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Evening journal., 1908-09-08
Save your change for tag day.
September 26th.=

The most active tin-mining work Is
being carried on around Kings Noun
tain and Lincolnton. n c.. and Gaff-
ney. 5. c., where machipery has been
placed at several mines.
A mill at Great harrington, Mass.
was shut down in a most unusual
manner q few weeks ago, when water
bugs. crowding into the space around
the engine-stop push button produced
a short circuit and the consequent
stoppage
Evening journal., 1908-09-08

The second week Of the New Music
Hall proved 10 Mr. Kruger that his
pretty new playhouse is great success
THE place was crowded night after
night and on Friday evening when the
pie-eating contest waS the piece de
resistance" the large audience thor
loughly enjoyed the boys efforts to
swallow the large piece John J. Flynn
as usual scored a big hit nightly. The
talking pictures continue to be a big
attraction. and is making a hit, and
will be continued next week. Mr..
Kreuger himself i'm his song Are
You Sincereg" has scored a hit. This
week will be banner week. The pic
lures will be the latest New York sue
cesses. Mr.. Krenger as usual will lead
in producing the latest and best OF the
productions that please the metropoli-
tan audiences.
Evening journal., 1908-09-08
nemocrata - lnuIled.

The Democratic League viii hold a
meeting on Thursday nigat Go which
Democrats are invited whether they
are members or not. There WIN he
speeches by prominent men and a biz
attendance is expected
Evening journal., 1908-09-08
Testimonial Skatinq Benefit.

a testimonial benefit viii be given
by skaters OF Wilmington at the Coun-
try Roller Rink 10 Miss Emma Lind
say tomorrow night. There will be
skating from 7.30 o'clock until IL
o'clock and Miss Lindsay will personally
appear in a fancy skating exhibition.
Evening journal., 1908-09-08

Plan to be in the city on tag day
September 2Gthe
Evening journal., 1908-09-08
husband charned WA Non. sunnorl

ELKTON. Sept S.--Joseph Poore. az
employe OF the Pennsylvania Railroad.
has been arrested and placed in Den
ton ial. charged with non-support of
his wife ard two small children.
Evening journal., 1908-09-08
Temnerance Meetinn.

The w. c. T. T., of Stanton and Mar.
shallton. will hold an open-air meeting
in front Of Mccullens store at Mar
shallton this evening. There will be an
address by The Rev. John NJ. Arters.
Evening journal., 1908-09-08

Bassett, mimic does some very good
work; A. X. Caldera q Co, in a clever
European novelty. Apollo Brothers i'm an
entertaining exhibition of strength. and
the Kinetograph, all go to make up a
good bill.
Evening journal., 1908-09-08
Mat.nn-Iaruis

William II. Watson and Florence f. Jar
Wis both Of this city, were at the parson.
age OF the A. Y. Church, No SiI French
street. on last Tuesday evening by the
Rev. r. IT. skinner.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Two large grain warehouses at Bus
hey siding near Pullman burned We'd
nesday and 100. 900 bushels of grain
destroyed.
Twelve counties in Ohio voted last
Tuesday to go dry. 1t puts 289 saloons
out of business. So far this year 800
saloons have had to close.
Ralph Wilcox, carpenter, 43 years
of age, was instantly killed Tuesday
afternoon while attempting to stop a
runaway team of horses at Standpoint.
Idaho.
A grand total of 219 indictmen is
against 10 different men for violations
of the prohibition law were returned
by the grand jury Tuesday evening at
Pendleton, Oregon. w STxI
One of the most sensational will con
tests in the history of Montana was be-
gun at Butte when Mrs. Ida Pnelan
Kendall brought suit for adm nistra-
ton of the estate of George K 'ndall,
who was one of the famous gamblers
of Butte. The estate is valued at $780,
900.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

