CURRENT EVENTS
OF THE WEEK
LAND SWINDLE ALLEGED
Government Issues Circular Warning
Against Fake Rael Estate Men
COLUMBUS, OHIO,
POLICE BALK
RAILWAY GRAFTERH
Car Repair Company Officials in Europe
or Whereabouts Unknown.
STEAL GREAT
Chicago — Following the startl.ag
Washington—Th« Interior department
charge« file J in the Chancery court at
ha« issued the following circular, warn
ing homeaeekere to beware of •» a!
Memphis, implicating sc»en former of
Jegsd swindling band now operating ia
leers of the Illinois Central Railway in
the Indian reservation lands:
the »1,500,000 graft frauds on ear re
“What probably is an organised bend
pairs, the taquiry brought oat the fact
of swindlers, posing as real estate men,
that but one of the men mentioned is|
has been operating throughout the coun
ia all leading papers, of
try, advertising in
available for an expression of opinion
Liberal Offers Made to Congressmen
the opening of 1,000,000 acre«
acres or more
General Resume of Important Events of government land in the Yakima la Efforts Are Made to Dynamite Car sad he refused to be called to the tele
to Push Crooked Deal
Barns- Innocent Strikebreak
phone or to receive reporters. The list,
dian reservation.
Presented In Condensed Form
Thieves Fall Out.
ers Are Arrested.
“They make statements that the
so fsr as knows, is as follows:
for Our Busy Readers.
reclamation service has practically cor
lra <1. Raw», es «ice pre«.dent and
veyed all reservations with a view of
later president of tke Monon Railway
placiog the land under water at the
'. McAlater. Oklahoma- The “poor In
Columbus, 0.— Rioting in a mild form dead; Frank B Harriman, formerly
A lfi year old boy at Blockton, Cal., earliest possible date. The water, they
was resumed rally Bauday with tne ef general manager, Illinois < eatral, ab dian’* learned a few more things about
assert, may be put upon the land for
killed four bears.
•ent oa long automobile tour, where the proposed sale of $30,000,000 worth
about $3<i per acre, and that the bring forts uf the traction cor psny to move about» unknown; William Renshaw, ox of hia land in the hearing before the
A cotton famine Is prevalent ia tbs
it« cars. The police, while not dieplay
ing of the water to this land will create
mg any energy in suppressing the dis rupermtendeat of machinery, in Europe congressional investigating committee
New England mills.
in the neighborhood of "<>00 new homes.
with Mrs. Renshaw, expected home in Thursday. Representative C. D. Car
Tokio is facing a famine as a result Picture« are being distributed purport order, were especially active la their
three weeks; Joseph E. Buker, ex »» ter, of the Fourth Oklahoma district,
of disastrous floods
ing to be grain fields and orchards with treatment of the strikebreakera.
One woman, brought here ae cook for i »istant superintendent of machinery, on testified that in an interview at the
in the «ame section as the reservation,
The sixth attempt at suicide of Mrs comparing ths lands included in the the strikebreaker«, was arrested on s vacation, wherealiouts unknown, ex home of Richard C. Adams, an attor
Mary McArdle, iu Chicago, proved sue alleged opening to th« famous Nob Hill charge of carrying concealed weapons. nested back in two weeks; John M ney at Washington. Adams had said
revolver. Taylor, ex store keeper at Burnside
coastal.
region lands near North Yakima, where She had in her po»«e«>iou a
that he had an arrrangement by which
but
insuted
she
would
not
use
it iHnwi •hu|Mi, ia Chicago, but will not bo seen;
Regular troops are ordered to fight apples, |ieaches and other fruit culture _______ , __ ,
he was to secure 5 per cent of the
O.
H.'Keith,
ex
superintendent
of
trans
neee»«ary to protect _ her life Hhe was
forest fires in the Washington and Idaho has attained a high degree of perfee subjected to torrents of vile abuse by [■ortation, out of th« city, return is in ••profits” to be derived from the Mr-
tion.
districts.
definite; II. Met Hurt, ex genera) super Murray certificatea.
