The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-12-06
News Of the WerId.

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News Of the WerId.
Wesley Reynolds, 1G-year-old bank *
Waterman at Westville. IND, kllIed III III
battle with robbers after he had emptleu
| one revolver and fired five shots from
another at them, at distance OF ten Ieei,
robbers then fled posse and oloodnoulloS
Mrs Hattie l.. Written. Dexter, Me.
! hanged herself with towel while belnS
| held as suspected murderer OF her y ana
| 11-vear-old daughters, whose lives were
| insured in her favor; mysterious death Oh
| her husband also under inquiry
| Dinner to celebrate Mark Iwalns sixty
/ seventh birthday given at MetroPoll.tan
| club. New York, with fifty-four guests
| Thomas B. Reed. Chauncey DepeW w
! D. Howells and Wayne MacVeagh among
! them. H.. %
/ Ottawa (OntJ normal school, and BRIDE
| groom of a fortnight, dropped dead.
/ Mrs. Charles Dubois, Elwood, mo-
bride, believed murdered, although bottle
| of carbolic acid was found near her oouy'
| husband arrested.
| John Keshner, POcohOntas, HIS, shot
to death by Charles Etheridge, his en-
London National Review declares en-
! peror William boarded American yacht
off Norway coast this summer and
abused English and King Edward oeIoLe
F! guests, who included one EnghsIlIhaH'
| British government called rotten.
! General Dewet in book on Boer Wa,
| declared burghers could nave won, DuI
! for traitors among them; Butler declared
to have fought against greatest ODDS OF
] any British general.
Five Filipino guides in Zambales prov
ince captured by IadTone t5 1aog 7uTd sIi
and fifth blinded and MS tongue cut
out as an example
Venezuelan political prisoners at ID
racas, Puerto Cabello, and MaracdlpO
! liberated by President Castro; reSiuenIS
! of capital alarmed at Germany threat
! to send warshipS.
! port recommended that office of COM
manding general be abolished and gen
beraI staff be established with chief as
| army'S head; reorganization or militia
and equipment for emergency army of
100000 urged; coast defenses only nan
! finished.
Controller William B. Ridgley in an
! nual report urged congress to amend ma
] tional banking law to permit issue Oh
uncovered notes up to 30 per cent; would
| provide $3.50, 100000 for periods of money
| market stringency.
! President Roosevelt answered objection
4 of white citizens against negro as col
| lector of Charleston, ). c., port and de-
/ clared he would not discriminate between
whites and blacks showing equal aolI1ty
] Antitrust law agitation and search OF
old records disclosed that first law
against combines was framed by John
/ Sherman to punish General X. "A. AlSer
! for formers defeat in 1888 Republican
national conventions; Diamond Matcn
company, in which Alger was interested,
was. specially aimed at.
! Postmaster General PayneS annual re-
port recommends free mail delivery in
all cities of 5000 population or $500 gross
receipts; postal de1icit tor year ending
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson or
dered quarantine against cattle. sheep
4 and swine in New England and proht5lted
expectation or shipment elsewhere; IoOC
ana mouth disease epidemic in four states
Steamer Sylvanus j. Macy, with eight
| cen men. sunk in lake Erie during sun
day nights gale; news brought to Detroit
by barge Mabel Wilson, which Macy was
! towing; steamer BannockDurn believed
lost in lake Superior with twenty men
]. G. Phelps Stokes, New York million
aire, brother of the Rev. Arson phelps
Stokes. took up residence in university
settlement and will work for Detterment
of poor.
! Booker T. Washington. in letter to Bir-
mngham, Ala, newspaper, declared his
! interest in politics confined to issues af-
tecting his race and advised negroes not
Nobel prize of $4,000 awarded to Major
Donald Ross, Liverpool, for research into
mosquito malaria theory; DR.. Emil
Fischer. Berlin, and DR.. Arrhenius, Stock
| holm, also received awards
| United States Ambassador Andrew ID.
White made final visit TO Emperor Will
liam at Berlin. following his resignation;
emperor expressed thanks for aid in goOd
| Understanding with America.
German chancellor brought about reich
stag tariff compromise by uniting CEN
trists and moderates among liberals and
conservatives: agrarianS to get only mod
crate concessions
Thanksgiving dinner at Hotel Cecil
| London, attended by Ambassador Choate
and 500 American guests; special services
held in Paris churches; SO Americans
dined together in Berlin.
Philippines constabulary under In
spector Crockett killed thirty-nine lad
rones in Leyte; thirteen killed by Cor
poral MontagueS force; Thanksgiving o.
served by Manila cathedral service.
Andrew Carnegie interviewed at Skibo
by London Punch representative, who
claims he was Obliged 10 swim the moat
and found no BOOKS or libraries in the
castle.
Haytian council chamber at Port au
Prince surrounded by troops to prevent
disturbances; General Alexis Nord at ST.
Marc with 5000 troops
Frau Krupp, widow OF German gun
maker. gave S3,7OCOOO for workmen's bene-
lit fund.
British warship Sparrow shelled five
South Sea Island villages and annexed
| three islands to Great Britain.
Siamese government adopted gold
standard and closed minis TO free coin
age of silver.
Vanderbilts said TO be seeking control
of Chicago Great Western railroad to
provide independent Kansas City line for
| Northwestern system, and to remove
competition; high price alone prevents
purchase.
British merchants in India alarmed at
threatened invasion of steel industries by
American capital; Bengal Iron 6 steel
company will import plant to forestall it.
Presence of L. Seligman in Washington
believed to be for purpose of advancing
money to Venezuela to settle claims OF
| Great Britain and Germany
All authorities in the east cooperating
in efforts to check spread of hoof and
mouth disease among cattle; quarantine
effective and generally observed.
Anniversary of signing of first consti-
tuition of the state of Ohio 100 years ago
celebrated at Chillicothe the original cap
ital of the state.
Two big turret guns on battleship Tex
as burst during target practice off Hamp-
ton, Va. Gunners saved ship from serious
| damage.
Lawrence Y Sherman has formally an
nounced his candidacy for speakership of
the Illinois legislature; forty votes are
pledged to him.
Attempt of mob at Ironton, o., to lynch
William Glasco prevented by prompt ac-
ton of the sheriff.
Charles F. Kelly, former member of
st. Louis house of delegates, held in
Philadelphia on charge of being fugitive
! Company formed in Salt Lake city to