Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-01-28
LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.

At Dover, Del, the senate took %
ballots for president pro TEN today,
making 157 to date.
Fire destroyed the power plant of
the Terre Haute Ind. Traction and
Power company. Loss, S150,000.
Four Japanese warships are report
ed to be in the vicinity of the Lam
kava islands, forty miles north of Pen
ang.
The Dutch warship iceland has en-
tered the canal on the way to rein
force the squadron in East Indian wa
ters.
Gapon, the strike leader, was ar
rested One of the most serious de-
velopments of the day was that as the
strikers approached the Nicholas
bridge.
John Goodnow. United States con-
sui general at Shanghai, arrived at
San francisco on the steamer Man
churia. Mr. Goodnow will now pro-
coed to Washington to answer the
charges brought against him as to
the conduct of his Office in Shanghai.
The large sea going dutch tug Sc
wartsee has been sold by Consul
Diedrichsen to Russia She has al
ready left here for Libau AMI will
probably accompany the third Rus
sian Pacific squadron to the Far
East.
The figures of the total number
killed and wounded here, at the Mos
COW gate, at various bridges and is
lands and at the winter palace vary.
The best estimate is 800, although
there are exaggerated figures placing
the number as high as 5000. Many
men were accompanied by their wives
and children and in the confusion
which left no time for discrimination,
the latter shared the fate of the men.
The troops, with the exception of
single regiment, which is reported to
have thrown down its arms. remain
ed loyal and obeyed orders. But the
blood, which crimsoned the snow, has
fired the brains and passions of the
strikers and turned women as well as
men into wild beasts and the cry OF
the infuriated populace is for ven
geance.
Advices from Honolulu dated Janu-
airy II state that following the dismis-
sal few months ago of higher
sheriff Arthur NJ. Brown of the terri
tory of Hawaii owing to disclosures
made to Governor Carter by Pinker-
ton detective, another blow was de-
livered today by the abrupt dismissal
of Sheriff A. L. Andrews of the island
of Hawaii
Gessler Rosseau. who was arrested
at Philadelphia January Is. and in
whose possession an internal ma
chine was found was given a hearing
and committed to await requisition
papers from New York.
L. E. Pinkham. president of the ter
ritorial board of health has submitted
an exhaustive report. at the instance
Of Governor Carter. on labor condi-
lions in Honolulu. The conclusions
reached by Pinkham is that most in
dustries other than sugar raising can
not be successful and the report is
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aid in opening the door for cheap
Chinese labor.
Dr. S. P Breckwith, who was Presi-
dent GarfeId's family physician at the
time of his assassination, is dead at
Atlantic City.
The following notice was posted on
the doors of the City Saving Fund &
u.
The directors of this company have
decided to close its business. They
feel confident all debts will be paid in
full - The company was organized
in 1902 with a capital stock of $780,
0e0. Rumors Of the impending failure
have been rife for months.
President Woodrow Wilson of /
Princeton university. in New York,
who was operated on several weeks /
ago, has just been discharged from |
the hospital as cured.
The steamer Miowera, which ar
rived at Victoria. B. c.. from Australia, |
encountered a hurricane when Ieay-
ing Suva and at Tanning island it was |
learned that considerable damage had |
been done by the storm at Suva. |
While the Miowera was loading there
the storm broke I'VE lighters adrfft all /
laden with sugar which was being
loaded on the steamer Two hundred |
tons of sugar in all was lost
Count Julius Sapary, former premier
of Hungary and at one time president /
OF the Hungarian delegation. died at /
Abbazia, Austria.