The news=record., September 15, 1909, Wednesday Edition, Image 2

HARR1MAN IS DEAD
Victor lo Financial Battles Loses
to Grim Reaper.
MIND REMAINED CLEAR TO LAST
Secrecy Preserved Until Stock Mar
ket Closed Time Misstated
Whole Family Present.
' Arden, Sept 10. Edward H. Harri
man, the greatest organizer of rail
roads the world has ever known, met
the only lasting defeat of his active
life at the hands of death. Secluded
in his magnificent home on Tower
Hill, he succumbed to an intestinal
disorder yesterday after a fight against
disease that will rank for sheer grit
with his remarkable struggles in the
financial world.
The exact time of his death is known
only in that limited circle of relatives
and associates who had shielded Mr.
Harriman from all outside annoyance
during bis last illness. The time was
given out as 3 :35 p. m., but Mrs. Mary
Simonds, BiBter of the dead man, said
last night that Mr.JHarriman died at
1 :30 p. m. Whether this apparent
discrepancy has any bearing on the
current belief that every effort was
made to lessen the influence of the
financier's death on the New York
stock market is problematical. But it
is significant that the time of his
death, as officially announced, was juBt
85 minutes after trading had ceased on
the New York exchange.
Mr. Harriman died peacefully and
to the end his brilliant mind retained
its clearness. After a relapse on Sun
day he sank slowly and soon after noon
yesterday there came a relapse that
marked the approach of the end. His
wife, two daughters and two eons, who
have been constantly with him, assem
bled at the bedside and a carriage was
hastily dispatched for Mrs. Simonds,
whose home is three miles from the
Tower Hill home. Mrs. Simonds en
tered the great silent home in time to
be present at her brother's death. She
joined the wife and children, who,
with Dr. W. G. Lyle, of New York,
and Orlando Harriman, a brother, and
the nurses, formed a group at the bed
side. Mr. Harriman will be placed at
reBt in the family plot at the little
graveyard behind St. John's Episcopal
church at Arden. He will rest beside
bis eldest son, Edward H. Harriman,
Jr., who died 22 years ago, soon after
the family first came to Arden. The
services will be held at 3 :30 o'clock
Sunday afternoon, and, it is under
stood, will be strictly private.
Edward Henry Harriman will go
down in history as one of the most
spectacular financial geniuses, most
daring stock speculators and greatest
railroad magnates of his time. He
was born at Hempstead, L. I., Febru
ary 25, 1848, the son of Rev. Orlando
Harriman, Jr., rector of an Episcopal
church in that town, founded in 1702.
The early life of the future man of
millions was one of great poverty. His
father was a cultured but poor man,
his mother came from an old aristo
cratic, but equally impecunious family
of New Brunswick, N. J.
Edward H. Harriman received his
early education at the district school
and supplemented it by a two years'
course in a boys' school under church
auspices, where the sons of clergymen
paid practically nothing for their edu
cation. Edward Henry Harriman began his
career as clerk in a broker's office on
Wall street. He showed no unusual
ability and for many years gave no
promise of his later brilliant develop
ment Socially he was well liked and
those who knew him at that time des
cribed him as a sociable young man,
always full of fun. He was noted,
however, for a mind of his own. What
he wanted he generally obtained, but
his desires and ambitions were, at that
time, at least, neither very sweeping
nor particularly important
How ha obtained his start and the
funds which enabled him to buy a seat
on the New York stock exchange, have
never been clearly explained. The
moat widely accepted explanation,
however, was to the effect that during
the famous "gold corner" engineered
by Gould, Fisk, Kimber and others,
Edward H. Harriman plunged with all
, his own money and some borrowed from
Squaw's Claims Settled.
San Francisco. Kant, in un
named in the will or John K. Hite, a
millionaire mining man of Mariposa,
Cal., have effected a settlement with
his Indian widow, it was announced to
day, and within a week more than $6,
000,000 will be distributed. Hite was
a pioneer in the California gold fields
and married an Indian woman, from
whom he afterwards separated, making
an allowance for her maintenance. She
was not provided for in his will and
the contest followed at his death. The
suit was compromised for 1100,000.
