The Nevada County picayune., 1907-01-18
THE LATEST EVENTS OF THE WORLD BRIEFLY AND TERSE-
 " NARRATED.
FROM EVERYWHERE
Foreign Lands, Throughout the Ma ton, and Particularly From the Great
 Southwest.

ICAAAb AN9NIAtAOAAs IA'''N'AAA1 joint committee of four senators md five members of the house to investigate and report to congress before January l next its findings as to the cause of collisions on rail- roads and the best means of obylat- ing them.
 In ronnd numbers, the military appropriation bill carries $73,000,- 900, which IS reduction of about $6,000,000 in the estimate submit ted by the war department, and about $2,000,000 more than the ap- propriation made at the last session.
 The army appropriation bill pro vides that the office of lieutenant general of the army shall cease to exist as soon as 1t becomes vacant. Lieut.. t.-Gen. MacArthur, who HOW holds that rank, will retire for age in 1909.
 Atty-Gen. Jackson of New York has filed suit to oust Mayor McClel- Ian, charging election fraud. and as serts incumbent is usurper.
 The British battleship Dread taught Is about to make a cruise across the Atlantic, which will take her to West Indian waters at about the time Rear Admiral Evans squadron will be in the same vicin- ity, thus affording the American of ficers a possible opportunity to see latest marvel of naval architecture.
 The French Canadian newspaper La Presse announces that the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon, in the gulf of St Lawrence, will be sold by France to Japan. The papers au- thority for the statement is 'A dis tinguished Italian, who is visiting in Canada"
 Suit to dissolve the alleged merger of the Wabash, Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain railroad companies and the Pacific Express Co.,, and to revoke the licenses and charters of the Pacific Express Co.,, the Ameri- can Refrigerator Transit Co. and several industrial organizations, have have been filed in the supreme court of Missouri by Attorney General Hadley. The petitions allege that the stock of all the companies named is owned by the same inter- ests, the Goulds, in violation of the constitution and laws of Missouri.
 In his biennial message to the legislature Gov. Deneen appeals to Illinois to do all in her power to ob- tain deep waterway from the lakes 10 the gulf.
 January 19, the one-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Gen. Robert E. Lee, was scheduled to be celebrated throughout the entire South.
 After lying in a morgue six weeks an unknown young man, who died mysteriously in the Sapulpa q. T.) jail, has been identified as Frank 
 Wright, a musician of Lawton.
 A fire, which started in the tobac- co warehouse of $. R. Moss X Co.,, at Lancaster, Pa, spread to adiom- ing property and caused a loss esti- mated at Sl ,000000.
 Gov B. B. Brooks of Wyoming, in his message to the legislature said that the railroads are not pay. ing their just share of the taxes in that state.
 A southbound Southern Pacific engine on the Houston & Texas Central railroad blew up at Curry south of Corsicana, Tex. killing Fireman Clearinghouse and fatally iniuring Engineer Walter Hazertin
 Champ Clark, of Missouri, it i. said, will not oppose John SharI Williams for democratic leadership in the house.
 Walter Spess and Hill Debolt members of the Spess gang of out. laws, who recently shot up the towr of Mannford, l. T., have been cap. tured by the federal officers, after an exciting chase, near that place Deputies will continue the pursuit until all members of the gang, com posed of Fred Spess, Gene and Bil Morris and dozen others consti tuting the last federation of outlaw " in Indian Territory, have beer captured.