The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-12-17
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST
CONDENSED FOR READERS

The Navy Year Book for 1909
shows the race for second place
among the navies of the world still
to be close between the United
States and Germany
Red Cloud, the famous Sioux chief,
died at his home near Pine Ridge
agency, South Dakota, at the adj
vanced age OF SO years
Fifteen lives and 100000 worth of
property. both on land and sea, is
the total known to have been taken
by the storm that swept New
Foundland and its waters recently.
Industrial education, which formed
lively topic of discussion at the
Toronto convention of the American
Federation of Labor, is to be taken
up with the national department of
commerce and labor in Washington.
Phineas Bachelor, said to be the
oldest member of the Independent
Order of Oddfellows in the world,
died at Bangor, Maine, aged %
years.
The residence of Harry B. Wan
dell, city editor of the St. Louis
Star, was dynamited early Saturday
morning The occupants escaped in
juries.
The Standard Oil interests have
financed the merging of independent
telephone companies of the east and
west central states into the Cont
mental Telephone & Telegraph Com
pany for the purpose of fighting the
American Telephone & Telegraph
Western Union combination.
Mrs Allen F. Read recently con-
victed of assault with intent to
blackmail Mrs. Genevieve Phipps, of
Denver, has been sentenced to not
less than one year nor more than l8
years in the Colorado penitentiary.
Willett NJ Hays, assistant secre-
tary of agriculture, will start mag
azine devoted to the scientific breed
ing of plants and animals
Politicians and state officials adj
NIT that renewed interest in equal
suffrage in Kansas means that soon
er or later the women are going to
vote and enjoy equal privileges with
men.
The American Federation of La
| Dor will support the railroad switch
men on strike in the northwest to
the extent of its powers.
Bishop Pascal, who has charge
of the diocese of Prince Albert,
which embraces the sub-Arctic coun-
try to the north of that city, brings
back with him a story of the find
ing of traces of balloon in which
S. A. Andre, Swedish explorer, at
tempted to drift across to the North
Pole
| At a monster meeting in Albert
hall, Herbert Asquith, British pre-
| mier, laid down the policy on which
the Liberal government is appealing
to the country. He repeated what
| had been said by other ministers
that, if it were returned to power,
the government would demand the
limitation of the power of the
House of Lords-and he pledged
that the liberal party would grant
government to Ireland.
Charles NJ. Schwab has given to
the children of New York property
which is estimated valued at $2000,-
OO0 He decided a magnificent pleas
ure resort to the Sisters of Charity
of New York.
That the bitterest sort of an in
tercity feud is to wage between San
Francisco and San Diego over the
question of the Panama-Pacihc ex-
position in 1915 is the verdict of
those who have been following the
activities of the two California cities
during the past week
Evasion of lawful duties by the
rich. and their frequent willingness
to bride customs inspectors are
characterized by Secretary Mac
Veagh as one of the leading OBJ
stacles in the way of Strengthening
on the customs-frauds in New York.
For the first time in the history
of Yale university the Ten Eyck
prize for speaking was won by a
Chinese, when Yum Hsiang rs 40,
of Shanghai China, was awarded the
honor