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XSeneml Butt«fidd is dead. He passed awaj at his home near l*oughkeepaie,Yhe pension roll is rapidly grownig. It aanounu to nearly’f140,000,000 »or the fis-H. aails for New i'ork July 25,‘ Mr. Thomas Upton thinks she is the •last^ raciiig .yaehl afloatMarahaU. *Mo., a town of 5000 people, on the Chicago 4, Alton road, 90 niUes east of <Xty, is reported burned. ;There is an almost complete cessation of inihing opeiutions in the Lackawanna valley because of the strike of sUtionaiy fire*i strike in the NaUonal Steel,^ oaay-8 funuce at Xik«, Ohio, has been iettted, and 350 men have returned to.*^th threatenmg ciitses and at the ^nt of guns two masked inen held up C. B. Ciemmer and Oon R4silgait on the .—iKidge aero* the Umatilla at Pendleton.An explosion occuimjd recently at the <5vttorp Powder wodcs at Xora, province of Onjbro. wrecking seS-en buildings. Fwr persons ww killed and a number injured Leigh 6. J. Hunt, the Korean mUUon ^e, is very ill at Nagasaki and hw^ wa Icilled and 20 were injured, several fataUj DiUy Maddenr-^JwwfPTO* the heavyweight pugiUst, who was Dutte.'^tes that he had been offered
« MedSnto P»T11U«. Al»utlO.persons were present and not a seat was 'vncited. iA bulletin recentiy IsBued by the cefl* 80S office shows there naa been a decrease of the Chinese population in the United States since 1900 of 17,865, the number now being'89,600. The Japanese Increased during the past 10 years from 2,039 to 24,300.Seven women, headed by Mrs. H. H. Grover, president of the Eldorado, Kas., W. C. T. U., entered a Joint run by a man named Bush In a tent in the center of town and demolished a tubful of bottled beer. They took samples of the liQUor to the sheriff, who later ordered the joints to qolt business.
The total number of casualties to persons on account of radlway accidents during the year ending June 30, 1900, was 58,185. The aggregate number of persons killed In consequence of railway accidents during the year was 7,865, and the numberrinjured was 50,- 820. Of railway employes 2,550 were killed and 39,643 were Injured.Adolph Strecker. a barber of San Francisco, at a recent shooUng of the third National Bunderfest completed a score which has never been equaled in the United States on the King target and w^ich will doubtless give Strecker the “King prise.” Out of a possible 200 he has made the record score of 395 points, breaking the highest score of "King” Hayes, made three years ago, by ' 22 points. P. C. Ross, the first hundes king, made 371 six years ago.r Donald J. Bedton. editor •of the Nelson Dailv Miner, was thrown from a streetcar Sunday and died the same evening at the n-hidence of John Hi>rton on Stanley street, where he was remolded at the time of the accident.•Because lie went bathing in the Touchet alone when he could not Hwiin, Heary Hig- bee of Tekoa met an untimely death. Hig-
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Womperatare of. Miaweapolla 10»—At Blilwankee It Warn OO—In Iowa Average Maxlntaat Temperatare for Five Day* Breaks Becorda.
Chicago, July 22.—All heat records sinoc^the establishment of a weather bureau in Chicato 30 years ago w ere broken Sundar. ^^he government thermometer rek^tered 103 degrees. Down on the street It was three to five grees hotter, and to add to the sufv .fering a hot, stifling wind, like a blast furnace, blew all day; from the south- Iwest, From 5 o'clock in the morning, 'when the thermometer registered 77. !a gradual rise followed until at 4:30 p. m. the top notch had been reached. Sbonlr after that Ume the wind veered around toward the lake and caused a drop to 95 at 8:30 tonight : Proetratlo&s wer$nunkerous and police ambulances were-kept busy taking care of persona overodme on the streets..Omaha, July 22.—With the exception of July 26. 1894, on which day the
WASBiMtrroa.Walla Walla la soon to have electric cars.Bicycle licenses iakied up to date in^ Spokane tcAal 4,300.Tekoa farmers find that their pear trees have been blighted, j The Cheney Normal will open for the next year on September 9.A clam cannery for South Bend is now practically an assured fact Fred Kayior was run over by the train at Valley Grove, afid his left foot was cut off.
