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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-06-07
Mr.. DUNN's
AssA|LAND IS
At LARGE
No Clue S Yet to Negro Who
Shot Bluefieldor Three
Times on Last Saturday
Night.

Up 10 the present time, chief OF
Police George II. Newkirk said to-
day, no clue has been leaned as to
The Identity of the negro who Satur-
lay night shot three times, seri-
ously though not fatally lhjurlng l..
\ Dunn, a well known Pluenelde
In Princeton Avenue.
According to the story Of NJ.
Dunn he was passing along Prince
ton avenue when a egro ordered
him to halt ana seeing q revolver
in the hand Of the hyghwayman he
made an effort to- disarm him with
he aid Of an umbrella.
As he made a move to d. this the
footpad fred three times. One bal
let passed through the chcek OF Mr..
Dunn, another entered the nephy
part OF the left leg and ne third dill
not strike his body, bat tore the
shoulder Of his coat.
Mr.. Dunn Is not positive that he
could identify his assailant. How
ever, the local police are at WORK
IN the case and hope To- capture the
culprit.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-06-07
EIGHTEEN YEARS
FOR WILEY FRENCH
Bland County Young Man
Convicted at Pineville Of
Murder Of William Dea-
ton.

Our readers will remember that
on the 5th day OF last september
William Deaton, a young man about
20 years OF age, and a son of Chas.
A Deaton, formerly of Springville,
Va, was stabbed to death at q dance
at Woosley, Wyoming county, by
Wiley French, a young nan from
near Rocky Gap, Bland county, Va.
French was tried at Pineville last
week and found gully OF murder in
the second degree. Judge Miller
pronounced sentence on him imme-
diately after the trial, and Unless the
supreme court or the pardon board
intevenes French will have to serve
eighteen years in the penitentiary
at Moundsville for his crime.
French was prosecuted by States
Attorney Stewart, assisted by John
3 Marcum, OF Huntington. and was
ably defended by Judge VI. San
ders, of Blueheld, and Judge j. NJ.
MIGrath, OF Princeton.
1t is understood that the jury
stood ten to two IN favor Of a YER
dict OF murder in the FIRST degree,
bat finally compromised on second
degree verdict.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-06-07
SHOWERS OF
RICE GREET
NEWLYWEDS

When Georpo StuuoIgkv and Nies
Jamie wilton. who wors morriod
Saturadv in RristoI arrival in pt,o-
field last night AFTER & o'clocl
as man aad wife. relatives OF the
bride and groom were at the dono,
-oadv to orco, and ,nr.ra,,Io+o
Thorn. while the <rwIywnda wara
.pcltod with handful after handful q,
rice.
As Mr.. and Mrs. stupolsxv stepp-
cd from Tho Pullman cnc.rs went mn
rom the gricude aw,iti,o ,botr az
rival and though thay e.ldeavored
Ito escape The showers % rice. their
efforts were vain. and so after
greeting tho parents Of the b.ldo
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-06-07
CURIOUS ARTICLE
At EXPOSITION
Postoffce Exhibit at Seat
tie is Intensely Interest
ing Especially That Per
tanning to Dead Letter Of
fee.

Seattle, Wash, June Tn the
postofflce exhibit Of the Untisi
States government 81 the Alaska-Yu-
konPacific Exposition arc a doz0a
or so cases devoted to tho dead let
ter office, and here are TO be seen
the most curious objects in all the
thousands upon thousands that have
been misaldressed insufeciently
stamped, or as in mu1y cases not
directed at all Here are several
reyolvers, derringers, pump guns,
duelliny pistols and all cllibre small
arms. Knives, til'ettOs. machets
and dirks are piled IN heaps. Sever
al Internal machines are on show
Knicknacks, photos, curios and
hundreds or sach articles are display.
ed. A petrifed PUN pudding and
"a loaf Of bread some 40 years old
are in ironical proximity TO dor
e1 or more sets OF false teeth,
while slung shots rSpose suggestive
ly to unclaimed watches and jewelry.
A watch in battered sections "
plains lts condition by p'acard n
forming the curious that train ran
over the timepiece A scalp Of fem
mime hair suggests the wild west 81
its days OF savagery mail bag.
inscribed in Egyptian and bearing
the date OF 1880 tells tho story Of
how a valuable relic OF an early
postal service was carelessly lost ia
the twentieth century; and the pos
tage due stamps amounting to
$l2O-that were on tle package,
which when opened, contained the
body Of dead infant. give clue to
a police mystery that was never
solved.
Hundreds OF like objects, all OF
interest, are on show.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-06-07
Twelve Year Old John Cox
Grabs That Leading from
Arc Light Last Night at 8
O'clock. SAs
SHOCK PASSES THROUGH DOlY
Sad and Tragic ID tath of Il
Little Fellow Who Was
Playing.

