Wallowa County chieftain., November 04, 1909, Image 2

EVENTS OF THE DAY
Newsy Items Gathered from AH
Parts cl tbe World.
PREPARED FOR THE BUSY READER
Less Important but Not Less Inter
esting Happenings from Points
Outside the State.
Tbe S-yar-old son of General Funs
ton It dead.
A Chicago judge has ruled that gold
in the teeth is not attachable.
The Swiss watch making industry
has shrunken to half its one-time size.
Another West Point cadet has been
probably fatally injured in a football
game.
A runaway auto at New York killed
one man and fatally injured two
others.
Portland is likely to face a milk
famine following the c'eaning up of
dairies.
King Menelik, of Abysinnia, has
been stricken with apoplexy and his
death is probable.
Speaker Cannon ridicules the idea
that be is to be retired by the next
house and denes hiB opponents.
Alabama is facing a deficit of $1,
000,000 and nothing in sight with
which to pay current expenses.
A passenger train on the Wabash
road was derailed near Pattensburg,
Mo., and a dozen passengers injured.
Ink . nk of Moot H.lo.ni Toff
again declared congress has shamefully
era.
New York is to spend $15,000,000 in
improving and extending subways.
Governor Willson, of Kentucky, has
been asked to furnish troops to sup
press night-riders.
A California Chinaman has secured
a patent on a machine which will
measure celestial distances.
Troops have been ordered to Basin,
Wyo., to restrain sheepmen and cattle
men from engaging in a range war.
Chicago business men do not blame
Crane, the recalled Chinese minister,
and think he was unfairly dealt with.
General Estrada proposes to divide
Nicaragua anO make a separate repub
lic of the provinces on the Atlantic
side.
Conductors, firemen and engineers of
the railroads east of the Mississippi
are about to demand an increase in
wages.
Naval officers in Greece started a
mutiny and seized an arsenal, but were
beaten in a battle with the army and
surrendered.
Two book swindlers have been found
guilty in Chicago. They are said to
have secured nearly $500,000 from
business men throughout the country
by posing as publishers of a business
directory.
John D. Rockefeller has given $1,
000,000 to fight the hookworm in the
South.
Iowa women have resolved to adopt
militant methods in their fight for
suffrage.
The church and state controversy in
France has been revived by the school
question.
Tbe murder of Prince I to has been
traced to a plot in Corea and a revolt
is expected.
Judge H. H. Lurton, of the United
States Circuit court of Tennessee, is
proposed for supreme judge.
Tbe Dry Farming congress at Bill
ings, Mont., passed resolutions con
demning the methods of the Interior
department.
The will of the late Dr. Shoemaker,
of Wilkesbarre, Pa., provides for over
$500,000 for the medical department
of xale university.
The Northern Pacific has innounced
maany changes in officials and will
spend large sums in the. betterment of
the line in tbe W est.
Patten cleared approximately $4,
000,000 on cotton through the recent
advance in price. He is said to have
made $12,000,000 this year in his
speculations.
A San Diego, Cal., woman died from
The czar and King Victor have
agreed on a policy for tbe Balkana.
De la Grange, tbe French aviator,
has made 54 miles an hour in his mon
oplane. Senator Newlands says it will be too
great a burden to place a ship subsidy
law in force.
Prince I to was regarded almost uni
versally in Corea as tbe real benefactor
of that country.
The government's prosecution of the
sugar trust may fail because of the
limitation statute.
The United States Steel corporation
shows greatly increased dividends for
the quarter just ended.
Joseph Suter, who accompanied Dr.
Cook to Mount McKinley, says the ex
plorer did not reach the summit.
A thief looted tbe Cheyenne, Wyo.,
pesthouse of all tbe furniture, which
he sold to a second hand store.
FAVORS WARRANT PLAN.
Senator Carter Proposes Method to
Obviate Bond Issue.
Denver, Nov. 1. United States Sen
ator Thomas C Carter, of Montana,
chairman of tbe senate committee on
irrigation and reclamation of arid
lands, arrived in Denver this morning,
several others of the committee arriv
ing later in the day.
