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The Prescott daily news., 1908-07-18

balloon. We LOOK lease of the skies, and made hostage of the winds, but it was only for the sport of the t h i Il g. $ Il c h means of diver sion seem, how ever, to have gone largely out of fash ion, for the req son, perhaps, that modern meteoro- logical science, in enlarg n g her spheres of inquiry,
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'THAW IS FORMALLY
ADJUDCED BANKRUPT
A|'asty Action Of Referee Sur
phses Interested Parties.

" E
Pittsburg, Aug. 13.--Harry X. Thaw
has been formally adjudged a bank
rupt by Referee in Bankruptcy w. r.
Blair. This action was a surprise to
those interested in the case, as United
States Commissioner w. T. Lindsay
+ had set Aug. 81 as the date for the
adjudication. No explanation of the
change of plans and action has been
made, but It is believed here that Re-
ceiver Roger O'Mara's visit to Thaw
at Poughkeepsie may have had some
thing to do with the move. O'Mara
was hurriedly summoned by Thaw on
Monday.
r. No hearing was held previous to the
entering Of the formal order of ad-
Indication and Referee Blair has not
announced the date of the first meet
ing Of Thaw's creditors. Under the
law this must be held not sooner than
ten days and within thirty days.
{ An effort will be made to bring
Thaw to Pittsburg for the first meet.
ing of creditors and unless District
Attorney Jerome of New York is able
to prevent: his coming it is believed
Thaw will be In Pittsburg within thir.
ty days. - 90. 7 7a'' .@
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STATE BALL FOR OFFICERS
Celebration In Honor Of Fleets Visit
to Auckland.

Celebration In Honor OF Fleets Visit
to Auckland.
Auckland, N. T., Aug. Ll-Glorious
weather continues and the oelebra,
lions in honor of the officers and men
Of the visiting American warships are
being carried out with a degree Of
enthusiasm even greater than was ex-
peoted before the fleet arrived. Auck-
land is full of New Zealanders who
have come in from the provinces and
day and night the city is In festal At
tire.
Lord Plunkitt, governor of New Zea-
land, gave state ball at Government
House in honor of Rear Admiral
Sperry and the officers of the fleet.
oonsid erably over a thousand guests
were present. They included Vice Ad-
rniral Sir Richard Poore, commander
OF the British Australasian squadron:
Rear Admiral Sperry, commander of
the American feet; Rear Admiral
William H. Emory, Rear Admiral
Richard Wainwright, Sir Joseph Ward,
premier of New Zealand; the mayor Of
Auckland. 500 Dominion officials and
500 civilians. ~ s:r
While the American officers were at
Government House the men of the
feet were being entertained at smok-
ing concerts in the various music
halls of Auckland. Il
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URGE ROADS
TO REPAIR CARS
Business Men Expect Large
Trade This Fall.
SAY SHORT AGE IS LIKELY

llIinois Manufacturers Association Do.
cIares No Attempt Has Been Made
to Keep Rolling Stock in Shape
During the Depression and That an
Industrial Recovery Will Find Car.
riers Unprepared.
Chicago, Aug. 13-The Illinois Man.
ufacturers' association will probably
bring its influence to bear on the rail.
roads to take immediate steps toward
repairing all idle cars to avoid a car
shortage this fall.
Shippers are alarmed over the pos.
sibility OF a famine and are criticising
the railroads for failing to keep cars
In repair during the business depres,
sion. Until recently many railroads
have done no repair work and it IL
said that large part of the present
surplus Of cars is unfit for service
The matter 10 under consideration
BY the traffic committee of the Illinois
Manufacturer association and will
bs presented to the board of directors
at meeting Friday. It ia expected
that plan of action to impress upon
the railroads the necessity Of placing
equipment in repair will be mapped
out IS
q Inside of three months I expect
the railroads to have more business
than they know what to do with, !" de.
olared Fred w. Upham, president of
tho Illinois Manufacturers associa.
ton. Business is better and good
crops are assured, all of which is
bound t. bring on a rush of traffic
for the railroads. ' = '--7-5s 7'za>7as
big shippers are coming to the
Offices of the Illinois Manufacturers
association each day and saying there
in going to be serious car shortage.
This fear is constantly growing.
There is supposed to be big surplus
of cars, but thousands are out Of or
der. They must be repaired imme-
diately or the railroads will be caught
unprepared." ST.
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Big IRRIGATION PROJECT.
Plan to Reclaim, 100000 Acres Of
Idaho Lands. Lac.

