OCR Text |
Show JEWS OF 11 WEEK IN CONDENSED FORM RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT EVENTS TOLD IN BRIEFEST MANNER POSSIBLE. Happenings That Are Making History Information Gathered from All Quarters of the Globe and Given In a Few Lines. . .A INTER MOUNTAIN. The State bank of Spokane, near the' heart of Seattle, was ribbed in the noon hour Friday by lone highwayman, high-wayman, who locked the assistant cashier in the safe, obtained $1,500 in cash and escaped. A large part of the town of Sheiton, county seat of Mason county, Washington, Wash-ington, was destroyed by fire with a loss of $100,000. Thirty-one miners employed at the Anaconda mine at Butte were forced to make application for membership in the 'Mine Workers' union, on Thms-day, Thms-day, the new organization thait is eontending with the Western Federation Federa-tion of Miners tor jurisdiction in this district. The Portland crack polo team won the first game of the polo se.es being played at Boise, Idaho, for the championship cham-pionship of the northwest, by a score of 8 to 4. The game was fast and furious, featured by desperate riding. The official list of dead furnished by the Pacific-Alaska Navigation company, com-pany, whose steel steamship Admiral Sampson was rammed and sunk by the Canadian Pacific liner Princess Victoria, twenty miles north of Seattle, Seat-tle, contains eleven names. As he was about to hand a beggar some money with which to purchase a meal, James A. Cunningham, one of the most prominent mining men in Utah, was shot and slightly wounded at Salt Lake by the man he was about to hefriend. Definite results on Montana's first primary election probably will not be known in some contests until the official of-ficial canvass is made September 9. About half of the precincts in the state, representing two-thirds of the vote, have been heard from. DOMESTIC. A fete held August 28 at "The Charles H. Reua o' Brooklyn wa chosen president of the National Shorthand Reporters' association and San 'Francisco was selected as the place for nest year's convention, on Friday at the convention in Atlantic City, N. J. Brig. Gen. Philip H. Briggs, a civil war veteran and well known in national na-tional guard circles, died suddenly in Brooklyn, aged 85. Frank Heldt. charged with the murder mur-der of Miss Louise Mick, a wealthy Schuyler, Xeb., girl, committed suicide sui-cide by hanging in the jail at Schuyler. Schuy-ler. ' Charles G. Gates, who died suddenly of apoplexy in October, 1913, left a New York estate valued at only $73,-283. $73,-283. This is the estimate in the report re-port of tile state tax appraiser filed at New York. A proposed European Invasion this fall by . baseball teams composed oi stars of the American and National leagues has been abandoned. Chase S. Osborn, former governor, is conceded the victory in the Republican Repub-lican gubernatorial contest in Michigan. Mich-igan. t r WASHINGTON. The limit on individual postal savings sav-ings deposits has been increased to ?1,000 'by a bill passed by congress. The government will pay interest on deposits up to $500. A -conference between representative represent-ative bankers from the twelve reserve cities and other business centers and the federal reserve board, which may result in an immediate announcement of the time for the opening of the new banking system, has been called by the board for September, 4. Bearing the approval of the house the seaman's bill to increase the safety safe-ty of (passengers at sea and improve conditions of employment of Bailors has gone to the senate. Senator Nonris of Nebraska addressed address-ed the senate for nearly four hours, in executive session, in opposition to the confirmation of Attorney General McReymolds as a justice of the u-preme u-preme court. President Wilson has let it be known that there would be no insist, ence upon passage at this session o the bill authorizing the interstate commerce commission to regulate the issuance of railroad securities. Secretary Bryan has cabled all American Am-erican embassies and legations in Europe Eu-rope to urge Americans to leave Europe Eu-rope without delay. Advocates of jail sentences foi trust law breakers won a victory in the senate and by a vote of 29 to 21 Breakers," the residence of Mrs. Cornelius Cor-nelius Vanderbilt, at Newport, R. I., 'or the benefit of the International Red Cross, is expected to net $35,000. The money is to be used for the assistance assist-ance of families of men who have gone to the front in the European ivar. The Long Island railroad's heavy Amagansett express crashed into an automobile containing four persons near 'Heimstead, L. I., killing 'all of them. Twelve persons were injured, none fatally, when a Kansas City Southern passenger train was derailed near tylanble City, Okla. A broken rail