END GOLDFIELD STRIKE
iiaers Secure . Desired
Scale Of Wages
At Dast
Goldfields, April 22—The lock
out of the Western Federation of
Miners has ended. A gigantic
meeting was held yesterday in the
open air, at which the mine owners
ratified the terms submitted by the
miners at the beginning of the
trouble.
Pittsburg, April 22—It is an
nounced by the morning papers
that a relative of Mrs Thaw com
mitted suicide in her home at
Lindhurst five years ago and that
the police were paid a large amount
to hide the corpse an l keep the
matter secret The matter was
discovered last week through one
of the policemen who carried the
body away.
New York, April 22—Evelyn
Thaw announces that as soon as
her husband is acquitted they will j
go west and start life anew on a i
ranch.
Albany, April 22—A b.ll has
been introduced in the state legis
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lature at. the request of Jerome,!
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winch will be of great assistance j
in securing the conviction of crimi
nals who plead insanity as a de
fense for their crimes.
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Chelan, Auril 22—A rich strike
o; gold ore has been discovered
near this town. It is believed that j
f
i will be a second Cripple Creek,
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tin- formation being the satm .
New York, April 22—Henry j
Watterson predicts that Cov.;
Hughes will he the next president j
of the United States. He says the!
South is enthusiastic over him as
a possible candidate.
San Diego, April 22—Barney j
Oldfield has broken the motor
track record, making a mile in 51
4-5 seconds.
Washington April 22—Goethall j
has filed serious charges against
engineer of the Panama Canal
Stevens, saying that the work so
far has been useless, and that Stt v- '
ens has rendered false reports. He
recommends that a contract be let
for the work instead of having the
government do it.
Seattle, April 22—Constantine,
who was recently convicted of an
assault on Jesse Hall, has received
sentence, being given a year in jail
and a fine of $5,000. He will ap
peal from the decision of this court.
Chistuchina, April 22—All of the
Slate creek outfits are now at Red
Rock, on Chisluchina excepting
Melvin 1 >empsey’s, which is stuck
on Copper river. The Copper is
now entirely impassable and there
will be no more sledding on the ice
this spring. The outfits for the
Nabesna have all readied their
destination, and the government
outfit completed its work and left
Saturday for Valdez.
Chiluahua, April 22—A Mexican
emplovee of a firer orks factory
here walked into the building ves
terdav with a lighted cigarette in
his hand. The factory has disap
peared entirely and no remnants
of the cigarette smoker have been
found.
New York. April 22—One of the
g-a st feats in modern surg
ery was performed here yesterday,
when surgeons amputated the
crushed forearm of a hoy and
grafted on another taken from a
youngster who sold his arm to the
surgeons for $10,000. The a’m of
the injured boy is now apparent 1
as good as ever.
Pittsburg. April 23—This city is
to have an upheaval in municipal
affairs which may equal that in
Frisco. President (’ano-mn, of tin*
Pittsburg Tube Railway swears
that every member of the city
council asked him for a bribe be
fore they would pass the franchise
for bis company, f bher sensation
al charges are to la* .-prong later
when the grand jury is ready to
hatiule the matter.
New York, Aj ril 23—A voman
has been found who swears tl.a*
6 te knows Mts. Lddy lias been a
victim of hypnotism for several
years. She says that the woman
has no control over her actions in
any wav. being handled entirely
by suggestion of the one who has
her hypnotized.
Berlin, April 28—Emperor Wil
liam ami King Edward hud a nar
row escape from being dashed to
death vesterdav whde out motor
ing. William was driving and
while going around the side of a
small hill upset the rnuehinethrow
ing the motor end over end down
the embankment. They rolled to
the edge of a steep cliff and stopped.
Two feet more and they would
have been dashed to pieces. As it
was they were badly shaken up by
the fall.
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1 London, April 23—Hundreds oj j
the unemployed of the city
marched to the House of Commons
j yesterday to protest against the
j niggardly policy of the Liberals.!
They claim that this policy is res-!
ponsihle for the prevailing hard
times in the country.
Seattle. April 23—A tire which
originated in an overheated hear j
ing on one of the engines in thn'
lumber mills -,{\ Port Blakely last .
night, caused the complete destruc
tion of the plant. This was the
largest mill of its kind in the world,
and the tire will ent >il a loss of
$(100,000 Two thousand men aie
thrown out of employment by tin*
j disaster.
Sun Francisco, April 23 — Bur
i
hank, who has been so successful
in developing new forms of vege
table life, claims that he can take
a dozen children and in three gen
erations produce tl.t* finest race of
people in the world. He has made
an extensive study of the subject
and savs they can he developed
and improved tlie same as plants.
New York, Apiil 23 — Mark
Twain antiounces that he is going
to torn pirate. !Ie s »v- he is «•» n
templating a yachting trip with
11 of the Stand.ir l Oil C >.
land by the time it is completed he
expects to he* thoroughly versed in
the tactics of the followers of the
black flag.
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San Francisco, April 21*—I he
latest result of the investigation
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into the eorruptnes- of the munici
pal government is the discovery,
that tin* police department has,
been acting in conjunction with j
the crooks <>f the city. It is
charged that the police have been !
subsidized bv burglars and hold-up
men. receiving monthly amounts J
which, in many ca-cs, were greater'
than their salaries, in return fori
which the police protected the
criminals from arrest and punish
incut. This revelation has aroused
! intense feeling against the police
many of whom have been arrested
Havana, April 23—Hundreds
of prominent Cubans have made a
public declaration of their desire
’that the United States shall for
ever hold Cuba. This attitude on
the part of tin* foremost Cubans
will have great weight with the
administration, and it is believed!
settles the question of American j
I occupancy of the island.
Seattle, April 2d—The ground
breaking for the big Alaska expo
sition will he eatlv in Mav. Many
prominent Alaskans and others
from all parts of the States will he
invited to attend the big ceremo
nial
Washington, April 2d—The pres
ident is said to have sent a secret
note to Kmperor \\ iliiam, asking
his help in securing an interna
tional peace conference.
Butte, April 2d- In a letter to
he Klks President Roosevelt urges
that they discontinue the use of
Klk teeth in their order, saying
that the animals are being exter
minated by hunters who kill them
merely to secure the teeth.
Portland, April 2d— In an ad
dress last night Senator Bourne
mn le the declaration that it was
const itut ional I v impossible for
Roosevelt to decline the nomina
tion for president again. Bourne
says that if tin* people of the
United States demand Roosevelts
renomination it would he treason
for iiim to refuse to accept it.
Seattle, April 23— While burg
lars were engaged in robbing a
house on Queen Anne hill last
night a telegri.ph messenger went
to the building to deliver a mes
sage. One of the burglars signed
for the telegram and entertain* d
the messenger with lunch and a
glass of wine. When the residents
of the house returned they found
the message with a note saving
that the robbers had paid the de
livery charges.
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