The Hood River
Glacier.
It's a Cold bay When We Get Left.
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VOL. VIII.
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, -FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1897.
NO. 41.
WARLIKE PREPARATIONS.
ZACATECAS MINE DISASTER.
THREE BOYS DROWNED.
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK
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From All Parts of the New
World and the Old.
OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS
Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happening of the Pa.t Vmk
Called from the Telegraph Column..
The anniversary of the coronation of
the pope was oelebrated in Rome.
A cable dispatoh from Manilla to
Madrid says over 2,000 insurgents were
killed in reoent battles fought with gov
ernment troops at Silang and Las Ma
rimas. Another- report is Current that the
Spanish captain-general in Cuba, Wey
ler, will step down. This time it is said
the report is based on 'the very highest
.authority. , The reason given for his
desire to retire is the release of San
guilly. ' ' .
The national senate ' held a Sunday
session, at which the principal business
transacted was the passage of certain
items of the sundry civil Jaill, among
which was the river and harbor appro
priation. The attendance at the session
was large, only thirteen being absent.
, The national' capital is elaborately
decorated in honor of the inauguraiton
of President McKinley. Flags , float
' from every housetop, buildings every
where are draped with bunting, and at
night the city is all ablaze under the
. glare of countless brilliantly oolored
electrio' lights.- - Visitors throng the
thoroughfares.
President Cleveland's last Sunday in
j the executive mansion was a rather
' busy one. ' There are a number of bills
on his table awaiting aotion, and he
spent ' most of his time in examining
their provisions. There are a number
of bills, all said to be of minor import
, ance, which have become laws without
' his signature, more than ten days hav
ing expired since they had been pre
sented. ,
1 Mrs. Eva Rodriguez, wife of Brigadier-General
Alexander Rodriguez, of
. the Cuban insurgents, has arrived in
Key West. Of her recent arrest and
. treatment by Spanish officers she re
- lates a pitiful story of persecution
She tells of being subjected to the in
dignities of the Spanish soldiers and
together with sixty other women she
was driven handcuffed through the
streets of Santa Clara to a felon's pri
son. Her release was finally obtained
through Consul-General Lee.
. The United States supreme court has
rendered an opinion in the case of theJ
steamer Three Friends, seized Novem
ber 17 last by the collector of customs
for the district of St -Johns, Fla., as
forfeited to the .United States, under
section ' 6,228 of the revised statutes)
known as the neutrality act. The
opinion fully sustained the position of
the government, reversing the decision
of the district court for the southern
district of Florida. Chief Justice Ful
ler delivered the opinion of the court.
He defined neutrality to mean: Ab
stinence from participation in public,
private, or civil war, and impartiality
of conduct toward both parties, but
manitenance of unbroken peaoeful rela
tions between the two, when the do
mestic affairs of one of them is dis
turbed, is not neutrality in the sense in
which the word is used when the dis
turbance has acquired such head as to
have demanded the recognition of belli
gerency. ' ' , "' t
A premature explosion of dynamite
. at a gravel pit in Murray, Ky., killed
five negro laborers and wounded as
many more.
A house of ill repute was burned near
Wheeling, W. Va., and two girls and
two men were burned to death.! A
number of others are reported seriously
. injured. .. ; ' , v, - .- r.
Eighty-two passengers, ; more than
half of them outfitted with dogs, sleds'
and other paraphernalia necessary for
the invasion of -the Yukon Country,
-' ; crowded the steamer Al-Ki on her last
.iVtrjp to Alaska. This is said to be only
a beginning of the vast numbers who
will leave for that country the coming
spring.
Louis Mansfield, who was confined in
the. county jail in Baker City, Or. ,
awaiting the action of the grand jury
on a charge of robbery, committed sui
cide. He told his fellow prisoners
, Borne days before that he preferred to
be dead rather than go to the peniten
tiary. Mansfield leaves a wife and two
daughters.
- The East has again been visited by
floods, . resulting in great loss of life
and property; Many plants at Pitts
burg are under water, and a cloudburst
at the headwaters of the Monongahela
has caused great damage. More than
10,000 men have been forced to quit
work in Pennsylvania on account of the
; rapidly rising waters. ' . ; ! .'
At the annual meeting of the Lum
ber Manufacturers' Association of the
: Northwest, held in Tacoma, the secre
tary was instructed to formulate an in
vitation to Eastern lumbermen to visit
the Pacific Northwest next July. An
executive committee was appointed to
make suitable arrangement for enter-
'. taining the excursionists, who are to
be shown the great forests and, mills of
the Northwest.
