The Maupin times., November 19, 1915, Image 4

et us be thankful for the by-
ai nana
That love
. come to our own,
When love and only love could un
der stand
The need of touches we
Had never known.
LETus be thankful for the londm$
eyes
That dave their secret to
us s they wept,
Yet in return found, with a aweet
Rurnriae.
Love's kiss upon their
lids, and.smuind, slept.
ANDlet us,too, be thankful that
the tears ,
Of sorrow have not all
That throudfi them stilfYo? all
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SHOW KINDNESS
WIIILnOU MAY
Expressions of Gratitude Timely
Made Denote Proper Feeling
of Thankfulness in
the Heart.
IF far down in your heart you are
thankful about anything, will you
show the kindness to everybody
connected with you and to your
own personality by giving an honest,
sincere expression of your gratitude?
The man who dies with all the thank
you's In him is as deserving of pity
as the one who stifles all the music.
Don't be afraid to say "Thank you,"
and say It loud.
I HAVE In mind a family that allowed
the mother of the large circle to
wear herself out with unceasing work.
She worked so long and bard that she
never had time for considering a rest.
The members of her family regarded
mother's work as a habit They ac
cepted her working and never thought
that she needed relaxation or a change
from the monotonous grind of keeping
a home. They added to her burdens
by bringing others home with them.
Mother smiled and worked a little
harder. Then one day mother did not
come down to s'.iuke the fire and pre
pare the breakfast. She had closed
her eyos and they were so tired that
she never opened them.
I wish you could have heard the be
lated gratitude at the funeral. I wish
you could have een the consterna
tion and despair when the children
and father looked at each other and
said: "What are we going to do with
out her?" They were Oiled with re
gret. The ears could not hear the
thanks that they poured out They
should have shown their gratitude
every day of the year and In time.
Look over your own life. Are you
speaking and acting In time?
YOU are living In a great country
and are indeed fortunate In hav
ing freedom, the right to think and to
act, opportunity, countless chances to
forge to the top if you nave It in
you. You Kavl libraries, playgrounds,
schools. You have your mind, your
dear, sympathetic souls In relatives
or friends and the Ideals which are
necessary to any human being's hap
piness. Do you fully appreciate the
good fortune that cast your lot over
here? Are you taking the trouble to
express your thanks every once in a
while? You ought to do this. It Is
good to got it out of your system.
HAVE you health? Be thankful In
the right way. Do not throw to
the winds of Indiscretion your pre
cious heritage. Do not Insult your
goo' health by eating, drinking,
breathing the wrong things. Cut out
dissipation and lead sane, balanced,
clean, normal lite. Prise that good
health. Sometimes It leaves in high
dudgeon and never returns. And all
the poulticing and nursing may not
bring back to you that which should
be appreciated every hour of the day.
The way to thank your food health
Is to be kind to It
I MENTIONED idsall ft minute ago.
Have your ideal suffered from die-
use? Where are your Ideaiir Are
they Uw4 away la cajuphor to be j
, , . ,
held out m-vvel-
lead face
JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
brought out on Sunday when you go
to church? Why are they not being
cared for In the way that Is the only
valuable treatment for these wonder
ful things? Give your Ideals a
chancel Let them have dally influ
ence on your thoughts and acts. Bring
them into the light of day and make
them important contribution factors
of your happiness and success, as a
human being. You may not be get
ting so much money as your next
door neighbor or your hat may not
have the label of an exclusive maker
In Its crown, but as a human being
filling a niche in the great scheme,
yo-T Ideals should be thanked every
hour. Thanking them Is really shak
ing hands with then.
IF you are a woman who rides in
a street car, do you thank the en
lightened gentlemen who rise to give
you a seat? Or do you make tbem
very scornful of the weaker sex by
taking it as your due? I have seen
many men converted to the paper
gazers and the teated masculine row
by the neglect of women to thank the
men. Say it graciously and as If you
meant it. Good heavens! The cause
for a thank you of this kind Is grow
ing more remote. Let us cherish it.
A STRANGER is entitled to a thank
you when he has rendered you a
service. Do not be an Insufferable
snob and accept help silently because
you have not been Introduced or be
cause his forefathers might not have
come over in the Mayflower. Say
thank you smilingly and be human 1
DO not forget to thank in the right
way the children. It Is only In
the respectful use of a courtesy of
this kind that children will admire and
emulate.
Indeed, the thank you of every day
is that which makes things go smooth
ly. It Is such a little thing that It
Bhould never be forgotten. Try say
ing thank you once every day. Look
around. You will find something
which should elicit your gratitude.
