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Epitome of the Most
Important Events
Gathered From All
Points of the Globe.
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Foreign.
Despite pressure liy tho English
foreign office Sultan Mehmed V has
advised the khedivo to grant n mod
ern constitution and general enfran
chlseincnt. Emperor Francis Joseph took part
In the customary Corpus Chrlstl pro
cession. Flvo Hiisslan students were sen
tenced at 'Dresden to terms of Im
prisonment ranging from one to olglit
weeks on the charge of having Bpread
revolutionary propaganda among stu
dents. The Porto has requested Orent BrI-
tlan. Prance, Russia and Italy, tho
protecting powers of the Islnnd of
Crete, to reconsider their decision
to evacuato this territory July 31,
next.
The Imperial press conference has
brought Its business sessions to n
temporary elose and tho delegates will
spend the next fortnight In Bight
Feeing. Drs. Helkmelr and Merlto have left
Paris to Join the Duke of Orlenns who
will start on Saturday for tlio Faroo
islands In tho Baltic sea, to meet tho
steamer Helglcn. Tho duko wilt un
derlain a new Arctic expedition on
board this vessel.
A formal Invitation from America
to Great Drltiun to participate in tho
naval revenue to be held In San Fran
cisco to celebrate the rebuilding of tho
elty after the oarthqunko of April,
nub, nas been presented by Ambassa
dor Hold.
Newspapers received from the fnr
. east set forth that 2.000 members of
the Moloknn sect from tho Caucasus,
who f-ettled In California In 1004-00
have become dissatisfied with condi
tions on the Pacific- coast and nro
about to return to Russia and tnko up
lands at Vladivostok.
Domestic.
Missouri railroads have put a three
rent rate Into effect on some lines
not competitive.
The transport Thomas arrived from
Manila, bringing the Ninth cavalry,
after two years' service in tho Philip
pines. Judge Specr, In the United States
circuit court, ordered tho sale of the
Savannah, Augusta & Northern rail
road on August 3 to satisfy n i-lalin
of $2Sii,r.OO by W. J. Oliver.
rteonuse he pleaded for permission
to tnko part in a Sunday school pa
rade and thus angered her, Mrs.
George Day. a New York widow,
stabbed her seven-year-old son to
death. She then inlllcted a dangerous
wound In her own abdomen.
John Mitchell, former president of
the United Mine Workers of America,
and a member of the American Civic
Federation, is being boomed for presi
dent of the United States.
The W. O. W. are considering the
building of a permanent home In
Omaha.
The federal grand Jury at New
York began an investigation Into tho
methods by which tho American Sugar
Refining company acquired control of
the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Co.
The endorsement of tho chapel car,
nnd the procuring of missionary tents
for work among the Indians, ' repre
sented tho principal action of the
eighth annual conference of the Cath
olic missionary union of Americn.
As a result of the Improvement In
the iron and steel trade, the Marylnnd
Steel company has announced that tho
wage scale cut 10 per cent on April 1,
will bo restored In nil departments of
the big plant on July 1. Two thous
and men nro affected.
The plant of the Deontur Cerenl
company at Decatur. 111., the largest
eorn mill In the world, was destroyed
by lire shortly after 1 o'clock Tues
day. The loss Is estimated at JG.IO
000. All tho mills of the American Sheet
nnd Tin company at Wheeling W. Va.,
will be operated as open shops.
The Iowa State Manufacturers' as
soclatlon adopted resolutions endors
ing Senators Dolllver and Cummins
for the stand tho two senntors aro
taking In tho tariff discussion.
John D. Ryan was elected president
of tho Amalgamated Copper company
to succeed the late Henry II. Rogers
The sovereign camp of the Wood
men of tho World, one of the largest
fraternal nnd beneficiary orders In the
"United States, met In Detroit in an
nual session, with several hundred
delegates In attendance.
Ton people lose their lives bv tho
colhipse of a wharf at Mandovlllo, ha.
Secretary Wesley Green of tho
state horticultural Boclety announced
that after careful survey of the fruit
belt of Iowa It was found that tho
peach crop of tho state has been ut
terly destroyed by the Into frosts. Tho
yield will bo less than ono per cent
of a full crop. Apples will bo plentt
fu, says Secretary Greene.