Plan to Reclaim 100000 Acres Of
z Idaho Lands. 49, r ~.
Salt Lake City, Aug. 13:-With the
appearance in this city of Frank H.
Bull. the Sharon (Pa.) millionaire,
and George A. Baird of Idaho news
was released concerning the launch
ing OF another great irrigation enter
prise. It involves not far from 100000
acres of land on the side of the Snake
river in Idaho and extending westerly
from the Little Salmon river. ;:s2 F.
This latest enterprise, when com.
pleted, will reclaim district of 1,OO0,-
900 acres on the south side of the
Snake river. "
The main canal that supplies the
Twin Falls tract is to be enlarged and
carried across Little Salmon river
canyon for over 1900 feet and at the
height Of $40 feet. A system of res
ervoirs Is to be constructed on the
new lands. These are calculated to
conserve 700 acres of the food waters
Of the Snake river and made to sup
ply the ground around them.
! BY the time this undertaking has
been rounded out Bull and his asso-
ciates will have expended in the neigh.
borhood Of 100000 to $4,000, 900.
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IN HANDS OF RECEIVERS.
Minneapolis and Northern Elevator
Company.

Minneapolis, Aug. 13-Charles F.
AmBden and Henry F. Douglas have
neeu appointed receivers for the Min
nAapolis and Northern Elevator COM
ipany on the application of Albert G..
GoR1ng, Charles S. Pillsbury and AL
bert G. Cobb, receivers for the Pills.
IbOry-Washburn Flour Mills company.
The appointment was made by Judge
Purdy of the United States district
court. According to F. H. Carleton,
attorney for the Pittsburgh shburn
company, the financial condition of
the Minneapolis and Northern COM
pany Is not in any way impaired. The
step was taken merely to place the
property In the hands of the receivers
OF the milling company.
The Minnesota and Northern COM
pany operates 100 elevators in Min
nesota and North Dakota It is a.
feeder for the Pillsbury-Washburn
company. The capitalization of the
company is $1,O00,00O. The officers
are Charles M. Amsden, general man
aser; w. D. Washburn, Alfred M.
P1llsbury, Henry L. Little and Charles
M. Amsden, directors.
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RADICAL FILIPINO
wins AT THE. POLLS
His Speeches Aroused Amer,
leans and Spaniards.

Manila, Aug. L-Returns from the
municipal elections show that Simon
Villa carried the Southern district of
the city, being elected alderman by a
large plurality, while Ramon Diokno
was triumphant for the similar Office
in the Northern district, defeating
Dominator Gomez for the place.
Simon Villa is an ex.officer of the
insurgent army and only escaped trial
for the murder of Spanish Office by
the general amnesty proclamation.
He is the man whose incendiary
speeches during his campaign aroused
the Americans and Spaniards of the
city to such an extent that protests
were made by the Spanish consul gen.
eral to Governor General Smith as
the result of Villas public declaration
that in the event of another reyolu-
ton he would advocate the slaughter
of all Spaniards on the island. = Gov
ernor Smith replied that these state
ments had no weight, as Villa held
no Office.
Diokno is a lawyer and leader of
the Labor party of the city. -.--z
1t is doubted by Americans here
that the government will allow Villa
to be seated, objections to his holding
office being made on the grounds that
he is morally unfit to undertake the
duties and responsibilities of a. posi-
ton such as that to which he has been
elected. The American residents and
others OF the foreign population Of
Manila are opposed to the rapid ex-
tension of the ballot to the Filipinos,
declaring that the election Of Villa
and Diokno clearly demonstrates the
1ncapacity of the natives for self-gov.
eminent at present. -se5.t
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CITIZENS HOLD MEETINGS

Believe Government Should Interfere
In Canadian Strike.
Winnipeg, Man., Aug. 13.-Another
large party of mechanics has reached
this city to work in the Canadian Pa
oiflc railroad shops. At North Bay
eleven strikebreakers deserted and
Joined the union ranks. Meetings of
citizens are being held at several cen
ters, the concensus Of opinion being
that the government should interfere
to end the strike. AS towns in. the
West refuse to grant permission to
police departments to allow the reg
ular force of police to guard the shops
the company is importing men from
detective agencies in the United
States. It is freely stated here that j :
J. Hill is lending his active support
to the Canadian Pacific in this strike.
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Will Reveals a Romance.

