The Irish standard., 1906-05-26

The federal supreme court refused to
entertain the suit of Joseph Naganab.
a Chippewa Indian. against Secretary
Hitchcock to enjoin the latter from
setting off certain pine lands in the
Lake Wlnnibigoshish reservation for
q forest reserve
The British ship Felucca Consuelo
has been captured off the Anghera
coast by pirates. The sum of $1,000 is
demanded as ransom.
President Palma was inaugurated at
Havana in the presence Of the diplo-
matte corps In full uniform, cabinet
officers, senator's. congressman, Judges,
heads of departments and the repre-
sentatives Of economic. agricultural
and commercial associations. None Of
the liberal members of congress at
tended.
Almost the entire business section
of Abbeville, Ala. was wiped out by
fire.
A special census report on telephones
and telegraphs for 1902 shows the tele-
phone systems of the country operated
more than three-fourths of the wire
mileage reported for both telephone
and telegraphs. gave employment to
seven-tenths of the wage earners, anu
paid more than two-thirds of the
wages, received more than two-thirds
of the total revenue. and paid moro
than twothirds of the total expenses.
A note received by President Mour-
1f
terhof, instead of making an appoint
ment for an audience at which he and
the deputation could present the adj
dress in reply to the speech from the
throne contained the information that
Emperor Nicholas would not receive
the deputation and that the address
must be presented through the minis.
try of the court.
The worst forest fires since 1894 dew
astated over 400 square miles of terri
tory in the northern peninsula of
Michigan. Eight towns and villages
were wiped out and many others were
in peril.
One negro dead and two others in
jured. one of them probably fatally, is
the result Of shooting ARRAY which
occurred in Roslyn, Va.
The report that the National Bank
of Mexico and the Bank of London
and Mexico were to be consolidated is
officially denied.
The mining chamber of Mexico has
been formally installed. The chamber
promises to be a great benefit to the
mining interests.
A new Hungarian crisis is imminent
owing to the refusal of Emperor Fran.
CHS Joseph to approve the Hungarian
cabinets demand for an autonomous
Hungarian tariff
A strong association has been formed
at Osaka for the purpose of supplying
the markets of Manchuria with cotton
goods. which constitute tie most impor-
tant item of trade with that country.
The big steel companies have booked
an aggregate of 100000 tons of steel
rails for delivery in 1907.
Louis Jungbauer. the young bank
clerk who pleaded guilty to having EN-.
bezZled funds of the State Savings
banks of st. Paul, was sentenced to
the state reformatory in st. Cloud.
Michael Davitt, the Irish leader who
was twice operated on for blood poi
soning, is reported better.
Ward Pentz, of Nicholasville, KY,
special policeman at High Bridge.
while arranging his pistol under the
buggy seat accidentally discharged
the weapon, the bullet piercing the
abdomen, causing death.
A detachment of Turks annihilated
a band of 12 Bulgarians at Lisolai.
near Monastr
Constable Buck and deputy, Will
Harris, attempted to arrest players Of
the Mansfield and Sharon baseball
teams at Shelby. o. Spectators Sill
rounded the officers, who were beaten
and cntfed
The plant of the Sanitary UtiliZa-
ton company covering two acres on
Barren island, i'll Jamaica bay was
totally destroyed by fire. The loss is
estimated at 81 100000.
Miss Blanche Ulmann, of New York.
was married in the Russian church at
Paris to Milenko Wessnitch Servian
misister to France.
Trade between the United States
and British America in the fiscal
year 1906 aggregated $3sOo0,0OO
against $34 100000 in the preceding
year, $32,OOO,0OO in 1900, aud $l4.-
100000 in 1895.
A work train plunged from the West
ern Maryland railway track into the
Chesapeake & Ohio canal at Hasers-
town, Md. Five men were drowned.
Fifteen were injured.
Fire at Duluth. Mimi. Quilted the
building occupied by the Zenith Paper
ompany, entailing loss of $4,000.
The tipple power house and genera
tor of the Purslove coal mines. at
Clairsville, O., burned with loss Of
$500 900.
The German mail steamer Room of
the North German Lloyd China line.
which ran ashore near Oki islsnd dur
ing fog May 10. has been floated.
A bomb exploded at St. Chartres,
France. Several persons were danger
ously wounded and several others
slightly injured.
Edward D. Harder, Of Bloomington
ILL.,, was killed by train at kenil-
worth. He had been a patient at the
sanitarium. While out with his
keeper he escaped and ran to the
tracks just in time to be struck by Il
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