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Insist Tknt the Stine Workers Denne Their Position OeSnitcly Once for All—Offtcinl Statement . Issne$ From Firemen’s Hendannrters. I
was CUE ou. WUlkesbarre. Pa.. July 22.-TheThe first shipments of tomatoes were staUonarj- nremens ktri ^de last week from Walla Walla to. be at aneastern points. . i———————E. A. Grant and Jack Murray were’workers and
wlU soon__________end. At a meeting of theI executive oQicers of the United Mine> officers of the lire-mt and jaCR Murray were: womens emu Uio ouiociB ui Ulo uro- released on parole from the state peni- men's order, the firemen Insisted that tentiary recently, jthe mine workers define their posl-W. W. Plckerell has begun the con- tion definitely once for all, as it was structlon of a roof garden in Tacoma • impossible to carry on the strike Iftha . MtnA wnrkara nnnnAM!DUUVUVU WA « SWV-* o————————————-for musical and vaudeville entertaln- mentSAPullman enjoys the dlsUncUon of having more buildings under construction than any other town in the Palouse country.The premium list for the fine arts ment of
the United Miue workers opposed it. With that object in view the executive officers of the mine workers agreed to come to this city and meet the strikers. The United Mine workers were represented by 26 offlceis of the three districts. The StationaryThe premium nst lor uio uuo oi tue tnree oistncis. me otauonary department of the Spokane Interstate Firemen’s associauon was represent- falr have beeh issued and are ready for: ^ j,y j, p, Muiiabcy, president of the I association; Thomas Barrett, vice J. A. Gerrity, secretary;
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ntly gone to Waits- bu'rg. WAsh., from Tekoa to labor in the Lar-est fields.Twentv-five machinist.s in the employ of the Pdfific Coast company in Seattle^ who left their positions when the machini.sts’ union ordered a strike last May, have returned to -work. An agreement was reached between the men and President Farrell.At Topeka, Kan., Mrs. Carrie Nation was fined 8100 and given a 80 days' jail sentence by Judge Harm in the district court for disturbing tlie jic.ice nUd dignity id the city®by a Sunday joint raid last Marclu; There is no app«l and the noted woman must serve her time in pri The third national Bundesfest shooting festival will crown Aldoph Strecker of Sau Francisco king siiooler of America. Hia score of 394 for 200 .«^hotH on the point target wUl stand as the mark of nauonal kingship for at least thrie yeato, and there is no telling how many festivals after tlFatal Fire at PlttabanriiPittsburg, Pa., July 28.—A fire in Pcnnavlvania avenue tenement caused death of a mother and three cliildren.The dead are: Mrs. ^phia Raiza,
30 years, mother of the children; iola Ratxa, a^ 8 yeare; Kashner RaUa, aged 5 years; Wabock Ratza, aged 2 years.IVancis Ratza, huslMnd and father of the familv, was badly burned.iMrs., Ratza, who was preparing breakfast poured oil on the fire, and the blaze
d BuUe-Official announcement has been made by J. Pierpont Morgan that he hud select- .^J«ne* J Hifi. E. H. Harriman, WiUiam -BockefeUcr, H. McK. Ta ombley and Sam- tsA Rea to fiU vacancies to be created in /the directorate of the Northern Pacific rail- •ruad.At Rochester, N. V., after nearly nine ■w^s’ idleness, the *>trilung laborers en- :gaged in the municipal contracthour for an eight hour day apd time and a half for overtime and double"viaum *S(Mily lua b«n' from the Move ignit^'theoU mi the oe^eoimlMioned by the reproKitUUve. of ^e^ cueing e^xploMon. ^rX'rMirhrr‘t| rthre's;^ oTMrfpX ;ud rcuu.what that body intends to do with r^rd ^ dren. ,to the threatened invasion of the Vienna | .