Some time ago it was announced that
E. B. Sweet, cashier of the First State
bank of Prescott, had resigned. Now
it is claimed he was discharged on ac-
count of irregularities in his accounts.
Mrs. Richard Quinn of Everett, who
received a mortal wound at the hands
of her husband last Friday afternoon,
died few days later.
The Bremerton city council has au-
thorized a census of the town of Brem-
erton.
Laura Vertelle, aged 4, daughter of
August Vertelle, rancher living at
the Aberdeen Gardens, six miles from
Aberdeen, fell into the Wishkah river
recently and drowned.
Street graders in working on the
boulevard approach to the Alaska Yu-
kon-Pacifie exposition grounds in Seat
tie Thursday dug up an old tin bucket
at depth of three feet containing $50
in currency and gold.
A unique system of grating settlers
upon government land is being carried
Va - NHOiOho oSSbiOhS OIL washington,
E. G. Jennings large mercantile
store and dwelling at Alfalfa. five
miles east of Toppenish, burned re-
Gently.
AT the Washington State college Fri.
day four students of the 1912 class de-
cided to place their class year on the
top OF the new S0-foot smokestack on
the mining building. They made a
trellis of ladders and succeeded in the
undertaking, but when attempting to
descend one of the ladders broke and
they were precipitated to the bottom.
One of the number was seriously in
jured. The others escaped with SLIGHT
bruises.
e. W. Ross, commissioner of nuhlie
lands, has complete a list of school
granted and other public lands. also
time and shore lands and the RIGHT IN
lease harbor area, to be sold at public
auction Saturday, November :. BEGIN
ming at 10 o o'clock, in the several conn
ties of the state, said sales to be made
by the county auditor in front of the
courthouse in which the land is sitn-
ated, the total appraisement being
$12S,OOO and the east side counties he.
ing: Douglas, 500, s6ssO; Franklin
$4,000; Spokane, $695O; Stevens. $13.,
OH; Walla Walla, $4,000; Whitman
$4,000.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02
Look Into Casa Blanca Clash.

Tangier, Morocco, Sept. 81. = M
Regnault, the French minister to MO
rocco, and Herr Won Wangenheim, Ger
man charge at this city, are engaged In
a joint investigation of the Casa Blanca
incident, in which there was sharp
clash between French officials and rep
resentatives of the German consulate
during the arrest of deserters from the
foreign legion.
Paris.-The Temps correspondent az
Casa Blanca declares that for some time
past certain Germans have been active
in melting German soldiers to desert
from the foreign legion.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02
APIA ENTERTAINs THE FLEET.
First Day Devoted to Official Visits and
Native Festivities.

Apia, Samoa, Sept. 81, via Auckland,
N. H., Sept. 2s.-Several vessels of the
American Pacific fleet, including the
cruiser Tennessee, the flagship of the
second division, in command of Rear
Admiral Sebree, and the Washington
the Whipple and the Hopkins have ar
riyed here, the residents of Apia giving
the Americans hearty greeting. The
drst day was devoted to official visits
aud native festivities. The officers
were entertained at a kommers in the
evening. For tomorrow a series of races
has been arranged and ball and re-
ception, at which Admiral Sebree will
be presented with souvenir of Samoan
scenery. Fruit will be sent out to the
wsrships today for distribution among
the men.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02
HAS HIS TWO WIVES WITH HIM.
Rich Hongkong Citizen Demands the
Right to Land,

The immigration officials of the port
of San Francisco encountered a new
problem recently with the arrival of
the Pacific Mail liner Korea from the
orient, when Robert Tung Bosnian, n
wealthy resident of Hongkong, who was
one of the vessels passengers, desired
to land accompanied by two wives. Mr..
Bosnian frankly confesses that he be-
lieves in plural marriages, and not only
has he the two wives who are accom-
panying him on the present trip but
states that he left three more wives at
his home in Hongkong when he sailed.
The trio, with three children, the issue
of Bosnian IS marriage with one of the
wives now with him, are detained
aboard the Korea until the immigration
officials decide what shall be done in
the matter, which they hope to do by
means of special board of inquiry Sc
lected to attend to the Bosnian case
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02
WILL OPEN UP METHow VALLEY
Projected Great Northern Extension to
Aid Northern Country.

