The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1906-12-22
NEWS So NJ NJ A r Y

inaugurated by all railroad employees.
The total resources of the So trust
companies in New York state show
a decrease OF about s30,000,000 In
three months.
The Citizens bank of Cedar Hill
Texas, was robbed of $4,000, the rob
bers using nitro.glycerine in forcing
open the safe.
Representative Lacey OF Iowa has
introduced a bill making $l2 the min.
imum pension to be paid veterans OF
the war of 1861.
The Senate in executive session or
the 18th ratified a treaty with
Guatemala for the reciprocal protec-l
ton Of patents.
The war department mas selected
the site for the government powder
factory. for which congress appropri
ated slG5,OOO the last session.
The steam trawler Forsoga has
been sunk in storm of Christian
sand. Norway. All of her crew. mum
bering twelve men. were drowned.
Fourteen merchants and business
men Of East st. Louis have entered
pleas OF guilty to charges OF vid
lating the Illinois child labor laws.
julius Persky, OF Hammond, Ind,
died lasts week from excessive smok'
ing Of cigarettes. He said that hf
had smoked 100000 cigarettes during
his lifetime.
Mrs. Frank Coonrad Is believed ton
have been killed and property valued
at $4,000 destroyed in = fire which
consumed the American house block In
Burlington, VI.
Ten prominent lumber dealers have
been indicted by the grand jury for
an alleged violation Of the Oklahoma
antitrust laws by entering into q com
bination to fix prices.
John c. Brain died at Tampa, Fla, OF
paralysis. During the civil war he
commanded several warships. He
was the last Confederate prisoner to
be released after the war.
In response to cables from the chief
OF police of Warsaw three Russian i'm
migrants were arrested Immediately
after leaving the North German Lloyd
steamer Halle at Baltimore.
The passenger steamer Monarch
with ten passengers and crew Of
thirty is wreck on Isle Royale
Lake Superior. The passengers and
crew succeeded in reaching shore
The differences between thsAG
and insular governments over thd
vision Of the public lands in Porto Rico
have been amicably adjusted, subject
to the approval of the secretary OF the
navy.
II Is the opinion Of Representative
Victor Murdoch Of Kansas, as he out.
lined his position In a speech In the
house, that the government is paying
too much for the carriage OF railway
mail
b. c. House, proprietor OF a laun.
dry at FL Paso, Texas, shot three
men whom he claims attacked him
In a saloon, fatally wounding two
OF them and seriously injuring the
other.
For the first time in 20 years the
great Treadwcll mines Of Alaska are
closed. Douglas and juneau are suf
fering from coal famine and lack OF
fuel has resulted In the closing Of the
mines
Andrew Carnegie has sent to the
board Of trustees of ST. Viateurs col.
s32. 900 for the rebuilding of the col.
lcge building, which was recently dc.
stloyed by fire,
Emperor William has authorized
Chancellor Won BuelOw to dissolve
the reichstag and order new elections
II the supplementary appropriations
asked for by the government are not
granted by the house.
DR.. George NJ. Gray. citizens can.
didate, was elected mayor OF Kansas
City, Kan, by plurality OF 800 votes
over VI. ]. Phelan, democrat, and
John =. Sims, republican. at a special
election held last week
Changes in administration in six OF
the nineteen Massachusetts cities
which held elections on the 18th viii
take place on January /, and next
May three cities where liquor has
been sold will return to no license
communities.
One Of the most important ethnolo
gical expeditions in the history OF
Harvard university has left, under IN.
leadership OF DR.. w. G. Faradee, fol
South America, TO make an investiga
rion among the Indian tribes OF tho
Andes mountains.
The newly seeded area OF winter