TELEGRAPH" NEWS
TOLD .IN BRIEF
Tacoma, April 5.—The recall elec
tion held yesterday to oust Mayor
Fawcett failed to accomplish.any re^
suit, inasmuch as noc^ncUdate. re?
ceived a majority of the votes cast
and another election must be;#JSgl«V.
Milwaukee, April 5.—The.Social;,
ists and Democrats were defeated in
the judicial and school board elec
tions.
Dos Angeles, April 5.—An incom
ing interurban train was held up and
thirty passengers robbed and. forged
. to. leave tne car which the bandit3
took possession of and proceeded to,,
run into the city.
Chicago, April 5.<—Carter Harrij
son, Democratic candidate for may
or. was elected over- Charles E. Mer
riam, Republican, by a plurality of
17,000 votes. ,j
Washington, April 5.—On the oc
casion of the ratification of the
treaty at Tokio the Mikado sent to
President Taft a message of congrat;
ulation and friendship.
Hunnewell, Kans., April 5.—-The
woman suffragettes carried this town,
electing Mrs.'Ella Wilson mayor. Her
opponent was O. M. Akers.
El Paso, April 5.—As a result of
the refusal of Madero, provisional
president, to consider terms of peace
unless all demands of the revolution
ists be granted is expected to start
a war of extermination against the
insurrectos in northern, Mexico. Re
ports from Mexico City are to the
effect that President Diaz has bought
$20,000,000 worth of Mauser cartrid
ges, ten batteries and mortars.
San Francisco April 5.—The War
department, has qir.etly put. and or
ganized the militia in Hawaii on s
war footing and orders were issued
directing the army officers at Hay. ail
to complete the militia. As a result
the officers are instructing the citi
zen soldiers on battle formations and
rifle shooting.
New Cork, April 7.—The Council
of the* Royal ideographical Society
of England has awarded to X>r. ,Wil-,
fped T. Qrenfell, the missionary , and
explorer, the Murchisen bequest for
the current year in recognition of his
many years’ work in Labrador, which
has added to the world’s geographi
cal knowledge. Announcement, of
the award was made here today.
Prince Rupert, B. C., April 7.—
Aroused by the importation of strike
breakers, 1,200 strikers on the city
contracts defied the law and engag
ed in a pitched battle. They fought
for an hour., with the police, strike
breakers using revolvers, rifles and
rocks. When the authorities had got
ten the mob under Control one strik
er was carried away in a dying con
dition and Police Sergeant Phjlippspn
and W. A. Casey, contracting engi
neer, were seriously, wounded.
Springfield, 111., April 6.—A sensa
tion was created today, when.H.. H.
Mohlsatt informed the senate inves
tigating committee that Charles S.,
Funk, manager of the International
Harvester Company, was the person
who tpld him that a slush- fund off
$100,000 had been raised to. lelept
Lorimer. United States senator.
Washington, April 7.—In less thap
a year a battleship squadron will be
stationed on the Pacific qpast and ac
cording to Senator Perkins, sent to
the Straits as soon as Mare island is
made ready.
New York, April 7.—Colonel Ed
ward Green, on of Hetty Green, who.
has been -in a state of siege at ,the,
Waldorf-Astoria because so many
hundreds, of women want to marry,
him, sees the light of hope today.
The colonel will not. have to., hoist
the white flag of truce. A way has
been found for him to duca out frpm
under his matrimonial burden, epd
it is offered today by Mrs., ganah
Hunt Christopher. Mrs. Christopher
declared some time ago that she was
unable to get, in touch with , a, real
. man and roasted all male humanity.
Mrs. Christopher, who is a widow,
j, has been, flooded with proposals, jpsl
. as the cojonel has been, ghe, now
j proposes to Colonel Green that they
, get together and match the propos
ing men and women, marry the.ni
,.off and) both be relieved of. suitors).
.Mrs. Christopher herself agrees npt
..to propose, to any .man until negt
vyear, which is Leap Year.
Seattle, April 7.—Colonel Theo
dore,,Roosevelt was given a J>ig re
ception here yesterday at each ,pf
. the .fppr, ppaepben delivered, by him.
