Sharp County record., 1906-12-14

the subsidies to Latin-American anG
oriental lines.
The house, by vote of 11O to l64
defeated the bill of Representative
Lttlefield of Maine. removing dis
examinations against American sail
ing vessels in the coasting trade.
The senate called up tie president
and the secretary of war to furnish
all information compatible with the
public interest regarding the dis
charge of the negro troops of the
Twenty-fifth infantry.
The appropriation by congress of at
least $50,0O0,00O annually for the I'm
proyement Of the rivers and harbors
of the country was the keynote of the
speeches delivered before the national
rivers and harbors convention in
Washington.
The Japanese pelagic scaling fleet,
which operated in BehriDg sea during
| the summer, consisted of at least
sixteen vessels, each of which carried
a crew of 30 men, and from five to
seven small boats for sealing, They
killed thousands Of seals in United
States waters.
In a recent trial at Louisville, KY,
It was shown that 26 points of Offal
is consumed every day in Louisville
in the milk that is drunk; that some
Of the milk contains pus; that a large
number of dealers return milk cans
which are refilled without being ade-
quately washed, and still containing
latte acid odors and sour milk.
Rear Admiral Peter Asserson, U. S.
n, retired, died suddenly at his
home in Brooklyn, aged &C. His death
was due to heart disease.
The government has resumed the
purchase of silver, accepting bids for
1000 ounces at 6S,669 cents per fine
ounce. The large and increasing
public demand for subsidiary coins,
which could not be met without ad
ditional purchase, is the controlling
reason given by the treasury officials
for the resumption
King Edward VII. of England as an
exhibitor took the first prize with his
stallion, Prem Victor, at the inter-
national live stock exposition in Chi.
cago, winning over Lord Rothschilds'
famous stallion, Girton Charmer.
For more than year efforts have
been made to get the ratification of
treaty giving Cuba sovereignty over
the Isle of Pines, where American
capitalists have made heavy invest
ments. This was so bitterly opposed
by Senators Penrose Morgan and
others that an agreement was reached
since this session of congress began
that a new treaty should be negoti-
ated, in which ample protection should
be given American interests, although
sovereignty would be given Cuba
This new convention has not yet
been sent to the senate.
The attorneys for the Standard Oil
Co. of Ohio have filed in the court OF
common pleas at Findlay, o., motions
to quash the indictments against John
d. Rockefeller, the Standard Oil Co.
of Ohio and others, alleging that the
indictments are so uncertain as to
cave the defendants unable to ascer-
tain the character of the charges
against them.
1t is estimated that one-third the
vast wealth of the United States was
represented at the funeral of the late
Samuel Spencer president Of the
Southern railway. Such men as j. p.
Morgan and e. II. Hartman were
among the mourners
Secretary of War Taft in his an.
nual report, speaking of the discharge
Of negro troops for shooting up
Brownsville, Tex, says; "Tha only
means Of riddng the military service
of a band Of would-be murderers OF
women and children, and actual muir
derers of one man, is the discharge Of
the entire battalion"
DR.. Lappeni, physician to the pope,
who has been seriously i'll for some
time, is growing worse. Prof. Murri
has confirmed DR.. Mazzonis diagnosis
of cancer of the stomach.
Suppression of the Seamen's union
by the government has been followed
by a strike, at Odessa, Russia Of the
seamen, with the result that the busi-
ness Of the shipping companies is
completely tied up.
A friendly suit will be instituted at
San Francisco to determine the status
OF the Japanese as to entrance into
the public schools of that city, In
the meantime the people of on Fran
cisco want it understood that they are
maintaing separate schools for jar
anese children, that Japanese attend
the high school with white children,
and that the entire affair was caused
by Japenese men who desired to en-
ter school along with white girls and
boys, which will not be permitted.
Lauded as diplomat who tempered
statecraft with the Golden Rule, the
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