The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-08-03
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.


China has a population u t5zeo0r
600. according 10 the latest anthorta.
tive Information. So states a report
10 the State Department AZ Washing.
ton made by Consul Andersen Of
Annoy.
United States Senator Mitchell. con.
yicted Of using bis office 20 further
the law practice Of the firm Of Mitchell
a Tanner q Portland. Ore. was sen.
fenced 10 pay a fine o. $1,000 and six
months penal s~eryitude.
The London Daily Malls Vienna
correspondent says toe sultan has Of.
fered a reward Of $4,000 for the dis
covery o. the oonspirators who AZ
ranged the throwing Of the bomb al
his majesty last Friday.
William jennings Bryan opened the
Clear Lake Chautauqua at hason City.
Iowa. In his lecture. Value Of an
Ideal" congratulating the mayor Of
Philadelphia upon enforcing high
ideals OF civic Righteousness.
Upon condition that be procure a
divorce from HIS wife or that she die.
Carl r. Miller viii inherit virtually all
Of the 100000 estate Of Miss Anna
~. Cunning. a spinster who died AZ
her home on Olive street last week.
Annie NJ. Grant. alias Annie Gleason.
Of Chicago. who was committed for
trial AZ London July c on the charge
OF stealing a necklace valued al $40,
0o0 from Christie's. was found guilty
in the Old Bailey and sentenced 20
three years penal servitude.
With shouts OF "banzai- Tokyo &C
corded Secretary Taft and bis party.
including Miss Alice Roosevelt. the
most enthusiastic reception ever given
foreign visitors. No prince Of a royal
household has received such 3 vel
come IN the empire OF the Rising Sun
One hundred n sixty leading mer-
chants Of Chickiang province rave in
formed the board o. foreign affairs
that they have subscribed enough
money to build the SoochoW-Hang
chow-Ningp0 railway without foreign
assistance. They petition the board
10 cancel any concession 20 foreigners.
Miss Annette Kelierman. an Austria
lian. attempted TO swim the English
channel. starting from Dover. After
being IN the water five hours sac was
overcome by seasickness aud vas
forced to abandon the attempt after
having gone about one-third Of the
distance.
A desire TO escape deportation led
10 a suicide AZ New York on board the
steamer Grosser Kurfurss. bound for
Bremen. While the steamer vas pass
ing through the NsrroWs one of a
group OF immigrants declared unfit 20
enter the United States suddenly
leaped overheard.
A committee from the National Fed
Grafton OF Milers visited the ~i0i"
ranch near Bliss. Okla. recently and
gave the Miller brothers. owners OF
the ranch, a loving cup. in apprecia-
ton Of the entertainment accorded the
members of the association az the
buffalo hunt Juss II.
An unusual case Of poverty and neg.
lect has been uncovered by a New
York policeman on duty In Tenth ave
une The biuecoat rescued 6-yearold
John MulQaeen after the lad had made
his home for two months In a trunk
and subslsted largely on srcaps
snalched from garbage cans
George c. Ellis. the negro laborer
who saved the statue Of Frederick the
Great from beiag blown up by The
dynamite deposited by the anarchist
Rosseau. received as a reward a gold
watch by the State Department direct
from Emperor william The watch
bears the imperial monogram.
A mass meeting Of citizens was held
AZ the opera house At South Haven.
Mich. she outcome OF putting the ~lid-
on that place sunday. Mayor Prank
Hulhurs. who is behind that action.
did not appear. and. although a com
mittee u citizens went 20 escort him
10 the hall. he refused 20 come.
IF any criminal acts have been CON.
mitted the criminals should BE- sent
TO prisOn. said Former Governor
odeil AZ New York. In discussing the
affairs q The Equitable Assurance 30
ciety. Attorney General Mayer
should compel the restitution Of an
profits Illegally kept from policy hold.
ers~
Mr. lou, first secretary o. the Chi
nese legation, In an Interview IN the
Matin Of Paris says: The boycott az
American soods IL gradually extending
and probably viii gain considerably
m northern China The movement Is
very popular and VIII only cease when
The United States modlries certain
laws affecting our eeuntrymen"
AMER thirty hours Of burning With
volcanic fury. csusinE the destruction
Of 100000 barrels Of crude oil the
loss 81 twelve lives and a million and
a half OF dollars. q Is believed the
Humble oil fields (Texasl fire al
houssou. Texas. Is in a fair way To
spend its fury. For miles about the
country Is blaekcned as II greasy SCOT