Catch Japanese Spy
San Diego, July 12—A Japanese
apy was yesterday caught making
drawings of the fortifications at
Fort Rosecrans and arrested, Not
withstanding the efforts of the
officers to keep the matter quiet
thenews leaked out, causing con
siderable exeitement, and it is
feared may lead to hostile acts
against the Japanese residents of
this section.
San Francisco, July 12—Three
members of the crew oftbe whaler
Olga are being held in jail here as
witnesses against Capt Klingen
berg, who wfts arrested at Nome
last spring charged with the murder
of chief engineer Paul, of the Olga,
in October, 1905.
Los Angeles, July 12—The will
of the late Francis Murphy, the
great temperance orator, has been
filed for probate in this city. He
leaves an estate of only twenty
thousand dollars, which is divided
between the members of his family.
Seattle, July 12—Vice President
Fairbanks arrived here this morn
ing, and met with a rousing wel
come. Governor Mead, and more
than two thousand ol the promi
nent citizens were at the station to
greet him. This afternoon a pub
lic reception will be tendered him
in the library building.
Pittsburg, July 12—Mrs. Thaw
has sold one thousand acres of coal
land to a syndicate for two millions
of dollars, for the purpose of pro
viding a defense fund for her son.
Ti e lands have been the principal
source of revenue for the Thaw
estate, and their sale will cut con
siderably into the income of the
family.
Washington, July 12—Roosevelt
is considering having railroad
stocks of all the nrincipal roads
of the country acquired by the gov
ernment, and compelling the roads
to allow a representative of the
government on the directorate of
each railroad system, in order to
keep track of any violation of the
law.
Tokyo, July 12—Marquis Ito.
say* that he cannot help feeling
that there is some significance in
the transfer of the American bat
tleship squadron from the Atlantic
to the Pacific, notwithstanding the
assurances that the movement is
°nly a naval maneuver and has
no connection with the Japanese
American situation.
Portland, July 12—For the firs!
time in the history of this city a
woman holds the position of health
officer, Dr. Esther Pohl having
l»een elected to that office.
San Francisco, July 12—Mayor
Bexton testified yesterday in the
Glass trial that he accepted $5000
from Theodore Halsey, an agent of
Glass The bribe was given him
while he held the position of sup
ervisor. and was to secure his as
sistance in having the telephone
franchise bill passed.
Seattle. July 12—Henrv Berthe 'j
lot, a mem her of the society for
scientific research of France’, sailed
last night for Nome on the Penn
sylvania. His trip is being made
to investigate a reported deposit of
raoium in Alaska. The society
has received samples of ore from
there which carried considerable
tra ’e trace of radium, a mineral
worth $5,000,000 a pound. Barihe
lot believes that he will be able to
locate the only known deposit of
this mineral in the world. Radium
if found in any quantity will work
a revolution in the sciences, being
capable of furnishing a powerful
light indefinitely, and having other
remarkable qualities.
New York, July 12 —Admiral
Yamamoto visited the navy yard
at Brooklyn yesterday. Last night
when interviewed he said that ttie
cordial relations now existing be
tween the United states and Japan
cannot he disrupted, and that the
talk of war was only a local squall.
Seattle, July 12—St. Paul has
been chosen for the next conven
of the Christian Endeavorers.
Seattle, Julv 13—George Hast
ings, of Reuter’s News Agency,
this city, sa ls today for Point Bar
row to meet the returning Well
man party, which has been in
search of the North Pole.
Boise, Julv 13—Haywood, who'
is on the stand in his own defense,:
testified that he Lad fully endorsed ,
the sentiment that Governor Stuen
enberg was a hireling and a traitor.
San Franciseo, July 13—A mas.
meeting of the business men an J;
citizens has been called for this af-j
temoon. at which an attempt will
be made to bring about a settle
ment of the differences between
the operators and the telegraph
companies, whereby the strike may
be declared off. The absence of
telegraphic facilities is working i
great hardship upon the businc-s
interests of the city,
Washington, July 13—General
Murray, of the coast defenses, and
Commander Woods, naval mines
expert, have been ordered to start
for .San Francisco to investigate
the best fields for mines in Pacific
waters. Later they will go to Seat
tle for the same purpose. The
Portsmouth and Newport stations
have been ordered to send to the
coast a large equipment of mines
and tOi|K*eoes. and active prepara
tions for the defense of the various
coast cities are under way. It is
given out that this activity is not
caused by any alarming symptoms
in the Japanese controversy, but is
merely a precaution against any
possible war, the Pacific coast be
ing particularly unprepared to re
sist an attack from a foreign power.
Los Argeles, July 13—The wife
of Charles Peoples, a prominent
business man of this city, has sued
him for divorce, alleging that Ab
bie Treadwell Hall has alienated
his affections from her. She has
also brought suit against the latter
for fifty thousand dollars damages.
Seattle, Julv 13—Rev. Wilson, a
Methodist minister in attendance
at the Christian Endeavor conven
tion. staten in an andress that he
hoped to see Fairbanks the next
president of the United States. His
words were greeted with tremend
ous cheering. Fairbanks later ad
dressed the convention, and in the
course of his remarks said “We
fear no power on earth, nor need
any power fear our power. We will
never compromise our honor nor
demand that another nation should
sacrifice its honor. All difficulties
between nations should be settled
by courts of reason.”
Seattle, July 13—Gov. Hoggatt
sails today for Katalla to investi
gate the Guggenheim-Bruner
trouble. He states that he does
not believe the report that the
trouble is nothing but a personal
quarrel «»f the employees but be
lieves that it is instigated by the
opposing railroad interests.
Helena, July 13—Peter Larson,
a millionaire railroad contractor,
and we'l known throughout the
Northwest, died in this city todav
Washington, July 13—Congress
man Overstreet, chairman of the
republican congressional commit
tee, who is supporting Fairbanks
for the presidency, declares that
Cortelyou will have the New York
delegation to the convention, by
which he will be nominated for the
presidency. He states that Hughes
cannot possibly secure the endorse
ment of the New York delegates.
Tokyo, July 13—It is rumored
that the emperor of Korea will ab
i dicate the throne.
Sunnyside, July 13—Mrs. Nico
lai, whose husband mysteriously
disappeared sometime ago, and
who was supposed to have been
murdered by the saloon element,
against which he was waging bit
ter war, has received a letter from
Skagway, Alaska, telling her not
to worry. The letter is believed to
l*» in ber husband’s handwriting,
hut it makes no explanation of his
flight.
San Francisco, July, 13—lb xton
in his testimony Unlay, stated that
Heney had given to him and
Spreckles a written guarantee that
they would be held immune from
all prosecution, providing 'bey
gave testimony against the other
grafters.
Seattle, July 15—The Santa
Clara sailed Saturday night for
Valdez with 140 passengers and a
full load of freight.
Tokyo, July 15—Minister of War
Terauchi denies that the Japanese
government has any spies in the
United States. He says that these
Japs recently arrested while in the
act of drawing plans of the \urious
fortifications were acting of their
own volition, and were without
any authority from the govern
ment.
St. Petersburg, July 15—The
commandant of Sevastopol was as
sassinated this morning. This is
only one of numerous assassina
tions which have taken place in
this city in the past few weeks, but
the others have been suppressed by
the government.
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