"There are projects now under way,"
said Senator Carter, "which call for
the expenditure of between $40,000,000
and $50,000,000 for enterprises which
ought to be rushed to completion im
mediately, in order to open up homes
for the settlers and to provide for re
plenishing of tbe reclamation fund.
"It has been suggested that govern
ment bonds be issued to provide the
capital necessary. My own idea is that
warrants issued against the reclama
tion fund would serve the purpose
equally well.
There has already been expended on
the Pathfinder system in Wyoming $1,-
000,000, but until the distributing sys
tem is completed there will be no pay
ments collected by the government
"The Salt river project will require
an expenditure of more than $3,000,
000. Up to this time $2,000,000 has
been expended and tbe dam which im
pounds 1,000,000 acre feet of water is
just so much dead effort unless we go
further immediately and place the wa
ter on the land.
BUILD FREIGHT AIRSHIP.
Pioneer Aeronaut Believes He Has
Problem Solved.
Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 1. After
60 years of activity in the field of con
struction Professor Thaddeus S. C.
Lowe, of Pasadena, announces that he
is about to complete the labor of his
life and give to the world a practical
freight-carrying air craft.
"The day of experimenting has pass
ed," said Professor Lowe today, "and
I hope before long to be able to start
tbe largest practical airship the world
has ever seen on a trip to the Atlantic
coast."
While the plans of the airship are as
yet a guarded secret, the inventor has
shown them to General Allen, chief of
the United States signal service, and
to the practical minds that have con'
ceived and reviewed them they contain
no flaws desitmed to prove fatal in the
final test.
"If you will imagine that I had in
my balloon car when I went up for re-
connoissance with General M:Clellan
the 100 or 150 horsepower motor en
gines of 1909, you will see that I could
have ended tbe Civil war in a week.
will be able to carry 20 tons on my ex
perimental airship," he said.
BLIND MAN READS MINDS.
Russian Studies Medicine Through
His Sixth Sense.
Chicago, Nov. 1. Blind from birth,
but able through telepathy to take the
different courses of medicine and sur
gery without study, is the remarkable
condition of J. W. Bowlotin, a student
in the Chicago College of Medicine and
Surgery.
Bowlotin, ayoung Russian, asserts
that through a sixth sense, which he
cannot explain, he can read the minds
of his friends and classmates, and in
than manner acquire from them the
knowledge they obtained through hard
study.
H. Wolk, a roommate of the myste
rious blind student, said yesterday that
alter completing his studies for an
evening, Bowlotin, even though no con
versation bad passed between them.
would be familiar with the subject
wbicb he (Wolk) bad been leading.
Bowlotin does not believe bis power is
anything supernatural nor anything be
yond what any man could do if he
would think hard.
"The whole thing is largely a thing
or memory and sound reasoning," he
said. "With Wolk here I get along
nicely. We understand each other
thoroughly."
"Is it true that Wolk reads reads to
himself and you understand what he is
reading"
He replied that it was.
Fire Sweeps Black Hills.
Deadwood, S. D.f Nov. 1. No less
than six forest fires are now burning
in the Black Hills, and damage already
done will run into hundreds of thous
ands of dollars. The most serious one,
near Pactola, is still unchecked. The
Deadwood office of tbe forest service
has been notified of a fire burning
north of Coster, another east of Hill
City, one between Mystic andaMerritt,
and still another near Merritt. Tbe
Homestake mine force at Pactola has
been recalled to save its timber re-
Nine Lives Lost in Fire.
SL Johnsbury, Vt., Nov. 1. When
tbe ruins of the Citizens Savings Bank
block were thoroughly searched today
it was learned that nine lives had been
lost in the fire which practically de
stroyed the principal buildings of this
town early today. Two other persons
were probably fatally burned. Tbe
property loss is estimated at $50,000.
Of the dead, two persons fell from the
upper stories while seven were burned
to death.
