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Milwaukee, Oct. 11.—State Sena
tor Blaine admits that he brought
charges against Senator Stephenson
on mere rumor and that he is un
able to prove them.
Chicago, Oct. 11.—Officials de
clare that the railroad strike will
sbon end.
Tacoma, Oct. 11.—In introducing
President Taft, who today addressed
a large meeting here, Governor Hay
referred to the conservationists as
wild-eyed crazy hoodlums.
San Francisco, Oct. 11.—A girl
friend summons Hazel Anderson to
the door and hurls a quantity of acid
in her face, disfiguring her and
then makes her escape.
Seattle, Oct. 11.—The whalers re
turn from their season’s trip to the
Arctic ocean. They captured four
hundred whale, the largest measur
» ing eighty-six feet.
Greenville, Oct. 11.—A mob over
powers the sheriff and hangs a young
negro who assaulted an eleven-year
old white girl.
Philadelphia, Oct. 11.—Cramp’s
yard has launched the first of two
warships being built for Cuba’s
navy.
Washington, Oct. 9.—The De
partment of Justice says criminal
prosecutions will be instituted against
the officials of the steel trust.
Spokane, Oct. 11.—A committee
composed of 150 representative busi
ness and professional men of Spo
kane, will entertain the newspaper
workers in the northwest and visit
ing writers from other parts of the
United States and Canada at a series
of banquets and theatre parties dur
ing the fourth annual exposition and
jubilee, to be held the week of Nov.
23. The high jinks planned for
mardi gras night promises to eclipse
any similar entertainment yet at
tempted m the northwest. The peo
ple of Spokane have raised a fund of
$42,000 for the National Apple
Show', at which $20,000 will be dis
tributed as prizes in contests. Fif
teen thousand dollars will be ex
pended for street decorations.
Des Moines, Oct. 11.—The city
railway employes are on a strike.
Los Angeles, Oct. 11.—James Mc
Namara, charged with dynamiting
the Times, has been selected for trial
to be followed by his brother.
Seattle, Oct. 11.—The government
advertises for 3,000,000 feet of lum
ber for the Philippines.
Paris, Oct. 11.—A Frenchman has
discovered a process whereby he can
make pure whisky out of bananas.
New York, Oct. 11.—President
Gout and Cashier Ashley, of the de
funct Union bank, have been indict
ed by the grand jury.
Seattle, Oct. 11.—The Italian resi
dents of this city will tomorrow cel
ebrate Columbus day. A feature of
the day will be a street pageant, in
which will be a number of artistic
floats.
Washington, Oct. 11.—Senator
Jonathan Bourne, of Insurgent proc
livities, urges state committees to
hold presidential primaries a month
before the national convention.
Cincinnati, Oct. 11.—A federal
grand jury retires with six bottles to
decide what is champagne.
Berlin, Oct. 11.—It is reported
that Germany has arranged an arm
stice between Italy and Turkey.
Chicago, Oct. 11.—The Mississippi
river flood is moving south and the
high water of the Missouri river is
receding.
Tacoma, Oct. 9.—George Obradi
vich has deposited $250,000 in a
local bank to take up options on
100,000 acres of ground in four sur
rounding counties, which he intends
to settle with 29,000 Swiss fami
lies.
New York, Oct. 9.—An order has
been placed here for 4,500 tons of
steel for the erection of a forty-two
story building in Seattle.
Seattle, Oct. 9.—The steamer Ala
meda sailed at five o’clock this after
noon. Among her Cordova passen
gers were J. Fillinger, Jas. Hogan
and Albert Norman.
Seattle, Oct. 9.—Governor Walter
EJ. Clark, of Juneau, arrived last
night and will spend a few days here,
the object of his visit being to confer
with President Taft in reference to
needed legislation for Alaska.
Beatrice, Oct. 9.—William Jen
nings Bryan says he favors LaFol
lette for the presidency as a progres
sive Democrat.
Olympia, Wash., Oct. 9.—Public
Service Commissioner, Harry Fair
child, dies of apoplexy.
Milwaukee, Oct. 9.—Judge Joseph
V. Quarles, former United Shates
Senator dies from an attack of the
grippe.
