VOL. 9. "° 286
GAIN'S BODY
ON [HE CEDRIC
Col. Kline Succeeded to Office
When Death of Mayor Was
Conflrmed.
Washington, St>|i I. I-’.—The
body of Mayor Gaynor, who died
while crossing the ocean on the
Baltic, has been placed on board
the Cedric for shipment to his
home in New York. Hundreds of
Americans who are visiting in
England witnessed the transfer
of Ihl body from the Baltic lo
the Cedric. The remains were
draped with the American and
British Hags.
.Yew York, Sepl. I-.—The city
i> -draped in mourning in mem
ory of Mayor Gaynor. Expres
sions of regret at his sudden
death are heard on all sides ir
respective of party, as he was
generally regarded as a man of
exceptional ability and force ev
en by those who were opposed
lo him politically.
New York. Sept. I ■.’.--Immedi
ately upon I lie reeeipl ol I lie
message confirming the death of
Mayor <!aynor the hoard of al
dermen were summoned lo I lie
city hall lo name a successor to
I he dead mayor. t’.olonel Kline,
Republican, presidenl of the al
dermauic hoard, 'succeeded |o the
posit ion and was immediaMly
sworn in. II was announced that
the funeral Mayor (iaynor
would lie puhiic, the relatives of
I In- deceased having given their
consent.
FATAL FIGHT IN
DENVER SALOON
Sad Ending of Baseball Player
Who Was Once Idol of
the Fans.
Denver. Sepl. I.1.— Philip San
doval. who has ..ecu passing un
der the assumed name of (leorge
Meyers, was killed in a fighl in
a saloon here last night.
Sandoval was a baseball play
er with a nalional reputation be
fore lie became addicted lo Ihe
drink habit. Many friends who
made clt'orls lo reclaim him were
forced lo give up Ihe si niggle,
as lie1 seemed lo have lost all will
power, ’flic murderer was ar
rested.
ENGLISH BIDDERS
BET THE GONIRMiT
Turbine Drums ,for America’s
Mew Battleship be Mamifee
r tured Abroad;.
Washington, Sept. I'.’.—The
turbine drums for the big hat -
tieship which is being huifl for
the American navy, will he made
in England. The contract was
..i awarded to un English ^rjji
whose liguces were much lower
than any of flic American bid
ders.
The work will lie superinleml
u! Iiy an oll'ieer of the navy.
John Stark, a well known min
er of I lie interior, who lel'l Hillty
Iasi fall siill'ering from hihercu
I .sis, died i n Seal I le ..ill ly.
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Stampeders From Fairbanks to
New Camp Bring Back Dis
couraging Reports.
Fairbanks, Sept. 1-.—Dozens
of stampeders are returning ev
ery day from the Shushanna
camp and bring discouraging re
ports. They report but little pay
found as yet and grub very
scarce. There are hundreds of
men in the camp who are get
ting out as fast as possible, as
I herd will he no work this season
whereby they can earn a dollar.
The season is much shorter than
*
id Fairbanks and ice was begin
ning to form almost every night
when the recent arrivals left the
Shushanna.
Many of Hie stampeders from
Ibis place did not think it worth
while to slake .claims, although
wind was believed to he good
'ground was open when the tirst
eonlingenli from Fairbanks ar
rived.
sea mm
SLAUGHTERED
Last Herd In Existence Is Prac
tically Kilted
Off.
I,us Alipeles, Sepl. I-_The al
leged wholesale slauphler of sea
jelephanls mi < luadalupe island,
' n IV Ihe cnasl nl' l.ower Da I i In III i a.
is miller invest iaalinn h\ Ihe I’ed
eral fin \ eri.iiiienl here. The
smimpliim nl' Ihe hides III' Ihese
(•real ures llimugli American
purls was repnrled In Ihe cns
Iiiiiis nll'ieials hv (diaries K. Da
vis, naluralisi and miner, who
said one nf Ihe Iasi sea elephant
herds in the world had been all
hut annihilaled within the past
ninitlh.
(if Ihe -’00 animals Dial com
posed the herd, only 10 remain,
lie said. Davis named several
placed where lie helieved some
■of the hides could lie found.
HAS SYMPATHY
FORJR. LAME
Berkeley, Bill.. Scpl. 12.
Franklin K. Bane, Secretary' of
Interior, lias so far recovered
from his recent collapse that be
is permitted by physicians lo sit
up. President Wlilson has wired
his sympathy and. hopes 'of a
speedy recovery.
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San Francisco, Sept. 12.— Mrs.
Franklin K. Babe, wife of the
Secretary of the firtefinr, 'has
been elected an honorary mem
ber xof the Woman's Board u^jj^
Panmna^Paeittf- exposition.'‘ .
Bert Ulollilield, who went into
the interior to expert some quart/
properties in the Iniioku district,
lias turned the proposition down.
The ledges wife sufficiently large
Ihii (tie values were not great
enough lo warrant capital tak
ing hold of them.
