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Show IM li fEAHFUl LOSS F Of llff SMELTERS (Taia Hut Gates and Acids From Copper Company's Plant Montana Court Will Dccido Suit Clou Big Copper Plant and Collect Damage for Alleged Dell ruction of Crop and Livestock. ti In what Mom. Argument n known a the smoke cam were hire on Tuesday before Judge Hunt in the Federal court. Thl 1 a suit Instituted by farmer of the JJeer Lodge valley against the Anaronda smelter of the Anaconda Copper Mining tiuiipany, H. being alleged that gases and acids from the chliu-nehave destroyed vegetation and livestock. The teiiinony waa taken before a referee, but object km being made to hi findings. Judge Hunt concluded to hear argument thereon beIt la fore rendering hi decision. ought to close the smelter and collect damage for alleged destruction of crops and livestock. HfU-na- . be-ru- J WOULD FRIGHTEN FOREIGNERS. Sheriff Invitca Throngs to Witness Execution of Countryman for Murder. In order that they Pa. Inttavillc, might Impress their countrymen with the enormity of the crime of murder and l he terrible punishment that the law of thin country rails for, a largo number of Slava, Ilungailiins, Poles, SUBMARINE EARTHQUAKE. Cauaea Tidal Wava Which Cam finking Ship. New York. A single great Naar wave front of her bow almost wrecked the Norwegian tramp steamer Joseph K. Cuneo cm a cruise from Port Antonio, Jamaica, which she has Just Balshsd. Wo were In a perfectly calm sea," said Captain Aamdt, in quarantine, ton a sunshiny day, when suddenly a wall of water thirty feet high reared front of our bow and pitched us and up till I thought wo would ever stop. We almost tuned a somersault. A second wava lifted ua aa high again, but this time we kept leveL That waa all except hundreds of dead fish floated on the surface aa we etesmed away." H thinks the waves were caused by a submarine earthquake. The ship waa not harmed. directly In Is your fond sl-ill 1 GETTING EVEN WITH INFORMER. year. Houses Dynamited in Oakland Belonged to Former Supervisor of 6an Francisco. Oakland. Cal. The wrecking at midnight by means of dynamite of three vacant houses In thi's city recently built by James L. Gallagher, former supervisor of San Francisco, tl.e principal witness for the graft r following the partial net It in In a similar manner of his on April 2.1, has rfpiilence hen who are i, roused (he authorities, , to discover the If guilty person or persons. There are conflicting stories as to the motive of the criminal. One Is that some one implicated In the graft exposure In Pan Francisco Is seeking revenge n gainst the man who ha given tlm most direct evidence for the prosecution. Others entertain the Idea that the dynamiter la a personal enetuy of the former supervisor. basins. o gusrsslss sr rsft ROBBING , THUGS GOVERNOR M l fXCAVATXORS BINDING Of cTAW de-M- posn-lhlc- i OdSSOiV AiD flk. Ji TJg I&i-RA- K ZUGIQDG2VVmj&Y: n n Beaten Autherltlee After Bunch of AlMystery. leged Conspirators. The mystery , N. Boston. Six of the leading official! the Being last Sunday of and te body of a fll dressed woman p n ol as many bollermaklng planta were arie mud "tts Big Timber c'ck. structural Iron works here This M- - J- was partially rested Wednesday e afternoon. Bostou flnanc ?sday, when the body follows a report V ' t - d as that of Maxle commission which revealed an alley w contractin' . ed conspiracy between Mi . ftged 23. of Forth relation to bids on competl-In firms below miles three bury, Glour; tlve city contracts. The report was The identification was made RooseIt fives. developed that the you"g commented upon by President woman disappeared from the home of velt in a recent message to congress. relatives at Steelton. Pa., on Satur- Each defendant was released on 1 " bnll. and all will appear to anday. How she reached the vicinity swer the charges. cf Gloucester Is not known. otk-v'- d slow-moving- that the Slrenla, or represent an aquatic from the very stock which gave rise to the elephant. This kinship waa surmised by de Blalnvllle long before Darwin, and It has now been confirmed by the ex traordlnary