Government Arranging to Transport
- - Troops to Florida Goaet.
Chicago, March 8. A special to the
Tribune from Tallahasse, Fla., says:
From an incautious word dropped by
a prominent state official here, it is as
certained that the government has been
making arrangements for some days
past to forward the quick transporta
tion of federal troops through Florida
in case of "necessity.". The story i is
that the railroads have been asked to
communicate with Northern lines and
have special trains ready at a moment's
notice to transport government .troops
to all points on the seacoast. : It is also
stated that the Washington authorities
have been in communication with the
state officers in regard to calling out
the state troops if necessary, and to
provide for their quick transportation
to points needed.
It is understood this has been going
on very quietly for the past week, and
that all arrangements have been com
pleted, so that at a moment's notice
troops could be thrown into Tampa,
Key West, St Augustine and other
coast towns and Jacksonville. At St.
Augustine, it is said, the troops have
been warned to be in instant readiness
for movement. The guns at the fort
there have been put in working condi
tion and the troops have been practic
ing with them constantly for the past
week or so. :
Several torpedoes have been placed in
the outer harbor at Key West, St. Au
gustine and Tampa bay. The state
troops' offioers have been worked up
over the reports of being called upon
for duty, and several have sent their
voluntary offers to the governor. The
state troops are composed . of twenty
companies of about 100 men each, and
four batteries. . '
MAKING BETTER TIME.
Tha Senate Will Diapoia of tha. Great
Fi. cal Measure..
Washington, March 2. The senate
pressed steadily forward on the appro
priation bills today, making such pro
gress that no further apprehension is
felt as to the passage of the great fiscal
measures. The Distriot of Columbia
bill was passed early in the day. - The
naval bill brought out a spirited debate
on the prioe of armor-plate, and the
establishment of a government armor
factory. The bill was laid aside for an
executive session. :-"
Washington, . March 2. The , house
galleries . were thronged with visitors
all day, but the ' crowds witnessed
nothing beyond the dullest of routine
matters until the last half-hour of the
session, when the bill to prohibit the
transmission' of detailed accounts of
prizefights by mail or telegraph was
brought up.v This led to a very lively
skirmish, . in which prizefighting was
denounced on all sides, and the edu
cates of the bill insisted that the
"sickening , details" should be sup
pressed, in the interest of good morals.
But the bill met strenuous opposition,
on the ground that it would tend to
establish a censorship of the press. At
the end of the debate, which was par
ticipated in by Aid rich and Grosvenor
in favor of the bill, and Dockery and
Cummings in opposition, the adver
saries of the measure outvoted the
friends of the bill on several filibuster
ing motions, but an agreement for a
recess until 10 o'olock , tomorrow put
an end to the hostilities. The bill now
becomes the unfinished business when
ever the call of committees is readied,
but conference reports have the right of
way, and it is doubtful whether - the
order of business will again be reached
this session. '
The senate bill to test the merits of
the patent postal card of the Economic
Postal Association was laid on the table.
Car Turned Bomeraanlta. " .
Milwaukee, March 8. An electiic
car of the South Milwaukee line slowed
suddenly while descending a steep
grade on Pennsylvania avenue this
morning and capsized, rolling over and
over. There were eighteen passengers,
aboard. , None were seriously hurt,
though some were quite severely
bruised or burned. The stove set fire
to the car, but the flames were extin
guished and the imprisoned passengers
lifted from the windows. '
F. H. Cook, of the circulating de
partment of the Milwaukee Sentinel, is
the worst sufferer. It is thought his
skull is fractured.
C. J. Lappley had the clothing
burned from his body and was badly
out about the head. ' Cook's injuries
are not so serious as at first reported.
A Blot Was Precipitated.
Knoxville, Tenn., March 8. The
Citizens' Street Railroad Company
commenced tearing up its tracks on
Dupont street this morning, 200 ne
groes being put to work. Policemen
arrested the men. " The sheriff pro
ceeded to arrest the policemen and
other officials. A riot was precipitated.
Fire companies dispersed the crowd by
throwing water on them. , In the
melee Lieutenant Hood "hot a negro,
Will Arnold, probably fatally injuring
him. Attorney MoAdoo, of New
York, for the Citizens' Company,
claims he has orders from the United
States courts allowing him to go ahead
with the work, i . ( ,
One of the Duke of Wellington's
post boys baa recently died at the age
of 89 years.
