late Telegraph News
SEATTLE, June 16.—The will of
the late banker, Jacob Furth, was
submitted to probate today. The
estate is estimated to be worth
$2,500,000. He had made previous
provision for his wife and in addi
tion she is given the country home
at Barnaby, on Mercer Island. To
each of his grand childreji he gives
$10,000. The balance of the estate
is divided equally between his three
daughters, Mrs. Frederick Karl
Struve, Mrs. Ed. Terry and Mrs. J.
• Wetherill.
SEATTLE, June 13.—The steam
er Mariposa got away last night on
schedule time for Southwestern
Alaska. For Valdez there were 15
cabin and 6 second-class passengers;
for Seward 14 cabin and 7 second
class; for Knik six cabin. For Cor
dova the following cabin passengers
sailed: Craig Hazelet, E. B. Hanley,
R. W. Davis, Bartley Howard, Mr3.
Peter Gilovich, Miss Lola Turner,
Jack Way and J. B. Goodman.
BUTTE, June 13.—The miners
•union were holding a celebration to
day that resulted in a riot that for
a time threatened the general peace
and safety of the town. During
the. parade the rioting started, by
reason of the non-union men at
tempting to participate. This was
resisted and soon the trouble be
came general and the demontsration
was discontinued. As a means of
saving life the mayor ordered all
saloons and hardware stores to
Close. Order is fast being restored.
PRINCETON, June 13.—Presi
dent Woodrow Wilson arrived here
this afternoon. He was cordially
received by the townspeople and
was slapped on the back by many
of the old graduates who are assem
bled from every section of the coun
try,. He was in extremely good
humor himself and had a pleasant
word for everybody.
SEATTLE, June 13.—Frank Pic
coni, whom Mrs. Werner alleged in
a recent confession that she had
hired to kill her husband, has just
undergone a trial on the charge of
murder. The jury returned a ver
dict of not guilty. Mrs. Werner was
first placed on trial, when she re
tracted her confession and stated
that it was not true. She was also
acquitteed.
SALT LAKE, June 12.—A deter
mined effort will be made to defeat
Reed Smoot, Republican, for re
election to the Senate. The Demo
cratic and Progressive parties which
have been in separate session, com
bined in a joint session for the nomi
nation of a state ticket and named
James H. Moyle, of Salt Lake, as the
man whom both parties will sup
port for the United States Senate.
LONDOX, June 12.—Yesterday
afternoon suffragettes; secured en
trance to Westminster Abbey, while
guards were not as vigilant as usual,
and placed a bomb under the coron
ation chair. It was a small one and
when the fuse ignited the effect was
to blow the chair to pieces. It
didn’t do very much other damage.
CHICAGO, June 12.—Consider
able excitement was caused in finan
cial circles this morning by reason
of the action of a bank examined in
closing the doors of a big institu
tion. Recently former Senator
Lorimer’s LaSalle Street Trust &.
Savings Bank, the Broadway State
Bank and the Illinois state bank,
affiliated with five million dollars of
deposits.
SEATTLE, June 16.—The steamer
Admiral Evans sailed north last
night, having Robert W. Brown,
Delia E. Mathews and three second
class passengers for Cordova; 11
cabin and one second-class for Val
dez; 7 cabin and 2 second class for
Seward; and 5 cabin and 3 second
class for Kmk.
ATHENS, June 12—Premier Ven
iezelos has just Issued a warning to
Turkey that is little short of a
declaration of war. The persistent
persecution of Greeks in Turkey has
gone to such an extent that it will
no longer be tolerated. Unless Tur
key consents to change her policy
and be more humane, it is freely
predicted that war will result.
WASHINGTON, June 12.—Presi
dent Wilson has issued an order re
moving Collector of Customs E. R.
Stackable, at Honolulu, “for the
good of the service.” In his place
he appointed Deputy Collector Ray
mer Sharp.
