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New-York tribune., 1908-06-24
FOREIGNERS SAFE.
Minister Jackson's Telegram to the
State Department.

Washington. June 23.-ouiet again prevailed
IN Teheran this morning according TO dispatch
received a the State DepG-77ent late TINS after
noon from John r. Jackson, American Minister
At that city The minister's dispatch confirms
the rerort that artillery was used in the hght-
ing A state Of siege has been proclaimed IN
the CITY. It is said that foreigners are not IN
especial danger.
For two years ever since a constitutional
government was proclaimed by the Shah or Per
sis that country has been in the throes Of 4
revolution which has been general in character
and included within its scope the inhabitants
Of larger and smaller cities. The Shah rather
reluctantly proclaimed the constitution ana mas
cast his lot with the reactionists. who are op-
posed to il because they hold that it is contrary
to their hest interest. The other party the Con-
stitutfonaI has been fighting 70 maintain the
rights guaranteed to them by the constitution
II is said that in warfare, between 10000 and
10000 lives have been sacrificed.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-24
PRINCE HEL1E SEEKING LICENSE.
A Special Grant Doubtful-May Remain
Two Weeks in London.

London June z3-Prince Hel1e de SaEan who
soon is TO be married Nine Anna Gould spent
his first morning in London in visiting the registry
his marriage may carried out without that delay
which under the law OF England usually accom-
panies such ceremonies.
The prince drove of in a taxcab after break
fast and did not rejoin Nine Gould until luncheon
At sU the registry Offices he received the same
rssnonse namely, that the only recognized
bv the law TO avoid fortnight's residence here
before marriage is the specia! license. which can
he issued only by the Archbishop Of Canterbury.
As Mime Gould is divorced it Is not believed that
this license can be obtained. The archbishop has
heen opposed 10 the remarrying Of divorced per
sons and invariably has refused such special Ii
censes Unless some tnsuperabe argument is
forthcoming there is no reason to suppose that he
will change his attitude in favor of the prince
Nine Gould. If special license is granted the
prince will make his residence in London for the
necessary fifteen days. The legal formalities in
cIude a declaration before the French consul gen
eraI here 70 the effect that all the formalities of
the French law have been complied with This is
necessarv owing TO the recent Anglo-French agree
uent regarding the marriage in England OF French
citizens
The prince and Nine. Gould have given strict
orders that no cards he brought to them. The
pruce is reported to have become a Protestant. II
is reported that after the wedding the prince and
princess will retire to the German estates of the
nrn
New-York tribune., 1908-06-24
4 RETOLT IN GUINEA.
Portuguese Troops Surrounded
EurOpeans Killed -Cannibalism.

Lisbon June 23.-News has been received
here of serious state Of affairs in Portuguese
Guinea The natives everywhere are reported
4, be in revolt. Even the Island of Timor
several interior posts have been driven in. Set
Elements have been destroyed and Europeans
have been killed or carried off into captivity
The Portuguese troops have taken refuge at
Risseau, where they surrounded. French
warship has arrived to protect the French sub
jeCts
The newspapers here attribute the revolt TO
the cruelties practiced by the troops while col
Iecting the hut tax" 1t is their custom fire.
quently to levy heavy sums. and If payment is
refused to fog the natives. burn the villages
and sometimes seize the wives and children of
rich chiefs and hold them for ransom. 4 chief
Of the Coulage tribe started the revolt by sezing
a sergeant and seven Portuguese troopers, de-
capitating them and displaying their heads
poles
Anxiety is felt for the Europeans captured.
the natives cannibals. After recent
ga cement the troops the natives devouring
one of their dead like pack of wolves.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-24
FRENCH GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP.
sharp Debate in senate-Cabinet Likely to
Resign if Measure Fails.

Paris June 2s-The final debate In tn. Senate
on the bill to take over and natton.ltze ehe West
ern Railroad has begun and already has brought
ou- considerable bitterness. This bill had prev-
ously passed the Chamber NJ Rouv1er opposed "
IN -hA Senate this afternoon in powerful speech
The c1er1enceau government apparently is stak-
ing its existence upon the passage OF the measure
IL il fs beaten II probably will resign The West
e-n Railroad system covers about thirty-one hun
dred miles The Orleans Railroad has submitted
r-onosa1 70 the government involving the srrrer-
1e oT S21 miles Of road. with its extensive Paris
terminals This proposal. which has not Yet bee.
accepted involves the r-nunciation OF the cons
nary's reserve dividend. amounting 20 s. uo. rp
New-York tribune., 1908-06-24