His subjects ranged from t politics
and protection to the wild game of
Alaska to the sermon on the mount,1'
and congratulated .Seattle on, its fight
for a clean municipal government.
He also characterized the bribe-Jtak
er and bribe-giver as a traitor, to the
country.
Salt Lake, April 7.—President
Joseph Smith, in opening the.con
ference declared no Mormon will
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hereafter be permitted to contract
plural m*rriages and that the church
would confirm tne laws of the: United
states.
Washington, April 7.—Frederick.
Harper-ha#.been,nominated by Pres
ident .Taft., as Gollgptot. of, .Customs
for Puget sound.
El Paso, April 6.—What looks
-like a,-bitch, in the.peaoe. negotiations
occurred last night. Nothing more
could be-learned other than the fact
that Madero is expected to return to
.San Antonio today, and a messenger]
wi|l arrive there tomorrow or, Satur
day, but from which side no informa-'
tion is obtainable.
Redding, Cal., April 6.—E. L. Bai
ley, vice-president of the Bank of
Northern California, was found dead
this morning in a local cemetery.
The body was lying across the graves
if his .twQ, deceased wives, indicating
that he had committed 3uicide.
Washington, April 6.—* Uncle Joe"
. .'annon. in- his maiden speech at the
special session of Congress, viciously
attacked the new rules which, as
adopted, provide,.for .the election of
the different committees and their
chairmen.
, Seattle, April 6.-^-Theodore Rqose
velt has arrived here and will make
four speeches this afternoon and to
night.
Washington, April 7.—Senator
..LaFpllotte . yesterday introduced a
resolution providing for an investi
gation of the charges of bribery
against Senator Dorimer. Senator
Stone, of Missouri, declared that; the
.Senate was bound to,take cognisance
of the testimony of H.. H. Kohlsatt
before the investigating committee
jf the Illinois state legislature ■ at.
Springfield, in which he charged that
a slush fund of $100,000 had been
raised to secure Lorimer’s election.
Mexico City, April 7.—In ignor
ance of the character of the meas
ures the government may be taking
to effect peace It Is unofficially an
nounced- that .Mexico is pessimistic
as to the future. There is a grow
ing fear among the people that there
vllL.be a.failure,in the negotiations,
and in the meantime Madero is tight
ening his, lines about Chihauhau.
Washington, April 7.—Declaring
that the- $40^000,000 paid for->the
Panama Canal, went to. a select fewn
Representative Rainy, of Illinois^-in
troduced. a resolution in the House
demanding a full investigation of'.the
tanal zone and asking that Theodore
Roosevelt and .WiMiam Nelson Crom
well be subpoenaed.
„ Son J*!»n<;}spor,April 7.--The fail
ure, of. Judge... Hawhlns,, of Seattle,
to sigh a. divorce decree, has caused
the local, authorities t<U abandon .-the
hunt for Mrs. Henry and her affinity,
Foster Kelly.
Scranton, Pa., April 7.—Forty-six
miners were this morning trapped in
the Pentacost mine at’ Throop as a
result of flre.and. it is t/eared that
all of the men wil Idle from suffo
cation, as there is .smoke in the
tower levels.
Valdez, April 5.—The municipal
election passed off very, quietly here
yostqrday. ('There ,-were two tickets
in the field, the Citizens and Peo
ples,. tthe fqrmer. yyinoiog out. by. a
substantial majority, Ed. Woods .re
ceiving the largest- vote and will, be
the next mayor. Wilcox headed the'
vote.for .school-director. There war
a total of 340 votes cast and the suc
cessful councilman follow: Woods
335; McColujn, 318; Chisholm, 317;
Carlson, 309; Boyle, 258; Day, 254J
Flynn, 24,5.
Tacoma, * April 6.—Former Goverv
nor E. P. Savage,,;, of Nebraska, and
former, .Secretary .of the Treasury,
Leslie M. Shaw, are closing a deal
for the transfer of four million acres
of gold, copper.andjjgricultural land
they o*nuat vMfgdAlmbhay to an
English 8yndicgtQ..fPE 115,000,000.
Governor Wjalter E. CJgjrk J8.,in
Washington ..urgl»g . the_ opening of
the Alaska coal mines.
Washington. -April 7.—Senator
Martin, of . Virginia, has been, chosen
a3 the Danocratic minority leader
in the upper House.