NIAGARA FALLS, June 12.—All
is again harmony among the medi
ators and the. delegates from the
United States. This morning Justice
Lamar announced that there had
been substantially an agreement as
to the method of transfer of Mexico
to the new provisional government.
It is believed that the work of the
mediators will soon be brought to a
close and that their conclusions will
avert war and will be satisfactory
to President Wilson.
WASHINGTON, June 12.—Secre
tary of Commerce Redfield has writ
ten a letter to Senator Poindexter,
requesting his assistance in securing
appropriations for Alaska, as re
quested by his department. The
secretary is also addressing himself
to representatives as there is danger
of losing out in the House. The ap
propriations committee cut out the
amount named for a wire drag sur
vey for the waters where the travel
is dangerous in Alaska. A new
coast survey vessel is also in dangei
of losing out, while the committee
is inclined to lopp off $100,000
asked for fish protection.
WASHINGTON, June 12.—Repre
sentative M. M. Neeley, of West Vir
ginia, introduced a resolution this
afternoon calling for the impeach
ment of Judge Alton G. Dayton, who
is presiding on the federal bench in
the northern district of West Vir
ginia. He is charged with irregu
larities and conduct unbecoming a
judge.
WASHINGTON, June 12.—Presi
dent Wilson has practically selected
the governor of the federal reserve
bank board. It is Thomas B. Jones,
a prominent attorney of Chicago. He
was formerly a member of the board
of trustees for Princeton college,
and is a warm personal friend of
President Wilson. Although no
authoritative announcement has been
made as yet, the fact that Mr.
Jones had been selected was not
denied today in administration
circles. The position had formerly
been offered to Richard Olney, of
Boston, but declined.
WASHINGTON, June 12.—A wire
received here, states that the party
of 17 American engineers who are
on their way to China to work out a
project for the prevention of the
Huai river floods, sailed from Van
couver yesterday. The.re are some
well known engineers in this party,
including Col. W. L. Sibert, who
did some notable work in Panama.
They are expected to solve a prob
lem that has been quite costly and
vexatious to the Chinese govern
ment.
PORTLAND, Ore., June 12.—A
cerrier pigeon has arrived with a
message from a balloon sent out by
the Million Population Club, which
says: ‘ Baloon struck by lightning.
Berry hurt, come quick.” The man
referred to is Capt. John Berry, of
St. Louis, a pilot who ascended yes
terday in connection with the Rose
Festival events. It is supposed that
he may be in the Cascade mountains,
although the note is not specific on
that score.
WASHINGTON, June 12.—Champ
Clark, Speaker of the House, has
gone to West Virginia to address
the graduating class of Marshall
College, of which he was president
in 1873-4. To serve as acting
speaker during his absence Mr.
Clark designated Representative
Lincoln Dixon of Indiana.
PARIS, June 12.—Although he
only formed a new cabinet two days
ago A. F. Ribot had all his efforts
go for naught this afternoon. Owing
to a failure to agree on policy the
members all resigned.
MADRID, June 11. — Kermit
Roosevelt is now doubly married to
Miss Willard, daughter of Ambassa
dor Willard. The civil ceremony was
performed here yesterday, followed
today by the religious rites. Both
events were wtnessed by many peo
ple and yesterday particularly Col.
Roosevelt was very much in evi
dence. After the marriage there was
a reception, attended by a large num
ber of people. All were interested
to meet your American Teddy, who
was full of life and ginger.
HONOLULU, June 11.—There has
been much complaint against the
administration of Collector of Cus
toms E. R. Stackable and various
complaints have gone, to Washington.
After investigating some of these
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
decided that a change would be for
the best interests of the service. As
a consequence he wired Collector
Stackable yesterday demanding his
immediate resignation. The latter
states that it will not be forthcoming
and has wired the secretary to that
effect.
WASHINGTON. June 11. — By
an order issued this morning Argen
tina has been raised from a legation
to the full rank of an embassy. John
W. Garrett is the minister at Buenos
Aires and in the future he will have
the title of ambassador extraordinary
and plenipotentiary.
