» • • ICI A I I* »PER I »I KL »»I » I'll < Ol NI» • e KLArtATH REPUBLICAN CÜNFtRENCtS IO START EARLY I’illt <»F MH To TAHI. HAM II»«* IO Till I HF. * ol NT» HOSPITAL HI NSON ATTORNEYS AND JUIMJE I h iin» IaO< Leader« I'ttkc Ilu< MU iik I \\ Illunii lllmlrame Iroin Ihr Mi* Nortty—R«*aolutlon of Itcpublii ana lorn Non-Pnrllkun I oiioidrralion In llounrd h) Illg »ole. Uhm li I* U|, WASHINGTON, D <.'., July 9. The bunklug committee uf the house of representatives have do Htm- Knapp is suing the city for 17 50. dred Thousand Troop» W«*re on He claims this amount la due b’ri for a set of plana for a city hall, which the Field of Conflict hi* drew at the Instance of the late Mayor Hunderaon and th«, city council. VIENNA, July 9.-- Dispatches to­ The servic«-a of a jury haa been dis- day are to the effect that Bulgaria is penaed with In this case, kx the at- tornçys and Judge Benson have ready to discuss peace terms with agreed to settle by stipulation. Servia and Greece. This decision follows the series of reverses suffered by the Bulgarian army or. the field against larger forces. Toe details of the meeting have not been arranged yet. It Is expected that an amnesty will be declared tomor­ row. • It Is estimated that 35,000 Servians ACCUSED MAN ENDS HIS LIFE in Greeks and Bulgarians were killed In the recent fighting about Kochkana HANGING HIMSELF WITH A and Ishtip. The list of wounded is KNOTTED HANDKERCHIEF IN still larger. There were 200,000 troops engaged In the battles JAIL ( ELI. The Servian army claims the vic- tories at both of these battles, saying KAN DIEGO. Jluy 9.—Dr. F M that their troops occupy both cities Madison, who was accused of being Dispatches from Sofia admit that the fiend who set fire to the Iceland the Bulgarians evacuated both cities. hotel block and endangered the Ilves uf many people, committed suicide in the city jail this morning by banging himself. He used a knotted handker- « hlef to accomplish his end Madison owned a china store in the block which carried »16.500 Insurance FIRE SUSPECT HENRY JOHNSON ANSWERS CALL Henry Johnson, aged 64. years, died at the county infirmary .Monday mght, death being due to general de­ bility. The funeral was hei«l »Vednes- day morning. Johnson has no known relatives He »11» unmarried, and has been working on the Ankeny ranch, He vu a blacksmith by trade. Before coming to this city Johnson was a member of the life saving crew stationed at Astoria. He was also a member of the Portland fire depart­ ment, and his death was indirectly due to Injuries received in that ser­ vile from which be never recovered. I »IR BOARD F1LF.K BOND CUBAN OFFICIAL KILLED IN DUEL CHIEF OF THE NATIONAL POLICE FORCE DIES FROM WOUND RE- CEI»ED IN A COMBAT »»TTH TWO OTHERS United Press Service HAVANA. Juy 9. General Amada Riva, chief of the national police de­ partment, was shot thia morning In a revolver duel with Congressman Arias and Governor Asbert. Riva died a few hourR later. The trouble is said to be due to po­ litical differences. DOLL SHOP” 10 BE GIVEN HERE MRS. SMITH IS BURLAI After a short illness, Mrs. Mary Henrietta Taylor passed away late Tuesday at her home in Hot Springs addition. The demise was due to in­ testinal troubles, and for the past week Mrs. Taylor’s life was dispared of. Mrs. Taylor came here three years ago from Michigan, when her son. Dr. J. C. Taylor, opened practice here. She and her daughter. Miss ElUabeth Taylor, have been living in Hot Springs addition. Surviving her are Dr. Taylor and Mies Elisabeth Taylor of this city; Mrs. Mary Moylen of San Francisco, and Mrs. J. B. Hillis of Rogue River. She was 78 years of age. The remains were sent Wednesday to Weaverville. Calif., for interment beside Mrs. Taylor's husband. J. Frank Adams of Merrill, James Pelton of Fort Klamath and George T. Baldwin of this city, who were ap­ pointed by the county court as the Klamath county fair board, have filed with th«* county court for approval their bonds. These are each for 11.000. Hog Census latest The board I h the custodian of th«» BERLIN. July 9.