The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-03-25
NEWS SUMMARY


H. Annis
The Missouri senate has defeated
the bill providing for the reading of a
chapter OF the Bible daily in the pub
lie schools OF the state,
A bill was passed in the Minnesota
Legislature last week. allowing the
councils of st. Paul, Minneapolis and
Duluth to permit boxing matches.
William Cook, who enlisted in the
navy from Newark, N. j., together
with three other men. were shot and
killed during fight in the Philip
pines.
A sergeant OF police and two police
men have beeen sentenced to death at
Vladikavkoz, Russia for the recent
murder of a rich nobleman named Pc
karieff.
Nine persons were injured as q re.
suit OF the wrecking of a tenement
house in st. Joseph, Mo-. by an explo'
sion of natural gas. All except QUE
are Italians.
Germany has indicated its desire
! TO resume negotiations for an agree
ment on q general arbitration treaty
with the United States, which were
broken off at the time of Baron Ster-
berg's DEATH
| Failure of the house OF delegates Of
! Porto Rico to pass the deficiency APP
/ preparation bill has resulted In the
I closing of number of night schools.
I the insular library and other public
! institutions
! Christian Scientists Of Missouri
! gained a signal victory last week when
| the senate judiciary committee agreed
to amend the senate bill which sought
| to restrict the practice Of divine heal
1 ing in the state.
Richard G. Rerens of ST. Louis has
! been offered and has accepted the
post of ambassador to Austria. Mr.
4 Kerens is native of Ireland, was a
Civil war veteran and is one of the
| weathiest men in the country.
| Charles II. Morton, former president
of the Ohio and Pennsylvania baseball
league, who disappeared from Cleve-
land January 10 last, has been found
in Chicago wandering around the
streets in demented condition.
| time and wellknown physician OF
western Montana, died at Philipsburg,
! March 10, from the effects of injuries
sustained by being thrown from his
buggy In runaway accident near
Flint Station.
Prof Clark Kellar. principal or the
high school at Laceyville, Pa. has
| been arrested charged with threshing
Miss Ruth Russell 19-year-old girl
pupil. The charge was made by Jud-
son Russell, father Of the girl, and
Kellar gave bail.
1t is believed In Austrian official cir.
cles that in the event OF an outbreak
OF hostilities between AustrlaHun-
gary and Seryia the powers of Europe
will localize the field of conflict. leav-
ing the settlement of international
questions to later date.
For her heroism in saving the lives
of nine children during the burning
of the General Slocum near New
York In 1904, Mrs. Mary McCann was
on March IS presented by Speaker
Cannon, on behalf of congress, VITA
silver life-saving medal
A thumb,print alongside sle names
Of two men written on the register
may prove clew to the identity OF
the murderer of Isidore Valanto, night
clerk of a hotel in Whitehall street.
New York. whose body was found in
small room adjoining the office.
That he would exhaust all the
powers of the state before he would
permit the railroads to return to the
3-cent-amiie passenger rate. was the
declaration of Governor Hadley of
Missouri following the action OF the
railroad conference in Chicago.
Mrs. Margaret Teal. wife of Ben
Teal, the stage manager, was last
week taken to the penitentiary OF
Blackwell's islands to begin her SEN
tence of one year imposed upon her.
following her conviction of attempted
subordination of perjury In the Gould
divorce case.
The court Of appeals has decided In
effect that John John r. Hegeman.
president of the Metropolitan Life In
surance company, must stand trial on
the charge of perjury in connection
with alleged misstatements made In
his annual report of the Metropolitan
Life in 1905.
An order has been issued prohibit
ing the sale of liquor by news but
cheers" on trains of the National lines
in Mexico. Hereto beer, tequila and
mescal has been sold indiscriminately
on the trains by the news vendors.
and its sale at times has resulted in
much trouble.
Mexico's first attempt to fortify her
harbors with modern rifles will be un-
dertaken at Salina Cruz. A commits
sion has been named to draw plans
for the installation of disappearing
guns and the erection of proper forth
fications. Other seacoast towns will
also be fortified.
A national conference to consider
the subject of uniform state legisla-