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It has been positively announced that
no Chinese will work on the Panama
canal.
Diamonds have been advanced in price
20 per cent. The DeBeers syndicate is
behind the raise.
Mrs. Adair, a rich American widow,
has shocked English society by refusing
to marry Loid Kitchener.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis, widow of the
president of the Confederate States,
died in New York Oct. 10.
Sam Jones, the famous evangelist,
died of heart failure while on the train
bound for bis home in Georgia Oct. 16.
United States treasury officials declare
that a recount of the funds of the sub
treasury at St, Louis shows a shortage
of at least $(>0,000
Edward Garrett, of London, 17 years
old, S7 inches high, 08 pounds weight,
is to play the part of a 14-months old
baby on a New York stage.
The report of the department of com
merce and labor shows that 14,500 seal
skins were shipped from St. Paul island
and the St. George islands during the
fiscal year ending June.
Terry McGovern and Young Corbett
have signed to tight twenty rounds lie
fore the club offering the best induce
ments. It is believed the fight will lie
pulled off in Goldfields.
E. Erving Halstead, a high society
man of Tacoma, has been arrested for
embezzling several thousand dollars be
longing to the Elwood Evans estate, of
which he was administrator.
When the Eleventh cavalry passed
Des Moines, la., on its way to Cuba
four voting girls were discovered bidden
in caissons accompanying the soldiers.
They were arrested and sent to their
homes.
Joseph Medill Patterson, the famous
young Chicago newspaper man who
turned socialist and thereby forsook a
fortune which otherwise he would have
inherited, has established a newspaper
called Tbe Socialist.
Jesse Hall, the real estate man shot
in Seattle some time ago by his father
in-law, William Constantine, for alleged
mistreatment of his wife, took a turn
for the worse and on Oct. 20 was uncon
scious anil not expected to live.
Keno Hutchinson, secretary af the
Young Men’s Christian Association, was
waylaid and murdered the night of Oct.
16 in Spokane, Wash. The crime may
have been committed by some one
whose enmity was due to Hutchinson's
work against the disreputable element.
John, Faina, William and Richard
Meyers, brothers and sister, have been
arrested for the robbery of the Japanese
bank and the murder of the cashier and
manager in San Francisco. The land
lady of the house in which the Meyerses
lived says she heard them plotting to
commit tbe crime.
At San Francisco Oct. 30 a gale caused
the walls of the old Grand Ol>era House
to fall and fourteen workmen were
buried in the ruins. A short time after
ward the Pacific Mutual building, at
Market and Geary streets, went down
and four more workmen were buried.
It is not known whether or not any of
them were taken out alive.
The Icirk itelrt-ccn Crowell, command*
e<l hy the Kev. Frank Sanford, »elf
ntvli"! Klijah of Shiloh, head of a fake
religion* m't of Portland. Ore., i* he*
1ieve<l to have been lout in the big
■tormi* on the Atlanta' ocean. The
veeerl hud on Uatrd *i*t» women ami
children convert* of "Klijah” on their
way to Jeruaalem to make convert* to
tlieir caiine.
An automoltile containing four women
and the chaffeur *trock a telegraph pole
while uikUr full »(»el at Cleveland,
Ohio. TIh-gamdrne lank einhaled ami
the p»**enger* were envelope*! in Ha me*
The Miaam Schmittel, two pa-acugvr*,
were killed outright. The two oilier
women ami the chaffeur were thrown
clear of the wreck, hut the latter lued
an eye knu kel
At midnight Oct. 20 two robbers drove
up to the shafthousc of the Mohawk
mine at Goldfields, Nev., and forced the
watchmen to load 1,000 pounds of ore
worth $50 a |smnd into a wagon, and
escaped with the booty.
The city council of Seattle refused to
grant a request by Chief Wappenstein
for money to pav for thirty more police
men. The chief said the coast is over
run with criminals, and he will appeal
to the public for funds to keep them
from operating in Seattle.
There is an island in the Missouri
river between Clay county, Missouri,
and Wyandotte county, Kansas. Neither
state holds title to the island and prize
fights are occurring there in defiance of
the authorities of both states. Governor
Folk is endeavoring to prove Missouri’s
title in order to stop the fights.
Warden Kees of the Washington state
penitentiary has been dismissed from
office for speculating in prison-made
grain sacks. Cruelty and other offenses
are also alleged. Kees declares he is a
victim of Internal Revenue Collector
Crocker and has declared war against
Crocker and the entire following of
Unit»d States Senator Ankeny.
Mrs. Will H. Thompson, mother of!
the boy who murdered J udge Mead!
Emory in Seattle last summer, died Oct.
25 alter a protracted illness. She died '
ignorant of her son’s awful deed. At
the time of the murder she was so low !
the doctors declared knowledge of her
son’s crime would kill her. She was
told that her son was attending school !
in Europe.
Secretary Taft, Assistant Secretary of j
State Bacon and General Funston re-1
turned to the United States from Cuba j
the middle of October. As soon as the
party had taken its leave Governor Ma- !
•goon issued an official proclamation to
the effect that as soou as absolute Jieace j
is attained he will bring about the ordi-!
nary agencies of government and return i
the reins to the Cuban people. He de- ■
dared that he would fulfill every prom- j
ise that Secretary Taft had made, and !
hoped for the friendly co-operation of
all Cubans.
I
The Colorado river has lieen turned
back into its own channel. By cutting
through an irrigating canal the river
left its old channel and caused a prop
erty loss of 120,000,000. Salton sink,
into which the river poured, is now an
immense lake, with a level far below
that of the ocean, and it will take years j
for the water to evaporate and leave J
the ground dry again. Many engineers
had declared the effort to turn the river
back into its own lied would fail, but
it was perfectly successful.
Colonel Chamberlain's rejiort of his
inquiry into the charges preferred by
Major Ballaine against Colonel Glass’
ford, head of the Alaskan telegraph and
cable service, completely exonerates the
officer. Ballaine charged that Colonel
Glassford was censoring all press matter
sent from Seattle to Alaska paj>era and
that he was discriminating against Bal
laine’s railroad at Seward. It is now
stated that Ballaine tried to use the 1
wires to get advertising for his scheme
sent to Alaska |>a|>ers as struight news
matter.
An awful hurricane devastated the
Atlantic count line of Florida Oct. 17.
The storm wan fully a severe as the one
which caused such widespread ruin
around the gulf of Mexico in September,
hut the track of the last storm was con*
lined to a narrower lielt. The loan of
life will never lie accurately known.
More than fifty barges engaged in the
government work along the coast were
blown to sea and l<*l with all on laiard
llundreils of lashes washed ashore anti
were sent to KernaiMlina, where Ju
merge was established. The extrusive
government woxks in progress along the
Atlantic roast of Honda for two years
were demolished, entailing a low ol
|.l.i»XMsxi Kailnaul eonipwnies are also
heavily hurt along the same line The
lug rudrowd line living built to connect
the different keys was washed away al
together, causing a l<sw estimated at
•o.tsai.uiu Mhott's key, upon which
many summer homes, wss swept
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of life washed from the island. At
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THANKSGIVING
GELEBRATION
Eat, Dance, Be Merry and
Give Thanks.
A tianquet and social dance will l>e |
given by the Arctic Brotherhood at
their hall in Ham part, Thursday, Nov.
2t). Music will lie furnished by Mrs.'
Smith and M. P. Fleischman.
The ladies have expressed a willing
ness to take a s]<ecial interest in the
affair, and'no jiains will be spared by
the A. B.’s to make this one of the
social events of the season.
Kverylsaly invited.
F. M. A. L.
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