena-
..at kx r.dsicui iimui?) ana in wo ine unB lm,.,.,i ,., ,.o u
hVfillC'tllA Ar I orrn I linfa MilfAil I '
was the hue of shipment. The case 0clock VL.stenav afternoon on Seventh
i-i i , ' ,'. I avcuuo Ui III, JU XI UU t UJ. X U1U
vvjiiuii niuiciincms were returned DV U'i..,. i .. i,,.t :
iu.u, Mdiiu jun. np, fllintnn U rVnr,pr Mr flarmaflr
Cases in which charges of rebating waa 1oillLf riorth (tn rSl4VPnlh ftveillia iu
are mnr p in cnnnnctirin ...itl, ch,A ra
mcnts over the Chicago & Alton are ... n..i.L u!....
ip u: , , , , . . . nuu uia huh, lwuiu, were approaciiiui;
rt T';.7i c. . r- . T beventh avenue on union street. Soon
S t Jrll i TCt Att-0ry after they came into sight of one an
,S,' i"d.SC.,reS ,0f ,w,tne"es ,n the other the Bhootin wasbeeun. Kobia
Edward Carmack Is Killed by Robin
Cooper Victim Fires Back, In
flicting Slight Wound Cooper,
Senior, Had Been Criticised in
Carmack's Newspaper.
three cases already have been ques
tioned.
In overruling the petition for a re
hearing, the court emoted from its for
mcr opinion and from Judge Landis
ruling to prove that the sentence was
really aimed at the Standard Oil com
pany of New Jersey, which had never
been tried. The court holds, as to the
plea that the Standard did not know
it was not paying the lawful rate that
the testimony of Edward Bogardus
only went to the jury on the issue
whether he had made diligent en
deavor" to ascertain the lawful rate
Cooper, it is said, firing two shots
and .Senator Carmack one.
Colonel Cooper, it is said, drew his
pistol, but did not fire.
Senator Carmack fell to the ground,
dying instantly. Robin Cooper was'
shot in the right shoulder, but was not
oadly wounded.
It is understood that the troublo
was one of the results of a recent Dem
ocratic gubernatorial primary, in which
Carmack was defeated. Carmack. since
he became editor of the Tennesseean,
had been caustic in cricising what he
vjvawi oai..iiaiii liic laniui Idle, 11 , T, , . " , , ,
but that the question as to whether ca!!e,d ,the democratic machine and ha,
he had knowledge of the lawful rate
was excluded.
NORTH DAKOTA LAUNCHED.
printed several editorials about Colonel
Cooper.
tihin the last few davs, it is as
serted, Colonel Cooper notified Carmack
that these editorial criticisms must
cease. Anotner editorial referring to
the enlonel nnnpnrpil in tho nnnf-r rpa.
First of American Dreadnaught Class terday morning, and this is supposed to
ot Battleships. have been the immediate cause of the
Quincy, Mass., Nov. 11. The battle- tr.ublo .
ship North Dakota, the first American nator uarmacK ren ar tne edge
war vessel of the Dreadnaught class, f the street Colonel Duncan B. Cooper
was launched at the yards of the Uore au'
River Shipbuilding company. at loth walketl a few feet down Seventh
Quincy Point, at 12:27 P. M. yester- : euu.e. l" n- f."lee' w?f 6
was examined and treated. An ambu-
carried the body of Mr. Carmack
day in the presence of more than 10,
Ofio people, including representatives ,
rif f,i-r ctatpc tti mlinnit rrrwr- I
ernment at the yards to witness the to an undertaking establishment,
launching,
This American Dreadnaught, when
she has received the additional groom
ing due her after she is afloat, will be
bigger and swifter and deadlier by far
than the British vessel that inspired
her. and will be an improvement on
DIRECT PRIMARY WINS.
Carries Four to One Throughout the
State of California.