caused the accident. The -twenty-first case of bubonic plague was reported at New Orleans tn Friday, the victim being a negress 84 years old. Plans have been made for holding the international automobile road races at Corona, Oal., on Thanksgiving Thanksgiv-ing day. -Purses amounting to $17,000 will be offered in the 250-mile and 300-miles races over the three-mile boulevard course. More than 60 000 citizens of the United States have applied for permission permis-sion to join the Canadian volunteers who are soon to see service in Eu- mcorporaiea in me penuing viayiou bill a provision to make violations oi the "tying" contract section punishable punish-able by imprisonment. FOREIGN. Colonel Osiiobichin, 'Russian military mili-tary attache at Paris is quoted by the Journal as having remarked in an interview in-terview that he could say without indiscretion that other armies were about to invade eastern Prussia. After Af-ter crossing the Vistula, he said, the Russians would march straight to Berlin. Formal protest against the burning of Louvam by German troops as a violation of international laws of hu inanity was submitted to the state department on Friday by Belgian Minister Min-ister Havenith. Passengers from Puerto Mexico say that General Rincon and his garrison garri-son of 400 men there have revolted and joined the former federal soldiers sold-iers who revolted at Salina Cruz, thus giving them control of the isthmian railway. Virtually all the wounded men brought back to England from the front will be disembarked at the Southampton docks and from there sent to the various hospitals in the country. rope, according to Col. Samuei Hughes, minister of militia. Unless their demands for shorter hours, a general increase in wages, recognition of the union and sanitary san-itary shop conditions are granted, members of the Interantional Ladies' Garment Workers' union and affiliated affiliat-ed locals at Philadelphia will strike on October 1. The United States government could stop the war in Europe by placing an embargo on wheat, flour and other products, pro-ducts, it was asserted at District Attorney At-torney Whitman's John Doe investigation investiga-tion at New York Into the increased cost of living since the conflict began. be-gan. President Johnson has appointed September 1 as "Red Cross day" in the American league. Twenty-five per cent of the receipts on that day will be given to the Red Cross for its European war fuud. Exhaustive tests were made Wednesday Wed-nesday of the huge guns at the Pacific Pa-cific end of the Panama canal in order or-der to ascertain their fitness. The tests were entirely satisfactory. There was an all-day firing of the guns with both normal and overcharges. Receivers have been appointed for the International Steam Pump company, com-pany, a J29, 000,000 corporation, by United States Judge Mayer of New York. The receivership was granted in an equity suit brought by bondholders bond-holders and stockholders ana a creditor. cred-itor. Findings of the court-matrial which tried twenty-two officers and men of the National Guard of Colorado on charges growing out of the Ludlow I !i;'.tt'.e of April 20, were made public it Denver on Wednesday. All the de-'endants de-'endants were acquitted. Two small Japanese cruisers drew the 'first shots from the Tsing Tan fortifications. 'Several shorts dropped around one of the cruisers, whereupon the vessel fired one 'Shot in reply and withdrew. The commander of the first Japanese squadron has reported to the navy department that -his torpek flotilla ran into a tyiphoon. The boats were scattered and five men lost their lives as a result of the storm. Rural guards were attempting to arrest ar-rest a constitutionalist soldier a-. Mexico City when comrades came to his rescue and shots were exchanged The trouble became more serious when the rural guards withdrew to the Fifth ward police station. The shooting was renewed and continued for half an hour, during which it is reported seven persons were killed. Gen. Victoriano Huerta, until recently re-cently provisional president of Mexico, landed from a steamer at Santander, Spain. He will proceed shortly to Asturias. The Norwegian steamer Gottfrreo. has been blown up in the North sea by a floating mine. Eight members of her crew lost their lives. The foreign secretary, Sir Edwaru Grey, paid tribute to Prince Charles Max Lichuowsky, the former German ambassador to Great Britain, in the house of commons, saying that tht diplomat had worked to the end for peace, but that the real authority a; Berlin did not rest with him or those: like him. 'Prince Albert, King George's second son, who has been with the North se.i fieet. recently was taken ill with appendicitis. ap-pendicitis. As rest and quiet were j necessary the prince was landed at a I port in Scotland |