The Irish standard., 1906-09-15
A dispatch was received at the state

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A:enue State bank of Chicago, was
turned over to Managing Editor
Kelley of the Chicago Tribune and
Assistant States Attorney Olsen. of
Illinois, who apprehended the fugitive
banker at Tangier.
A telegram from the superintendent
of the Moqui Indian reservation in
Arizona to the commissioner of In
dian affairs indicates that there is an
active state of civil war between two
factions of Indians in Oreiba village
In that reservation.
The American board of commission
ers for foreign missions announced
the largest receipts in it's history,
$913,169. This is a gain over the pre-
vious year Of $751; ,O2O The board has
reduced debt during the year from
$176,527 to $S5,407.
Gov. William +. Cobb, of Rockland,
Republican, standing on platform
devoted almost exclusively to a con-
tinuance of the prohibitory law of the
state, was reelected by plurality of
less than 5000, but with few excep-
tions the smallest margin of votes
ever given a Republican governor in
the state of Maine.
Congressman Charles E. Littlefield,
Republican, in the Second Maine dis.
trict was reelected by a greatly re.
duced plurality.
A cold.blooded, premeditated
slaughter of Jews by soldiers surpass-
ing in atrocity anything yet seen in
the anti-Semite pogroms in Poland
took place at Siedlce, Russia. At
least 300 Jews have been killed and
1000 wounded. The artillery was used
against the helpless people, field
pieces being trained on the Jewish
quarters.
Practically without warning the
side of mountain rising above the
township of Kwareli, Russian eau
casia, broke away, and in a sea of
semi-liquid mud, sand and stones
swept down on the township and
overwhelmed and obliterated it. About
255 persons were buried alive.
The cruiser Des Moines has sailed
for the Florida coast in search of
filibustering expeditions, several of
which are reported to be heading for
| Cuba with arms for the insurgents.
The identity of a stranger who has
been cared for near Mars, Pa, was
established as result of an inquiry
through a New York bank. He was
found to be James A. Ayres, of New
York, for whom wide search has
been made
The steamer Richmond, Capt. Pick.
ett from Georgetown to New York,
which was disabled of Frying Pan
lightship. was towed into Whining
ton, N. c., for repairs.
Milton, Jesse and Leonard Rawl-
ings appeared before Judge Mitchell
at Valdosta, Ca, and had sentence
passed upon them for their alleged
completely in the murder of the Car
ter children. Milton and Jesse Rawl-
ings were sentenced to be hanged on
October 2 and Leonard was again
sentenced to life Imprisonment.
The New Orleans Progressive union
invited w. J. Bryan to visit New Or
% at Jackson, Miss.
William F. Scheurmann, mayor of
Carrollton, KY, was nominated by ac.
clamation for congress by the Repub.
licans of the Sixth Kentucky district.
The strike Of Southern Pacific car
men, which has involved nearly 500
Workmen and extended across the en-.
tire state of Louisiana, has been set.
| tied. The men will return to work
and receive an advance in wages.
Paul Howland was nominated by
acclamation for congress by Repub.
licans of the Twentieth Ohio district.
At meeting of social democratic
and social revolutionist university
students at st. Petersburg it vas de-
cided not to oppose the reopening OF
the universities, which is scheduled
for October IA, thereby furnishing q
strong possibility that the paralysis
of the educational life of the country
which has lasted for two school years
may soon be ended.
On the parade grounds at Grodno,
Poland, an unknown man killed Chief
of Police Grizajedoff with a revolver
At Bjeljazerkov band OF Armed
roughs attacked the local branch of
the Discount bank in full View of
many people and got off with $40, 900,
One bystander was killed, and one of
the robbers, fearing capture, commit.
ted suicide.
John Holstein OF Muscatine, Ia
shot his daughter Bessie, because she
was keeping company with a man he
did not like. He then turned the re-
volver on himself. Both will die.
Brig. Gen. George II. Burton, inspec
; tor general, has asked to be placed on
the retired list, and an order of the
war department retiring him at his
own request on September 80 has been
! issued.
E!ihu Root. American secretary OF
state, and his party, who arrived al
Callao were taken Immediately to Val
paraiso, Mr. Root riding in President
Pardo's carriage and being accompa
MED by the mayor of Lima.
The Roosevelt cup, presented by
the Eastern Yacht club to inaug,,rate
yachting contests between Germany
and America, was won Monday by
the American yacht Vim.
Premier Stolypin's firm note en-
bodyi,g the governments future pro
gramme in dealing with terrorists and
revolutionists has thrown the enemies
of the government into panic.