The log cabin Democrat., 1907-01-31

destroyed the clJy; that one lnou- sand people were killed, hundreds injured and thousands made home less; that fire consumed the ruins ; that stench from the dead, under the tropical sun, was awful; that the negroes footed, and that there was a cry for bread. When the condition of affairs became known in the United States three supply ships were loaded by the government and started for the scene of distress :; Admiral Evans hurried to the strick- en city in torpedo destroyer, one of the fastest vessels in the navy, two battleships following, to render aid in restoring order. Jamaica is an English colony, and when the news of the prompt action of the United States reached London gov ernment officials of England and King Edward expressed their thanks. By special request of the British government, United States forces were landed and policed the city. Later advices are that the city of Kingston is sinking into the sea.
 J. J. Hill declares he is convinced 15-foot channel in the Mississippi would relieve present condition and solve traffic problem.
 United States senate may investi- gate the race question, which also involves southern representation.
 Ralph Owen motors from New York to Florida in Is hours.
 At St. Louis Mrs. Martha Krout burns to death in spite of efforts of blind daughter, and in sight of para lyzed husband.
 Ten silver and eight bronze med als, besides $9,210 in cash, were the awards made at the annual meeting of the Carnegie hero commission.
 Missouri senate passes measure providing increased salaries for state legislators.
 The initial step in the internation- al test case between Japan and the United States over the exclusion of Japanese children from the public schools of San Francisco attended by whites has been taken.
 Thousands of people have been made homeless by the greatest flood of the Ohio river since 1884.
 George Poole, leading resident of Boston, was killed by his son, aged F, who said he fired in de- fense of his mother.
 Standard Oil Go. will stop con- structing pipe lines in the west. Secretary Hitchcock's decision is ad- vanced as the reason.
 Senator Carmack, of Tennessee, in speech in the senate, declared President Roosevelt's discharge of negro troops was right.
 Southern Cotton Growers asso- citation at Birmingham, Ala, de- clares Wall street dLscriminates in favor of foreign shippers.
 At Arcola, H., Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Ludlow celebrated the sixty-ninth anniversary of their marriage.
 The American consul general at Antwerp, Belgium, has discovered important frauds in the exportation to the United States of'infected rags in the guise of jute bagging.
 The Jiji Shimpo, a Tokio news paper, says that in accordance with the present plan, the efficiency of the Japanese navy by 1915 will be double what it was before the Russo Japanese wal
 The, plant of the South Atlantic Car and Manufacturing Co.,, at Sa- vannah, Ga, was destroyed by fire. The loss is about $300,000, partly covered by insurance
 The Missouri house of representa- tiyes indorsed the action of Presi- dent Roosevelt in discharging the negro soldiers in connection with the ''shotting up" of Brownsville Tex. The democrats voted for the resolution and the republicans against.
 Senator Reuben R. Adams, who unearthed alle0ed craft in the Ark