The Elbert County tribune., 1907-07-11

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Foreign Nj ter Hayashi of Japan
has issued a statement in which he
announces that no treaty will be con-
sidered containing a clause excluding
Japanese coolies from this country.
The professional bicycle champion
ship of the world has been won by
Frenchman who travelled 100 kilome-
seconds.
An international swimming race in
the SCENE was won by the English
champion. killington, who swan more
than seven miles in two hours and is
minutes.
Acting Secretary of State Adee, de
Dies the rumor that the United States
contemplates buying from Mexico
Magdalena bay for a Pacific coaling
station.
At New london, Conn, Harvard
won the eight-oared freshman race by
a close margin. while Yale won the
varsity four cared race by ten
lengths.
At Findlay, Ohio, the jury in the
trial of the Standard Oil company ON
charge of violating the state anti
trust law disagreed and were dis
charged.
The pension department will urge
congress at its next session to equal
ize the peLsions of soldiers widows
on basis of SIP.
Judge Landis. in the federal court
at Chicago. has refused the request
of the attorneys for John d. Rookie.
feller for the withdrawal of the sub
poena recently issued for their client
A Russo-Italian commercial treaty
has been signed at st. Petersburg.
Judge Chytraus, of Chicago, has de-
ciared the law passed by the last
legislature prohibiting the sale of
cigarettes in Illinois invaled.
According 10 the verdict of Jury
in the federal court at Fort Dodge,
Iowa, grain transactions on boards of
trade are gambling and debts thus
contracted can not be collected.
John d. Rockefeller was personally
served with summons to appear in
the federal court at Chicago, at the
home of his son-in-law in Pittsfield.
Mass, after a search lasting for two
weeks.
Five hundred mulitiamen from
South Carolina and Kentucky in
camp at the jamestown -vposition
caused riot by attempting to take
charge of the "Warpath" concessions.
Several persons were injured before
the disturbance was que led
er of the bodyguard of the Sultan of
Morocco, has been made a prisoner by
Raisuli, the bandit chief. and will be
held as a hostage until the sultan
grants pardon to Raisuli on his own
terms. A ransom of 100000 is also
demanded.
The national encampment of the
Army of the Philippines is to be held
at Kansas City in August in con-
nection with the annual reunion of
the Twentieth Kansas.
Chester B. Runyan paying teller, of
the Windsor Trust company of New
York. has disappeared with s96,315 of
the company's funds. The directors
made good the loss.
The president has approved the re-
port of naval personnel board which
has selected Is naval officers for COM
pulsory retirement.
Suit has been filed against the city
and county of San Francisco for s2,-
SIS damages by the owners of the
Japanese restaurant recently wrecked
by hoodlums.
Theresa Goldman, a seven-year-old
girl of st. Joseph. Mo-, who was just
recovering from diphtheria was fright
ened to death by the explosion of
giant firecrackers on the Fourth of
July.
Independence Day was celebrated
by Americans in nearly all parts of
the civilized world
Almost the entire village of North
Lawrence, N. Y, was destroyed by
fire recently.
In a freight wreck on the Frisco
near Columbus, Kan, seven tank
cars of oil were derailed and burned.
Thirty-six persons were killed and
1,471 injured while celebrating In
depencence Day according to the fig
ures of the Chicago Record-Herald.
All records of fatalities following
the celebration of Independence Day
in Pittsburg, Pa. We're broken this
year. Is violent deaths being reported
to the coroner.
As the result of a quarrel over rs
cents two men were shot to death in
st. Louis, and q third is in jail ON
a charge of murder.
Bill Squires. the much touted
pugilist from Australia, was knocked
out in one round by Tommy Burns
at Oceanyiew Cal