The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931, August 30, 1907, Image 3

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Newspaper Page Textm NEWS OF THE WEEK In a Condensed Form lor Busy Readers. Our HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS A Retumo of tho Lett Important Not Lou Intorottlnp; Evorflt of llio Past Wosk. but Tim Cldeago lieon wold to the Western. A Alton mllioad linn Toledo, KU UhiI A N llatsull, the Moorish bandit, ha de feated tlio nnny sent by llio sullnu to capture lilin. Western railroads nro again Issuing vnrnlhgt to coal dealers to lay In n winter supply Ixiforo Iini Into, Death from tlio bubonic plagun in Indl promise to cxeved nil fornirr rec ord during tlii-K present year. llrney and DIiiia continue to fight every step In tlm (Has, brlliery enso now Mug tried In Had Finnchco. Jnpaueso l.nvn tiixl thu city o( Han FmneN'o lor (2,675 damages on lie fount of thu toitnurnut wrecked liy n in l). A 1 1 envy olivtrle storm has donn much damngn to telegraph nnd telephone wire In Northern Cnllfornlanml South ern Oregon. TrXM llB llegtlll milt Mf mIiiiI tlio In Irritations! IImritr company (or (I, 100.000 for alleged violation of tlio niitl-truat law. Vice President limner, of tlio l'ncl l!o Hint.- Telephone roiiiany, hn twit sentenced to ImpilSoniiient (or, threo inontlii (or nxintcmjit in roluslng to answer qutatlona In tlio Glass trial. lie hit appealed. Count lion I has been nublcd by Gould In Iindon. Nluoty cases of typhoid fever aio re torted nt Ktdgewny, J'., Tlio Philippine government lui sup pressed tlio llag of n secret relol sucl ty. Driver nixl ttableinrn rinplnrixt nt tlio wholesale beef packing house In Now York mo on striko. Congressman McCall, ol Mom., pro dicta hidttlme ns a rmujtoltlin Iniivy (Irio Imposed oon llio Htuudnrd Oil com piny. The now Hnti Fmnelco xllco I man I ha accepted Chief Dlimn'f resignation nml elected 0. .M. Anderson n noting thiol. Cnitndlau telegraph ojierntor liavo not struck hut Uneaten to walk out tin h tlm companies rcfusu to tnko me- aos (roiu ncroM tin boumlnry. Patients at tlio Now York state hos pital (or tlio criinlnnl Iuniiio r volt-l utiil wore not tuUliied until nno ( their nuiiilwr linil been nhot nml killed, WMEIIE MONEY WENT. (towrnor Yardman, o( Mississippi, lias Ikh'II axiltl to (or protection to tlio Wiatciu Union strikebreakers. Tim company oilloluU wiy their men lio bevii ilrlwn (toin Holly Springs, Orcimda nnl Greenwood. In n stxVrh nt Provlnrclnwn, Max,, I'riMililpiit Itoonovolt tcoiotl tlio licit InwIiroAkcni, Tlio" Now Zcnlniul wiiaU) Iiaa turnoil ilown n mi-niiire aIIowImk wotnrii a font In that Uly. In mi oiplortlon odlyiininttunlTHlii)! "tuti, Uliinn, Iwotloriiinna nml 100 Clil iiwu woiu klllixl. Tlio Wnr iloiMttnicnt lint nilvirtliitl for mnlcrlnl with which to Improve tlio Honolulu hnrlwr. Koerotary Tn(t may rlmn'o nil his I'lilllpilnii trip pinna owlntt to tlio HI iioia o( hm motlior. ltoiwrtu from Conlnl Wioit nml Qui (omU Imllcnto nn nluioat comploto ro wtnnptlon of wlro lorhvo, liy ninina of wlrolrxa tulpurapliy tlio ntAtlon nt Hun FranolHOO nont tlio ror not tlmo to Mltlvrny lalunil, L',700 null's uwny. Hynipnthy In 1'orllnml for tlio ttrlk ln tolvKmpli oporntorrt la iiinkltiK Itnolf mown liy pepulur uiworiiitioiiB lor n Tollof fund, Ono contrlhulUn of (50 wuii y a (oruiiT i-ounty olllolul, Tlio HUmlanl Oil cotniMiny linn la hiukI a pnlnphlet miyhiK tlint tlm couitu mo binned uiul that itmlor vlndlctlvo M'urfuio wakmI by tlio I'odornl irovorn inont rlKhtt of corporntlona mo trnm )lixl on. Hcamt Im laying his plnim for 1008. ltoaton liu etartod n crimndo nKulnet Hiaftom. While on his trip nround tlio world T(t will vlalt thoczar, lloth tclegrnpli comapnlos