New York, April 8.—The steamer
Princess Irene is iStlll aground east
of Fire island, despite the effort of
the tugs to- set her afloat.
New York, April 7.—The tugs and
revenue cutters have succeeded in
taking'off 2,600. passengers from the
Stranded Princess Irene.
, Hashington, April 7.—Two society
buds. Miss Laura Merriam and Miss
Dorothy Williams, have the distinc
tion of, taking a flight in r. biplane
with Anthony. Janmes, the aviator,
for A distance, of-two miles.
New York. April 7.—Judge O'Sul
livan of the Court of General Ses
sions, .. directed the regular grand
jury , to--, begin an investigation, into
the charges that srime in this city is
rampant, and that the excise and
gambling laws are openly violated.
This charge to. the grand jury came
after a conference between Judge
O'Sullivan and District Attorney
Whitman. During the charge of the
grand jury the name of Magistrate
Corrigan, who recently.- made the
Charge that the municipal adminis
tration was responsible for not
checking, the crime wave, was not
mentioned.
. Victoria^. April 6.- A powder mag
azine at- Protection Island, Nanimo,
exploded this morning, shattering
.windows alL over the city. There was
a rush of-panic-stricken. men from
.the Protection mine.
Muncie, Ind., April 6.—While the
west bound Big' Four train was
steaming into this station a lone
masked man held up and robbed the
passengers in one of the coaches.
Cleveland, April 6.—Former May
or Tom Johnson-continues to grow
.weaker, and is-at death’s door.
London, April 6.—Medical experts
declare that all of Europe is in grave
danger of a plague epidemic.
San Francisco, April 6.—The mys
terious disappearance of Mrs. Albert
J. Henry, wife of a prominent Seat
tleite, who .abducted her two chil
dren, has. baffled the authorities. The
police, sheriff.and machinery of the
law of the entire state is at work
trying to locate her.
Philadelphia, April 6.—Craige Lin
pincott president of the J. B. LiP
pincott & Co. Publishing House, was
found dead at his home this morn
ing from a gunshot wound. Consid
erable mystery surrounds the affair
and it Jiaa not as yet-been definitely
determined whether he committed
suicide or was murdered. Deceased,
was bom November 4, 1846, and was
prominently‘identified with the busi
ness and social affairs of this city.
'• New York,-April 6.—The Lloyd
-liner-'Princess Irene, returning from
Italy with a big crowd of cabin pas
sengers and -one thousand steerage,
went ashore in a fog east of Fire Is-'
land. ; A panic resulted but fortun
ately .no lives were lost. It is ex
pected that the steamer will be float
ed at .high tide.
Waaningiton^ April 6,-r-Urging def-.
erence tp popular sentiment and duty
to'the masses in America, President.
Taft submitted a message to Con
gress yesterday requesting early ac
tion in the reciprocity agreement
with Canada.
Pittsburg, April 7.—Within a
brief period the formation .of a for
midable opposition company to .the
United State Steel Corporation is’
likely to be perfected. The. method
to be pursued by the large constitu
ent members of the new competitive
merger, combination, t agreement,
partnership, or what not, may de
pend upon the chart for, good trusts
to be furnished by the expected Su
preme Court decision in the Standard
Oil case.
Ever since William E. Corey quit
the presidency.) of- the, United States
Steel Corporation rumors have circu
lated in inner circles, of his design
to undertake the segregation of cer
tain plants and interests capable of
entering far-into the domain of the
hillion-dollar company. His long ex
perience in the steel business and
his loyal- friendships among notable
colleagues in that pursuit argue his
prompt re-entrance and, speculation
apart, it can be> definitely stated that
the. .opposition is upon- the verge of
consummatlag-its scheme.
Three large steel companies are
named as the nuclei of the projected
enterprise.
The'•.Ustrlct. attorney is prosecut
ing Juneau sporting women on the
charge of celling liquor without a 11
censa.
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woman with a few hundred dollars to-in
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Thousands of settlers, prospectors1' and
tourists will come into this country -nekt
spring to make this their home and add their
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You cannot afford to miss this oppor
tunity to get in on the ground floor and ‘ to
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to come.
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