While playing with other chill
dron last night about nine O'Clock
at Jefferson and South stree,s 1T
tie twelve-year-old John Cox. son of
Norman Cox, OF South Bland street.
caught hold OF wire leading from
an are light and was SACKED to
death. Apparently the unfortunate
little fellow did not know that the
wire was live, but as soon rs he
placed his hands on the dangling
piece of copper his hanl were burn
Ell and the tremendous voltage pass
81 through his body In fash.
His little playmates hen they
saw. their comrade, wh) was happy
and who had boon In hig. glee n few
monments before. lying Prone upon
the pavement were consternated.
some wept while cooer heads
picked up the dead boy ana carried
him to his home.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-06-07
Fourteen Italians are Trap
ped in Connecticut by Sc
cret Service Officers
Maintains Secrecy in Case
THEY ARE c0uhTERFE|TERs
Confident Enough Evidence
at Hand to Convict the
Prisoners

Now York. June Capt. Flynn
OF the United states treasury de-
partments secret service has return.
cd from Willon, Conn. where he and
corps OF men today discovered ev.
fience that tends 10 show. he says
that fourteen Italians arrested here
on charge OF counterfeiting United
States treasury notes and coins re
members OF a band that had Its head
quarters In the deserted farmhouse
near Willon, and sent OFT the mon
~" for distribution by its agents in
five big cities in the east.
The fourteen under arrest are In
the Tombs in default OF $4,000 bail
each, and viii be haled before Uni
ted States Commissioners Shields "a
answer TO charges OF passing coun-
teifeit money.
The identity OF the men who gave
the Information to Flynn and his
force Is being kept secret.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-06-07
LIVE WIRE
KILLS BOY
ABOUT PEOPLE
WHO COME AND GO

j. +. Willis. of Narrows. spenl
sunday with Bluene'd friends.
Or. j. c. Newbold, OF Bramwel'
was in the city yesterday.
Douglas Miller, OF Richmond, AR
rived in hecity Saturday to visit
his mother
MIR. and Mrs. s. J. Bryant and ,,e
baby, OF Bramwell, were the guests
of relatives yesterday.
To visit relatives near Christians.
burg, Va. Mrs. J. II. Horton and
on have left.
O. c. Jenkins, formerly OF Blaze
field, but now on sevon ollie Ford.
Va. is In the city.
Mrs. ]. w. MCGOWAN aad son ,re
visiting Mrs. G. II. Price In Eggles-
ton.
Mrs. ID. A. Lawson. after several
days visiting relatives here. has re-
turned to her home In Tazewell.
After visit to Mrs. J. II. Boyer,
Mrs. III. X. Citation and Mrs. Il. H.
Clinton have returned to their home
I'm Bedford.
Mrs. j. r.. Biggs, who has been
the guest OF of Mrs. A. j. Biggs
has returned To her homo at Ma
tOaka.
u. S Buchanan has returned
from Poplar Hi'l Va. where no
spent Saturday with Mrs. Buchan-
an.
Mrs. w. r. Monroe AID Mrss Ad-
lie Monroe. accompanied by Billie
Monroe aud Miss Ethel Monroe arc
visiting In PULASKI
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-06-07
SIDE TRIPS FOR
THE SIGHT SEERS
Those at Alska Yukon Pa
cific Show Will Have OPP
portunity to Visit Great
Variety of Interesting
Points.