Minneapolis, Aug. 13.-Filing of the
will of the late Robert Pratt, former.
mayor of Minneapolis, revealed a ro-
nance. A share in an estate valued
at 100000 is left to- Mary Bettin. MI.
Pratt's housekeeper, "who had agreed
to become my wife, reads the will:
Miss Bettin gets $4,000 capital stock
in the Zenith Telephone company of
Duluth and $4,000 from life insur-
ance policy. Mr.. Pratt's five sons and
daughters by former marriage share
the estate with their fathers fiancee.
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old employees,
TO BE RETAINED
Pllsbury=Washburn Receiy'
ers Announce Policy.
EXPERTS BUSY ON BOOKS

Some Time Expected to Elapse Be
fore the Report Is Ready for Sub
mission and in the Meantime Plans
for Reorganization Will Proceed
PilIsbury Interests Likely to Dom
mate the New Company.
Minneapolis, Aug. 13.-There will
be practically no change in the official
staff Of the Pillsbury- Washburn com
Epany. The receivers of the big flour
mills company have issued circular
|to employees indicating that all heads
!of departments are to be retained In
their present positions. This order In
no way affects the managership, as
the manager was superseded by the
receivers. Previous to the receiver.
ship G. M. Amsden was named as
temporary manager to succeed Henry
Little, but his tenure of office ended
automatically with the action Of the
federal court last Saturday.
/ Public accountants are now making
complete examination of the com
paay's books and their report will
Hhow exactly what the receivers have
H deGl with. This examination will
|f&1af "a detail conditions on Aug.
nod 4 Will be some time before the
AeDoft oan be formulated. In the
meantime those who are to take the
3ead IA the reorganization will have
little to do except to canvass their re-
E2ources and to put them in shape to
go ahead with the reorganization when
THE time is ripe. With a large pro.
portion Of the common stock owned
For controlled by the Pillsbury inter-
ests they will naturally have the in
Eitiative in the reconstruction, but the
attitude of the English shareholders
40 not an unimportant factor in the
Situation.
Ralph Whelan of Koon, Whelan &
Hampstead, attorneys, who accom-
tpanaed A. F. Pillsbury to London, has
sailed for home and will be in Mime
lapoAs within ten days. He will be
able to give detailed account of the
situation as to the foreign interests
which it, would have been impossible
10 transmit by cable and all general
plans for the company's future will be
held in allegiance until he arrives.
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Bryan Plans Tour Of East,

Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 13.--Preliminary
arrangements for an Eastern speech.
making tour by William J. Bryan re-
suited from Democratic conference
1T Fatrview. The parties to the con.
feTehce were Candidates Bryan and
Kern, National Chairman Mack, Vice
Chairman F. Z. Hall and several other
party leaders who were here toattend
the Bryan notification.
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KIM Edward Guest of Kaiser.

Cronberg, Aug. liking Edward
arrived here and was met at the sta
ton by Emperor William and his
suits. The king and emperor kissed
each other on both cheeks and en-
braced in the most cordial manner.
After the monarchs had been intro
duced to each others suites the king
and the emperor entered an open auto
and were driven to the Friedrichshot
castle, where they had z long talk
before lunch,
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Aged Woman Survives Long Fall,

Rockwell, Ia, Aug. ia fall OF
twenty feet into an old quarry pit and
not seriously injured is the miracle
which Mrs. M. y. Canneff, aged eighty,
four years enacted here. She; was
gathering flowers at the edge Of the
bank and in the act of throwing some
weeds over the wall lost her balance
and foil, striking on her shoulder
among the rocks. No bones were
broken and from reports no serious
results will follow the fall,
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Individual Bet Not a Crime,

New York, Aug. 1S.-Charles Ma
honey, manager Of the Hoffman House
cafe, who was arrested for receiving
$50 to bet on a horse for friend,
was discharged from custody. The
court of special sessions acquitted
him of the charge of bookmaking on
Justice Gaynor's recent decision that
an Individual bet is not a crime
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Yarmouth Divorce Absolute.

London, Aug. 13.-The decree grant
ed Feb S by Sir Birrell Barnes, pres
ident of the divorce court, to the
Countess of Yarmouth, who was Miss
Alice Thaw of Pittsburg, multiplying
her marriage to the Earl of Yarmouth,
has been made an absolute divorce by
the court, the necessary six months
having elapsed. ..--
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Sweet Marie Defeated.

