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THE WORLD'S NEWS OF TODAY IN BRIEF Butte. Mont.. March 22.-The Butte miners’ union, in reply to a telegram from Lawson predicting a cut hi wages nmi claiming that the Amalga mated ha* millions of pounds of cop I .er stored in anticipatiou of a shut down and »trike, sent the following telegram to Law-on : “The miner« o! Montana need no stock jobber or »bucketshop manipulator to take care *>f th* I. interests. The Butte miner*' ■union has for twenty years maintain s-d a satisfactory scale of wages and •friendly relations with the companie. s-mploying them, aud the present man agement has entire confidence in the union.” Th»-union alleges that Law- son is trying to depreciate the value of Butte property for stock jobbing purposes. Columbus, Ohio. March 23.—Cover nor Pattison's physicians have issued a bulletin saying he is not so well. A «iropsical condition has developed at the base of the lung. Boston, March ‘23. —In the winter just e.ided 81 lives were lost. 45 ves- t-els wrecked anil hundreds of thous unds of dollars' worth of property de- elroyeil along the New England coast. New York,March 23.—Colonel Mann pleaded not guilty this morning to the charge of perjury, and asked for an immediate trial. Jerome said: “Manu will lie tried when the district attorney is ready. ” between May 7 and 12 for a purse of 9'20,006, the winner to receive f.sioo. In addition Nelson i» to receive 94000. New York, March 23.—Hadley today said: *• if Rockefeller wishes to hold bis infant grausdon in bis arm* he will have to declare a truce aud ar range with his lawyers to permit him to come to New York without inter ference if fear of subpoena service is keeping him awHy. He is an old man, probably wrapped up in the baby. Give him time until the baby ia able to lie takeu liack to Lakewood." Rogers has agreed to ap|*ear aud au v.re questions without fruther objec tion. Chicago, March 23.- The board of trustees of the Northwestern Univer sity has abolished football for five ears. Wallace. Idaho, March 22.—The lo cal officers of the Western Federation of Miners here deny any complicity in the attempt to assassinate Sheriff Angus Sutherland by Bill Hanna here last night. Sutherland was shut in the neck, but the wound is nut fatal. A desperate encounter followed the shooting, and Hanna was overpow ered, disarmed and placed in jail. Excitement runs high. Hanna shot the sheriff to escape a writ of restitu tion of railroad land from being served on him. Boston, March 22.—Lawson today notified a state official that he has ob tained positive proof that the New York Life and Mutual Life are still rebating policies, giving them away in return for proxies. He suggests civil and criminal proceedings to drive the concerns from Massachusetts. He offers a copy of a policy issued by the New York Life to Albert Parrott, wuth an affidavit that Parrott paid nothing except that he delivered his proxy to the agent. London, March 23.—A launch lie longing to the Standard Oil Company has been seized in Chinese waters by pirates and a number of American ri fles and luuo round* of ammunition San Francisco, March 22.— In ten taken. The American guuboat Callao minutes of court proceedings today is enroute to the scene. Mrs. Mary A. Huntingtoll was divor ced from Henry E. Huntington, neph ew of the late Collis P. Huntington, Washington, March 23.— It is un traction magnate and multimillion derstood the commission that investi aire. They had been wedded thirty gated tlie wreck of the Valencia otf years. Mrs. Huntington told Judge Vancouver island is now at work in Graham the story of their marital re thia city on the report, which will at lations and said there was no commu tach no blame to the officials of the nity property. E. P. Prentice, a steamship inspection service of the brother, testified that the couple had North Coast. not maintained marital relations for years. No settlement was asked and Washington, March 23.—Alfonso it is understood a division of property Zelaya, son of the president of Nica was arranged out of court. There are ragua, secured a marriage license to four children, all of age. Mrs. Hunt day to wed Margarita Baker, from ington left the courtroom to take pas whom the youth's parents have made sage on the Korea for Japan. vain el arts to separate him. senate and house Republican mem bers April 4 to organize a congres sional committee. it is practically settled that Sherman, of New York, will be chairman, and Dawson, of Iowa, secretary. OWNS nnilRALlIEC OTHER COMPANIES Constantinople, March 24.