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The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-08-12

I.apaz, Bolivia, Aug. l0.-It is stated
that, although the Inauguration of DR..
Don Elidoro Villazon as president Of
the republic has been set for next
Thursday, there are many persons here
who doubt that this program will be
eonsummated because of his frienSli-
ness toward Argentina. The situation
in Bolivia never has been more serious.
and sensational eyents are expected
shortly.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-08-12
Seattle Fair Half Over

Seattle, Aug. 10.--With the closing
of the gates Sunday, the first half of
the Alaska Yukon-Pacifc exposition
was ended. Figures compiled by the
exposition management show the at
tendance for the first half of the fair
to be l,744,s6l. Basing their esti-
mates upon the percentage of Increase
for August and September over the
preceding months at previous exposi-
tions, the officials estimate that the
total attendance at the close of the Sc
attic exposition October 16 will be
more than 4, 800, 600.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-08-12

Victoria. B. c., Aug. 6.-The steam.
er Tango Maru, from the Orient today
brought news of rebellion in the great
Mohammedan province of Kansu. Chi
ma, following a famine. The killing of
one OF the members of an American
party sent out by R. S. Clark
OF New York, Of the American Geo.
graphical society, was an incident Of
inns rebellion. Several walled cities.
Yulinfu, Yenanfu, Sitecbo1
and Mihusien, We're besieged by tho
rebels against whom imperial troops
foreign drilled. had been sent.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-08-12
WAR MENAcEs CHICAGO.
Traction Companies Make Carbarns
Camps for Strikebreakers.

Camps for Strikebreakers.
Chicago, Aug. Active prepara-
tions to meet strike are being made
by officials of the street railway lines of
this city. Old power houses are being
fitted up as sleeping quarters for
strikebreakers.
E. l.. Reed, who organized the EN-
ployers' Teaming company, which
broke the teamsters' strike in 1905
has charge of the hiring of nonunion
men. He stated that he had on call
5, 900 men competent to handle street.
cars and that $50 men were available
in Boston and 100 in Kansas City. Ar
engagements have been made with ca
terers to feed the nonunion men in the
barns and power houses.
The companies aim to prevent a
complete tieup on any of their lines
and it is said cars will be kept run
ming, no matter what the present en-
ployes determine to do.
Special notices were sent out by the
secretaries of the two principal unions
to the various barns with instructions
that the men be urged to cast their
vote on the strike referendum Thurs
day.
Members of the Illinois state board
Oh arbitration have started for Chicago
to see if they can avert the trouble.
by reason of the quasi-partnership
OF this city in the surface traction
lines, Mayor Busse, Acting Chief of
Police Schuettler and M. B. Herely.
the municipal traction expert, held
today on the subject of the
threatened strike.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-08-12
GENERAL STRIKf !
ON IN SNfDa'
All Workers Have Not Gone q,
Activity Is Seriously ch,, y
Troops In Evidenc.
Points-Though wo.l " Ping
We Force to Keep o r'"'' %
Protection. ss for Q.

-. Stockholm, Aug. 5.-wi,s j..
car lines tied up and all vi" .a TIE Ill.,
fusing to work, the i.t eaOdlvsa
here give promise Of 'aoor diSeqs.
acute. The general s uyJp Ossr:
today has not yet becop mike ,calIa1
effective, though the 'r rs,t ta'losss
strikers have been cons isnks d I
mented- Many affiliated ,uelsDly a.
while sympathizing viii pb'gsa1nlaste
movement, are stili withdr.'as sts
sctive support, preferrins wing IL
sske the lead in the prase.. % iet'tts
The strike is by no means means e.l'l
the provincial towns and gensnIs
centers of Sweden. n s anu lndusts
streetcars are running and It ~ plass9
pioyes are at work as usual '"s eve
have been rsnO...i No 4
loading ! ding of ships at Gotbenpb vr.sd h
by troops. Is Deing h.
The fact that troops are D,....
Ine gas works and the eIee b,v'ssi
plant has incensed the wort sosss ln
leaders threaten to call out al l T. VOC
unless the soldiers are al .ls u
A corps of workmen, soma al
strong, are being organized v Sasa'. =
object of maintaining order ' .sa . 7
people generally, bankers ma s.a .
etc., are arming themselves e e.
protection. 10y NJ
Inc gunshops of the city are D,..
'ally denuded of revolvers and p, =.
arms. All tourists have left =. 'a :
ana the number of visitors n0w WV !. Y
'lty is smaller than at this ' ss.,. ] Y
many years. ''a'~ 10
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-08-12