resemblance between the most ancient the Eotherium and the most ancient of the elephants tbe Moeritherlnm. The scene of the researches, El Fay um, a name derived from the ancient Egyptian word "Phlom, meaning the lake, lies 60 miles southwest of Cairo and Is the fertile alluvial bottom of s great natural depression, or basin, en riched by tbe Nile sediments, whlct have poured for ages Into a large nat ural lake of late geological times, anc subsequently into the more contract ed Lake Moerls of the Ptolemies. The brackish lake named Blrketel Qurun which bounds the Fayum tc Is the vestigial remnan the north-wes- t of these two great sheets of fresh wa ter. It lies ISO feet below and receives such a meager overflow from the vast Irrigation system of th Fayum plains that It Is constantly di mlnlshlng In extent and( Increasing H salinity. The rich historical associations o the northerly shores of these anden and modern reservoirs begin with thi They includi Palaeolithic the Irrigation works of Amenemhat I. 2200 B. C.; they rover the rise anc fall of populous Greek and Romat cities, now represented by the mini known as Dime and Mushim. But far far back of this period of man, the discoveries of the survey on the north erly shores of these same lakes revea the presence of a world of life so an dent that the pyramids seem as o yesterday, of a period when the Medl terranean shores were 140 miles soutt of their present boundaries, whet Mother Nile herself, which Impresset us as among tbe oldest of rivers, hac not come Into existence. Hers anothe and much older river system pourec Its sandy deposits into tbe ancestra Mediterranean, the ancient origlna life of Africa found its bnrialplace It the shifting sands, and has lain foi perhaps two million of years awaltlm the evolution of man. and finally tin development In man of the spirit o Inquiry and exploration. sea-cow- s, off-sho- sea-co- n Missourian Believed Woman Attempt d Suicide for Love of Him. SL Louis. WVongly believing himself to be the man for love of whom Mrs. Grace Jackson, a young widow, attempted suicide by drinking water in which matches had been soaked, U Feager, a soldier at Jefferson barracks. committed suicide on Wednesday in bis mother's house with carbolic acid. Mrs. Jackson Is recovering. She declared that while she was on friendly terms with Feager, he was not the man she loved. , were short-footeand ami they had a pair of front teeth aa large a tusks, probably for defense against the actively running carnivora of the period. The Araln-oltherwere one exception, and de fended themselves by sharply jiolnted Two million years ago the horns. Mediterranean bordered on Eocene Libya, and was Inhabited by whales known aa the Zeuglodons, remains of which have been found in every part of the Fayum region. These creatures were extraordinarily long and snake-like- , and were far more slender In body than any existing whale. Among other discoveries made in Eocene lbys are remains which go to prove animal Excavatlone laing Made. Natural History had prophesied that the original home of the elephants and of several other great groups would be found to be In Africa. These animals, be believed. In spite of the contrary opinion of science, had Invaded Europe, Asia and North America from Africa. The American museum authorities, so rich In the remains of the great monsters of their own country, eonld not fall to be Interested In tbe Flynm discoveries, and Prof. Osborn kaged to fit out an expedition to dlcorer. If possible, and bring back to the New York treasure-hous- e the African iscea-tor-a of the vast creatures which once Inhabited the American continent. In due time the plan became in accomplished fact; the Kgyptiia gov. ernment. In the person of Log Cromer, gave the American egpferers every help In Its power, and Pint Osborn and hls assistants went to work. As their caravan crossed tbe desert. It amused Mr. Osborn to think that he was going with camels, the gift cf the western American plains, to bring hack the remains of elephants, which were the gift or Africa to an the other continents. At first, the results of the American Museum's search were dliippoiatjng, but arter ten days the explorers were rewarded with the Jaws teetll of the ancestral elephant which the expedition chiefly desired, IBg , fort. night later they found a complete skull of the Ialaeeniastodoa, ,,ng. Ing to the second stage of the evolution of the elephant. A week later the skull of a Muerltherium (the knit of Lake Moerls) came to light, m vr Ostmrn knew tint he had fo,i tbe representative of; the first dhtinctlve aIn etthvelutlun of the elephant. of gn. red bF the Egyptian sea-lev- flint-maker- s. Growth of German Marine. Oa January 14. 