The citizen., 1909-06-17
NEWS or THE WEEK
Men Drowned in Submarine Boat
Or. Everett Edward Hale Dead
Sault st. Marie Lock Nearly Ruin
ed, and Boats Sunk-6ridge Has
Cost $40, oOo. 900.


DEEP WATERWAY NOT DESIR-
ABLE:-The board of engineers ap-
pointed by Congress to investigate
the proposed IA foot channel project
from st. Louis to the Gulf report
that such a waterway is not desir-
able as It would cost s12S.000. 900 for
construction and s6.000.000 annually
for maintenance. while much small
er channel would meet all present
demands OF commerce.
PLOT TO RELEASE SULTAN:-A
plot 20 release deposed-sultan Abdul
Hamid from the house where he
Is held prisoner by the Turkish
government was unsuccessful. The
plan was TO put him at the head OF
reactionary troops and overthrow the
present government.
LEADER OF BLACK HAND
FOUND:-A u. s. Secret Service
agent has found men who are sup
posed 10 be the leaders OF the Black
Hand In the Central states. Ten It.
alians have been arrested in Ohio.
II they are punished as they should
be Il will be great blow TO the
rest OF the gang all over the country.
EDWARD EVERETT HALE DEAD
Edward Everett Hale. Americas
grand old man, died June 10 at his
home In Roxlenne. Mass. at the age
OF SO years. He was minister. journ
alist and lecturer Since 1908 he
has been chaplain of the Senate. His
best known work is probably "A Man
without A Country" extracts from
which every school boy and girl
has read
WALTER wELLMAN- TO GO TO
POLE:-An attempt Will be made by
Walter wellman 20 reach the North
Pole by means OF an airship. The
expedition will start the first of
August.
OCEAN LINER WRECKED:--A
Spanish ship with 326 passengers went
ashore In a fog at night off Fire
Island on the coast OF Long Island
on one of the most dreaded stretches
OF the Atlantic coast. Every person
on the boat was taken off and safe
ly landed In New York.
GREAT 500 LOCK RUINED:-Be-
cause Of misunderstanding OF ord
ers the great gates of the 500 Lock.
which connects Lake Michigan with
Lake Huron were smashed so that
the waterway win be out OF commits
ion for two OF three months. Lake
shippers win be forced to use the
single canal on the American side
which cannot carry all the traffic.
TRAPPED IN SUBMARINE BOAT:
Twenty members OF the crew OF
one OF the little boats made 20 work
under water, aud sneak UP unseen
TO sink an enemy's vessel. were
drowned like rats In trap last
week. The vessel Russian was
engaged In practice with other boats,
and was accidentally rammed and
sunk by battleship Off Sebastopol.
Four men managed to get out before
she sank, but the other twenty went
down with her. They were alive for
some hours after the boat reached
the bottom. and divers made every
effort to attach chains so that der
rick boats could raise her and save
the crew, but they gave up the at
tempt after two had been killed by
the terrible pressure OF the deep
water.
BRIDGE COST 500 .OO0:-one OF
the biggest bridges in the world.
which will connect the main part OF
New York City with Brooklyn has
Just been opened to the public. The
bridge Is about two miles long from
shore to shore, and on II are a walk
for foot passengers, two drive ways,
four tracks for trolly cars and two
tracks for trains. II will handle 2l5.-
900 persons at once. The bridge has
been five years in building aud
the cost s2O,O00.oOo. is about what
It would take to run the government
of this state four years.
BRYAN FOR SENATE:-W. J.
Bryan has announced that he viii
make the race for Senator from Neb-
raska.
MURDER MYSrERY:-The police
of New York are busily engaged In
solving a murder mystery which
seems likely to be as famous as
many OF the terrible crimes OF the
past. Last Thursday man gave
couple OF children two parcels, ana
asked them to watch them while he
did an errand. He did not come back
a policeman was finally called. and
It was found that the parcels con-
tanned all the body Of man, except
the head. A mans head was later
found lying near a bench In one OF
the parks where the children play.
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