Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-12-30
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LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.

sent to the legislature his resignation
as governor to take effect on the first
Monday in January.
The massacres of Mussulmans by
Armenians was still in progress at
Tiflis, Caucasia and throughout the
Caucasus December Is, according to
a dispatch from Tifiis under that date.
The latest dispatch received from
Tifiis, Caucasia, says that 800 houses
in the Mussulman quarter were set
on fire by armed Armenians who pre-
vented the inmates from leaving and
fired on the f1remen, who attempted
to extinguish the flames.
President Roosevelt has sent a gen.
erous check to Miss Sarah C. Provost.
principal of the Cove school, to be
used in purchasing Christmas pres
ents for the scholars in Oyster Bay.
Up to the time he was elected gov
ernor, President Roosevelt acted as
Kris Kringle to the scholars of the
Cove school, where his children re-
reived their earlier education
Frederick NJ Blount, ex-vice presi
dent of the Chicago National bank,
resigned his position as treasurer of
| the sanitary district. 1t was by vir.
tue of his position on the board of the
district, which is the controlling pow
er in the management of the Chicago
| drainage canal, that the funds of the
sanitary district, amounting to mill
| lions of dollars, were placed in the
Chicago National Bank.
Moscow is in darkness and the the
aters and clubs are closed. The en-
pIoyes of the municipality have aban-
doned their work. Fifty thousand fac
tory hands are idle The troops are
confined to the barracks and every
possible military preparation for even
Qualities has been made. The strik.
ers' pickets are all over the city per.
suading or threatening those who are
reluctant to join the strike. There
has been some cases of disorder and
few conflicts.
In New York an automobile on
of the senator, was riding, in com.
pany with a young woman. was stop
ped by a bicycle policeman after a
long chase. Court having adjourned,
the policeman obliged the chauffeur
to take the machine to the station
house. There Mrs. Hanna gave 500
cash bail for the driver. She COM
planned bitterly of the arrest. She
said the automobile had not been eX-
ceeGing the speed limit.
American Mormon missionaries are
now constructing at Papeete, Tahiti,
fine mission house with modern con-
veniences. The structure is of two
stories, about 80 feet square and pro-
vided with large verandas. In the
course of two or three months the
missionaries will begin the erection of
a large church edihce. The cost of
the lot, the mission house and the
church will probably be $4,000. The
funds were supplied wholly from Utah.
The construction of so miles of de-
tour tracks will be undertaken by the
Southern Pacific from Mecca to I'm
perial when the company attempts it's
next "shoo fly" around Salton sea- No
hope of the inflow water being stop
ped for several months has caused the
company to undertake the new pro.
ject Six work trains will be sent to
the scene as soon as possible and ii
is expected that within a few weeks
regular trains will be running over
the new line.
The employees of the Moscow and
Brest railroad have obeyed the order
to strike. The other lines entering
Warsaw are still in operation.
May Yohe, the actress, formerly
Lady Francis Hope, has brought suit
in Berlin for divorce against Major
Putnam Brandlee Strong. son of the
late Mayor William L. Strong of New
York She has gone to Monte Garlic
to await the result of the proceed
ings.
The resignation of William b Kelly
general solicitor for the Union Pacific
railway, was announced at Omaha
effective January Is. His successor
will be John Baldwin of Council
Bluffs. who has been Mr.. Kelly's as
sistant
Premier Fejervary had an audience
, of Emperor Francis Joseph in Vienna
J and rendered the resignation of the
entire Hungarian cabinet. 1t is un
derstood that Baron Fejervary desires
} to obtain an expression of confidence
from the emperor, in which case his
J resignation probably viii be with
. drawn
. The Belgian legation has demanded
that Edward Joris be handed over tc
.. the Belgian consular authorities foI
trial in accordance with the treaty OF
1883. The porte objects to this and
trouble is anticipated.