The Kennewick Courier from Kennewick, Washington • Page 8

II HHP'S OS IfS CULLED FROM DISPATCHES OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. A Review of Happenings in Both Eastern and Western Hemispheres During the Past Historical, Personal Events Tersely The demand for wool active in Boston. Severe eaithquakes have been in the northern provinces of Chile. The last statement of the national treasury shows: Available cash, gold, Dr. P.

Ornelas, the newly appointed Mexican consul general at San Francisco, has arrived at his post. Emperor Francis Joseph telegraphed to President Roosevelt his congratulations on thWatj-r's electoral victory. The comjA- n.of the railway between Spoiifuud Fusan, Korea, will facilitate the coming campaign in northern ftirea. Sectary Morton will, at its coming yession, ask congress to pass an act to increase the command and enlisted force of the navy. It is announced that the president, on his approaching trip to St.

Louis, would make no stops at other cities Either going or coming. President Roosevelt will recommend to congress authority be given the Philippine commission to revise the tariff now in force in those islands. Dr. John Colliver of Los Angeles is at the home of his father, unable to articulate, having completely lost his power of speech by a fall from a moving car. Much gratification is expressed by the Mexican press and the public be- cause the United States and Mexico are prepared to negotiate an arbitra- tion treaty.

One of the largest art sales in re- cent years will be held in New York late in January or early in February, when the Waggaman collection will be auctioned off. One result of the recent election will be the appointment by the president of Cornelius Vanderbilt to be first secretary of the American legation at Berlin. Federal Stock Grain company, a brokerage concern, having 60 offices in various cities of the country, has assigned for the benefit of its creditors. The supreme court has decided that Chadwick Sowell must spend the remainder of his life in the penitentiary for murdering J. P.

Kimball in Butte county, two years ago. King Charles and Queen Amelia of Portugal, accompanied by their suites and Senor Villaca, the minister of foreign affairs, have left Lisbon for Kngland by way of Paris. Valentine Cameron Prinzep, better known as "Val" Prinzep, professor ol painting to the royal academy, is dead in London from the effect of an operation. He was born in 1838. Superior Judge Lawler of San Francisco continued the case of Mrs.

Cordelia Botkin, accused of the murder of Mrs. Ida Henrietta Deane of Dover, until November 26. James D. Ferrish, chairman of the national committee of the people's party, has issued a call for a meeting to be held in Chicago some time during November for the purpose of forming a new national party. It is learned that Emperor William intends that many of the valuable objects now included in the exhibit of Germany at the St.

Louis exposition shall be presented to the American people. The Chinese government is formulating a scheme of state lotteries for the purpose of wiping out the indemnities granted to railroad corporations. The prizes will aggregate $30,000,000 in gold. Leaders of the socialist party say that Eugene V. Debs, the party's can- didate for president, polled over 000 recent election, or cent of the vole polled, to a story to be printed by the 1 The board of election supervisors of Baltimore city and of counties of Maryland have reported the official count of the ballots cast last Tues-.

day. The result indicates that seven democratic and one republican elector were elected. Mrs. C. A.

Curry, 33 years old, was shot and killed at Pueblo and her husband is probably fatally wounded, having a bullet through his head. They were shot, Curry claims, in a pistol duel at their home, resulting from a family quarrel. Alexander Sutherland, said to have been the last survivor of the famous 1 Balaklava "Six Hundred," is dead at his home in Denver, where he has resided for 40 years. He was the trumpeter who sounded the bugle call for the memorable charge immortalized In verse by Tennyson. Mr.

Sutherland was 94 years of age, and he died of pneumonia. Charged With Murder of Infant, North Yakima, Nov. Millard Boyd, a young man of well to do family of this city has been arrested i on the charge of murder and is now in the county jail awaiting hearing. Ho is charged by Peter McCallum of Naches valley with murdering an illegitmtae child of his daughter Blanche jon May 25, 1908. The complaint on which Boyd was arrested wan sworn out by the father of the girl, and is that Boyd did "unlawfully, feloniously deliberate and premeditated pmlioe kill and certain male child born to McCallum, on May 25." The arrest of Boyd brings to mind the story of the finding of the dead body of a child in a gunnysaca at the Schanno ditch railroad crossing, below this city, over a year ago.

McCallum alleges that Boyd took the Child after it was born, wrapped it np in a quilt and to death He then placed it gunnysack in a room in the house and kept it there several days, afterward throwing it into the ditch, it was not a great while after this that the body of a dead child was found in Schanno ditch. Prior to the arrest of Boyd on the charge of murder he was arrested on a charge of seducing the same girl. He was bound over to the superior court in the sum of 1500 for trial. Testimony elicted at the hearing showed that McCallum's daughter had given birth to two children, of both of which Boyd was the father. is alleged, Boyd killed and the other is still living.