( “The facts are that the government the strihrrs and “sympathisers" as the
“He also told me,’’ testified Mr.
J, Poyntx Spencer, fifth Earl of Sp*n does not contemplate any o;<ening on ¡«ilice took her to the staton with mure intendent, Illinois Central Southern
line«, said to be in Europe; W. 3. Carter, “that Congressman B. S. Mc
eer, died in Ixindon Saturday. He was the Yakima reservation at thia time, ceremouv than the occasion called for.
In early morning nuts, one man wn« King, ei general superintendent Yaxoo Guire was in the deal and would get
born in 1*35.
and perhaps not for some time. There
A Mississippi Valley Railroad and
The British cruiser Duke of Edin i is not anything like 1.000,000 acres to •hut and five others were badly beaten Memphis terminals, said to be m Eu his share. He also told me that Dr.
by
the
strikers.
In
each
case
the
police
Wright, a delegate for the Choctaw
be
opened,
and
none
of
the
land
to
lie
burgh went ashore in a dense fog on a
;ope; Henry C. Ostermann, president of
opened on entry ia likely lol be irrigable
'—**•* arrived too late to do more than arrest the Memphis Car Company, where Indiana at Washington, with a salary
rocky ledge off i'owrl.
hatever, ‘“'tn® strikebreakers, who«« chief offense
of »'>,000, was in on the deal, He also
or suitable for any purjiose
Thera ia no intention on the part of except grarlng
was that they bad been speetatora or about« unknown.
except
gracing.
the Vatican to recede from the position
Grand jury investigation, w th prison said: ‘We got some others,' but he did
It is
not probable
probable that
that there
there is Is a a had been licaten by thugs
| “
“It
is not
in the background, is tbs next act iu not mention any other names.”
it has taken in Spam.
quarter
of
a
section
on
the
reservation.
1
he
electric
linee
tietween
this
city
quarter of a section on the reservstion.
**I)id Adams say he was going to get
of what
included «■
in the »»■! Dayton aro tied up, tue company the graft cases Now that settlements
A fl year old boy swallowed a torpedo outside
outside or
wnsi will
will t*
oe mriu.ivu
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,l_ have been made by individuals and 5 per cent of all the money J. F. Mc
Indian
allotments
upon
which
no
person
withdrawing
fearing
their
de
July 4 at Madison, Wis, and nearly
could msec
make a a uvia<
living by
struetioa and probable loss of life it at companies with ths Illinois Central, Murray was to realise on the deal?“
lost his life by poison.
coum
>>y farming
these swindlers tacks
tachs under cover of darkness.
Smiling club has been orgnnired in
“It is rumored that the»«
darkness A few whereby it has recovered a large por asked Chairman Charles N. Burke.
t on of the money, and protected its
_ csrs wers operated in the mornings by
“Yea, he said he was going to make
London, which pledge, its members to are offering to locate soldiers* claim,
clerks and train dispatchers, but their stockholders, tbs conspirators are «aid sure of it, as McMurray had 'double
for |25
raeh "
smile instead of swearing
*"* ««»h
• Iperienees oa one trip usually sufficed to t>e in the utmost danger of indict crossed' him at other times, but thia
ment.
James Radley, the English aviator,
j for the day.
time he was going to fix it so he could
HUNDREDS DIE IN FLOODS.
Attorney William Barry, represent not lose out, and when McMurray got
Following two attempts to dynamite
flew one mile in 47 2 5 second on a
th* carbarns, «loser guard waa estab ing the estate of lra G. liawn, declared his 10 per cent, or $3,000,000, or
Blériot monoplane. This is a world's
Mayor that he did not believe the Illinois Cea
Japanese Capital Inundated. Tens of 1 shed around these suburb«
record for speed.
Marshall has made no call for the re tral officials would sue the estate for whatever it amounted to, he (Adams)
Thousand«
Starving
A warrant has been »«sued for tke
_ , ,
turn of troops, but the Fourth Regiment say portion of the money the company was going to get 5 per cent of the pro
arrest of W J. Burns, the noted deter ! Tokio-
At fl o
M<>ndav
"ViT/
o ’eloeh
eloch
Monday morning |g
hr|J 1 n frB(llnr
„ »••• rts to be lost through the ear repair ceeds.