Walla Walla, Wash, Oct. 9.—Dur
ing his stay here on Stfturday Presi
dent William H. Taft admitted that
he is a candidate for reelection.
Durango, Oct. 9.—The severe
storms which have been raging for
several days past devastate South
western Colorado.
Bellingham, Wash., Oct. 9.—Mt.
Baker is in a state of eruption.
Pittsburg, Oct. 9.—Acquitted on a
charge of murder under the “un
written law” after swearing on the
witness stand that he killed Angelo
Sceppt, whom he accused of having
broken up his home, Gabriel Berardi,
a well-to-do Italian walked out of
the county jail today a free man.
The verdict of not guilty is the first
to be recorded in this country where
the “unwritten law” was used as an
argument and considered by a jury.
Seattle, Oct. 9.—Capt. Taafe, in
command of the steamer Ramona
when she was wrecked has been sus
pended for six months.
Seattle, Oct. 9.—This afternoon
Governor Walter E, Clark, of Alas
ka, and John E. Lathrop, the muck
raking newspaper correspondent, j
met in the lobby of a local hotel, j
During a controversy over false and i
malicious stories written about Con
troller bay, Governor Clark passed
the lie to Lathrop, and- the latter
was compelled to take it in the
presence of a large crowd.
New York, Oct. 9.——Earl L. Oving
ton, the aviator who carried the
aeroplane mail from the Nassau
Boulevard Aerodrome daily since the
geginning of the meet, has just re
ceived from Postmaster General
Hitchcock a document certifying his
appointment as the first official aer
ial mail carrier in the United States.
It is not stated what is the salary of
this most recent position of mail 1
carrier.
Dannemora. Oct. 9.—By the ac-;
cidental discovery of a secret tun-!
nel a wholesale delivery from the1
New York State prison was thwart
ed.
Kansas City, Oct. 9.—The trial of
Dr. Hyde, who is charged with the
murder of several members of his
wife’s family, has been set for Oct.
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Jacksonville, Oct. 9.—The strike
leaders confer with President Mark
ham and they predict an early settle
ment of their troubles.
Los Angeles, Oct. 9.—The trial of
James McNamara started this morn
ing and the veniremen are being ex
amined.
Holcomb, Wis., Oct. 9.—The Ber
lin wins the international balloon
race of 462 miles.
Hankow, Oct. 11.—Many Chinese
troops have joined the revolution.
Seattle, Oct. 9.—Major J. P. A
Strong and wife have arrived in this
city. The major recently suspended
the publication of the Iditarod Nug
get, which ptper he has been con
ducting since that new camp opened
up. His name has frequently been
mentioned with the Democratic nom
ination for Delegate to Congress, but
he says that he will positively not be
a candidate. He believes that Robt.
W. Jennings, of Juneau, is the logi
cal candidate of his party and that
he can defeat Wickersham. He also
declares that the sentiment in the
Iditarod is changing so far as the
present delegate is concerned and
that if the Democrats nominate the
right man there will be no trouble in
electing him.
Spokane, Oct. 9.—Never before in
the history of this city has any man
been given the ovation accorded
President Taft. He was greeted by
50,000 people and unprecedented en
thusiasm prevailed. This demonstra
tion at Poindexter’s home is proof of
the fact that the people of this state
do not approve of the stand taken
by our United States Senator in his
fight against the administration.
The feeling here is very bitter
against Poindexter for joining forces
with Pinchot, who is regarded as an
enemy of the west.
Seattle, Oct. 9.—The Progressive
Republican League endorses the can
didacy of Senator La Follette for
President and decides to hold a
public meeting upon the return of
Poindexter and Pinchot from Alas
ka. whither they went in search of
amunition to be used in the coming
national campaign against the ad
ministration.
London, Oct. 9.—Two Turkish war
ships were sunk and thre.e hundred
marines slain in a battle with the
Italian fleet.
Tacoma, Oct. 9.—President Taft
automobiles eighty miles to Mount
Rainier and has some thrilling exper
iences in the mountains. He leaves
for Seattle tonight.
Washington, Oct. 9.—The admin
istration leaders pick Charles Dewey
Hilles, President Taft’s secretary, as
chairman of the Republican National
Committee.
