The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-10-08
NEWS notes.
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Foreign.
A young woman committed suicide
in o frightful manner In Paris. Hav.
ing had q quarrel with her lover. who
Is lion tanner In q theater. in which
three lions are introduced In the
course Of a melodrama, the woman
went behind the scenes and Trust her
arm into the cage. The animals were
wild with rage and with few blows
OF their claws tore her head and
breast to pieces.
Harry Whitney of New Haven be
lieves that DR.. Frederick Cook found
the pole. and that Commander Peary
did the same. In expressing the be-
lief he said that he knows no reason
for doubling Cook more than Peary.
''Dr. Cooks story" he added, seems
to me truthful and probable. Nothing
else would explain his twelve months
absence"
Senior Canalejas. a former minister
and leader OF the democratic group In
the Spanish cortes, publishes strong.
~ worded protest against the govern.
ment's refusal to restore constitution
al liberties. He advocates q popular
movement everywhere against ''cler.
teal reaction"
Wild scenes took place In the prison
Mt Birmingham as result Of the
forcible feeding with q stomach pump
Of suffragettes who are on q hunger
strike. The women resisted the ef-
forts Of the keepers. smashed windows
and assaulted the wardens and finally
had to be handcuffed and placed In
solitary confinement.
It is generally believed In Madrid
that the complications which have
arisen between Spain and Mulai Hafid.
the sultan Of Morocco. are likely to
result In q Spanish Moroccan war;
that 10 . war between Spain and the
forces OF the sultan of Morocco in
distinction from the fighting going on.
which Is limited to the Moorish
tribesmen inhabitinc the Riff country.
General.
Falling from one Of the upper floors
of . skyscraper ONCE building In Phil
adelphia. Robert Bradbury. aged 81
years. met death In sight OF hundreds
Of spectators.
1t Is said that American families
each with an average capital Of 81. 00t
have entered Canada from the Unit q
States this year to become homestead
ers.
Chief Forester Pinchot back II
Washington repeating charges Of trus
controlled water power.
Peary, In his ship. the Roosevelt
was central figure in Hudson.Fu
journey up the Hudson.
Government reports from custom.
receipts and internal revenue are fav
orable.
Sir Thomas Upton will come /,
America to offer again to race for tn,
American cup.
Bradstreet's report shows that tn.
new tariff schedules have affected cot
ton and wooden goods.
The total national bank notes out
standing secured by United State,
bonds and lawful money today is $702,
807. 459. against $675,6l2,327 q yeal
ago. NJ shown by the monthly state
ment OF the comptroller of the cur
rency.
President Taft has declared himself
In favor Of ship subsidy legislation.
Commander Peary has accepted n
invitation to lecture before the Roya
Geographical society In London. The
date has not yet been fixed.
A Paris paper prints . letter stating
that secret treaty exists between
England and Spain by which SpaiI
places her strongholds In Africa com
manding the Strait of Gibraltar at ths
disposition Of England in case OF war
After having pleaded guilty Il
burglary OF . store at Woodbine. Ia
Mrs. Anna Lind. aged Is. mother o.
. 14-months-old baby. was given an
indeterminate sentence Of ten year,
In the penitentiary
Commander Robert e. Peary 10
fused absolutely to allow any Of the
records or instruments of DR.. Frede
rick A. Cook to be brought aboard
the steamer Roosevelt and was thus
instrumental in causing these records
to remain in q cache at Etah. Green.
land. according to Harry Whitney.
Diamonds valued at $4,000 were
stolen from the residence OF w. g.
Hunter. in the fashionable residence
section Of Des Moines. while the
family Was absent. Mr.. Hunter IL
chief dispatcher for the Great West.
ern railway.
Senator In Toilette has a bite,
light on his hands In Wisconsin.
Knox IL the thirteenth Of the ninety.
two counties In Indiana to vote wet"
6txty.two counties have voted dry
and eight are dry" through the op.
GRAFTON Of the remonstrance law Nine
countries remain In which NO action
has been taken.
TIA financial poropt ~ fhn North