Suffering Follows Floods.
Monterey, Mexico, Sept 10. Be
lieving that the people in the outlying
districts are facing starvation and
death as a result of the raging waters,
several expeditions are being formed
here today to go to their relief. A
priest arriving from Ascension states
that the town and its population of 2,
000 souls have entirely disappeared.
The people have fled to the hills or
have perished, either In the flood or
from banger. 1
his brother Orlando, and cleared enough
to buy himself, in August 1870, a seat
on the New York stock exchange.
Young Harriman married early in life
and married very well. His wife was
Miss Mary Averell, of Rochester, N.
Y., whose father was a capitalist and
a successful railroad man.
For a number of years the broker
firm of E. H. Harriman & Co. did a
thriving business on Wall street'spec
ulating with its own funds and execut
ing commissions for the Vanderbilts
and other wealthy capitalist clients. It
was not until 1883 that E. H. Harri
man came actively into the railroad
field. At that time he had become
known as a capitalist, one of the few
who had gathered together a great for
tune in the ten' trouble years between
1870 and 1880. He was credited with
having in his strong box a fair list of
stocks be had picked up at extremely
low prices during the various panics.
Along in 1883 he was elected a di
rector of the Illinois Central railroad.
Whether Mr. Harriman entered the
railroad field in accordance with an al
ready matured plan of his or whether
bis accidental acquaintance with rail
road matters suggested to him the
enormous possibilities of acquiring the
control of large railroad systems, is
not definitely known. At all events,
Mr. Harriman's entry into the direct
orate of the Illinois Central railroad
marked the beginning of his career as
a munipulator of railrorad stocks and
reorganizer of raiload systems which,
in the course of 10 or 15 years made
him one of the greatest railroad kings
ever known in the United States and
placed him in control of more than 64,
000 miles of water transportation lines
and of railroad lines of an estimated
length of 27,000 miles.
The railroads included in the Harri
man system were of sufficient mileage
to reach more than two and one-half
times around the globe. They com
prised the following:
Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, Ore
gon Short Line, Oregon Railroad &
Navigation company, Illinois Central.
Georgia Central, Baltimore & Ohio,
Delaware & Hudson, Erie, New York
Central, Pere Marquette, San Pedro,
Lcs Angeles & Salt Lake, St. Joseph &
Grand Island, St. Paul & Northwestern.
Harriman was in addition the head
of four steamship companies, one of
which operates steamers across the Pa
cific. He was also in the directorate
of the Wells Fargo Express company,
the Western Union Telegraph company,
the Colorado Fuel & Iron, The Guaran
tee Trust, and the Eauitable companies
of New York, the National City bank,
ana 81 other corporations.
GENERAL CORBIN DEAD.
Noted Army Man Passes Away After
Long Illness.
New York. Sent. 9 T.i
General Henry C. Corbin died in Roose
velt nospoitai in this city yesterday
after Bn ODeration for n renal Hiar.rHor
General Corbin would have been 67
years old in a few days. Mrs. Corbin
and ex-Governor Myron T. Herrick
were at nis bedside when death occurr
ed. He had been ill for ton vanra.
AcCOmnanied bv Mm. Onrhin nnH hia
daughter. Mrs. Pnrnnnn nf A
N. Y., he went to Carlsbad for treat
ment on June iz last. The waters
there appeared to hava imnrnvoH hia
condition after two weeks' stay, and he
returned to England, where bis former
trouble recurred and ha went, tn Pnrin
to consult physicians. The trouble de
veloped more seriously while in Paris,
and he determined to return to Ameri
ca. J. G. SchmidlaDD. of Cincinnati.
met him in Paris and with Mrs. Corbin
thev sailed for New York nn tha iim.
er Rotterdam, which arrived here Sun
day. The general was taken to the
notei martinlaue in this citv. and rr
Frank Erdwurm wm mimmnnul Tk.
physicians adviBed that General Corbin
ue removed to tne itoosevelt hospital,
and he WBR tnkon thorn mi Mniufon
The operation was performed Tuesday
morning py jur. Lauceus Hotchkiss
Englishmen See the Joke.