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temperature reached 105. Sunday was the hottest this city has experienced In 27 years. There was not a trace of rain anywhere In this vicinity and what little wind there was came from the south, and instead of being a relief. added to the discomfort. The parks .offered not the slightest relief to the masses who sought cool retreats. Four prostrations were reported to the police. Not a.Woud appeared in the ; sky and relief la not In sight.St. Louis, July 22.—Two victims of the heat were found dead In bed Sunday… There were a number of prostrations, two pf which may prove fatalDuring the day the relative humid ity, as reported by the weather bureau, ranged between 30 and 52 degrees. The Intense heat extended all over the state. At different points the maximum tern perature was: Chilllcothe, 114; Bowl lug Green, 112: Paris. Iu8; MonroeCity. 107; Sprfngfield. 100.Kansas City, /uly 22.—The heat Sun day, broke all records, the temperaturi at 4 p. m. beisg 104. Thermometeri on the street at 11 o'clock recorded 92- ThlA Is the S2d day of the hot spell and there is no indication of a change. In Kansas City. Kan., three deaths due to beat were reported today. Prayers for rain were offered In nearly all the churches in Kansas City today and generally throughout Kansas. So far as heard froiW no rain of any consequence has fallen in any portion of the drought belt in the past 24 hours and conditions everywhere have been
distribution. | associauoiPierce county oommlssloners president; ____________________made a general rise in the salaries of, Brodug Langdon and J: F. Wade, county employes, the rise averaging ^ Nlcholte, president of District from 35 to S15 a month. n thA fflcruBsion. Hefrom $5 to |15 a month.State Treasurer Maynard today made a call for general fund warrants to the amount of 8149,570.60, from numbers 75,537 to 77,634 inclusive.Thomas Clawsen of Rockford was drowned Sunday in Rock credk near Mount Hope, while In bathing. No further particulars could he obtained.
Joe Felix, an Indian in jail at Wenatchee. charged with attempting to mur-
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•residemte of Fred Fourhelm wiUi a shot- eni'»na gun and razor by tfieir side mutely tell the UJe of a tTAgedyi Appearances indicated that Fourhclm had jsxt the throabi of hiswife aad child, with the razor, set fire to -the boose and then shot himself.The ministry won In the recent elec- 'tlons for the councils, general in provinces of France.Brigadier General Samuel T. Cush
around which tlie interest centera. any new development w'ill no doub:
emadate from these places.The rumored acoe!*sioh to the force the Weilsville plant did not take plac^ The strikers at WelUville have beeh itching the railroad atations for straug- i. ‘ None, howei-er, have as yet apjiearei
No. 14, opened the discussion.—–said the strike was inopportune at this time. It was detrimental to the miners, who were under agreement with the Ojperators to remain at work tor one year and if the United Mine workers remain^ out it would mean the sacrifice *af the good will of the coal operators.President Fahey of the Ninth dis-chee. Charged witn atiempung ^ m^- ^ g^^ke.der Btrlke was Inoppor-himself in his cell with a woolen ecarf. ———-^Old Fort Walla Walla la to be madel tune and that ms ready to receive a squadron of the___________________ were opposedto it President Duffey of the Sev-Fourth United States cavalry. route to San Francisco from the PhilWord is received in Tacoma that the ►vemment navyyard at Bremerton has laid off 100 men, principally machinists, and will shorUy reduce wages w as to be more nearly equal to the scale paid in the local shops of the ciUes on Puget sound.