That nearly flvo million bushels of
corn will bo exported from Louisiana
this year Is tho official estlmnto given
out by Commissioner of Agriculture
Chnrlcs Schiller, upon reports received
from tho corn-growing sections of tho
state. Such shipments will hnvo been
unprecedented In tho history of Louis
iana. The rnvngo of cotton by tho
boll weevel, it Is said, Is responsible
for the licavy com production.
Tho world's record for a day's run
by n trans-Atlantic liner has been
moved up a couplo of miles by tho
Mnuretanln and now stands at C73
nautical miles for tho day.
Captain Peter C. Mains, Jr., serv
ing a sentence In Sing Sing prison for
killing William E. Annls, hns been
assigned to the position of accountant
In tho tin shops.
Tho Illinois Central rnllroad com
pany paid Into tho state treasury $5G3,
000, being 7 per cent of tho gross pro
ceeds, earnings and receipts of tho
company on tho 700 miles of its char
tered road in Illinois. This makes
moro than $1,100,000 tlmt tho state
has received from thin road In tho
last year.
Sheriff Frank Cnseales of Mobile,
Ala., was declared guilty and ordered
removed from office by tho stato su
premo court In a decision which fol
lowed the trial of Cnsealas on n
charge of dereliction of duty In al
lowing a negro to bo lynched In
Mobile on January 1.
At a meeting of tho board of regents
of tho Nebraska state university,
Judge W. G. Hnstlngs wns elected to
the position of denn of tho collcgo of
law to fill the vacancy left by the re
cent resignation of Denn Costlgnn.
Tho resignation of Professor Vernier,
also of the law school, was ncceptcd,
but the vacancy was not filled.
An nutomoblo containing Mrs. W.
F. Mlxon, Mrs. J. H. Dungan, Miss
Merl Dungan nnd Miss Julia Dungan
of Woodland, Cnl., was overturned nnd
toppled Into tho Sncremento river, nil
four women were drowned. The chat
four swam to a boat.
A flro on Monday night swept one
quarter of Prcsque, Isle, Me., burning
100 dwelling houses, ton potntoo storo
houses, the Canadian Pacific railway
station, tho Congregational church and
Masonic hall. Tho loss Is estimated at
$300,000. Tho residences burned In
cluded some of tho best In tho vlllago.
More Minn 1,000 persons nro homeless.
Nine hundred children were marched
safely out of n burning school building
nt Detroit, Mich.
Charles W. Eliot, former president
of Hnrvard university, delivered tho
prlnclpnl nddress at tho commence
ment exercises of tho University of
Missouri.
The Panama libel case against tho
owners of tho Indlnnnpolls News hag
been continued until October 11th.
Washington.
Slay's record of excavation on tho
Panama canal 2,890,095 cubic yards
was the smallest for any month dur
ing tho past year, although It ex
ceeded the excavation for the corres
ponding period of last year by 193,
19S cubic yards.
That complcto church emulation Is
a good thing and thnt there should
be In this country no Invidious dis
tinctions In elections because of re
ligious beliefs were tho keynotes of
an nddress made by President Taft
before the congress of Roman Cath
olic missionaries, now in session in
Washington.
President Taft, after a conference
with John Mitchell, Snmuol Gompers,
John Hayes Hammond. Prof. J. W.
Jenks and R. M. Easley. representing
various Interests, accepted an Invita
tion to address the national confer
ence to be held In Washington in
January to aid uniform legislation by
the states on puro food, child labor,
railway regulation, divorces, taxation
and other subjects.
Postmaster, Genernl Hitchcock has
decided to discontinue the new green
special delivery stamp, and return to
the familiar blue stnmp. showing a
special delivery messenger boy.mount
ed on a bicycle.
Frank E. Edgerton of Lincoln, secre
tary to Senator Drown, received tho
degreo of LL. D. from George Wash
ington University. Slnco ho went to
Washington. Mr. Edgerton hns carried
on his studies in law and his work
with Senator Drown, nnd despite the
double work he graduated with honors
In a large class.
nrlgadlor Genernl RIchnrd T. Yeat
man, recently promoted from colonol
of the eleventh United Stntns infontrv
has been placed on tho retired list ow-'
ing to disability incurred In the lino
of duty. The vacancy in tho list of
brigadiers lias been filled by tho pro
motion of Col. Mnrion P. Maus, com
manding tho twentieth infantry nt tho
Presidio of San Francisco.
