The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-04-22
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS

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Thursday of the National and American
league teams. This is the largest
number in the history of the game.
A sweeping pension bill, providing
that all volunteer officers in the army
who served six months or more shall
receive retired pay according to length
OF service, and all honorably discharged
enlisted men over 10 years of age and
suffering a certain degree of disability,
shall receive a straight pension of $50
month, has been favorably reported
to the house by the committee on
military affairs.
Mildred Brown, Is, and Naomi Hay
slit, II, school girl chums at Pittsburg,
Pa, committed suicide within few
hours Of each other, Thursday of last
week, by drinking carbolic acid. The,
younger girl killed herself because she
feared she couldn't pass her school ex-
animation, and the older girl killed
herself because she was in love.
When a Cottage Grove, Ore, farmer
started in to spank his young son the
other day for appropriating and selling
some wheat sacks there was genuine
surprise party all around. With the
first application of the single there
was an explosion and an outburst OF
flames which resulted in burns that will
keep the boy in bed for few weeks.
The father is nursing some scorched
arms and hands. The young lad, with
the money received for the sacks, had
bought fifteen packages Of caps for his
toy pistol and had placed them in a
hip pocket for safe keeping.
The army of suffragists, composed of
all the delegates to the convention OF
the National American Woman Suf-
frage association and large number OF
enthusiasts, moved on the national capt.
toll Monday and presented to congress a
monster petition of half a million sign
ers praying for votes for women.
A mail train on the Southern Pacific
was held up near Sprig, California, and
its big load of China-Japan registered
mail was rihed. The passengers were
not disturbed, but the big passenger
engine was cut loose and sent tearing
wild down the track. A collision with
an on-coming passenger train was mar
rowly averted.
Owing to famine in the Changsha
district, China, the hunger-stricken
natives have looted and burned many
large rice warehouses owned by foreign
trading companies. Several Chinese
officials were killed and fears are felt
for some of the numerous missionaries.
A new investigation Of the affairs of
the Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New
York has disclosed vast graft and steal
ings as late as 1908. The effort to
recover the 100000 stolen by Nc
Curdy cost s237,34o more than the
amount recovered.
Coulee City and Reardon are the
only towns along the Washington Cen
trail railway which are not dry. Hart
line, Almira, Govan, Wilbur, Creston
and Davenport are without saloon.
The labor party has won the federal
elections in Australia, the government
and conservative coalition being badly
defeated. This practically places the
governing power in the hands of the
socialists.
Canada expects 100000 immigrants
from Great Britain this coming year
and that they will bring with them
fully $40, 000,0 in cash.
H. A. Kunstat of Spokane fell from
the third-story window Of a Portland
hotel and escaped death by lighting
upon a pedestrian. Neither were seri-
ously hurt.
On instructions from Secretary Bal
linger government reclamation work on
the North Side Payette-Boise project
has ceased and will not be again taken
up. CONSERVATION reigns among the
settlers.
Northern Pacific passenger train No.
7 was derailed near Ritzyille Sun
day, the whole train going in the
ditch and badly wrecked. No one was