Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1909-02-13
Items from All Parts of the World
Carefully Selected from the
Press kilograms.
A Weekly Digest Of the Most important
Facts and Happenings for Busy
Readers.
Sunday.

ma. said he IL well satisfied with progress
being made.
James j. .Teffrics declared he Is still
heivy.wcight boxing champion and limited
he will return to the ring.
Special Lincoln services In many
churches inaugurated the centennial week
In Chicago In memory of the emancipation.
The bill making attempted bribery Of
representative Of labor u crime has been
received by the Chicago federation of la
Dor.
President Roosevelt sent a message to
Gov. Gillett Of California in which he at
| tackled Senator Perkins for urging anti.
| japanese laws.
Monday.
California Senate postponed considcra.
ton of anti.Japancsc bills.
| Inventor Maxim gave a test In New
York Office of device to render firearms
, noiselcss.
District Attorney Jerome Of New York
was nearly overcome by gas used by. a ser.
want girl to end her life.
Death claimed in one day two noted
Frcnchmcn. Mendcs. poet and novelist.
anu SoqueIln Sadet. actor.
President Roosevelt warned California
that there IL "vcry grave mischief In its
pending anti.Japancsc legislation.
W. n. Cromwell explained the Panama
Canal deal before the New York grand
jury In the governments libel action
against the World.
The methods Of Peter Van vlissingcn
are alleged to have been practiced by Il.
{. Duensing. a Northwest Side real es-
tate agent In Chicago. to the extent Of
$4,000 In forged notes and mortgages.
| Tuesday.
Kaiser and king Wed in peace profcs.
sions mt Berlin banquet on accession Of
Edwards German visit.
| President Roosevelt sent to Congress u
special message giving the results OF the
Investigations Of the commission on
country life.
Riotous demonstration Of the uncm.
ployed mnrred King Edwards visit to
| Berlin; police charged crowd and several
men sustained sabcr wounds.
A hot fight was opened In the Senate
| against the lock.levcl plan for construct
Ing the Panama Canal. and Il II intimat.
cd that there Is n lnck Of confidence In
the report Of President l,Ooscvct's COM
mission of engineers In favor of follow
Ing out the present plans.
Wednesday.
Fire In tho inbound freight house Of
the Wabash Railroad In Chicago caused
an estimated loss Of $6O0,OOO.
The California assembly rcconsidcred
| and then killed the anii.Jap school seq.
regatiOn bill after hours of hot debate.
Raymond Hackney Of Chicago and
Charles q. Wicker. formerly of the same
city. and guide were drowned while
sailing on the Gulf Of Mexico OF Florida.
Some Of New Works thcater mana.
gers. alarmed NJ the agitation over ccr-
tain classes of shows, have joined In re-.
form and urge the abolishing of the too
salnciOus.
The Irish national convention In Dub.
lin decided on Gaelic rs compulsory
study In the national university, thanked
the people of the United States for gem
erosity and refused votes for women.
Thursday.
Ambassador Bryce and Newfoundland
reached an agreement rs to what Iues.
tons In the fisheries shall be arbitrated
by The Hague court.
The lower house of the California Leg
islature. by a vote of ~ to ~. passed the
bill to scgregatc Japanese children In the
public schools: Roosevelt urged the Gov.
ernOr 10 veto it. as the most Objectionable
Of all the anti-.Iapancse measures.
Friday.
Floods are doing great damage In Ger.
many.
President Roosevelt vetoed the census
bin passed by Congress.
Another young woman was mysterious
ly murdered In Dayton, Ohio.
The Nevada Assembly passed the bill
barring japanese and other Asiatics from
holding land in the State.
The government Is trying to collect
huge penalties from the sugar trust, al
leging fraudulent weighing at custom
house.
Strong appeals from Governor Gillett
and Speaker Stanton caused the lower
house of the California Legislature to
delay action on anti-Japanese measures.
Saturday.
The moving picture business Is In the
grip of the big combine; independent
plan to fight merger as violation of law.
The American battle ship fleet left
Gibraltar on the last lap of its $4,000
mile voyage around the world and will
reach Hampton Roads on the 22d.
Strange maze of politics surrounds the
trial of the sayers Of former Senator
Carmack at Nashvillef Tenn. and the
feuds being aired promise to affect great
issues In the State.
While leading papers In Toxic express
friendly sentiments toward the United
Staes, 1t Ia feared In commercial circles
that anti.Japanese agitation on the Pa.
cifc coast may seriously affect trade with
America.
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