Seattle. Wash, June 7.-nhrec
steamer trips covering several hun
bred miles through the water OF Pa
get Sound including visit to the
largest salmon canneries in the
world, great Alaska Goldfish curing
plants, lumber and shinglo mills to-
gether with near view of vi.
Rainier and the snow clad noun
t7tns have been arranged for mem
Ders OF newspaper contest parties
visiting Seattle this summer. Pu-
set Sound is one of the greatest
bodies of water in the world, and
with its bays, inlets and other at
fractions offer more OF the real
beauties of nature than might be
found anywhere on travelled high
ways. Fass steamships will casry
the sightseers 20 Tacoma. 10 the Fu-
get Sount navy yard, 10 Anacortes,
Port Townsend and 10 Bellingham,
covering every point of istersst on
his great inland sea. Visitors TO
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS exposition
VIII marvel at the wonders of ma
ture, at the mountains. the rivers.
the forests.
Surely IL IL a rare combination
or beautiful things an inspiring
highway for the pilgrims OF pleas
ure. Two days will bs required to
make the side trips already ar
ranged. In one day Tacoma, the me-
tropolis OF Pierce county, and the
Puget Sound navy yard mly be visit
ed. At Bremerton Uncle sam has on
display some OF the ansest battle
ships In the navy, besides subma-
itnes, torpedo boats, training ships
and the largest dry docks in the
world. The sardine canneries at
Port Townsend are alone an attarct-
I've feature. Arrangements have
been made by the Puget Sound Nav
igation Company, operating the
steamship Chippewa, whereby con
est PARTIES will be admitted to mills
canneries and other places of inter
est. Anacortes is rightly called the
Gloucester of tho Pacific" and
here it Is no unusual sight TO see
more than 100000 salmon in a sin
gle cannery ready for packing, la
ter 60 be shipped all over the world.
Here the various oanneries have
daily capacity OF 10000 4S-pound
cases.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-06-07
THE ATHENS COMMENCEMENT

The thirty-hfh annual common
cement Of the Concord branch OF the
state normal school is now I'm pro-
gress at Athens. The commence
ment program IS as follows:
June 6, 1890 a. m.-Arn al ser
mon. By Rcv. a. y. Jackson, OF
Radford va.
june 6. y. m. Union program.
Y W. G. a. and Y. W. {. A. ...
June Z, 9 p. m. Joint prog l.l
or the societies
June =, y. m.-Annual concert.
June ., 10 a. m Gathering Of
The Setoa Indians" Model School.
June 9, & y. m Address, II. r.
Pattingill.
June 10, 10 a m.-Gold meIal
contest.
June 10, p. m-ssnior class
day.
June 10. $3.50 p. m.-Alumni ban
1uet
june If, 10 a. m.-Commenoc-
ment, address, II. Il. Patungin.
There are fourteen young ladies
tId gentlemen in the graduating
class this year, viz: Walton B.
Caldwell, Coleman a. Hatfield, Jane
Elizabeth Lilly, Lula Lily. Linwooi
r. Lawrence. Clifford A. Lilly, Net
lie Spencer Peck. Wilmer Sue Peck.
Donzie Lilly, John Hoge Robinett,
Mary Lee Spanglcr, Arthcia Wise
Thurman r. Vass, and Clarence c.
White.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-06-07
Search for Bodies in Pont-
chartain - Five Crushed
to Death and Two Hun
dred Thrown in Water.
STEAMER CRASHES INFO WHARF
Grapplcrs Have Recovered
Ten Bodies up TO the
Present limo

Vaudeville, Ia, June Lake
POntchartaia is being dragged today
to re, over the bodies OF the persons
drowned there yesterday when the
steamboat Margaret crushed into
the wharf, smashing #, crushing the
life out OF FIVE passengers and pre-
cipitating two Anpdred into the lake
amid the greatest excitement. Bod
les or ten have already been recov-
cred.
-Four girls and one boy were
found yesterday. while The crap
piers Rot up Gvo more iodies to-
day
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-06-07
r. =. A. SECRETARY AMI
TREASURES ASSOCIATIONS