Chicago, Oct. 10.—The committee
resumes its investigation of Senator
Lorimer's election.
Gloucester. Oct. 10.—The govern
ment arranges to protect the cod
industry.
Springfield, Oct. 10.—Aviator
Rodgers tocay resumed his flight tc
the Pacific coast.
Washington, Oct. 10.—The anthra
cite coal trust cases are now being
tried and the railroad rate cases are
set for January 8.
Ottawa. Oct. 10.—Prime Ministei
Borden’s cabinet was today sworn in
by Martin Burrill of British Colum
bia.
Los Angeles, Oct. 10.—"Death
Valley Scotty” has made his appear
ance here and is scattering gold in
all directions.
San Francisco, Oct. 10.—Thous
ands of women are today working at
the polls in favor of equal suffrage
and the initiative and referendum.
New York Oct. 10.—Cornelius I
Newton Bliss has succomhed to an
attack of heart failure. Deceased
was born at Fall River, Mass., Jan
uary 26, 1833. He was a prominent
politician and served as treasurer of
the Republican National Committee
from 1892 1898; declined to be a
candidate for Governor of New York
in 1885 and 1891; was Secretary of
Interior in cabinet of President Mc
Kinley. 1897-9, but resigned in Feb
ruary of the latter year.
Seattle, Oct. 10.—Roy Nye, a for
mer Fairbanks attorney, receives a
verdict of $20,000 for legal services
rendered Frank Manley, in defending
the latter in the perjury charges
brought against him in Texas.
Leavenworth, Oct. 10.-'—Banker
Walsh has been pardoned.
Lisbon, Oct. 10.—The Portugese
Royalist revolution failed.
Athens, Oct. 10.—Germany prom
ises Turkey a solution of the Cretan
question if peace is restored frith
Italy.
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> Washington, Oct. 11.—Secre
* tary of Interior Fisher has re
' turned to this city and says that
' his report on conditions in Alas
: ka will be voluminous. He will
: deal at length upon the coal
situation and endeavor to offer
a solution of the problem. Sec
retary Fisher is known to be in
favor of the immediate develop
ment of the resources of that
territory and his recommenda
tions will carry considerable
weight with the administration
and Congress.
It is also likely that he will
appoint Dr. Alfred Brooks, one
of the best posted men on Alas
ka's mineral resources, head
geologist.
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New York, Oct. 11.—The
American Electric Railway Asso
ciation is in annual convention
in this city. Between 3,000 and
4,000 delegates are in attend
ance from every state in the
union comprising presidents,
presidents, general managers
superintendents, chief engineers,
traffic managers, division and de
partment heads of all electric
railways in the United States
and Canada.
Western delegates may endea
vor to land the next convention
for the Pacific Coast, but the
effort will not likely be effec
tive before the exposition year
1915, at San Francisco. Den
ver is the farthest point -west
the convention has been held.
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* Seattle, Oct. 10.—A big par- '*
ade, witnessed by an enthusiastic *
* crowd preceded the meeting ad- *
* dressed today at noon by Presi- *
* dent Taft, at which he explained *
* the arbitration treaties. Tbe *
* president goes to the Bremerton *
* navy yard this afternoon, and *
* then to Tacoma. Governor *
* Clark accompanies the party as *
* far as Portland. *
* Seattle, Oct. 10.—The steamer *
* Perdita, plying between Sound * j
* ports, caught fire and was tot- * j
* ally burned, with no loss of life. * !
* She was built in this city eight *
* years ago and had a gross ton- *
* nage of 209; was 102.8 feet in *
* length, with a depth of 23 feet. *
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* Washington, Oct. 14.—John *
* Marshal Harlan, associate jus- *
* tice of the Supreme Court of *
* the United States, died this *
* morning from an attack of acute *
* bronchitis. He was born in *
* Boyle county, Kentucky, June 1, *
* 1833; took his seat on the sup- *
* reme bench December 10, 1877, *
* which honored position he has *
* occupied continuously since that *
* time. He was one of the Amer- *
* ican arbitrators on Bering sea *
* tribunal, which met in 1893, and *
* professor of constitutional law *
* at Gaorge Washington Universi- *
* ty since 1889. *
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