Full Text of; the Treaty for
Its Determination.
SIGNED BY SECRETARY OLNEY
Provides That an Early Surrey Be
Made by a Oommlaaloner From
Each Government Other Detail.
Washington, Maroh 2. The" follow
ing is the full text of the treaty for. the
determination of the Alaska boundary,
signed January 80, 1897, by Seoretary
Olney and Sir Julian Pauncefote:
"Article 1 Each government shall
appoint one commissioner, with whom
may be associated suoh surveyors, as
tronomers and other assistants as each
government may elect. -
"The commissioners shall at aa early,
a period as practicable proceed to trace
and mark, under their joint direction
and by joint operations in the field, so
much of the 141st meridian of west
longitude as is necessary to be defined
for the purpose of determining the exaot
limits of the territory ceded to the
United States by the treaty between the
United States and Russia by the aot of
March 80, 1867.
"Inasmuch as the - summit of St.
Elias, though not ascertained to. lie in
faot upon said 141st meridian, is so
nearly coincident therewith that it may
be conveniently taken as a visible land
mark . whereby the initial part of said
meridian shall be established, it is
agreed that the commissioners, should
they conclude that it is advisable so to
do, may deflect the most southerly
portion of said line so as to make the
same range with the summit of Mount
St. Elias, such deflection not to extend
more than twenty geographioal miles
northwardly from the initial point.
"Artiole 2 The data relating to the
determinations already made at this
time by either of the, two governments
concerned of points on or near the 141st
meridian, for the purpose of fixing its
position,' shall be submitted by each
government to the commissioners, who
shall decide which of the results of the
determination shall be adopted by them.
"In case of disagreement between the
commissioners as to ; the correct geo
graphical co-ordinates of one and the
same point shall be described by such
views, maps separately, a position mid
way between the two locations in ques
tion of the 141st meridian shall be
adopted, provided the discrepancy be
tween them shall not exceed 1,000 feet.
In case of greater discrepancy, a new
joint determination shall be made by
the commissioners.
"Article 8 The location of the 141st
meridian, as determined hereunder,
shall be marked by visible objects, nat
ural or artificial, at such distances apart
as the commissioners shall agree upon,
and by such additional marks as they
shall deem necessary, and the line,
when and where thus marked, in whole
or in part, shall be deemed to perma
nently define for all international pur
poses the 141st meridian mentioned in
the treaty of March 80, 1867, between
the United States and Russia, and in
the treaty of February 28, 1825, be
tween Great Britain and Russia. The
marks shall be determined by suoh
views, maps and other means as the
commisioners shall decide upon, and
duplicate records of these descriptions
shall be attached by the commissioners
jointly and deposited, by them with
their respective governments, together
with their final report, hereinafter men
tioned. ;
: "Article 4 Each government shall
bear the expenses inoident to the em
ployment of its own appointees and of
the operations conducted by them, but
the cost of material used in permanent
ly marking the- meridian, and of its
transportation, shall be borne jointly
and equally by the two governments.
"Article 5 The commissioners shall
diligently' prosecute the work to its
completion, and they shall submit to
their respective governments from time
to time, and at least once in every cal
endar year, a joint report of progress
and a final comprehensive report upon
the completion of tbe whole work.
"The present convention shall be
duly ratified by the president of the
United States of America, by and with
the advice and consent of the senate
thereof, and by her Britannic majesty,
and the ratifications shall be exchanged
' at Washington or in London as booh as
possible within twelve months from the
date thereof. In faith whereof we, the
respective plenipotentiaries, have
signed this convention and have here
unto fixed our seals.
"Done in duplicate in Washirigton
the 80th day of January, 1897.
"Richard Olney,
"Julian Pauncefote."
Tenezuela Ooromlaalon Report.
Washington, March 2. The Vene
zuela boundary commission today sub
mitted its report to the president, and
thus terminated the work which has
engaged the attention of its members
for many months. No direct statement
as to its nature is obtainable, but it is
believed that it does not attempt to
state the location of the true divisional
line between Venezuela and British
Guina. It has not yet decided whether
the report will be made public.
One Hundred and Seventy Miner 'Per
lahed In the Fire.