no details from It's own private sources The
direct telesraphic lines between Persia and
Russia were cut some time ago.
The Foreign Office is surprised at the rash
turn affairs have taken. and is al q loss TO
understand the reasons It has all along taken
the view that disorders in Persia would not ex-
tend So far the shedding of blood. although
attempt the life Of the Shah always was
considered a possibility. The events tnnnedi-
ately preceding the bornbardnent seemed 70
presage qUeter times. as the Conservative party
made considerable show Of energy. NJ. Shap-
schaL one Of the Shah's closest advisers in put
ting hecrt into him for his fight against the po-
littcal clubs is well known here
New-York tribune., 1908-06-24

aoie Tune A man who fought on the roof of
'ne parliament building says that he and the
others fired steadily into the troops until the
ammunition failed and the rifles were too hot
to hold
shell crashed through the door of the par
ha'nent and the Cossacks charged, the occu-
pants of the building fleeing to the ground be-
hlno the house. The soldiers had no sooner
entered the place than they began to loot it.
next turning their attention to the neigh boring
shops and the palace OF Prince Zill-es-S Sultan
Hundreds of people. ii is said, who few days
ago assembled in the square 10 protest against
the Shah's action now began to denolish the
building. with cries of Long livet he SHAH"
We want constitution"
St. Petersburg. June 23-The Russian Foreign
Once received information of the fighting in
Teheran from English sources. 1t was officially
announced tonight that the Foreign Office had
New-York tribune., 1908-06-24
ZEPPELIN TESTS GEAR.
Side Steering Arrangement Satssfac-
torn. Says the Count.

Frtedrtchshafen June 23-A second ascent was
made this evening by Count Zeppelin IN his new
airshfn. with a view testing improved side
steering gear. which has just been installed. On
the first ascent Count Zeppelin declared that he
was satisfied with everything excepting the side
steering arrangement. which had not up to
expectations This has been altered. and the
change has given excellent results
The test tonight lasted little over two hours
during which the most difficult manruvres were
carried out without hitch. The great arship first
circIed the town of Fredrichshafen several times
II then DEPARTED at full speed toward Langenargen,
where II crossed 10 the Swiss side of Lake Con-
stance against light breeze Proceeding back
across the lake TO Lindau. the count undertook at
a height of from 800 TO 500 feet above the surface
Of the water series of manoeuvres. including
sinking and rising turning and stopping. thoroughly
testing the new arrangement of both the ascen-
sona and the side steering apparatus. which seem
ingv worked in a most satisfactory manner The
facility with which a change of direction OF the
enormous mass in midair accomplished deeply
impressed the spectators.
After the return the floating shed. Count
Zepnelin said that he delighted with his new
afrship He added that the present side steering
gear was entirely satisfactory. but that he intended
To install larger arrangement and have further
tests before he undertook long voyage. The
Count has now returned virtually the style Of
etda s+eering gear used in his former balloon in
which a movable framework covered with canvas
ie 6ttad 70 each side of the airshp both fore and
aft This fra nework he extended and with
drawn according To the direction il is desired to
steer The new scheme, which proved a failure
and which has been abandoned since Saturdays
tests consisted OF framework in the form of a
balloon, its action being similar to that of ships
New-York tribune., 1908-06-24
A REBELLION IN sUMATEA.
Thirty European Settlements Threatened
Few Troops TO Meet Insurgents.

The Hague. June "a serious rebellion hss
broken out PadanE. on the west coast OF su-
r1atra- According to kilograms from BataV1a.
Java almost the whole native population Is report
ed in arms under the leadership OF fanaucal
priests Thirty European settlements. which are
spread over wide area, are threatened. and there
are onIv 40o Dutch soldiers available to defend
them Three battles have been fought. resulting N
large losses both sides Preparations are BEING
made 10 embark all the Dutch women and children
from the west coast Of Sunatra for places ot
safety The dissatisfaction arose over the tax
regulations.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-24
exTsavAeancE IN PORTUGAL.

Lisbon June 25.-The commission which is inves-
,igaflng the alleged improper advances Of money
from the treasury 10 members OF the royal family
and others has made a report in which says
,ba- rrancfal assistance has been handed right
and left 10 the relatives Of those In power, and
gives as an example one official who has drawn
8, advance salary which il would require
hundred wears of service 20 repay The report led
10 violent debate in the Chamber Of Deputies. in
u,btcb Ueputy Braga had q wordy encounter with
Finance Minister Espregueira and challenged him
"a a duej The uprosr was such that the President
v,ss con1peed 10 adjourn the Chamber until June
40 Friends intervened, and the duel Will not De
fought
New-York tribune., 1908-06-24
JAPAN TO AID CHINA.
Opposition to Railzoay in Manchuria
ITithdr11Cn.