Senator Aldrlch bolloves tho end of
tho tariff debate Is In sight and that
the president will npprovo tho bill
when finally passed.
Sonator-elect Lorlmer of Illinois
hns decided not to take his seat In
tho senate until after tho house has
concluded its work on the tariff bill.
Tho grain report of tho department
of agriculture has been issued and
shows the crops of tho country to bo
In vory good condition.
Tho president sent to tho sennto
the nomination of William II. McLean
to bo register of tho land otllce at
Uellefourche, S. D.
capital my NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST AROUND THE
STATE HOUSE.
NEWS OF THE STATE CAPITAL
Doings 0f tho State Officials and
Other Happenings That Are
of State-Wide Im
portance. Governor's Appointments.
Governor Shallcnberger has mndo
tho ofllclal announcement of the ap
pointment of Sam Patterson of Arap
ahoe, secretary of tho state banking
.board, tho appointment to take effect
July 2, If tho now banking law giv
ing lilm tho right to appoint Is not
held up In tho courts In tho meantime.
Tho salary is $.1,000 a year. Mr. Royso
tho present secretary, has held the po
sition of secretary for moro than eight
years.
Tho board of control appointed to
tnko charge of tho homo for tho friend
less July 2, comprises Dr. P. L. Hall
of Lincoln, Rev. II. II. Harmon of Lin
coin nnd Rev. Arthur L. Weatherly
of Lincoln.
Tho governor lins nppolnted A. V.
Johnson of Lincoln chief deputy fire
warden. Tho snlary is $2,000 a year, tho
pay to come from a tax to bo paid
by flro Insurance companies on or be
fore January 1 of each year. Another
deputy at a salary of $1,500 was ap
pointed by tho governor somo time
ngo. Mr. Johnson is a wholesale cigar
dealer.
Trustees for tho school for tho blind
nt Nebraska City nnd deaf at Omaha
nro both promlnont fuslonlsts. Tho gov
ernor has appointed ex-Senator W. R.
Patrick of Paplllion and II. II. Hanks
of Nebraska City.
Dr. D. F. Williams of Lincoln Is np
pointed pathologist at tho Lincoln hos
pital for tho insane.
J. M. Gilchrist of Omaha and II. S.
Wiggins of Lincoln nro appointed ns
an examining board to certify to the
ability of export accountants who may
come boforo thorn for an examination.
Junior Normal Instructors.
Tho principals and Instructors of tho
Junior normals havo been chosen by
tho now stnto normal board but all
thoso chosen were recommended by
State Superintendent Bishop, who un
der tno old law selected tlicm. Tho
list Is ns follows:
Alliance D. W. Hayes, principal;
W. R. Pate, I. G. Wilson, C. W. Phil
pott, John A. Woodward, Mrs. Leora
S. Rustln, Susie R. Frazler, Ora E.
Phillips.
Alma C. Vv McMlchaol, principal;
Ed. M. Short, Gcorgo Crocker, Nellie
West Custer. S. L. Johnston, Elizabeth
Everson, P. P. Bentley.
Broken Row Robert J. Elliott, prin
cipal; J. M. Mclndoo, J. G. W. Lewis,
Loren Cornott, Emily Wood. Alice M.
Burley, II. M. PInckney.
Geneva R. W. Eaton, principal; W.
T. Stockdnlo, Byron E. Dill, R. V.
Clark, C. N. Walton, CcIIa Chase,
Henry Vauck.
McCook Charles W. Taylor, prin
cipal; L. W. Colebank, II. M. Garrett
W. T. Davis, C. F. Whito, Julia Badnar!
Mima Doyle, Claudia B. Hatcher.
North Platte J. A. Boattlo, prlncl
pal; Wilson Tout, J. O. Lyne, P. M.
Whltohend, Maudo Mollyneaux, V. A.
