The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-12-04

Chicago, Nov.-The donations to the
Cherry relief fund totaled almost $4,000
1t is thought that more than $4,000 will
have been donated before the lists are
closed.
Naples, Nov.-Frank A. Perret, the
American volcanologist, left here last
week for the island of Teneriffe, where
he will study the eruptions which are
taking place and compare the phenom-
ena with those of Mount Vesuvius and
Mount Etna.
Edmunton, Alberta, Nov.-Two hun
dred miners employed in the Stanley
coal mines around this city went out on
strike last Saturday because of dissat-
lsfaction with working conditions. AS
q result a coal famine is threatened
here, and the schools and the power
houses win have to close.
Valparaiso, Chile, Nov.-There is gen.
eral satisfaction here at the prospects
of an amicable settlement of the Alsop
claim dispute with the United States.
This feeling is pronounced among
Americans here. The press is inclined
to give much credit to Great Britain
and lauds that country for it's "'interven-
ton" which it thinks proves its friend
ship TO" the disputants.
Omaha, Neb., Nov.-While hunting
Saturday, Wesley Mcbride, aged 16, ac-
cording to his own version of the af-
fair, accidentally shot his companion,
Harry Long, aged 10, in the jaw, and
then fired two shots into his head to
make good job of it,
Portland, Me-, Nov. 27.-Led by a
dream to the shore near Mount Pleasant
cemetery, William White today found
the body of Alfred B. Strout, engineer
of the United States government steam
er Norka, who had been missing for two
weeks. 1t was thought that the man
committed suicide by drowning, because
Of i'll health.
White dreamed few nights ago that
Strout's body was near the cemetery,
and unable to shake off the impression,
visited the spot today to satisfy him
self.
Chicago, Nov.-With the playing of
Thursdays games the season of 1909
goes down in football history as the best
since the rules were changed in the Win
ter of 1905-1906. The championships of
the various sections of the country have
been decided, and in only a few cases
are there more than one claimant for
the title
In the west Notre Dame must be con-
sidered the logical champion, because
the Catholics defeated Michigan earlier
in the season and the Wolverines in
turned trounced Minnesota, the cham
pion of the western conference colleges.
McAlester, Okla, Nov.-Mrs. John
King, wife of miner, when taken to
the county jail here on Saturday to iden-
tify Will Jones, negro, pulled a re-
volver from the folds of her dress and
fired at the prisoner The bullet went
wild and the officers disarmed Mrs.
King and took her away.
The negro tried to assault Mrs. King
and a mob tried to get him away from
the officers and lynch him. There were
no indications of a mob on Sunday.
La Junta, Colo, Nov.-Her. throat cut
and bearing many knife wounds, the
body of Mrs. Andel Ayurrdl, Mexican
woman, was found in her hut at Ayers,
twenty-five miles south of Rocky Ford.
A Mexican, who is suspected of having
committed the crime, is said to have fed
to the hills toward Walsenburg.
Davenport Ia, Nov.-The residence
portion of Davenport was for three
hours imperiled by a fire which de-
stroyed ten residences Saturday. The
fire originated in the warehouse of the
u. N. Roberts company, which was de-
stroyed.
st. Paul, Mimi, Nov-While not en-
tirely agreeing with the recent state
ment issued by Bradstreet's, which in
Inmates that the consumption of food
products in this country has caught up
with production, James J. Hill said last
week the point nearly has been reached.
Washington, Nov-Harry E. Flaner
of Ogden is appointed messenger in the
forest service at Ogden, Utah.
James L. Kennedy, Rathdrum, Ida,
has been appointed teacher at the Fort
Indian school, Idaho
Doris Cook of Ottowa City, Okla,
has been appointed clerk in the forest
service at Ogden, Utah.
The secretary of the interior has tenn
porarily withdrawn as containing DOW
er site possibilities, approximately 5,S7S
acres of land along Clark's Fork, Idaho
and Washington.
James H. Burgess and Charles A.
Kutcher of Sheridan, Wyo., and L. L.
of Council, Ida, have been
admitted to practice before the interior
Nov 1,bn on,,r%
peals of the District of Columbia grant
ed the petition of Samuel Gompers, John
and Frank Morrison of the
American Federation of Labor in the
contempt case against them for a stay
Of execution of the mandate of the court
sending them to Jail. The mandate is
stayed indefinitely pending appeal to
the supreme court of the United States.
New York, Nov.-According to a re-
port published here, E. H Harriman's
estate at the time of his death was val
ued at 149,000,00O. This is said to be
shown in the appraisers estimate as
filed with the surrogate. On this valu-
alton the state of New York should re-
ceive an inheritance tax of $1,490,0OO.
London, Nov.-The house of lords
Tuesday night, for the first time in 800
years, refused its formal assent to the
budget. thereby making it Illegal for the
kings agents to collect taxes with which
to carry on the government. This action
Of the peers was taken in direct disre-
gard to the advice of such able members
as Rosebery, Morley, Lord James of
Herford, Lord Cromer, Lord Balfour of
Burleigh, the Earl of Lytton, Lord
Courtney and the Archbishop of Can
.erbury and York
The vote was on Lord Lansdowne's
lnnendnent that the house was not i11s