AND thank you for listening.
BARBARA LEE.
Humble Thankfulness.
Do you give thanks for this or that? No.
God b thanked,
I am not grateful
In that cold, calculating way, with blesi
Intr ranked
As one, two, three, (our that would be
hatefull
I only know that every day brtngi good
above
My poor deeervlng;
I only feel that on the road of life true
love
la leading me along and never swerv
ing. Whatever turn the path may take to left
or right,
I think It follows
The tracing of a wlaer hand, through
dark or light,
Across the hllle and to the shady hol
lows. Whatever gift the hours bestow, or great
or small,
I would not measure
As worth a certain price In pralae, but
take them all
And use them all, with simple, heart
felt pleasure.
PREPARING FOR THE" FEAST
Age is not all decay; It Is the ripen
Ing, the swelling, of the fresh lift
within, that wither and burst the
busk George Macdonald.
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WORLD'S DOINGS
Of CURRENT WEEK
Brief Resume of General News
From Ml Around the Earth.
UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSIifll
Live News Items of All Nations and
Pacific Northwest Condensed
for Our Busy Readers.
It is reported that Villa's men are
deserting at the rate of 100 a day.
The use of whipped cream for any
purpose has been barred in Germany.
A naval aeroplane has been success
fully launched from the deck of bat
tleship at sea.
Draft of an Initiative petition for
the repeal of Oregon's Sunday closing
law has been filed with the secretary
of state.
A Nationalist member of parliament
openly charges Lord Kitchener and
Field Marshal Sir , John French with
gross incompetency.
The National Guard association of
the United States refuses to endorse
President Wilson's plans for a conti
nental army of 400,000.
Thomas Kelly, a millionaire con
tractor of Chicago, has been extradited
to Canada for alleged fraud in con
struction of parliament buildings.
On account of the restrictions on the
use of meat which 1 have gone into
effect in Germany, England believes
her enemy is in dire straits for food.
Mrs. Margaret K. Armour, aged 80,
widow of S. B. Armour, the packer,
died in Kansas City Friday. Since her
husband's death Mrs. Armour has been
active in charitable campaigns.
What is believed to be a piece of
time fuse was found among the cargo
of the steamer Rio Lages, which start
ed from New York for Queenstown,
and was forced to put in at Halifax
with her sugar cargo on fire.
A petrified tree, probably 15 or 20
feet in length and eight inches in di
ameter, and standing upright ' 15 feet
below the surface of the crest of a hill,
was uncovered in Portland, Or., by la
borers making a cut on Upper Drive,
near Montgomery Drive.
A Vienna dispatch received in Am
sterdam asserts that the Nieue Weiner
Journal, of Vienna, has been sup
pressed for one week for criticising
the censorship. Fifty-five Austrian
provincial papers have been suppressed
within a month for discussing food
conditions.
American railroads are confronted
with one of the most serious car short
ages of recent years, owing to the
huge grain crop of this country and
Canada, and the heavy tonnage from
steel and munition plants, coupled with
the inability of the railroads to get
new cars fast enough.
The executive committee of the
Presbyterian general assembly outlined
an emergency message on "prepared
ness" for extraodinary conditions ex
pected to follow the close of the Euro
pean war, which is to be sent to 10,
000 pastors, President Wilson and 49,
000 other elders of the denomination.
Expenditures of $1,700,000 by the
Union Pacific system and the O.-W. R.
& N. for ties and other equipment and
in the reconstruction of the main line
of the O.-W. R. & N. between Bla
locks and Coyote, Or., was announced
in Tacoma by J. P. O'Brien, vice pres
ident. For the first time the roadB
have placed orders for Douglas fir ties
in the Northwest.
Because they say they feel the life
of the Indian race depends on clean
habits of the young men of this gen
eration, 83 boys in Cushman School at
Tacoma, Wash., have voluntarily
signed a pledge to abstain from to
bacco in any form. Two weeks ago
the 83 boys and 17 more pledged them
selves to abstain forever from intoxi
cating liquors. The 17 who did not
sign the tobacco pledge have never
used tobacco.
Latest reports say only 225 were
saved out of the steamer Ancona's pas
sengers and crew of 428.
Lord Northcliffe predicts a crisis in
America, after the European war is
over.
It is declared that America is far
behind other nations in giving aid to
the Belgians.
A large meteor falls near El Cen
tra, Cal., causing Bhock similar to
an earthquake.