— Redva Pasha, chief of police of this city, New York, March 24.—H H. Rog murdered while enroute from bis ers »a* the principal figure in the country home to his office today. bearing of Missouri’s ouster suits against the Standard Oil Company to Washington, March 24.—The water day. When questioned regarding the ways commission, headed by General Ernst, presented a report on Niagara officials of the subsidiary companies to congress today, recommending he said that D. A. Moffatt was presi legislation limiting the amount dent of the Staudard, of Indiana. He of power to lie permitted to be taken wilt for the records that Hadley 1 wanted. Rogers said he did not own from the falls. ■ any stock in the Waters-Pierce Com pany, but bad "heard of the com- Boise, Idaho, March 24.—XVm. D. pany.” Answering Hadley's charge Haywood was brought from C aldwell that the Waters Pierce, Repbulic and this afternouon and placed in the Ada Standard were all the same, Rogers county jail with Moyer and Petti said his know ledge of such details was bone, all charged with complicity in limited. Attorney Eddy interrupted the assassination of Governor Steu- by saying the defense would admit nenberg. that the Standard of New Jersey con trolled these companies. Hadley said: “1 am perfectly satis Chicago, March 24.—Richard Ivent fied. Admissions are the very thing was today found guilty and senG-nva Kcame for. ” The grace with which to death for the murder of Mrs. Bee the admissions are made al d the sign sie Hollister. » ed statement showing tir* ownership being given to Hadi* y. creates suspi cion and some are saying the Stand Walla Walla. Wash., March 23.—I . aril lias a trick which is yet unearthed H. Berney, a prominent fruitgrowi r iu ti e deal. and president of the Walla V.alla Pro HEARD OF HIS “UNCLE JOHN.” duce Company, is authority fc r William G. Rockefeller, a Laid the btatemeut that lust u» s c) I ansp clear« <I valley orchards of St: n young man, who followed Rogers ou Jose scale, which has caused an aim i f the stand, is assistant tieasuri r of the loss of thousands of dollars to Wul.a Standard Oil Co. Hi* said that he had I heard that his Unde John w: s “pres- W alla fruit meu. ■ ident of Standard Oil.” Leaving the : building William outstripped tl:e pho- New York. March 21.—John D. ■ tographers, who bad followed like a Rockefeller, Sr., airived here last 1 pack of hounds. He proved a faster night in his covered auto to visit his runner than any of them, aud escaped grandson at the residence of bis son. their cameras. He is feeble and is apparently suiter ing extreme weakness. FIVE HUNDRED HEAD Portland, March 24. —Bemuse he i OF SHEEP LOST feared insanity from brooding over the death of a loved one, C. E.Sparks a printer, aged 40, slashed hie throat with a razor this morning on the grave of his wife at Lone Fir'ceme- etry. He was found by the sexton and taken to a hospital. He may re cover. X'ale, Or., March 21.—The coldest weather for many years has prevailed here during the past two weeks. Snow fell 18 inches deep and the gov ernment thermometer iegistered 15 lielow zero. The blizzard took the stockmen un awares. Five hundred head of sheep Manila, March 24. — In an engage were reported to have been lust by ment between the constabulary and James White, who was moving from fanatics on the Pulajaues islands, the Westfall to this place. Twenty head Samar island governor, George Curry, of cattle of Charles Becks died from is reported missing. ¡starvation, recently while he was at tempting to move them to Malheur j valley froih Westfall. There ii no hay to be bought in the Gresham. Or., March 24.—Two Jap auese laborers, while thawing dyna vicinity of X’ale since the cold snap. mite ou the Hillard ranch near B r- | Stockmen are feeding corn and grain, lug, were blown up this morn.ng. j paying 91.65 per lou pounds for corn Only fragments of their bodies were to be hauled from Ontario to X'ale. Two dollars and a quarter is paid by found. ■ Westfall men, the grain to be hauled from the same place. Warm weather has set in here and Mount Holly, N. J., March 24.— Rufus Johnson and George Small, ne the snow is melting fast. A destruc groes, were hanged this morning for tive flood is feared, caused by the the murder of Miss Florence Allinson deep snow iu the mouutains west of on January 19 of th!« year. The mo X'ale. Washington, March 22.—On the Indianapolis, March ‘23.