Advices from Wenatchee are that
upon the completion of the Big Bend
branch of the Great Northern railroad
from Columbia river siding construction
will be begun on a line from a point
on the Great Northern just west of the
Columbia river to Oroville, following
the Columbia to Brewster, crossing the
Okanogan river at Ophir and running
along the east side of the OkanOgan
river to its northern terminus.
The road, if built, will run within
four miles of Lake Chelan and will
open up the Methow valley as well as
give transportation facilities for the
mines in the vicinity of Oroville. The
line from Brewster north will run
through the same territory that the
projected Okanogan electric railroad
will occupy if it is carried to com
pletion.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02
SHORT DISPATCHES FROM ALL
PARTS OF The GLOBE.
A Review Of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Pact Week-NationaI,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events.

The recent hurricane in the West
Indies stopped near Porto Rico.
Earl Gray, governor general of Can
ada, who has been shooting in the
prairie provinces for week, is now
on his way west.
Maxine Elliott, the wife of Actor
Nat G. Goodwin, will not contest his
suit for divorce which was presented
in Reno, New, recently.
w. IT, Acuff is to represent Spokane
aud the Inland Empire at the empire
OF the mikado in the coming excur-
sion of the commercial clubs of the
Pacific coast to Japan as the guests
OF the four leading commercial organ
nations of Japan.
Manhattan, Kan.-Milton G. CREWS
ton, who 10 days ago shot and killed
John Coons, Jr., college student, and
wounded his companion, hanged him
self In his cell in the jail. Inability
to secure funds to hire a lawyer made
him respondent.
st. Louis, Mo.-Because Miss Louise
Sido, teacher, whipped 11-year-old
Allen Schillinger, his mother, Mrs.
Julia Schillinger, went to the school
house and attacked Miss Sido in the
presence of a roomful of pupils Justice
Glass of Edwardsville fined Mrs
Schillinger $25 and costs.
The statement % the clearing house
banks for the week shows that the
banks hold $6o,O39, $50 more than the
requirements of the rs per cent reserve
rule.
Harry X. Thaw s plea for a jury trial
to determine his mental condition was
denied by Justice Mills in the supreme
court At the same time, however,
Justice Mills Informed counsel in the |
case that on October next he would |
give Thaw summary hearing under |
the application.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., last Idon-
day began service with the Hartford
Carpet Works at Thompsonville. He
entered the operating department.
Rome.-According to La Luca, the
duke of Abruzzi will soon leave for
the United States, where his marriage
to Miss Elkins of West Virginia will
take place in November.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02
CHOLERA HINDERs RECEPTION
cancel All Preparations for Fleet Celia
bration at Manila.

manila Sept. 29.-As had been pre-
Vlously predicted, the formal welcome
to the battleships of the American Acct
mas been postponed on account of the
presence of cholera in this city. The
committees in charge of the reception
after conference with Governor Cen
erai smith and a number of prominent
business men, today decided that if
would be wisest and safest to cancel
an preparations FOR the celebration un.
III the fleet returns from Japan in No
vemoer' In honor of the fleet pres
ence' however, the conference conclud-
81 10 carry out the water parade on the
day of arrival. '''0
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02
Champion Steam shovel.

Steam shovel No. 256, working on
the Panama canal at Matachin, accord
ing to adviees received at the Wash
ington Cd. C.) offices of the canal COM
mission, is the champion of the 18TH
nus. In making the dirt fly it recently
surpassed all previous records since the
American government took charge Of
the canal work by excayating 55,419
cubic yards of earth during the 25
working days in last month.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02
Eighteen Killed.

Berlin, Sept. 2s.-Eighteen were
killed, eight seriously and many slightly
injured today in a railway collision re-
ported to be one of the worst in this
part of the country.
The action of an engineer of one of
the trains in ignoring danger signal
is held responsible.
Most of the deaths resulted from
contact with electrified rails.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02
PROFITS PARADE STREETS.
Salvation Army and Church Represent
alive March in Chicago.

Temperance hosts paraded the streets
of Chicago Saturday in what was in
tended to be an exhibition of their
strength.
Churches of almost every denomina-
ton were represented, and the Saliva
ton Army and the Volunteers of Amer
lea contributed almost their entire To-
cal strength, the Good Templars and
Other temperance organizations had
thousands of members in line and
scores of prominent clergymen of the
city acted as officials of the parade.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02
SHORT SPORTING ITEMS.

