The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-04-23
NEWS SUMMARY

Charles F. Leland, formerly president
OF the Commercial bank of Duluth
Mimi, shot and killed himself
Dr. Simon E. Conover, United States
senator from Florida, at the time OF
the Hayes-Tilden presidential contest
died at Port Townsend, Wash. on
Sunday, Of old age.
Nine corpses have been recovered
from the ruins of the recent fire at
Chelsea, Mass. In addition several
people have died from injuries sus
tanned during the fire.
Taken for burglars, John and VIII.
liam d. Frank, sons of R. o. Frank, a
grocer of Columbus, Ohio, were shot
and killed early in the morning by
City Patrolmen Heinze and Casey.
The Jury In an action in the su.
perior court Of San Francisco, last
week decided that at least large
part Of the conflagration of April 10,
1906, was the work of incendaries.
John Tracy, a discharged employee
OF the street department OF North
ampton, Mass, shot and fatally
wounded George F. Birge, superin-
tendent of streets, and then shot
himself
The first engagement of gold for
shipment to Europe since the financ-
ial panic of October last was an
nounced on April Is, the National
City bank of New York taking ST.
100000 for Paris.
@. S. Wilmot, mounted policeman,
was shot and killed at Frank, Alder
ia. There have been daring burglar
les in the town, and it is thought the
policeman was shot while attempting
to arrest a robber.
Richard Hall, tried at Dawson was
acquitted of the charge of stealing
gold dust to the amount of $4,000
from a Yukon river steamboat last
summer, which was consigned tc
Seattle by persons in Fairbanks
Alaska.
BY a vote of lot to AZ, the New
England Methodist Episcopal confer
ence adopted memorial to the gen
eral conference, recommending the
repeal of the article forbidding dane
ing, card playing and attending the
theater.
Death sentences were handed dowr
at Tobalsk, Siberia, on the 10th, IL
the cases Of thirteen persons Their
who were implicated in a recen
prison riot in which warden wa
killed The men were tried by
court-martial.
J The houe of representatives o
Ohio, has passed a bill to compel al
railroads in the state to publish
time card of the arrival and depal
. ture of trains in newspapers publish
. ed in every town through which
: railroad runs.
Sixty-two suits against eight raj
roads, charging violation OF ID
Neutrality-suspicious. law, providing &c
the protection of cattle, sheep an
hogs transported in cattle cars, wer
; filed at Chicago last week by Distri'
/" Attorney Sims.
One of the worst snow slides ia IN
history of the Canadian Pacific raj
!. road occurred near Alberta canyol
in the Cascade mountains, in Canad
. sweeping away two boarding ca
: filed with Japanese laborers. For
!, men lost their lives.
a A wage reduction averaging IN p'
" cent has gone into effect in the cote
= cloth, warn and thread mills IN NE
!. England and New York state ell
- nloying a total of 43,500 operative
A Since March. the pay of 153,5OO m
II hand in the northern states nj
been cut.
Francisco Nicolaz2o, under ARE
in Chicago. in connection with Il
70 death by poison of Mary Renua
8 wears of age. has confessed to u
n notice that he purchased the pois'
h. that killed the girl and placed IL
ID the -four that was used ior liaNi'
bread.
Friends of Captain Van Schaic
Da who was the pilot OF the ili'iac
:, steamer General Slocum, are urgi
m the president to grant him a paru'
=, Cantain Van Schaick is now serVi
- ten.year sentence in Sing 81
nrison for negligence in conhecti
~ with that disaster.
er Several foreign newspapers nav
Wy nublished a report that plot
~ been discovered to blow up the
:" sian emperor and other members
30 the imperial family, an ofticial sta
,e' ment has been issued from 81 rete
w. hurg to the effect that such RUM
ok were without foundation.
mt John v. Harris, teller OF the M
'is- chants National bank at Caririsie,
ID has been arrested on warrant cha
Is ing defalcation of the funds Oh
us hank. The defalcation 1t is aii 'sls
ars amounts anon to $4,000 and covers mi
're wears, during which time HarriS
) a gagged in many enterprises,
OF Advices received from boso'a o
nth canital of Columbia, are to the en-
d." that President Reyes has ieit
city for the Atlantic coast ostens.