Spain Suspends Cases.
Barcelona, Nov. 1. Premier Moret
telegraphed today to tbe authorities
here to suspend tbe execution of all
court martial casees until they could
be examined by the governmeonL
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST j
IRRIGATION IN MALHEUR.
Private Company Planning to Water
150,000 Acres.
Salem According to advices re
ceived in the office of tbe state en
gineer at Salem, Trowbridge & Niver,
a private reclamation company with a
splendid record, is conducting a survey
of a tract, including about 150,000
acres of arid land, some of which is in
Malheur county in this state and some
in Idaho. The object is to learn
through the results of tbe surveys if it
would be feasible to start a reclama
tion project covering this territory.
Tbe land which is receiving the at
tention of the reclamation company's
engineers lies bweteen the Owyhee and
Snake rivers. The water for irriga
tion will probably be taken from the
Owyhee river. The project is in its
incipient stage, and no definite infor
mation as to the plans of Trowbridge
& Niver can be obtained.
According to State Engineer LewiB,
the work done by Trowbridge & Niver,
has proved highly satisfactory and in
those districts in Idaho where the firm
has already accomplished big results,
the people of the state prefer the com
pany's operations to the United States
government s projects.
The day after Oregon's new water
law went into effect last spring, Trow
bridge & Niver Bent a party of sur
veyors and engineers into the Owyhee
river valley to take observations. The
work has been continued until the
present, which leads the state engineer
to believe that tbe private company
will shortly take up a large tract in
this state for reclamation.
TUNNEL THROUGH MOUNTAINS
Indications Point to Huge Undertak
ing by O. R. & N.
Pendleton Rumors in local railroad
circles here predict the greatest rail
road undertaking that has taken place
in this section of the state for years.
of which the crew of surveyors which
are now working on the Stanfield
Coyote cutoff are the vanguard. This
underaking includes, among other ac
tive changes and improvements, tun
neling through the Blue mountains and
the elimination of several bad grades
for the purpose of shortening the time
and distance between Chicago and
Portland.
This tunnel, which of necessity
would be from three to five miles in
length, would accomplish much in the
saving of time and power. By pushing
up Butcher creek canyon and there en
tering tbe mountains, the worst part
of the grade and many windings would
be eliminated, and on the east side of
the mountain the famous Kamela hill
would be avoided and the distance from
Huron to La Grande reduced to 12
miles.
Rumor also Bays that considerable
work will be done on Tellocasset hill.
between Union and Baker City. It is
believed that surveying campB will be
established at Duncan and Encina and
at other points within "tbe next few
days. If these improvements are ac
tually contemplated by the O. R. & N..
it is evident that it is not the inten
tion of the officials to divert freight or
passenger business down the Snake
river, as has been proposed.
Will Prevent Floods.
Athena A number of teams have
been at work the past month straight
ening the part of Wild Horse that runs
through the property of the Athena
Land & Trust company, and through
tne city parte. I he creek has been
changed in many places and made much
wider and deeper. William Booher has
charge of the work, and assures the
land company and park commission that
when it is finished it will be sufficient
to carry all the flood waters that come
down the in wet season and have here
tofore flooded the valley.
Own Valuable Gold Mine.
Albanv The directors nf the U!.
can mines, owned by Linn county men,
have iuat received word
from their mine showing they have
sirucic a vein wnicn goes $105.90 to
the ton of free millinc ore. The lotto.
stated that the mine is one of the great
est in uid Mexico. Considprable stock
in the enterprise is heldby -Albany
people. Dr. J. L. Hill of this city, is
the president, Fred Ware secretary
and L. E. Blain one of the directors.
Big Potato at Elgin.
Elgin What is thoutrht to be the
largest potato in the world is on exhi-
Dition hy toe Commercial club here.
It weighs eight pounds and considerab
ly oversizes any potato ever grown of
which there is record. At the Wnrlrl'a
fair in Chicago the prize for the larg
est potato was secured by Dunham
Wright, of Medical Springs, in this
county, who showed a potato which
weighed pounds. The Elcin mon
ster beats this.