1906 (Dally Consuls! and Trade Reports), on of the Ger man steamship lines owned and ip 18, r rated 160 ocean steamships of em 000 total grow regls.,vd tonnage, com ploying 12.000 persons. .This bullA " seven steam Sfo ter tonnAjr reeds th-nn- ro t ate gross regia al t fa jracfttT fleet of Uu t wln an, HcJvtav Italy, Rus Jen. TL, orman ex as been lari y promoted ' 2.-0- e ex mer t- - one com - j f . Grabbed the Leader of the Attacking Band and Screamed Until Patrolmen Arrived on Scene. Nevada's Governo' Passes Long lllne D- to Crea f, Strain and Overwork. New York. While throe employes of the Jefferson bank were on their way from tbe branch at linton and Houston streets to the main bank on Canal street, carrying $41,000 cash, they were attacked on First street by three men, who jumied upon them and threw pepper la their faces, the leading thug attacking Samuel Edel-niawho carried the bulk of the money, grabbing hrs money bag and attempting to run with it. The oilier thugs took care of the other messengers. Edelman tried to shake hls assailant off, but was faring badly under the pumnieling when Mrs. Eva Javor-idckrestaura waitress in a near-bant. grabbed the leader of the attacking band by the arm. She screamed so loudly for help that a patrulunn rame running up. frightening the other two thugs away, and was right at the heels of the man who had attacked Edelman by the time he had managed to shake himself free from the waitress. The fugitive wa captured. Reno. Nevada. Surrounded by his three sona and daughter. Governor John Sparks, conscious to the last, sank to death at 8:30 o'clock Friday morning. But a inuuitMt before hie death the governor s:tld: "1 do nut fear I have done my best; I am tired and These aiu ready to g). Good-bye.were hls last word. Court Refusee to Release from Asylum Stanford Whites Murderer. Oklahoma 3anking Law Causes Joy to Depositors. cne hour Guthrie .Okla. Within Irom tiro time H. II. Smock, Oklahoma .ad taken commSwltmcr, eburg-- i of ilie International Rank of Col; ate. for alleged violation of the bani.i.in lavs, be hud authority to pny or in full, though tho the d bunk's rmh and available fund3 l'.i other l).:n!:s fell $22,i.K!0 abort of the. Tbe comtotal amc.int of deposits. missioner whs enabled to do this under th. operation of the new banking law, and this I the first time it h.iw been culled Into use. When tbe rush was exhausted the commissioner nrew d eck upon the state guaranty Iiiml. Under the operation of the guaranty banking law In Oklahoma, a tax ot 1 per cent In levied upon the average annual deposits of all state nanks. and the money thus raised is used In payment in full of all depositors of an !noivent state bank after the funds of the bank have been exhausted. Y Harry K. N. Poughkeepsie. Tlnw has accepted, apparently with resignation, the decision of Supreme Court Justice Mnrschauser that he is still Insane and that the Interests of the public will lie lust sptved by denying him liberty. Pending the signing of the pnpers of recommitment, which probably will not bn done before a week next Saturd-iyThaw will ocChandler's suite In the cupy P county building here. In the meantime, an effort will be made hy Thaw's attorneys to induce District Attorney Jerome to consent to the commitment of the prisoner to one of the state hospitals other than Matteawan. , Ever since the discovery of remains of prehistoric animals in the Fuyiiin desert Id 1901 made North Africa the storm center of paleontology, men of scienee have been