The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-10-04
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shOp AdS SWSpN Aho ouSihSSo SNSNioh
of Barstow, Cal.
Eight men were killed by the col
lision of two freight trains on the
Mexican Central railroad, near Gala
go, Mexico.
An explosion of natural gas at Cher
ryvale. Kansas, demolished the Edgar
zinc smelter, killing two workmen and
injuring Ave others, three of whom
will die.
1.-The ultimate result Of the present
strife in Cuba will be the annexation
of the island by the United States"
said Senator s. b. Elkins in an inter.
view at Wheeling, w. Va.
In practice game of football at
Lawrenceville, N. j., John p. Kennedy,
captain and right half back of the
Lawrenceville eleven, was kicked in
the head. He died an hour later.
Colonel Isaac II. Hill, better known
as Colonel ike" Hill, of Ohio, and foi
thirty-five years an employee almost
continually of the house Of representa-.
tves, is dead at Washington, d. G.
Two more revolutionists were shot
at Warsaw after trial by drumhead
courtmartial. During the last three
days nineteen terrorists have been
executed in Poland after such trials.
Columbus, O.. was selected as the
of the Brotherhood Of Locomotive
Firemen and Engineers. the date be-
ing the second Monday in September.
1908.
In the United States district court
at Philadelphia the Camden iron works
of Camden, N. j., was found guilty of
receiving rebates from the Mutual
Transit company Of Buffalo, lake
carrier.
1t is reported that Mrs. Alice Roose.
welt Longworth will chaperon a party
OF young society women on bear
hunt near the town of Boyey, on the
Western Mesaba range, some time
during the month.
The partially decomposed body of
Mail Clerk B. f. Gambel of Fort
Worth, killed in the Rock Island wreck
near Hennessey, Oklahoma, has been
recovered in ford of the Cimarron,
mile and a half below the fatal bridge.
]. w. Cassaday, president of the
Cassaday Commission company of
Quincy, ILL.,, was expelled from the
Chicago board Of trade last week on
a charge of bucket-shopping. The di.
rectors voted unanimously for expul
sion.
The foreign commerce of the United
States has crossed the three billion
dollar mark. In the IL months end.
ing with August the imports were ST..
254,399,735 and the exports $1,759,417,.
S9S. total for the IL months OF
$3,013, S17,633.
Chinese newspapers estimate the
loss of life resulting from the typhoon
at Hongkong, September IS, at 10000;
and including the loss of the fishing
fleet and the damage to property, they
estimate the damage done at from
100000 to $15,000,000.
Paul o. stensland, the Chicago bank
president, has been put to work in the
sorting room of the broom factory at
Joliet, where he will labor alongside
John A. Linn, the ex-clerk of the Su.
perior court of Chicago, under SEN
tence for embeZzlement.
At Scranton, Miss, one church, the
Odd Fellows hall and several build.
ings were blown down. At Pascagoula
Beach not residence Is left standing,
the river front at that point is COM
pletely torn up, and the lighthouse
there has been destroyed. Shipping
at this point has been badly damaged
With gaping bullet hole in his
| temple and a large caliber revolver
still clasped in his right hand, the
body of Ernest Armitage, young Eng
! lishman, was found near the c. p
railroad tracks at Yale, B. G. Armit
age had been respondent.
The Cagayas valley. in the northern
part of the Island of Luzon, was devas
tated by typhoon September Is. Bar
rios, Callahan and Lagunan were to-
tally destroyed and four towns were
badly damaged Cagayas is the prin
cipal tobacco section of the island.
The state department is advised that
a treaty of amity, commerce and navi
CATION under the terms of the Marble
head pact has been signed by the gov
eminent of Costa RIGA, Guatemala
Honduras and Salvador. Nicaragua
was not included in the negotiations