San Francisco, Nov. 10. California
that vessel by so many features of lias joined Oregon, Washington and
Yankee ingenuity that there will be other states that have adopted the di
no comparison between the two. In rect primary, and the vote cast last
nothing "that Great Britain is building Tuesday in that state in favor of the
for herself are the many advantages new system- is so emphatic that it can-
of tlje American ship utilized and her not be wondered that even a boss-rid-
virtues are foreshadowed in the craft den legislature was compelled to heed
of the immediate future only in those the demand that a direct primary
vessels that Brazil is having made in amendment be submitted to a vote of
England under contract. the people.
The launching of this ship is held In San Francisco a maionty of nine
by authorities to mark an era in the to one was piled up in favor of the
advancement of the navy. No such amendment, and across the bay in Oak
single stride has been made in naval land, Alameda, and Berkeley the ver-
construction since the days when ar- diet was almost as strong.
mor plate was first used on the Moni- Under the new law California will in
tor and the Merrimac, for the policy future make all nominations by direct
embodied in the building of the North vote, and party conventions will be
Dakota is as far from that of the other virtually abolished, except for the con
vessels recently built as her size is trol of party affairs and adoption of
greater than theirs.
QUAKES IN DEATH VALLEY.
platforms. The total vote of the state
is not yet available, but complete re
turn from the six counties casting tho
largest vote indicated that the primary
amendment carried about four to one in,
the state "as a whole.
OLD CASE SOON ENDS.
gates from the several states interested pleted before the opening of next year's
in ine improvement or me waterway, irrigation season
I tie association purposes to put forth
every endeavor to secure an appropria
tion from the coming session of con
gress to carry out the plans for the
improvement of the river in order to
make it navigable.
Prepares for Big Influx.
Butte, Mont., Nov. 13 That the
Northern Faeifie expects travel into
the northwest next year to exceed that
of any previous year is indicated by
the statement of President Elliott yes
terday that the company has ordered P3
new passencer coaches, which will be
placed .'n the transcontinental jtorvice
next year. An increase in the service
throughout the northwest will be made.
Bids for Baker's Postoffice.
Washington. Nov. 14 Bid for the
const met ion of the Palter Citv. Or..
pi'stoffiee. for which f 00. 000 lias been
Chosen on Fourth Ballot.
Washington, Nov. 12. Rev. Dr. Al
frt d It. Harding, who for twenty-two
vo.ts pit Ins been rector of St.
Fail's Episcopal church here, was
Tuesday elected bishop of Washinrr
' o to succeed the late Rev. Henry V.
S-tterlce. Dr. Harding was choen
mi the fourth billot, uvt to which Dr.
McfJill. also of this city, had led in
the balloting.
Three Weeks of Quiverings Drives
Out the Miners.
San Bernardino, Cat.. Nov. 11.
Death valley and the surrounding Virginia and West Virginia About to
country are in wie u.rue, u. a ri s , L Standing Trouble.
rf (nrlhniiil-ic xi-hir-h hpfran fnr o v
weeks ago, and the most violent of Richmond. Va., Nov. 10 After drag-
which occurred last Wednesday morn- ging along for years, the end of tho
ing before daylight, causing conster- famous Virginia-West Virginia debt
nation among the mining camps, and question is now in sight. Eminent
resulting in many miners and pros- counsels representing the two states
pectors fleeing from the district. assembled here yesterday for the first
Immense chances in underground! formal hearing in the case, before
rivers which intersect the great sink Charles E. Littlefiold, of Maine, who
are believed to have taken place, and has been appointed master in the pro-
some of tne miners believe the waters codings.
which once gushed through the valley The Virginia-West Virginia debt dis-
will again within a short time be pute arose out of the cre-U'-m of tha
flowing over the now arid sands. state of West Virginia out of the orig-
Samuel Lawrence, one of the first inal domain of Virginia, and the proper
miners to reach here with details of apportionment of the then bonded in-
the earthquakes, said that for three debtedness of the latter state. A suit
weeks past there had been one or two is pending before the United States
temblors daily. They had all been supreme court, and upon the ultimate
light with the exception of the one on report of the master. Mr. T,ittlefield,
Wednesday. depends the adjudication of the matter.
