The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1910-07-16
GENERAL NEWS,

have the contract for the interior
work In the Cathedral OF 81. John the
Divine. on Morningside Heights. 70
strainins the joint district council of
New York of the United Brotherhood
OF Carpenters end Joiners and the
Amalgamated Society of Carpenters
and Joiners from interfering with the
work on the cathedral. has been made
permanent by Judge Ward OF the
United States circuit court.
Henry Ssxter. the millionaire pres
ident OF the American News company.
who died az his home in New York
the other day in the ninety-eighth year
OF his life, passed the greater part of
the last seven years In an unavailing
search for the murderer Of his son,
Orlando II. Dexter. A reward OF Sl0.-
600 offered by Mr. Dexter for the ap-
prehension OF the murderer is said
to be continued In codicil TO the
Donogenarian's will.
Only two members OF President
Taft's cabinet are in the capital OF
the nation sitting on the lld,"
as former President Roosevelt desig.
mated this summer assignment. On
Postmaster General Frank II. Hitch
cock. the ranking officer OF the two
here. devolyes the duty OF being the
head OF the government in Washington
at present The other member OF the
cabinet in Washington is Secretary OF
the Navy Meyer
Porter Charlton, who Is al the pres
ent time under arrest at Hoboken,
y. j., charged with the murder OF his
wife. Mrs. Mary Scott Charlton, at
Lake Como, Italy, will not be surren.
dered In response to the request made
by the Italian government for his ex-
tradition TO Italy for trial. The inten-
lions OF the officers OF the state de-
partment is TO decline to surrender
him.
The big triple decked steamboat
Grand Republic, returning from Rock.
away beach, with about thirty excur-
sionists on board. took fire in the lower
New York bay. The burning craft.
the sister ship of the Inflated General
Slocum, was headed at once 10 the
dock OF the Crescent Athletic club.
where all her panic.stricken passen-
gers were landed
Customs officers at New York have
been warned TO watch for the dia.
monds. valued at 100000. smuggled
from Luderitz Bay in the German
province OF Southwest Africa. The
first reports were that the smugglers
were aboard a German liner. but now
there are suspicious that the diamonds
viii be carried 10 New York.
The crew Of the yacht Tolna, owned
by Count Rudolph Festetics dc Tolna
OF Austria mutinied with the purpose,
II IS reported. Of looting the vessel.
The sailors bound two OF the officers.
but the count quelled the mutiny with
a revolver. The ringleaders Of the
mutiny were handed over to the au-
thorities al Madeira.
Glenn Curtlss added more laurels to
his already formidable title TO King
OF the Air, by setting a new Ameri-
can record for a fifty-mile aeroplane
flight al Atlantic City. ~ j lie
covered half-hnndred measured miles
IN fve-mile laps along the beach in
elapsed time OF ! hour IA minutes SO
seconds.
A sharp earthquake was felt at
Munich. Bavaria The walls Of several
buildings we're cracked. The wayelike
movement continued three seconds,
terrifying the people who fed from
their homes and remained In tho
streets long after the disturbance had
ceased.
Though he has just returned from
fifteen months trip abroad with his
father, the ex-president, Kermit Rooso-
welt sailed for Paris on the Hamburg.
American liner Amerika. The purpose
OF the trip, II is stated, is 10 continue
his studies interrupted by his trip TO
Africa
John d. and Mrs. Rockefeller. with
retInue or servants, arrived az Forest
Hill. their home in East Cleveland, o.,
70 pass the summer The arrival had
been delayed by the illness OF Mrs.
Rockefeller. She Ia said 70 be greatly
improved
Representative Walter Preston
Brownlow OF the First congressional
district OF Tennessee, after suffering
for several years from BrigLts disease.
died in the hospital OF the National
Soldiers home at Johnson City, Tenn.
New York Is In the throes OF the
garment workers valkout which has
called out more workers than even
the union leaders expected The num-
Der OF strikers Is estimated AZ 10000.
About 300 shops are affected.
Colonel Jorge Valera, mulatto, and
six other persons, most OF them col
ored were arrested In Cuba by tho
secret police charged with conspiracy
TO start an uprising against the gov
eminent