The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-09-07
SUMMARY OF NEWS
Happenings OF the World In the Last
Week Told in. Brief Paragraphs.

James A. Vanpenny. aged so years.
a wellknown democratic politician Of
Kansas City, Kas., committed suicide
at his home in that city Friday by
shooting. He had been respondent
over financial losses.
Col. VIM. " King, superintendent of
the New York Cotton exchange, has
completed his annual report of the
season of 1906. He figures the crop
at 11,233,S47 bales, as compared with
| 13,754,129 bales in 1904-5.
| The steamer Tartar, which arrived
Friday at Victoria, B. c., from the
Orient, brought news that the Japan
csc government proposes to substitute
| steamship line to connect Dalny
with the north Pacific coast of the
| United States and also Shanghai,
Dalny and Vladivostok in it's general
scheme to develop Manchurian trade.
Two Italians were instantly killed
and two others probably fatally injur-
ed Friday evening, while at work in
excavating sewer in Sedgewick ave-
pue, Highbridge, a New York suburb.
The accident was caused by one of
the men striking a dynamite cartridge
which was thought to have been ex-
ploded the day before.
Herman Riddle, editor OF the New
York Stats Zeitung, upon reaching
Ferlin Friday, found at the American
embassy a gift from Emperor William,
a souvenir of recent audience, con,
sisting of steel engraving of the
royal family, and reproduction of a
medallion portrait of the emperor and
empress, commemorative the silver
wedding, both with an autograph.
Another consignment of arms and
ammunition went from New York to
Cuba Thursday for the Cuban gov
eminent. 1t was on board the steam
er Seguranca of the Ward line.
Serious excuses marked the anti
Greek demonstration at Galatz, Rou-
mania, Thursday A thousand DEM
onstra tors, after listening 10 fiery
speeches, marched through the town
wrecking many Greek shops
Snow and hail fell at intervals in
Cripple Creek, Col, Thursday, ac-
conlpanied by vivid flashes of light
hing. At noon the darkness was so
dense that lights were necessary in
Offices and houses.
Col. Francis Foster, CHIEF OF Kan
sas Citys first volunteer fire depart
ment, postmaster there under Lin
coin and Grant a veteran of the civil
war and the oldest postmaster mason
in Kansas City, died Thursday, aged
Sc years.
John Sparks, governor of Nevada,
YVES Thursday re-nominated by ac-
clamation by the democratic state con-
vention in Reno, New. James G.
Swceny and Samuel Davis, both of
Carson, withdrew as gubernational
candidates, Sweeny accepting the
nomination for the supreme court
According to the figures issued by
the Union Pacific railroad company
in it's crop bulletin covering the last
half Of August, Nebraska this year
will have the largest crop of corn
ever raised in the state.
Five robbers attacked the cashier
OF the Electric company at Zomkow-
IL, Russia, Monday in his Office, Sc
cured $4,000 which had been procured
to pay off the workmen and escaped
with the money.
The body of a woman known only
as annie" was found Monday in
loIging house in Philadelphia where
she had taken a room last Saturday
night with man called Dutch Fred"
Eeyser. The appearance Of the body
ip''cated that the woman had been
hacked to death with Ratchet. Key
ser is missing and the police are
searching for him.
The annual Zionist conference was
held in Cologne from August 20 until
August 81. The report OF the execu-
tive committee states that the confer
ence decided to carry out lowally the
Gee sions of the last congress, namely
the settlement Of the Jewish question
10y creating public legal home set
Element In Palestine and the surround
ing countries for the Jewish nation
A new motor car weed burner that
he's been put into service by the
Union Pacific railroad at st. Paul
fltw up Monday night near Elba,
Neb, killing Thomas Johnson and in
jnring George Updegraff and Conduc-
tor l.. A. Westover. Westover was
blown fifty feet in the air. The car
CT, ried a tank containing $50 gallons
# gasoline, which exploded.