The new premier of Greece gives as
surances to the allies that her neutral
ity will be sincerely benevolent
A girl student of Berkeley college
discovered the art of living on good
diet at a cost of only 16 cents a day.
Portland police have'dlscovered that
a woman burglar has been operating in
the fashionable Nob Hill residence dis
trict Eight American soldiers on the Mex
ican border are fired on from ambush.
Three fingers of one soldier were shot
away.
Great Britain is considering laws to
enforce domestic economy.
After being a fugitive for 36 years
a man aged 80 years in Springfield,
111., has confessed to the charge of
murder.
Medford, Ore., voters defeated pav
ing bonds of $1,030,000 by 108. Four
teen hundred and seventy-eight votes
were cast
The plight of the Serbian army is
said to be more accuta since the Ger
mans and Austriaus have gained an in
road to Constantinople,
OREGON STATE NEWS
Oregon Corn Growers Invited
To Exhibit at National Show
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
vallis Oregon farmers are invited to
make ten-ear exhibits of corn at the
"First National" corn show to be held
in St Paul during the month of De
cember. The state has been districted
into two parts for competitive ex
hibits, Eastern and Western Oregon.
Neither of these districts will have to
compete against the other nor against
any other district of the United States.
The winner of each district will be
given a beauitful cup as a trophy one
of 136 valued at $5000.
Each entrant must wrap each ear of
his exhibit in paper and pack the en
tire exhibit in a small wooden or
heavy cardboard box, with entry blank
and his banker's endorsement enclosed.
Shipments are to be made by prepaid
express, addressed to First National
Corn Show, care First National Bank,
St Pan!, Minn. Average size, pro
ductiveness, breed type and general
appearance will be considered in judg
ing the exhibits. The corn must have
been grown by the exhibitor in a field
of not less than one acre. Entry
blanks will be provided on request,
and no entry charges will be made.
Farmers are advised to send samples
even if they are not quite up to the
average of other years, since unfavor
able weather conditions have handi
capped all alike. All exhibits will be
returned if request is made when sent
in. Corn exhibits at state and county
fairs disprove the claim that corn
cannot be successfully grown in Ore
gon, and an exhibit at the national
corn show will go far to convey the
real situation to prospective immi
grants. Railroads File Report.
Salem The net income of the O.
W. R. & N. company for the year
ended June 30, last, was $248,381.09,
according to the report filed by the
company with the Oregon Public Serv
ice commission. This is an 'increase
over the preceding 12 months of $168,
037.23. Gross income amounted to
$5,647,795, a gain in one year of
$701,177.
Railway operating expenses totaled
$10,067,449.32, which were $2,060,
732.14 less than the previous year.
The net revenue from railway opera
tions was $6,386,607.01. The com
pany's revenue from local freight in
Oregon was $883,623, while freight
revenue on interstate business in the
state totaled $2,187,390.
The Southern Pacific company's rev
enue from freight in Oregon for the
year ending . June 30, 1915, was $1,
183,000. Interstate freight revenue
was $779,834. Passenger service re
ceipts for Oregon totaled $2,675,676.
The report shows that the company's
net income for the entire system
amounted to $22,094,253, an increase
of $14,432,635 over the year preced
ing. Gross income amounted to $63,
148,011, a gain of $,627,400 over the
year before.
Dividends declared during the year
amounted to $6,360,464.
Flat-head Indian Skull Found.
University of Oregon, Eugene The
skull of an adult flat-head Indian that
was found on a sand bar of the Santi
am near Lebanon, Or., has been re
ceived by the Condon Museum of the
State University. The Bender was
Willard A. Elkins, recorder of the city
of Lebanon. This sort of skull de
formation was once commonly prac
ticed from the Columbia river all the
way down the coast to Peru. The
ancient Peruvians practiced it, and so
did the Toltecs of the Plateau of Mex
ico. Flathead skulls were considered
stylish in those days and the flattening
was brough about through binding a
board on the forehead of the child
when its skull was still in a stage of
easy yielding.
Drained Lands for Lease.
Klamath Falls According to J. G.
Cam, manager of the Reclamation
Service in this city, the government is
now advertising to lease for a period
of three years the 3004 acres of land
formerly covered by the waters of Tule
lake, but which were uncovered this
past summer by the drainage of the
lake.
It is hoped that eventually 25,000
acres of valuable land will become
available. Thus far 3004 acres have
been reclaimed and the government
now desires to lease this in tracts of
not to exceed 80 acres each, to be cul
tivated to crop each year or put into
tame grass meadow.