M
rri-l n. „
-, Th, mBri„ rI
•« 1 also met Jake L.‘ Hamon at
•tive employed by the government in the t was reported the flood was subsiding
o, e,„ br ,b, fraud«. He al»o intimated that before
land fraud cases He is charged with rh. casualties r.-1-.rte.l up to date are Bu.„n<lbll,
b,v
thl>
He told me to go to
long a counter move would be made by Washington.
subornation of ¡»erjury,
who rsfuw to role oa Ibe car. the Kawn interests provided ths “bom that old man Gore and get him to
bardnient" was kept up.
Heeretary of the Interior Ballinger,
withdraw that fool bill of bis against
ren. ot thousand, of person, are ,hu, „.,rrtlI
,be
,,f ,hr
It ia reported, is sebedulad to be retired
the McMurray contracts.”
aff r
fBfB bb4
from President Taft's cabinet, also At homcles. and starving One of the
"Do you think a majority of the In-
ALA8KA VOLCANO ERUPTS.
thr«.
embankment,
guarding
Tokio
ha.
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„
,
b
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f
|p<
.
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rh
,
torney General Wickersham and Beer«
diana are in favor of these contracts
broken
Should
the
second
and
third
mBror
h
,
hB|
2<KM(
w|ll
tary of Htate Knox. Speaker Cannon is
dike, break, half ths capital would be ,(1,un)rrr fo, ' Br4 jutr thu. ,volt|,.g Mount Shishaldin Scatters Ashes oo giving 10 |>er cent to McMurray?"
also to be relegated to the has been«.
“There is no doubt that they are.”
...
the “disgrace'' of calling for troops
Distant Ship.
The first gun in the contemplated
he repliod. But there is also no doubt
Th. threatened embankment.> are now
Th>( ,’Bftlob company is firm ia It.
sugar war between members of the be.ag guarded by troop. Owing
,„j MT, lt B111 no, Vlf|j ,o tbr
Seward. «:>».-■ The •te.im.'r i.rsin that in signing the contracts many
Hprcckela family was fired Saturday the inundation of the buildings, the ,(<.mBB(1, ,,f
e demagogue., even to arrived from N«w York with the re were influenced to do so by persons
with (ha arrival at Ran Francisco of th< lukugaw. gs. and «leetrie light, are ,,iBke
|„,rB!
,ur thr mB,„r BB,t port that Mount Shishaldin, the highest who had an interest in them."
well known American ship Lyra front failing Thousand, of homeless |^pl« |h..„ b.rbl
blm Thr
bl(f
nBrBl • olcanie peak in the I'mmak Island., | Adams was deacirbed ns a Delaware
Yonkers, N. Y., bringing to the Federal are bcm, sheltered in the temples. The ,, „
w,(b |br
of ,br is again in eruption. Early in July Indian,
* *~
who frequently has been men
Sugar Refining company sugar amount v.ctim. of the flood are Wholly depend ;ollrr BB<1 ,h,rB „ „
d^roBB,j Shishaldin wa« very active, but after a tioned as having called on President
ing to 10,000,000 pounds.
ent on peblie relief Thousand, have |bB(
mto wh<>
do short time the eruption erased.
Taft in matters pertaining to Indian
hf(,
prop,rtVt
officers of the Corwin say that when
The Pacific C<»aat fisheries will start iwca unable to find shelter, and are es b„ Ju|r |0
affairs.
It was Adams to whom the
they passed the island a few days ago
a seal farm.
The question of feeding the Mnckon j,,,,)
fr<>m tbr f0reB
the volcano was more active than in Indiana in this state were asked to ad
Denver gets tbv next convention of ¡<q.le .. causing apprehension The
lt
Bh„<rlbt,r ilbe|_ ,fUr lb, ,trik, the former eruption. A great column dress their telegrams urging President
vegetable and fish suppliro are failing „ eni,e<| ,hBt ,hj. niB¥of
the Knights Templar«.
