The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1907-04-11


Fire of inosndiary origin destroyed
the Daisy rolling mills at Norfolk.
Va. entailing loss of 100000.
Fifteen or more lives were lost and
a vast amount Of property destroyed
by a tornado that swept across Lou
isiana. Mississippi and part Of Ala
bama.
Rioting by strikers at the American
Shipbuilding companys yards In
Lorain, o.. practically ceased owing to
the presence of troops under arms
Canada has An option on Michael
Pablow's herd of about 500 bison,
now In Montana. The herd comprises
about one-half the surviving bison.
The Jury in the case Of Edward
Collier. at Kenosha, Wis, charged
with manslaughtsr in the fourth de-
gree for the running down and killing
Of William Dryer while driving an ali-
tomobile, brought in a verdict of
guilty.
Fire destroyed the Chinese portion
of Stevenson, B. c.. at the mouth Of
the Frazer river. Five hundred Chi
nese are homeless.
In a collision between two freight
trains on the Mexican railway seven
men lost their lives.
Maj. Daniel ]. O'Brien, senior vice
partment. G. A. r., died suddenly at
Albany of heart disease.
The Tiger Republican club Of Kan
sas City, Mo-, appointed commit1ee
OF prominent citizens to raise 100000
to bring the Republican national com.
vention of 1908 to that city.
The London Daily Mirror said the
car of Russia would abdicate soon
and military dictatorship would be
established under Grand Duke Mi
chael.
Anthony Comstock made three raids
In New York in which he seized $500
picture postal cards which he claims
| are obscene.
Col. Charles Morton, Seventh caval-
ry, now In the Philippines, has been
selected for promotion to the rank Of
brigadier general upon the retire
ment April IL of Gen. Markley.
The steamer City of Troy was
burned to the waters edge at Dobbs
Ferry, N. Y. All the passengers, some
% in number, were landed safely
Mercos Flores, supposed to be in
sane. was arrested in New York for
writing letters to the United States
pension department threatening the
president.
Andrew Carnegie made an endow-
ment OF 100000 to the Carnegie In
stitute of Pittsburg.
Several persons were injured in the
wreck Of st. Louis & San Francisco
fast mail train at Catoosa, /. T.
The whipping post was revived at
Baltimore, a negro wife-beater receiv.
ing nine lashes.
Col. A. s. Hutson, assistant adjutant
general of West Virginia, was, indict-
ed for embezzling state funds
The president has dec to ap-
point George 0tiS Smith ~ -
be director of Ne geological SURVEY y
succeed Charles G. Walcott, who has
been appointed at the head of the
Smithsonian institution.
The Chicago-Cairo express on the
Illinois Central was in collision with
coal train near Duquoin, III. The
fireman of the passenger train was
killed and the engineer slightly hurt
Numa Pompilio Liona, Ecuadors poet
laureate, died In Guayaquil. He was
rs years old and noted educator
Z. France and England are disturbed
over the Cuban situation, according
to dispatches received at Havana, and
may bring pressure to bear on the
United States to insure the protection
of property when the American troops
are withdrawn.
William III. Huffman, a veteran oil
the civil war. ran amuck at the Sol
diers' home, Dayton, o.. and stabbed
five veterans while they were asleep
Howard Gould, the New York
courts say, will have to pay $2S,O5s
because two years ago his wife call
ed Abner ]. Haydel a id archi
tect" and expelled him from a room
in the Waldorf.
A general strike of tailors and cut
tiers was begun in Germany Ter
thousand men are involved
Il. M. Holbrook and E. r. McCar
thy, rich mining men; e. e. Iona
baugk, attorney, and Robert McPhiI
amey, real estate dealer, all of Sheri
dan, Wyo., were indicted for conspir
ing to defraud the government.
Three prisoners in the county jai
at Los Angeles, Cal, one a murderer
made a desperate attempt to murder
the night jailer and escape. Two oi
them were shot and wounded and al
three captured
The federal grand jury at Chicago
returned another indictment against
John r. Walsh. former bank presi
dent. with 175 counts charging misap
llication OF funds.
General managers and trainmen Of
western railroads reached an agree
ment, through the mediation of Com
missioners Knapp and Neill. and the
threatened strike was averted
Former Land Commissioner BingeI