The Irish standard., 1906-09-08

Santiago in order to express to for.
eign nations the thanks of the repub.
lie for the sympathy and aid given
Chill because of the recent earth.
quake.
In a shooting ARRAY with Coley and
Dunk Howard (negroes) in the public
road at Powhatt, La, Steve Hart,
merchant and planter of that place,
was fatally wounded and his brother,
P. r. Hart, slightly wounded
While sitting on the porch of a
house at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, Vim
cenzo Siciliano, aged 25, was shot and
instantly killed by Frank Calichio,
with whom he had quarreled.
Escorted by the Nebraska Home
Folks" more than a hundred strong.
William j. Bryan started on the home
stretch of his progress around the
world in a special train of five cars
from New York.
When the twenty-fourth annual con-
vention of the Illinois State Fedora.
ton of Labor convenes in Streator on
Tuesday, October 16, decision will be
made whether or not labor unions of
the state will establish new political
party.
The total value of raw cotton ex-
ported for the fret time crossed the
$400. 100000 line and exceeded by far
the value Of any other article of mer-
chandise sent out the country. The
export of breadstuffs of all kinds az
gregated but $1S6.000,000, those of
provisions but $211 100000 and those
of iron and steel manufactures but
$161 100000.
All tonnage and navigation dues in
the Philippine islands have been abol-
ished by an act of the Philippine COM
mission, passed on August 81. The
act took effect Immediately.
That Frank X. Nipple, the suicide
president of the Real Estate Trust
company of Philadelphia, was not
alone responsible for the crash both
Receiver Earle and District Attorney
Bell are satisfied and arrests may be
looked for at any time.
Camille Clifford, the actress, return
ed to London from a holiday in Nor
way. In an interview she confirmed
her engagement to Hon. Henry Lynd-
hurst Bruce, eldest on and heir of
Lord Aberdare.
The fourteenth annual session of
the National Irrigation congress con-
vened Monday. Gov Pardee, of Cali
fornia, president of the congress, was
not able to be present and the gather
ing was called to order by H. w.
Shurtliffe, of Ogden, vice president.
Anna and Blanche Ignasiak, aged 10
and four years, respectively, were
burned to death by the explosion of
an oil can which they were using to
light the kitchen fire at West Wyan.
dotte. Mich.
In letter to Charles A. Stillings,
public printer at Washington, Presi-
dent Roosevelt wrete that if the
changes in spelling advocated by the
simplified spelling board and put into
use in official documents meets popu-
lar approval they will be made perma-
nent. If not, he wrote, they will be
dropped.
Two Italians were instantly killed
and two others probably fatally in
jured while at work in excavating a
sewer in Edgewick avenue, High
Bridge, New York The accident was
caused by one of the men striking
dynamite cartridge.
All the trainmen of the Texas South
ern went on strike with the result
that several trains were tied up. The
men demand reduction in hours
from IL to 10, and an increase in pay
for overtime.
r. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review
| of Trade, says: mo check to COM
mercial progress can be discerned,
while the outlook becomes brighter
each week through most encouraging
crop reports. Jobbing trade is on a
large scale. wholesale business is
much better than last year, and after
the holiday retail distribution of fall
merchandise promises to be very
heavy"
Complaints against Al railroads op-
Grating in the state of Indiana, have
been forwarded to the Indiana state
railroad commission by the National
Petroleum association, which has
headquarters at Cleveland, o.
Receiver George H. Earle, Jr., of the
Real Estate Trust company, of Phila-
delphia, is directing his efforts to-
wards ascertaining if other officials
or employees of the bank had guilty
knowledge of President Nipples trans
actions.
The Warsaw police, assisted by
troops, organized general battue
| with strong patrols and searched
street railway cars, cabs and passers.
by. Hundreds of persons were arrested.
Shippers of the country are taking
advantage of the new railroad freight
rate law to secure relief from the in
terstate commerce commission for
what they regard as unreasonable or
unjust conditions imposed upon them
by the railroad companies.
| Owing to health considerations Wis.
count Hayashi, foreign minister, for.
merly ambassador to Great Britain,
has been granted leave of absence
Premier Saionji in the meantime will
act as foreign minister.
Every Joint" or saloon, in Dickin.
son county, Kansas, was raided by the
county officers. twenty-five "joint"
keepers were arrested, each charged
in several counts with violating the
state prohibition law.
The funeral of Edward Rosewater.