The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-08-20
NEW S SUNNI MARY

lsion between traction cars nine
miles north of Piqua, Ohio
Ira d. Sankey the singing evauge-
list, died at his home In Brooklyh ON
August II, at the age OF GS
Mistaking his wife, who mad got up
to close a window, for n burglar, Geo.
Parker of Harper, Kans.. shot her
dead.
BY the capsizing OF pleasure
launch on the Wisconsin river near
Kilbern, Wis, four Chicago people
were drowned.
The Canadian Pacific railway Is fill-
ing the vacant places in tho shops at
Toronto and in West Toronto with
strike breakers.
Three women were burned to death
when gas explosion wrecked the
dry goods store OF ]. V. Gavin at
Wheeling. w. Va.
John Anderson shot and killed J. r.
Leighton and wounded j. r. Brown AT
Vernon, II. c., following dispute over
an irrigation ditch.
semi-oflicial statement Is pub
lished In Athens asserting that the
Bulgarians have commenced their
campaigns of violence in Macedonia.
Six persons we're killed and eigh-
teen injured in gun explosion
aboard the French gunnery schoolship
Couronnet, off Les Salines d'Hyeres.
The death toll by Alpine climbers
this year is record one. In the
month of July alone fourteen persons
were killed and two seriously injured.
English is destined to become the
the opinion OF A. G. Meyer, member OF
the lower house OF the Danish parlia-
ment.
Thomas Robinson, counsel for the
Winnipeg grain exchange, while In a
delirium, jumped from train near
Montreal He was found dying beside
the tracks.
The Paris newspapers announce
that King Alfonso will visit the
French capital In September, on his
way to the Isle Of Wight, to join
Queen Victoria.
have accumulated $25 100000. Now he
proposes to devote his time to science.
pure and simple, with no regard for
financial productiveness.
As the result of an explosion of fire
damp in the Dudwell mine. near Saer-
seufken, Germany, fifteen persons
were killed and six are in hospitals
I'D,
The officers of the American Allan
tic feet entertained 1000 New Zea-
landers aboard the battleship Louis.
| lana on August 10. Among the throng
were many handsomely gowned wo-
men.
The bank of Alton, Oklahoma.
which was closed last week pending
an investigation of its affairs, has
been reopened, the investigation
showing there was no shortage what.
ever.
Delegates to the convention Of the
Independence party met at Dallas.
Texas, on August IL. and nominated
ID. w. Kirkpatrick, president OF the
Texas Farmers congress, for gov
ernor.
Michael T. Maroney. aged 25. Of
Meriden, Conn, is dead as a result OF
injuries received in a baseball game.
He collided with another player while
running bases, and was injured in the
abdomen.
A messengers pouch containing
United States government pay checks
for nearly $4,000 was early last week
stolen, in front of the building occu-
! pied by the department Of commerce
and labor.
The Methodist Episcopal church
has begun an active crusade for the
election of a speaker of the house OF
representatives "who will allow con
gress to vote on the interstate liquor
shipment bill"
George Wilcox, negro, formerly
employed as janitor in the National
Bank of Commerce, Kansas City, has
confessed to the theft of package
containing $500 from the bank on
April 25, 1907.
The Luther League of America
with membership of 10000 and rep
resenting 100000 members of the
Lutheran church in the United States
held It's eighth biennial convention In
Chicago last week, with 1900 dele
gates present.
Dispatches from Baku say that 9
decree has been issued at Teheran in
definitely deferring the convocation Of
the Persian parliament and that, the
shah has summoned five hundred ad
herents of the old regime to form Q
council of state.
The Peruvian congress voted unan
imously to protest against the insult
offered the republic, when Presiden
Padre was pushed off the sidewalk OF
a street In Lima by a former politica
prisoner named Pierola. The Demo
cratic members of the house were alb
sent.
DIR. Robert Koch, the distinguished
German scientist, the discoverer o