London. Sept. 9. The morning na
pers apparently consider that the Polar
controversy has Dased the stairs where
serious comment will prove any useful
purpose. All statements from either
side tendintr to throw light on th dia.
puted points are printed in full, but
most of the papers either refrain from
making editorial comment or confine
themselves to B few Bemi-hiimnrnna ra.
marks. The Dailv News noin tH nnt
the complete unreliability of evidence
irons tsKimos, who are likely to say
anything calculated to please.
Both Stories Undoubted
Rome, Sept 9. Commander Cagni,
who was with the Duke of Abruzzi on
his Polar expedition, said today: "Tha
Peary would reach the Pole one day I
never doubted, nor have I doubts as to
the sincerity of Dr. Cook. The doubts
witn regard to Cook arise from the
vagueness of his first atatamanta th
misunderstanding regarding the Polar
leuipemiure, me position oi me newly
discovered land and his apparent lack
pof preparation for the expedition."
Otter Hunting Is Stopped.
Victoria, B. C, Sept 10. Word has
been received by the Victoria Sealing
company mat me sealing schoonsr
Thomas F. Bayard, which has been in
Behring sea hunting for sea otter, has
been orderd from the hunting grounds
by a United States revenue cutter. As
hunting for sea otter is not prohibited,
protest will be made to Ottawa with a
view to having representations made
to Washington.
Wallman Gives Up Dash.
Christiana, Sept 9. A special dis
patch from Tromsoe says that Walter
Wellman has instructed his agent to
arrange for the return of all the explor
er's property from Virgo bay.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
FARM SELLS FOR $108,600.
Ashland Tract, Cultivated Since 1853,
Brings Fancy Price.
Ashland One of the biggest real es
tate deals in the history of this section
was the sale of the E. K. Anderson
farm, five miles northeast of Ashland,
one of the oldest and choicest farms
in the Rogue river valley to G. A.
Morse for $106,500. Mr. Morse is re
cently from Louisiana, and be has ex
tensive investments in this section.
The farm disposed of consists of 305
acres, the sale price being $350 an
acre. Of the tract sold 43 acres are
in apple and peach trees from two to
seven years old. Fifty acres are in
alfalfa, the remainder being devoted to
general farming. All of it is choice
fruit land favorably located, and the
entire tract will eventually be turned
into fruit acreage.
Mr. Anderson has farmed this- par
ticular tract of land since 1853, and
upon it grew the first wheat ever
milled in this part of the state. Some
years ago he purchased home property
in Ashland and has only lived on the
farm a portion of the time, a son, G.
N. Anderson, having charge of the
i lace.
APPLES AT TOP PRICE.
Hood River Union Closes $150,000
Deal With Eastern Buyers.
Hood River Joseph Steinhardt, of
the commission firm of Steinhardt &
Kelly, the New York firm that bought
the output of the Hood River Apple
growers' union last year, has set the
apple buying ball rolling by again pur
hcasing the entire crop handled by the
union at a gross figure that will total
over $150,000.
According to Mr. Steinhardt and the
officers of the union, the announcement
of the sale will cause a quick scramble
for box fruit in other Northwest sec
tions, as they have been waiting for
the signal from Hcod River in order to
get a line on prices.
The sale includes the purchase of
60,000 to 70,000 boxes of fancy fruit
or about 125 cars, and it is claimed
that it will be the biggest deal made
this year by one firm. The fruit is to
be especially packed for Steinhardt and
Kelly and will be labeled with a new
label just adopted by the union and an
effort will be made to send one large
shipment in a solid train of refrigera
tor cars to New York.
Would Hurry Allotments.
Klamath Falls Complaint is made
of unnecessary delay in allotments of
the Klamath Indian reservation. The
matter is in the hands of Rev. H. F.