The principal business to come be
fore the convention will be the dis
cussion of the wage scale and work
ing agreement to be presented to the
mine operators by the union. The
present two-year contract between
the miners and the operators expires
on August 31.
WASHINGTON, June 11—Senator
Ben Tillman, of South Carolina,
threw a little bomb into administra
tion circles yesterday afternoon. He
first announced that he would vote
for the repeal of the Panama exemp
tion tolls clause. He then went on
to explain that his common sense was
staggered at the predicament in
which his party had been placed, and
that he was unable to understand
why the President had projected the
tolls fight into the party at this
time.
WASHINGTON, June 11—General
Funston reports to the department
here that railroad communication
between Vera Cruz and Mexico City
is menaced by the Constitutionalists.
It is assumed that they seek to cut
off the probable retreat of Huerta
from the capital. Rumors have been
circulated that Huerta intends to
evacuate.
CHICAGO, June 11.—Theatrical
circles were interested last night in
the marriage of Harry Cort, of
Seattle, son of John Cort, who has
a chain of theaters throughout the
country. The bride was Miss Mar
garet S. Jones, of Los Angele.s. The
ceremony was witnessed by many cf
the prominent artists now in the city.
NEW YORK, June 11.—The honor
of defending the America's cup has
fallen to the yacht Resolute. In the.
final trial she won out and now
active preparations are making for
: the contest with Sir Thomas Lipton's
Shamrock IV, later in the month.
The event will be fraught with
intense interest and the. admirers
of the Resolute are confident that
another Shamrock will again go
down to defeat.
NEW LONDON, June 11.—Frank
A. Vanderlip, who was assistant
secretary of the treasury from 1897
to 1901, and who is now president
of the National City Bank, of New
York, addressed the annual conven
tion of the New York Bankers’ asso
ciation, which is now in session here.
He declares that the business situa
tion has become dependent upon
political ratner than economic fac
tors. He said he based his conclu
sions after accepting President
Wilson’s diagnosis of the psycho
logical trouble.
VERNON, June 11.—There was
some classy boxng witnessed here
last night. It was fast and furious
for the short time it existed and a
new champon has been put forth.
Since 1907 Johnny Coulon has held
the world’s championship for bantam
weights, 116 pounds. But his glory
faded soon after he started on a
20-round go with Kid Williams, of
Baltimore, The latter started right
in from the start to be the aggressor
and kept it up until he knocked out
Coulon in the third round. The
quick result was a great surprise to
the backers of the old champ, and
they lost many thousands of dollars
on the outcome.
OTTAWA, June 10.—The govern
ment announced that an appropria
tion of $50,000 would be immedi
ately made for the sufferers of the.
Empress of Ireland, which recently
went to the bottom of the sea. Many
of tne survivors are utterly destitute,
while the families of some of the
men drowned have been left with
out means of support.
WASHINGTON, June 10.—The
revenue cutter Bear, which is known
as the rescue cutter, having made a
memorable trip to the north in the
fall of 1897 for the rescue of a large
number of whalers who were caught
in the ice of the Arctic has again
been ordered to the north, to rescue
the crew of the schooner Karluk.
This vessel was swept out to sea and
crushed and sunk by the ice early
in the year. But the members of
the Stefansson expedition and the
crew all escaped and are now
marooned on Wrangell Island. This
island is situated approximately 200
miles due north of Cape North,
Siberia, and it was across this
frozen, trackless wilderness of ice
and .snow that Capt. Bartlett and his
five Eskimos must have fught their
way thrugh the stinging cold, until
they were picked up by a ship and
recently brought to St. Michael.
CHICAGO, June 10.—The note.d
singer, Mme. Schumann-Heink, was
granted a divorce yesterday. She
was born in Austria in 1861 and is
still attractive enough to have more
suitors.
SEATTLE, June 10.—Delegates
from evejy local coal miners’ union
in the state of Washington will meet
in the Labor Temple in Seattle on
Monday, July 13, to attend the
biennial convention of District No.