Top Price for Peach Trees.
Talent C. M. Lee has sold
acres of peach orchard to C. W. Hope
for $3,000. Tbe tract is set to new
varieties. Sixty trees of the AnnU
gate variety are three years old; 80
trees two years old are of the Sooner
variety. The rest are younger and of
different varieties.
BIG SHEEP DEAL IS MADE.
Young Rancher Buys 2.500 Ewes at
$5 25 Each.
n.nmwr fine of the bieeest sheep
deals that has been made in this sec
tion this season has just been consum
mated. Jim Farley, one of the pro
gressive young sheep men of this sec
tion, bought 2,500 head of 1 and 2-
year-old ewes Irora ftioianan u crjno
nt SK 2.i npr head. The deal involved
an investment of about $14,000 by Mr.
Farley, but he figures that tne increase
and wool will make him a profit, al
though the price paid is about the top
notch. With the present outlook for
wool prices and the general upward
tendency of the stock sheep market,
the once paid by Mr. r arley is not con
sidered too high.
Another sale involving over jb.uuu
ma Ho the lattpr nart of last week
by the purchase by Paul Hisler of 2,000
lambs from Hanse Neel, ol Lone kock.
This u.-na a nnlpnrtiri hand of lambs
which will be fed by Mr. Hisler at his
Butter creek ranch, lhe price psia
was $3.io per neaa.
Start Roseburg-Coos Bay Survey
Marshfield That six or eight survey
ing forces will be put in the field with
in 10 days to survey the proposed elec
tric line from Coos bay to Roseburg, is
stated by J. H. Somers, who represents
locally the promoters of the road,
Messrs. Haas and Kuettner, of Port
land. Mr. Somers left for Portland on
business connected with the road. He
states that the matter of the bond will
be satisfactorily arranged and gives
assurance that there will be no delay
in the work of starting the survey.
Good Roads Are Agitated.
Pendleton That the good roads cam-
paign inaugurated recently by the
County Good Roads association is to be
waged relentlessly in every part of the
county was indicated at the last meet
ing of the association. A vice presi
dent was appointed for each precinct.
and, aside from spreading the gospel of
good roads, he will be expected to form
subordinate organization in hiB neigh
borhood. This will be followed by
rousing meetings in which the entire
county will participate.
Farmers to Build Road.
Pendleton That the nroiected farm
ers' railroad from Umatilla to Milton
will be constructed as far as Cold
Springs dam, if he has to build it him
self, was the statement made hv A. A
Cole. lo;al Btockman and canitnlmt
who iB one of the leaders in the move
ment. The proposed route of the ronH
extends almost directly across the cen
ter oi xne government project from
Umatilla to the big reservoir and
am.
Car Shortrge Affects Union.
La Grande The car shortage of the
Northwest is beincr keonlv folt k.
according to the statements of some of
me large snippers from this section.
Only two cars per day could be secured
to ship the large quantity of hops from
iue waiiowa vaney.
valley,
. $18
, $14
15
36c
rv.
fat
under
springs,
i, 15
Eastern Man Buys Orchard.
Hood River Twenty acres of the
Klemmer place on the west side have
been sold for $17,000. The trees are
two and three year old Spitzenberg and
iNewiown trees. I be purchaser is H.
W. Rodamar. who recently came from
Iowa.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Bluestem, $l(fT1.03; club,
92c; red Russian, 90c; valley, 91c
fife, 92c; Turkey red, 92c; 40-fold, 95c,
Barley Feed, $26.5027 per ton
brewing, $27.50.
Oats No. 1 white, $28(28.50 pel
ton. r
ornWho,(, ?35 P" ton: "acked,
536.