Dan Francisco, Aug. An sustain
S ,g = demurrer to damage in the
superior court today, Superior Jnd sne
d; tSnA =. Morasky held that the sol
u us;, VINO destroyed stores of lionor
% %llis San Francisco was burning ,gu1 IL
april 1906, were not a mob IL an -
.ssai sense of the word, and that t the
Ivy was, therefore, not liable 70 'Ae
claim for Sl,O74. Suit for tha. 70
I %oO Drought by Conrad Huber. a s sa-
NV JIU os 1i who charged that his snn n
pay o. liquor was confiscated. Ano sbp
Ae'ion was decided in the same won
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-08-12

Victoria, B. c., Aug. 6.-Advices bv
the Tango Maru today note remarkable
recrudescence of piracy in South China
waters, the most desperate band of out
laws having headquarters apparently in
the vicinity of Macao, where the com
munltles are so terrorized as to lend
the pirates active as well as passive
assistance, fearing summary vengeance
otnerwise. Near Shantuk the water
pirates, united with a local band of
robbers, made foray inland and took
by storm the castle like home of To-
cal merchant and financier.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-08-12
FoRMosA TO PRODUCE slim,
"''' Soon Lead WorId-Japan', p,
to Kill Head Hunters

Victoria, B. c., Aug. 5.-psul p.r
an engineer OF the HonolnIu - ~
works, returned on the Tango Man. !.
day from Formosa, where he h.. Nv
establishing sugar mills for the J, ~
csc Sugar company, and states n
Formosa will, by next wear h 4
greatest sugar-producing country !
the world. Five new mills were ~.
ed this year and five more arc n =
built next summer, all equipped ID
the latest machinery. The o1tDut a,
year was 600 tons. all Of vs4
went to Japan. w
The Japanese are adopting end
method of dealing with the rebeI. 4
Formosa, head hunters. They tsn
stretched trochas of barbed wire srra
districts. heavily charged with sse
tricity.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-08-12

Toxic, Aug. 5.-Refugees from us
burned city of Osaka are in danger o.
dying of thirst today. The sufferers
are camped along the railway anu
many of them are in pitiful pllgll
The water supply of Osaka was os
stroyed by the fire that last Saturua,
destroyed $4,000 houses and CAUSE
property damage amounting to near.
go, 600. 600 yen. Thousands of persons
were left homeless by the fire. fOVu
was sent to the sufferers, but water =
so scarce that the suffering of the pew
pie has been terrible.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-08-12
opIum CAUSE of Rauol,

Victoria, B. c.. Aug. lO.-Further
particulars brought by the steamer
Monteagle concerning the Mohamme-
dan uprising in Shensi and Kansu dis
triets state the revolt was due 10 the
severe methods taken by the Chinese
local magistrate to suppress the opium
habit, He seized one of the local gen-
try who was an opium smoker, and had
MS eyes gouged out and his arms
taken of. The people then rose in re-
oeilion and attacked the magistrate.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-08-12
China Replies to R,,ss..

ho, re s1 Aug. China today sent II
q z, regarding the opening Of the SUI Suly
gari and other rivers to i, " que sun
s srape a. She mentions the Aigun tre o'a,
ana ana the Russian treaties con on, s,rasy
and ana refers to Russia's right t ~ t",o
part N framing the rules to govern axe tS e
navigation a. of these streams. Sba ae sne
have oS uen : mat the treaties in questions Ies
snas;e. . certain validity, but avo;Gn
: sipeeliying the extent to which sb as oa.l
Russo o TT tuey have been modified by the
"usSo-Japanese peace treaty " 'ne
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-08-12

Constantinople, Aug. Greece 10
day replied to the Turkish note, prae.
tlcally demanding the recall Of the
Greek officers serving in Crete. saving
the question is in the hands Of the fous
protecting powers of Crete, with wboss
knowledge and consent the officers n
question were sent to the islands. Tur'
key intimates that her friendly re-
quest to Greece will be followed mn.
less satisfaction is obtained, by a more
demand. "''e
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-08-12

-, New York, Aug. Rear a..
Winfield Scott Schley. hero % Aumiral
" Ssi D ,, Of Santiago, TODAY lies ma.
Stu ~. Luke,s hospital, suffering fr ,nes at
severe attack of bronchitis rom rom a
wa was taken III while visiting his d 3enley
Ter Ter at Mamaroneck about two laugh "'ue,l
when WIZ, anu y WAS H removed to the hospital GS
WI, mnen u became apparent that tb p,' ..
., was serious. 1t was srno one at,
sooay that he was much ; nn1e,d
MRS W. sehley and the admiral'a spn p
ing his illness. WIN MIN dur
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-08-12
BEE STINGs CURE.
california Man Crippled With Rhs
matism Now Well.