Milwaukee, Wiz, June THE
secretary treasurers association Of
the United order OF Commercial
Travellers will hold q two lay Sos
sion in thiszGiLy, on June 81 and 22.
This association is made up Of the
secretary treNsl eTs OF the subordi-
nate councils OF the order and has
been in existence about five years.
The membership Of the association
is about three Kindred. The officers
are, President, s&lex W. Crozler. Min
neapolis: vice president. J Hugh
Foaer, Chicago; secretary, Joseph
n. Dsssing, Milwaukee; treasurer.
J. NJ. Berry, Dallas, Tex, and page.
w. A. Freeman, Macon, Ga.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-06-07
Washington Police Learn of
Lads Detention and Ar
rests May Follow Today,
it is Said.
A STARTLING DISCLOSURE MADE
NO Case Similar to This has
Been Heard OF i'm Many
Years.

Washington, June 7.-Police of
ihs frst precinct learned last Night
that tweivc-year-old waite boy In
being held by Cinnamon in "A restau
rant In Pennsylvania avenue north
west. Shortly before / o'clock this
morning detectives were detailed on
the case, and Il Is probable thai an
arrest will be made today.
According to Information received
by the police. the detention OF the
boy amounts to slavery. ana II Is
believed an investigation will dis-
close a startling outrage. No sim.
ilar case has come to the attention
OF tho Washington police in years
The police learned OF the arraif
through the investigation OF j. c.
Gray. OF 6S3 Sixth street, retired
business man OF this city. Gray
learned of the white boy In the Chi.
nese establishment about a week qga
through a friend who claimed he
saw the lad one night last winter.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-06-07
MRS. EDDY PROVES
THAT SHE LIVES
Takes Drive to Show She is
Not a Mindless Pappet in
the Hands of Conscience
less Men.

Boston, Mass june Z 70 prove
that she is alive and ia hcOd health
and not either dead or helpless. nor
a mindless puppet in the hands OF
constituencies meI." as asserted by
Mrs. Della FiDcrt. OF BroO6lyu.
Mrs. Mary Baker G.. EDDY head OF
the First Church Of the Chris ian
scientists, took a long drive from
her home In Brooklinc this morning.
She was seen by many OF her
personal scQuaintanca who testified
that 30 was really her. She looked
very much alive.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-06-07
BIGGEST SLAUGHTER
OF MODERN TIMES
Five Hundred and Sixty
Two Persons Responsible
For Adana Massacre Will
be Executed in Turkey.

Constantinoplc, June 1.-THE
Wholesale executions exGcting PEN
alties for the Adana masgacres are
TO begin at once upon tho conclu-
sion Of the eourtmartials. Five hun
dred and siXty-two arc under ar
rest four hundred and for,y-nye be-
Ing MohammeIan fanatics AS soon
as thu courtmartial concludes, the
Sultan will sign the death warrants
and the greatest slaughter OF mod
crn times will take place.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-06-07
SAYS TAFT WILL
NOT VETO TARIFF
This is the Opinion Of Prom
inent Western Senator
Aldrich Entrusted by q
Majority Body.

Washington June e. president
Taft will not veto the tam bill,
said a prominent western senator
here today "Nor will ne send a
single special message TO congress
tosching upon the work OF either the
house or seHaje IN revising the tar
IL Senator Aldrich has been en-
trusted by majority with fixing the
bin and his work has been APPROX
.si ~ the body"
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-06-07
Wife of Prominent Ohio
Politician Early Today
Takes the Life of Her
Twelve-year- old Boy.
He WAS MENTALLY DEFICIENT
This Probably Caused Wo-
man to Murder Him
Weak Since Birth.