Latest News From Battle Field General Kuropatkin's Headquarters, Nov. fights between the opposing patrols occurred The Russian, with heavy howitzer and six inch guns, shell the Japanese trenches and give the working parties little respite. Large numbers of Russian officers are arriving at the front to replace I those who have fallen. The Russian army is realizing more fully day by day the enormous task involved in driv ing back the Japanese. Great hopes, however, are placed on the Russian second Pacific squadron.

The troops are now better fixed than at any previous preiod, and the roads are in good condition, enabling forcements to leave the trains at stations hihger up in the line and march to ukden, thus relieving the pressure on the remainder. General Kuroki's Headquarters, Nov. squadron of Russian cavalry yesterday afternoon attacked the Japanese in the nieghborhoodof Litiatung. The Russians were so severely repulsed that at dusk they were still gathering up their dead and wounded. There has not been any other change at the front.

TokiO, Nov. Japanese army staff pronouce the report of General Kuroki's death to be absurd. Labor Unions in Convention San Francisco, Nov. Amercan Federatino of Labur met Monday in Lyric hall in its 24th annual eonven tiou. Delegates from every part of the Uuited States and representatives from Porto Rico, England and Canada were prosent.

The hall was beautfully dec-1 orated in the national colors, delegatus being seated in sections according to the states they represented. During the morning hours local and visiting delegates assembled at the headquarters of tlio officers of the eon! volition, and at tO o'clock, headed by a band, they marched through the prin cipal streets of the city and to the con-. vention hall. Mayor Schmitz extended to the deleagtes freedom of the city, and on i ebhalf of the labor organizations of the state of Catlfornia, O. Walsh, president of the San Francisco labor coun: cil, and P.

11. McCarty, president of lite stato building trades council, extended a welcome Says it Will be War to the Bitter End Washington, D.C., Nov. will pursue the war iu the far east to the bitter end; that is, until Russia has ocnqueied." These are the opening words of an emphatic statement made at the Russian embassy last Monday by Count Cassini, the Russian ambassador. Several times recently the ambassador, in the name of his government, has catagorically denied the possibility (if an intervention iu the war, but. the recurrence of rumors that the powers contempltead mediation has caused the ambnssadoi to reiterate on behalf of his government its position regarding inervention or mediation of any kind.

The government of Paraguay will expend $125,000 for building a market in the city of Asuncion. Another Russian Destroyer Surrenders Chefoo, Nov. Russian torpedo bout destroyer Ratstoropoy put into this harbor this morning. Firing was heard half an hoar before she entered the harbor. A snowstorm and high wind was prevailing at the time and it is believed that the Russian vessel, under cover of the storm, ed to escape from Port Arthur.

The correspondent of the Associated Press succeeded in reaching the destroyer after she arrived here, but he was not allowed to board her. The captain of the Chinese cruiser Hai Yung was the first person to go on board. He held a brief conferenoe with her oommander, after whioh the Ratstoropoy came further into the stream and anchored in the same spot the destroyer Rryeshitelni did last August, before she was out out by the Japanese. A Japanese torpedo boat destroyer is said to be waiting ouside the harbor. The boat brought a number of copies of the Nova Krai the Port Arthur newspaper.

In one of the issues it is stated that while a Japanese destroyer was laying mines November she was captured surprised by the battleship Retvizan and sunk. The captain of the Russian torpedo boat destroyer Ratstoropoy, which has pout into this harpbor has notified the Chinese authorities that he will disarm. It is believed that this decision was arrived at after oommunicating with St. Petersburg. There is reason to believe that Japnaese cruisers have been wathching the port, although a steamer whioh has just arrived saw no Japanese war vessel.

Palouse Irrigation Project Approved Washington, Nov. Palouse irrigation project has received preliminary approval by Secretary Hitohoook. The secretary also authorized the geological survey to push its investigation to completion and to negotiate for the necessary rights and privileges in the premises. The secretary in approving the project wac guided by the board of consulting enigneers, who pronounced the project feasible and advised early construction. The board places the cost of construction at per acre, including all outlay, which cost, it is estimated, is little if any more than one half of the value of the land with water rights.

As 80,000 acres will be reolaimed, the cost would be in the neighborhood of $30,800,00. Acting Chief Enigneer Davis of the reclamation service said tonight that negotiations with the O. R. N. people for the Washtucna reservoir site would now be opened at once.