Toxic June M.-Following prolonged negotia-
tions at Toxic and Peking on the general sub
tect Of the commercial development of Man
churia the Japanese government to-day in
structed it's charge dafaires at Pek1ns II III
form China that Japan would throw no obstacle
in the way OF the development Of Chinese terri
tory in Manchuria On the contrary. Japan de-
clares her willingness to assist in this work.
and. therefore. will offer no objections TO the
constructior Of the Hsin-M -Min-Tun and Fakonen
Railroad. giving it a competition at some point
on the South Manchurian railway.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-24
PANAMAN MINISTER NOT RECALLED
Says Mistake Arose Through Misinterpreta-
ton of Dispatch.

Washington. June 23-The Panaman Minister
has issued the following statement:
Dispatches alleged TO come from Washington
were published in this mornings papers to the
effect that l had been recalled and that AIr
Mejfa Salvatore would soon come TO Washington
to take my place
I beg to state that the information well
the comments OF the dispatch erroneous and
/ emphaticalIy deny the statements made therein
| think the absurd mistake about by
press dispatch from Panama to the effect that
Minister Mejia, Of Salvador, had passed through
Panama on his way Washington Minister
Matis the Salvadorean Minister Washington.
has been home for months leave and is
returning his post. ARANGO-
Washington June q, 1908
New-York tribune., 1908-06-24
pAN-ANGLIcAN OFFERINGS s5,ooo,ooo.
Procession of $50 Bishops Will Present Dioc-
esan tributions-Congress Closes

London June 23.-The Pan-Angiican Congress
closed tonight with meeting for women in
Albert Hall. which presided by the
Rtsbop of London The day spent in several
large devotional meetings.
4 thanksgiving service al St PauFs Cathedral
will be held at tomorrow. at which $50
E,shops from all parts OF the world will walk in
solemn procession and lay the offerings of their
5ceses on the high altar. Tt is currently reported
mat the fund thus provided may amount
81 90 600
New-York tribune., 1908-06-24
BArTLEsHIps SAIL FOR MANILA.

Honolulu. June 23-Th. battlsships Maine and
Alabama. composing the special service squadron.
which is preceding IN. Atlantic feet around the
world sailed from here 1925 this morning to-
Manila They will touch ar Guam on July ard
are scheduled arrive at Manila on July Il The
SQUADRON is under the command OF Captain Giles
z TIarb-r Of the Maine The two battI.ship. will.
10 some extent. pathfinder squadron for
the Atlantic fleet. which will sail from San Fran
risc on
New-York tribune., 1908-06-24
4 BATTLE In TERERAN
p4RLI4MENT SHELLED.
TJctorg for the Shah = Streets
.Stre5cn zrith Bodies.

7eheran. June 23.-After bloody fight, which
--ss wage5 around the parliament buildings to-
"a, lie city was comparatively quiet tonight
alrhoueh the Cossacks were oampel in the
e--eets ard squares Cossaoks and soldiers early
- the morning surrounded the parliament house
s,5 demanded that number Of persons whose
.--ast the shah had ordered be forthwith handed
aver n them. Parliament refused to -omply with
-tis demand and shots were fired a; tie troops
s.xsrsl of the soldiers being killed.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-24
AMERICAN VESSELS EXCLUDED.
Canada to Enforce Coasting Laws on Pacific
After August l.

Ottawa June 23.-Amercan vessels will hereafter
be excluded from the coasting trade Of Canada on
the Pacific. For some years the coasting laws Of
Canada nave been suspended on the Pachc Coast
owing 10 the fact that there was not enough Cana
dian and British tonnage to meet trade require
ments 1t has been decided by the government
that there are now enough British and Canadian
vessels. After August Canadian goods cannot be
carried in bend from American port on the
Pacific 70 a Canadian port, unless the water car
riage is by a Canadian British registered vessel
New-York tribune., 1908-06-24

Mexico City Mex. June 2.-President Cabrera
has finally unlocked the long-closed situation re-
gardng the construction of the Pan-American Rail
road through Guatemala The thirty miles OF rail-
road now lacking TO complete the link between the
Mexican border and the Guatemalan capital will
be finished within the next fourteen months The
concession for this link has been granted 10 two
Americans
New-York tribune., 1908-06-24
URUMI4H SURROUNDED.
Missionaries Ask Aid - Turkish
Troops Behind Kuds.