—Contrary statehood bill Representative Her to expectations the joint scale com mann, of Oregon, is voting with the mittee met again this morning, but Democrats against the measure. hold out meagre hopes of a peaceful settlement of the coal strike. Vancouver, Wash., March 22.-N. It is believed the crisis has passed. The two sides are more inclined to C. Edwards, a poor well-digger of lie patient with each other, At noon this city, aged 62 years, lias just fallen a recess was annonueed. No definite heir to a fortune of 9275,066, part of act ion was taken, The operators who an estate left by an uncle in New York tive was robbery. yesterday sent word they would tn* City. home today telegraphed it might Is* sever d days, Robbins' proposition Huntington, Ind.. March 24.—The Columbus, March 22. — Despite all to ad ...it the 1!>>3 scale was rejected, threatened coal strike is given as a Robbins cast his vote with the miners, denials, Governor Pattison's condi- milking 23 favoring, but unanimous I turn is such that it is impossible to I reason for closing the locomotive | coujecture what the next 24 hours shops on the Chicago A Erie road. action is required. | may bring forth. Signs of exhaus- Over 3m meu art* idle. . ti ill, long feared, have appeured. cago, March 23 — Bituminous batt'eship ia quotisl here this morning nt brstosai Portland, March 22. —It was offlica- valid* of .‘si eeuta. Anthracite is lv announced today that the America mery, but it is predicted it will he llrst of April. The supply ia Hawaiian Steamship Company will *d and it is hard to get ship- I l.-ice the steamer* Nebnwkail and '•»•.»■*-y is rn-ating h< re r.r ’ > from the mines. The railroads Nevadan on a regular run between Portland, Puget Sound ports and through the straits buuduy ic heaviest buyers. Hawaii. STANFORD ANO BERKELEY | , TO PLAY RUGBY GAME San Francisco, March 23.—The first inroad by the Rugby football game into the arena of American university athletics ha* been accomplished in California, partly as a result of the prevalent dissatisfaction at the rough- ne** of the intercollegiate game and pi*3ly in conse»|tieuce of the splendid exhibition of the Rugby game given o, .c recently by New Zealand and British Columbia teams. At a meeting of the athletic com mittee of the University of California and Stanford University a resolution was passe»! substituting the Rugby game for the inetrcollegiate as hereto fore played. There is considerable dissatisfaction among the students of the two universities at the action of the c can be done. They must either play Rugby or give up football. U ashington, March 23 —The case Indianapoli», 1ml., March 21—A ugni list Binger Hermann was called lending operator is credited with the today and the motion of the defend ¡statement that an agreement between ant asking for a i bill of particulars | th»» miners and the operator* is found was granted. District Attorney Ba to tie alisolutely impossible. A mo ker was prepared to furnish the bill tion to adjourn sine die was made in and itnn -finitely submitted a list of the joint scale committee this morn the letter books belonging to the gov ing. ernment, w 'th the dat^s of the same, which are alleged to have been de stroy» I. Attorney Worthington is Washington, March 22.— Gompers abseii* from th«- city am) the date of was closeted with labor leaders today Portland, March 23.—Allie Gordon, the trial has lieetl deferred until bis discussing the interview with ------ the ---- « concert hall singer, aged 41. was return. It is likely he'»hot president yesterday. he' »hot and killed this afternoon by will begin the propaganda problems Robert Blodgett, who followed her to enumerated in the memorial to lie this city from Kalispell, Montana. Philippi, XV. Va.. March 23.—Twen presented to the president. She was lying in bed when Blodgett ty one dead Isal! -s have lieeti recov bant over her ami kissed her, then ered from the Gentry mine, ami Corvallis, or., March 21.-Corv.llis tired the bullet. took a carnation Indianapolis. March 22.—Robbins from the bureau, eleven dea l at.» »till lu the shaft. placed it on her is wondering whether th« Oregon \g. Over »» were in tin- mine at the time is said to hav>- admitted that p<«ace is breast and calmly ---------- .... ....... College is to lose it. cadet awaited the arrival of the explosion, which was«au»ed impossilde. The joint conference took of the officers. He was infatuated "'r| ' "f the _____ recent differ __ by dost. The dead are mostly Pole- » recess till this afternoon without with the woman, who had endeavored 7" '"?*?