The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-06-16
SUMMARY OF NEWS
Happenings Of the World In
Brief Dispatches. .....:a-r

the duties II secretary Of the navy,
July 1.
The official reception by the presi-
dent OF Mexico, of the new American
Ambassador, Congor, takes place
| Thursday.
Senator j. P. Dolliver of Iowa has
undergone an operation for an affec-
ton Of the ducts in the upper part Of
the nose and above the right eye.
The trustees of the Massachusetts,
Institute of Technology have decided
In favor of the proposed alliance with
Harvard, provided there were no legal
| obstacles.
The secretary of the interior has or.
dered the withdrawal from entry Of
100000 acres of land in the Santa
Fe and Las Cruces land districts in
Mex Mexico to be added to the ella
River forest reserve
Minister Of Marine Thomson Of
France has decorated with the cross
CT the Legion of Honor DR.. Charcot,
the explorer, who has just returned
from a voyage to the Antarctic re-
gions.
Postoffice inspectors have caused
the arrest of Assistant Postmaster ].
S. Mcconnell of Hot Springs, Ark, on
charge of rifling registered mail. The
inspectors say that Mcconnell admit
Tod aytro ctino rnnnav orders
w. R. Carroll, a member of the
wholesale hosiery firm Of Cozzens and
Carroll, Sc Franklin street, New York,
was found dead in his room at hotel
In Kansas City, Mo. 1t is supposed
that heart disease was the cause of
death.
The government of Chile has pre-
sented to its congress motion to
raise raise loan of $40, 900, 900 for the
construction of railroads throughout
the entire country. These railroads
will form a part of the pan-American
railroad.
Mrs Roosevelt will be entertained
for several days by Mr.. and Mrs. Jo-
seph Wilmer at their old Virginia
homestead at Rapidan. She left Wash
lngton for her outing Thursday unac.
companied by any of her children.
Leon Mortel, secretary of the Nice,
France, labor exchange has been SEN
fenced to three months Imprisonment
for making speech applauding the
throwing of the bomb at King Alfonso
as his majesty left the Opera, Paris,
May 81, as being an act of courage
Prof. George T. Ladd of Yale uni
versity, at the close of the war be-
tween Russia and Japan, by special
arrangement, will go to Japan for one
or two years and, under the auspices
Of the Imperial Educational Society of
Japan, aid in the development of the
system of education of that country.
The bureau of engraving and print
ing at Washington Thursday delivered
to the postoffice department 77,546,6O0
postage stamps in sheets and 107,990
in books. This Is the largest delivery
Of stamps ever made in one day.
The International Cotton Congress
at Manchester, England, adjourned
Friday after deciding to meet in Ger
many in 1906. The congress passed
resolutions urging the nations of Eu-
rope to promote the cultivation of cot
ton in their possessions.
A gas explosion in mine operated
by the Reliance Coal Co. at Sullivan,
Ind, resulted in the serious injury of
John and Arthur Phillips, brothers,
and William White, while four other
men were scorched and bruised by
flying debris.
Architect Magonigle Friday threw
out the first shovelful of earth that
marks the excavation work for the
Mckinley national monument at Can.
ton, Ohio. The building of the monu.
ment is to be pushed to completion
from this time forward.
Following an alteration In Musko-
gee, l. T., negro slashed Col. Thomas
Marcum, prominent attorney, in the
abdomen, causing a fatal wound. Col.
Marcum Is brother OF J. B. Marcum,
who was killed some time ago in q
teud at Jackson, Ky.
Levy Beard of Newark, O., has
been arrested charged with the muir.
der Of his motherin-law, Mrs. Francis
Weirtz, on June 1. The woman was
found beaten to death. The arrest was
made on the confession of 14-year-old
Eva Weirtz, granddaughter of the MUIR
iered woman.
John H. Eagle, aged 90, an old-time
printer, is dead at the home of his
granddaughter in indianapolis. On &C,
count Of his luxuriant growth Of flow
ing gray hair several artists and pho
tographers have won national prizes
with pictures for which he posed. He
was born in Philadelphia in 1915.
The Washington Post editorially an
nounces that the recent death of
Beriah wilkins will involve no change
whatever in the paper It's control
passes to the two sons, John F. and
Robert G. wilkins, for some years az
ISOLATED with their father on the Post.
and it's management and policies will
continue as heretofore.