seeking to exhaust the secrets of that region, pn to solve the problems of origin wtdr fishBoston S. The N. Yarmouth, the Fayuni fossils suggested. Itj ing schooner Fame, commanded by 1905 Mr. Dr. accompanied by down run was Thomas Fay, Captain Andrews of the British museum, had and sunk on Chanpes bank Wednesproved that Africa, far from being k Dominion Allantic the day night by continent parasitic upon Europe, was line steamer' Boston, and seventeen but chiefly Indecf the schooner's crew of nineteen s partly detiendent, of a center varied life, highly pendent, men were lost The Boston, which a great breeding place, not only of waa bound from Boston to Yi-- m wandered the officers statu, was proceeding al animals which subsequently slow speed, whistles blowing con- Into Europe, but of animals belonging hitherto unknown." Hefaq stantly, when oho smashed Into tho to types of Dr. Andrews had hem work the steamer of the Fame. The sharp prow Osliced the stem off the schooner and even begun, Prof. Henry Fairfield Museum of American sborn the of minutes. In three shs sank fo.. H FIGHT Vi, MESSENGERS hr-rif-f PRQI'IJCi60U MUoto, J prm-crutjn- oLongya ,,!' SR yftfE ANCg&TRAZ, blZPJiAtfl cT M anv. PREVENTS y Bays Church Must Block tho Advance of Liquor Mon. Oklahoma City, Okla. With a of tho "present progress la temperance reform,' and a reasonable social policy for a Christian people," the last session of the Northern Baptht convention rame to an end that Declaring Wednesday night sentiment on the temperance quee-tlohad changed much during the Vjfitin Cover Island and last year, and sounding a warning of Art Drowned. tremendous campaign agwnst proOkla. A special the .. Oklahoma City. now being .carried on by hibition nesr Texas the from Colbert, Okla., of the dastardly traffic," "Hessians Um, Agfa that fourteen persons who Rev. B. Z. Batten, Nebraska, said the taken refuge on an Island formed will see the reaction unbetween the new and old channels of coming year block tht advance churches the less Red river, were drowned late Tuesmen. of tbe liquor covered flood when the .waters day, the place where they had taken refDiuge. Three children of J. II. Roberta, Evelyn Thaw Withdraws Suit for to ve res. were carried death ferryman, when the river swept away a tree In New York. Evelyn Nesblt Thaw, which they had taken refuge, south of her counsel, on Tuesday through Lawton. withdrew the suit which she InstiPrince Fights Duel With Twv Men. tuted for the annulment of her marere. riage to II. K. Thaw. The motion for 8t. Petersburg. Prince Napoleon withdrawal was sanctioned by RefMurat, a descendant of Bonaparteto eree Deyo, who had been appointed In tho famous Held marshal, and whose by the court to take testimony case was deand the womproceeding, American an was grandmother costa to an, Caroline Franser, of Bordentown, clared discontinued without N. J.. fought two brothers named Plea cither party to the suit Immediately In duels here on Tuesday, wounding following the dismissal of the action, both of his opponents, one seriously, Daniel O'Reilly, personal counsel for but himself being unharmed. Prince Mrs Thaw, Issued a statement In Murat Is a captain In the Chevalier which he declared that Mrs. Thaw guards, a crack Russian regiment and had been an unwilling party to the the brothers Plen are well known la the exclusive social circles of this proceedings from the first city. Prince Murat elected to tight HE FLATTERED HIMSELF. the brothers one after the other. Null of Nsw Battleship Launched. Camden, N. J. Into the water of the, Delaware river, on whose shores so many of the shlpe of the "new have been built there was launch! on Tuesday the great steel hull of what will be the formidable battleship Michigan. Built by the New York Shipbuilding company, the Michigan, n sister ship to the South construction at nndr Carolina, Cramp's shlpynro on the Philadelphia side of the Delaware, Is more than 50 per cent complete and will be turned over to the goveipment In about W Us PROFESSORS W AFRICA. Wichita, Kaos. Ten dead, twelve injure, l. several fataby, hundred of head of caltle