Strickland, William Ebright.
O'Nelll-H. K. Wolfe, principal;
Cella A. Gorby, A. E. Fisher, T. N.
Fleming, C. A. Mohrmnn. E. S. Cowan,
Elizabeth Shcehan, Florenco ZInk.
Vnlentino G. A. Gregory, principal;
O. B. Bowen, E. P. Wilson, E. P. Bat
tenga, Kato E. Driscoll, Lulu Kortz
Hudson.
Tho entertainers choson are Frank
R. Roborson. Adrian M. Newens and
tho Parland-Nowhall Concert company
Prison Contract Unsigned.
Although fifty additional men wore
put to work by tho prison contractor
Monday, no contract for tho addition
al men hns boon signed by tho stnto
officers and warden of tho peniten
tiary. The Lee Broom nnd Duster Co. offered
to tnko fifty men nt CO cents n day,
but this order was changed after tho
governor refused to nccept tho offer
or a St. Louis man who desired to
mako clothing for working men. Mr.
Leo's contract as presented to tho
board, now shows he will pay only 55
cents and that In consideration of
taking additional men he asks to havo
his old contract changed insofar as to
give him the right to furnish ovortimo
work, but not to bo compelled to fur-
nlsa ' IIe nJao wnnts frco power
Ior tll Ilfty Additional men and also
asks for most all of tho available shop
room now used by tho Btnte. Ho asks
that tho contract for tho additional
men bo mndo good for three years
from July 1.
Express Companies Object.
Tho express companies still resist
ing tho reduction of rates fixed by tho
Sibley bill, havo filed exceptions to
tho report of Rorofeo John T. Sulli
van. Tho roforeo found thnt tho Sib
loy act Is not confiscatory and rec
ommended Judgment for tho stato and
ngalnst tho express companies. This
recommendation, If adopted, will re
sult In an order making porpotunl tho
tomporary restraining order onjolnlng
tho companies from violating tho pro
visions of tho Sibley net.
GETS BIG DAMAGES
RETURNS VERDICT OF $20,000 FOR
E8TATE OF BRAKEMAN.
HAPPENINGS OVER THE STATE
What Is Going on Hero and There
That Is of Interest to the Read
ers Throughout Ne
braska. O'Neill, Neb.- A verdict for $20,000
against tho Chicago & Northwestern
railroad for tho death of a brakemnn
on that railroad a year ago last fall
waB returned by the Jury.
Tho case was brought by Frank
Hnuffman, as administrator of tho es
tato of Georgo V. Glover nnd wn
transferred to this county from Dawes
county and was a suit for damages for
tho death of Glover who died at Chad
ron on November 12, 1907, his death
alleged to havo been cnused by in
juries sustnlned on tho defendant com
pany's road. They asked for $30,000
damages.
Glover was a brakeman working for
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tho morning of November 11, 1907,
started for his homo from tho railroad
yards In Chndron nnd was struck by
a train while crossing a railroad track
sustaining injuries from which he
died tho next day.
Clarence Found Guilty.
Plattsmouth, Nob. A verdict of mur
dor In tho second degreo wns returned
by tho Jury in the Thacker murder
caso hero Wednesday morning at 8:30
o'clock. Sentence has not yet been
passed.
Tho attorneys finished their argu
ments Into Tuesday afternoon. The
case went to the Jury shortly after C
o'clock. It Is believed that tho attor
neys for tho defense will ask for a new
trial.
John P. Clarence, tho defnmlnnt in
tho case, killed John P. Thacker In a
fight last January. His defense was
that he believed that Thacker wn,s
going jg club him to death with a
board Phen ho shot him. Clarenco is
a farmer.
Will Erect Monument.
Kearney, Neb. At tho meeting of
tho city council held Monday evening
a petition was presented, slgnod by
ninety-two old soldiers, asking that
a special tax bo levied for tho purpose
of raising funds for the erection of
a suitable monument In memory of tho
veterans of tho civil war. Tho coun
cil then took action and an ordinance
was drawn up nnd read, and upon mo
tion, tho rules were suspended and the
ordlnnnco given a second nnd third
reading, after which it was voted on
and unanimously passed. Tho monu
ment Is to be erected at tho division
of Central avenuo and Twonty-lifth
street.