White, who began the task two years
ago. At that time it was announced
that it would require not more than six
months to do the work. When the
Indians have received their lands there
will be left over about 200,000 acres
of fertile farming land, stock range
and timbered tracts. If these lands
are opened for settlement it will mean
an enormous influx of people into the
Klamath country and will greatly in
crease the resources of this section.
Milton Growers Ship Apples.
Milton W. E. Gibson, of the Sibson
Fruit company, of Chicago, is in Mil
ton shipping about 100 carloads of
prunes bought from the Milton Fruit
growers' union. The price being paid
is $32 per ton. Last year the crop
was sold for $15 per ton. A large
force of packers has been employed in
the Bheds for two weeks and a larger
force of pickers has been engaged .in
gathering the fruit. The orchards
owned bv C. L. Stewart, f!. W. Raw
and John M. Brown, near Crockett are
good illustrations of the prune indus
try here.
Rich Strike at Gold Hill.
Gold Hill In the Gray Eagle mine
development has opened the mir 70
feet below the first tunnel and struck a
body of ore which shows values from
$6 to over $300 per ton. A ten stamp
mill is now on the way to the property,
the mill having been started after the
main stockholders and diretors had ex
amined the ground carefully. In the
workings a 13 foot vein has been found
so far and still the foot wall has not
been reached.
Drill for Oil Near Roseburg.
Roseburg The Dillard Development
company has received a drilling outfit
to be used in drilling for oil near Look
ing Glass, about 12 miles west of this
city. Indications of oil have been
known in this vicinity for a long time.
Although the machine is canahla nf
going down 2,000 feet it is expected
oil will be reached at less than that
depth.
Crop Prospects Good.
Klamath Falls Recent rain thmno-h.
out the entire Klamath country have
put tne iau range in good condition
and stock is doing well. The mniatiira
did some damage to the hay crop on
the ground, but the loss is slight
Grain was not injured, but harvesting
Will b few dava late on aiwnnt r,f
the rains. The grain yield will be ex
ceptionally good.
Gold Beach Mines Active.
Gold Beach Conaiderahla artivitv U
being manifested hers in the copper
mines. An English svndirata h re
cently purchased the Shasta Costa
properties, paying $12,000 for them.
The syndicate has also bonded the
Deans-Crook holdings for $20,000. Tha
hills are alive with prospectors.
STARTS PHEASANT INDUSTRY.
Lebanon Fancier Succeeds in an Un
usual Undertaking.
Lebanon R. F. Simpson, residing
here, is preparing to ship a carload of
ringneck pheasants to' the game war
den of Idaho, the birds to be used for
breeding purposes. Simpson is said to
be the only man in America who could
fill such a large order for the much
prized game bird.
Mr. Simpson embarked in this in
dustry last year. A person unac
quainted with the increase of this
feathered family would say that he had
met with fairly good success for an
amateur, but the gentleman declares
he has learned some tricks which will
materially aid him in the future.
To commence with, Mr. Simpson had
212 hens and five roosters. At this
time he has over 200 young ones, rang
ing in size from three days old to half
grown birds of this season's rearing,
and the bens are still laying.
White bantan hens are used for hatch
ing purposes, they having been found
to be more careful and painstaking
with the young than the other of the
feathered tribe by Mr. Simpson.
Experience has taught that hens of
larger breed are apt to become' restless
and move about on the nest more than
the bantam, thus causing the death of
many of the young immediately after
leaving the shell.
Mr. Simpson is raising two kinds of
pheasants the ringneck and the gold
en, the latter being from the northern
part of China.
Prune Packers at Work.
Eugene The Eugene Fruit Growers'
association has begun packing fresh
prunes for shipment The association
expects to ship a carload of prunes to
the East every other day for two weeks
or more. Contracts have been made
for over six carloads. The crop in the
vicinity of Eugene this year, while
light, is of excellent quality and will
bring the highest price in the Eastern
markets. Besides the prunes to be
shipped by the Fruit Growers' associa
tion, there will be several carloads
Bent out by the Allen Fruit company,
which operates an evaporator and can
nery here.