In San FrancUuo rny biulncts la Imprqvlng. Bpeakof Cannon approves tlio pical Kent's plan of taudlng a floet to tbo Fa clflo, How Ban Franclico Hat Mads Uto of SO.OOO.OOOjItollaf Funds. Hun I'mnoli'co, Au, SO. llio Ilollcf Corpoial'on bus Imim1 a UiUiiiont MimiinliiH up llio work that II hun dmio from thn t'lno of tbo Urn to tlm prcnout uvnuuatloii of tlio ntliiw, Tbo (ditto ini-iit rnyai 'Thu offurtM of tbo corjwrAtlon to provide iMirinnnoiit hoinm for Uiu mil furriH from tlio inUmltopbe will com pic to tbo itdiiiliiltiiiton of tbo t(l,U0O, 000,000 of the relief fund. Tbo Amount In inonry that was received by tbo cor poistlcn niuqiintixl to H,3o7,0:i3.ll3. bo n'dra fico trnniortatlou and the aup. piled donnted from vnrloo iMiurwii. Tbo aiini of 11)00,000 atihtictlhod li Mill uiitstnudliiK, 1700,000 of which la In tbo hands of tliq Anierlciin Nutloiml lied Croni. "In tho tbroo motilb Immediately following tho flrr, known an tlm emer lioiiry perhxl, (2,0110,000 was upout for clotbliiK, food, ihrllor, dlitrlhutloti of supplies, rnnltntloii, nldto tbo tick and lujuitxl nml nld to liolnhlMirliiK cltlo. Hlncn thu pomiantmt orKnnltntlon on AiiKtiit I, 1UO0, of thn Itellef and Itod Criais Funds corinrntlon tbo cxpviidl turn bns Ihhu lO.i'l'fl.WK), Nmrly (.!, 000,000 of this sum has Ihtii ucd for smnll louts, iiKMtly fcr tho ptirpofo of aalstliit( MM)pln who bnd iiciilml lota In thn city to erect homrs on tboiii, Tbo n tui It Is shown In tho bulldlnit of 1,.1(17 cottaiies. Tho rcinnlndor has lren sHul as follow! "Furniture nml houicbolil iieceesN tlrs, (I, '.'1)0,000 j tools for arllstn and professional rneii nml to itralat bualnos inni, f) 13,000: tiaiisporlntlou, (11,- 000: rowlnir iiincliliiis, (37,000: relief ol arlous kinds, (ti;'7,000. "Tbo ilriMrtuiPtit of lauds and build' Iiiks has srwnt (oi tint conntructlon of dnolllnu bouseii In tho tmrks nml foi tho (IttltiK up nf tho Intthvildti ramp for old lioople, (U00.O00. Itonuars to tbo Amount of H0U.000 bnvn ln-cn itlvrn to ioplo frrctliiK bulldlnpi In tho buinil dlrtilct. KIrIiI hundrol nml forty-thrra building" hnvo brouKht the owner anch n roward, tbo bonuaos rep lenentlllK I" er rout of tho cost of tho building. A jxiriiianent home (cr Ihoeo who sro too old to raro (or theiimelvea and bavo no menus li helnc elected at n cost of (U00.000. "Ninety. live thouiaud dollats has been ndmlnlstrrttl by the burenu of aetilnl lellel (or n variety of needs, men aa ineilleal set vires, milk lor chlldien, special delicacies for children, artlllclal llinl. spectaclrs. aowliiK ! chlnefl, slot en, olo. Tbo bureau of hospitals has en red for -1,760 mt!ents al nn oxpenso ol 1 170,000. llio Indus tllnl burenil has spent (35,000 (or thn ettnbll'liinctit of ftun hnlls, tho main tennnce of svwInK centers, klnderrar Irns, etc. For tho rehshlllliitlon of hospitals nml chnritnblo scletlos (3H0,. 000 has Ixon eipendisl, which, how ever, Is not sutllclrnt for tbo purposo. Thn plain of tho corporation (oi the winter Includo mldltlonnl nld to tho niisly initltutlon, tbo rnrliiK (or nbout '.'00 women nnd children In tlio hospit als, tbo iiislntensiiee ol tho Inalealdo camp and tho nsaittanro of those who nro In real need of charity." J j j Mil : i . . . i - NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL t-'Ain IM FAILUHE. (lack DON'T WORK ENOUQH. Holtf Qreen 8ayt Qlrlt Think Too Much of Clothat. Now York, Aiir. '.'O, "Younu kIts of today sio too axtrsvAgeut. They tliluk too mucii altil dollies; nml they don't bavo ciioiikIi to do. If Uioy bad Home useful Vvoik to occupy their thoti)ibts they would not run to such cxIntvApinro." Ho spoke Mrs. Hetty Cl'reen, tho world's itrentent woman llnnnclor, when nikel her opinion on Home topic of current Interest. "I