—The German money appropriated by the state for government has ordered a census tak­ county fair purposes. en of all the pigs and hogs in ihe empire. The "pork census" is for sci­ Mr. and Mrs. George W. Bowen of entific and agricultural purposes. Montague arc the guests of local rel­ atives. R. »V. Brooks and wife of Hilde- brand nre here for a short visit. « JUDGE BENSON I'STHlt iS JURY CITY TO HAVE FOUR POUCE TO RENDER A VERDICT FAVOR­ ING THE PLAINTIFF IN ACTION FOR DAMAGES Mrs. Hattie Roy Smith was given the yerdict Tuesday in a suit against the Algom.i Lumber company. Cir­ cuit Judge Bcusou instructed the jur., to lender u decision in iier favor. '1 he suit involved the ownership of ItiO acres of land, partly Umbered. C. M. Oneill represented the plaintiff in the action. Charles J. Holt is in from the Greenfields ranch on a business trip. There will be three patrolmen h»re, in addition to Chie' of Police Smith. This was finally settled Monday night, when the counc.l ustained the ap- pointement of M. M. Obenchain and II. 8. Wilson by Yayor Nicholas as .. e ..hers of the force. At first the council voted down the appointment of »711 on on the ground that three police officers were enough. Nicholas and H.'.miPon argued that •Ms not give adequate protec­ tion in a city with such a transient population, and so scattered out. On a second vote Wilson’s appointment was sustained. MORE THAN NDHMHHi ERIE, Pa., July 8.—Today was NPI1.NT DI RING RODEO ( hildren's Day in the 100th anniver­ sary ceremonies commemorating the A conservative estimate of the refeit of the British on the Great amount of money spent in Klamath I. kes by Commodore Perry. Nearly Falls uuring the three days of the 12,000 children from the schools of Elks Rodeo is given at between »100,- J-.rlt were in line. Each school had t 0 and »123,000. This amount was its own float drawn by boy pupils. arrived at after careful interviews with the leading business houses of Vesta Campbell of Dqrris is a the city and the banks, which handled Klamath Falls visitor. the greater amount of the money. Of this amount it is estimated that be­ tween »40,000 and »50,000 was out- ¡slde or foreign money. All the merchants report an excep­ tionally good business, and are de­ lighted with the results of the big show. The extra business brought here as a result of the Rodeo has been a great relief to the merchants from IN ADDITION TO THE KLAMATH BILI« CONSIDERED BY TERRI- the quietness that has been prevalent TEACHERS GETTING CERTIFT- all over the county. TORIAL COMMUTEE OF THE Naturally the greatest business was CATES. MANY AHE SUCCESSFUL HOUSE done by the hotels and restaurants. TOAVARD EX EMITS J. J. Keller of the Keller restaurant estimates that he fed on an average 1 lilted Press Service. of 1,600 people each day during the The following teachers were award­ WASHINGTON, D. C., July The house committee on territories three days show. Monday was a big ed one year state certificates in the today began its hearings in the propo­ day for the banks, as deposits came recent examination held here: Mrs R. W. Beach Mrs. Minnie sal that the government build a rail in so fast that the clerks were un­ road into Alaska. Such a railroad, able to sort the money, and were ¡Yordy and Miss Ethel Hawxhuret, it is said, will open the vast coal fields compelled to wait until after closing city; Miss Hilda Brooten, Corning, ¡hours to do so. The pleasing feature Calif. there. In addition to the teachers who The members of the committee are about the entire show was that it considering the bills of Congressman was a great financial and advertising were awarded the certificates, a num- Lafferty of Oregon and Alaskan Dele­ benefit to the city, without the neces­ ber took one or two subjects toward gate W'ickersham, provldiug plans for sity of any donations from the busi­ exemptions. These were all success­ ful. ness houses, as is usual. the road. i ’ CERTIFICATES AWARDED FOUR