*the f«»'ulty and Lieu- and Hungarians. The explosion oc considering Hie motion to adjourn, to escape him. ¡tenant D. P. Qulnlan, who was re- curved yt-terd.y afternoon. Th* apparently a deadlock. Blodgett is from The Dalles. He ; lieve»! from duty yesterday by direc- mine ia owned by Shaw Bros., of Bal The Van Nov lodg- i“““ °f Rvosevelt. ’ lire«! four sh its. tlmore, and 1« looatsd 99 mile- south iug house was the M-ene of the Ga,t’h »-X nothing West of P.lilippi. alamt the affair, but he does not an murder. pear to tie serion^lr’ «m *>-**^.1 ------------ - * I7r,on*,3r *l*rm*i over the ‘ k' u ” P*'i! ted out that drill N > V* March 23 a a-o on among the students even 1 tn H thont the sanction of the war de lia Heren*, the light to tak rtment. So fHr -, ««r a* known no word ton* the i - b HI c < D aP, intuent », Lteuteuaut Qaiahu AFTERNOON MAY ABANDON CAOET CORPS AT 0. A. C. 'callahin both ou the special, maybe I LS orSer giving now. Only Martin Duffy to take the double load and the double *bame. He stared, dazssl again. into Uie faces «round as he held to the »t^dlw'hXng tbe^rly wrei ker. train, wondering where rtu. lug to meet it. wb,u spied the moon coining uT nel Butte curve. Th^re.^ clall’ he yelled and gangway. MonsJOu ' e»l off after him ,0 tl.-- tl:* the tireman got up-be word of It all—he c midnTz,' ahead but the mon. s,j > '-* train and backs up fijr XXlieu Neale and be they ran right back to m, ? orders. They never got to at all-why, they Ut.Vw east of Rat River.” ’■ "And where's Sped,, Doubleday. "At lloek Point, y m i^ !••• there and waiting v,.t / eighty. The stopping’ of < ,r uu aiubulauce train. Get every d ctor in tow u to go with you. Trucy, ci ar the line!" ... 'ill.- master mechanic and Benedict M . 8 n eiatti-red downstairs. Carbart. run dag to the telephone, told central tu - ii.imoii every medical mau iu the B'-u»l and hurrii-d out. Before he had cove-el a block, roundhouse callers. Ike flaws of wind before a storm, ere scurrying the streets ami from t ie to» er of the tire house soumleil the harsh clang of the emergency gong for the wreckers. l ar.gl.t where they could l»e caught out of saloon*, beds, poker joints. Sal vation barracks, ehurebes. the men of the wrecking crew rau down the si lent streets, waking now fast Into life. Congregations were dispersed, hymns cut. prayers forgotten, bars deserted, helis emptied, barracks raided at that call, the emergency gong call, fell as a tile bell for the Mountain division wrecking gang. While the yard crews shot tip ami down the spur*, switching coaches Into the relief train, Benedict Morgan, with solid volleys of oaths, was organising bis meu and tilling them at the luueb counters with huge schooners of cof fee. Carliart pushed again through the jam of men and up to the dispatch ers' odlce. Before and liebiml him crowded the local physicians with in strument bags and bandages. The om inous baggage deposited on the office* floor, they sat down about the room oi hovertsi around Carhart, asking for details. Doubleday, tall aud grim, came over from the roundhouse, edict Morgan stamped up from The Mountain division yard, ready. All three dispatchers were in room. John Mailers, tlie day man. stood near Tracy, who had relieved Giddings, The line was clear for the relief run. Elcho had been notified of tlie impending disaster, and at Tra cy's elbow sat the chief, looking fixedly at th»- key, taking the bob of the souml- er with his eye. A dozen meu In the room w<-re talking, but they spoke as Monsoon reversed and JumptR men who. speaking, wait on the life of I Mm. a fuse. Duffy, with suspense deepen I gave her plenty of time to a ing into frenzy, pushed Tracy's build meeting point, don't you see,a from the key and. sliding Into the she is. sweating, yet. Neale I chair, began once more to call bls operator. By heaven, give nt brother at Rat River. of the key ugaiust the world: "R, T - R, T - R, T - R. T — God. from whom all blessiugil clicked the River call. "R. T — It. "Then there isn't to lieauji T - R, T - Bob - Bob — Boh.” spelled ventured a shy little lady boat tlie seuder. "Answer me, answer, an physician, wlio had been criaj swer. R. T — R. T — R. T - R. T the fray to help do up the J And Barnes Tracy edged away and Knights and was modestly wii leaued back to where the shadow hid opportunity. his face, and John Mailers, turning .