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HUNDREDS DIE IN FOREST FIRE FIRST QUERY: "WHO WINS?“ Fans in Far Off Prlbyloff Islands Get Wireless Luxury. San Francisco, July 15. The Uni ted States government employe* on the Prlbyloff island* are rejoicing to day because they have been connected with the outside world by mean* of the wireless telegraph. And the first news that they asked to be Hashed over the wave* was: "Get us the standing of the club* In the big lea gues." This report was quickly followed by another one of the same kind, sb they had been without baseball gossip so long they could not got enough of the fodder on which so many thousands of fan* feast every day. Not until the operator at Honolulu had exhausted his supply of baseball knowledge did the men on the island of St. Paul per mit him to inform them of the import ant happenings in the political and commercial worlds. Navy electrician* and wireless ex perts had been sent north by the gov ernment on board the United State* ship Buffalo to install a wireless sta tion on the island of St. Paul. With the aid of the wirele** station the fan* on these lonely ialund* will now be able to keep tab on their favorite club in the race for the pennant. BRIEF REPORT OF THE DAILY WORK OF NATION’S LAWMAKERS KAISER'S WIFE IS A PARAGON Ciood Wife, Mother and Housekeeper, Highly Accomplished and Pos sessor of Charming Manner*. Washington, D. C., July 11. An Washington, July 14.- Senator Hey The German empress, as well a* burn of Idaho, drew the fire of Sen*- Inquiry into Alaska’* induatrial devel- proving herself preeminently a good opinent, second in Importance only to Property Loss Reaches Millions -* »»>•«-* -> «-.<*, •» the Ballinger-Pinchot investigation. wife, mother and housekeeper, ha* many graceful accomplishment* She the coume of the diecuMion of a mo- wj|j interrogated tomorrow by the I* very musical, and this form* a In Ontario, Canada. tion by William* for the retention of house committee on expense* of the strong bond of sympathy between her "Jim” Jon««, the 82-year old negro. Interior department. self and lhe emperor, who I* a mull who had been Jefferson Davis’ body- instead of having Miss M. F Ab- cal composer of some ability. When Hoad* Strawn With Bodie* of Those , bott tell the atory of her diacovery of he desire* to give hl* wife an agree guani .nd in whose custody the seal th„ fBmou, ..D|ck u, l)iek- |etter. Overcome by Heat and Smoko able surprise he Instruct* the court — Minor* Trapped. of the Conf«*der*cy was entrusted, re- th«, committee will examine govern- musician* to play some new compos! taine<l on the Senate payroll a* a la- rnent official, on the general condition lion under the window* of her apart borer I territory. n,«*nt*. Musical evening* with bl* . .. It ia planned to call G. H. Brooke, wife and family are one of the few Toronto, July 13. The loan of life Senator Heyburn acquitted in the A|aakanPbea<1 of gaologica| ,ur. in the Porcupine district. Northern retention of the negro for services vey aM a wjtneaa. He will be fol- recreation* In which the busy kal*er Indulge* The empress I* fond of Ontario, from yesterday 'a forest fires formerly given to the senate, but not lowed by witn«?s*es from the War de- sketching, and I* a clever amateur is known to l>e several hundred, and because of loyalty to an "infamous partment, which control, the leasing photographer, having a collection of SOLDIER WITH GOOD LUNGS ,, | of water front* in that country. the pr»|n<rty loss will reach several CMU ’ ! The possible connection of C. P. most Interesting travel »cane*, which millions of dollars. "But for th« parliamentaryrule. |Taft wjth the gubj(.ct ig V) W gubor. »he photographed during her tour Private Johnson Was Arrested When Sergeant Heard Him Singing Only three of the H3 employes of the that restrain me, declared Williams, , (linatwJ for th<! time belng. The com- with the emperor In the holy land She ha* great taste In the arrange 300 Yarde Away. "I would have a few word, to say rn itte«? will endeavor to find out if the West l>ome mine have been aceountml about the kind of human being in (;Ugglinheim interest«, when defeat in ment of furniture and flower*, «nd for, and 200 miners, muckers, etc., in A gigantic private In the guards waa whose heart such thought* can exist. the so-called Cunningham claims to h«-r private apartment* are among the the Dome mine have been suffocated. Senator Williams added with great gregt coaj [¡e],jg of Alaska s«?emwi tnoat artistic of any royal lady In brought before his C. O. charged with being disorderly