The Irish standard., 1906-03-17

aged 19, shot and killed her sweet
heart, William Morrow, aged "a be-
cause of jealousy.
The Invalid, organ Of the Russian
military. is still printing in st. Peters,
burg daily lists of the losses sustained
during the war, which, without includ-
ing Port Arthur, now total $4,000
killed, wounded and disappeared.
Fire at Neosho, Mo-, destroyed the
buildings and stocks of the Rathell
Mercantile company, the Keller
Brothers Grocery company and the
Briggs Center Hardware company.
Total loss 100000.
An agreement is reported between
Great Britain and tire United States
for the policing of China by Japanese
troops.
Archbishop ireland, of st. Paul, has
been summoned to Rome by the pope,
and may be made a cardinal.
Alarmed by increased drunkenness,
the University of Wisconsin has re-
vived an old rule expelling students
for entering saloons.
ASSANSAG O0WOS, VI AAAAuOlo uA1VOAs
sity, urges President Roosevelt to send
an educational commission to China
to invite Chinese youth to enter Amer
lean universities.
Simple ways of spelling English
words are sought by a national board
endowed by Andrew Carnegie.
President Quintana, of the Argentine
republic, is dead at Buenos Ayres.
John Alexander Dowie's formal de.
posal as the leader of Zion is an
nounced by Overseer Voliva.
Anthracite. operators have rejected
the miners demands. They offered to
renew the old agreement for three
years. President Roosevelt has again
intervened.
The massacre of Jews, the death of
Count Witte and return to the old
regime is planned by the Russian bu-
reaucracy and organizations formed to
nullffy the reforms granted by the
cZar.
M. Sarrien has accepted the task Of
forming a ministry for France after
securing the consent of MN. Bourgeise
and Poincaire to take portfolios, and
has notified the president Of his &C.
ceptance Of the task.
Two killed and Is injured, one of
whom will die. is the list Of fatalities
In a wreck Of two freight trains and a
fast passenger train on the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad near Bloomdale. O.
Edward J. Morgan, the well-known
actor who appeared as John Storm in
"The Christian" was found dead in
his bed at his room in the Belleclaire
hotel, New York. Heart disease was
pronounced to be the cause of death.
Thomas E. McKenna. managing ed
itor of the Rocky Mountain News and
Denver Times. died at hospital in
Denver, Col, of heart disease, aged As
years.
Gen. Joseph s. Gage died at San
Jose, CAL. as result Of a paralytic
stroke, aged 67 years. He was born
in Paris. Me-, and had distinguished
war record.
China will keep peace at any cost
and afford protection to foreigners, as
serts Minister Chentung Liang Cheng.
An iron famine is predicted by Con-
sui General Mason of Paris on account
of the immense amount used in Amer.
ica.
New machines designed for the diff
cult work of picking cotton, are ex.
pected to prevent the waste now
brought about by the shortage of Ia.
bor.
Attorney General Sturdevant. of
Wisconsin, has declared that under the
law Milwaukee saloons must close
March 80, the day of the primary elec.
tions.
J. w. Tarbell at Cincinnati ran over
and killed gypsy woman with his
automobile. The woman was carrying q
baby when the machine struck her,
but managed to throw it out Of harms
way.
Philadelphia police broke up meet
ing of 200 anarchists gathered to cele.
brate the birthday anniversary of Herr
Most. while Most was making an ad-
dress.
A measure was introduced in the
Iowa legislature for the legal killing
of sufferers already doomed by disease
or injury, also idiots and the de-
formed.
Weekly trade reviews report an ac-
tive spring business, purchases for the
interior exceeding all former records.
]. p. Morgan has been asked by
Pope Plus x. to become financial agent
of the Vatican, and probably will take
charge of the funds Of the church with
the object of increasing the revenues
Of the holy see.
Eugene Richter, radical leader in
the German reichstag and Bismarck's
old opponent. died in Berlin.
An earthquake in India killed eight.
injured many more and did much dam
age to houses.
Turkey at last agrees to admit
American school supplies free Of duty.
but delays recognition of institutions.
Maj. Gen. Corbin, just returned
from the orient, says he fears no war
between China and the United States.
The American Red Cross association
has sent out an appeal for funds for
the starving Japanese.
The sentence of death imposed upon
Mrs. Antoinette Tolla. the murderess,
for the killing of Joseph sonta, was
commuted to seven and one-half
years. imprisonment by the court Of
pardons at Trenton. N. ].
Insurance officials, including Presi-