The Irish standard., 1906-09-01
According to a dispatch received at

According to a dispatch received at
the foreign office from the French
consul at Valparaiso, the persons Of
French nationality killed by the earth.
quake there on August 16 were one
man, six women and and three Chill
dren. OF the women five were mem
bers of the Sisters of the Poor.
Manager Mack, of the Philadelphia
American league baseball club, has
purchased the release Of Pitchers
Rucker and Holmes from the Augusta
(Ga.) club of the South Atlantic
league.
The Twenty-fifth (colored) infantry
reached Fort Reno from Brownsville,
Tex, following the instructions of
army authorities as a result Of the
recent trouble at Brownsville.
MIR. and Mrs. Mitchell Nonan and
grandson, of Keshena, Wis, were over
taken by severe electric storm while
returning home from the Grove set
tlement. A tree fell across the wagon,
striking Mrs. Nonan, whose head was
severed from her body.
Four terrorists intrusted with the
execution of the death sentence of
Premier Stolypin enacted terrible
tragedy at reception being given by
the premier at his villa on Aptekarsky
island. Thirty-two persons are dead,
including several prominent officials,
and % are injured. The premier es.
capped with few scratches.
Gen. Min thrice sentenced to death
by the terrorists' organization, met his
death at the hands of a young woman.
The assassination was accomplished
at the railway station at Peterhof,
within the very shadow of the palace
of his master. the car.
DR.. Julian P. Thomas, the amateur
aeronaut, who with his brother, JEFF
ferson Davis Thomas of Augusta, Ga,
made balloon ascension at New
York, returned to his residence after
having been in the air for nearly "a
hours and having passed through two
states and reaching an altitude of
aobut 10000 1eet.
The Deutscer Krieger bund of
North Americas twenty-first annual
convention at Dubuque, Ia, opened
with parade of visiting delegates and
local organizations, followed by a re.
ception and band concert.
| While attempting to enter the har.
Dor at Charlevoix, Mich, the passen-
ger steamer Illinois went on the
beach about 200 feet south of the
pier.
Frank German ct al, filed petition
in the circuit court at Monroe, Mich,
against the Toledo, Ann Arbor & De-
troit Railroad company, praying for
the appointment of receiver.
Alfred Schaufniet, a negro, was
lynched by mob at Calhoun, La.
for attempting to criminally assault
Miss Olive Chambers.
After comforting with Gen. Zapino,
the commander of the forces at Bill
boa, Spain, the leaders of the fedora
tion of labor decided that the men
recently on strike would resume
work.
John M. Thaler, of Baltimore, Md,
and Edward Septon, of Boston,
Mass, student members of the Re-
demptorist order, were drowned in the
Severn river near Annapolis.
| A. l.. Richmond, hotel proprietor
of Pittsburg and Mrs. Richmond, each
suffered broken arm, serious contu-
sions and other injuries received in
an accident to the automobile in which
they were returning from Cleveland.
After meeting of workmen a
Yodocka which was addressed by ex-
member of parliament Michailchenko
shots were fired, killing eight persons
and woundlng 80.
Lucy Hill, II years old, daughter Of
Frank Hill, of Kokomo, Ind, took
$40 from dresser, bought new
clothes, jewelry and a ticket to Dallas.
Tex. She was reported in Oklahoma.
She will return.
Christian Springer was overcome by
heat at Cedar Rapids, Ia, and died in
five minutes.
The jury in the case of Doss Gal
braith, the alleged leader of the mob
which lynched and burned three ne
groes at Springfield, Mo-. in April last.
and who was on trial charged with
second degree murder, was discharged
by the court when it was reported
that its members were unable to
agree.
w. r. Crosby, leading with a score
of 81 targets, carried of the honors
of the Western Handicap, the feature
and final event of the tournament Of
the Interstate Trapshooters' associa-
tion at Denver.
King Alfonso formally signified his
approval of the attitude of the minis
try on the religious question. The
minister of justice is now considering
the abolition of religious oaths before
tho courts.
The steamer Francis H. Leggett ar
rived at San Francisco from Astoria
having in tow the largest log raft
that has ever come into that harbor.
1t consists of 100000 feet Of lum-
ber.
An explosion of gas occurred in No.
9 colliery of the Lehigh & Wilkes.
barre Coal company at Sugar Notch,
Pa, in which w. A. Vincent, a miner,
was killed. His son William was
fatally injured.
1t is believed that the imperial gov
ernment has decided to forego the
repayment of s150,000,000 of war ex.
penses which the Transvaal and
Orange river colonies undertook to