The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-11-01
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VII thS IlOtihb NJ odhtldBO ue CHlll
Many Americans have gone to Rus.
STA, believing there will soon be a big
industrial revival.
Eight thousand troops, after march
ing overland. have arrived at Moscow
TO strengthen the garrison.
A fire at Point Richmond. Cal, de-
stroyed four large business houses.
causing n total loss OF about $4,000.
1t is denied that Gen. Gomez is in
the United States to buy'arms. He IS
going to rent a plantation and raise
sugar.
II is reported in London that Emper-
Dr. Nicholas has decided to grant a
constitution similar to that of Ger
many.
The wreck OF the British steamer
Chatham has finally been removed and
the Suez canal will again be open night
and day.
Fearing q panic because OF the i'm.
mense crowd. President Roosevelt
abandoned making a speech at New
Orleans.
The Russian transport Lena, which
had been interned at Mare Island since
last spring, was released and sailed fol
Russia on Sunday.
A New York tenement house was
badly shaken by an explosion of dyna.
mite. presumably the work of the
Black Hand society.
II has developed that a meeting OF
New York City employees was recently
held ut which the candidacy of vii.
liam II. Hearst for Mayor was in.
dorsed
An elevator carrying seven employees
of the Globe Tailoring company in
Cincinnati, fell seven stories Saturday
causing probably fatal injuries to four
OF the number.
During the smelling of quantity OF
scrap iron at the Russo-Baltic car
works at Riga, many bombs were found
in the scrap iron ready for the furnace
One bomb exploded.
Chairman Shonts OF the isthmlan
canal commission. has issued signed
statement emphatlcally denying that
there Is any friction between Secre
tary Taft and himself.
The dead body of a sailor found float
Ing In San Francisco bay has been
identified as that OF II. Peterson. He
was in small boat and was run down
by the steamer Furlong.
"Poor's Manual of Railroads." Just
Issued. gives the length of steam rail-
roads In the United States on Deem
Der 81, 1904. as 212.3i9 miles. a net
increase of SOFA miles in the year.
A Joint Anglo-Frenoh punitive expe
dition had several skirmishes with ma.
tlves in the New Hebrides last month
The natives had murdered four OF the
crew of French recruiting ship.
A race riot between school boys oc.
Cured In indianapolis, Ind, In which
William O'Connell. 14-year-old white
boy. was shot and seriously wounded
by Edward Hansford, a 12-year-old ne.
gro.
The pension bureau reports a loss
Of zoos civil war pensioners by death
during September. The net decrease
of pensioners was 941. leaving a total
OF 996,270 on the pension rolls Septem.
Der 30.
The private bank of Harvey Hoag at
Barker. Niagara county. N. Y. was
robbed early Wednesday by three men
who got away with $4,000 in gold,
after an exchange OF shots with the
citizens.
The Norwegian bark Astrld, bound
TO Langesund, and the German steamer
Sohaumberg. from Galveston for Ham
burg, were in collision in CuXhaven
roads. The bark sank, but all on board
were saved.
Mrs. Sarah Watson Andrews died at
Silver Springs, n. Y, last week, at the
age OF 102 years. She was born in
Bennington, VT. and was the Oldest
surviving Daughter of the American
Revolution,
Ex-President Grover Cleveland has
written a letter TO Mayor George h
Mcclellan of New York indorsing his
candidacy for reelection and express
ing establishment at the hysteria mark
ing the campaign.
John Weir. president OF the Wesley
an university At Buckhannon, w. Va.
was burned In eflgy on the campus by
the students, as the result of ill-feel
ing following the presidents decision
practically forbidding football.
The monthly statement of the col
lector of internal revenue shows tina
during the month OF September, 1906
the total receipts from this source
were s2l.224.573. an increase as com