Convention Date Changed.
Baker Rectifying a mistake made
months ago, Fred W. Falconer, of En
terprise, and John Hoke, of Baker,
president and secretary, respectively,
of the Oregon Woolgrowers' associa
tion, decided after a conference held in
Baker Saturday afternoon, to change
the date of the 18th annual convention
in Pendleton to December 3 and 4, in
stead of December 9 and 10.
This action was taken to avoid con
flicting with the International Live
stock Show which will be held in Port
land next month.
Henley School Fair Held.
, Klamath Falls According to County
School Superintendent Fred Peterson
and County Agriculturist H. Roland
Glaisyer, one of the most successful
school fairs yet held in Southern Ore
gon was given at the Henley school
south of here last week. The entries
were not only numerous, but they were
above the average in quality.
Mr. Glaisyer judged in agriculture
and his bride of a few weeks in domes
tic science. About 75 parents and
friends of the school attended the pro
gram arranged by the pupils.
Work on Last Unsurveyed Land.
Bandon The last of the unsurveyed
government land tributary to Bandon
is now under survey by government
engineers. Lying in township 80
south, range IS west about 15 miles
southeast of this city, the tract covers
the headwater of Four Mile and
Florae creeks. Practically all of the
land is occupied by squatter.
PLOTS OF GERMANS
WILL BE PURSUED
President Wilson Determined to
End Teutonic Schemes.
AGENTS HIGHER UP SOUGHT BY U. S.
Ambassador Count Von Bernstorff Is
Under Suspicion Demand for
Recall of Nuber Possible. '
Washington, D. C President Wil
son has determined to put an end to
the activities of Teutonic agents in the
United States.
By his direction, the department of
Justice and the Secret Service are co
operating to secure the necessary proof
to 'punish the men caught in projects
which endanger the peace and safety
of the country. More important, how
ever, is the President's direction that
the search Bhall be continued for those
"higher up." As soon as he is in
possession of all the facts, Mr. Wilson
will take steps to stop the pernicious
activity of diplomats and consular offi
cers who are directing the work of de
stroying munitions factories, ships and
other enterprises.
If the President carries his Intention
to its conclusion, and the charges now
on file should be substantiated, it
would surprise no one should this gov
ernment request Austria-Hungary to
recall Herr von Nuber, its consul gen
eral in New York.
Count von Bernstorff, the German
ambassador, has been -under suspicion
for months, but in the absence of proof
it is clearly impossible to take any
action against him. Should the reve
lations of Dr. Goricar, recently re
signed as Austro-Hungarian consul, be
supported by evidence, then whatever
diplomatic consular officer is involved
will go.
The Austrian and German embassies
deny the truth of Goricar's allega
tions, but the Department of Justice
has had the promise of documentary
evidence to substantiate them.
In addition the State department has
received from the British government
the documents carried by a German
messenger. These contain a great
deal of information regarding German
and Austrian activities and supple
ment the papers taken from James F.
J. Archibald, was familiar with the
contents of Dumba's dispatches. The
Department of Justice has not initiat
ed any action against Archibald be
cause it could not obtain proof that he
had knowledge of the character of the
dispatches he was conveying.
The sections of the United States
statues under which the government is
proceeding against Robert Fay and his
associates are those which apply board
ly to the crime of piracy, the penalty
for which is death. The indictments
against Fay and Scholtz are for con
spiring to "cast away or destory"
vessels with intent to injure the own
ers or the underwriters of the vessels
or of goods in the cargo. The penalty
for this crime is a fine of $10,000 or
imprisonment for 10 years. They are
also indicted for piracy.
Export Record Is Broken.
New York The greatest volume of
exports ever recorded at a single port
in the history of the United States
left New York harbor during October,
mostly for the warring nations of Eu
rope, according to estimates made by
customs officials here. The total,
based on tabulations that are nearly
complete, will not fall far short of
$175,000,000, or about $7,000,000 a
day for every working day of the
month. In September exports from
New York totaled $162,000,000.
Three hundred and ninety-three
ships, nearly every one laden with a
capacity cargo, left New York during
October as compared with 365 in Sep
tember. The tabulation shows that
munitions and foodstuffs, mostly grain,
filled the list of articles Bhipped
abroad, with clothing, shoes, cloth for
uniforms, automobiles and automobile
parts following in close order. The
bulk of the exports went to Great
Britain.
