The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1906-12-27
NEWS SUM NJ LAR Y

who is known to have murdered i've
persons, has been condemned TO
death.
The Torrcon branch of the Bank
Of Coahuls at Torrcon. Mexico, was
robbed last week Of $4,000 in gold
and bills.
The Japanese Buddhists Of Southern
California have decided to raise
S25 900 for the building Of a temple in
Los Angeles.
The French Senate has ratified
the Algeclras convention, which on
Dec. was approved by the cham.
her Of deputies.
American Vice ConsulGeneral Fair
child shot and killed himself at Muk-
den. It Is believed that the shoot.
ing was accidental.
The shipment of coffee from the
port Of Rio de Janelro is at stand.
still. owing to the fact that the steve.
dores have gone on strike
A merger of the leading wooden
mills of the south, involving a cap
italizatlon OF one and a quarter mil.
lion dollars, has been effected.
Representative Hardwick, of
Georgia, has introduced a bill requir-
ing all railways to install the block
system and providing that every tele
grapher shall be licensed.
According to a bulletin issued by
the Census bureau there had been
ginned up to December 13, of this
years cotton crop 11,099,0O1 bales,
against 9.297S19 at this time last year.
Secretary Root and Sir Mortimer
Durand have signed a supplementary
article TO the existing extradltion
treaty between the United States and
Great Britain, including bribery in
the list of extraditable crimes.
A dispatch from Tien Tsin de-
scribes the situation as critical, ow-
ing to the agitation of the South
China opium dealers and owners Of
gambling houses, who are discontinued
as a result OF various recent reforms
and the suppression OF the opium
trafic.
Remember that the prize drawing
takes place on January 2nd, 1907
at the Bank Building and that on
ly four days remain in which to Sc,
cure tickets, A ticket given with
every dollar purchase or paid on
account at Peoples Coop.
A bill empowering an Anglo French
company to construct a tunnel under
the British channel has been deposit
ed with parliament. It Is estimated
that this scheme will involve the ex.
'penditure OF eSO,OOO,OOO, II is pro
posed to build two parallel tunnels ~
miles long.
John WluSis, a capitalist of Abba
Iowa, Is dead as the result Of drink.
ing from bottle of carbolic acid
which he had mistaken for a bottle
of whisky, He had a bottle OF whis
ky hidden In the barn, whore he also
kept carbolic acid Wilkie emptied
the acid bottle
Joseph Skerns, the former Chicago
dry goods clerk and newspaper man,
captured at Great Bend. Kans., re.
Gently, after holding up a local bank
In broad daylight pleaded guilty and
was sentenced to the state peniten.
tiary for a term Of from ten 20
twenty,one years.
John Elliott Walker, sheriff OF
Maricopa county, Arizona committed
suicide at Phoenix by shooting him.
self through the head, while temper.
lrily deranged lie had been brood
ng over financial reverses and over
his defeat for denomination al the
asst democratic convention
Habeas corpus proceedings have
been brought in the federal court at
Kansas City in behalf of Mrs. Agnes
Myers, now confined In Jail at Liber,
y, Mo, under sentence TO be hanged
On January 10 for the murder Of her
husband The United States supreme
court refused to reopen her case.
The San Diego chamber of com
merce is making efforts 10 secure an
Of S2,5OOO0O for the
purpose Of controlling the waters Of
the Colorado river and preventing
them from overlooking Imperial
valley,