Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1909-02-04

pc rev FORK senate AdOpte0 ree
ion expressing admiration for th'
lie services rendered by the Maj
49, operator on board the steamahiI
OOublic during the collision with tn
Ida. and by the ofncers and crew,
the c0lliding steamskips. thl
mer Baltic. the revenue CUTIE
ham and the derelict destroyer
ca.
ners Of the steamers Republic
Florida both began suits for dam
In the court OF admiralty 1t New
Il. the White Star line asking
10000.
ne French government decided to
= special medal to Jack Binns
nm. less operator on the lost steamer
oppS ublic.
..o're nearly destroyed the town Of
ton On. Fla. causing loss OF $500 900
seat banks and the city hall were
and Qg the buildings destroyed.
board nds Of c. W. Morse. the con
H.A banker and former Ice King
,,o,- ew York are preparing to petit
the United States court to admit
Gu to bail. He Is = prisoner in the
evenos under q l5-year sentence 70
glveDn.
IT fierce storm on Lake Michigan.
Ktdf ferry No IL Of the Pere Mar
dav tie battled for S. hours to reach
y, iwaukee. the voyage usually taking
Il. hours. The crew was nearly
p'5sen.
g President Roosevelt will lay the
Cornerstone Of the memorial hall to be
Erected at Hodgeville. KY. the birth
place Of Abraham Lincoln on Febru-
ary IL. Several prominent men are to
deliver addresses.
United States District Attorney
Stimson told District Attorney Jerome
OF New York to proceed with the pros
ecution OF the libel cases growing out
OF newspaper charges In connection
with the Panama canal scandal. Doug
las Robinson. the president's brother
in-law probably will be the complain.
ing witness.
DIR. Fred Peacock. q physician Of
Cathlamet. Wash. vas shot by Mrs.
Madelaine Longtaine. mother Of .
young girl who died In . hospital UNI
der tragic circumstances.
The Mccormick estate 10 to build .
e. 900. 900 skyscrapsr ON the site Of the
Victoria hotel. ON Michigan boulevard.
Chicago.
The relations between President Go
meg and Vice. President Zayas of Cuba
became seriously strained over the
appointment OF man to all the post
OF chief Of the secret police.
According to meager reports re-
ceived In London. an earthquake shook
the entire Mediterranean coast Of
Spain. and II was believed many lives
were lost Barcelona was said to have
been overwhelmed by tidal wave aud
towns were reported buried by land
slides.
A furious storm Of snow. sleet and
rain. accompanied by wind which In
places reached q velocity Of Is miles
an hour. held tho United States in it,
grasp from the eastern slope Of the
Rockies to Detroit and from the Cana
dian boundary to southern Texas. The
storm brought with 1: loss Of life, In
juries to many persons. suffering to
live stock. delay to railroad trains. tie
up OF street car service. partial paraly-
sic Of telegraph service. destruction OF
telephone lines aud general damage
and Inconvenience.
Fleetwood Lester. travelling sales
man for the Southern Supply Com
pany. and his wife arc in jail 1t Mo-
bile. Ala. charged with holding up
Hardaway Young. president Of the
company. at the point Of . revolver 1t
the formers home and robbing him Of
S5.60025.
Fire in st. Paul destroyed half .
dozen buildings and threatened the
business district. The loss was $780,
600.
Conrade Danielson. Porto Rican
manager for the United States Elk
press Company, shot and killed him.
self In New York after quarrel with
his wife.
John Bedford. accused Of the muir
der Of Oscar Hoganson. q young farm
er at Mareng0. H., the latter part Of
last October. pleaded guilty In the
county court at Woodstock. Ill. He
was given an indeterminate sentence
by Judge Donnelly.
The Pennsylvania c.ailroad Company
announced that orders for 1900 new
steel freight cars for use ON the lines
west Of Pittsburg had been placed.
Old and WORKOUT cars are to be re-
placed by the new ones.
The suit Of the Salvation Army In
the United States against the Ameri-
can Salvation Army to enjoin the lat
ter organization from the use Of it,
name and from publishing the paper
called The American Salvation Army
War Cry" was dismissed BY Justice
O'Gorman In the supreme court Of
New York.
Hawaii has set up . quarantine
against queen bees that are unhealthy.
The mails will bar such consignments.
The navy department opened bids
for locating y wireless tower at Wash.
ington for communicating with shipo
at sea. to the distance OF 5000 miles.
Frank d. Campbell. travelling
salesman for Franklin MacVeagh Z
Co. of Chicago. whose wife died uu.
der mysterious circumstances Decem.
Der %. Was arrested In Kewanee. ILL.,.
and formally accused Of having muir.
dered her.
The bodies Of the two American vic.
Tins Of the earthquake ut Messina.
Italy. United States Consul Arthur 8.
Cheney and Mrs. Cheney. arrived il
New York.