Sharp County record., 1906-11-02
NEWS OF THE WEEK
AN EPITOME OF THE MOST I'M
PoRTANT EVENTS AT HOME
AND ABROAD.
NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH
A Carefully Digestsd and Condensed
Compilation of Current News
Items, Domestic and Foreign.
MISCELLANE EOUS.

Without the aid of gas Santos Du-
mont Bird of Prey" flew lG5 feet,
in Paris, France winning a prize OF
$4,000 as the first successful mechan-
ical flying machine.
At East st. Louis, ILL.,, while in de-
lirium of fever, Samuel Blankenship
muttered words that resulted in his
arrest and return to Huntington, W.
Va. on the charge of manslaughter.
The Jap. schooner Suain Maru iS
held at Victoria, R. c., for attempting
to run a number of Japanese into
Canada.
Appointment of Charles H. Huttig,
of st. Louis, on elastic currency COM
mission is regarded as settled by
tinancierS.
1.-The total immigration to the
United States may reach 100000
people this year." Secretary Metcalf
of the department of commerce and
labor is quoted as saying.
James W. Forsyth, major-general,
U. S. A., retired, died at his home in
Columbus, O., Of paralysis. He had
distinguished civil war record and
one as an Indian fighter.
Fear is expressed in some quarters
IN Washington that persistence in the
anti-Japanese agitation on the Pa
cific coast will result in anti-American
boyCotting in Japan that will dwarf
in magnitude the injury inflicted on
American trade in the orient by the
boycotting in China.
The statement made by Secretary
of War Taft, on the eve or his de-
parture from Cuba, that he would put
all arms surrendered by the insur-
gents where they would do no further
harm, was verified when a company
of the Cuban artillery spent an after
noon throwing these weapons into
the sea from the outer bastion OF
MORO castle.
Midshipman Kitigaki, Japanese,
has resigned from the United States
naval academy by order, it is said,
of the Mikado. This is indicated as
an Endorsement of the i'll feeling of
the japanese people against Ameri-
cans, caused py the exclusion OF Jap
anese children from the public schools
attended by white children in San
Francisco and the geenral anti-Japan-
ese agitation on the Pacific coast.
Acknowledgement William H.
Moody will be appointed to the SUI
preme bench to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Asso-
ciate Justice Henry Brown" is the
statement made in unofficial circles
in Washington.
During 1905 the oil fields OF the
United States producell 134,7l7,5 $50
barrels of petroleum, as against H.
$50 $50 in 1904, according to report
issued by the United States geological
survey. This was greater by 1885,
G2O barrels than the production in any
previous year, although the value was
S17O1S,560 less than that of 1904.
A dispatch received in London from
yladivostok by Lloyds agency says the
Russian wooden coasting steamer
Wariagin struck a floating mine and
foupdered. Some of her passengers anu
crew were saved, but 200 persons were
drowned.
Col. D. P. Dyer, United States DIS.
trict attorney, for the eastern district
of Missouri, has notified Atty. Gen
Moody that he will resign, if necessary
to defend his son, d. P. Dyer, Jro who
mas been suspended in connection with
an alleged shortage in the United
States sub-treasury in st, Louis. Col
Dyer expressed his firm belief in the
Innocence Of his son.
Gov. Magoon has visited the ma
tional insane asylum Of Cuba and dis
covered deplorable state OF affairs
there. One thousand six hundred and
sixty persons of both sexes are crowd
ed into filthy and dtlapidated build
ings with a capacity for 400 persons
only
The body Of George Raschild, the
Syrian leper, was cremated in shock
! ing manner at Pic!Iins, Va. The
shanty in Mhich ne had been staying
was set on fire, and his body was con
sumed with it. 1t is now declared thai
his death was the result OF foul play
The Bank of England increased its
discount rate from TO 6 per cent
causing a sensation in the money
market of the world. The bank is
ende?vorng to protect its gold revenue
which has grown rather below the re
Quirements.
Late dispatches tell Of great dam
age in Colorado from blizzard wnic}
ragged there two days and nights, Snow
is from two to five feet deep Orchard.
were broken down, roofs caved in, live
stock perished, and traffic is stilled
Wyoming reports wind, snow and rail
way bloclades.
Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbott York, be-
fore Yale students, declared the work
of Taft in Cuba and the Philippines
and Root in South America, Is the
work of Christ on earth.
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