Officers of Grand Lodgo.
Omahn, Neb. Election of officers
was tho principal work of tho Ncbras
ka Masonic grand lodgo Wednesdnv,
resulting ns follows.
M. Dowllng, Omaha, grand master;
Harry A. Cheney, Creighton, deputy
grand master; Henry Gibbon, Kear
ney, grnnd senior warden; James R.
Cain, Stolln, Neb., grand Junior war
den; J. B. Dinsmore, Sutton, grnnd
treasurer; Francis E. White, Omnha,
grand secretary; Robert W. French,
Kearney, grand custodian; Alpha Mor
gan, Broken Bow, grand marshal; T.
M. Davis, Beaver City, grand senior
doacon; Jacob King, Omaha, grand
tyler.
Blind Students Graduate.
Nebraska City, Neb Tho graduating
oxcrciscs at the institution for the
blind took placo at that institution
Wednesday. There were exercises
in tho chapel all day and tho woll ad
vanced scholars took part, as well as
tho faculty. An Interesting program
was carried out. There were several
graduates from each of tho varloiiB de
partments. Paper Changes Hands.
Fullorton, Neb. J. W. Tannor has
closed a contrnct with Millard S. Bin
noy nnd Henry M. Kellog for tho sale
of tho News-Journal, tho transfer to
take effect July 1. Mr. Tannor has been
In tho nowspaper business here, with
slight Intermission, for over twenty
years. Ho expects to move with his
family to Idaho.
Killed By Lightning.
Gonevn, Nob. Mrs. Thomns Edward,
living fivo miles enst of hero, wbb
struck by lightning nnd Instantly
killed In tho heaviest rain storm that
hns visited this place for twelve years.
A barn on a farm belonging to Charles
Warner, four miles southeast of town,
wns struck and burned to the ground.
New Hotel for Hastings.
Hastings, Neb. Plans havo been
drawn nnd accepted for a $150,000 ho
tel to bo built In Hastings by n local
capitalist. There has been much talk
In tho last few years of erecting n ho
tel hero by a corporation of fratornnl
orders and citizens, but this Is a ven
ture of nn Individual and authority Is
given for tho stntement that the build
ing Is a certainty.
Tho building Is to bo four stories
and havo 125 outside rooms. Archi
tects nro expoctod here early noxt
week to look over the sltf preparatory
'U UAWUVllUUUi
NEBRASKA HAPPENINGS,
Stato News and Notes In Condensed
Form.
Burlington train No. 89 struck and
Instantly killed Frank Praseck, ona
mllo and a half cast of Crcto Sunday.
Tho 'Midwest Life wants moro gon
oral and locnl agents. Wrlto to N. Z.
Snoll, president, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Abrnm Eleston, a Hnrlan county pi
oneer, 70 years old, who has been
In rugged health, was tho victim of a
paralytic etroke, affecting all ono sldo
of his body.
Elizabeth A. Scars of Omaha was
elected by acclamation to tho ofilco of
supremo clerk of tho Woodmen Clrclo
In session in Detroit, Wednesday morn
ing. Tho postofllce department nnnounccs
thnt the offices at O'Neill, Seward, Su
perior and Wahoo aro raised from
third to second clnss. To become ef
fective July 1.
J. J. Skow has Bold his farm of 100
acres south of Beatrice to W. S. Mc
Hugh of Clay Center, a former resi
dent or Gngo county. The considera
tion was 3125 an acre, or $20,000.
Tho commltteo In chnrgo of the
Fourth or July celebration has Just re
ceived notlco that Charles B. Landls,
congressman from Indiana, has accept
ed tho engagement to give the Fourth
or July speech in Falrbury on July 5.
Henry F. W. Borchor, a prosperous
farmer nnd ono or the well known men
of Scrlbner, Io3t his lifo into Saturday
afternoon by plunging into Cuming
creek. It Is presumed to bo a caso of
suicide.
Walter A. Williams, a veteran hard
ware man at Hildreth, died Monday.
Ho was an old settler nnd homestead
er and had been in business for about
twenty years. He died after a long
illness.