Dividend 629 Per Cent. Want Inland Wuterways.
St. r.iul. Nov. 11. Word has Columbus. Ga., Nov. 10 The Oulf
reached the Northern Facific directory coast inland waterways convention,
that the extra dividend of $11.2ti which which asseml led in this citv v-sterdav
wns recently declared by the North- for a two (lavs, to bo
wesrern miprovrmem imn'ianv i-t . , ,. , .
the benefit of the Northern Pacific :l larS' "ltl,,"tl:,l ''ighiy inter-
s'ockhol-'ers will be paid on Decern- esting gathering. The convention aims
her 3. The amount constitutes a 029 to promote the commerce an-1 industry
ncr cent dividend on the stock of the of tho southern coast states 1 v the im
Northwestern Investment company, r'ovement of the rivers emptying into
which amounts to S2.7T5.000. and is to the gult and the construction ot canals.
he nnid to all Northern Pacific stock- The states chiefly interested in the
holders. The improvement company movement are Texas, Louisiana. Ten
was formed soon after the reorganiza- nessee. Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama
lion of the Northern Facific in 1S9T. ami l-Iorida.
New Postoffice at Santa Rosa.
Washington. Nov. 14 Tho contract
Want Ships for Pacific.
San Francisco. Nov. 11 A set of
resolutions asking that the Pacific
feet be retained in the Pacific ocean
uul thnt it be augmented by the At
lantic fleet was forwarded to President-elect
Taft yesterday by the offi
cers of the Calif.T-'ii i branch of the
American National Red Cross p-vie'v.
Taft is president of the American Na
tional Red Cross society and the or-
T 1 - 1 -, , l , .
; 1 i : ' -'.'y '"'r f tl.e construction of n new postoffice infirm here hones to have conid
i-..
pniific miiMings will lie covered bv bids
of 1000. has 1-eon awarded to Hoyt bv
the treasury department. The contract
price is $oo,5.i0,
to be opened this month.
To Recognize Paraguay.
Washington. Nov. 13. The st.ito de
partment, has announced the Adminis
tration's decision to recognize the new
government of Paraguay, which was
estal lished as the result of the suc
cessful revolution last spring.
uilding at Santa Kosi. Cab, to replace orallc influence with him in making
the one shaken down by the earthquake I j,e request.
Forest Service Depositary.
Washington, Nov. 13. The forest
service hns chosen the First National
bank of Portland depositary for the
funds of the forest service in Oregon.
N.itions Apr: Wr 'v"-tii
Paris. Nov. 11 The threatened
Shot by Lunatic.
New York. Nov. M..Edward M.
Morgan, postmaster of Now York Citv.
was wounded in the abdomen yester-lav
morning bv a bullet fired bv E. II. R.
Mackev an eccentric English stenog
rapher, who then committed suic:de.
He was resting well last night, and un
less complication develop will re
cover. Mr. Morgan prol-ab'v owes his
life To tin i)T'i''k wit an' braverv of
' is I t vear-old -laughter, IVrothv,
saw Mackev draw lis revolver,
struck it with her lrii-1.
who
an-1
Long Distance Wireless Record.
Seattle. Wash.. Nov. 10 Th wire-
rupture of the peaceful relations of less operators at Tatoosh Island. etab
i;rrpirv and France was averted lished a 2300 mile record S-itnr-lav
vesfcrdav by the signinc of an agree-! night, when they picked up an order
i-c-it by the representative of both j from the armored cruiser West Vir
ii:,,ns settling the Cns Blanc? dis- g'"ia. of the Pacific fleet, for lumber
pute. with which to construct targets.