City of Mexico. March 2. The latest
news from the mine disaster at Zacate
cas shows that it is fully as bad as first
reported. Fire broke out -in the Zana
moro mine, the property of the Zom
bete Company, and communicated to
the San Francisco mine. The principal
shaft in the former is 8,800 feet deep,
and a rescuing party went to the bot
tom, but was nearly suffocated by
smoke. The Cornish miners displayed
unusual heroism in attempting the re
lief of the imprisoned men. ; Ten
bodies have been taken out, and all
show signs of asphyxiation. There is
no longer any doubt that 170 miners
perished.'. - ' V ;
, The city of Zacatecas is a scene of
motfrning. This is the greatest dis
aster in its history in modern times.
SPANISH OPINION OF LEE.
Marqui. de Palmerola Made a Soandal
oua Attaok on Con.al Lee.
New York, March 2. A dispatch to
the Herald from Havana says:
The Marquis' de Palmerola made a
scandalous personal attack on General
Lee Wednesday night in the palace in
.the presence of several newspaper cor
respondents. The inoident arose be
cause the censor refused to pass a dis
patch for the correspondents which said
that the release of Scott had been de
manded because he was both arrested
and kept in prison, in defiance of tha
"Who told you' that?" shouted Gen
eral Palmerola, the secretary of state.
"General Lee,'? replied the corre
spondent calmly.
.- "General Lee is a liar, impostor and
rebel," shouted the little marquis with
an oath.
This inoident is telegraphed merely
to show how the wind is : blowing in
the palace, and to let you see what must
be the treatment and position of an ordi
nary citizen, when our consul-general is
reviled openly by one of the heads of
the government here.
KILLED BY INCHES.
Terrible Death . of a Fireman on a
Sound Tug.
Seattle, Wash.; March 2. Albert
Thompson, a fireman' on the tug Mystic,
was ' literally killed by inches this
morning, just as the boat was working
slowly out into thestream. Thompson
was shutting off a drain cock, when
he slipped arid fell from the platform
into the orankpit, six feet below. In
some manner, not clearly explained,
both legs were caught by the revolving
cranks, with the result that he was
wound up in the machinery to his hips.
As the throttle was only one-tihrd
open, the human obstructor stopped the
engine. Thompson's cries brought
the engineer to his assistance, but, af
ter working half an hour, only one leg
was released.' The other was cut off
by a surgeon. ' Death took place a few
moments later. It took ten minutes
to pick pieces of flesh out of the ma
chinery. Extinguished by the Employe.
New York, March 2. A fire which
broke out in the big Gould match fao
tory at Passiac, N. J., was extinguished
by the employes without sending an
alarm to the fire department There
was great excitement upon discovery of
the fire, but the ringing of bells in the
building "brought the 800 employes to
their stations, where t they had often
gone to practice in anticipation of a fire.
Men, women and girls joined in the
work of fighting the fire, which seemed
to spring through the floor from the
cellar in a dozen places, but it was
finally put out without the aid of the
firemen. There was no insurance, but
the factory is fitted with all modern ap
pliances for fighting fire, v.; .
Many of the those employed in the
factory believe the fire was of incen
diary origin. . It is said some workmen
who were' recently discharged have
threatened to burn the building, and
the fact that the fire seemed to break
out in so many places at once is quoted
as a reason for suspecting- criminal
agencies. ' -
- - Were Frozen to Death
Salt Lake, March 2. A special to the
Tribune from Rawlins, Wyo., says: A
searching party which started from
here yesterday to - look for Thomas
Hogg and a half-breed,' Eissel, who
have been missing since Saturday, re
turned yesterday afternoon, having
found the men fourteen miles from this
city. They were lying side by side,
where they had both . been frozen to
death.
The Storiea Exaggerated. .
San Jose, Cal., March 2. William
Polaski, a young man who has returned
from Randsburg, says the stories of rich
mines there are greatly exaggerated,
and that hundreds of idle men are
there, with no place to sleep and little
to eat. He warns laboring men not to
go there. ': ' ' . . -' ; ,
-" Killed by a Bnowdlde.
Salt Lake, March 2. A special to
the Tribune from Marysville, Utah,
says Charles Willing and Carl Peterson
were found dead today in Deer Trail
gulch. They had been killed by a
snowslide, which swept away their
cabin. The men went into the gulch
about ten days ago.
Beet Sugar Raising a Profit
able Industry. '
HOW TO GROW THE BEETS
Mr. G. W. Shaw, Chemist, Furnish
Praetleal Information for the Guid
ance of Farmer In the Northwest.