Tho Hastings board of education met
Tuesday night nnd canvassed tho bal
lots of the school bond election which
wns held a few weeks ago. It was
found that tho bonds had boon lost
by 2S2 votes.
Mr. Dysart, living five miles south
west of Peru, shipped seventy head of
cnttlo to Chicago last week, which
topped tho market. Tho cattle aver
aged $110.85 each after tho freight and
othor expenses were paid.
Tho Midwest Lifo of Lincoln now
has $1,000,000 or Insurance in force. It
is an old lino company doing business
only in Nebraska. It offers liberal
agents' contracts to reliable men with
or without oxperlenco in the sale of In
surance. Wrlto N. Z. Snell for partic
ulars. Ernest Spllker, the olght year old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Christ Spllker,
who reside northwest of Pickrell, was
bitten by a rnttlesnake Tuesday after
noon as ho wns going through a pasture
on his wny home. The snake bit the
boy on the too or his right foot. Ho
waB dangerously ill for a tlmo, but
will recover.
The corn show committee of seven,
appointed by tho Kearney commercial
chid to Investigate and mako a com
plete preliminary report to tho club,
will recommend that a show to be
called tho Buffalo County Corn and
Agriculturnl exposition bo hold during
tho second or third week in October,'
tho show to bo open to nil counties of
western Nebraska, and that nn initial
fund of $2,000 bo raised for tho pur
pose. A largo number of persons at the
Electrical Show In tho Auditorium
building, Omaha, recently witnessed
one of tho most remarkable demon
strations or "wireless" energy hereto
fore mado In any country in fact, a
feat not accomplished boforo In the
worlds history, so far as is known
When Dr. Frederick H. Mlllener, ex
perimental electrician, Union Pacific
railroad company, Omaha, turned on
tho lights in tho building, tho Impulse
being sent from tho Fort Omaha wire
less tower, six miles distant. Tills
demonstration was mndo posslblo
through tho courtesy of ColoTfel Glass
ford, Slgnnl Corps, U. S. A. Tho wire
less impulse operated on a specially
constructed coherer (which is very
dollcnto and will receive tho faintest
Impulse) similar In construction to
that used nbout n year ago on tho
electrically controlled (by "wireless")
truck In tho shop ynrds of tho Union
Pacific at Omaha. By moans of a largo
solenoid switch, which Is closed when
tho Impulso passes through tho cohor
or, sovonty-flvo horse power were
turned on nnd tho Auditorium lighted.
By means of a similar mechanism tho
power was turned off nnd tho opera
tion repoated several times In other
words, tho locnl clrcultn of tho Audi
torium were closed by wireless Im
pulso rrom Fort Omaha. Tho public Is
beginning to realize tho Immensity and
Importance of tho work being done by
the Union Pacific railroad In Its efforts
to safeguard Mio lives of its nassen-
gers and tho property of shippers, via
Its lines, nnd, by reason of tho experi
mental work being done by It, what an
Important factor It Is In this country's
progress.
Tho twenty-fifth annlversnry of tho
ordination of Rov. Thomns Cullen, pas
tor of St. Josoph's Catholic church of
York, to tho priesthood was celebrated
Tuesday. Tho congregation and many
of tho priests or tho Lincoln diocese
gathered In York to help him observo
tho event.
Mr. Tlbbols, elghty-two years old,
living lirteon miles northeast or Dick
ens wns nlmost Instantly killed nt hor
homo Friday night. Sho was living In
a sod house and tho walls and roor
tumbled In without wnrnimr hi.,. .
blind nnd had been nn invniM
J about a year.
SEE PLDTON ISLAND
JAPANESE AT HONOLULU INDICT.
ED BY GRAND JURY.
ACCUSED OF GREAT CONSPIRACY
Appeal to Force and Bloodshed and
Overthrow of Authority Is Found
in the Correspondence
Seized by Officials.
Honolulu Seventeen Japnnc3e lead
ers In the strike o! the Japnneso plan
tation laborers, or whom about 8,000
aro out, were indicted by the grand
Jury Saturday, on charges of having
conspired to inclto disorder in the
Hawalln Islands. This action prompt
ly followed disclosures when nn of
ficial search of officers or tho "higher
wage association" and tho Japanese
newspaper, .11 .11, revealed Incendiary
letters In prospective rormntlon among
certain Japanese to wrest control
or the island's nffalrs from tho whites.
