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Show News Happenings of the Great fetermoimtain States San Jose Cal. When Mrs. Andrew An-drew Sosa gazed upon the body of her dead 6ister in a casket at a Mountain View (Oal.) undertaking parlor she fell swooning into the arms of her nephew and died a few moments mo-ments later. Eugene, Ore. A huge eicutioner's sword which loped off the heads of Boxer generals a Chinese Inscription calling for the- death of all foreigners and a valuable collection of lacquers are part of the Murray Warner art col-lecion col-lecion accepted by President P. L. Campbell and the board of regents of the Uuniversity of Oregon recently on the occasion of the establishment of a university department of museums and collections. Cheyenne. Basangtt and Bokesl, aged two and a half years and fifteen fif-teen months respectively, are making a 10,000-mile journey to California from their home at Mondomble, a Congo village wltihin a day's distance from an Insurgent tribe of cannibals. A-cording to the children's missionary father. Dr. Ernest E. Pearson, these cannibals eat the Belgian soldiers they capture tioth to express their contempt for them and to show that It can be done. Spokane A student conduct board has been authorized at North Central of High school here to regulate student stu-dent representatives and wilt pass upon all questions regarding students' welfare wel-fare and conduct It will consist of five members nppolnted by the associated asso-ciated student council, which is made up of representatives of the boys' federation fed-eration and the girls' league. Misouln, Mont. More than a hundred hun-dred thousand salmon trout fry have been placed In the rearing ponds of Greenough pork here. During the week they will again be caught and placed In cana aboard trucks for transportation trans-portation to Seeley and other bodies in the upper BlackXoot chain. Tacoma, Wash Rex is basking In the sunshine of .his own glory which has made him the most talked of dog in the state following his heroic rescue of his master and mistress, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Smith, as they were drowning in Spanaway lake. The Smiths were bathing together when Smith stepped into a deep hole and became confused. His call for help brought Mrs. Smith and Jie clutched his wife in a hold she was unable to break, adding her cries to those of her husband. The dog heard his master's calls for help, swam out and brushed across Smith's half-submerged face. Smith caught at the dog's collar, got a firm grip and the canine stared for shore, snorting and struggling hard to prevent Smith's weight from dragging him under. Freed from her husband's grasp the wife was able to swim safely back to shore, alone. Denver Huth I'fister, 14 years old, and Gertrude Pfister, 11, sisters, wore drowned while wading in Grote lake, three miles north of Globeville. Their mother looked on, helpless. The youngsters went to the lake for an outing early in the day. Shortly after af-ter entering the water they stepped from a shelving and were submerged. rteno, New Mrs. Lydia, Adams-Wiiliams. Adams-Wiiliams. aspirant for the Republican nomination for United States senator from Nevada, has taught her male opponents a new political maneuver, and her tactics here lire Arousing lively interest. The feminine senatorial senator-ial candidate is following the circus companies across the state, and In this way finds opportunities to address ad-dress large audiences. Nome, Alaska. A big farewell reception re-ception is being planned lliere for Captain Koald Amundsen, the Norwegian Norwe-gian polar explorer, before he starts on the first lap of his effort to fly across the North Polar cap. He will leave to go to Teller, half way between be-tween Nome and Cape Wales, where be will make a change in the JIand's propellers, substituting n two-bladed ice propeller for that which drove the ship north from Seattle. Berkeley Scientists are a'.teinptinr; to recapture the numerous milloiis of rcspoc monsters called germs, vhicli escaped to the unoffenling cam. pus of the University of California here when Hearst hall burned. Not only were bottles filled with the most oeadly germs broken an washed hither ind yon by the streams cf water, but .routs, rats, rabbts and guinea pigs, nornlated with tli"r germs, were released. Ogilen After watching a mine in Og.ien canyon for several days, o)i-s.Tviug o)i-s.Tviug two supp'-sed miners going to .vork at an early hour each morning, ut failing to find that any fire was iciuj fined, sheriff's deputies during i he night made a further invi stigiiti-m. I iiey foun 1 a big still, several barrels ! of wheat ;n, sh, and a few gallons of noonshir.e. Emmet. The T'lark Canyon-Emme: Inm to .:. t SiVvniN'H) n.,s ,een approved ap-proved by Vavlragt.m officials I |