St. Petersburg. June 23-f'The Novoe Vrennya"
publishes to-day q dispatch from a correspond
ent who has Just completed a perilous trip rom
Tah-iz Persia 10 ITrrniah. through u country
swarning with piIlaging Kurds He says that
JTrumiah is now completely surrounded by
Kurds. who ravaging the villages on all
sides up 70 the gates Of the town. The sound
Of firing is constantly heard. The missionaries
at Ur7Jmah have held meeting and sent cut
to their respective countries Statement of their
critical position.
Turkish regular troops are close behind the
radng Kurds- Two hattalions ~ infantry. Two
sduadrons Of cavalry and q battery Of artillery
have occupied villages three miles from T-rUmiah.
and six davs ago battalion Of infantry and
five batteries of the sixth division of cavalry
went into camp in the region around Suibulant,
which * in dispute between Turkey and Persia.
L is said At the Foreign Office here that Rus
sia has made continual representations to the
Porte ahout the situation at Urumiah but with
our result Russia has not Vet decided on any
more aggressive steps. The occupation Of Cru-
miah by Kurds and Turks Is considered posi-
bilftv but il is expected 10 he only temporary
# il occurs The Foreign Office does not believe
that the missionaries in Urumiah viii be in any
danger It thinks the other foreign residents
also will be safe
New-York tribune., 1908-06-24
GREAT DAMAGE BY CANAL BREAK.

Cornwall. Ont. June 23-Traflo on the Cornwall
Canal and across the St Lawrence by way OF the
Ottawa & New York Railway was suspended to-
day by a break in the canal banks. followed by
the collapse of the centre pier of the railway draw
bridge and consequent wreck OF the bridge The
water of level and a quarter miles long
rushed out into the river. twenty five Feet below
The damage is estimated at 100000
New-York tribune., 1908-06-24
FINANCIAL CRISIS IN CHILL.

Santiago de Chilli June 25.-Finaucis1 conditions
in Chilli are again threatening and great anxiety
Is felt in all circles owing 70 the tremendous drop
IN The currency. The value Of the paper dollar at
the close to-day was pence Gs cents.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-24

Orders were at once issued ron military head
quarters that the parliament buildings be bonn
hs-6ed. and the artillery opened fire soon after
n O'clock While the guns were busy bombs
ve-e thrown from the parliament building snd
1he mosque adjoining. disabling one Of the guns
and w0-ndirg the gunners-
sr-uaIly the halls % parliament were
cEez-e5- bzr not before many parsons had been
killed and wounded The bombardrent con-
true5 until 5 O'Clock IN the afternoon. when il
sr6Cerlv ceased In the mean time the troops
piIsEed the political clubs in that neighborhood
an6 many residences Of influential members Of
parliament IN this work they were aided by
fhe populaCe.
The number OF casualties is unknown. but II
VII "a very large. The parliament buildings
srH practically IN ruins The firing was con-
fired II Parliament Square, other parts Of the
cftv being comparatively quiet Large numbers
of leading NationaIists, including priests and
neuhers Of parliament. have been placed under
New-York tribune., 1908-06-24
NEW PORT OF CALL FOR LINERS.
German Steamers from Hamburg and Bremen
to Call at Zeebrugge.

Brussels, June A-The Patriots" says that as
result of quiet negotiations which have been car
ried on for the last few weeks it has been de-
cfded that all German transatlantic steamers from
Bremen and Hamburg shall call at Zeebrugge the
new port of Pruges. which is connected with that
city by canal. in order TO take passengers who
ordinarily embark Cherbourg.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-24
A RUSSIAN COLONEL MURDERED.

Vladikavkaz. June 2a-Colone Galiaehsky. chief
of the military circuit, assassinated here to- |
day
New-York tribune., 1908-06-24