In the public street. The mines burned include the Dome, feeling that he was not prepared to .inevitable, undertook to assert control Europe. Who put this man In the guard The consort of the kaiser Is a North Dome, Preston East Dome, Vi- hear a civilized man in the 20th r*n-> of the coal deposit* by monopolizing tury call 'an infamous cause the the entrant* to the interior of Alas- charming mixture of the woman and room?" asked the colonel. pond, Koley O’Hrien, Philadelphia, "I did, sir," replied the sergeant cau*e for which bls < Williams) father ka. ¡y recognition of the Ryan entries the Imperial lady. Nothing which United Porcupine, El Dorado Porcu "I was In the town last night, when add* to the well being of her husband had laid down his life. would this. pine, Standard, Imperial, West In,me 1 here is no right of American cit- It i* for this purpose that the com- and children 1* beneath her concern. I heard some one bellowing and roar EIGHTY-BUSHEL WHEAT FOUND and Success. Izenship, Mr. William* added, that rnitt^ ha- tarjud rtg on A)aj,kan In simple morning gown *be will pre ing songs about 300 yard* away. I Among the dead are Robert E. Weiss, permit, a man to insult the «lead. 1 mineral* sfid the coast line to testify pare the emperor's coffee, and in the went to the spot and heard the ac manager of the West Dome, ami hi* Government Complete* Threshing Th- senate sustained Williams by B, th<. in the neighbor- tvenfng. attirv-d with taste and mag cused—Private Johnson—singing at 400 Varieties of Grain. wife and child. a vote of 37 to 18, leaving Jones on hood of (k>ntwl|er bay. Tbe inquiry iilficence and full of gracious man the top of his voice.” The Philadelphia mine’s loaa la "And you could hear him 300 yard* Chico, Cal. The threshing of 400 th«* payroll at $720 a year a* a labor- may reqUjre many day*. Other than ner* she I* every Inch an empress. about 150,000; United Porcupine. $20,- varieties of grain has been completed er* ' recognizing the absolute freedom of She Invariably wear* in her hair a away?” asked the colonel. 000; Eldorado Porcupine, all build at the government's big plant intro "Yes, sir.." the president from congressional in- large, single diamond, which once ings destroyed; Standanl, about $40,- duction garden* at thia place, «ays “Well, what have you to say. Pri Washington. July 13. Railroads qUjry> it is said tonight no limitation* adorned the cocked hat of Napoleon, 000; Imperial. al>out ¿36,000; Suc Superintendent Beagle*. and 1* seldom seen without the dia vate Johnson'" continued the colonel, Some va give, or are still forced to give, re- would be placed on the inquiry, cess, probably dcstroyi-d, West Dome, rieties of wheat yielded at the rate of bates to big corporations and to the i mond and enameled bracelet, which turning to the accused. about 375,000. “Please, sir. "said Private Johnson. bear* inset likenesses of her seven K0 bushel* to the acre. This is about detriment of »mall concerns, declare«i Washington, D. C., July 10—The children, and a heart-shaped open "I w aa only ummlng ”—Ideas. in four short hours, beginning yes twice the average yield of common Erank C. lxiwry of New York, general Canadian reciprocity bill emerg«;d un- terday noon, the tire swept from the wheat throughout California's grain salesman for the Federal Sugar Refin-1 locket with a portrait of her bus Standanl mine to the shores of Por growing district*. The varieties pro Ing company, before the “sugar ncathe<l tonight from the most serious band. In appearance the empress is Worried. cupine lake, where it deatniyed South ducing especially heavily are Frietes trust” investigating committee today. ordeal it has experienced in the sen tall, of good presence, comely In face, “Ye*, a strange thing happened Porcupine, Pottsville and part of Glen and Chui wheat*. II. F. Blanchard is In explanation, Mr. Lowry said his ate. The amendments offered by Sen and generally smiling while her laugh ley day. I have been trying all ye* day City, as well as many small buildings the expert in charge of experiment* company did not receive an allowance ator Cummins, of Iowa, and the two Is rippling and contagious to figure It out.” offerod by Mr. Simmons, of North along the lake fiont. for lighterag«- in New York harbor as in thia department. She 1* sweet and placid in nature, "What was the nature of It?" Carolina, all seeking to increase the The greatest havoc was wrought The propagation and budding of de the “sugar trust” did. Mr. Ixiwry leavea politics severely alone, but Is "When I got home last night my around the main