The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-08-25

Judge Guy Graves, of Pender,
was nominated for congress by the
Democrats and Populists of the Third
Nebraska district
Bhe Pulajane insurrection in the
island of Samar. Philippine islands,
is believed to be about stamped out.
Gen. Adolph Meyer was renomi-
mated by the Democrats of the First
Louisiana congressional district
3roussard, in the Third; Watkins, in
the Fourth; Ransdell in the Fifth, and
Pujo, in the Seventh, will also be
nominated.
Baron Rosen, the Russian ambassa-
dor, Informed the state department
that the Russian government will use
Its navy to prevent the importation of
explosives and firearms into Russia.
Democratic leaders of Kansas are
trying to secure the participation of
William ]. Bryan in the coming state
campaign.
Floods in Arizona and southern
parts of California, as result of
cloudbursts completely tied up the
trans Continental lines of the Santa
Re and Southern Pacific.
1t Is announced that the Santa Fe
railway has voluntarily granted its L.
900 telegraph operators, Chicago to
Ell Paso, an increase of wages averag.
ing about four dollars a man.
A call has been issued for the
Wyoming Democratic state conven-
ton for the nomination of state Off
GERS and congressman to meet at
Cheyenne on September 10.
A string of cars escaped from the
Cheyenne freight yards and was
struck by north-bound freight train
from Denver. The engine and nine
OF the cars were demolished. Engin-
eer Alex. Messick, was scalded to
death.
Severe thunderstorms and hail
storms occurred in many parts of
Austria and. Hungary A great deal
of snow fell in the Alps and many
tourists are showed up in shelter huts.
M. Zaimis, who was prime minister
to Greece in 1901, has been appointed
governor of Crete in succession to
Prince George of Greece.
Three Italian laborers are dead, two
are dying and Is more are lying in
jured in the Charlotte house at Char
lotte, Mich, IS the result of an acct
dent on the Michigan Central rail-
road.
Senator John Levitt, president of
the failed Bank of Yarmouth, N. S.,
and one of the most prominent men
in the province, was arrested on a
charge of making false and deceptive
returns concerning the banks condi-
ton.
Plunging through binding rain
storm at the rate of IS miles an hour a
fast freight train on the Pennsylvania
railroad crashed into slowly moving
work train at Sang Hollow, Pa, killing
seven and seriously injuring seven
others of the work train crew.
At the Republican primary election
held in the Twelfth Pennsylvania
congressional district, former Con-
gress man Charles N. Brum defeated
former United States Subtreasurer
w. S. Leib for nomination.
President Roosevelt appointed
James S. Harlan, of Chicago, mem.
Der of the interstate commerce COM
mission. Mr.. Harlan is son of John
M. Harlan, associate justice of the
United States supreme court.
A parcels post convention having
been concluded between the United
States and Denmark, to take effect
October l next, packages will be ad-
mitted to the mails on and after that
date. The packages must not weight
more than four pounds and six ounces.
At the closing session of the Grand
Army of the Republic encampment
the proposition to deprecate the &C.
ton of congress in abolishing SOL
diers' home canteens was squelched.
Saratoga, N. Y, was selected as the
place of tho 1907 encampment.
R.. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review
of Trade says: Abundant crops and
an oversold steel industry engender
sentiments of confidence that make
the outlook bright for continuance
of present prosperous business condi-
lions.
Seven weeks of severe drought has
made the forest on the northern
ranges of Minnesota so dry that there
is imminent danger that the brush
fires which now are burning in many
places will spread into a dangerous
contlagration.
The visit of members of the Ameri.
can Institute of Mining Engineers,
who went to Germany after the close
of their joint convention with the
Iron and Steel Institute of London,
ended with trip on the Rhine to
Dusseldorf and Coblense.
Cannon Ball. train No. 6 of the
Dallas-Texas & Pacific railroad was
derailed five miles east of Mesquite.
The trucks of the tender left the
tracks, causing the baggage car, mail
car, dining car and chair car to
leave the tracks.
Charles w. Spaulding, former treas.
urer of the University of Illinois, and
former president of the Globe Savings
bank, Chicago, who recently com.
pleted term of seven years impris.
onment in the penitentiary at Joliet
for embezzlement of funds entrusted
to him, alleges while confined in the
Illinois penitentiary he was defrauded
of his interest in the Idaho canal com.
pany and the Pocatello Power and Ir.
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