killed, a vast nr reave of crop destroyed, ruin and desolation, are the results of a series of tornadoes that vlslied Alfalfa county, Oklahoma, Wednesday night. The stornni seemed to enter the county Iroin the west, north and northeast Every obstruction rlniultanenusly. was leveled. The scene of the devastation presents a sickening appearance. The McDonald family, living mar Ingcr-roll- , sought safety In a cyclone cellar. Tbi was unroofed and the occupant hurled under debris. The baby of Mrs. Guy Hutchison has not been found. It is believed the wind carried It some distance, or that It Is buried in the ruin of the home. a v WOMAN i f.-- in. J " SPAME M e REMARKABLE WORK OF AMERICA Italian. Itnsslun. Utfomjans and other foreigner were Invited to aton tend the Tuesday of Fell fiadxulH, a young Pole convicted of the murder of a woman and her child at Shenandoah, six men ha ago. Five hundred persona were In the prison yard to vrltneaa the hanging, the aherilf having distributed tickets SENT TO WATERY GRAVE. liberally on hla theory that the story of the execution told from the lip of Fishing Schooner Bunk and Seven--teethe foreigners will have a salutary efof tho Crew Drowned. fect In curbing murdcroua tendon-dea- . i iso V kit Vl"l .alfalfa County, Oklahoma, Visited by a Scries of Twist... Leav'"? Ruin-an- d Death in their Path. De- stroys Vegetation. a I waved fare a! ii 9.Jfyvta io. i of )., r ii,! t seized ii.,-- ; rs-- v. mint and what I I PISE aud no if "' 4 wife, " The lllnt;s culminated which In the death wa directly due to governor overwork and nervous str.iin, attendant upon the t t:a session of Nevada's legislature late last fall. Governor Sjark wa born in Mississippi, August 3U, 1813, and rame to thi state in ImiI, engaging in stmk-ralsincattle He owned large rangi in Nevada and Texas, as well a a large cott.uii plantation In Texas. He wa elided governor in 1902, and again in lOtiG, by large majorities. Lieutenant Governor D. W. Dicker-o- n is now governor of Nevada, lie came to Nevada eight years ago. GUARANTY FUND DRAWN UPON, Funeral of Governor Sparks. Reno. Nev In the presence of thousands of mourners the funeral of the late Governor John Sparks of Nevada was held Monday afternoon at 2 oclock on the porilco of the Elk' borne In this city. The services were conducted by the officers of the Elks' lodge. Supreme Judge Frank H. Nor-crosCAMPAIGN PUBLICITY. delivered beautiful eulogy over the remains. All business houses Bill That Would Have Effect of ReducIn the city were closed and the entire ing Congressional Representation city draped in mourning. ' Special in South. trains brought hundreds of people to Reno to witness the funeral and all Washington. The bill requiring pubtrains from the southern and eastern licity for campaign contributions wa portions of the state were crowded passed by the house on Friday by a with people anxious to pay respect to vote of 160 to 125,- with tho Cram-packthe memory of John Sparks. amendment added. The amendment would have the efShoots Woman Who Refuses to fect of reducing congressional repreElope With Him. sentation In the southern states. It Is teamOre. J. F. Blum, a Portland, believed the bill will not pass the senster, on Sunday shot and killed Mrs. ate. Daisy Hickey, wife of a butcher, emThe bill provides for publicity of ployed in a packing plant at Trout-dalcontributions made for the purpose of Blum then shot himself dead. Influencing elections at which repreThe tragedy occurred In a lodging sentatives In congress are elec tea, house in this city. Blum, It Is alleg- with what Is known as the Crumpack-e- r ed, wanted the woman to elope with fraud in amendment, him and her refusal caused the crime. registrations and prohibiting data for a providing Beside her husband, Mrs. Hickey left reduction of representation among the two children who were at Sunday states. school when she was killed. Blum left a wife and two children at Baker Cass Regarded as Closed. City, Ore. No action looking toWashington. ward the of Representative With expulsion Murders. Charged Many South Bend, find. James Brimming-stall- , George I