>f fire shot high into the air and vast Taft to approve the sale of the lands.
an I th. stock of biscuit, alre.dy D by pubn< o|)1Bltin ,u 'tBbr
rB,b<.B1 I volumes of smoke poured from the
Before Carter left the stand Mc
Oregon troop« in camp at American
Murray's attorneys obtained from him
crater.
The
aaow,
which
at
the
time
exhausted.
steps
along
this
line,
as
the
taxpavers
Lake helped to fight foreat tires near
‘ R
? have Io*« faith la thi ;
es for e
of the previous eruption had not melt testimony tending to show that Mc
Colville, Wash.
almost washing the bottom, of the
Htr.hers eontmao their aetiv.tiro, and ed far from the crater, has entirely dis Guire in previous Indian matters had
Ibe jM,|irr were kept busy responding appeared from the sides of ths moun supported measures in congress oppos
Health authorities In Berlin fear bridges.
to riot calle A woman was hit by a tain.
the invasion of cholsrs and arc taking
ed to the interests of McMurray.
l-ong before the Corwin approached
AMERICAN MEN PLEASE POLAIRE «tone and seriously injured while riding
Carters* appearance on the ata.id fol
precautions against IL
¡on aa Eaat Hide ear
Eight more police tbs island see waa covered with whit« lowed another day of lively testimony.
Federal grand jury in Chicago bring, Women Dress Horribly They Lifted n"'n joined the I police
dice mutiny against volcanic ash that bad been thrown out
charges against Thomas G. I a * s >. Ar
' riding on ears. The strike was extend by the eruption, and was earned along
Hkirts to See Her Legs.
ed at Springfield, because the company 1 in the heavy clouds of «moke. The
mour 4 Co.'s manager.
to reinstate
nine out . of > men on the Corwin say the sight pre
Paris—Polaire, back in Paris once ¡officials refused
*
....
Election returns in Alasks give
•rated by Mount Rhisbaldin was the
men recently discharged.
delegate to congress, Jsmes Wicker more, do«« not bear the «ligbte«t resent thirteen
moot awe inspiring they have ever seen
incut toward Americans for advertising
sham, a plurality of 2,000.
BIO WORLD'S FAIR BURNS
her ae the ugliest woman ia the world
New York. Aug. 10.— Mayor W. J.
CARLISTS ARE BLAMED
Aviator l^e Ulnae in a 4H8 mile race Rhe said:
Gaynor, of New York, lies at St.
"American women are charming, but ',_
in France made the remarkable speed
Marys hospital tonight with the seg
Brussels May Reach »100,000,-
*
of 100 miles in one hour and 55 min they crrtamly have a sense of modesty
Spanish Premier Charges Rich of Order ments of a split bullet fired yesterday
000 Nothing Saved.
that is purely their own Would you
by James Gallagher, who Bought to
ute«.
With Directing Move
tmlievo, they even pulled up my ak’irte
„f the coetliest eonfla
assassinate him, still buried in hia
Mrs. Dells Totten shoots and instant
to see my legs.
grations in European history wiped out
Faria—The Paris Times prints a long neck and mouth, but he has shown not
ly kills James E. Sutton in a dispute
“No American man would have al )he 1^)^,!, rl|H,altson Sunday night,
over a line fence, near Wenatchee, lowed himarlf to do that. I like Amer entailing an euormou» loan, eatimatrd at sensational interview with Jo«o Canal one alarming symptom. It is beyond
ejasy Mendes, the Spanish prime min
Waah.