SOCIETY CIRCLES
ARE SHOCKED
Former Captain of Rough Rideri
Elopes With Young Girl *;
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From Capital. ;
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W ashington, Sept. \2.—CeorgA
(lurry, a former congressman!
from N<fw Mexico, lias elope®
with a girl who is less Ilian ha!fi
his own age. Curry is fifty years*
old and the girl twenty-one. Hot®
are well known in society eir-i
eles and I lie elopement has prov
ed a sensal ion, as Curry has a
wife living. The girl is a mem
ber of a prominent family.
• Curry has led an eventful life
and was eaplain of Roosevelt's
Hough Riders during I lie Span
lsh-Ameriean war.
During I lie reorganization of
the Philippines he was chief of
police of Manila and organized
the lirsl civic police force under
the American government I here,
lie was governor of New Mexico
from I DO 7 In IPII, when he was
elected congressman.
ARE IGNORED
.Republican Member of Ways and
Means Committee Refuses
to S®rve.
Washillfilnn, Sepl. I s.-ltcp
rosenlalivo Sydney Anderson of
Minnesota. of llie Ways and
Means eonunil lee. has resigned
front Hie coinmillee and says
j he will refuse In allend any more
mcelinps if his resip;ual ion is
no| accepted. lie is a Kepuhli
l*an.
lie denuu lines I he met limls
pursued by the Demnrcal ie nieni
hers of llie conimillee and says
il is farcial for Kepiihlieans lo
lake paid in discussions before
il. The Democrats, according
Jo Anderson, are more intolerant
of llie opinions of their oppo
nents in committee matters than
llie Kepiihlieans when they were
in control.
BIPLANE PLUNGES
INTO BIG CROWD
Uncontrolled machine Takes a
Fearful Tall of Life—Four
killed, 17 Injured.
I’.ohle. N. Sept. 12—An
.army officer who was testing a
biplane here yesterday lost con
trol of the machine and it 'sud
denly dived into a big crowd of
’spectators who had gathered to
witness the manoeuvres. Before
the machine could he got under
control it had killed four persons
and injured seventeen others.
The biplane swooped down in
to the' crowd like a monster bird
of prey and its victims were un
^H>(wdwovetf.aapt«1_fso n i jfs ravages*
Two of its victims, a woman and
ja hoy, were cut to pieces by the
tlying propeller, as the motor
'continued to work even after the
.'machine had hit the -ground, dm*
1 man’s head was severed from his
lliody, as.though decapitated with
!a knife and the skull of a po
ll iceman was crushed by the ma
chine when it |VI! In the ground.
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Secretary WiIson’s Efforts to End
the Copper Strike Are Not
Appreciated.
Calumet, Mich., Sept. IJ.--The
efforts of John Moffitt, who was
went here1 by Secretary WJTson to
try to bring about a settlement
pf the strike among the copper
miners has failed, lie was un
able to get the mine owners to
consent to treat with the strik
ers except upon terms already
laid down by them.
The sinkers are1 not inclined
to recede from their position that
all who engaged in the strike lie
given their old position if work
is again resumed. To lliis the
dpi/rators refuse to listen, claim
ing that it is impossible. The
Strike promises to last for an in_
detinile period as neMlier appear
to welcome tilt?,efforts of the gov
ernment to bring about a sc't
Hensenl.
JAP ULTIMATUM
SEAT 10 CHINA
Demand Apology for Insults Of
— fsred to Flag and Large
Indemnity.
I'eking, Sepl. 12.--The nil i —
liialtini i>I' Ihe Japanese govern
inent has heeli received regard
ing Ihe episode of | lie killing of
1 he subjects of lhal country at
.\auk|n(g during Ihe reeenl ru
hellion. Japan demands an ap
ology from the government of
China for insults oll'ered the Hag
of Japan when it was torn hy
/iederal soldiers ail'd trampled
under fool while they were had
ing I tie eily after its capture.
They also demand Ihe punish
nienl of those responsible for Ihe
killing of four Japanese who
were murdered during Ihe haltle
before the fall of the eily, and
large indemnity to cover losses
.by Japanese when the eily was
looted hy Ihe federal soldiers.
PROTEST AGIST
ORCHARD'S PARDON
Governor’s Office Swamped by
Messages From All Parts of
the Country.
Boise, Idaho, JSept. 12_The
announcement that Harry Orch
ard, the dynamiter and murderer
of Governor Stunenberg, had
asked for a pardon, has Hooded
the governor’s office with mes
sages and letters protesting
against (he pardon being grant
ed.
The memory of Orchard’s con
fession. which involved many
people who art* still prominent
residents of this slat**, is still
fresh and? *t is feared that he
would met*! with foul play if re
leased. lie claims to have been
converted anil is desirous of
working among the poor lo show
1111*111 tin* error of I heir ways.
If you want to sell or Imy any
second hand fiirniliire, stores
etc., call lip <’it> Express. Phone
82.