Lilley of Connecticut from aged 40, Is under arrest at Dowa-gia- i the house is contemplateu. tv lieu me appointed by Mich., charged with six murders. special commission The police say he has already con- Speaker Cannon to investigate the fessed to two, sod Prosecutor Bresna-ba- n charges brought by Mr. Lilley against la confident the prisoner will ad- the Electric Boat company submitted mit the other crimes. Hls arrest fol- its report to the house last Tuesday lowed an alleged attempt to make hls and more so after the report had been wife hls seventh victim. She escaped read on the floor the next day, there and appealed to the police. The police was much speculation as to the probsay he confessed to killing a man In able outcome. The severity with which Kansas, whom he had a grudge Mr. Lilley was handled in the commit against, and was sentenced to ten tee's findings gave color to a report that these were to be made the basis years In the penitentiary. of a resolution of expulsion. Johnson Bays Campaign Publicity Coal Miners of Southwest Will Rsturn Measure Would Defeat Taft to Work. Norfolk. Va. Governor John A. Kansas City. Thirty-fiv- e Johnson of Minnesota, while In Northousand folk, denounced the Crnmpacker coal miners of Missouri, Kansas, Oklaamendment to the campaign contribu- homa and Arkaneas, members of the tion publicity bill passed by the house United Mine Workers of America, who Saturday, and he declared that If tbe have been on strike since March 1 last, senate passed It he does not see how will return to work at once. The the president can conscientiously convention of miners of these states sign It "It Is a bad bill," said Gov- here on Friday ratified and signed the ernor Johnson. "If It passes the senreached by the Joint subate and becomes a law by the presi- agreement of the miners and operdents signature, I believe It will de- committee ators late Friday night Prices and feat the nomination of Secretary Taft conditions are to remain the same as for the presidency." they were last year. Princsss Elopes With Plebeian. To Entertain Wives of Delegates. Vienna. The Austrian princess In order that the city may Chicago. whose elopement a few days ago caused a great sensation In Vienna Is entertain In a proper manner tho wives and daughters of the delegates wh said here to be Princess Amelle-Louissister of Prince Emile Egon will come to the Republican National Von Furstenberg. head of the Koenig-sho- f convention, members of the Chicago branch of the Furstenberg fam- Women's clubs are making their plana ily. It la declared that she ran away on a wide scale. A committee of four, with a rrten named Koslan, the local with Catherine Waughn McCulloch at Its head, has written to Chairman Up-haagent of an automobile company. Th of the local committee offering police are actively at work trying io locate the fugitives. The princess Is entertainment for the fair sex, particu21 years old. The family has large larly the wives and daughters ot the holdings In Bohemia and a residence delegates and the members of the naIn Vienna. tional committee. t - er 1 e. Body Found Floating in Barrel. New York. The body of an unidentified woman, supposed to have been murdered, was found floating In a barrel In little Hell Gate between Ward's and Randall's islands. The woman's eyes were discolored and her noee was bruised. Nearby Is Thomas Jefferson park, where many irfllar outings are held. It is believed tha the body had been In the water on)' a short time. The body had been fastened Into the barrel by a stout rope secured around her waist and then fastened around the outside of the barrel. Bcandal Forces Kansas Pastor to Tender Resignation. Leavenworth. Kan. Something of a sensation was caused here on Friday when It was announced that Rev. R. A Ellwood, pastor of the First Preiv terisn churcM.pf Leavenw 1 tendered hls re 'gnatlon I i '' of the church to take e!f The resignation which w pie was admitted by the elt . 061 result of charges pref agne the pastor by the moV' 'ogo a the girl In the church, 1 . b' pa- elders letters wbldi received from the panfer. auB!Aer . had |