The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1909-06-11
SHORT NEWS NOTES.

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Judge Stewart Dennlng, one of
the most noted criminal lawyers of
Idaho, died at Moscow last week.
The plant of the Decatur, ILL.,, Ger
cal Company, the largest corn mill
In the world. was burned Tuesday.
The loss Is estimated at s650,000.
The naval programme approved
by the French cabinet involves an
expenditure Of s60O. 100000. cover
ing a period of ten years.
John Murphy, butcher In a
Somervile. Mass. packing house be-
came suddenly insane and driving
his fellow-workmen before him, slew
Ave and wounded four others.
Public Librarian Chas. Lummis.
Of Los Angeles. has framed an In
tellectual pure food law for library
use. and hereafter will paste poison
labels" In all inaccurate or tainted"
library books.
william Williams. the new United
State commissioner OF immigration
st Ellis Island. has issued an ofiicial
notice advocating more rigid exami-
nation Of aliens entering the coun-
try ut this port.
Lewiston, Idaho, 10 experiencing
the highest water since / 0 years ago.
when practically ono-half Of the
business district and much OF the
residence section was submerged.
Secretary OF Interior Ballinger has
designated an area OF 10000 acro0
OF land In New Mexico aud iG,0iS
acres In Montana. as coming within
the provisions OF tho 320-acre home
stead law.
The militia In In complete control
Of MeCloud. Cal. The strikers have
not offered the slightest resistance
To the soldiers and the light plant iS
IN operation under strong guard.
A plague OF caterpillars has de.
veloped such serious proportions
that the Victoria. u. O.. fire depart
ment IL engaged with chemical Gu
gines In the work OF estermination.
Reports from southern Texas show
that the FIRST OF this seasons wheat
la the United States IL being con-
traeted for at si,35 aud upwards.
Harry X. Thaw must remain IN
the state asylum for the criminal In
sane at Matteawan. by n decision
rendered by the appellate division of
the supreme court In Brooklyn,
Timber iires are reported from
several parts OF western Canada,
Along the Prince Albert branch OF
the Canadian Northern railway In
the Saskatchewan river districts the
fire extends 100 miles and Il Is
feared many lives have been lost,
The street car strike In Philadel-
phia has been settled. The men viii
receive 22 cents an hour and 10
hours viii constitute a days work.
". Y. Moores, superintendent OF
the Oregon state blind asylum al
salem. IL In Washington, ID. O.,
studying the blind educational meth
od Ut Kendall Green.
Albert 4. Patrieks application for
a writ of habeas corpus releasing
him from Sing Sing prison. where he |
s under life sentence for the murder
u w. NJ. Rice. has been denied by |
he supreme court
Police authorities 81 Riverside,
cal,. have arrested a Mexican who
has confessed that he is the murder
,r of Annie Poltera. 8 years old.
At Wilmington. Del. the jury In
he case OF A. @. Click. tried for en-
erlng upon government property
md soliciting contributions from
ederal employees for campaign pur-
'oses. returned verdict OF guilty.
ilick Was fined $500.
The Russian council has adopted
he marine budget. restoring the APP
Fopriation OF sl.70O.000 rejected
y the Douma. This amount is to
0 toward the construction OF four
CIV battisships authorised IN 1908.