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| SEATTLE. Wash. July I2.-On
hundred thousand dollars in gold cor
signed to Alaska by the Pacific L,
press company was stolen from tn
steamer Ida May between Fairbank
and Fort Collins, Alaska.
| ST. PETERSBURG. July Eth
statement has been confirmed tina
the resignation of the entire capine
is In the hands of the emperor Hi
majesty Is not yet ready, however. t,
charge the constitutional democrats
with the task of forming ministr,
and is trying to compromise the is
sue. The Rossia today says tn,
country is not yet ready for the ac
| ceptance of the principle of a respon
slble ministry.
LONDON. July ia NOTORIOUS
with "a passengers aboard London tc
Brighton. overturned today and siS
| people were killed outright, two died
later and all the others We're injured
WASHINGTON, July IAN in
dictment under the Sherman anti
trust law charging conspiracy in re
straint of trade was returned by the
federal grand jury today against con.
Germs and individuals of what IL
known as the local ice trust.
KANSAS CITY. July 12.-There is
talk of trying to interest the United
States district attorneys office In the
prosecution of the local ice combine,
as 1t operates in both Kansas City.
Mo-, and Kansas City, Kan, thus en-
gaging in Interstate commerce.
NEW YORK. July 13.-Early this
morning the trolley pole of Brighton
Beach train passing under a footbridge
struck an ammonia pipe which burst
and the lives of 200 passengers were
imperied. The liquid drenched tne
top OF the car and all who inhaled the
fumes became unconscious. The mo
torman and engineer were fearfully
overcome and at noon they are still
in state of collapse.
a panic ensued and the passengers
fed in all directions Several were
trampled on in the excitement but
inefe were no fatalities.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia, July l3.-One
after the other seven little girls were
drowned in the Cedar river here
each trying to rescue her drowning pre-
decessor until only one out of the eight
remained TO run shrieking for help
They We're wading on sandbai
where the water was only about two
feet deep, but at one end was a deer
swimming pool, where they lost theiI
lives.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 13.-This
city is in a state OF excitement over
charges made against the Red Cross
Society, the mayor the police commits
sioners and others, and the city gov
eminent is split up into two factions
charges and counter charges being
freely made. Mayor Schmitz has de
manded the resignation of Police
Commissioner Reagan. The commits
sioner is charged with improprieties
He refuses TO give up his office. ana
Mayor Schmitz CRATER and shows
where the mayor tried to get him
Reagan, into whisky deal, the graft
of which was to be $1,000 each. The
police commissioner says the mayor
holds up the road houses and French
restaurants.
Now a North Carolina editor shows
that the Red Cross Society is disipat
ing the contributed funds.
DENVER, July 13.--The vanguard
of the 10000 Elks expected for the
convention next week will begin ar.
irving tomorrow. All arrangements
to make the annual gathering of the
order noteworthy event are practi-
cally completed. The formal pro
gram starts Sunday and continues day
and night until the following Friday.
The features are Wild West show
parade of uniformed members, auto
mobile rides, massed band entertain
ments, fireworks and an excursion
ments.. fireworks and an excursion
mental divide into the region of eter
nal snow Seattle and Philadelphia
are the two leading candidates fol-
the next convention. The custom is
to select an eastern city one year and
a western city the next.
KANSAS CITY, July 13.-Some COO
Elks, mostly from Pennsylvania and
Indiana. on their way to the conven
ton at Denver, were the guests today
of the local lodge which threw open
their club house. A program was ar
ranged with view to giving the
wayfarers a foretaste of the good
things Denver has prepared.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 13.-Ten
japanese army officers nave been Civ
en- railroad positions on the Southern
Pacific. The object is to give these
men practical Instructions in run
ming railroads, as Japan is shortly tc
take over the ownership of all the
railroads in the country.
LONDON, July 13.-W. j. Bryan
lunched today with Minister Haldane
He discussed more completely the lat
ter's suggestion to parliament for {
reduction in ornaments. Bryan ha,
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