Redding, CAL, Aug. 5.-Torturedb r
rheumatic pains, from which be ha
suffered for months, James R. Holt
head of local contracting firm, Sub
mitted himself to the stings of 80 housy
bees yesterday, and today walked
his office for the first time in man
days, declaring that his joints were q
Timber as those of boy.
Mr.. Holt has been SO crippled wit
the disease that for months be Wa
compelled to use a carriage to 60 frOn
his home to his office, three blOch
away.
Ten or a dozen bees were applied 10
each aching joint, while the pstisrl
wrlthed in agony. After it was over
ne became nauseated and a chill lasting
two hours followed. He retired fa
the night and finally fell asleep. When
he awoke this morning he was surpris
ed to feel no ache in his joints.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-08-12

COLOGNE, Aug. 7.-Con,,
today sailed his "Zennsi;. zeppelin
frankfort to this city, arriving !, nom
and TX , after a fight lasting b sUOa
s anu 20 o. minutes. He apparentlv hours ss
, ane snip under perfect comfy mad
bird T T'n ' ne precision and ease Of Si'a
Of The mo dno'e who witnessed the arr ~
The 'n nen snlP We're greatly impressed 'y h
Air monster. S 'ouht held the
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-08-12
POLICE GUARD DOUBLED.
new Outbreak of Striking Japs in
Hawaii is Feared.

Hawaii is Feared.
Honolulu, Aug. As a result of a
story published in local paper that T
Morl, who today attempted to kill 6
oneba, editor of the Japanese conserv-
atlye paper Shippo, had been chosen bv
lot to assassinate Sheba because of his
opposition to the strike of the planta-
zion iaborers, the police are WORKING
on the theory that the deed was MANNED
az meeting of strikers held here YES
terday. No evidence, however has
oeen found by the authorities to ind;.
cate that there is any truth in the
Mort freely admits that it was bis
intention to kill Sheba, declaring that
Ine Japanese editor is an emenv To his
7 race and that he intended to nnn;sh
MN Tor his opposition to the strike for
nigher wages. Investigation nv ths
ponce developed that Mort bought the
t hn, lie and had it sharpened preparatory v
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-08-12
rurkax 10 Invade crete.

Cologne. Aug. 5.-The Coiogns .SIss
zette's Salonica correspondent az ~
that the Turkish government ns .,orv
dered out 40, 900 redifs in the terla.S ERR.
of the Second army corps at omy nsm.
and has contracted with three ss Zion
ship companies for the Transports 70
Of troops and munitions OF We rrs-
Crete. He says great exeitemen' -
walls everywhere.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-08-12
CANNOT STOP STRIKE.


King Unable to Control Labor Situa
ton In Sweden.
| Stockholm, Aug. 10. Tbs tie-up Of
the business Of the country A. a resull
Iof the strike Ia so serious that Kine
Gustav interviewed in an endeavor to
secure : compromise. The king to.
day sent message to the parties II
conflict, exhorting them to agree At
tho earliest moment possible and ad-
vising arbitration.
Il was after King Gustsv's message
had been approved at cabinst meet
ing Saturday that he summoned to q
conference at the palace the two lead
ers of the warning factions Director
Sedow, OF the employers. and Senator
Lindquist, president of the federation
Of trades unions.
The result of the conference has not
yet trarsDired, but apparently the
kings efforts for peaceful solution
of the trouble were without result.
Tonight 1t was announced the printers
would strike tomorrow. and the Ma
'ional labor union has issued procIa-
nation that, beginning tomorrow morn
ng, every drag wagon whose driver is
tot wearing union badge will be
topped by strikers. No exception, It |
vas stated, will be made for owners
irving their wagons.
The union further declares 1t will
ry to Illustrate the attempt Of the
tockholm streetcar company to start
10 cars on the surfuce lines.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-08-12
RESUME OF The
WEEKS DOINGS
General Review of important Hap
psnlngs Presented in = Brief and
Comprehensive Manner for Busy
Readers-Nationai, Political, His
toricsl and Commercial.

