The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-03-24

war.
Seven hundred marines from the
Philadelphia navy yard left for the
south.
President Diaz is enjoying good
health and personally tends to the du
ties OF his office.
Clarence ID. Hillman. a Seattle mil
lionaire. was found guilty of using
the mails to defraud.
A bill providing for adopting the
Oregon plan has passed both houses
of the Kansas legislature.
President Taft treasured MeNicans
that there was nothing serious in the
troop movement to the south.
The in%surrection in Mexico it is
generally admitted. is a leading
cause for sending troops to the Dor
der.
John Barrett urges the south to be
ready to grasp the opportunities al
forded with the Panama canal open
ins.
Secretary Of State Knox. who is en-
Joyine Il vacation in the south, will
visit Cuba before returning to Wash
ington.
According to official Washington
the troop movement southwark Is
to vancouver and watch Mexican in
SurreCtOS.
Four %convicts made their escape
from the Nebraska p~enitentiary
through an opening where bars We're
sawed off.
AS the result Of a special investiga-
ton. the entire force of customs in
spectors at San Francisco will be
rcorganized.
Cows eating from a straw stack
near Walnut, Ill.,. uncovered an iron
pail containing a quantity of gold and
silver coins.
The levy of / per cent on all state
banks in Oklahoma is being made to
provide the guaranty fund under the
guaranty law.
The Kansas legislature passed a
bill appropriating $4,000 to found a
state tuberculosis hospital. No loca-
ton is named.
The foot and mouth disease has
'SuAA tpPOu1 GU III LlSldIll. NloNc-
ment of stock in a wide area has
been prohibited.
Justice Hughes of the supreme
court has been appointed head of
the commission to investigate maya
zine postage rates.
There has been eight deaths from
the bubonic plague and eight from
smallpox reported in Annoy. China.
within the last WI weeks.
Sir Thomas E. Shaughnessy. presi-
dent OF the Canadian Pacific, an
nounces that road will spend $34 ,O00,-
900 for improvements in the coming
year.
The comptroller of the treasury is
sued a call for a statement of the
condition of national banks at the
close of business on Tuesday. March
the 7th.
The American battleship Delaware
arrived at Valparaiso, Chile. with the
body of Anibal Cruise. who died at
Washington while serving as Chilean
minister to the United States.
Mrs. n. A. Floyd was stabbed to
death with a penknife by her hus-
band. DR.. n. A. Floyd. at Waco, Tex,
Floyd then slashed himself eight
times with the same knife and prob
ably will die.
President Taft has appointed for
mer Senator Cockrell of Missouri as
commissioner IN the part of the Unit
Ell States to re-trace and definitely
determine the boundary lines between
Texas and New Mexico.
The first venire was exhausted
without a jury being secured in Chi
cago to try Charles Erbstein and Ar
thur Mcbride on the charge of con-
spiracy to defame the character of
States Attorney Wayman.
Levin Hart, the supposed Ameri-
can, who charges that he was feeced
by three Italians out of $52. 900, with
whom he visited gambling resorts in
Paris, turns out to be a German,
whose home is in Frankfort.
Governor Wilson and Il committee
representing the democratic majority
OF the Legislature are formulating a
bin for election reforms which they
will submit to the New Jersey legis-
lature. 1t provides direct primaries
for all Offices.
The fire that threatened to destroy
the town OF Douglas, Alaska, was ex-
tineuishch after it had destroyed
property valued at 500, 900.
pI"fessedly because of the recent
rata ln,lrinn t1J, \nu Nncl- ND-,
Haven a Hartford will order extens-