Secret football practice is becoming
many possibilities for the coach to work
out unique formations and plays which
he may spring in games under the pos
sibilities offorded by the new rules.
That these plays may remain the prop
erty of the team until sprung, secret
practice becomes a necessary feature.
New Westminster, r. CA disgrace
full exhibition occurred at Queen g park
Saturday afternoon, following a fight
at lacrosse match between Tommy
Clifford of Westminster and Vernon
Green of the Vancouvers, who later was
chased off the field by an Infatuated
mob, rotten-egged and forced to take
refuge in the dressing room for nearly
an hour. George Paris, a negro trainer
for the Vancouvers, is in custody,
charged with attempting to murder two
Westminster men by firing at them
with 3s caliber Smith & Wesson re-
volver. The game b:oke up toward the
end of the last quarter, when the score
stood TO in favor of the home team.
Owen Moran, the great little British
fighter wha has fought two terrific 20
round draws with Attell, wants finish
fight with the American.
Seattle.-The Washington high
school football team Is turnin gthree
full teams out for practice these nights
The proposed fight between Sam
Langford and Stanley Ketchel, sched-
uled to be held at Vernon, Cal, on
Thanksgiving day, has been called of.
ewing to the deftat of Kctchel by
papke.
Walter Johnson, :he Weiser (Idaio)
We nder, is astonishing eastern critics
By ms phenomenal work with the Wash
ington Cd. CO. team.
Ii - not hard IL understand why Lon
Nordyke 3 Vancouver team is far away
in the lead of the other Northwestern
league rivals for the Fennant when one
chances over the terrific offensive work
done by the Vancouver team of 1908.
The three leading individual run-get-
tiers in the league-Donovan, Nordyke
and Hyatt-wear Vancouver uniforms.
Also the two leading batsmeD and the
leading individual long distance hitter.
1t is not generally known that Bill
Hopke, the third baseman of the In
dianapolis team, has played seven years
without missing a single league game.
Owner Taylor of the Boston Amer
lean club is endeavoring to have Ty
Cobb barred from the Boston grounds
for using vile and abusive language to
the bleacher inmates.
The Carlisle football season was aus
piciously inaugurated on Indian field
recently, when Conway hall was de-
feated by the Carlisle Indians by al
score of SO to o.
There is talk of the California league
entering organized baseball next year.
If this takes place it will have to be
with the consent of the Pacific Coast
league.
Fight fans the country over wonder
why Billy Papke and Stanley Ketchel
are refusing to fight Sam Langford. |
the great negro middleweight, who is |
said to have another famous Walcott |
punch. Is it the color line-or is Lang
ford too toughl
Charley Check, "Jack" Ryan and |
Ed Willetts are the only pitchers in |
the American league who use the under
hand delivery.
The surprise of the season has been
Pat Dougherty's great work at the bat
No one picked him to hit around the |
300 mark.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02
Dynamites a Rawhide Store.

Rawhide, Nev.-The leading mer-
chandise store of Rawhide was almost
entirely demolished Sunday by explod-
ing dynamite. H. L. Gleason, proprietor
OF the store, and his wife were serious-
~ injured by the explosion. A. Lee has
been arrested and lodged in jail on the
charge of having caused the explosion
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02
LONDON WORKERS DRUNK.
Free Beer to Thousands of Brewery
and Distillery Men Causes Riot.

London, Sept. 27.-A riot of drunken
ness and street brawling reigned in
London Saturday night. Thousands of
brewery and distillery workers, called
to London by their employers to make
public protest against the proposed
licensing bill, were given free drinks
in all the saloons and the biggest de-
bauch that London has seen in years
resulted.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02
Queensland Backs Out of II.

Sir Claude Macdonald, British am.
bassador to Japan, has given notice to
the Japanese government of the with
drawal of Queensland from the opera-
ton of the Anglo-Japanese commercial
treaty. The treaty will become void as
between Japan and Queensland after
July 81 next.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02
seven Drown; Eight in Party.

Chicago.-Seven men out of party
Of eight were drowned in Calumet river
when the pleasure launch Lemon struck
Que Of the supports of a railway bridge
aud sank The owner of the launch
succeeded in swimming to the shore.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02
Russia Cholera Improves.

st. Petersburg, Sept. 2S.-The mu.
nicipal hospital report shows BIZ new
cases of cholera and 1853 deaths FOR 'n0
"a hours ended at noon today. rms Is
a distinct improvement.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02
Snow Falls at Denver.

