The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-06-30
news OF THE week
In a Condensed Form ir Our
Busy Readers.
HAPPENINGS or TWO CONTINENTS
A Resume of the Less Important but
Not Less Interesting Events
of the Past Week.

Wisconsin Democrats have endorsed
Bryan for president.
DR.. Lapponi, papal physician, says
the pope is in very good health,
The ship subsidy bill will be taken
up at the next session of congress.
The little town of Tittzewah, Okla.
homa, has been practically demolished
by tornado.
England has sent representative to
the UnitedS tates to inspect meat in
tended for use by the English army.
A ticket has been named by the fus.
ion of Democrats, Prohibitionists and
Lincoln party men in Pennsylvania.
Chairman Burton, of the house riv-
ers and harbors committee, says q 40
foot channel for Coos bay is too much
to ask. New York does rot have that
depth, and Hamburg, Germany, has
only 80 feet.
Through the Japanese embassy the
National Red Cross has received anoth-
er $50 900 for the relief OF San Francis
co earthquake and fire sufferers, max
ing the total subscription by Japanese
people $l46, 900.
President Roosevelt has approved the
joint resolution of congress expressing
the horror of the people of the United
States as the result of the massacre OF
Hebrews in Russia and expressing sym
pathy with those bereaved.
The insular government will buy the
docks at San Juan, Porto Rico.
Independent packing companies of
Chicago are giving their plants thor
ough cleaning up.
All seems quiet in the Panama re-
public. American marines still re-
main Stationed ateyarious places
Commander Booth-Tucker, OF the
Salvation Army, and Miss Minnie Reid
were married in London June 20.
The secretary of the Indiana board of
health reports finding chemicals in
fresh meats on sale at Indianapolis.
Nearly $500 tons of hay and l, 200
bags of grain were destroyed in fire
on San Francieco's water front. Loss,
about $50 600.
The treaty with Mexico concerning
the division of the waters OF the Rio
Grande river for irrigation purposes
has been ratified by the senate.
Hill has secured the old q. P. grade
between Portland and the Sound and
construction work has commenced.
Steam will be used for freight trains
and electric power for passenger.
Timothy D. Swift has been convict
ed of accepting brides in connection
with the award of certain contracts for
postal supplies while at Boston post
Office. He was sentenced to pay fine
of 81 and be imprisoned 10 months.
James Wickersham will be reap
pointed Judge in Alaska.
The Russian government is fearful OF
an uprising in the army.
A plot to kill the king and queen of
Italy has been discovered.
Rockefeller's money has been refused
by the National Juvenile Improvement
association.
Governor Chamberlain has declared
all laws ratified by the June election to
be in effect.
Senator Tillman declares that Stand
ard Oil interests have been at work on
the rate bill.
San Francisco earthquake sufferers
complain bitterly Of the sale OF -four by
General Greedy.
The trial Of George Mitchell for the
killing of "Holy Roller" Crefield has
commenced at Seattle.
President Roosevelt has signed bill
authorizing St. Louis to erect and
maintain bridge across the Mississip-
pi at that city.
The secretary of the interior rejected
the bids recently opened in Portland
for cement for the Umatilla and Okan-
ogan irrigation projects. The price was
too high.
Five ice men at Toledo, Ohio, have
been found guilty Of combining for the
purpose Of raising the price OF ice and
sentenced to one year in the workhouse
and to pay fine Of IS. 900.
General Greedy has reorganized the
relief work in San Francisco.
The friendship of Russia and Great
Britain has been cooled by the Jewish
maseacres.
The sultan Of Morocco has signed the
treaty promulgated by the Algeciras
convention.