So Important did tho authorities re
gard tho discovery of what appeared S
to bo a plot that tho grand jury wairfc J
summoned hastily nnd documentary
evidence seized In tho rnlds laid before
tho body. This resulted In tho in.
dictments.
The Investigation and hearing of
evidence wns not completed, and tho
grand Jury decided to resume its in
quiry Sunday.
Among the correspondence between
strikers and somo or their leaders
seized by the olllcers In their search,
or which translations were submitted
to the grand Jury, is tho following:
"The Japanese strikers aro facing
the planters with enough powder, lead
and food to make victory sure In the
end. Now Is tho tlmo to exult tho
name of your nation, and tho Interest
with blood for the flag of tho rising
sun. Against thoso who oppose our
action we must bo rendy with hammer
or Iron nnd rain of blood, to make the
obstinate and blind planters reflect,
and to exterminate Sometaro Sheba,
the traitor editor of tho 'Sklmpo' and
his followers. We must prepare."
"If higher wages aro not obtained
tho sword may visit Sheba at any
time, and he should provide for the
livelihood of his family, which will be
left."
The "NIpp" the organ of tho strik
ers, and declares that should any ex
liould any ex
It will not b
strikers, bntV
rill rest upon w
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traordinary thing happen
tho fault of the peaceful
that the whole blamo will
tho capitalists and authorities, who
havo resorted to oppression.
Bonds for the appearance of the ar
rested leaders were quickly furnished,
nnd the fifteen men were released.
Submarine Is Lost.
Seba8topol Hope although it is
slight, is entertained that tho twenty
men wno went down in tho Russian
submarine Knmbala, which was sunk
In collision with tho battleship Ratls
law during mnneuvers Saturday night
are still alive. Desperate efforts nro
being made by olllcers and men of
tho Black Sea fleet, with tho assis
tance of divers and salvage workmen
from Sebastopol, to ralso tho submar
ine before the Imprisoned men suc
cumb to tho vitiated air. Admiral
Bostrem, commander of tho naval
forces in the Black Sea has taken per
sonal charge of tho pontoons, ono or
which Is equipped with a powerful
hoisting crane, nssembled at tho scono
of tho catastrophe. All through the
afternoon divers and mechanicians
were busy in an endeavor to fasten
chains around tho hull, which lies in
nn awkward position about twenty
olght fathoms down, In order to haul
It to the surface. So far their efforts
have not been successful, but reports
reaching shore Indicate that there is
a good chanco of raising tho boat.
Apparently the submarlno was not
crushed as had been feared.
Many Dead In Quake.
Marseilles From seventy-flvo to 100
.-. nun iuu injured is aaturuay's eiv
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tiumicii iuuu ciiHiuuiues as tno result
or the earthquake which devastated
Boveral towns and small villages
In tho southernmost part or France,
particularly In tho departments of Her
ault and Bouches du Khone. Grent
suffering is reported from tho remoter
places, owing to a lack of bread and
tho necessaries of lire, beroro the ar
rival or assistance.
The casualitle8 may be greatly in
creased, as tho ruins havo not yet
ui:l-ii unureiy searched. Tho villages
or St. Cannnt nnd Rognoz, wore com
pletely demolished by tho earthquake
and Lambosc, which Is twolvo miles
from AIx, suffered heavily. According
to ndviccB received hero a number of
wounded nro still Imprisoned In tho
ruins, and noldlers aro working des
perately to rescue them.
A Lessened Lumber Output. '
Washington Tho lumber production
In tho United StntcB was less In tho
calendar yenr, 1908, than in tho pre
ceding year, according to a report Is
sued by the census bureau. Tho de
crease amounted to 17.3 per cent, or
rrom 40,2.10,151,000 to 33,289,309,000
feet. While practically every section
of the country Bhnred In tho decrease
it was most marked in tho centers of
heaviest production, that Is on tho
Pacific coatt, and in certnln parts of
tho yellow pine belt.
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