The Elbert County tribune., 1907-07-25

charged.
The Korean cabinet has resigned
in body and the emperor has con-
sented to abdicate. Much unrest pre-
walls at Seoul
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.
A Japanese has been arrested at
Fort Rosecrans, Cal, while in the act
of making drawings of the fort.
The Interstate Commerce commits
road rates to points in New Mexico.
For the first time in its history.
the University of Berlin has con-
ferred the degree of doctor upon
Chinaman.
The next biennial convention of the
Retail Clerks International Protec-
tive association will be held in Louis
vile, Ky.
At meeting held in Oakland, Cal,
the Telegraphers union voted unani-
mously to accept the terms offered by
the companies. All strikers are to be
re-employed and the question of in
crease is to be taken up after re-
sumption of work.
The abdication edict of the Korean
emperor has been promulgated at
Seoul.
A tornado and heavy rain storm
damaged st. Joseph, Mo-, and vicinity
recently. Houses were wrecked,
street railway tracks torn out and eel
lars flooded.
The depot and depot hotel at Sis
son, Cal, were burned to the ground
recently. A New York school teacher
was burned to death.
OF the nearly 1000 persons over
come by the heat during the Elks' pa
rade at Philadelphia only four have
died.
Homer B. Hulburt, for many years
a resident of Korea. has arrived in
New York on a mission to bring to
the attention of the government the
conditions in Korea under Japanese
rule.
der on the battleship Georgia eight
men were killed and 13 injured. How
the powder became ignited is not
known.
All immigration records in the his
tory of the country were broken dur
ing the year ending June 80. The
number of alien immigrants landed in
America during the term was 1885,
349.
The revenue cutter Manning has
seized two Japanese fishing shoon-
ers in Alaskan waters, where they
were engaged in catching seals.
A North Carolina passenger agent
and ticket agent have been sen.
fenced to the chain gang at Asheville
for violating the new rate law.
The Interstate Commerce commits
sion recently heard the complaints OF
the Kansas Farmers and Business
Mems league against the Santa Fe
regarding coal rates at Garden City,
Kan.
The naval court of inquiry finds
that the explosion on the battleship
Georgia was caused by flare back
about to be inserted for the next
| charge.
For the six months ending June
30, 1,064,667 persons are reported
| dead from the plague.
1t is estimated that $500 persons
rt,.nt tod bxy
the Elks parade in Philadelphia. More
| than 100000 persons viewed the spec
| tacle.
The merchants exchange of San
Francisco has announced that it is
opposed to any immigration law that
will discriminate against the Japa.
nese.
\ Nine persons were killed. and five
badly injured by the collapse of a
building in London, Ontario, recently.
While returning from Coney Is.
land to New York two automobiles
met head on in collision. One man
was killed outright and two others
fatally injured.
The government hopes for a bet.
ter understanding with Japan as soon
as Ambassador O'Brien reaches his
new post at TOXIC. 1t is charged that
Gen. Luke Wright lacked tact in his
dealings with the sensitive Japanese.
For mortally wounding Frank Kel.
ly, railroad brakeman, Frank Bailey,
a negro, was lynched by mob at
| Usage, Ok, recently.
Plans for the formation of an in.
ternat3onal theater trust, which is to
control majority of the important
play houses of Europe and America
are on foot. The value of the inter.
ests involved is more than s1OO 900.
900.