Hay Timothy, Willamette vi
$14(o '17 per ton: Eastern rim
o2Q: nlfalfo tuaic. '
- viuimuj ciover,
cheat, $1314.50; grain hay, $14
wvouici jr, extras, 3Bi
per nounn- fnnn
i0r. ' creamery
,.., t.i.7ijui,&ic. tiutter
yewo average l.c per pound
auiai uuircr prices
gg Oregon, 35ffl36c per dozen
iixT "' 10iiSc; sprin
f.ifi. - ""CHS,
' KC"e' luc: turkeys, 16
17c: Bimnha SI TKvo j
- - --1- . yivr uozen.
, ,a"cy, mhc per pound.
Veal Extm irwii..
--. jjBr pouna.
iiuiui ADD eS. ! f9 no.
rxoo iia, rk ' "
fo, jiu,i.ou; grapes
per crate.-l Kc ro -.i.-r:
$l.25ii.l.50 per dozen; quinces,
"ui cranberries, $8
tut. kn . . T '
Potatoes 50r,65c per sack
DotatnoR 13ffio....' .
per sack r nnnt. i . . ' 1"
. - . Vi- oeeis, si
rutabagas, $1.10. '
nions-uregon, $lffil.25 per s
Veeretab a A.t:i.i.--
,. -s- per
'flower, 400 90c per dozen;
i . "i.A-5o per
vr 1 cll inil. MII I I Irft J
cCn;9c per pound; squash, $l&i
mnfmxi ACI7. CA- ' ?tJ-
""j, Tuni.um
Hods larm
ifAo K i.iic per d
1908 crop, 20c; 1907 crop, i2c.
cron. 8c. F c
wool Eastern Oregon, 16(5 23c
r- Z:, " tuu'ce, Z4C
Cattle Best ateers, $475.
eood. S4(ffi Kn. ' '.'
" v 1 uicumnj ana
$3.25(5,3.75; best cows, $3.60-
i,., to; common, $2.
bulls. J2(H2.Kn. ...' It
calves, Hgbt, IMBVjSJ
$7.2r;7.60; "takers, $5(8,6.
pneep-uest wethers, $4.25(54
fair tn tmnA J irr . .' '"'0(0,4,
$5S6. .f0&3.76;
80c(&$JL25.
casabas,
$1&
l.50(&9
sweet
75c(ai
,25;
r sack.
per
pound ;
celery,
sack;
pep-
sprouts.
10: to-
pound ;
1906
fai:
per
ir to
feeders,
: fair
!.60(S;2,
50(5,3,
to
i.75:
1.50:
$4
ockers,
50:
S3.7R
lambs,
ERA OF LOW MORTALITY.
It Has Been Reached by the Civilized
World.
Washington, OcL 29. "The civ
ilized world baa indeed arrived at an
era of low mortality."
This conclusion is stated in census
bureau bulletin No. 104, on mortality
statistics for 1908, prepared by Dr.
Cressy L. Wilbur, chief statistician fur
vital statistics under Director Durand,
who has transmitted it to Secretary
Nagel, of tbe department of commerce
and labor.
The death rate of the registration
state in 1908 was 15.3 per 1,000 of
population, which was slightly lower
than that for tbe entire registration
area, 15.4 per 1,000, and it is tbe low
est on record. Dr. Wilbur states it is
probably the lowest death rate that
has ever occurred in the United states.
The death rate of the rural portions
of these BtateB was still lower, being
only 14 per 1,000. while that of tbe
urban population was 16.5 per 1,000;
the latter including all cities having a
population of 8,000 or more inhabitants
in 1900, and being, as usual, some
what greater than the rural rate. Such
rates would have seemed quite out of
the question a few years ago.
Nearly one-fifth of all the deaths
that occurred were those of infants
uander one year of age and over one-
fourth are of children less than five
years of age.
Nearly one-fourth of all deaths reg
istered were those of persons born out
side of the United States. The states
having the largest proportion of
native-born Americans of native stock
are, Dr. Wilbur states, the ones in
which it is the most difficult to secure
the passage of effective registration
laws. Therefore, the actual mortality
of Americans of native parentage is
not fully represented in the registra
tion area, although over two-thirds of
the deaths registered were of native
born persons and one-third were of na
tive-born with native parents.