30 Killed by Air Raid.
Rome Thirty persons are dead in
Verona as a result of the dropping of
bombs on the city by three Austrian
aeroplanes. Thirty other persons were
seriously and 19 slightly injured. The
bombs of the aircraft found most of
their victims in the principal square of
the city, where citizens and peasants
from the outlying districts were attend
ing the market. Nineteen persons
were killed by one bomb. The aero
planes visited various parts of the
city, but none of the missiles fell near
any of the military buildings.
Liner Bosnia Is Sunk.
Rome The Italian steamship Bosnia
was sunk Sunday by a submarine fly
ing the Austrian flag. The passengers
and crew boarded four lifeboats. Three
of these craft have been landed, but
the fate of the occupants of the fourth
boat is not known.
The Bosnia was of 2561 tons goss
and was built in 1898. She was 307
feet long, 39 feet beam and 25 feet
deep. The home port of the Bosnia
was Venice, and she was owned by the
Societa Nazionale de Serviza Marit
tima, of Rome.
Troopers Eat Out Town.
San Francisco Tales of hunger in
Guaymaa and the investment of the
city by 80,000 Carranza troops, were
brought to port Monday by the steam
schooner Fair Oaks.
Troopers of Carranza went Into the
city half-starved and ate everything in
sight They slept alongside the rail
road tracks with their women and chil
dren awl birpd fol from the master
of the steam schooner. Prices of all
foodstuffs are prohibitive.
HENRY PRATHER FLETCHER
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Henry Prather Fletcher, at present
American ambassador to Chile, Is con
sidered the moat probable choice of
the president for ambassador to Mex
ico. Mr. Fletcher is a native of Penn
sylvania, and has been In the diplo
matic service about twelve years.
GERMAN PLOT DISCLOSED BY
. VOLUNTARY STATEMENT Of FAY
New York Robert Fay, self-styled
Lieutenant in the German army, and
by his own confession head of a gang
of bomb-makers that sought to disable
or destroy munition-laden ships sailing
from New York to the entente allies,
told the story of his , life Tuesday to
Assistant United States District At
torney Knox.
Fay talked freely, fully, and of Mb
own volition for five hours without in
terruption. What he said was not
made public, but at the conclusion of
the session, Mr. Knox announced that
all Fay wanted to do now was to plead
guilty to the government's charges
against him and go to jail.
H. J. McDonald, a lawyer appointed
by the court to represent Fay, sought
to see his client in Mr. Knox's office,
but failing, served on Mr. Knox notice
of his intent to demur to the indict
ment. Fay read the . demurrer while
the lawyer waited outside, and, ac
cording to Mr. Knox, said he did not
wish to demur to the indictment or do
anything else but plead guilty and
start at once to serve his sentence.
Fay's long talk with Mr. Knox was
made upon his own solicitation and
without promises of immunity or len
iency. The statement, which the
prisoner dictated, carried him back to
Germany, almost to the date of his
birth, covered the high lights of his
service in the German army, told in
detail of his alleged mission to Amer
ica, and recited his movements and
activities here.
Juvenile Judge Lindsey, in Contempt
of District Court, fined $500
Denver Ben B. Lindsey, judge of
Denver's Juvenile court, was held
guilty of contempt of court and fined
$500 and costs by Judge Perry in the
District court late Tuesday. Thirty
days were allowed for an appeal. The
case grew out of Mr. Lindsey's refusal
to disclose information in the trial of
Mrs. Bertha Wright on a charge of
murder.
Judge Lindsey said the information
came to him in a privileged manner
through the confession of Neal
Wright, 12 years old, during the trial.
An information, charging the boy
with the murder of his father, because
of an alleged confession made at his
mother's trial, still is pending in the
juvenile court.
Mayor Mitchel in Hospital.
New York John Purroy Mitchel,
mayor of New York, was taken from
his home to the Roosevelt hospital late
Tuesday to undergo an operation for
appendicitis. He was operated on and
hospital authorities said he had passed
through the operation well, and that
his condition was satisfactory.
Mayor Mitchel has been ailing for
some time, but it has only been within
the past few days that his condition
became so that he could not attend to
his official duties. His condition be
came such that his physician decided
that an immediate operation was nec
essary. Mr. Mitchel is still a young man,
being in his 37th year. He is of slen
der physique and his arduous duties in
connection with driecitng the affairs
of the metropolis have severely taxed
his strength.
