Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-02-01
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Reported That Anarchists of Different
Nations Intended to Damage Ameri-
can fleet but Had Been Forced by
Detectives to Flee to the Interior
People of Brazil Ignorant of Plot.
Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 21-The Bra
lillian police have discovered an anar-
chistic plot here having as its object
the destruction of part of the Amefi- |
can fleet now lying in the harbor. The
conspiracy, while centering in Rio de
Janeiro and Petropolis, has ramifca- |
lions in Sac Paulo and Minas Geraes.
An individual named Jean Fedher, who
resides In Petropolis, was the chief
conspirator here, although it is under
stood that foreign anarchists are deep
lly involved In the plot. Fedher is be-
lieved to have fed to Sac Paulo, and
the police who know him have been
sent to that place for the apprehension
of him. One of the detectives, who
was well acquainted with Fedher, hav-
ing served on the police force at Pc
tropolis for some time, returned from
that place today after having made in
, vestigation there, and had a long con-
ference with the chief of police at Rio
de Janeiro. The latter. gave it to be
understood that the Sac Paulo police
l. e hoo fro
tor and expect to arrest him soon.
Chief of Police Talks.
4 In an official note the chief of police
/ says:
t Some time before the arrival of the
: American feet at Rio de Janeiro the
Brazilian government received word
l. from Washington and Paris that the
n anarchists of different nations intend
e ed to damage one or several of the
d ships of the American fleet. The
r names and addresses of the conspira.
tors were indicated by information
D which the police here had received
e previously from France and Germany
e The police of this district are working
with the police of Sac Paulo and Minas
re Geraes and every precaution will be
a exercised and the most rigorous vigi
" lance observed, both on land and a
at sea, to prevent any injury being done.
The chief of police after having
ly made this official statement said he die
er not feel he should go into any furthe
49, details with regard to the conspiracy
~ but he authorized the statement tina
ed the plot was organized by Fedher an
er he added that the people of the Unite
Ill States could rest easy, as all of tn
is, conspirators had taken refuge in tn
OK interior.
'r, AS yet the people of Brazil are il
ID norant of the details of the plot to d
re- injury to the visitors, although ~ther
has been some slight inkling of tn
DIS matter. The impression which tn
as exposure of this plot will create her
an will be profound one, because it
IFS the first anarchistic conspiracy ths
es has ever been known in Brazil
Officer Hannah Knows Little.
III special dispatch from Petropol
ne gives an interview with Officer Carlo
ne Hannah, who it was declared, ha
en been sent to Sac Paulo to arrest Jea
re- Fedher, the alleged anarchist. Har
ne man is quoted as saying that the on
" information he has concerning a CO
~ spiracy was learned from the new
''' papers. He admitted, however tn;
% he had been to Sac Paulo and Sant(
'"e during the last 10 days, but declare
on his business had been entirely perso
-ne al at these places. The dispatch ado
ooi that the police of Petropolis, upon Q
~ der from Rio de Janeiro, were obser
" ing the utmost vigilance and are kee
ing suspicious persons under constal
surveillance.
~ Heat Wave in Australia.
Melbourne.-There is much suffe
ing because of the unusual heat wa
here. The people are obliged to sic,
op hoI