According to report there are 8,666 children In the Spokane school district No. 81 between the ages of 5 and 21 ye^rs—4..213 males and 4,449 females, but of these 6.827 were enrolled, 8,265 The total'
discouraging. In normal years the rain fall between July 20 and August 15 Is light, and a return to normal precipitation would not save the parched field?.Lincoln. Neb„ July 22.—Heat records ..ere smashed all along the line In southeastern Nebraska Sunday. The maximum of 106.8 not only was the highest since the establishment of the weather bureau 15 years ago, but U^ere is no Instance known in the state when for over seven hours the temperature remained at 100 degrees or over, as it did today. There were three deaths from heat In Lincoln today. Com in this country is so badly burned that It will not be over a third of a crop.Indianapolis, Tnd., July 22.—Sunday was the hottest day In Central Indl^ for several years. While the official record was only 99.8 It was 107 on the streets and on the drill ground of the Indiana National guard, which Is In camp at the state fair grbunds. It was 110. During the brigade drill this eye-
males and 3.562 females, number of day attendance was 885.021.Last Friday evenlug A. O. Neal left lakeside for a ride in a row boat pn Lake Chelan. Saturday evening bis lifeless body was found in the boat on the opposite side of the lake. It Is not known whether It was a case of suicide or whether death came from some natural cause. Circumstances Indicate the former.
Spokane Interstate Fair has set aside $10,000.00 in cash prises to cover nine days’ horse racing, beginning Septem ber 10th, from
entb district, said the firemen In hla district did not go out on strike. This showed lack of unity and the strike could not succeed.The following official statement was issued from firemen's headquarters tonight:"After the officers of the three dls? tricts of the United Mine Workers defined the attitude they contemplat* – ed assuming toward the firemen should their strike coritlnue we thought that it would be to the Interest of all 'concerned to bring it to a speedy termination and in consequence thereof we made proposf*
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■iltions to them which were adopted, after which we instructed the firemen pursue all honorable means to have their positions returned. Although the strike la not yet declared off unUl after the answers are receiv- ed from their employers, yet it seems to be the prevailing opinion that should thev be favorable the action of the delegates Monday evening will end the strike. But should any one now out of enudoyment on the horse racing, oegincing aepusm- ground of the strike be .discriminated 0th. Many of the best stables against the end would be as far off as California to Minnesota will beigy^r. The firemen ai*e determined tointry llsta. Judges o will insist
ling 15 men fell from the heat Cincinnati. July 22.—The thermom eter touched 100 today, but the marl
represented in the will be secured who will insist upon clean sports. The new race track Is now nearing comptetlon, and horses
frtMn Montana and other points have begun already to take np their quarters in the new sUbles of the association.Deplorable Aceldeat.Spokane, July 24.—A deplorable accident occurred on the Great Northern trestle near the Phoenix arwmill, at the foot of Mill street. Julhi* Reipe, a member of the bridge gan^, v hile working on the trestle. was struck by the n-ar end of paw-"- ger train No. 3 and knocked off the »u ture, falling to the mill platform, 20 feet jjelow.
