Fair play., 1910-12-31
The nollce are mystified oser the

CoId storage warehouse In Montreal,
Quebec. There We're no papers to
furnish any clew
Capt Bernard Trench and Lieut..
Vivian Brandon English army Off
GERS, were found guilty of spying on
the forti6catious at Borkum and sen.
fenced to four years fortress impris.
onmcnt
When within so yards Of the center
Of the Pretoria mine of the Hutton
company at Leigh, England. where
the recent disastrous fire and explo-
sion occurred, rosCrers were forced
temporarily to abandon their laburs,
owing tC gas fumes. It is believed
that there are at least 200 bodies
piled in ,he center of the mine 1t
Is now estimated the dead will reach
800.
In Los Angeles, Cal, offices of the
Cleveland Oil company, operating in
the Kern county oil fields, were raid
ed by federal officers w. J, Bach.
elder secretary, and G. c. Gillette
said to be interested in the sale OF
stock, were arrested, charged with
using the mails to defraud. Both
were released on bonds of $4,000
After giving himself up to the mar
shal of the Missouri supreme court to
begin an 1Syear sentence for the
murder OF Clarence n Jones, once his
business partner, Herman A, Kretch.
nf nniu pd c,tipi1n
in a room of the Madison hotel at
Jefferson City by cutting his throat
with a pocket knife. He is expected
to recover.
Twenty-three brave firemen are he.
lieyed to be dead, and at least score
are seriously, and several fatally, in
jured through a fire which destroyed
the big beef storage house of Nelson
Morris & Co. and for a time threat
ened 20 wipe out the whole Chicago
stock yards
The senate committee on privileges
and elections has found that "the
title of Senator Lorilner of illinois to
his seat has not been shown to be
invalid by the use of corrupt meth
DDS or practices" The report is
signed by all the members Of the full
committee except Senators Beverdge,
Republican, and Frazier, Democrat.
John d. Rockefeller gave the Uni.
versity of Chicago Sl0,000,000, and
severed his official relations with the
institution. The benefaction completes
an amount of $35,O0O,Q0 which he has
given te the university since ne found
ed it in 1880 The school is to receive
no further support from the oil king.
Following a trivial quarrel in Dim
mitt, Tex, J. A. Brashears shot and
killed his mother-in-law, Mrs. +. Il.
Ramey, and then fired bullet into
his own head, dying instantly.
Three charred bodies were found
In the ruins of the burned home on
Dr. j. l.. Sanders, near Hester. n. c.,
and strands of girls hair discovered
In the yard led to the arrest an hour
later Of Nathan Montague, a young
negro, on charges of attacking the
girl, murder and arson. The negro
was rushed TO Durham for safe keep
ing and will be transferred to the
state penitentiary following an in
quest, which is to be held later
Bruce Bond and David Jameson
each 30 years old, were drowned in
Jamaica bay. Both were sons of
prominent Rockaway Beach families
OF Ave boys in a rowboat, three were
saved.
In announcing in the senate that
Senator Elkins was detained at home
by serious illness, Senator Scott of
West Virginia added: Il am glad to
say he is much better"
The hearing before Justice Rellstab
In the United States circuit court in
Trenton N. j., in the habeas corpus
proceedings instituted with a view to
preventing the extradition to Italy of
Porter Charlton, who confessed hav-
ing murdered his American wife in
that country some months ago, was
postponed by mutual consent until
January g.
There promises TO be more or less
trouble in the house when congress
resumes business after the holidays
over the ruling made by Speaker Can
non in connection with the motion to
discharge committees from the fur
ther confederation of certain specified
bills, The "motion-to-dischar pro-
posal was one of the reform meas
ures adopted incidental to the fight
over the rules at tie last session.
Unitcs States Senator John b. Fa-
zier denied he signed the report OF
the subcommittee OF the committee
on privileges and elections of the SEN
ate which found the election of Sena-
tor Lorimer of Illinois free from scan
dal Instead, he says, he filed = state
ment IN which he said he believed
seven of the votes cast for Lorimer
IN the legislature We're tainted
The southern part of the Chinese
province ~ Kavangsi and the south
western part of KavaAgtuag are in a
4iase of Sevolt against the authority
OF the empire, American schools,
missions and hospitals have been de-
stroyed, foreigners driven out and
hundreds of peaceful Chinese soldiers
slain.
At least seventy families, variously
estimated at from 150 to 1i0 men,
women and children, were drowned
following the sinking of their island
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