T'
IBP FALLS
INTO NORTH SEA
Twenty-two Persons Lose Their
Lives in Accidents of Three
Days.
Hamburg, Germany, Sept. 12.
Jn addition to tlie Zeppelin air
ship which was wrenched from
its moorings at Liepsic yester
day and destroyed with the loss
of two lives a more serious dis
aster is reported let have oc
curred to a sister ship of the
same company.
t During the gale an airship
was caught and carried out. over
the North sea, into which it
dropped. The crew and passen
gers, numbering lifteen in all,
were drowned, not a soul escap
ing. Part of the wreckage of the
airship has lloaled in to shore.
There have been few Zeppelin
airships which have not met wilh
some accident durhifg the past
week and the number of persons
who have lost their lives during
I he past three days total 22.
10 SEEK HONORS
Possible Gubernatorial Candi
date and Is Personally
Popular.
I't nl la ml. (Ire.. Sepl. I J. - -
"Hill” Hanley.. Oregon's rirhesl
raurheir, is a pnssilile guberna
lui'ial eamliilale al I lie ruining
eleel inn. Hanley is wealthy ami
Jvnnvvii in every pari of I lie stale
anil il is lielirveil llial his per
sonal popularity will earn him
In virlnlv if lie ileeiiles In elller
llle mill esl.
SILEPT IN SOX
TO AVOID DRAUGHT
I'nrl smnill h. \. II.. Sepl. I-.
I )r. liohrrl (I. Treadwell, who,
arrording lo his friends, slept al
nighI in a wooden hox lo avoid
Hie possihilily of a draught, died
al his home here today, aged Dll
years, lie was oner an inslruel
ni' in languages al Harvard uni
versity.
samueTgompers
BEFORE COMMITTEE
Washing!mi, Sept. I •-’.--Sam
uel (lumpers, president of the
American. Federation of l.abor,
has ended his testimony before
the congressional lobbying coiii
mitteie. He was under lire for
two days and defended the ac
tivities of the federation in a
masterful manner.
RELEiSEDM
IMJLLK
Washington, Sept. 1.’.--Rep
resentative William II. Wilder
of Massachusetts, died here to
day after a lingering illness, lie
is prominent in financial circles
in his native stall’ and leaves a
large fortune. IJe was a 112nd
degree Mason and a member of
the1 (Irand Army of the Repub
lic.
Henry Suessdorf will make a
trip to ('.amp t.omfoil with I'ele
('.ashman to visit ('barley Hand.
ISLANDS SINK
INTO THE OCEAN
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Hundreds of Lives Believed to
Have Been Lost In South
Pacific.
San Francisco. Sept. 12.— In
formation lias been brought^
from Hit- south which indicates
that a terrible tragedy has Re
cently taken place in that por
lion of the world whereby hun
dreds of lives are believed to
have been swallowed up by- the
waters of fhei south Pacili ;
ocean. Two islands of the Ton
ga or Friendly group have disap
peared and are believed to have
sank inlo the' sea carrying with
them hundreds of persons who
blade their hollies there.
The iiiformal ion of the disas
ter conies through trailing \es
sels who regularly vi-il the is
lands to trade with the natives.
The ollirers oT file vessel which
has returned from an unsuccess
ful trip reports that they were
unable lo Mud the islands or any
trace of them although they were
on the exact spol which was
f rmerly designated on the
chart as being occupied by Ton
gas island. II is not known how
the islapd sank or what became
of its inhabitants, it lias simply
disappeared and left no I race of
its occupants.
Tonga was the chief island of
the Friendly group which lies
about 350. miles southwest from
Samoa and 2f»0 in a southeasterly
direction from the Fiji group of
islands.
MRS. WESTMAN
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Judge Instructs Jury to Bring in
Verdict of Acquittal—The
Crowd Cheers.
Sealile. Srpl . I •.'.--Tile I rial of
,Mrs. West man mi I In- charge of
having murdered Iiit husband on
Ifaiiiliriiljji' Island Iasi spring,
was very lirirf. Tim ease was
calleil \eslei'ilav mommy anil tile
woman was rnlrased Iasi niylit.
AHer Imariny I lie eviilenee tile
.judye insl rueleil tlm jurv in the
vi^nlirl t hr\ shmilil render. its
I Im woman was proven In have
arleil in defense of her own life.
The \erdiel was yreelrd with ap
plause hy the crowd in Ihe eourl
room.
HAS ATTAINED
m OLD A6E
Archbishop h*t!|gJK!h Aevsnty
flfth Birthday CddbAW hi
St. Paul.
St. Paul, Sc|»t. 1 .'.--Archbish
op Ireland (celebrated Jus 751 li
birthday. He was born in Ire
land November 'll. I8.‘I8. and
carpe lo America witty tyis par
ents as a child.
The occasion was taken ad
vantage of by the ('.alludics of the
icily, to present him with a beau
lliful souvenir of the occasion.
He received manv congratulatory
messages during the day.
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Tom Parker was up from I he
! (Mill' mine today.
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