- ’ loin,lit, ' from the pleading of the current, stared the dignity of a man tsmp gloomily out of the window across the charge of tin- en F yard, shimmering uuder the double A yell went out of the rooa I relay of arc lights, and young Old- tidal wave. Doubleday tad 11 dings. who couldn't stanil it—Just Morgan had not spoken to ai I couldn't stand it—bending ou bis stool, since the night of the rouudtai I shook with gulping sobs. that was two years. They tow I The others knew nothing of the* heart der struck to each other. I* I breaking in the little clicks. But they impulsively put out his hand 1 1 all knew the track—knew where the fore he could pull it lu again.!k I trains would meet; knew they could not ing boss grabbeil It like a pay I by any possibility see each other till a Carhart w ho was catching * I they whlrleil together on tlie curve of from the rattle of young GiihliM I tlie Cinnnmon cut or on the trestle west wild trying to repeat it to Dtf I A of It, and they waited only for the out losing It ill his throat 1 1 breaking of the suspense that settled was opening Ills eyes, trying* I heavily over them. stand. Ten. twenty, thirty, forty minutes Medical men of violently 1 1 went, with Martin Duffy at Intervals schools allopaths, homeopath I vainly calling. Thon, as the crack paths, eclectics—made their p* i opens on the field of fee. ns the snow a whoop. A redheaded (in® I breaks In the mountain slide, ns the sea had rung himself hi for a ft* I gives up at Inst Its dead, the sounder the horror, threw bls enieritifl I spoke—Rat River made the dispatch ets into the middle of tlie W I er's call. And Martin Duffy, staring I at the copper coll, pushed himself up in doctors caught tl nient cases wore laid with I his chair Ilk»* a man that chokes, caught ilerness on the heap, and a d* I smothering at his neck, and slipped men. joining hands around » I wriggling to the floor. saws and gauze, struck up “tl I Carhart caught him up, but Duffy’s | ey.-s stared meaningless past him. Rat dred.” Engineer Monsoon was a* River was calling him. but Martin Duf fy <as past the taking. Like the man who had been over the din* next at the gun. Barnes Tracy sprang twice before in hl» life- b*® Into the chair with the I, I. D. Tlie daylight. For that emerfl Monsoon was tlie man of »11 4 surgeon, Giddings helping, draggtx» cause It takes more than m J Duffj to the lounge In Callahan's room -his < hlef was more to Giddings then moon to scare a thorouiP’ Eml engineer B ' | than the fate of Special 320. But soon moon headlight had hetwWt* confused voices began to ring from ed De Molay Four from *'1" where men were crowding around the arrangement« ( « The relief ___ _ ... dispatchers' table. They echoed in to when- the doctors worked over the rav soon'» headlight wen* the f® ing chief. And young Giddings, help there was more. Martin ___ with brain ■' ing. began, too, to hear strange things eleven weeks they could say moon again from the other room. had skipped Into the mount* "The moon”— very hour that be had -! •• "The moon?” self, ne has never shown c "The moon!” iclne since, but Martin 1» “What?” • ■ of Barnes Tracy was trying to make and th«-y think Mountm dist > ' *,4 himself beard: Bucks got the w'.i > thAg "The moon! Moon! That's English, Molar Four rem “I 8,11 . ain't It? Moon." "Who's talking at Rat River?” de night. Buck« nnd and Oyster and i'v Fra” manded Beneillct Morgan hoarsely. hick Neale, conductor of third ami1«*d grimly. N . eighty. Their train Is back at Rat 320 even dream*-1 "f River God Me«, that man.” stammer- that Sunday night li M Barnes Tracy, wiping his forehead cut. All the rest < f f“» feverishly, -n-’s Rn oM operator. He smiled just the sat mjs B.i, Duffy is missing. Tell Mar- and the Knig ,.?.Ulrk' thew lsn,t "ny wreck him. for a bachelor, wand quick !" talnlng. A month later, when , "Wdiat does Neil« sayr cried Dou- more or less ragc-l. »’*l* **lth .«in explosion. Tracy thought he had told them, but back from Frisco B's*^ b** hadn t. "He says his engineer. Abe over a train, and he to® van!« cronies what in^i*00."' ’<'nre'' hy tte moon « g Just as they cleared Kennel Butte.” through in that de y st •'Just luck." lane* ed ,*fr( iZr? T’ J"’'’'1' nn,te»'”'y “He took ^ndlfght of Special 326 and ern superintendents w*w 1“n'p*? endue. The fireman watch chain an er.-irmo®* ’'rj""“ to Rat River 3eer with "Our Trust 1» In While Tracy talked. Nailers at the on It. "Just luck." b* key was getting ft .11.. "Look here.” ,tr Rue« “Maybe.” itui-m ir<al b exclaimed, “did you pvpr hpar Qf ] , . " n^np In your life? The head through the Wickiup cn? v’fl? °f ,hp In the Teton peak» “Tbit i«- Mb. Neate says He and the eng“’*s*r It that back on ti e l>n ere U.kmg about th* last conclave guess they'd C*U **• Jl1