Training Sites Taken Up,
Washington, D. C Definite steps
toward determining the place of the
business men's training camps in the
national defense program were taken
at the War department when a special
board of officers was appointed to con
sider the subject and make recommen
dations. Major William D. Connor,
of the general staff, will head the board,
of which Captains Dorey and White
will be members. The board will meet
at Governor's Island, N. Y., and will
study reports of officers in charge of
the recent training camps.
Sales Not Recognized.
London Lord Robert Cecil, parlia
mentary under-secretary for Foreign
Affairs, said in the House of Commons
Tuesday that the government was not
prepared to recognize and respect sales
of interned German steamships to citi
zens of a neutral state.
The under-secretary said he had no
knowledge of negotiations for the sale
of all German steamships lying in
nuteral ports, although from time to
time he had heard of negotiations for
the purchase of several particular vessels.
$15,000,000 STEEL
STOCK IS BOUGHT
Big Interest in Cambria Steel
Secured by Ex-Waterboy.
SUPCRI0N OmCER OUTBID IN DEAL
Pennsylvania Railroad Sells to Young
Man Who Knows Property and
Is Anxious to Acquire It.
New York Three hundred thousand
shares of stock, or thereabouts, in the
Cambria Steel company were bought
Saturday for approximately $15,000,
000 by J. Leonard Replogle, of this
city, who started his business career
when 11 years old 88 a waterboy at
less than $5 a week in the Cambria
mills at Johnstown, Pa.
Mr. Replogle, who is now 38 years
old, bid against his old superior offi
cer, William H. Donner, for the block
of stock and won it after negotiations
in Philadelphia which lasted all day
and virtually all night for several days
and nights. '
The stock was sold by the Pennsyl
vania Railroad company, which form
erly owned 450,820 shares of the 900,-
ELIHU ROOT
Ex-President Taft declares Mr. Root
"is the one man who answers the re
quirements of the time for the Presi
dency." 000 issue a controlling interest in
the Cambria company. The capitaliz
ation of the Cambria Steel company is
authorized at $50,000,000, but only
$45,000,000 (900,000 shares of a $50
par value) were issued.
Of the railroad's original 51 per
cent holdings of Cambria Steel, Mr.
Donner already had acquired about
112,000 shares. This was secured in
two lots; one of 66,000 on which he
had an option, and another, of the
same amount, on which he exercised a
conditional option.
The condition was that he should
find a purchaser for the railroad's hold
ing of Pennssylvania Steel stock. Mr.
Donner is president of both the Cam
bria and Pennsylvania Steel companies.
Charles M. Schwab, the genius of
Bethlehem Steel, wanted the Pennsyl
vania Steel properties, it was report
ed, to combine them with his Bethle
hem plant, and thus form the nucleus
of another gigantic steel merger. Mr.
Donner's interests crossed with this
plan and Mr. Donner won in the quest
for the Pennsylvania Steel stock. He
then tried, it is said, to obtain the re
maining Cambria stock owned by the
railroad.
Railroad Is Ordered Sold.
Seattle A decree was signed in
the Superior Court ordering the receiv
ers of the Seattle, Renton & Southern
Railroad company, operating 15 miles
of street railway in Seattle and its
southern suburbs, to wind up the
affairs of the railroad and sell it, with
all its properties. The company owes
$1,600,000. The receivership was ob
tained by W. R. Crawford, president
of the road, and resisted by Peabody,
Houghteling & Co., of Chicago, trus
tee for the bondholders. They main-,
tained that the company was insolvent
Plane Is to Carry Mail.
New York The Yolandar II, a hy
droplane, drawing five inches of water
and driven upwards of 40 miles an
hour by" two air propellers, is here
awaiting shipment to Bogota, Colom
bia, where she will be used to carry
the mails and government officials
down the Magdalena river between the
capital and the coast, 600 miles.
The boat was built at the direction
of Gonzalo Mejia, a Colombian, and
her light draft is made necessary by
the shallow waters of the Magdalena
river.
Pay Divided With Widow.
Indianapolis Governor Ralston Sat
urday night announced the appoint
ment of Evan B. Stotsenburg, of New
Albany, as successor to Attorney Gen
eral Milbum, who died Tuesday. Mr.
Stotsenburg agreed to give $2500 of
his annual salary of $7500 to Mil
burn's widow.
Governor RalBton promised Mr. Mil
burn on his deathbed that he would en
deavor to make some provision for
Mrs. Milburn.
Wages of 4800 Increased.
Stamford, Conn. An increase in
wages on all day and piece work was
announced by the Yale Towne Man
ufacturing company, makers and build
ers of hardware. About 4600 employ
es are affected.