Prune Association Formed.
Roseburg Prune growers of Myrtle
Creek have met and formed an associa
tion for the sale of their crops. They
also elected a committee to receive of
fers and do the selling for the pool
They have issued an invitation to all
growers to join the pool. The fruit
will all be sold together, and whoever
buys the pool gets all the fruit The
growers have agreed to dry the prunes
in a good marketable condition and ex
pect good prices.
Planing Mill for Pendleton.
Pendleton Pendleton is to have t
new industry in the shape of a planing
mill. Ben Hill, manager of the Pen
dleton Lumber company, has made an
nouncement to that effect The com
pany will put about $20,000 in equip
ment and expects to install the plant as
soon as a suitable location can be found.
The mill when in operation will employ
about 30 men and will do both retail
and wholesale business.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Butter City creamery, extras, 34c;
fancy outside creamery, 3034c: store.
2122c. Butter fat prices average
l)c per pound under regular butter
prices.
Eggs Oregon ranch, candled, 30
Sic per dozen.
Poultry Hens, 1515c; springs,
1616c; roosters, 910c; ducks,
young, I4$c; geese, young, 10c; tur
keys, 20c; squabs, $1.752 per dozen,
Pork Fancy, 10S)10)ic per pound.
Veal Extra, 1010ifc per pound.
Wheat Bluestem, 94c; club, 84c;
red Kussian, BZc; valley, 89c; fife,
84c: Turkey red, 84c; 40-fold, 86 c,
Barley Feed, $26.50 per ton; brew
ing, $27.50.
Hay Timothy, Willamette valley,
$13(16 per ton; Eastern Oregon,
$16.60(3)17.50; alfalfa. $14; clover.
$14; cheat $1314.50; grain hay, $15
16.
Gram Bags 6mc each.
Fruits Apples, $12.25 per box:
pears, $1.251.60; peaches, 60c$1.10
per crate ; cantaloupes, $12.60 ; plums.
2575c per box; watermelons, llc
per pound; grapes, 75c$1.25.
Potatoes $1 per sack; sweet pota
toes, 2c per pound.
Onions $1.25 per sack.
Vegetables Beans, 4(f?5c per pound ;
cabbage, llc; cauliflower, 75c
$1.25 per dozen; celery, 50c$l; corn,
letftzuc; cucumbers, iU625c; onions.
12&15c; parsley, 35c; peas, 7c per
pound; peppers, ocouuc; pumpkins,
14C; radishes, 15c per dozen; squash,
5c per pound ; tomatoes,4060c per box.
Hops 1909 contracts, 21c per pound:
1908 crop, 1515tfc; 1907 crop, 11
11 He; 1906 crop, 8c
Wool Eastern Oregon, 1623c per
pound; valley, 2325c; mohair, choice,
Z4(120C.
Cattle Steers, top, $4.50; fair to
good, $44.25; common, $3.754;
cows, top, $3.403.65; fair to good,
$3rS.25; common to medium, $2.60
2.75; calves, top, $55.50; heavy,
$3.604; bulls and stags, $2.753.25;
common, $22.50.
Sheep Top wethers, $4; fair to
good, $3.503.76; ewes, &c less on'
all grades; yearlings, best $4; fair to
good, $3.60(33.75; spring lambs, $662
6.25.
Hogs Best $8.258.75; fair to
good, $7.75(i8; stackers, $67; China
fats, $7.508.
HARRIMAN IN TOMB.
Services Attended Principally by Em
ployes of Estate.
Arden, N. Y., Sept 13. Through
the quiet aisles of Ramapo woods, tho
body of Edward Henry Harriman was
carried yesterday from the great house
he never lived to see completed, and
laid in its last resting place on the
Arden hillside.
The rulers of Wall street came from
New. York to pay their last tribute,
but the most prominent part in the cer
emony was taken by the men who knew
him best as a country squire and mas
ter of the great estate, which covers
43,000 acres of hill and valley.
