The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-07-04
NEWS SUMMARY.

President Roosevelt signed the 18th.
milan canal bill Saturday night
Hundreds Of INDECENT Americans
now In Cuba are petitioning the
minister for aid. i"
The beginning Of the eighth week OF
the anthracite miners strike shows no
change in the situation.
Near Lancaster, KY, a tornado
wrecked dozen farm houses and Eve
persons were injured, one fatally.
The arrival is reported at Panama Of
the gunboat Ranger, which will keep
watch Of events on the Pacific side OF
the isthmus
Late Saturday night tornado struck
Bohemian settlement near Wallis,
Tex, killing several persons and injur.
log many others.
A bill has passed the senate authorlz-
iug the secretary OF war TO issue GER
tiacates 10 lieu OF lost or destroyed dis.
charges from the army.
Dewey, in his testimony before the
senate committee, declared that Aguin.
aldo was mere Agurehead, aud that
too much fuss was made over the Fill
pino.
Reports from the storm.swept sec
tlon Of South DalSato and north
western Iowa confirm the first reports
of damage done, the loss being place
ut $780, 200.
The house committee on foreign af
fairs has reported resolution giving
the thanks Of congress to Admiral
Kempf for his conduct during the siege
OF Taku, China.
Ia Pawtucket, Il. l., street cars were
s,oned and obstructed by sympathizers
OF the striking conductors and motor
men. Two street railway men were
hurt by missiles.
The Ameer OF Aighanistan. IIabid
oollah Khan, early in June married
his daughters to six prominent chiefs,
including the commauder.in- chief OF
the Afghan forces.
In Minneapolis, Mimi, verdict OF
guilty was returned In the case OF
Detective Nathaniel W. King, indicted
on the charge OF being accessory after
the fact TO a felony.
A drouth OF six weeks in Texas has
been broken. The rain extends rather
generally as far south as the gulf 1t
10 too late to materially aid the corn
crop, but will help cotton.
The government officials expect
possibly within a week 10 Ok the APP
proximate date OF the coronation, OF
King Edward which will probably
occur early In the autumn.
Costa Rlca has unfavorably reported
proposal to grant Chile coaling
station on caco island, the political
prisoners taken during the last revo-
luton having been pardoned.
Representative Foss, OF Illinois,
chairman OF the naval committee Of the
house, has introduced a bill to establish
an engineering laboratory, to be known
as the Melville engineering laboratory.
All Of the unskilled employees Of tho
Carnegie Steel company, nearly $4,000,
have had their wages voluntarily in
creased 10 per cent This will make
the wages OF the lowest laborer sl.65 a
day.
l. S. HRrlschGeld, former president
OF the suspended Merchants National
bank OF Helena, Mont, has been ad.
judged bankrupt In the Federal court
His liabilities are s49s,l6i and asserts
S2ll5.
. A dispatch to the London Mail from
Copenhagen says that Queen Alexandra
has invited the deputation OF Danish
hussars TO return TO London at the end
of September for the coronation OF the
King.
The Venezuelan government forces
have been defeated again near UricR,
In the State OF cumara, by the rear
A gusgd OF General Matos's revolutionary
arm ". Deserters and fugitives are
Bot ring Cumara aud Barcelona by the
Hundreds.
In San Francisco Mrs. Ignaza Gerard
poured kerosene oil over her clothing
aud burned herself TO death in the
presence OF her family. Her daughter,
! Mrs. Maria Gilletti, In endeavoring TO
save her mother from the flames, was
severely burned.
IN the rains continue a few days
longer the damage TO crops throughout
the middle western and western states
and the loss TO the farmers will DO be-
You'd calculation, said Prof Cox Of the
United states weather bureau, Chica-
20, last Saturday.
President Palma and cabinet have
decided to ask Minister Quesada to OBJ
tain Washington data explanatory OF
Gen. Woods settlement OF the church
claims. The cubans invoke the For
aker law and question the right OF any
t-permanent arrangement
H.. p,h1t, ,yho defeatad Ton, ghar.