sponk from experience," sho add- il, "I'oibnps you don't know It, but I was quite a Ixillti when I was young, Hut I outitrow nil that sort of thing. Tho rainbow silks nnd metal fingers nro not to my taste. I used to wnir tboso things. I iisih! to havo morn fix- Ingt nnd trimmings on mo than theio Is en n ChrlstuiAH tree. I bavo uioro bciiio now, Hoololy hasn't (Miough to do to keep itself out of inlrcblof. Those ro-calkxl fashlonnblo women spend all their tlmo tlieno (lays nt brldgo nnd smoking cigarettes nnd drinking pule lea nnd strong whisky. Kvory ono of them ought to bo working." Aerial Visitor Frlfthtent. Now York, Aur. 20, Kvorbyody out of doors nt Amnganxott, L, I., was stnrtlcd lust evening on bonrlng n tor rlllo roar, nnd nt the snmo tlmo wnv a blnxlng mass ihoollng through tho lienvens over tho ocean npirently only it little way out from ehoro. Tho bias ing object npiifaml to many to bo about 20 feot In dlnmotor. Tbotia who wit netHud tho flight, rny tho meteor must liavo weight Bevornl tons. When It struck tho ocean hugo breakoni mtno tumbling shorownrd, 8voral bathing pftvllloiiH wero washed nwny. Work Pumpt for Waakt, Ohnrlentown. H. 0.. Aug. 20. Tbo ship Hlieimndoidi.'wlth n cargo of con I lor tlio fliiiro isiami navy yam, is re ported wrockod at Molbourno, Austra lia, duo to n heavy storm encounteiod wbllo roumllnir Cnpo Horn, For 01 days tho mon worked tho pumps before reomng tuuoor. Undo Ham Can't Qet Monty from Jamsitown. S'nshlngtoii, Aug. 20. Uaclo Hnui mny lfoino gatekeeper nt tho James town exposition this week, Ho uisto rlully nsalslnl In llr.nnclng tho under tnklng, but Iish been unnblo to get his money Isick uccoidlng to agreement. Asslslnnt Hecretnry ol tho Treasurer Kdwards in now upon tlio ground (or conference with those In charge, nnd iiulesa soiuu dellnlto aMiirnnco enn bo given that liiHuillmeiit tmyiuenln will Im iiindo on the government loan, ho may place a representative nt tho gates to take cliAtgo of tho receipts. At tbo treasury department It I stntl that patience has Ix-en exhnuited waiting for some ovldcncc to lo shown of n serious Intention to reliubinno tho governinriit. Ily an net ofcongniw (1,000,000 was Advanced out nf tho public trrnsury to aid In tbo opening of tho (air, nnd with the consent of tho exposition comimny It was alipulated tbnt 40 Kir cent ul tho gross receipts would lie paid tho government In July, when the llist Installment on tbo losn was duo, nml that on August 1 nnd every bslf month thcrcuftor (100,000 should lo paid. Weather and other conditions wore adverse to tho cxioltlori at tbo U'gln nlng, and delay In Installing exhibits kept many visitors away. AikOuard for Operators. Washington, Aug. 23. Itcprerentn tlves of the telegraph compiinloH visited tho War department today, asking (or noldlcisat Ash Fork, Arlx., to protext tho oHrstors ugslust miothcr attack, (letiernl Hell advised them to npply to inn governor ot 'Arlxonn. It tlio got ci nor divided tbnt troops nro necitusry, he would so ropiest I'rcsldeut ltoose vrlt, who undoubtelly would honor the request. Ktsps Ahead of Budget. Washington, Aug. 22. I'un-Amorl- can cnual conitructlon work Is proceed ing nuiicr tbnn wna calculateil In tho estimate pnentel to conitreas. This year's wok will cost (H.000,000 more llian tho appropriation, owinir to tho rapidity o( conitructlon. Colonel Got HiaIs, however, will continue to work In advance o( the nnnronrlatlon. ex- Ixvtlng that congress will mako good. Navy OfTiclalt Start. Washington, Aug. 24. Ilrlgndler (ienrrnl Murray, chief of nrtlllery, nnd uommnmlor Upencer Wood, of tbo navy, iturted for the Fnclflo const, where they will Iny out the so-called defenre sen nreas, similar to thooc es tablished on the