iran men immenadjr They are alway« |)oo,ooo.000 Ho far an kn..wn only tw<» ister. covering the events which eulmi human power to say whether he will
An cxpkmion of dynamite in an ex well groomed, smart sn.l elegant, person« arc dead and two score injured. uated in the severance of diplomatic recover, for not even the most re
...,---------- 20 everything .boot him .ugge.ts he bs<
]
u h
( ||, ,,f |h,_
, f,lr relation« between the Spanish govern nowned specialist can say whether
cavation in New York City injures
in tbc a daily bath In dealing with women „ thr n,|gt,n. have called their 1910 ment and the Holy Bee, ae well u his blood poiaoning will be the aftermath,
persona and causes a panic
|
- he may not have a Frenchman', esprit,
rarly in the evening wa. a future programme. The paper says but as yet the mayor's temperature has
neightiorhood.
charm and delicate little ways, but he mBM of
BB1| uow u ,uiouid«rillg that the premier dictated the interview given no cause for alarm. Every indi-
..
_
Senator Aldrich denies profiting by is all right.
. ruin»- A spark falling
into . inflammable
Premier ianaleja« begins by assert cation is that the wound is healing sat
• 4 • The American woman i. too slack ,„at«.riaI in tbc tel r k bullJ,ng> burBl
the tariff on rubber through his in
ing thnt the movement in the north of iafaclorily.
She
doe.
not
make
flBmM
wblfh
,|
’
r
ivcn
by
•
hj<h
vestments in concerns interest«! in the in her appearance.
Spain is directed by rich Carlists, and
as good an impression as the American wind, swept rapidly in all directions.
affirms that he ;«.»•«••«« knowledge,
rubber industry.
Five Crushed to Death.
man, and dre.se. horribly. She stick«
Soon the Belgian. English and French that the committee behind the move
The forces of General Lee Christ on immense hat on her head, without sect tona were destroyed The firemen
Cape
May, N. J. Five persons were
ment spent »*0,000 in giving the man!
mas. supfiorlng the Bonilla movement knowing whether It will suit her ot and detachments of soldiers, called to featant« of July 10, meal tickets, be ■rushed to death when an express train
in Honduraa, are approaching the city not. It ia a fine hat, «he thinks, so the scene, found themselves baffled by «ides their railrosd fare«
on the Pennsylvania railroad daubed
long as it ia adorned with immense
, gale,
7 ’ which earned
■ - the burning
of Celiba rapidly.
“After the failure of the manifeeta into an automobile at Mill Lane cross
fiathrr. They are mad for
embers" to all parts of the grounds,
lion,” Honor Cannlejae rar«, “the agi ing
— on
— the West Jersey A Seashore
Pensions for Alaskan dogs who have over there. If they were not afraid of
— the
-* left
• *- of • -•
n_. arose
-
To
the —
mam building
", The express train was hid-
served their time In the harness la pro topping on them tficy would have them ,bn picturesque roof* ■ and spires of tators organised junta«, of which—and railroad.
! announce this publicly for the first den from view by a cornfield, As the
•. -
pose«! by Msrion P. Maus, commander •I
“Bruxelles Kennens,“ a Belgian Coney time v llag<* priests are the leaders.*' automobile bore down
• wing to their feet
toward the
of the department of the Columbia.
Island, with water chutes, toboggan
train, Mrs. Thomas McNeill, who livea
«litio« and scores of side show«.
The Illinois Central railroad com
Road Caves In. One Dead.
Juneau In Coal Famine.
near the crowning, saw the approaching
pany, by order of the corut, will re
Juneau,
Alaska With millions of express and waved her hand for the
Mammoth Hot Spring«, Wyo. When
_
Work Not Military.
cover losses from the Memphis Car
ton« of coal lying untouched in the auto driver to atop his car, bat the man
hich defrauded
road
>»•» <•*»»«•*» Saturday passed through
VBBe(mv„t B
Geaeral R. B. Ba Katalla coal fields, Juneau is in the
company wl..__
__________ that
___ ____
i of "
•ither did not see the danger signal or
Silver Gate, I about
" ‘ three , miles • from'
thousands of dollars in car repairing.