His general superintendent, his mas
ter carpenter, his master mason and
the managers and assistant managers of
his dairies, his farms and hia trotting
stables bore bis coffin. The funeral
was private and only those who were
personal friends of the family and had
received invitations from Mrs. Harri
man were admitted. The out-of-town
party arrived at Arden at 3 :15 p. m.
on a special train.
The first service was holy commu
nion, celebrated at 10 a. m. by the
Rev. J. Holmes McGuiness, at the
Harriman home, on Tower Hill. At
11 o'clock there came a public memori
al service at St John's church for the
employes of the farm and parishioners,
who, on account of lack of space, were
unable to attend the funeral service
later. Mrs. Charles D. Simons, Mr.
Harriman's sister, her husband, two
daughters and Orlando H. Harriman, a
brother-in-law, were the only relatives
present
Elaborate precautions were taken to
preserve the privacy of the afternoon
service. Several score of employes.
aided by a number of policemen, guard
ed all roads over which the funeral pro
cession passed and kept watch at inter
vals of 20 yards around the patch of
woods which includes the Harriman
burial plot
The casket one solid mass of lilies
of the valley and green vines with an
immense bunch of crimson roses on top
was carried to the altar by eight
oearers in black and wearing black
skull caps. The regularfuneral service
was conducted by Dr. McGuiness. as
siated by Rev. G. Nelson, archdeacon
of the Cathedral of St John the Divine
in New York. A male quartet and the
choir of Grace church, New York, sang
"Abide With Me" and "There Is a
Land of Pure Delight," Mr. Harri
man's favorite hymns. The service
lasted but 20 minutes. Then the bear
ers carried the casket to the burial
plot 100 yards up the hill. There was
no room inside the burial ground for
more than 15 or 20 beside the mourners
and the two officiating clercrvmen
Others stood on the road outside and
looked over the stone wall.
Several hundred Harriman employes
and their families stood with bared
heads outside the church during the
service.
CHILDREN GREET TAFT.
Spectacular Feature Given President
When He Goes to Chicago.
Chicago, Sept 13. The sound of
iou.uuu children's voices singing "Co
lumbia the Gem of the Ocean," in uni
son will Greet President Tuft vithin
half an hour after he steps off his spe
cial train in Chicago next Thursday
morning, according to official plans for
the celebration of the coming of the
nation's chief executive, announced
tonight.
The board of education this afternoon
officially designated Thursday as "Taft
day" and declared a holiday for all
public schools. The committee from
the. commercial bodies which is in
charge of the entertainment of the
president has completed tha rranra.
ments and it is proposed to make the
aemonstration.oy the school children
the most spectacular feature of the
president's visit Places have already
been arranged for 160,000 children in
the parks through which the president
win pass during the parade arranged
for his party.
The president'will remain in Chicago
from 11:15 a. m. Thursday to 2:45 a.
m. Friday, when he will depart for
Milwaukee.
Female Labor Law Attacked.
Chicago. Sent IS. C.
or sr - vvhii VVU1 t.
juage rutmu has iBsued a writ re
straining the State's attnrnair onH
" J HIIU LUC
factory inspector from bringing suits
gainst w. j. Kitcnie asuo., paper box
manfacturers. to punish that, firm
working its women for more than 10
nours a aay. ine injunction was ob
tained by the lawyers of the Illinois
Manufacturers' asaociaMnn i.
-" nu ar-
peal will be taken. If the ruling
stands, the law prohibiting the em
ployment Of Women for Inntrar than in
hours a day will be invalidated.
Strange Fish Caught.
New York. Sent IS A fUh
feet wide and 12 feet lone. tha fit
its kind seen along this coast in 64
years, according to Captain Cook, who
has been in the fishing trade at West
End, Long Branch, for that length of
time, was netted at the Highlands and
brought ashore at Galilee, thro mil.
north of here, by Captain Daniel Gas
kin and his crew. One of its young
was captured with the
Both were alive when landed.