Atlantic const. They win visit Seattle, rortlaiul, Knit hrati Cisco and Han Dlegc, Cutter Mannlns; Hits Rock. Washington, Aug. 20. A telegram received by tho Trcatury department roortfl that the levcnuooutUr Man ning yeaU'rdny ran upon nn unclmrted rock near Ynldex, Aliuka. Aa Captain Cant we II alded that ho proceeded to Bltka for ropalrs, It Is believed tho Manning is not seriously damaged. WOULD MAKE HED WHITE. Expertt Find Signal LIrIUs Have Two Meanlrgt on Rallroadt. Washington, Aug. 22. The board of expcrls appointed to Investigate tbo signal system of railroads of tbo Unit ed HUtes will be confronted nt the out net with the (act tbnt thcro has been complcteil a tnoro or lens stnrtlinfc revo lution in block-signal practice during recent yenrs. This Is nothing lees than changing tho unlverial and tlmo-hon-orcd white light from a safety signal to n danger signal. Kver since block-signaling went Into effect on American railways, and even More that tlmo, tbo white light at night has been notico of safety to mon on "bead end." It still Is so on a ma jority of lint, but generally manigers throughout tho country have decided Almost without oxccptlon that tbo Ixtt signal practlco discards the white light as a sign of "clear ahead" and transfer its meaning to "something wrong; stop Immediately' Tills revised lanKHUiro baa becoino such because of tbo fact that it has been discarded from tho signal lexicon of the best authorities and by tnauy of tho !ariot railway systems of the United btatrri. TURNING POINT REACHED. HAHRIMAN WAS OWNER. Tafi It Off to Manila. Washington, Aug. 20. Secretary Tuft left hero today on tbo tlrst stage of Ida trip to Manila. He la expected to mako a notable ccch In Columbus, 0. At Seattle he will bo joined by mem beis of bis family. Mr. Tnft will re turn In IVccmbor, via SurxJ completing n trip around tho world, Foderatlon Atkt Damages. Wuthlngton, Aug. 24. President OomporM said today that the American Federation of Ibor would probably sue mo ftauonai .MnnuiAoturora' nsto- elation on tbo chaigo of the conspiracy In beginning a concerted effort lor In juring organised InLor. Seek Dank Clerk and SII.OOO. Washington, Aug. 24. IMwin II. Potts, until a few days ago a trusted employo of tho American National bank, Is being nongbt by tho pollco on n charge ot stealing (11,000 worth of l'jrle rtiilroar stock ceitlllcutes. Fatter Work on Canal. Washington, Aug. 22. Tho Istb tnlun canal commission will oxpodlto rami I excavutlng 30 per cent by con. tnictlug (or 14 now ttoam shovels In addition to tho 00 now working. Railroad Selection Approved. Washington, Aug. 23, Tbo secro tary of tbo Interior litis approved tbo selection of 400 notes of land by tho Northern Pnolllo railroad In tho Coeur d'Alono land district, Idaho. Hold Examination at Qolto. Washington, Aug. 23, Tho Civil Service commission announces that olerk-cnrrlcr examinations for the post- oinco eorvico will ho hold at Holso, Ida ho, August 28, Ordored to Bremerton Yard Washington, Aug. 24. Assistant En gineer A. 0, Hastiom, U. B. N., 1ms been ordored to duty at tlio Pueot sound navy yard, In Control of Chicago & Alton When Granted Immunity. New York, Aug. 23. A Washington special to the Herald says: That K. II. Harrlman was In control of the Chicago tV Alton railroad when It made its "Immunity" bargain with tho department of Justice and gave evi dence which led to the Imposition of a (211,240,000 fine upon the Standard Oil company wan establirhM today, when It wna oillclnlly learned that tbo prom ise of Immunity was extended In June, 1000. The Alton, under tho joint con trol agreement revealed by the Inter state Conimorcu commission, is now controlled Ly tho Chicago, Itock Island A Pacific rallrond, dominated