Isadore Rush Drowned in" Surf San Diego, Nov. 15. While bathing in the surf near this Jcity this afternoon Miss Isadore RuHh, leading lady caught in an immense wave carried into deep water. Half a doyen members of the company were at the time in the surf, which was unusually high, when a spectator noticed tne straggles of Miss Rush. Assistance was at once hurried to her, but she was unconscious when brought to shore.

All efforts to resuscitate Miss Rush proved unsuccessful. Her death is said by the physicians to have been caused by heart failure while in the water. The remains of the unfortunate actress will be held pending advices from New York. Twelve Dead, Ate Ice Cream Memphis, Nov. special to the Commercial-Appeal from Decatur, says that 12 persons are dead at Cead lake, a negro settlement I in the suburb of Decatur, from the effects of poisoned ice cream which they had ate at a church ralljJ W.

A. Clark's Daughter. I The public has learned of the settlement out of court of the $500,000 suit for damages brought against Mrs. Culver, former wife of Dr. Overett M.

Culver and daughter of Senator W. A. Clark of Montana by Mrs. Solon J. Vlasto, for alleged alienation of her husband's affections.

Incidentally Mrs. Vlasto has discontinued her action for limited divorce. It is understood she consented to resume her former arrangement with her husband whereby they live apart, he to pay her $05 a week. A friend of Mrs. Vlasto says: that she had yielded to the wishes of 1 a son, a young man, who has taken apartments for her.

They felt, mother, and son. that the notoriety of the di-1 vorce was more than they care to bring about. The fever of fear is often mistaken for the fervor of faith. FIERCE STORMJNNEW YORK WAS ENTIRELY CUT OFF FROM SOUTH AND WEST SUNDAY. Storm Started From Florida and Extended Along North Atlantic Wind Blew at Rate of 48 Miles an Take Round About Route to Chicago.

New York was eatirely cut off from the south and west Sunday night by a fierce hurricane, accompanied by rain and snow, which swept the Atlantic coast. Starting from Florida the storm of wind and rain come up the coast with almost cyclonic speed. Early Sunday morning it was central off Cape Hattej-as, although its ever gathering force was felt far to the northward. Rain began falling in New York at 9 a. and early in the morning changed to wet snow.

The wind, which had been blowing moderately, veered to the southeast and shortly assumed hurricane proportions. At 6 o'clock in the evening the local weather bureau noted a velocity of 42 miles an hour, which increased to 48 miles an hour. That speed kept up for several hours. At 10 o'clock the storm center was at Block Island, where the barometer showed a pressure of 28.62 inches, with the wind blowing 76 miles an hour. At Nantucket the barometer was a trifle higher and the wind 60 miles.

Wire service out of New York is tied up more effectively tonight than at any other time since the blizzard of 1888. The Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies have no direct communication with cities further soitth than Baltimore, and all western points are cut off. The Postal uas been cabling some of its most urgent messages to Canso, N. from which point they are wired to Montreal, and thence forwarded to Chicago over Canadian Pacific wires. WHILE MARSHALL LOOKS ON.

H. C. Cresswell Shot and Killed Frank Natter. Heppner, Nov. H.

C. Cresswell shot and killed Frank Natter. and received a bullet in the neck from a source not now known. Trouble had been brewing between the two all the afternoon. Early In the evening Cresswell met Natter In the Palace hotel and there a row started.

Cresswell had tended bar for Natter at the Brewery saloon, of which the latter was proprietor. Cresswell accused Natter of discharging him. Natter told him he had done nothing of the kind, saying Cresswell had quit for some unknown reason. Cresswell turned to Dee Matlock and asked for a gun, saying that he would soon put Natter out of the way. Bystanders stepped In and stopped the trouble.

About 9 o'clock Cresswell came into Matlock's saloon and there met Natter, wLo was talking with some friends. The trouble was renewed and Cresswell struck Natter over the head, knocking him to the floor and cutting two bad gashes in his head. Three Shots Go Home. The marshal! arrested Cresswell and was informed by Natter that as soon as he could go to the drug store and have his head fixed up he would go over to the city recorder's office and swear to a charge against Cresswell. Natter no sooner entered the office than trouble began again.

Natter struck Cresswell with his fist, knock-1 ing him to the floor. When the latter got up he began shooting, the first ball hitting Natter in the heart, the second in the temple and a third In the side. Second Man Falls. Cresswell was shot through the neck, but by whom no one seems to know, not even City Marshall John i Rasmus nor Recorder Walter Richard-1 son. Not a shot was fired by Natter.

