The Nevada County picayune., 1907-04-12
WEEKS RESUME THE LATEST EVENTS OF THE
 WORLD BRIEFLY TOLD. FROM EVERYWHERE Foreign Lands, Throughout the Ma
 ton. and Particularly From
 the Great Southwest.

The po~toifiec department has u- formed Postmastcrs throughout the country that the special series of stamps to commemorate the fouud Ing of Jamestown will be issued be- ginning April IL.
 Passenger tram No. 1. eastboand, ran into q split switch at Browns, small station on the Southern Pa ellie railway 70 miles west of Love lock, Ney., Monday, eolliding with several freight cara on the siding and was dltched. Engineer F. C.. Hampton was killed
 The Russian famine relief com miltce Il New York Monday cablcI to the Russian Free Economic >o- elet9 at St. Petersburg S20.000 for the purchase of food for Russia stanng peasants.
 The Interstate commerce comni>- sloh Las held that express eompa- Ines can not give fran.s to railroad officials. In all opinion given 10 q western railroad president, Mon day, Interstate Commerce Comui,- Slone. Lane said: "The law dos not permit an express company To glNe transportation franks to the officers or emplofes of railroad companies.
 The secretary of the navy has re- .celvrd the application of Command cr Robert E. Peary for leave of ab- sencc for three years in order to ai- low hm opportunity to continue his ,srelic explorations The leave of absence under which Peary conduct cd his last polar trip expired Sun day.
 Secretary Taft met the conscr1a- lives al Havana Monday afternoon and discussed the nsuar situation He said that, owing to economical conditions, he considered q national electcn at an early date to he mn wise, and recommended that 1t h. postponed until the result of jhc municipal and provincial elections bc known.
 Goy. Folk late Monday afternoon eommute3 the death sentences ol Mrs. Aggie Myers and Frank IIott- man to imprisonment in the penl- tcntiarN for life. Mrs. Myers an& llottman were convicted of having murdered Clarence Myers, the wo- mans husband, in Kansas City. lIo.. in 1901.
 Mljor General r. D. Grant Frl, day appointed d eourt-martiaI to try Major Francis P. Fremont of llie EIIh United States infantry on charges growing out If his pct- lion in bakruptcy last var. M4@. Fremont Is the son of the late Gen. John (. Fremont, and has lately returned from Cuba 10 meet the charges pending against hlm
 The appellate division of the .n- prcme court at New York Friday declared invalid inc provisions If the will of George W. Gait as far is ;hey relate to the Iowa College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, by which the college loses d reyi- sjonary interest of $2G.000.
 Piu>burg is threatened with d beer famine as the result of the strike Friday of 300 workers cn. ployed b1 the 2l breveries in that city. Tho Pittsburg Brewing Co. Iand the Independent Brewing Co., two 0f the largest lrcwcries ln the city, @e completely tied up.
 IL is reported in London that Inc 'arge.t battleshIp in the world, to have displacement of 2l.ou0 Ions, is to he built in England for the Japanese government and that q commission already is on it> way to London from Japan for the purpose of placing the contract with one or another of the Great Britain ship 1 builaars.
 The navy department was in formed that the cruiser Boston has arrived at Acapulco, Mex. on her way to Amapala, Honduras, to re- lieyc the cruiser Chicago
 The special session of Missouri legislature called by Gov. Folk con vened Tuesday at noon. and is eX- peetel to continue about 30 days. The organization of the regular ses- sion Will be retained and the legisla-