Philadelphia, Aug. 18.-JAsk Ley.
burn, owned by state Senator James
P. McNioholl of this city. wen tie
match race with Sweet Marie, ownSd
by William Bradley OF New York, Il
straight heats and Incidentally pstab.
ushed q new record for both hsat1
for the Belmont track. Leybu1n tsot-
ted the first heat II 3: e69 two 80,
onds faster than the record hold 81
Crescsus over the Same epuf1 Ehe
second heat was snegotiAt41 6 ne Z.
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Root Temporary Chairman.

New York, Aug. 13.-The Repub-
Hcan state convention to nominate a.
candidate for governor and a state
ticket will be held at Saratoga Sept.
IA. This action was taken at meet
Ing OF the Republican state committee
El1hu Root, secretary of state, will be
temporary chairman and Joseph H.
Choats, former ambassador to Great
Britain, permanent chairman of the
convention.
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abuils were lof 4 tine Il o6Il9s71 j. raaSa
buying. This preeir ,itated 4 fresh out.
5o'ifst during which October, after hav.
ing sold early at 9.43, dropped to s
cents. or over 81 per bale below the
nigh level Of tbe morning and $4.25
per bale below the high price Of last.
Friday. There were rumors Of dissen-
s E.1l among the bull leaders and even
g the cline Livermpre brokers were
believed to be supporting the market.
" was estimated that at least 150, 1000
bales Of cotton have been liquidated
during the past two days. Ssh.
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Kern Visits Boyhood Homo.

1ndianola, Ia, Aug. John w.
Kern, Democratic nominee for vice
president, visited his boyhood home
in Warren county. He drove to White
Oak township and visited the old Kern
farm. He met many old friends and
recollected many Incidents of his boy
hood days. He visited the Nose Hew-
lit cemetery and placed large bou-
quet Of flowers on the grave of his
mother.
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Porto Ricans Celebrate.

San JUAN P. r., Aug. 13.-The
4o0th anniversary of the conquest Of
the island of Porto Rico by Ponce de
Leon is being celebrated here The
ptleNc officials and selected commits
sioh visited Caparra, the site whelo
the lrst town ON the island was estab.
altAed. It's ruins are stAl ii sxist4nos,
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Pay Checks for $4,000 Stolen.

= Washington, Aug. IA messen-
gers pouch containing United States
government pay checks for nearly ST.
600 was stolen in front of the building
occupied by the department of com
merce and labor, according to Chief
Wilkie Of the secret service. The
pouch was found with the pay checks
gone, while the other mail it con-
tanned was intact, between this city
end Alexandria, Va. The identity Of
the robber Is not known
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Chicago unien stock Yards.

Chicago, Aug. IL Cattls-Bssvss.
3s.6607.75; TEXANS, 3a.5eo6.70; West
=srn cattle, s5.50@8.os; stecksrs and
feeders, 97.4o@4.bo; cows and hsifsys,
ll.s006.7o; calves, st.se070e. Hogs
light. t6.2o@6.7o; mixed. l6.eo@1
5e.1111k: heavy, 3s.100s.s5; rough,
.$6.1006.4o; good to choice heaSy,
.3s.4o08.s6;; pigs. $5.300s.90. 4h4p1,
ts.26 04.16;; yearlins1, tee -;
lo0DO8. S8,ko 8.Zb.
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Regular Republicans Victorious,

San Francisco, Aug. 18.-Out Of 629
delegates to the state convention the
indications from present advices are
that the regular Republican forces
VII control 400 as result Of the pris
mary elections held Tuesday. These
results are taken as an indication that
IL the event of q Republican victory
ct the polls Senator Perkins will be
returned to Washington and also prac-
ttcally insure the denomination Of Con.
gressmen Kahn and Hayes. 81
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Barker's Drugstore
STATEWIDE PROHIBITION.
Hard Fight on Plank in Texas Demo
cratic Convention.

cratic Convention.
San Antonio, Tex, Aug. 1 THE
Democratic state convention met here
to formally announce the state ticket
elected in the recent primaries held
throughout Texas. The principal work
OF the convention will be the adop-
ton of a platform. The prohibition
plank will probably lead to spirited
contest. The state at present has a
local option law, but at the recent
primary the question of a constitu-
tional amendment for statewide pro-
h1bition was voted on. The vote was
complicated and the convention will
endeavor to make the situation clear.
The statewiders claim a majority of
the delegates. @ IS.
Permanent organization was effect
ed by the election of j. R. Wolf as
permanent chairman. Fl
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TO KEEP UP PRICES.
Wisconsin, Farmers Summoned t
Meet at Grand Rapids.

