The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-06-26
LATE NEWS NOTES


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Editor Jerome Jones OF the Journal
OF Labor Of Atlanta, Ca, introduced
a resolution at the session OF the
Georgia Federation of Labor in ses-
sion at Macon, Ga, praising President
Roosevelt for his stand in the passage
OF the employers liability act and for
what he has done for the union organ
izations in general.
One man was killed and many are
reported to have been injured by an
explosion that blew up the DUPONT
Powder company's neutralizing plant
at Louviers, twenty miles south OF
Denver. Several persons are also re-
ported missing.
NJ F. Bramley OF Cleveland, Ohio,
who is the president of the Cleveland
Trinidad Paving company, has pleaded
guilty to three of seven indictments
against him, charging bribery OF for
mer members of the board OF public
service, IN connection with the East
Broad street paving contract, and was
fined $500 on each, or total OF $1,165,
including costs, which was promptly
paid.
Thomas Hagen or Hage, a mariner
stationed at League Island navy yard,
was killed by blow over the heart
in six-round bout with Johnny" Ho-
gan, local pugilist, on board the bat
tleship Mississippi
James Bryce British ambassador to
the United States, addressed 500 mem
bers of the graduating class of the
University of Wisconsin. His subject
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ter Life"
The Russian duma firmly reasserted
its rights in governmental financial
matters recently and passed vote of
disapprobation In the issuance by M.
KOkoysoc, minister of finance, of an
international loan Of $83,000,000 last
January without legislative sanction.
One American and three foreigners
are dead and one American and five
foreigners injured as the result of an
explosion at the Ellsworth coal mine
No. l, near Pittsburg, Pa. The acct
dent, 1t is said, was caused by for
eigner entering the mine with light
ed torch.
Complete returns Of the domination
of the candidate for United States
senator from Oregon gives H. M.
Cake, republican, 70,S99, and George
Chamberlain, democrat, 52,421.
The anti-Japanese boycott is stu
being strongly maintained. The gov
ernment has prohibited meetings at
restaurants called for the purpose Of
discussing the question of self-govern-
ment and similar objects.
Spirit-driven and believing that
death is only an earthly manifesto
world of spirits Mrs. Aida Pittman,
suffering under the delusion that she
had received message from the spir-
it world to kill herself drank a guam
tity of carbolic acid with fatal effect
at Washington, D. c.
Two thousand officers and delegates
of the International Association of
Sunday Schools in session at Louis
vile, KY, elected John Sites of Louis
vile, KY, president succeeding ]. j.
McClaren Of Toronto, Ont. An enroll
ment increase of million scholars
was reported.
Despite the preventive measures
taken by the authorities, wild disorder
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with the lockout of 1000 men by the
Miami Paper company of Fabrian.
Ohio. They complain that the de-
mands of their employees were exag-
gerated.
Gilbert Wadsworth Marnard, well
known to the Masonic fraternity of
Chicago and the United States, died at
his residence in Chicago, ILL.,, after a
lingering illness of several months.
Heart disease was the cause of his
death.
An injunction has been granted ne
straining the police from interfering
with betting at Sheepshead Bay.
John w. Riddle, the American am
bassador to Russia, who entered a
hospital at st. Petersburg. with a
threatened attack of pneumonia, has
been pronounced by his physician to
be convalescent.
Claiming that the National Glass
company of Pittsburg, Pa, had de-
faulted in the payment of interest on
100000 worth of bonds, the Union
Trust company of Pittsburg has made
demand on the United States court
for the property of the concern, I'M
der foreclosure proceedings
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