Haul SOO.000,000 Through Streets
Chicaeo. Sent 13. Mom than can
000.000 in cash and aaniritU. '
ried through downtown streets in an
immense van, when the Continental
bank moved from LaSall ami a..
streets to its new quarters at Clark and
Monro streets. The ran was guarded
by a squad of heavily armed police. I
EVENTS JFTHE DAY
Newsy Items Gathered from All
Farts of tbe World.
PREPARED FOR THE BUSY CEADER
Less Important but Not Less Inter
esting Happenings from Points
Outside the State.
Fairbanks has left China on his way
to Manila.
The Santa Fe ban withdrawn its or
ders for fast trains from the East
Burglars succeeded in getting away
with jewelry valued at $100,000 in
Pittsburg.
Spanish forces in Morocco have been
greatly reinforced and now hope to de"
feat the Moors.
The first snow has fallen in Mon
tana. Should it continue much uncut
grain will be damaged.
Hill has attacked the Southern Pa
cific land grant in order to force an
entrance into Southern California.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget
Sound road has offered to carry mail
from Chicago to Puget sound in 69
hours.
Pernicious anaemia and oedema of
the lungs was the chief cause of Harri
man's death, according to Dr. Lyle,
his physician.
Ex-President Roosevelt has been
named as a delegate to the world's mis
sionary conference at Edinburgh, Scot
land, next June 14 to 24.
Peary says he will prove Cook was
never at the Pole.
Harrman lines are not likely to have
any more one-man power.
Canadians are determined to re-open
the Bering sea sealing question.
Harriman stocks did not drop on the
stock exchange as was expected.
Lord Roseberry has left the British
Radical party and joined the Liberals.
The first drawing in the Cuban na
tional lottery yielded the government
$100,000 profit
Latest advices say 10,000 lives were
lost in the earthquake which destroyed
Acapulco, Mexico.
Chicago carmen are again endeavor
ing to arrange for arbitration with the
streetcar company.
The situation in Northern Mexico is
still serious and there is much suffer
ing among the people.
Unusual building operations through
out the United States is reported for
August Portland shows an increase
of 29 per cent
J. P. Morgan has offered financial
aid to Explorer Cook.
Wireless messages from the Pacific
fleet report it near Honolulu.
A movement has been ' started to
unite St Paul and Minneapolis.
Harriman's fortune) is variously es
timated at from $50,000,000 to $100.
000,000. British people are inclined to favor
Cook against Peary after reading the
latter's story.
During his trip through the West
Taft will explain the new tariff bill in
his speeches.
Government suits involving title to
oil land in California will be delayed
by the death of Harriman.
The party of Japanese business men
visiting the Coast express surprise at
the magnitude of the country.
Cook has sent for Eskimos to aid in
proving that he reached the Pole, but
they may not reach this country before
spring.
There is much speculation as to Har
riman's successor,.. Three men are
named in this connection. J r. stnhha
R F - - w. whmmmh,
. S. Lovett and Julius Krutachnitt
The Southern Pacific is to enter the
transcontinental speed contest r
The volcano of Akutan, Aleutian
islands, Alaska, is in violent eruption.
Lord Northcliffa
actively preparing for war with Great
Britain.
Wealthy caoitalintu hatr i,..'. ...
rested for coal land frauds ir' Wy
oming. Tom Johnson haii kun nnn.t....j
for mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, by the
Democrats.
It is Said PrAairion t in'
tain Secretary Ballinger and that Pin
chot will have to go.
Offers for Cook'a
have been doubled by the controversy
over who was first at the pole.
Senator Mitphali'a u
. - mo.io ubvv won
th suit to escape paying tha fine
against him hv tha
before his death.
The first toat nf j:' "
, .. primary
in Cincinnati jnriu I- j... m
ucieat ior lait B
brother-in-law, W. C, Herron, candi-
w view mayor.
An agitation ia On in Janan n. I
expansion. .
Clyde Fitch tt..
wright Is dead! B"C"n P"y
Another sliirht aa..... , . '
been felt in Mexico.
Actors in Chirac l
trik. for better p.. Q