, den ’ lowell, hero of . the siege of Mafe grip of a coal famine. The steamship thought he could cross before the train.
here, the road caved in and the coach i king in the Boer war, arrived here Sat companies have completely exhausted
rTRHIVI IVIAHV»
s 1 . S a
Encouraging weather
reports URIC'
indi-i
Aviator Badly Hurt.
ill
than
hud
10 wh„ ur.lay on a world tour of the . boys* «rout their retail supply, and the situation
ill ne
netter
mannan
„
, „ , _ peopU w Vofk
eate that cm;« will
lie better
ovm-r town
uwu Wlth
is becoming acute. The city has s
been expected.
Daniel Mackay, of New York, who,
Johannistal,
Germany — Aeruplaniat
the ______
park,. compaaies, having organised that move •mall supply, and is selling small
with his wife, waa touring
I__ _______
Hiem was seriously hurt at the avia
President Taft receives visitors three was killed
Mrs Mackay received in ment in Great Britain several years ag<> amounts to those who ere in grenteet
tion meet here. While he was flying
days a week only, reserving the others juries, but her condition is not reported I'ommenting on the recent spread of need.
in a Wright machine, at the height of
for recreation and rest.
as serious Others who were bruised the movement to the t’nited States, he
about 225 feet, one of the propellers
Population* W1U Exceed 90,000,000.
ueual energy the
,,
u
. . .
. . or suffered from the shock of ths aeei «aid: ' “With
‘ the
‘
The other continued to run,
United States han protested against
j
u Louch.eai.r, New American people display, they have
Washrington.—Census official« esii broke.
------- up
_r t he question splendidly; but mate that the population figures will cauaing the craft to turn over several
injury to American property In Nicer« York. Mi„ Mueller, Chicago, and W taken
are inclined
gva by Madrix soldier«.
p. Almon, of Helena. Mont
are
inclined to give it too much of a mil exceed 90,000,000 when the thirteenth times. It fell with a crash and waa
itary tinge; the subject is not so much census count is completed. Although completely demolished.
Hiem waa
The famous Beat AfRsIrher mine,
military as to make boys good chitons. “ SOO clerk« are working at top «peed on carried off the field uneonaeimia.
Honduran Insurganta Till Jolla.
one of the famous Comstock group, of
the statistics, the totals will not be
Orleans
—It
is repur.«
reported . hers .....
that 1
Nevada, waa destroyed by fire.
• New
>*'w “
“ -
scores
of />-»»•
prisoners
have heen
thrown
Thirty two Die In Train crash.
given out officially until October.
Twelve Die in Wreck.
•core« of
prisoners have
been thrown
Trouble between’the Catholic church lato Honduraa prisons following their
Royan, France- An evenrsion train
Ignacio, Cal. — Disobedience of or
Tour
CsnU
a
Hundred
for
Flies.
and Spanish government has been tern- alleged complicity in recent uprising« from Bordeaux with 1300 passengers
Waahingtoa.—Determined to extermi ders, according to the railroad officials,
pnrarlly averted and permanent peace there Rumors here arc that President and running at a speed of SO miles an
on the part of a conductor waa retpon-
overtures are being made.
Davila has issued a statement declaring hour, crashed into a freight train at nnte the typhoid breeding housefly, s
that insurrectionary movements have Raujon Thirty two persons were killed bounty of 4 cents ner 100 insects ha» •ible tor a head-on collision between a
Officers of a Jap warship in the har- been completely quelled. Wholesale ar and 100 injured. Many of the victims been offered by a sanitary society of passenger end a work train on the
bor of Shimidl, Japan, refused to aid rests of alleged leaders la the movement w«re school girls. Several of the pas women. In pnrtienlar the offer is made Northwestern Pacific near here, that
an American steamer in distress, and against the government are being made, senger ears were torn to splinters A to small boys, who are already gleefully took a known toll of 12 lives and In
committing numerous insecticides.
jured about 20.
who had asked for assistance.
it is said.
split switch caused the aeeideat. >
Rioters Are Ruling City In
Streetcar Strike
Doings of the World at Large
Told in Brief.
Representative Carter of Okla
homa, Implicates Many.
F
MAYOR GAYNOR IMPROVES;
INDICATIONS FAVORABLE