Orville Wright says he can fly ], co.
miles In his aeropIsne.
Tho first signs of break in th,
Swedish strike are appearing.
China has yielded to Japan In tbs
Antung- Mukden railway affair.
Count Zeppelin, the German aero.
maui, has Undergone an operation TO,
abscess-
The Milwaukee road will soon estab-
lish through service from st. Paul to
the coast.
Greece refuses to ranounce her claim
to Crete and Austria warns Turkey
against war.
Cannon intends spending the time
until the regular session of congress
taking rest.
Theodore Roosevelt. Jr.. likes the
air and viii apply for pilots license
to no ballooninE.
Hartman Ia to merge the Illinois
Central and New York Central with
tue Union FhclHc-
Mrs. Harry Thaw wants $500. 600
from the Thaw family purse, but the
price Is considered too high.
A Los Angeles inventor is looking for
wife with money enough TO back him
In building flying machine.
The Forty-third National encamp-
u1ent of the G. A. X. ia In session at
Salt Lake. Fully go, 900 are In attend
ance.
Mobile, Alabama, is now in the list
OF dry" towns.
Spain explains the Barcelona out
break rs local affair.
A granddaughter Of General Corbin
u to marry Japanese.
Great Britain is not greatly alarmed
at the Japanese threats on China.
Jerome says Thaw is still crazy and
should be kept in an insane asylum.
Japan has commenced work on the
Autung railroad in deafince of China.
California gardeners at pasadena
have passed resolutions declaring Bur
bank fakir.
A California couple returning from
honeymoon abroad have been arrested
for undertaking. goods brought home.
Turkey has renewed her threat to
send an armed force into Greece If that
country does not withdraw her troops
from Crete.
The Swedish general strike contin- |
ues and leaders claim more men are to '
be called out Two regiments of SOL :
diers have mutinied.
japan has sent China an ultimatum c
on the railroad situation in Manchuria. a
Cleveland. Ohio, officers are having .
row over the Whitla kidnapping re- :
ward.
Lord Kitchener is to be field mar
shsl and organize the British colonial j.
forces. /,
Marriages of pretty cashiers has q
'aused Los Angeles hotel men TO en- =
plcy men. e
The Moors are again showing actiy-
~ and another clash with Spanish
.roops Ia expected.
The murder Of Mexican girl bv n oil
,hinaman has caused an outbreak at u
lapotlan, Mexico. W
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Toxic, Aug. 8. 1T is believed that
the Chinese minister to Japan has re-
eeiyed instructions from pekin In
which the objections of the Chinese
government to the reconstruction Of
the Antung- Mnkden railroad and It's
conversion into standard guaQe line
are completely withdrawn
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-08-12
OnsklIIed Laborsrs G..

fittsburg, Aug. "a ne,
street laborers which has h;,I strike of
w VJ1sauered minor affair, has b 10 peen
r wusspread and gangs of ms, o oss
t tSaen Z TO- 20 form an organizat;ors love oeen
Vb s rO'VvO Italian workmen Of a' hm
kImsny county and the pol;o u Ale
foreigner ~ an effort to organize 1t tbs
S St william Magee demands p tS May
strikers be allowed to drill tnat the
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-08-12

Washington, Aug. THE battle
ships Alabama and Maine were TODAY
placed out of commission ia order that
extensive repairs may be made upon
them. The battleships Kentucky and
kearsarge also will be undergoing re-
pairs shortly.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-08-12
;, Liabilities of Over So ooo -.

SO 5Ss a lork, Aug. 4.-LiabiIitiss -
are shown =; and d assets of IS, ss5' ss %
fsiIed' sne bond brokerage bon on shepard Ds'
> a"i se April last. filed toda "o0Se which
are unse .uOusand dollars of the cIa; pus
interest sSSt Re- The firm was bss S,hs
Ilustris s1eu IN railroad projects s "esV ~
enterprises in New McKee, sna IN
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-08-12

Washington. Aug. Z. - President
Taft, Of the United States, and Presi-
dent Diaz, of Mexico. are to meet at
III Paso, Texas, October Is. This
program has been arranged as result
Of correspondence between the United
States and Mexico.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-08-12
Thanks for Favors Rses;vsd

Washington, Aug. Because of his
fundamentally in having higher duty
placed on hosiery, Senator Penrose. of
fcnnsylvania, is TO be rendered a ban
quet by the hosiery industry of the
country and the manufacturers of Penn
sylvania. The banquet is to take place
October &c in PHILADELPHIA.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-08-12
Epidemic Killing cat,ls

Fort Worth, Tex. Aug. 6.-Advices
received here today at the headouar-
ters of the Texas Cattle Raisers' asso.
elation' say that cattle are dying bv
the thousands around Midland as tbe
result Of an epidemic. w
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-08-12
CReTAN TROUBLE BREWING.
mussulmans in Macedonia Threaten
Invasion of Greece.