Meet at Grand Rapids.
Eau Claire, Wis, Aug. 19.-The
farmers of the state Of Wisconsin will
take some drastic action to maintain
steady, profitable prices for farm
products at a meeting to be held at
Grand Rapids, Wis, Aug. Is and 10.
The call was issued by the state union
Of the American Society Of Equity to
all the hErowers5 of hay, barley and
potatoes In the state The call al
leges that the speculative trusts are
lowering the prices of the farm pro-
duce for their own gain and the loss
of the farmers. - # "
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st. Paul Union stock Yards,

st. Paul, Aug. 12.-Cattle- to
choice steers, $6.0o06.75; fair to good,
$b.00@5.76; good to choice COWS and
heifers, $4.o0@5.O0; vsals, $8.75@5.2S.
Hogs-$6.35@6.60. shsep--Wethers,
48.7S04.1O; yearlings, 94.0004:6o;
spring lambs, s$6.50064o. IL go.
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COTTON MARKET ACTIVE.
BuIls and Bears ii Great struggle 70,
Control. s.

New York, Aug. Il. amid the
greatest excitement since the sully
year the big battle between the Wall
street bull pool and local bear inter.
osts for speculative control of the cot
ton market was renewed. The big
cotton ring fairly seethed under the
tremendous operations, blocks OF 5000
and 1000 bales being flung back and
forth like 100 bale lets in ordinary
times. until. fairly overwhelmed, s:ths,
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MARKET QUOTATIONS.
MINI eapoIls Wheat.

Minneapolis, Aug. j. 12.-Whsat-
Sept, 41.0oK; Dec, eeNe. On track
mo. hard. 91.240L25; No. 1
Northern, s12201.9a; No. & Northern.
$1.1s@1.20; No. 3 Northern, $1.138
liz. =. o.. -.
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Work on Orc Docks Resumed,

Superior, Wis.,, Aug. s1s.-Rsvsa
boats are being leaded at the. dreat
Northern ore docks, whore the ore
puhchers are on strike The superb
tendeat announced that he had neAflv
fvN day crew at work, ALTHOUGH
nonS OF the strikers had returned. No
attempt is being made to work the
night shift z s-~ e. Pa IF
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Jumps From Train in Delirium,

Winnipeg, Man., Aug. l9.-Thomas
Robinson, one of the best known bar
risters In Canada and counsel for the
Winnipeg Grain Exchange, jumped of
a train on his way from here to Mon
treal, en- route to England, dying be-
side the track. He was afflicted with
brain fever and jumped in his de.
lirium. He was fifty.five years of age
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-31
HIGH PRAISE FOR A
WASHINGTON BOY

From the New York Herald.
McGraw got one of the greatest third
basemen in the game by combination of
good judgment and good luck. Devlin
was with the Newark club in the Eastern
League. where his playing had never
burned up the marshes. He came from
Georgetown. where he was dear to the
undergraduate body as one of the best
tackles that ever graced the foot ball
team.
Newark sort of tossed him into deal
with McGraw and no New York papers
hailed the advent of a star. He went
south with the team. and then things be-
gan to happen. McGraw tried him out at
third, and in a few weeks he developed a
remarkable natural ability to play the
most difficult corner of the inf1eld. Bril-
1kaded with three steady workmen like
Dahlen. Gilbert and McGann, the young
ster displayed more and more confidence
and class and fairly earned his right to
be permanent third sacker of the team.
He has never been anywhere near losing
his job since.
AS a foundation he has a marvellous
whip. He Is the best throwing third base
man in either league. He can pick them
up anywhere and get them over to first
like gray streak with an underhand
flip. He rarely throws overland.
Devlin is wonder on bunts. He has
perfected the spectacular trick of sprint
ing up on a sacrifice at full speed. scoop
ing the ball with his throwing hand and
swapping it across his doubled-up body
with the same motion. He can rise like
an aeroplane for liner. and he pulls of
many a sensational stop and throw when
these kissing grounders come his way.
He is not strong batter, but. though
he is not a fast runner. he is one of the
best baSe-Stealers in the league Like
seven out of the ten great infielders. he is
big man. in spite of the rule that lin
fielders should be built close to the
ground He is very clever boxer and
one of the best two-handed fighters that
ever broke into the big leagues. He can
probably lick any man on the Giant team
(which is some distinction), but he doesn'i
have to do it, Bresnahan got trine too
venomous in his criticisms one day. and
when Artie had completed his work the
Toledo policeman was unfit for publica-
ton.