tfYtri. AilV v.*a*w**. ^ ———————stand by those who sacrificed thexf positions before they would Uke our places. All of the firemen who are still at work shall remain until after this convention."J. F. MULLAHET."President.’THOMAS BARRETT,"^Mce President "JAMES GERRITY."Secretary*
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Deiitractlxe Fire at Wlatera.Winter^ CaL, July 22,-rA flOOjm fire occurred here. The priiicipal loeeia were ^ tbs Winters Dried Friut company, $40,- .000. fully insured; S. B. Chandler lumber v^. $15/»0, insurance $8000; the CtU- ^ imda. Prune association, $6000, fully in- Boers still Expect to ^In. •, ^he Granger Warehouse sssocia-
Paris, Ju^r It Is said that Mr. Kru- ^ion, $15,000, partly insured; Henry IVa- 100 today, but the marl- ger has received within a a I ncr, $20,000. A numlier of amaU out- mum humidity was only 28. There were satislactory letter from General ^tha In tuildlnga valued at $0000 rwTproBtraJuiu | which ^ '”**_?* ^ **'°°^*Ldulsvllle, July 2S.-Tbe maximum *“'» 1temperature at Louisville Sunday was that the Boera in the field are aa deter tte* 102 degrees. There,were two prostra- mined and confident aa ev®. tions. ■ '
Blver,Colony.J. . b. Groy, a —————– —•Northern Pacific, was killed recently In Tawma by falHng from the gravity bunkers to the deck of a collier.Earl Russell, arraigned at the bar of for
pre^ring a petition to congress.YelIo«v Fever In Mmx-ana.Washington, July 24.—The quarantrin autiioritiesAt
Chicago.Chicago, Julv 2.1.—Tlie terrible heat, which rea-hed its record breaking climax lirokcn at dawn by a
Safff>eated "In n Hofei Fire.Ottumwa, Jowa, July 23.—^Flre broke V. hotel
at 103 degi fresh lake-breezeThe nightsultry.' people ‘in the crowded districtf, doom or sat up until the wind
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_ – srgui diction of the court- Major James O'Nell, one of th® oldest pioneers of the Pacific northwest and for many years deputy clerk of – the United States circuit and district oodrts. died at Spokane Sunday."It U officially reported In Shang- bal." says the Shanghai correspondent •of the liondon Standard, "that serioue rilsturtwnces have broken out In the «slng-hwa district of the province of PWrlei" , .The'war in Cape Colony la hurting} the UBitsd States trade, according to a report received at the state depart-' – meat from'Oonanl Oeaeral Stowe, dab ed shortly before he sQtimitted his rea- •.Ignitkm to the department.The religious enthusiasm aroneed by the International conventlos of the Bp- ^
e. xuc ………….. ^ -there being 8can«ly a breath of air, and hundreds ofquarantrin slept out of uw.n — -r have biVji advised that fire | made sleep possible. Four deaths ellow fever arc repe»vcr Jail.Denver, Col., July 22.—A mob of .500 men and boys made an attack upon tlie……………..an effort to re-rgi'ilrdmen ana wjb luaux: »» – dtv jail here tonight in lease Char'ea Mullien, buin the La Oede hotel early teniav and ip,'ge'Char'ea Mullien, but were rgi-Urd caused the loss of one life. The property ^ p^jioe, who used their clubs freely io.-s was nominal. John O’Connor of heads of the leadatf. FredMount Pleasant was suffocated. …………………………… …… ———-other gue«U had narrow evapes. origin of the fire is unknown.lVc»v Trial for Powers.Frankfort, Ky.. July 24.—Tie oflfieial mandate of the court of appeals, ordering the Scott county circuit court to grant ex-Secretarj' of State Caleb Powers another trial has been issued. It i« possible that the trial wUl be held in October,
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New York, July 23.—Prcadent Schwab of the U. S. Steel corporation refused to- dav to make any reply to President Shaffer or dlscu« the strike situation.iTha Bort FioaatlpWop fbr VoloHaiTha Bort FioaatlpWop fbr Mm
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upon the heads of toe Jeadare. ——HoofuRn and Albert Guitcr were arrested as theleadere of the mob. •$harkcr awd Maker Wrextled.Philadelphia, July 22.—The mixedwrestling match between Pugilists Tom Bhaikey and Peter .Maher at the billgrounds of the PhiUdelphia league • re- suited in a draw. Neither man showed that he poaae^fed great knowledge of theWTttrtiiig gamv________ _______Compote Won.New Toric, July 22.-A. H. and D. H. Morris’ Compute, at the lucrative price of 30 to 1, iron the rich Foxhall uWui of flSiXIO at BriAton Beach today. In one of tile most aenshtibnal rteee of the meet-forSBOond^ _____________At BaRalo.BuHd., H. T, July a-A ■»*
ol Bipoatloii work th*t lu«Ukm by the Washington state xepresm- totirec St the Pan-Amsriesn is the coh leetkm of mtnm of thoos show^ sa in* taccat fa ths sUte*i retourees. ‘■ 1 i