It appears that the month of maxi
mum mortality in 1908 was January,
with 67,763 deaths and that of mini
mum mortality was June, with 49,701
deaths.
ZELAYA BOTTLED UP.
Insurgents Have Nicaraguan President
in Tight Place.
New Orleans, OcL 2. Passengers
arriving todav on the steamer Imnera.
tor from Bluefields, Nicaragua, report
mat, wtien they left ttluehelds three
days ago, President Zelaya was virtu
ally bottled ud at Manacua. A
ral advance by General Estrada is be
ing checked by want of ammunition.
Several of the passengers on the Im
perator stated that general newB of
tne revolutionary movement was unre
liable, as the revolutionists were in
clined to exaggerate their successed.
They said their own assertions regard
ing me serious situation laced by Pres
ident .elaya were based on their per
Bonal observations.
Captain John Pederson, master of
tne imperator, said General Estrada
naa already established a provisional
government over Gravton. Can Mm.
cias, Bluefields and Rama. . The strict
est discipline was being maintained,
all saloons were closed at nightfall and
drunkenness and disorders were imme
diately suppressed.
Captain Pedersen confirmari thn As
sociated Press dispatches from Port
unes wiling or the capture and hold
ing 01 a launch sent by the revolution
ary leaders to Port Barrios. The
launch, he said, waft to hnvA Ki.mio.ut .
large supply of ammunition to the in
surgents.
De Lara Out nn R.i.
Los AncelpH ftpt 90 t r,.:t
c , -. jj. uuiwrrifi
de Lara, the Mexican attorney held by
""5'4w auuiur-
lties on charges of being an anarchist
...aujr in mm country, was re
leased from iftil tnAav o nnn I j
pending his hearing before Chief In-
-r- "'6"ji ui me immigration
service. De Lara's bond
by C. C. Reynolds, a prominent and
wealthv hHw no.,u j .
i, , """""s nu Al
fred M. Salyer, a well-known local bus-
lnOQO tann
Uattleshin Plana Cl.l
I LondonDct. -29. Discim-in.
Pent ,m. . - -
' - .uiuiu ill 1 no nrnta. nf
today Reginald McKenna, first lord of
, " 7j -iMu mat connaon
tial drawings having to do with the
construct.on of the Dreadnaught cruis
er Indomitable bad disappeared. He
h-ttf'i.-T' th8t M the British
battleshin hurt hon , . . .
7r -uuu"wion ior
S Tin? plana ha(i
mUCD Of thai, tfalii. mi.- ...
. '. me iosb or tbe
Sketches han nmltl :. .l .
. --wm.vto ui iue usual suit
fnt'ZV !" -eir wagy
-.im, ui. me Germans.
Indefatigable Is Launched.
Devonnort TTnni 1 .
-t -"giaiiu, VJCL. Zil I ho
new Indefatigable, a larger andlm!
vhWhi Da"le8hiP-crui8e' of the In-
vincible cnQa 1 . . -
ri.:. --. m launcnea todav.
If batS Wi,,.cPt the quarte
oi battlesh.p-cruisers of this type de
B.gned for tbe British navy. TbT it
000 tone, 45,000 horsepower and i
H.Td SP ot 25 knots an hour
down in January. WM Iaid
Epidemic Hits Academy.
Atlanta. P.o rt.t on
day suffin : , cliyto-
- s uui nn illness Which
several Ti V," ?fatet mong
n!'. h08P'tals. The nature of their
illness bas not been learned. I
TO HELPWESTCOAS
Immediate Appropriations Kece
sory ior tommerce.
NEEDED TO SECURE CAXAL Tim
i
Congress Must Chang, P.n,ifCou
nece.ve Any Marked
Benefits of Work.
