The new age., 1907-02-16
news OF THE WEEK
In a Condensed Form for Que
Busy Readers.
HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS
A Resume of the Less Important but
Not Less Interesting EVENT.
of the Past Week.
HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS

Floods in Nebraska have blocked
railway traffic.
Castro has caused the wholesale ar
rest of suspected enemies.
The British cabinet has announced
the first step towards Irish home rule.
Senator Knox, OF Pennsylvania, de-
tends Shoots right to seat in the
senate.
The Massachusetts legislature has
petitioned congress to revise the pres
ent tariff laws.
The Thaw trial has been postponed
on account of the death of the wife of
one of the joroIs.
Trouble with employees has caused all
papers in Butte and Anaconda to sus-
pend and in statement the publishers
declare they'wi not issue another pa-
per until the men give in.
Hermann's original letters have been
admitted as evidence in his letter book
trial Postponement has also been
granted to give further time for the de-
fense to prepare for the admission Of
these letters.
Kuropatkin says he met defeat at the
hands of the Japanese because his gem
erals disobeyed orders. He makes a
chastity contrast between Japanese valor
and efficiency and Russian indifference
and incompetence.
Ex-Governor Higgins, OF New York,
is dead.
A new santo Domingo treaty has
been sent to the senate.
Roosevelt has a way to settle the
Japanese trouble and will call on con-
gress for help.
The British parliament is open. The
kings speech foreshadows war between
the two houses.
Jerome will attempt to send Thaw to
an insane asylum if he escapes convic-
tion for killing White,
Fourteen persons were injured by
freight train on the Northern Pacific
crashing into passenger train near
Seattle.
The San Francisco unions which
struck against the street car company
will win their point through an arbi-
tration board.
The Hermann jury is almost COM
plete. This is for the trial of the rep
resentative for burning letter books
while in the general land office.
In twelve states Lincoln's birthday
is legal holiday and February IL was
appropriately remembered. The states
are; New York, Colorado, Connecti
cut, Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts,
Minnesota, New Jersey, North Dakota,
Pennsylvania, Washington and Wyom-
ing.
Nicaragua is preparing to invade
Honduras.
A revolt against the government is
on in Persia.
Ex-Governor Higgins, of New York,
is again failing in health.
Beers are gradually securing control
OF the Transvaal parliament.
A Clinton, N. c.. grand jury has in
dicted number of county officials for
embezzlement.
The break in the Colorado river has
been closed and no water is now going
into the Salton Sink.
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
traffic is still badly crippled between
Spokane and the Sound.
Venezuelan officials are accused of
grating by an American. Parades has
begun his revolution on Castro.
The Canadian Pacific has just de-
clared a dividend of per cent for
the half year ending last December.
The United States Circuit court at
San Francisco has just put an end to
another get-rich- quick concern, the
Cumulative Trust Co., of Washington.
The Minnesota attorney general has
commenced proceedings to compel 10
railroads in that state to adopt re-
duction in freight rates ordered by the
State Railroad commission.
Baton Rouge, La, has case similar
to the Thaw shooting.
The house committee has substi
tute for Roosevelt"s plan of leasing
coal land.
The South Carolina legislature has
passed bill to discontinue the state
liquor dispensary.
Russian authorities have arrested
number of girls attending a seminary
for completely in riotous acts.