mines, notably the ciduous fruit* are now being followed. will continue hi* testimony tomorrow. number of Canadian manufactured much Interested tn social reform*. In wife didn't have a single complaint articles that «hall be admitted free of West Dome ami Big Dome. There the Corn breeding i* also under way. Frank L. Neals, a Philadelphia short, the German empress must have to muke to me about thing* the chil entrap|>ed miners, cut off from es- I The distribution of plant* is om The »hipping rgent, testified that while j duty, were voted down. been the selected of the gods as help dren had been doing during the day. cape, were forced to take to the pistachio nut, which is largely used by uniform rates *re in operation, big; The vote in favor of the amend- mate for the clever, strenuous kaiser. I’m trying to decide whether the chil was to small that Senator shaft*, and. penned in by dames, per- | confectioners, is being *hip|>ed to concerns with "inside information” ¡ments 1 dren have become cunning enough to iahcd. This was notably true at j Newman, Fresno and other plant*. about intend«*d change* in rate* or 1 Cummins ask«*d for only five roll calls, Had Her Own Opinion. deceive her or whether she ha* some eive'^lvantage Dome and West Dome. which rece ___ „ in"the'^h.^ «though he ha«l announced his inten- As soon as the Eastern States was thing to absorb her and doesn't The streets of South Porcupine are, under tlon “ s * t,n K f° r at least ten. The of drayag«-, put smaller dealers GRAIN BAGS RUN SHORT. maximum vote for his tariff amend-1 well out of the Detroit river she hit any more.' strewn with dead persons, horses, I a handicap. • • • i ment was 14, compared with a maxi- It up at her usual speed of twenty dogs and cattle. Along the mine I "Rates are so complicated,"said he, ! miles, further augmented by a 01- road* arc the bodies of those overcome Price of Few on Hand Soar*, and “that a big concern like the American n I mum vote of 53 against. teen-mlle breeze dead astern. The The defeat of the Cummins amend Farmer* Are Worried. while trying to escape. Sugar Refining company must employ | boat bustled some. After a time the ments clears the situation in the sen Along the highway between East Walla Walla. Wash., July 15. With a rates expert at $25,000 a year to ate and leaves the reciprocity bill breeze died down and soon the lake Dome and South Porcupine, over a grain bags at H cent* and hard to get 'work out' rate* or all of it* directors assumed the oily appearance of comparatively open section, were at that price, farmer* fear they will would go to jail for violating the in much nearer final passage. 1 Senator Bailey offered an amend dead calm. found six chnrred bodies. In the have a shortage here this year that terstate <*ommerce laws.” Vp rose the lady—she lives In E ruins of South Porcupine werr found j may cauar damage before it end*. Representative Fordney, of Michi ment to the house woolen tariff bill, Ninety-third street when she Is at imposing a duty of 25 per cent on raw the bodies of William Gohr and hit There are few sack* now in the city gan, expeued an opinion that any clerk, Captain George Runbar and ! and the penitentiary output is con wide-awake man would know about wool. He will ask for its considera home, and Is a clever automobillst. tion, and of his farmers* free list "The breeze Is so strong here." she Tom Geddes. propoaed changes in rate*. tracted for a month in advance. announced, "that I shall have to go Rpr amendment, in the near future. The miners saw dense clouds of "Yea,"added Representative Baker, Ixical dealers yesterday shoved the Into the cabin to seek shelter." j ’ On the proposal to put flour and smoke yesterday to the southwest, price to K cents and the state board of of California, “the same kind of wi™ "Why," said a man who knows j where the fires were raging. They control notified the |>enitentiary offi awake fellows have been cheating the cereal products on the list of articles i which the United States will admit her, "there Is no breeze at all. Just' gave little heed. A small blaze started j cial* *x>n afterwards that the price at public for 20 or 25 years.” ¡free. Senator Cummins was defeated, look at the lake. It Is the boat that in good view of the Porcupine town- ! that place should be raised. This going 52 to 14; on the proposal to put agri Is making its own breeze, site, but it passed almost unnoticed ‘ make* the fourth raise in price this Washington. July 13. Two inaur- j cultural implements on this list he twenty miles an hour. because of the recent frequency of year, and it is expected that others gent speeches against the Canadian was defeat«?