Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1901-10-10
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
HAPPENINGS or THE PAST FEW
DAYS FROM ALL QUARTERS.
WIN of the Late President Mckinley.
Large Contribution to tho Conscience
Fund" = Government Receivers Large
Amount of EmbeIzied Money.

hayner succeeded, as cnle1 Counsei iOr
Admiral Schley, Judge Wilson. who
died suddenly last week.
At the Crystal Palace, London. Arthur
A. Chase cut the worlds cycling record,
covering 80 miles in n minutes Al sec
onds, At the end of the sixth mile he
was i6 2.5 seconds inside therecord, and
from that point he put all records in the
shade.
The marriage Of Major. General II. o.
Corbin, adiutant-general of the army.
and Miss Edythe Patten will take place |
in Washington city at the residence of |
the bride on the 9th of November.
The sum of 5000, 900 In cash, and real |
estate valued at many thousands OF dol |
lars, held by relatives of former Captain |
Oberlin NJ. Garter, have been seized by |
the government. Securities, worth sew
eral hundred thousands Of dollars, dis |
covered hidden in Chicago. have also
been confiscated. Captain Carter, while
an engineer officer in charge Of the river
and harbor improvements at Savannah,
Ga, embezzlcd 81, 100000, The depart
ment of justice is not certain that it will
recover the entire amount emboz2led.
but it has clews which may establish
where the money was placed before de-
lection came.
The will of the late President McKin-
10y was filed for probate ut Canton, ..
Secretary George B. Cortelyou and Will
liam h. Day wero appointed as admin
istrators. The entire property of the
late president is bequeathed to his
widow, with the exception Of an annuity
of 81 900 to Mr.. McKinleys mother. 1t
is said that the Mckinley estate will
total S225, 900 to s250,000.
G. w. Ross, premier of the province
of Ontario, has been absent two months
in England, and has concluded arrange
ments for u schome of assisted immigra-
tion. The plan will, il is understood,
come into effect next spring, and it will
first be tried with farm laborers, who
arc scarce in the province. They will
contract to remain in the province and
pay back their passage money within a
specified time. The province will pay
the shipping company.
Spain, according to tho Now York
World, is at present placing extensive
contracts for railroad material and ma.
chinery in the United States. About
| 1000 cars have been ordered from an
American car aud foundry company.
which aro to be used by the Compania
del Norto, the principal Spanish trunk
line, and the Bilbao. Santander railroad.
The government gun factory Is to be
equipped largely with Yankee machines,
tools, etc. Large electrical orders arc
also being placed in this country.
The Duke aud Duchess of Cornwall
were entertained at Calgary by Indians,
cowboys and mounted police, who pic
tured northwestern frontier lifo before
them with all possible dash and color.
They count this ono Of tho most intor.
esting sights of their Canadian tour.
The athletes Of Yalo aud Harvard
met representatives of Oxford and
Cambridge universities at Berkeley
Oval, New York. in track aud field
events. The Harvard and Yalo mon
defeated their English opponents by a
score of Gpoints to 8.
Tho annual inspection tour Of tho
board of managers of the national sol.
diers' homes was completed ut Mil
waukee. General McMhhon said: "Iho
board has decided to maintain cantoens
at all the homes for the good aud sufii'
cient reason that experience has taught
us that 1t is better for the veteran and
for tho people in the community IN
which tho homes arc located. The oan.
teens are properly conducted at these
soldiers homes, and tho result Is that
the veterans do not squander thor
money In cheap saloons, nor do they
drink too much
a Canton dispatch says that Guard
Dcprend, stationed in the rear Of the
vault In which the body OF the late Prosi
dent Mckinley lies, was attacked by a
man and cut slightly. Guard Doprcnd
saw a man behind tree about 7:i5p. III
He requested the man TO halt, but the
follow lodged from his first position L
u second tree about ton foet nearer th'
guard. Sentinel Deprond then RAISED
his gun and fred. Just as no did this
second man, masked, who had stealthil!
approached, knocked the gun from III
. aim. At the same time the soldier wa
struck heavy blow on tho back. aui
was assaulted with some sharp instru
nent. Ho was knocked into u small ra'
vine at the vault. Guard Doprund say
the man behind tho tree carried pacl
age OF white and somo instrument il
, his hand which showed u CLINT. tn,
men escaped despite the prompt rush q
/ the oiIicor Of tho day, aud other soldier
20 his assistance. Military men sa
they believe 1t was an attompt to blo'
/, up the vault.
, Secretary Cage Of tho treasury d'
r partmont received by mail. as a contr
= button 10 the conscience fund" th
E sum Of 90, 100 in bills. This is probabl
a tho largest amount Of cash ever sen
a through the mails without registration
4 The communication enclosed apparent
o in the handwriting Of feeble old MAJ
d explained that duties were not full
paid as desired" No name was signe,
q The remains OF President Lincoln wei
Il removed aud taken 10 what Is intende
IA shall be their linal resting place, be
5 Of iron aud masonry, 10 feet below III
Z, baso Of tho shaft Of the national Lii
/. coin monument at Springfield, Ills.
4 tno presence Of small assemblago (
9 men aud women the metallic oask
d was forced open, aud TO the surprise
). all, the ieatures. whom they were @
posed, were as white as chalk.
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