Washington, OcL 30. .. J
Coast harbors need immediate .3
priauons rrom congress to Cj
them and provide for comJ1
through the Panam. o..,
Tacoma, Seattle, Grays Harbw r
Diego, Los Angeles, Oakland h
reka must be provided for uanTnb
is to reap the full benefit of tfo
Isthmian cut now being made
Sacramento and San Joaquin tL
lumbi. and Snake rivers 'th
ern slope traverse a country that
veloping too fast to wait for
aliens made in the old
must receive larger amounts from 3
gress if the eount t ". T ""l
marked benefit. ' ""'ttT
TheBe are sentiments exnreMJ
inAF?' Bpecial
" jui tumpieiea a tour of th:
country covering substantially the?
route followed by President Taft
Mr. Fox, who is an engineer of did
tinction, having been connect with
many of the big waterway projects oT
the country, is to make a report to tlj
Rivers and Harbors congress at iu
next meeting in Washington 011 De-I
cember 8, 9 and 10. In his report he
will elaborate upon the idea ibovef
quoted, and will undertake to imnrMo f
upon the conirrpHH nH kl 1.
. "xogu n upon
... ..onu.mi congress, tne unpottanw
of making large appropriations for im
mediate use in further improving tbe
uiK uaroors oi the I'acific coast, k
that they may, as he indicates, reip
full hflnoflto frnm .
" ...vjui cuwnieice wai
will Beek the Pacific coast upon com
pletion of the Panama canal.
On his recent tour Mr. Fox Btartcd
irom Tvasmngton, went down the At
lantic coast, through the southernmoet
tier of states, and northward along the
Pacific coast from SBn Diego to Bell
ingham. He then retraced his steps to
Portland and studied the situation on
the Columbia and Snake rivers, tnd
from there followed the Missouri from
its headwaters to its mouth. He re
turned by way of the Great lakes and
completed hiB tour with an inspection
of the Ohio river.
PRAIRIE FIRE RAGES.
Homes of South Dakota Claim Hold
ers Are Swept Away.
aDHas, S. D., Oct. 30. A prairie
fire extending a distance of three miles
from east to west is raging in Tripp
county, in the sontbwestern part of the
state.
Much loss to farm buildings and
cropa is reported and hundreds of men
and women are out fighting the flame.
The towns of I.amro and Mi-Neelev.
threatened for a time, were saved after
strenuous efforts.
The fire started in the Southern part
of the county and was swept along by
a high south wind. At one time Lam
ro was completely surrounded by
flames, but at last reports the place
was believed to have been saved. - Tne
entire population and the surrounding
country went out to combat the fiamei
and for hours worked desperately.
The town of McNeeley suffered 1
similar exDerience and the flames were
diverted only after heroic efforts.
Out on the open prairie, away from
all help, the homes of manv claim hold
ers were destroyed.
Mo deaths have been reported.
The fire has burned over an area ee
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The flames were checked today after
they had destroyed farm and rancn
property worth $100,000. Several peo
ple had narrow escapes.
Coreans Are Glad.
Seoul, OcL 30. It is evident from
the attitude of a considerable section
of the Corean population that tbe
assassination of Prince Ito was not
unpleasing. Those comprising this
element, which is now deprived of op
portunities jformerly offered here, are
agitating for further violence. Vis
count Sone, Japanese resident general,
ia much disturbed by tbe reports com
ing regarding the attitude of some
officials anH othora who formerly were
Closely connected with the emperor'
court.
Reject All Lords' Work. :
London. Oct. 28. Premier Asquitb
announced in the bouse of commons to
day that on November 6 he wouio
move for the rejection of the bouse 01
lords' amendments to the Irish land
bill. The premier also stated tbBt the
house of commons would adjourn on
NlnVAtnHo R until KTo.vo.mhor 23. Tfatf
precludes the possibility of a general
election before the new vear. During
the adjournment the budget will be in
the hands of the lords.
Wireless Picks Up Eureka.
s.n r....:... riot on The United
Wireleaa hnra rpnnrted later that
had established communication with
Eureka and that no serious damage
bad been done by the Bhock there be
yond the wrecking of telegraph WO
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