He: had a gun. but all six shells were found in the weapon. I)eo Matlock followed Natter to the recorder's office, and when the mar- slial and recorder tried to stop the! trouble Matlock pulled a gun, telling them to stand back or he would Cresswell of late has been drinking 1 heavily. He has a family and is an I old resident of this county, owning some land and cattle. Leaves Bride of Three Months.

Frank Natter grow up in Heppner. His aged parents survive, also a young wife. They had been married but I three months. He was a young man I with many friends. Matlock is under arrest.

Cresswell's wound is not serious. Snow Falls in the South. Charleston, S. first snow of the season was reported Sunday from Anderson and Aiken, in the western and eastern sections of South Carolina. SOLDIERS COMING HOME.

Troops Who Have Served Two In Philippines. Important orders have been issued by the war department relieving the troops which have served the allotted time in the Philippines and replacing 'hem with organizations from the Unitled States. Tiie troops ordered home will sail as follows: Headquarters, first and second squadrons Thirteenth cavalry, April 15; first squadron going to Fort Kiley headquarters and second to Port Mever. 3 Headquarters and second squadron Twelfth cavalry, May 15, eft fl r9 squadron Twelfth cavalry, jJn 15 both to go to Camp Thomas, Ga. Third squadron Eleventh cavalry June 16, to go to Fort Sill.

Third squadron Twelfth cavalry, August 15, to go to Camp Thomas, Ga. Eighteenth infantry, January 15, to go to Fort Leavenworth. The Fourteenth infantry, March 15, to go to Vancouver barracks. Twenty-third infantry, May 15, to goto Madison barracks and Fort Ontario. The Fourth infantry, June 15, headquarters, band and two battalions, to go to Fort Thomas, the station of the remaining battalion to be designated.

The Fifteenth infantry, July 15, to go to Fort McPherson, Ga. Ordered to Philippines. The troops ordered to the Philippines will sail from San Francisco as follows: Headquarters and second squadron. Eighth cavalry, March third squadron Eighth cavalry, April second squadron Seventh cavalry, May headquarters and first squadron Seventh cavalry, June third squadron Seventh cavalry and first squadron Eighth cavalry, July First infantry, February Sixth infantry, March Ninth infantry, April Sixteenth infantry, June 1. LATE NEWB ITEMS.

President Roosevelt announces that John Hay will continue as secretary of state during the four years beginning March 4, 1905. Officers of the Salvation army from the south, east and west, as far as Chicago, recently gave a farewell dinner at army headquarters In New York city to Commander Booth Tucker, who has been called from his command In America by General Booth toassume the office of foreign secretary in England. Eight hundred officers and their families attended. Five Japanese, the advance guard of a colony of 40 or 50 families, havearrived by the steamer Manchuria on the way to Dade, where they intend to cultivate 67,000 acres of land. The colony will raise silk, cotton, tobacco and pineapples, and experiment with tea.

According to the returns, which are nearly complete, Prince Jonah K. Kalanianaole, republican, has been reelected delegate to congress by a majority of 2,000 over the combined vote of both his opponents, in Hawaii. The total number of votes cast approximates 13,000. Professor George H. Howison, the head of the philosophy department of the University of California, has startled the college community by declaring that the large number of women students attending the university is inconsistent with the attainment high scholarly ideals.

In view of the project of Brazil to raise $50,000,000 to Increase her fleet, Argentine newspapers are urging a rearrangement of treaties with Chile in order to enable this government to expend $15,000,000 In the creation of jan Argentine navy, alleging that is ambitious of securing supremacy among the South American states. A lire In which two men are known to have lost their lives, and which was attended by dramatic incidents, occurred In the Rlpoll enamel paint factory at Issy, near Paris. Barred windows rendered escape from thebuilding difficult. Many women rushed out with their clothes burning and jumped into the river In order to extinguish the flames. Kansas Missouri, Kansas Texas passenger train No.

5, southbound for Texas and Oklahoma points, wus wrecked at South Mound, eight miles north of Parsons. Every surgeon at Parsons was hurriedly sunt to the scene. John Farrell of Parsons, was killed, and 10 persons were injured, two seriously. The latest Arizona election returns show that eight out of 24 members of the Arizona legislative assembly will be republicans, and of the 12 members of the legislative council five republicans are conceded, with the possibility of two more, necessary for a majority. The Yale mission is now sending out another representative Into its field In China, Rev.

Warren B. Seabury, son of Rev. Joseph B. Seabury of Wellesley Hills, Mass. Mr.

Ceabury will be associated with Rev. Bromwell Gage, who is the sole representative of the Yale mission In China..