St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-22
CURRENT EVENTS
OF THE WEEK
Doings Of the World at Large
Told in Brief.
General Resume Of important Events
Presented In Condensed Form
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and 25 men near ST. Alphonse, Quebec,
and nearly all were killed.
w. J. Bryan has returned TO New
York from South America, where he
has been studying sociological condi.
tions.
The condition of Samuel Clemens
MARK Twain) is slightly improved, but
still serious. Heart trouble Is the
cause.
A stenographer who wrote letters for
Roosevelt In Naples says he expects to
be the next president Of the United
States.
The books of the United States Steel
corporation were thrown open TO the
public and show that the largest stock
holders are Hollanders.
American workmen have been shut
out Of the works Of the Pressed Steel
Car company at Schoenville, Pa, and
serious trouble is imminent.
With banners aAoat, finery aHutter,
and occupying procession Of taxicabs
nearly mile long, the suffragists In
convention In Washington, d. c.,
moved on Capitol Hill and presented
70 congress 400, 900 individual demands
for votes for women.
Not dynamite cracker nor a cap
pistol nor "snake In the grass" will
be sold In Washington, ID. c., the com
ing Fourth. Instead, there will be
band concerts, athletic contests, boat
races and all kinds Of outdoor sports,
while the citizens committee sets of
the fireworks.
A workman at the new Mt. Tabor
reservoir In Portland attempted TO re-
place driving chain on concrete
mixer which had jumpcd'off the sprock-
et wheel, when his clothing caught In
the cogs and his arm was drawn In and
crushed. A fellow workman cut the
manglcd flesh loose with his jack-knife
whilo others supported the suffering
victim, who was then rushed TO hos
pitsl on the opposite side Of town,
nearly fve miles.
.Three men robbed California train
and then escaped In launch on Suisun
bay.
An Oklahoma farmer was swindled
out Of $1,000 on q fake horse race at
San Francisco.
President Taft IL confident that the
$50. 900, 900 irrigation bill will pass
both houses.
II 10 reported from many cities that
moving picture shows are seriously In
tsrfering with the saloon business.
A ferce wind storm In Southern
states cost IL lives and property dam
sgc amounting TO many hundred thou
sands.
President Taft, speaking at a ban
quet In Warrington, said one term ~
president Of the United States 10
enough.
The Supreme court Of Louisiana has
been called upon TO define "what is a
Negro" and the decision Is being wait |
cd for with great interest by many
states.
A woman In snyder, Texas, started
the fire with coal oil, and she and her
infant daughter and l4-year old sister
were burned TO death by the explosion
which followed.
Passengers and crew Of the steamer
Santa Clara, wrecked of the Califor-
MIA coast, were all saved, and the
steamer herself has been pulled of the
rocks and 10 being towed into port.
The wife Of prominent coffee mer-
chant ut Los Angeles has finally been
recognized as the "mysterious girl at
the ringside" who has attended many
prizefghts In that city. disguised In
mems clothing.
A 6S5-pound woman has been Jailed
In San Francisco for exhibiting her
self as freak.
A Kansas tornado swept creek dry
for nearly mile. tore up telephone
poles and carried COW and calf 200
yards.
A mission at Chungsha, China, was
by rioters because Chinese
officials had cornered the rice supply
for export.
A forger was arrested In San Fran
cisco for trying 10 pass a worthless
check signed with the name Of John ID.
A l3-year old girl In Pittsburg COM
mitted suicide by drinking carbolic
acid because she was not getting
along well in school.
1t Is believed that various large rail- Z
roads have been robbed by swindlers of
several million dollars. Thorough in s
is being made. I
President Taft spoke before the Ma :
tional Woman Suffrage convention in
Washington. and was hissed when he :
gave his opinion on woman suffrage. :
Lawyer Seth +. Crews, of Chicago. b
was given IS. 900 by the Circuit court
FOR advising Sarah Peterson that II
would be legal for her TO marry John
R. Smith. a wealthy mine owner. on I
,is deathbed. Miss Peterson married I
Mr.. Smith and he died almost immed- h
ately afterward. When his estate 4
was probated she fell heir TO $3.50. 200. {
A Burlington passenger train in =
collided with freight, kill y
ing one brakeman and injuring several
persons badly. The freight conductor
,ad both legs broken.
A Chicago girl Of 10 years has given
birth to fine girl baby and both are a
loing well. I
A Washington farmer was fieeced of =