by tho Moore hrothcis, but In June, 1006, it was controlled by Mr. Harrlman. Whether Mr. Harrlman knew of the Immunity lmrraln rnnnot bo learned hero and will not bo known nntil C. II. Morrison, who, aa United 6tntes Dis trict attorney In Chicago, gave tbo promise of immunity with tho approm! of Attorney General Moody, arrives hero on Monday. Uncta Sam Makes Oood. North Yakima, Wash., Aug. 22. Mrs. Wllluir Spencer, who lost (100 In paper currency In a fire which destroy ed her home In Toppenlsh some time ago, has recovered (40 of It from tbo United States Treasury. Mrs. Spencer found tbo charred remnants ot two (20 certificates after tbo Arc and gave them to Cathlor Goodrich, of the local bank. Mr. Goodrich fcr warded the two pieces of paper to the treasury, together with allldavlts setting forth tho facts of the case, and a reply was promptly received. Doth Sides In Strike Expect They Can Win Fight. Chicago, Aug. 10. Important devel opments In tho striko of the Commer cial Telegrapher nro looked (or today by both disputants. Confident that tho striko has spent its force, nnd that tho turning point has been reached, tho telegraph com turn Im look (or n stain pedo of tbo strikers to regain tholr lor mor positions. Cheered by tho reports they have re ceived (rom tho various cities affected, the striko leaders on tho other band are prepared to proeecjto tbo fight rnoro vigorously than ever. Anccordlng to advices received at union headquarters, tho messenger boys and chick clerks In .New York are nchedulcd to go out today. Ilroker firms throughout the country have been given until noon today to slirn contracts with their operators or suffer the conee- quonccs ol a walkout. Three hundred operators employed by tbo Amelrcan Telephono A Telegraph company throughout the Southwest may be called out before nlgbt, unices a 10 per cont increase In wages is grant ed. This is ono of the trump cards which President Small expects to play. If tho order is Issued it will itolste Ch'cngo from the rest of the country, so far as telephonic communication it concerned. GUILTY OF GRAFTING Benson and Perrln Convicted el Fraud Against Government. JURY OUT ONLY HALF AN BOUI KEEPS CORPSES LIKE LIFE. Young Italian Blacksmith Flndt New Method of Pretervatlon. Paris, Aug. 10. The scientific and medical world Is greatly Interested in tbo discovery of a young blacksmith, of Home, to preserve corpses freali and in tact. The STStctn Is tho Injection of serum which kills the mjcro-organlslms Ul MlUCia(.MUU. It is said to bo the secret of tho In vention many years ao, for tho same purposo of Gerolamo Segato, which had since been lost. The inventor la a young msn named. I'ignottl, 23 years ot ago, and his hope is that from this dis covery he may push on his researches and succeed In curing certain diseases by Injecting his serum Into the living subject. It has already been Injected into living animals without causing them any inconvenience, or disorder of the oragnitm, while a corpse which was Inoculated with tho concoction was found ten days later In exactly the same condition as at. the moment of death. PLAQUE IN FRISCO. Northwest Postal AfTalrt. Washington, Aug. 22. Itural routo No 4. has been ordered established Oc tober 10, at Vancouver, Clark county, Washington, serving COO ixjcplo and 115 families. Alliert L. West has been appointed regular, with W. J. Kdwards substi tute, rural carrier (or route No. 3 at Sherwood, Oregon. Joseph Trecker lias been appointed postmnttor at Goshen, Wash., vlco P. G, Cooke, resigned. Goss Over the Testimony. Waiblngon, Aug. 21. Attorney Gen eral llonapurto conferred several hours today with District Attorney Sims, of Chicago, going over tho testimony taken In the Standard Oil