Salem, o., June Mrs. G.. V.
Sharp, wife OF a prominent poiti-
clan and wealthy man, Killed. her
twelve-year-oid son and then took
her own life early today.
The motive for the tragedy is be-
lieved to DO the woman's sorrow
over the incurable nature Of her
sons malady lie has been men
tally deficient since his birth.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-06-07

Miss Ellasue Wagner, for five
years a missionary in Korea, is Wis
iting her cousin. Mrs. Il. X Carr.
in Adams street. Thursday night at
s o'clock Miss Wagner Will lecture at
the Band street MthodisL church.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-06-07
KING EDWARD TO USE
HISTORIC CHAIR

London, June IA chair used
oy Henry VII, al Athertoa. on the
eve OF the battle OF Bosworth Field.
IN 1855, is to be used by Khg Ed
awrd at the next IRvee, before Il
is presented to Athsrstons church.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-06-07

Mrs. w. +. Smith AMI children
left yesterday morning fer Bristol.
where they will spend some time
with relatives.
After visit in Tennessee Mira.
ID. II. Hawk has returned nome.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-06-07
WEATHER FORECAST

y Washington. ID. c., June L..
= Forecast for West Virginia
y Fair tonight and tomorrow.
y Il ~ n y ~ = y
Connecticut western news., 1909-11-18

Delegates representing every section of this country and Canada
Connecticut western news., 1909-11-18
General Markets,

New York. Nov 16
 BUTTER-Firmer; receipts S,322 pack ages; creamery, specials, 31a311ac.; extras. 30a3015c; thirds to firsts, 26a291ac.; state dairy, common to finest. 25a30c. process frsts to specials. 2512a2Sc.; western, fac tory, seconds to firsts, 23a25c.; imitation creamery; 26a27c.
 CHEESE-Firm; receipts, 25H boxes state, new, full cream, special 16Aa171ac. September, fancy, 161ac.; October best, 16c.; common to good, 141@a15Ac.; skins, full to specials, 6a14Ac.
 EGGS - Primer; receipts, S,439 cases; state, Pennsylvania and nearby, hennery, white, 4Sa53c.; gathered. white, 35a40c. hennery, brown and mixed, fancy, 3Sa40c. gathered, brown, fair to prime, 30a36c. western, extra firsts. 32a33c.; firsts, 28a 31c.; seconds, 25a27c. refrigerator special marks, fancy, 2412a25c.: firsts. 23a24c.; sec onds, Ha22c.
 DRESSED POULTRY-Steady; turkeys nearby, 22a24c.; selected western, dry pick ed, 19a2Oc; scalded, 17a1Sc.; fair to prime western, dry picked, 16a1Sc.; broilers nearby, fancy, squab, per pair, 40a60c. lbs. to pair, per lb., 1Sa25c.; western dry picked, milk fed. Ac.; corn fed, Ia 1Sc.; scalded, 16a17c.; roasting chickens nearby, fancy, 1Sa25c. western, milk fed fancy, 19c.; corn fed, fancy, 17c.; mixed weight chickens. nearby, fancy, 16a20c. western, milk fed, 16c.; dry picked, corn fed. average best. 14c.; scalded, average best, 1319a14c. Michigan scalded, average best, 141Ac.; Ohio, scalded, average best. 14a141Ec; poor, 12a13c.; fowls, dry packed boxes, 50 lbs. and over to dozen. 17c. 36 to IS lbs. to doz., 14a1612c. iced, dry picked, average best, 141tc.; scalded, Ia 1414c.; old roosters. 12G,; spring ducks. western. 12a1. spring geese, Maryland, ltd1Ic.; WeS;C-I, ljl-JC.; squarS, white, Der dOz., $2.-Ja4.zJ.
Connecticut western news., 1909-11-18

The Right Rev. Fran cis Joseph MacCOr- mack, until recently
 Roman Catholic biSh-
Connecticut western news., 1909-11-18

General Marina, con- manding the Spanish fnnnn- in Innnn.n +nl
Connecticut western news., 1909-11-18