Invasion of Greece.
Constantinople, Aug. 6. - Serious
agitation has broken out in Albania
against the attempt of Greece to annex
Crete. Forty thousand Albanians as
semoied at Monastir today and sent
lmperious messages to the government
threatening that unless effective meas,
ures were adopted the entire Mussul-
man population of Macedonia would
march against Greece.
The grand vizier, on receiving the
message. hurriedly left the council of
ministers. went personally to the tele-
graph office and replied that the gov
eminent was taking active steps to
prevent the annexation of Crete bv
Greece. -
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-08-12
mobs Cheer Probihi,,.

sce montgomery 90 Aug. Amid s,,...
' "eenss OF wild enthusiasm. ,t street l,,t
mixing prohibition cons,,, sne Dill
parsed the house today. constitutional
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-08-12

Cottonwood-The Cottonwood roller
mills have been operated overtime for
several days and the orders on file will
necessitate full time for the balance of
the season. The wheat bins now con-
tain 1000 bushels, SO there will be no
necessity Of closing down until the
new crop is ready for milling.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-08-12

Wallace Supervisor Weigel, OF the
Occur d'Alene forest reserve. is happy
over the receipt of reports from rang
ers in every part of the district that
heavy rains have put out all forest
flres. There Is not fire in the dis
trict now" he said, adding that with
the extra precautions that were being
taken there was little danger through
out the remainder Of the season.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-26
GAGE SAYS RELATIONS
WERE ONLY FRIENDLY Y

SAN DIEGO. Cal. June 25.-When
told of the dispatches from Baltimore,
in reference to the Woodill affair. ex,
Secretary of tho Treasury LYMAN j,
Gage said to an Associated Press re-
porter today:
"My rotations with my ward, Mrs
Woodill, were perfectly honorable, as
is we'll known hy those who know us.
She was sweet and lovable girl aud
when ! first met her | became deeply
attached to her. She has been foully
murdered and / think it is Il disgrace
that the poor girls body should be
made the basis for an attempted scan.
dal. Further than that L positively
have nothing 70 say
'fIs it true thaE yod first me- her
through President Mckinley in Wash
ington, when she was about u years
old?' he was asked.
eyes
"Who were her parents?'
81 have nothing more to say de-
clared Mr.. Gage, and hung up the telc
phone receiver.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-26
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT,

Little Chief Mining and Milling COM
pany. principal place OF business, Salt
Lake city. Utah, location OF mine Eu-
reka. Juab county, Utah
Notice is hereby given that at a meet
Ing OF the board OF directors OF the Lit
tie Chief Mining and Milling company,
held on the 10th day of June. 1908, as
sessment No, 80, one (1p cent per share.
was levied on the, capital stock Of the
corporat lion, Issued and outstanding,
coll; secretary. at Mccormick Co.'S
bank bank CORNER % Of Main and First South
upon which the assessment may remain
unpaid on Wednesday. the 14th day of
July: 1909. will be delinquent and adver-
tised for sale at public auction. and un-
less payment Is made before viii be sold on
Wednesday. the 4th day of August, 1909,
at II o'clock noon. at the compa ny 8
office, room 40S Atlas block, West Sec
ond South street. Salt Lake City, Utah
to pay the delinquent assessment there
on together with the cost of advertising
and expense of sale.
JAMES p. DRISCOLI., Secretary,
Corner of Main and First South streets
Salt Lake City. Utah. slSno
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-26
FATHER OF VICTIM
WAS SHOT IN QUARREL

SPOKANE. Wash, June 25.-Mat-
thew Witt, reported to have been the
father of the murdered Mrs. Woodill,
was a resident Of Asotin, Wash. in
the early eighties and is we'll remem.
oered by old-timers there He owned
small fruit ranch near the town. He
was killed in quarrel with n neighbor
about 1887 Mrs. WITT had married
Ieeta Roupe, whose brother, Jim Roupe,
rs still resident of that vicinity, Mrs.
Wltz continued to reside in Asotin for
few years following the death of her
husband, finally moving east. Old
timers at Asotin have no recollection Of
a couple named Thompson, by whom
Mrs. Woodill is said TO have been
adopted.
Advices received here state that Mat.
thew Witt was shot by Henry Grayson
in quarrel over wages. Grayson was
acquitted, Wits three children were
taken over by his brother after the
trial. Where their mother went is not
definitely known.