The Delta independent., 1906-09-14

man and a representative Of the
states attorneys office had been on
his trail for weeks through clue fur
nished by a woman.
Five more Japanese have been ar
rested at st. Georges island. one OF
the Prybiloff group. by the govern
ment agent accused OF poaching seals.
Robert Gordon, a Chicago boy 16
years old. has confessed to striking
an S-year-old boy with brick. stun
ming him and then burying him alive
under the sidewalk before his fathers
house. The boys body was found
where Gordon said he had buried 1t.
The secretary OF agriculture has
appointed two experts to make an In
vestigation OF scientific methods OF
grading and inspecting grain with
view to supplanting state inspection
with national inspection.
The decision In the prize fight for
the lightweight championship OF the
world between Joe Cans and Battling
Nelson at Goldfield. New. was given
to Cans on a foul In the 42d round.
More than 1000 delegates repre-
senting onehalf the states OF the
union were present at the opening
session of the irrigation congress at
Boise. Id.
The Illinois authorities have made
demand on the United States gov
ernment for warship in which to
bring Paul o. Stensland. the fugitive
Chicago banker. now under arrest in
| Tangier. back to this country.
a Cuban government transport ex-
| poets to load G.OOO. 900 rounds OF am
! nunition and a battery OF rapid-fire
! guns at New York to be employed In
! supprcssing the Cuban rebellion.
Mormon representatives have pur-
chased another large tract OF land in
Mexico and plan TO send there l2.o0O
Mormon families from Utah. Colora-
do and Nevada.
| II. 4. Cuney. a negro. was recently
arrested at the national capitol for
stealing valuable law books from the
document room OF the United States
senate.
Adolph Scgal. n promoter. w. F.
North. treasurer. and Marshall s.
Collingwood assistant treasurer OF the
dcfunCt Real Estate Trust company OF
Philadelphia. have been arrested IN
connection with the wrecking OF that
Institution.
A letter found on the person OF a
man arrested at Douglas. Arizona.
recently. shows that revolutionary
uprising Is planned against the Me1i
can government
The international conference on
tuberculosis was opened at The Hague
with n good attendance in the pres
cnCe OF Prince Henry Of the Neither
lands.
Almost 1000 college presidents. pro-
fcssors. instructors and university ON
cials have agreed TO use the simpli-
fed spelling in their correspondence.
Three men were killed and a dozen
injured by the collapse of factory
building in course OF construction at
Elyria. Ohio.
In an exhaustive rcpor; 10 the state
department. Ambassador Thompson
declares that the published rumOrs Of
the incubating Of n wide spread in
surrcction in Mexico are without
foundation. He asks for tie suppress
sion OF the Mexican revolutionary
jun;a located in St Louis.
I Tcrrorists at Potsin. Russian Po-
land recently burned IL houses.
Cuban insurgents recently destroyed
with dynamite two bridges on the
Western railway between Pinar del
Rio and San Luis
/ Two thOusand persons attending the
county fat at Oskaloosa. Kan. re-
ccutly Witnessed the death of Jcre-
miah Turner. hal;>onist OF Kansas
while 2CO feet above the earth Ho
was dead when picked up.
Secretary Shaw has issued circular
letter TO all national bank depositar-
les reminding them that government
funds on deposit are not to be loaned
/ in New York for speculative pur-
poses
| American minister to Chile. Hicks.
has telcEraphed the state department
srGing the people OF the United States
10 lend helping hand for the relief
OF the distress caused by the recent
earthquake disaster.
The Santa Fc railway Is short -
500 cars to MI requests made by
shippers in the grain territory.
Eleven St Louis nrcmen were In
jured recently by the explosion of gas
olinc while fighting a fire.
The Santa F'e passenger depot and
railroad hotel at Needles. Cal. was
recently destroyed by fire Two per-
Sons wpre burned to death and sew
eral others injured.
The 1ith National Irrigation con-
rrcss closed It's sessions at Boise,
Idaho. after voting to hold the next
convention at Sacramento. Cal. and