trial at Chicago to determlno to what oxtent tho ovldenco given by Harrlman and other Chicago A Alton otllolals would rendor them Immuno to piosecutlon growing out of tho so-called Alton deal. Redding Man Recommended. Washington, Aug. 17. Sonatort Perkins nnd Flint havo rooomuiondod that Judgo Kdwnrd Sweeny, of Red ding, bo appointed superintendent of tho mint at San Francisco to succeed Frank Leach. Board of Health Takes Drattlc Meas ures to Isolate Patients. San Francisco, Aug. 10. Five rases of bubonic plague, four of which have resulted in death, have been reported to tbo Health department within tho past week. Tho patients, with ono ex ception, were of the poorer class of foreigners dwelling in tho nelRhbor hood of tho old Chinatown. The ex ception was a foreign sailor taken from a coastwise steamer. Prompt and actlvo measures wcro taken by the local, state and Federal authorities, and spread ot th disease Is not (eared. Both President Jules A. Simon, ol the health board, and Health Olllcer James T. Watklns stated today that tho situation is well In hand and no occasion exists (or alarm. Tho In fee ted Bt earner was ordered into ouar antluo with her passengers and will to remain until released by tho Health department. The two shacks Inhab ited by tho other patients wcro fumi gated, locked up and sealed. Tho bodies ol tho two Mexicans, Ital ian nnd Kusalan Pole, who succumbed, wore destroyed In quicklime. Aged Deftndanti Hard Hit by Retult Both Are Permitted Their Liberty on Ball. Ban Francisco, Aug. 20. John A. IJenson and Dr. Edward B. Pen In wero yesterday convicted of conspiracy to defraud the United States eovernment In securing 12,000 acres of land In To liama county. lbs verdict, which means a fine and term of imprisonment, was returned by a jury In the United States District court after being out about an bcur. Benson and Dr. Perrln were allowed to retain their liberty on ball. Judge Do Haven set Thursday as a day (or passing sentence. J. O. Campbell made the closing ar gument for the defense at tho morning session, and in the afternoon United States District Attorney Devlin closed for the proeocatlon, summing up tho case in a forcible manner. In hit charge Judgo Do Haven Instructed tho jurors that If they foi nd from tho ovl denco that Dr. Perrln hid at any tlmo subsequent to Octnter31, 1003, taken advantage of tho contract with Benson ho should bo found guilty as rliarged. After the jury had been out about half an hour they filed back Into court and asked for a rcadlngof letters Perrln wrote from Washington, Snell's reply snd that part of the charge relating to Dr. Perrin'a liability In connection with Uie Benson contract. A verdict was returned witbtn ten minutes after tbo request of the jury had been granted. Dr. rerrin took the verdict very hard and was comforted by his two sons. Benson sppeored to bo dumfounded at tho retult. Tho punishment provided by the ttat ate Is a fine of not lees than (1,000 nor moro than (10,000 and Imprisonment for not less than two years. NO LACK OF MEN. Wlrelttt Stations on Coatt. Washington, Aug. 21. Tho Army and Navy departments havo arranged to oo-operiUo In maintaining wireless communication between Nomo and SL Michaels, Alaska, and Souttlo and ban Francisco. Buffalo to Aid Cutter Patrol. Washington, Aug. 21. Naval trans pott Buffalo sailed for Puget sound yesterday to assist tho rovenuo cutters in patrolling tho sealing waters In tho vicinity of tho Prlblyloff islands. Portland Man Cats Clerkthlp. Washington, Aug. 21. Jaok J. Wo olios, of Portland, has been appointed a olerk In tho oftloe of the shipping com missioner at Ban ramoisco. Plnkerton Diet at Sea. Now York, Aug. 10. Kobert Pink erton, head ot tho detective agency