Merchants National bank at New AL buny, Ind. Wa% sh0t and killed and .' K. Wood ward. president of the bank. and James Turner, Il negro chautfe:l.' were seriously wounded by a boy idcn tifed as Louis Hall of Louisville, Ky. in that city.
 Edwin Hills, a wealthy hardware: manufacturer of plainsville, Conn.,, and a member of the Connecticut leg islature, was found dead in the Gilsey House, New York, under mysterious circumstances after a woman compan- ion had vanished
 Ninety days Imprisonment was i'm posed upon eX-Sheriff Joseph F. Shipp of Chattanooga, Tenn, by the supreme court of the United States at Wash ingtOn for contempt of court in failing to prevent the lynching of a negro, Ed Johnson.
 Driven insane by the fire in his eel lulOid factory in Brooklyn, which, with it's iron barred windows, cut off the escape of nine persons who per ished, and facing an inquest, Robert Morrison committed suicide by inhal ing gas.
 Charles l.. Warriner, former treasur- CT of the Big Four railroad. was indict cd by the Hamilton county grand jury at Cincinnati on charges of embezzle Eent and grand larceny. It is alleged that he stole $6430O0.
 Four men were entOmbed behind Gre raging in the Auchincloss shaft of the Delaware Lackawanna and West ern Coal company at NanticOke, Pa. An explosion of gas set fire to the timberS of the mine.
 Because of illness Walter Osborn, vice president of the Byron w. Green, Jr., company. dealers ill lumber at New York, committed suicide in the cOmpany's office by firing a bullet through his brain.
 Mrs. Marie L. EStey, widow of the piano and organ manufacturer, ended her life by inhaling gas in her board ing house ill New York. The fortune she inherited had dwindled away.
 In an explosion in the Haglay yard of the Dupont Powder company at Wilmington, Del, three men were Kill ed and several were injured. Two mills were destroyed.
 Miss Jeanette Fried of Newark N. J., obtained a verdict for 3,5o0 in the supreme court of that city in her breach of promise suit against Charles NiSsensOn.
 Professor Adolph Heichelheim, a we'll known musician of Austin, Tex, killed himself at his home by cutting his throat. He was siXty-one years old.
 The safe of the Ben Arnold State bank at Ben Arnold, Tex. was dyna- mited and $3,OOO stolen by robbers, who escaped in an. automobile.
 Frank White, sixty-seven years of age, was accidentally shot and killed ill a hunting party near Ogdensburg, x. Y.
Connecticut western news., 1909-11-18

Ill that pertained to the advancement 7T the Irish race. Gicl at lis home in New York
 Frederick Fairchild, superintendent of the Western Union Telegraph com pany in New Haven, Conn, was found dead in bed. He was about siXty-hve years old.
 Mrs. Isabella G. McCosh, widow of Dr. James McCosh, who was president of Princeton college from 1868 to 1888. died at her home in Princeton, N. J.
 Mrs. U. S. Grant, wife of the second son of President Grant, died in San Diego, Cal, at the age of tifty-three years.
 Ramson R. Cable, former president of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pa cific railroad died at his home in Chi cagO.
Connecticut western news., 1909-11-18
Live Stock Markets.

CATTLE-Dressed beef was in moder- ate demand at Sa111hc.
 CALVES - City dressed veals. 9a141ac. per pound country dressed, Sa13c.
 SHEEP AND LAMBS-Dressed mutton, 8a10c. per pound; dressed lambs, 10a12c
 HOGS-Country dressed hogs, 1012a12l2c. per pound.
Connecticut western news., 1909-11-18
NEWS
 OF OUR N NEIGHBORS,

 Jamaica, Haiti and Santo Domingo. Scores of lives were lost, and the dam age done amounted to more than ST. 100000. Landslides were frequent, and railroads were made impossible. Many vessels were driven ashore and injured or wrecked.
 AS a result of complaints that Japa- nese and other poachers are slaughter ing large numbers of birds on Laysal, island, Hawaii, United States revenue cutters were sent to patrol the coast. The steamship Ionic, owned by the Northern Navigation company, was lost off Passage island, Lake Superior with all hands on board. The crew consisted of twenty men.
 The bishop of CuzcO was killed and his secretary's legs were amputated by a bomb thrown by an anarchist while they were driving in Lima, Peru.
 The chief of police of Buenos Aires, Argentina, SenOr Falcon, and the po- lice secretary were assassinated by a bomb while driving