The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-08-05

Cardinal Gibbons was 76 years OLD
Saturday. He spent the day at the
country home OF a friend nea West
minister, Md.
Senator Cummins declares Cannon
and Aldrich are driving the country
toward socialism.
The Oklahoma crOp situation
shows an Improvement of IS per cent
over any previous year.
The explosion at Fortress Monroe
is believed to have been due to a de-
fective device on the gun
There will be no strike on the
Pennsylvania railroad, the dispute be-
ing settled by a conference.
Rhode Island shows increased
population, but not enough to give
the commonwealth another congress-
man.
At Clinton, ILL.,. Chief Of Police John
Struble was shot about midnight by
an unknown man and died in a short
time.
Daniel Kinet, the Belgian aero
naut who fell when the rudder OF his
aeroplane broke, died from his in
juries.
A Lincoln. Nebraska man has in
vented a bucket which may reVol
tionize methods of ~eXcavating and
hosting.
The crop report for Germany,
which gives conditions up to July IS.
shows a slight depreciation since
June IS.
Tho po1t;p,Oro To ctorn oopN0 base.
ball club has sold Pitcher Lefty
Russell to the Philadelphia American
League team for $4,000.
Miss Katie Tomara of Chicago, p
years old, was seriously wounded af-
ter a struggle with a burglar whom
she discovered in her bedroom.
The French government has accept
Of George Washington. which was
presented by the state Of Virginia.
Plans for the establishment Of a
bureau Of railway economies at Wash
ington. D. c., by the railroads Of the
country were announced at Chicago.
The Wisconsin prohibition platform
contains clauses d~enouncing both
I liz COUNTY OptlOu DIS lOl pci4S
a settlement OF the liquor problem.
At Hamburg Thirty-five thousand
ship yard workers united in a de-
mand for an increase Of 10 per cent.
in wages and a tifty-three-hour week.
The forest service is engaged in
cruising the national forests in the
south and southwest for the purpose
OF determining the stand Of saw tim
Der.
President Taft has approved the
appointment by the Interior depart
ment Of J. A. Ockerson of St. Louis to
investigate conditions in Imperial val
ley, Cal.
Major General Frederick Dent
Grant has left Chicago to assume
command Of the Department of the
East, with headquarters at Governors
Island. n. Y.
At Omaha Samuel c. Dobbs was re-
elected by reclamation president of
the Associated Advertising Clubs of
America and after a gruelling fight
Boston was awarded the next conven-
ton.
Chico Baca, who was one Of
Aelaya's closest supporters, has re-
signed as minister general of the
Madriz cabinet in Nicaragua, accord
ing to adyices to the state depart
ment.
Formal announcement was made by
j. S. Temple, secretary of the Bucks
Stove and Range company. OF the end
Of Two GcLt witch l,,o-, MI
secretary, however, did not state if
the present workmen would be re.
quired to join the union.
Chalmers NO. ), which was driven
by Bill BOlger, was the winner Of the
Glidden trophy. The contest board Of
the American Automobile association,
in session at Detroit, fully sustained
the protest Of the Chalmers Motor
company against the entry of the
Premier Motor Car company of Indi-
annapolis. and awarded the Detroit car
the classic trophy Of endurance con-
test. The Glidden tour victor was a
$500 Chalmers go
Colonel Roosevelt, as well as Gif.
ford Pinchot, has been asked to be
III AtiiIti, oClODel I, WHEN Il meet.
ing will be held for the purpose of
organizing a state conservation as.
sOciation.
A motion asking for a new trial in
the bleached flour case in which a
jury recently returned a verdict favor
able to the government, was filed in
the United States district court at
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