Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1909-02-25

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ward. where he WAS student
Mrs Frances Richard Of Detroit wa
found murdered In her home Two
young men have been arrested. He
throat was cut and an effort was made
to burn her body.
James Allen shot and killed hi
brother-in-law, Willy Stewart. In Caps
Girardeau. Mo. while protecting Mrs
Stewart. her mother and baby from hii
abuses. A coroner's jury returned I
verdict OF justifiable manslaughter
The decision Of the United States
Steel Corporation to maintain an open
market will have no effect on the
price of steel rails, It Is said In Pitts
burg
Robert Bnrman broke the worlds
record for 100 miles on circular track
In an automobile at New Orleans. Bur.
man made the distance after a most
remarkable drive. in l:42:392-5. II
minutes faster than the record. made
by Clemens in Indianapolis in 1906.
Duffey LA France and Peter Emo
were burned to death In fire which
destroyed the Hotel Finan at Tower,
| Mich
A report from London said Austria
had served notice on Servia that nm
less that country disarms before next
Saturday the Austrian army will cross
the frontier and begin war
In one OF the hardest battles ever
rx,if In tho no,,ptr, vnvy, INr;s
coll. featherweight champion of Eng
land, had shade on Abe Attell. cham
pion of the world after ten rounds in
New York Experts are agreed that
nothing short Of 25-round contest
will settle the question of real supre.
macy between them.
President Roosevelt announced that
call will be issued for a conference
at The Hague next September to con-
slider world wide conservation OF the
resources OF the earth.
The United States Steel Corpora.
ton, through former Judge Gary.
chairman OF its board OF directors is-
sued statement declaring that the
country's large steel and iron manu-
facturers have decided to declare an
open market" to protect the industry
The action, II is announced. is neces-
sary because small dealers have been
cutting prices
Rivers of Illinois. Indiana. Michi-
gan, Wisconsin and Iowa are among
those provided for in the $9.971 .625.
| a nj tod hv, q hA n
maintenance bill introduced In the
house by Chairman Burton of the riv-
ers and harbors committee
A high judicial ofiicial Of St Peters
burg is authority for the statement
that the Grand Duke Vladimir, Oldest
uncle of the car. who died a few days
ago, was behind plot to dethrone
the emperor and declare q regency for
Russia
When Gov. Stubbs signs the anti
liquor bill passed by both the house
and senate Kansas will have prohibi-
tion law which is absolutely air
tight" even prohibiting that physi-
clans shall not prescribe liquor for the
use of patients. The senate accepted
the house amendment barring physi-
clans prescriptions. This bill is the
OutgrOwth Of the crusade against the
joints by Attorney General Jackson.
The London police had q battle
with GO suffragtsts who tried to get
into parliament to deliver a message
to Premier Asquith. Sixteen OF the
women were arrested and eight were
sent to Jail. refusing to pay their
fines
The tariR convention adjourned In
indianapolis. after the delegates had
pledged themselves to work for the an.
pointment of government commits.
sion. John Barrett addressed the con.
vention on trade with the Latin re-
publics.
The American fleet. now only 600
miles from home, after it's historic
world voyage. will arrive In Hampton
Roads Monday. Ii will be greeted by
thousands and reviewed by President
Roosevelt
BY vote Of sc to "a the house Of
representatives OF Nebraska voted
down the Raper bill for the abolition
Of capital punishment. The chief argn.
ment against the bill was that the
present Nebraska law allowing Jury
to decree either canital punishment
OR life imprisonment for murder
IN the first degree is as ,ood as can
be enforced as long as the governor
is given pardoning power
The steamship Mauretania, the
largest afioat. again broke the record
for the westward ocean voyage. She
averaged 26 knots IN hour on her
trip to New York.
The duke Of the Abruzzi is at pres.
ent In Paris incognito as Signor Ne
gretto He is buying q medical out.
mt to be used on his approaching ex.
petition to the Himalaya mountains.
Joseph Pulitzer owner. and Caleb
NJ. Van Hamm and Robert II. Lyman.
editors of the New York World. and
Delavan Smith and Charles X. Will.
iams. owner and editor of the Indian.
apolis News. were indicted for Grim.
maj libel In connection with stories
their papers published concerning the
purchase OF the Panama canal proper.
~ The persons alleged to have been
libeled are President Roosevelt. j.
Pierpont Morgan, Elihu Root. Charles
+. Taft. William Nelson Cromwell and
Douglas Robinson.
reports have Just been received that
1ooO persons lost their lives In an
earthquake in western Persia on Janu-
AIRY %. Porto Rico and Alaska have
recently had severe shocks.
Turkey, Bulgaria and Austria were
visited by an earthquake which caused
100 deaths in Sivas. Turkey. and de-
stroyed the city Other towns were
damaged and the people terror
stricken
Three lives were lost in the wreck
of an Illinois Central train near MUIR
physboro, ILL.,. and about thirty per.