The Breckenridge news., 1906-09-19

Mr. Hearst was brought DeIOre lne
convention and his speech Of accept
Ance was roundly applauded.
Defeat Municipal Ownership.
Seattle. Wash. Sept. 14.-Municipal
ownership Of street railways, as repre-
sented in a proposal to bond the city
for s4,272. 900, of which $1,172000 was
10 be charged against the general
funds of the city and the balance to
be an Indebtedness against 20 per
cent Of the gross receipts Of the sys-
TEN, was defeated at a special cleo
ton here. Out of a total Of approxi-
mately $1,000 votes municipal owner
ship lacked 935 of majority Work
ingmen voted in large numbers.
Attacked by Pulalanes.
Manila. Sept. IA column of the
Thirteenth infantry, under Captain
Fassett. was fired upon at La Paz, is
land Of Leyte, by Pulajanes on the
night Of Sept. 10. Corporal d. H.
Pierce OF company A and Private A.
+. Winegardner Of company B were
killed. A battalion of the Thirteenth
infantry was camped at La Paz. The
Pulaianes fired and then ran, pursu-
ing the same tactics used by the In
surrectos. Machine gun detachments
are en- route to Leyte.
Bankers Indicted.
Chicago Sept 1.-THE grand jury
returned indictments against the d.
rectors Of the Milwaukee Avenue
State bank Of which Paul O. Stensland
was president. The indictments
charge embezzlement and name var
ious amounts ranging from $50 to
$1,000. The directors are NJ. A. La
Buy. Frank Crane. Joseph Lister, Elof
Johnson, Marius Kirkey. Additional
indictments were returned against
Stensland and Henry w. Herring.
Steamer Overdue.
Boston, Sept 14.-No word from
from the steamer Brewster Of the
United Fruit company, which is more
than six days overdue from Port An
tonic for this port, was received by
the officials Of the company in this
city Unless incoming steamers Of
the line report sighting the missing
ship, It is likely that the company
will dispatch a vessel to search for
her
Revolutionary Plot Nlpped.
San Salvador, Sept ia revolu-
tionary plot against the government
of Salvador was discovered and the
republic was declared in a state OF
siege This order must be revoked
before Nov 30 when the presidential
election will take place. Apparently
presidential ambitions were at the
bottom Of the revolutionary plans.
Hits Panama Hats.
New York, Sept 12.-Another evil
effect Of the South American earth
quake was related by Juan B. Flores
of Ecuador He brought the news that
the great straw fields of the Maiglar
Celto district of Ecuador were de-
struyed by the earthquakes and that,
as a result. the. future Of the Panama
hat industry is threatened.
Insurance Agents Arrested.
Chattanooga, Tenun., Sept. IL
Seven local agents of the National
Life and Accident Insurance company
OF Nashville, Tenn, were arrested on
a charge of rebating premiums and
discriminating between policyholders.
The offense by state law is punish
able by fine Of 500 to 5000 or i'm
prisonment 80 days, or both.
Was a spender.
Seattle, Wash, Sept. IA. Swift
Water Bill" Gates. the Alaska miner
who gained fame as a spendthrift filed
a bankruptcy petition in federal court.
Gates sets up his assets as 5000 in
cash. wearing apparel worth 800 and
a watch and chain. Court judgments
amounting to nearly 100000 were
given as his liabilities.
Confessed to Train Wrecklng.
Antlers, I. T., Sept L4.-Ben Jordan
and Carl Brown, 20, who were indict-
ed for murder by a grand jury, con-
fessed that they derailed a st. Louis
and San Francisco fast passenger
train near Kozona, l. T., July 29 when
the fireman was killed and the engin-
eer badly hurt.
Rain Of sulphurous Liquid.
Buenos Ayres, Sept. 1.-THE state
telegraph department received a tele-
gram from Jachal, province of San
Juan, stating that the night of Sept IL
there was a rain OF sulphurous liquid
and that in consequence the inhabit-
ants were greatly alarmed.
Wreck In Canada.
Montreal, Sept. 13.-In the wreck Of
the Canadian Pacific railway at Azil-
da, in which an express train ran in
10 a harvester train, II persons were
killed, all Canadians.
Caused a Run.
Atchison, Kan, Sept. IA street
rumor said to have been started by q
drunken man, caused a run on the Hxr
shange National bank, In which S5e..
BOO was withdrawn.