Denver, Sept. 27.-Dispatches IrO as
Nebraska, Kansas, South and NOisA
Dakota report a heavy rainfall Die~a
ing a drouth of several weeks dufa''''
Snow is falling here today.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02
FIRES Destroy FORESTS AMI
CROPS FAIL---DROUTH
Closes Coal Mines-Barges un.,,.
Move and Myriad of workmsn
wages-Big Mills Are 0o,,.
Heavy Rains Quench Fores. d.,
Michigan and Wisconsin

Plttsburg, Pa.-With losses
ing several million dollars from e., o.
fires and heavy damage to s,on.
live stock and the reportad
number of lives due to fighting t;ms.
fires, the enforced idleness of tSoua UNDER
OF workmen, owing to suspens;o ''-us
cause OF lack of water, tbe baal.l oe'
thorit1es anticipating serious en;aan au
OF contagious diseases, aud many s sr.Da
streams dried up and praet;ean1 INA s,Dal
Grated, the drouth of 1908 which ha.
held western Pennsylvania. easter
Ohio and West Virginia for two mon,hs
remains unbroken, each day eradu.n.
increasing the seriousness of the s;tn.
ton. s'a
Serious Congestion of Coal
While in the Pittsburg district ~.
water supply is sufficient to cav, A'
all business, the low stage of the ,;ro'-
has caused a congestion of mucb .oa,
in this vicinity. Every availablo ~
and float has been loaded with coal aeS
at present, with almost 2OOoo oo0
bushels in the Pittsburg harbor ~.
river coal mines have been eomnonos
to shut down. There are about * nm
miners employed in the river nina.
along the Monongahela valley.
This great fleet of coalers is for tbo
supply of points in the west and south
and the probabilities are that tbe,a
Will be coal famine, especially in tho
northwest, should conditions preven,
hipment of the coal before cold weather
sets in.
Great Factories Close.
In West Virginia lumber plants. glas.
factories and iron and steel mills 10.
Gated along the rivers are closed on ae.
count of insufficient water. In eastern
Ohio the same conditions prevail and
1T is feared the great iron and steel
mills at Youngstown, Ohio, employing
over 10000 men, will have to suspend
operations unless the drouth is speedily
broken.
In all sections of the dry zone
prayers are offered up daily and these
prayers will continue until they are
answered with rain.
Rains in Michigan and Wisconsin.
Forest fires which have been raging
in northern Michigan and Wisconsin for
some time have been drenched by rains
of last night and today and all danger
for the present is removed, it is re-
ported.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02
Republicans and Democrats Both Badly
Rent

Haskell has resigned as treasurer of
the democratic national committee. BE
personally announced his resignation,
declaring he did not want to be re-
sponsible for any embarrassment which
might result to the party by his re-
tanning the office.
Haskell admitted his resignation was
the direct result of the Hearst charges,
still maintaining they are untrue.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-18
WILL DROP ANCHOR HERE.
Bell Hprbor Yncht Club Due in New
 Haven on July 2t and p.

Today the fleet of the Belle Harbor Yacht club will leave on its annual cruise along Long Island sound and will remain away for one week during which time the fleet will call at all the principal yacht clubs along the sound The boats will weigh anchor at 2 o'clock In the afternoon and proceed to the foot of Sixty-flfth street, Bay Ridge, where they will be taken in tow through the upper bay and through the East river and Hell Gate to College Point, where sails will be set for the run to Sea Cliff, which will be the rem de2vons for the fleet. After all cap- tains have reported to Commodore Lang the fleet will proceed on Monday, July 20, to oyster Bay, and on Tues day July 2l, the run to Port Jeffer- son will be made. On July 22 the fleet will go to New Haven, and on July 23 to New London. On July 2i, 25 and 26 the boats will sail over to Greenport, returning to New Haven on July 27, anr running to Black Rock on July 2S, making. Sea Cliff again on tuly 20 and reaching tife ciuo anchorage day or two later, after being dsbanded at Sea Cliff by Commodore Lang.