Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-01-13
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Mrs. Stella Brennan, convicted at
Minneapolis, Mimi, for numbering her
three stepchildren, has been sentenced
to life Imprisonment.
The resignation of Captain R. o.
Richard of the signal corps OF the
United States army has been accept.
ed by the president
1t is understood in London that
China will shortly follow the example
of Japan and propose raising her le-
cations at Washington, London, Paris,
Berlin and ST. Petersburg to the rank
of embassies.
A CHILEAN syndicate made the low
est bid for the building of a railroad
from africa. Chile, to Lapaz, Bolivia.
The tender of the syndicate was SILL
100000. An American syndicate with.
drew it's tender.
w Morgan Sinister, collector OF
customs for the Phillip pine archipe-
lago. will accompany William J. Bry-
an on his visit to the southern islands
of TIE group as the representative of
the civil government
Rodin, the great sculptor of France,
if not of the age, now is at work on
a white marble bust of Mrs Potter
Palmer of Chicago. He declares Mrs
Palmer's head a fine Roman type, and
has grown quite enthusiastic over it.
e. l.. Hartman, the railroad mag
nate, is behind an independent com
pany which will operate a factory to
build gasoline motor cars. There is
a report that the factory may be built
in Kansas City and negotiations to
that end are said to be under way
Orders have been prepared at the
navy department reconvening the
court martial at Mares Island navy
yard which tried Ensign Wade, engi-
neer officer of the Bennington at the
time of the explosion. the findings in
that case having been disapproved by
the secretary of the navy. The find
ings Will be sent back to California
for revision.
The Supreme Court Of the United
States granted tie petition of the
state of Oregon for leave to file bill
for an Injunction against Secretary
| Hitchcock in the matter of the own
ership of a large area of land in the
| Klamath Indian reservation. The
state claims the lands under the
swamp law and asks the court to adj
! judicate the claim.
The Slovo, the conservative organ
| which recently turned upon Count
| Witte, delivers a broadside not only
| impugning the motives of the premier
in the present war against the Reds.
| but openly attacking the records Of
members of the cabinet.
A serious blow has struck the
American export trade by Brazil, ac-
cording to advices received by c.
| Bile from Petropolis, the diplomatic
suburb of Rio. This is to the effect
| that an order has just been issued
putting in force the new tariff, which
bears with great severity upon i'm
ports of American flour grains and
| many other important commodities.
The postmaster general has re-
! moved d. P. Mexican as postmaster
at Esbon, Jewell county, Kan Holm
| H. McCammon was appointed to fill
the vacancy. .McCammon's appoint
ment was made on recommendation
Of Congressman Reeder. Walter n.
| Lyngar was selected for the Office at
Opolis, Crawford county, Kan, to
succeed I. A Hopkins, resigned. Jesse
H. Critics and John A. McGrath were
| appointed rural mail carriers at Car
bondale.
a grand jury drawn especially to
consider about 1000 cases of alleged
election frauds was sworn in in the
supreme court in New York. This
jury was impaneled at the request
of States Attorney Mayer. who says
he has about 900 election cases il
which no arrests lave yet been made
and which he will present to this
jury.
Three Chinese implicated in the
assination of American missionaries a
Lienchau were executed in the prem
ises OF the joint commission and many
others were punished.
According to an O. ial report "a.
last case of yellow fever has disap
peared from Havana and there arr
no suspicious cases under observa
ton Since the first appearance o
the disease in October there have
been sixty-nine cases, twenty-three o
which resulted in death and forty
six of which We're discharged cured
In Austria a series of earth shock
: were felt at Agram, Gill. Laibach
Marbu-g and Gratz Buildings crack
ed and the inhabitants fed pani'
stricken from their houses.