Washington June 23-Wiliam F Doty.
American consul A. Ia briz. has telegraphed 10
the state Department that the missionaries at
I-runiah are anxious TO have him 20 20 the
latter place AIr DOty has been directed 70 con-
s,,lt with the officials Of the American embassy
AT Constantfnople regarding the matter. and if
he can he Of any practical service to the mis-
sionaries there viii be no objection ro his going
10 Jrrun1iah Turkey has repeatedly given as
surance to the American government Of its in
tention to protect American missionaries as far
as lies N its power The Kurds. nomads they
are. have long caused serious trouble TO the
Turkish and Persian governments, and their
ravages have threatened many times to lead 70
serious international troubles,
The ultimate outcome Of the whole Kurd
trouble il is felt here must be the signing Of
a concordat At Constantinople whereby Turkish
troops may cross freely into the disputed terri
tory which diplomats regard as sort of mo
mans land It is also believed that the deeply
involved game of European politics is interfer-
ing with a settlement of the question Russia
and England must settle the question and Tur-
key is regarde as playing the one against the
other.
II was said yesterday the office Of the Pres
byterian board OF foreign missions in this city
that assurances had been received from the State
Department at Washington 10 the effect that the
missionaries at the station Of the Western Persia
mission at Urumiah not believed 10 be in i'm
mediate danger The fifteen missionaries there are
The Rev. and Mrs. F. G- Coan. the Rev. and Mrs.
w Shedd the Rev. and Mrs. Robert II. Laba-
rec the Rev. and Mrs. f. ". Mcdowell the Rev.
and Mrs Harry T. Packard. the Rev. c. E. Ster-
rett Mrs NJ K Van Duzee. Miss E T Miller. Miss
Mary E Lewis Miss E u I.amne
I-runiah is $50 miles northwest from Teheran.
II has q population OF about 5000
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the state to own and then the re-
quired change could be made at
once. A separate house could be
made and furnished for a house of
correction and the inmates thereof
and more hardened ones. 1t could
be under the. same management and
would not be as expensive to the
state as If place of that kind
should be built and managed inde-
pendently.
THE question of prison reforms
will undoubtedly be brought before
the legislature and an appropriation
will be asked for to enlarge the
prison. The present prison site is
not an ideal one and does not COM
pare with that of the Stewart insti-
tute. The money that will have to
be expended in retting the present
prison would go a good way toward
building a modern penitentiary al
the institute and the question is one
fully worth considering. Carson
News
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-31
ITALY IS after
COPPER FROM
YANKEE Mines

ITALY is to be great consumer of
American crude copper, and for
many forms of American patented
articles in brass and copper for cleo
trical engineering in connection with
comprehensive plans for electrified
ton of steam railways" says the
president of DOMESTIC car building
corporation.
"Fortwo or three years the Italian
governzhent has been taking the ad-
vice of prominent American civil and
electrical engineers, iron and steel
trade experts. railroad traffic mana
gers and car and electric locomotive
builders ON the matter of the reor-
ganization Of the principal railway
centers. All the railways north OF
Milan are to be electrified, and all
that are single track are to be
double-tracked, to deal with the rap.
idly increasing traffic.
THE day before I left Milan the
head of the greatest copper consum.
ing interest in italy, told me that
Italy will not use less than so. OOO,,
900 pounds of American electrolytiC
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GOOD SHOW TO
BE HERE Three
NIGHTS IN JAN'Y

Cripple Creek What thrilling
associations the name brings to
mind. What wonderful tales of
mining camps on the frontier! What
stories of real life as it was lived in
the west when the gold fever was on
the country. The population of
Cripple Greek, at the time represent
ed in E. J. Carpenters new play
AT Cripple Creek" to be presented
at the Pavilion, the nights of Janu-
airy 7th, Sth and 9th, was made up of
the fiotsam and jetsam of North
America These people lived apart
in a little world of their own. They
made their own laws, had their own
standards of right and wrong. and
defended them in their oyf way.
They lived hard, fought nard and
died hard--they loved strongly and
hated deeply. Their lives represent
ed almost every virtue, every sin.
Stories of Cripple Greek furnish a
vast amount of romance, and from
one of these tales is woven the play
"At Cripple Creek" This story Of
typical frontier life, filled with thrill
ing situations and thrilling climaxes,
calls forth every emotion we are cap
able of feeling-thrills, heart throbs,
sadness and gladness. The scenery
is true to life every detail being
faithfully portrayed and the mechan-
ical effects are truly wonderful. Great
care has been exercised in the selec-
ton of the cast and perfect pro-
duction is promised.
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A PROMINENT
INSTRUCTOR HERE

Prof. l.. j. Melich, a musician who
has a wide reputation as most sue
cessful instructor of pupils and
classes taking up the study Of string
ed instruments, is In this city and
proposes to organize classes for mu-
steal instruction, in which mode of
instruction he excells. In many of
our western cities he has had in hand
the training of stringed quartets, SEX
tets, octets and SO on. and has many
testimonials as to his merit Doubt
less many young folks desiring to
learn the mandolin. violin or guitar
will avail themselves of his presence
in this city to take private or class
instruction.