«! 53 to 12; on the pro The woman turned on him In scorn. bush tires. will follow. reciprocity bill were made today when I |M)sa| to put )urnber on the list he was “Nonsense." she replied, disdain- It was not until noon that the Senators La Follette, of Wisconsin, defeated 52 to 12. fully. "You tell me there Is no dense smoke clouds began to mil over Carnegie Fund Find* Use. and Bristow, of Kansas, introduced J ------------ breeze and here my hat Is almost the Porcupine district. Then the New York July 15. The custodian Washington. D. C.. July 9. —Within blowing off. 1 am aurprlsed at you. miners became alarmed and camps of the $ 10,000,000 Carnegie Peace their amendments to that measure and H|M)ke in favor of them and against a weefc or ten days the signatures of We're ateamlng against a strong took on unusual activities. Foundation announced today a cam secretary of state, Philander C. headwind and everyone knows It but Messengers were sent out and soon paign of popular education to'establish specific features of the pending bill. Senator La Follette excoriated ires- |^noXt an(j British ambassador, you." returned with warnings that the fire friendlier relation* between the Uni Evelyn—Ob, well, ident ¡aft h administration, not only James Bryce, will be placed on the She stuck to It, too.—Cleveland make up! was traveling through the forests at ted State* and Japan. The division with reference to tarin legislation ^reajy between the United States and leader. rapid s | h > is I and was licking up many of intercourse and «slucation has ar Loraine—All right, dear. I’ll do the proposed, but also on his conservation (¡rea^ Britain to provide for the arbi- township*. kissing, but you've had more experi ranged an exchange "to give to each policies. Senator Bristow renewed traijon of a|| questions arising be- Japanese Mushroom*, Shortly after noon the fire had cov p«*ople better knownledge of th«* other ence with the other part of the per* Many varieties of mushrooms, little formance. ered an area of 25 miles in length and and to help build up a public opinion his fight aginst the present sugar tween the two countries, even matters tariff and urg«*«l the rejiesl of the 16 {) f v j ta | importance and national honor. known tn this country or In Europe, two miles in width. In half an hour in both countries that will resist all Dutch standard test on imported | The signing of the treaty will bring are to be found In Japan. The most the flames were raging on the s|»it. attempts to antuse antagonism." A Common Misfortune. sugar, saying it operat«*«! entirely in an en<j tbe negotiations begun at esteemed of these Is the shil-take, Hundreds tied before the flumes, Under this plan. Dr. lnazo Nitobi, the interests of the American Sugar "What's the matter. Jaggsby? You instance of President Taft and which Is principally grown on the ev but dense clouds of smoke hung low president of the first high college of look blue.” : Ambassador Bryce early this year. ergreen oak. and made progress difficult. Many Tokio, and on«* of Japan's foremost Refining company. "No wonder. The billygoat I got Hoping to reach a vote on the reci- anj wji) mark what many believe to Trees about six Inches tn diameter fell exhausted before the fire us it educators, will be brought here early my boy for a birthday present procity bill next week, senat«* leaders | P(1 t h e greatest step toward interna- are felled and cut Into lengths of six swept over South Porcupine. The in October to sjx*nd about six weeks charged on a crowd of children who are figuring seriously on the subs«* .¡onal peace ever taken. feet. The logs are scarred on the frume buildings burned fiercely. each at Brown University, Columbia, Some changes remain to be made in back, and are laid on the ground for were teasing him and butted some of Two minutes after the flames struck Johns Hopkins and the Universities of quent programm«.