The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-08-18
GENE RAJ.

GENERAL.
A loss of upward OF 100000 was
caused by fire in the Wholesale lum-
ber district OF Boston.
In a gambling raid at Narragansett
Pier. R. l.. Monday. about thirty society
swells we're nabbed. CONSERVATION
reigns.
The population of Kansas City, Mo-,
is 24S.3s1. an Increase OF S4.629. or s1.7
Ter cent, as compared with 163.752 in
1900.
Grace and Luella Walton. aged 10
drowned while bathing In Red river.
near Crookston, MINI.
Thomas G. Lee OF the dressed beef
sales department of Armour 4 Co.. In
dicted Thursday on the charge Of per
jury by the federal grand jury. was ar
rested and gave bail for 5000.
Mrs. Judith Ellen Horton Foster. not.
ed throughout the country as temper.
ance lecturer and writer and advocate
Of missions and philanthropy. died in
Garfield hospital. Washington. follow
ing an operation.
That the policy Of conservation, u
being carried too far In Alaska and
that the natural resources OF the terri
tory could be developed under super
vision Of = governmental commission.
were opinions expressed by Jacob H.
Schiff. head OF the banking house Of
Kuhn, Loeb 4 Co.. who arrived In New
York after his recent trip to the terri
tory.
charge that Congressman G. r.
Creager of the Third Oklahoma district
had solicited sums" Of money from J.
F. McMurray. holder Of the Indian land
contracts which are being subjected to
a congressional investigation vas
made by Jake L. Hamon before the
special committee appointed by the
House of Representatives Monday. Ha-
mon demanded that Creagor be re-
called and questioned.
Twenty persons were injured. nine
fatally. by the explosion of a charge Of
dynamite in an excavation on East
Thirty-seconi street., which threw the
entire neighborhood into a panic and
did heavy damage to property in the
vicinity. Hundreds of windows were
broken and roofs of houses nearby
were crushed under the weight OF rock
and sand which was hurled high by
the blast.
Mayor William J. Gaynor may be
making satisfactory progress. as his
attending physicians persistently main
tain. but there is an undercurrent OF
anxiety that runs contrary to the Off
cial bulletins. His surgeons say he
had a satisfactory day Thursday; that
he is cheerful and stronger and was
own against the pistol shot wound in
flicted Tuesday by James J. Gallagher.
A move was made Thursday in
behalf OF the Italian government
in the case of Porter Charl-
ton, who confessed to having
murdered his wife at Lake Como, Italy,
and is being held in Jersey City, await
ing extradition proceedings. The hear
ing set for Thursday went over by
agreement until Sept. 20. but Gustav di
Rosa, the Italian vice consul in New
York. appeared before Supreme Court
Justice Blair in Jersey City and filed
the dossier in Charlton's case. This
document contains record of all the
evidence in the case gathered by the
Italian government and 1t is written
in Italian. Judge Blair ordered q
transcript to be made for the use of
the court some time before the date
set for Charlton's examination.
1t will be about the middle of Oc.
tcber before the people of the United
States learn their true number by CEN
sus count. 1t Is generally believed
that the number will be about 100000
900.
The Knights Templar Conclave in
Chicago elected William B. Melish Of
Cincinnati, grand commander; Arthur
Macarthur OF Troy, N. Y. deputy
grand commander; w. F. Pierce Of
San Francisco. grand generalissimo.
Denver was selected for the 1918 tri-
ennial conclalve.