10, United Mine Workers of America
under a call sent out from head
quarters by William Short, secre
tary-treasurer of the district. The
convention will be the tenth in the
history of the district organization
and the first held since the change
from the. annual to the biennial con
vention system was made at the state
meeting two years ago. About fifty
delegates, representing about 5,000
coal miners, more than 95 per cent
of the total number engaged in the
industry in the state, will attb
I
Two well known men In Alaska
were passengers on the Northwest
ern this morning, going through to
Seward. They were Chas. E. Herron
and Major F. L. French. They both
won fame and glory in the early
days of Nome. They are now on a
mission to look over some placer
property in the country north of
Seward, expecting to return shortly
to Cordova and go to the placer
camps of the interior. Mr. Herron
has built himself a comfortable
home in Seattle, where his family
resides, although he has been in
New York most of the past winter
and spring. He had a mining deal
on in which he is reported to have
made $50,000.
When the Republican Territorial
convention was held at Cordova two
years ago Mr. Herron was elected
the Territorial chairman. Asked
this morning if any arrangements
had been made for holding a con
vention this year he stated that
nothing had been done, and rather
intimated that so far as he was
concerned he is willing that the
other elements should assume the
burden of a political fight. He thinks
that between the Democrats, the
Socialists, the Bull Moose, the Labor
party and a few- side issues that
enough candidates can be trotted
out for all the available offices so as
not to make it necessary for the Re
publicans to enter the arena. But
he further states that he will issue
a call for a convention if the Ter
ritorial committeemen think that
the wisest course.
JUNEAU, June 13.—A measure
that is now pending before Congress
promises to stir up considerable in
tejest throughout the Alasjkan
towns and be an issue before the
forthcoming party conventions. The
bill referred to was drawn up by
U. S. District Attorney Rustgard
and is designed to permit the differ
ent municipalities of Alaska 10
adopt the single land tax should a
majority of the. voters so decide.
The bin was sent to Delegate Wick
ersham and he in turn passed it over
to Representative Warren Worth
Bailey, of Pennsylvania, who intro
duced it.
Mr. Rustgard has received a let
ter from Representative Bailey re
questing that those who favor the
passage of the bill by Congress
make known their desires in the,
premises by sending him petitions
and letters. He also suggests that
a resolution by the municipal coun
cils and commercial (organizations
throughout Alaska would aid ma
terially in securing consideration
for the measure,.
SEATTLE, June 13.—A sensation
was created here yesterday after
noon when it was learned that Ed
ward Cheasty had committed sui
cide. He selected the sensationa'
method of throwing himself from a i
window in his room on the tenth
floor of the Hotel Washington. His
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MOUNT VERNON, June. 16.—
Young Hopkins, who was found
guilty of the murder of J. Ball was
dismissed upon motion of the prose
cuting attorney, as testimony tend
ing to prove his innocence had
turned up.
PARIS, June 13.—After two un
successful attempts upon the part
of others to form a new cabinet, M.
Viviani late this afternoon informed
President Poincaire that he had suc
ceeded in forming a cabinet.
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doesn’t like the report which has
received circulation that he was the
plaintiff in some Chisana mining
claims litigation that was on trial at
Cordova in March last. He writes
that he is too busy in trying to make
Ruby a notable camp to contest for
any claims in the. Chisana.
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WASHINGTON, June 10.—Repre
sentative Fred A. Britten, of Illinois,
yesterday introduced a bill making
it a penal offense for a cabinet
officer to lecture for pay. This is
directed against Secretary Bryan,
although it would also affect Secre
tary Wilson, who was on a lecturing
tour last month in Pennsylvania. It
is doubtful, however, whether the
bill can pass.
CHICAGO, June 11.—It's more
than warm, it’s hot everywhere. Not
only in this city but throughout this
section of the country. People are
sweltering, and swearing, because it
is not only sultry and stifling during
the day but the nights fall to pro
duce the usual refreshng «breezes.
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three deaths and 20 prostrations re
ported, with likely many more today.
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