The subject of cultivating sugar beets,
and the manufacture of sugar from
them, has been before the people at
different times. When it was seen
that the industry was a success in Cali
fornia, the prospect of its introduction
seemed favorable. Persons agitated
the" matter with varying success, and
at times individuals made experiments
in producing the beets, some of which
were submitted to analysis. Some of
these experiments did not yield results
as satisfactorily as was1 hoped, and gave
many the idea that beets containing
sufficient saccharine matter would not
grow here. Other individuals also en
gaged in producing a few sample beets,
devoting more intelligent care to them,
and were rewarded with much higher
percentage of sugar.. Seed have been
brought from foreign countries to be
distributed -, among farmers' in order
that different soils might be tested. Of
such efforts as these were those of Mr.
H. C. Smith, of Portland, Or. " About
the year 1883, Mr. Smith imported
some of the beet seed procurable from
Cologne, Germany, and had some sent
from Alvarado, Cal., where a faotory is
in successful operation. Both these
quantities were distributed, with in
structions in planting and cultivating
accompanying. From some persons re
ceiving the seed no replies were ever
obtained, and those who did take the
pains to plant at all, stated, in their re
port, that but little attention had been
given them. Some simply sowied them,
leaving the plants to struggle with
weeds, ejtc., while others gave but the
slightest cultivating. Of course, the
roots yielded little sugar. Nothing else
is to be expected, as the cultivating of
sugar beets has reached a stage of scien
tific exactness that anything like best
results cannot be obtained without cer
tain care. This is a fair sample of other
individual efforts, some of which have
had the effect, of conveying the belief
that the industry is not profitable in
the Northwest. t
.In 1890, the federal government
passed a bounty law, offering 2 cents a
pound for domestic sugar testing' 90 de
grees, and 1)4 cents for all testing be
tween 80 and 90, which should be pror
duced until July 1, 1905. In further
aid, the agricultural department aided
the several states in making experi
ments. Seed was furnished farmers
who would agree to plant and , care for
them, and return samples for analysis,
and with reports of other conditions.
The experiment station at Corvallis,
Or., delivered seed to farms indifferent
localities of the state in 1891, in accord
ance with this plan. In regard to this
effort, Mr. G. W. Shaw, chemist, re
ports in bulletin No. 28, the following:
, "Each Vear arrangements were made
with farmers in different portions of
the station to cultivate a small plat of
beets, the seed being furnished them
by the station. Although there was a
heavy and ready response by those who"
would agree to forward samples for an
alysis, accompanied by a report blanks
for which were furnished there were
many who never responded to a single
inquiry after the seed had been fur
nished, notwithstanding that they had.
expressly agreed to report results. " .
According to Mr. Shaw's report, care-
!ul instructions were given in regard to
ultivation. The kind of soil - was
specified and the degree of moisture best
for the beets was also named. ' '
The results of these efforts were con
vincing that beets could be grown with
profit . ;,-
The ' succeeding year preparations
were made to repeat with greater care
the attempts of 1891-1892. Unavoid
able delay in receiving the seed so that
it could not be planted in April was the
first discouragement. The rainfall dur
ing the season was below normal, and
all reports showed "very dry," "extra
ordinary dry," and "weather unfavor
able:" :
Mr. Shaw has made some interest
ing comparisons between the tempera
ture and .precipitation of Oregon and
Germany and France. The era covered
by the figures is from May 1 to Ootober
I, the time between planting of seed
and harvesting the beets.. In France,
the temperature May 1 was. 57 degrees
Farenheit, reaching 71 in ' June, and
falling to 56 in September; in Ger
many, May starts with 50 degrees,
which rises to 67 in June and falls to
49 in September, and the Willamette
valley starts with 54 in May, reaching
66 in June and falling off to 55 in Sep
tember. In Eastern Oregon the temperature
is about five degrees higher than in the
Willamette valley in the middle of the
summer, but is not much different at
the beginning and the end of the sea
son. It will be seen that the mean
temperature of Oregon is much less than
that of either France or Germany, and
if mildness of climate is favorable, this
section possesses an advantage over both
of those countries.
Upiet In the Breaker Off the Bay of,
Tillamook.
. Tillamook, Or., March 2. A terrible,
accident occurred here today, whereby
three boys, Ernest Barnard, aged 15;
Cecil Miller, aged 16, and George
Leasia, aged 16, lost their lives.
