The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-01-02
news OF THE WORLD.
SHORT DISPATCHES FROM ALL
PARTS Of THE GLOBE.
A Review of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
nurino tho Past Week-National,
Historical, Political and Personai
Events.

Annoy. China.-Active construction
work has begun on the government
telephone lines which are to connect
Annoy with Tsunchou Flu, SO miles to
the north, and Changchou Flu, 80 miles
to the west.
Thomas Worell, prominent in Ne
braska politics and the man who ex-
posed the alleged grain trust, COM
mitted suicide at Lincoln recently by
taking poison.
Suffering from broken heart,
caused by sorrow over his sons dis
grace, Ira C. Hoops, 60 years old,
wealthy attorney of Kokomo, Ind,
committed suicide today at his home.
An authoritative statement confirms
the statement that the condition OF the
empress of Russia is no less critical,
but that her convalescence has been
slower than her physicians had hoped.
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.-The senate,
on a third reading, approved the gov
eminent bill requiring obligatory mill
tary service under CONSUMPTION.
Jacobs Creek, Pa.-Ihe total OF
bodies recovered from the Pittsburg
company's mine now reaches 175. "
Rutland, Vt.-Three we're drowned
and six barely escaped the same fate
by the breaking of thin ice on skat-
ing bond at Castleton. Kate. Mary
and George Clark, all under 10 years
of age, were skating on the pond and
ventured on to unsafe ice. The ice
broke and they went into the water.
Washington.-John Chandler Ban
croft DAVIS, for the last "a years re-
porter for the United States supreme
court and formerly United States min
lister to Germany, died here recently.
He was born in Worcester, Mass, De-
cember 20, 1922. 1=.i>r.,-
San Francisco-Afidavit have been
served on District Attorney Langdon
by T. c. Coogan, Louis Glass ATTORNEY,
in his attempt to get his client, the
Pacific States Telephone magnate, out
of jail
Denyer.-Miss Cora Marie Arnold of
this city was married recently in
Santa Fe. N. NJ, to Albino Chavarria,
fullblood Indian.
Thornville, Ohio-Kinsa Belt, one
of the captors of Jefferson Davis, died
at Thornville recently, aged 63 years.
He was member of the One Hundred
and Thirty-eighth Ohio cavalry.
Cholera is ravaging the pilgrims of
Mecca, the deaths at Mecca. Medina
and Yemho averaging 100 day.
Despondent over continued ill health
Henry F. Terry, we'll known society
man of Brooklyn, committed suicide
by shooting himself
Colorado Ute Indians are travelling
in bands in southern Utah, raiding
sheep and cattle men, according to a
report.
In pistol battle following the rob-
berry of the Vandalia passenger depot
in Smithboro, ILL.,, recently. one of two
: robbers was shot five times and EN-
ory Brown, city marshal of Sorrento,
, ILL.,, was wounded twice. Both men
are reported as being in serious con
dition.
Senator Newlands of Nevada is en-
deavoring to prevent withdrawal of
: the government troops from Goldfeld
until some other means of protection
is had.
Butte, Mont.-On the showing made
by counsel representing the parties in
terested, Judge George M. Bourquin
in the district court continued the
matter of the appointment of a re-
ceiver for the State Savings bank
until January 16, on condition that by
that time F. Augustus Heinze will
place $250.000 in cash and M. s.
Largey $4,000 in cash to- the credit
of the bank.
The Great Northern Railroad com.
pany has given notice of appeal to
the United States circuit court of an
peals at San Francisco in the case of
the Kalispell Lumber company and
others against the Great Northern
Railroad company, in which Federal
Judge Hunt granted a temporary re-
straining order preventing the railroad
from putting into effect higher tariff
On lumber shipments until the inter-
state commerce commission has
passed upon the question j
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