bearing that name, died at tea Monday on the steamship Bremen. Ho was en route to Germany In the pursuit of health. Tho cause of death wna fatty degeneration of tho heart. Robert Plnkerton wat cno of the two principals of tho Plnkerton Detect Ivo agency, this organisation having never incorporated. During tho lost 25 years, ho lias been In chargo ol tbo New York agency, wbllo his brother, William A. Pinker ton, resided In Chicago. Record Price for Rents. Now York, Auk. 10. Nino Icadlnc companies alullatod with the Steol cor poration has leased (our tloors of a Kicnt ollk-o ttructuro which the Hudson Tunnel company is erecting at tho Church street terminal, for which thoy will pay a record rental of (00,000 for onch lloor, oi (2,400,000 tor 10 years' loaso. This is said to bo tlio largest rental paid anywhere on earth. Double Track Great Northern. Seattle, Wash., Aug. 10. N. II. Ilogoland, chief engineer ot tho Groat Northern, announced hero tonight that tho line on tho west slope ot the Hook ies, between Whltofkh and Summit, would bo double tracked and a largo portion of it entlroly rebuilt. Mr. llogeland has just completed an inspeo tlon trip over that terrlttory. Telegraph Company Blames Opera tors tor Congestion. Portland, Aug. 20. "General condl tlom are Improving," said R. T. Bold, district superintendent of tho Western Union Telegraph company, who was in this city yesterday from Scattlo. 'There lias not been a day slnco tho strike began, a week ago, that our com pany has not liad enough good opera tors to handle all business, and ther could have done so, but for the mali cious Interference with our wires by tho ranroau reiegrapners. we havo a num ber of secret service men and Inspec tors, who are on duty at saspcctcd points and we propose to arrest and prosecute every man who la found tam pering with our wires. However, there lias been less disturbance on this ac count today than any other day slnco our operators walked out. "Six months ago tho operatois In tho employ of tho Veatern Union through out the Northwest wero aa ono largo happy family. But that condition lias been replaced by discoid ever since tho men came under th influence of Sam J. Small, president of their national or ganisation. The men bad no grievances and what Is more they deliberately ws Iked out without being so much aa ordered. It was not until then that they formulated a statement ot griev ances to be presented tt the company. The eamo course was pursued by tho messengers. "Tho trouble Is not tliat tho men liave grievances, not that they were kept Irom their positions by intimida tion. They would rather not work at nil. Tako tho Portland office today. (or instance Tho company is paying (3 a day for messengers. Seven men accepted positions aa meesengors this morning and before night nix of thorn hnd quit their positions." Comport' Atd Atked For. Washington, Aug. 20. Preeldont Samuel Gomprea, of the Amorlcan Fed eration of Lauor, today reported to tho cxecutlvo council of tho federation that he, John Mitchell, of Indianapolis, and Daniel J. Keefo, of Detroit, bad bcon Intrusted by united labor with an at tempt to bring about "an honorable auS justment of the telegraphers' strike at an opportune time." Mr. Gomnora was askod when ho thouuhl that tlmo would arrive, and replied that he could not say, but that it might bo "at any houcr, or perhaps not at all." Stomach Full of Frogs. Tromont, Pa., Aug, 20. Frogs' egga Imbibed In spring water by Mrs. Wal ter Kaudlich, of West Bobuylklll, near ly provea taiai. lae warmth oi me body caused tho egga to hatch Instantly. and the little frogs thrived to such aa eitont aa to cause an Internal obstruc tion. An operation was necessary to: save Mrs, JCaudllch's life.