, The three boys were digging clams
near the bar, and the tide was still
strongly on the ebb when the young
fellows sighted the steamer Chilkat
coming in over the bar. In a spirit of
boyish bravado, they determined to go
out and meet her. The tide was much
stronger than the boys" supposed, and
they were carried rapidly out and into
the breakers,, where their boat was up
set and three of them drowned.
The following account of the disaster
was given by Captain Dunham, of the
Chilkat:
"While steaming into the bay today,
my attention was ' drawn to what
seemed to me to be three sea lions. My
wife, however, insisted that they were
human beings, and, on observing closer,
I saw that they were three boys oling-
ing to a small boat, which had been up
set in the surf. The boat was .inside
the bar, and near the shore, and the
boys were clinging to it and screaming
at the top of their voices for help. 1
whistled the sign of distress to draw
the attention of some one on shore, and .
then turned the ship about and went as
near to the ' shore as I dared, and low
ered oneof my boats. By this time -the
breakers had washed two of the
boys off, and I saw no more of them.
There was a very strong current out,
and the largest boy continued to cling
to the boat and - drifted out of the
breakers. ,
"By this time the steamer Elmore
arrived at the bar on her way out I
told the captain what had happened,
and he immediately crossed the bar
and steamed about, hunting for the .
boys, and especially the one clinging to
the boat, but he did not find any of
them. I recrossed the bar to the ocean
and looked about, but, being unable to
find either of the boys, I steamed off
south, in the direction that I thought
the boy clinging to the boat had drifted.
After going about half a mile, I sighted
the boy on the boat, about a quarter of
a mile further south. I steamed on to
ward him as rapidly as possible, but,
when about 80 feet away from him, an:
unusually large wave swept over the
boat and the boy threw up his hands
and sank, and I saw him ho more."
After steaming about for some time,
the captain recrossed the bar into the
harbor, and gave the alarm. A large
number of men was soon on the beach,
and on the shores of the bay, inside the
bar, but late this evening the bodies
had not been recovered. '
The parents of the unfortunate lads
live here, and the untimely fate of the
young fellows has cast a gloom over the
entire city.
A CORNER IN WOOL.
Syndicate Anticipate Bestoratlon of
a High Tariff.
Chicago, March 2. A Boston special '
says: One of the largest corners on
wool ever attempted in the United '
States exists at present in this city, in
anticipation of the restoration of a
tariff on wool. The' existence of, the
corner has been a well guarded secret
xfor two weeks, but the operations of
the men and their agents at ' London
and Hamburg have become so bold as
to attract attention, and thus the secret
got out. , . -
The steamer Columbian, which ar
rived yesterday, brought 8,000 bales of
wool, making a total of 261,160 bales
which has arrived in port during the
present month. A syndicate' was re
cently formed in this city to buy all
the wool offered in European ' markets,
in anticipation of a duty of 10 per cent
being put on wool by congress at the
extra session, and the increased receipts
are thue accounted for. , ,
Buyers have already purchased 15,-
000 bales of wool abroad, and will con
tinue to purchase the same up to the
time of the imposition of the duty, cal
culated at 11 cents a pound. " The syn
dicate has raised a pile of money, and
only a few day 8 ago cabled $5,000,000
to its London agents. It is calculated
that 1,000,000 bales, or 500,000,000
pounds, - of Australian i and South
American wool, will be brought to this
country by the syndioate within the
time given. ; " ' - '
They Played Burglar.
Petaluma, Cal., March 2. This af
ternoon Farle Temple, aged 14 years,
son of C. Temple, a prominent hard-'
ware dealer, and Henry Gerkens, 12
years old, son of J. H. L. Gerkens, pro
prietor of the Western hotel, played
"burglars" in Temple's store. Young
Temple snapped a revolver that was
not supposed to be loaded. The revol
ver exploded, the bullet piercing young
Gerken's heart, killing him almost in
stantly. .. . ' .
1 Charged With Conspiracy.
Louisville, March 2. The circuit
grand jury adjourned today after re
turning indictments against Banker
McKnight, of the wrecked German Na-j
. tional bank; Sterling Edmunds, and
seven members of the board of alder-.
men, charging them with conspiracy
to defraud the city in the passage of a
resolution authorizing the sale of the,
waterworks, which belonged to the city -and
valued at f 10,000,000.
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