Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1909-05-15
Items from All Parts Of the World
Carefully Selected from the
Press kilograms.
4 Weekly Digest Of tho Most important
Facts and Happenings for Busy
Readers.
Sunday.

Sunday.
Boat upset in Susequehanna River
and nine persons were drowned.
Prince Burrhem EDEN, son Of Tur.
keys Sultan. plans revolution to res.
cue him.
Trial Of two American missionaries
IN Congo Free State scheduled for
May 20 will bring to front question Of
Standardization by Belgium.
Mrs. Augusta Evans Wilson, author.
died at her home In Mobile. Ala, "St.
Elmo" and AT the Mercy Of Tibe.
RUS" are among her best known
works.
Monday.
Secretary Wilson pre- iicted federal
legislation a. result Of Patten corner.
Mehmed v. plowed in palace ground
90 the last event Of the coronation
ceremonies.
Mrs. Lavender sued the Rev. e. b.
Crawford in Chicago for $4,000 dam.
ages. alleging SANDER.
High tariff men won on test vote In
Senate: eleven Republicans for lower
duty on lead; two Democrats against
Il.
Aurel Batonyi's wife in o suit at
New York alleged that he insisted on
having an allowance Of $4,000 per
month from her family.
President Taft asked Congress to
amend act for government Of Porto
Rico 90 % to prevent islands from
paralyxing government by holding up
appropriations.
James H. Boyle and wife. convicted
kidnapers Of Willie Whitla. began
their sentences in the penitentiary at
Pittsburg. the man getting life term
and the woman twenty-five years.
boyle issued . statement declaring
Harry Foraker Of Sharon, brother Of
Mrs. Whitla. the real principal in the
kidnapping.
Tuesday.
Wright brothers returned from aero.
plane triumphs In Europe.
Michigan lawmaker was ousted from
house In connection with scandal.
French chamber OF deputies delayed
. vote on the labor problem. and ~ o
result an order for q general strike
was issued at once. thousands OF en-
ployes walking out Immediately.
Peter G. Hams. Jr.. was convicted by
q Jury at Flushing. N. Y. Of man.
slaughter In the FIRST degree for the
killing Of w. u. Annis. the penalty be-
Ing . prison term Of one to twenty
years.
Wednesday.
Elinor Glyn's new hook terms Amer
lean men too good.
Three Yale students swan to safety
after clinging to overturned boat fos
hours.
Jealous Chicago man killed wife
then committed suicide by placing him
self on Metropolitan IL" tracks.
At least twenty men were killed by
. premature explosion Of dynamite In
. stone quarry near Albany. N. Y.
President Taft's message caused 70
sentiment among leaders Of Porto Rico;
one called Its statements an insult.
Thursday.
Big union Of State employees In
France took radical steps which may
bring on long expected war on "capi.
talism."
New Sultan OF Turkey reprimanded
oficials for hanging Of men implicated
In recent mutiny without his orders
and said It must stop.
Senator Cummins Of Iowa. attacking
high tariff. warned the Senate that
the people will still have the lamp
post" as means Of Kidding themselves
Of monopolists.
Friday.
Steamer Adelia Shores reported lost
in Lake Superior with twenty-ous
lives.
Baroness Won Hutton. author OF
pam" and other novels. divorced by
her husband.
Worldwide decrease In prices Of
commodities was shown by figures OF
exports and imports
Twenty persons were injured when
Q bomb concealed In basket Of vsge.
tables exploded In Busnos Ayres.
saturday.
Aldrich declared It makes no differ
snce what the House does with taria
! rates. the oDuats viii do Justice"
Mrs. James II. Boyle was found
guilty Of the kidnapping Of Willie
Whitla In her trial at Mercer. Pa.
A letter purportins to prove Lasa.
rus Averbuch to have been an anar.
chist was given out by the Chicago po-
lice department. despite declaration
by Chief 6hippy that his duty to the
public to suppress anarchy prohibits
him from discussing the Averbuch
I, case publicly.
Prominent citizens who are ngurinl
on taking luncheon with the new Pre6l
dent will learn with deep regret tina,
Mr.. Taft takes only an apple fol