The Dolores star., 1906-09-28
NEWS OF The WEEK
les. Importcat Happenings G the
Past Seven Days.
Inseressinr Items Gathered fro" Az
paras of the World Conde"see
Into Small Space for the
des-ne .,f Oar Readers.
Personat.

Eenry Robinson. a wiGely known
banker of Akron. Ohio. died recently
of heart disease At the time on MS
death he was engaged in building an
electric line between Omaha and ILL.,
coin, Neb.
A movement, brought about by the
recent birth of his 43d child TO one
| of his five wives. has been inaugn-
rated in Salt Lake to have Joseph Il.
Smith. president of the Mormon
churc. .-ieJ for Grlawfui eohahita-
tion
William Allen White was the guest
at luncheon recently OF President
Roosevelt at Sycamore Hill.
| Robert r. Hit. of Illinois, chair
man of the house committee on for
eign relations, died recently at Mar
agansett pier. He was ~ years old'
Henry A. Buchtel, chancellor OF the
Denver university. has been named
to succeed Phillip b. Stewart. re-
signed. as the republican candidate
for governor of Colorado.
Gen. Nicolaieff OF the Russian ar
tillery, was recently assassinated on
the streets OF Warsaw.
E. S. Conway, of Chicago, has been
elected grand sire of the supreme
grand lodge of Odd Fellows.
Henry L. Palmer. of Milwaukee.
Wis. has been elected sovereign
grand commander of northern juris-
diction of the Scottish Rite Masons.
Charles E. Magoon. governor OF
the Panama zone. has been appointed
vice governor general of the Philip
pines
Winston Churchill, the novelist,
was defeated for the republican nomi-
nation for governor of New Hamp-
shire, by Charles NJ Floyd, the ma
chine candidate
Miss Hazel Mulvane, a Topeka,
Kan, society girl, caused sensation
in that city by eloping with George
Hurlburt, ball player, and part
owner Of 'joint."
Spencer F. Eddy, of Illinois. first
secretary of the American embassy
Mt st. Petersburg. has been trans
ferred to similar position at Berlin.
Miscellaneous.
The miners unions have been per-
petually enjoined from interfering
with the Letter mines at Zeigler, ILL.,.
after legal contest extending over
two years.
According to the reports Of the as
sors, Kansas has trees of an age to
bear fruit as follows: Apples. 6,654,-
536; peach, .4,621,147; cherry. 652,275.
The cattle receipts at Kansas City
for six days was 61,S00 head, nearly
as much as Chicago and more than
twice as much as Omaha and ST.
Louis combined.
During a race riot in Atlanta, Ca,
at least Is negroes were killed and
an unknown number severely beaten
by mob which completely overran
the city, rendering the police force
helpless.
Messrs. Taft and Bacon have prac-
tically abandoned hope of settling
the trouble in Cuba without direct
intervention by the United States and
have SO notified the president.
Twelve deaths, the injuring of
scores of other persons and $5OO,OOO
damages to property were caused at
Jellico, Tenn, recently by the explo-
sion of car of dynamite standing
on the railroad track in the center
of the business district.
Four bids have been received by
the government for furnishing Chi
nese labor for the Panama canal. The
lowest bid was ten cents an hour in
gold. No award was made.
The jury in the peonage cases ut
Cape Girardeau, Mo-. convicted the
Smiths, father and son, and five ten
ants for holding negroes in slavery.
The sentences range from 3na years
in the penitentiary and fine of $5,-
900 to 2Ik years and fine of s1OO
By an agreement between those in
terested the legatees of the will ol
Russell Sage are to receive double
the amount of their legacies. The
will was admitted to probate without
protest.
The veterans of Wilder's brigade
of the army of the Cumberland, were
the guests recently of Confederate
veterans at basket dinner on Chick
amauga battlefield.
A Frisco freight train went through
bridge on the South Canadian river
near Carleton. Ok, causing the deatf
of the engineer and fireman. The
brakeman is missing. Fifteen car.
are in the bed of the river.
The engine, tender, baggage, mail
day coach and smoker OF a Rock Is
land passenger train plunged through
bridge into the Cimarron river neal
Dover, Ok, recently. Many of thu
passengers were rescued. The deatl
list is placed at eight but may b.
changed by later reports.
The bribery case against R. NJ
Snyder, a Kansas City promoter, ha
been dismissed at St. Louis becaus
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