* Besides the Democratic free list and the text, mainly in the phraseology, about three years. Then they are them pretty badly." the outskirts the town was in ruins. Virginia. Illinois and Minnesota, lec “What happened?" woolen bills, it became evident today I to which the greatest attention is be- stacked in rows in a shady place, and All who esca|M)d made for the water turing <m Japanese history and cur "A policeman interfered, and as I that friends of th«* Arizona-New Mex j ing given to avoid any ambiguity or soon become covered with the mush where nil sorts of water craft rent problem*. ico statehood and reapportionment possible chance of misconstruction rooms. After yielding one crop the was mad about his taking up for the launches, canoes and skiffs — were Th«* following year "a distinguished bills will demand votes, as will advo when the treaty comes to be tested by children I talked pretty sassy to him pressed into service. logs are soaked in water, beaten with and now the law's got my goat." American” will be sent to Japan on a cates of the campaign publicity bill. J actual recourse to its provisons. Women and children were first hur similar errand. a mooden mallet and again set up. La Follette expects to occupy most It is to be a model from which general In a few days new mushrooms begin ried into small bouts and started off Foolish Company. x of the session Monday and Tuesday arbitration treaties between the Uni- to sprout on them. The shit take is a ' for Pottsville and Golden City, where in his speech against reciprocity. In I ted States and other nations will be great favorite tn Japan, being used In "Well, I want to get my life in Forest Fires Still Menace they were teni|s>rarily safe from the Boston. July 15. The forest tire his speech today he calk'd the reci drawn. flames. Many miners lost their lives many dishes, but most frequently in sured," said a very old man who had entered the office of a general agent. situation,in New England continues procity agreement "a little brother to Only one point of substance remains soups.—Harper's Weekly. in effort* to save others. “I am afraid our company will not serious. In the Moosehead lakt* re the Payne-Aldrich bill.” to be adjusted and the State depart Continuing his criticism of Taft's ment is awaiting the last word of the wish to take you as a risk," the agent gion of Maine many thousands of Each Must Own License. The Copper's Joke. administration. La Follette said: replied. "How old are you?" British foreign office on that subject. "Ever go over on the east side?" Hoquiam, Wash. If an ordinance acres of timber hav«* been destroyed "In all the record of this adminis There are two ways in which the ob "Eighty-five.” by the tires. Some sportsmen’s camps proposed to the city council here, and ar«* threatened but few people or tration, no more glaring example is ject to be covered in this provision of asked Rose Stahl. "It not. you miss "We never write policies for people half the joy of living In New York to be introduced regularly at the next buildings are in danger. In th«* neigh presented of th«* complete surrender J the treaty can be attained; either ' who are over eighty.” Just for fun I made the rounds the meeting by Councilman Bridges, should borhood of York Beach, Me., more to special interests and the complete would be acceptable to the State de other day Mth a reporter friend of: "What's the matter with your fool reversal of Rcxisevelt’s progressive become a law, every person in Ho than 1,000 acres of timber have been policies than that shown in dealing partment, so there is no reasonable mine. A few blocks east of the Bow company? Don't you know that a great many more people die under ery we observed a crowd hanging' quiam who takes a drink of spiritous burned over and the fire is advancing with amendments to the interstate doubt of a complete agreement. eighty than over that age?”—Judge. in a northerly direction. The fires in about a certain corner and approached refreshments will have to own a li commerc«* act. It would have been Pacific Will Be Protected. cense, which he will present to the th«* vicinity of Concord, N. IL, and difficult to have fram«*d a piece of leg a policeman. Hop«*, R. I., are under control. Little Story of Success. “ 'What's the row over there?' the bartender before he is served. Mr. Washington, D. C.—It is the pres- islation aff«*cting interstate commerce "Marla,” Mr. Dorkins said, with a Bridges proposes to make it a misde ent plan of the Navy department to reporter asked. more harmful to the public interest Twain Estate $471,136. meanor for a saloonkeeper to sell have th«* battleship fleet spend about "The policeman grinned. 'Nothin',’ note of exultation In his voice, "I New York Mark Twain (Samuel than th«* bill drafted by the »ttornej*- an <*qual amount of time in the Atlan he replied. Nothin' but a wooden wed- turned a trade today that netted me liquor to anyone, or for anyone to buy Clemens) left actual property worth g«*n«*ral and recommended to congress tic and Pacific as soon as the Panama din’.’ a clean $2,000." it, who does not hold such a license. $471,136. An appraisal of* his estate by President Taft.” "H'mph!” ejaculated hl* spouse. In canal is open to navigation. The great " 'A wooden wedding?1 The news places this value on securities and real Company Assume* Los*. armament known as the ‘‘Atlantic paper man pondered and readied for her loftiest you make-me-tlred man Madden Makes Charges. ner; "1 went ouT today to hunt up a fleet” since its formation, will belong his pencil: 'Who Is It?' Minneapolis, Minn. According to estate bequeathed to his only surviv Washington, July 15. Charges that j as much to the Pacific as Atlantic, " 'Why, It's a wooden weddln',’ an first-class cook, and I got her, John— F. P. Wells, vice president of the com ing child. Mrs. Gabrilowitch, when h«* pany, F. H. Peavey & Company will died, on April 21, 1910. Clemens inspectors hail been sent into the plant | anti the persistent demands of the swered the policeman. In a matter-of- I got her!” assume the liabilities of the Peavey left no real estate in New York. Th«* of the Lewis Publishing Co. St I-ouis; West Coast for adequate naval pro fact voice. 'It's a couple of Poles Quite a Difference. gettin' married.'"—Young's Magazine. Grain company, of Chicago, which value of his personal estate here was that th«* books had been seized anil the tection will be partially satisfied. "Jaggs acquired a large package the suspended operations recently when a $296,746. This does not include a offices turned topsy-turvy, were reiter other day and began a little plstol Unsophisticated. Relief Promised Storm Victims. shortage of $1,200,000 was discovered trunkful of manuscripts, the valu«* of ated today before the hous«* committe«* "And why will you take up two practice In the lobby of the office after the sudden death of its presi which is not specifitul in the appraisal. on ex pent! itu res in the Postoffice de Washington, D. C. — President Taft partment by E. C. Madden, ex-third hours of my husband's valuable time?” building. One very deaf man asked dent, James Pettit. Mr. Wells said Luzon Swept By Typhoon. assistant postmaster general, now at has promised Representatives Clayton, asked the social climber. his office boy If the noise he heard that the assets of F. H. Peavey & of Alabama, and Adamson, of Geor Manila, July .15. Northern .J.ur.on torney for the Lewis concern, from "Because I am going to do monsieur outside was a mall chute, and what Company amount to two and a half gia, to order the serving of 20 days' has been swept by a typhoon. All the which the second-class mail privilege rations to the sufferers from the se tn oil," responded the portrait painter. do you think the boy told him?" times its liabilities. wires are down and the observers be was withdrawn. “No—It was a male shooting.” “Indeed! Well, see that you use the vere storm of July 4 in Lee county, Grain Rate is Slashed. lieve it is the worst experienced in best olive oil. We are rich enough to Ala., and Harris county, Ga. Banks Must Pay Expretsage. Seattle — The Great Northern has years. Details, because of the lack pay for the genuine article, without Altogether. Washington, July 15.—The refusal announced a permanent reduction in of communication, have not been re being bunkoed with substitution." "Plpps I* in luck." Barrett to Attend Exercise*. of the United States senate to agre«*! freight tariffs on all grain shipments ceived. "How so?" Washington, D. C.—At the request to the Jones amendment, appropriat from points in Central and Eastern Progress. "He I* teaching an heiress down at Franca Is in Treaty Mood. ing $120,000 for the transportation of! of President Taft, John Barrett, gener Washington to Puget Sound terminals. "They used to say that when you the seashore how to swim.” Washington, D. C.—France, it is silver coin, means that the banks of al director of the Pan-American union, saw a red headed girl you would also The reduction is from a half cent to 2 "Do you think she will marry him ?” cents a hundred pounds. The new announc«*d, is virtually ready to sign the Northwest will have to bear the will attend the ground-breaking cere see a white horse." "That depends altogether on the rates become effective August 15, a general arbitration treaty with the expense of transporting from the East monies of the San Diego, Cal., expo "All that ha* changed, Now you number of times she ba* be«n taught when the grain in Central Washing United States, similar to the one with such money as will be needed this sition. commemorating the opening of 'ook for a white motor car.1 to *wim.'’ I the Panama canal, on July 19.t year for the movement of crops. Great Britain. ton will start moving.