The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-04-27
GENERAL NEWS.
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conditions In the flooded sections
along the Mississippi river. which
have given the authorities great con.
Germ, were found TO be surprisingly
good in the Hickman district by DR..
]. n. Mccormick, state health officer.
DIR. Mccormick reports that the mum.
Der of refugees being fed in the Hlck.
man district. which was 1000 April 10,
is rapidly diminishing and that the
concentration camp will be broken up
by Saturday. when the refugees will
by the government. Stagnant waters
all over the district has been oiledN.
barrels OF dlsinfectant have been used.
and as fast as the water Eecedes car.
cases OF dead animals are Ding buried
TANGfER, MoROCcO-The latest
details OF the mutiny OF native troops
at Fee, received here. show the out.
break developed into n massacre OF
Jews Hundreds OF men, women and
children were tortured and many burn.
cd to death At least 100 We're be-
headed and the heads carried on poles.
The total French loss was sixty.
eight, including officers and men Kill.
ed in suspressing the uprising Nine
were massacrcd in cold blood -Four
OF the wireless operators maintainet
a four houis' fgnt against overwhem.
ing numbers until they were oyerpow-
cred and killed. Their bodies wers
mutilated and burned
KANSAS CITY, kAN.-Theodore
Roosevelt made clean sweep OF the
Kansas primaries, swinging into con.
troll OF three districts. In the Fourth
district convention he will have
eighty ont OF ninety-fiye delegates, in
the Fifth. sixty out OF 100 and In tho
Eighth, sixty-seyen out OF seventy.
seven Both the Fourth and Fifth
will have an additional county pri.
mary. but the result will not be-
changed. Returns from Sumner and
Harvey counties indicate that Roose-
welt is leading Taft in the preferential
presidential primaries In the Eighth
district by almost eight 10 one.
NEW YORK - The managers or
all the big transatlantic lines made
the cables sizzle in a swift interchange
OF sentiment on the safest courses 20
pursue crossing the ocean ferry
Some Of the big companies had al
ready decided TO instruct their cap.
tains TO steam below even the lanes
recently shifted south. supposedly be-
yond the probability of collision with
bergs, and few OF the captains, with
the fate OF the Titanic before their
mental vision. declared that they
would go even below latitude 80 in
crossing the fftieth meridian, east
bound.
WASHINGTON-Se 4. h. Cum.
Minis OF Iowa, progressive Republican,
at conference with Democratic mem
bers of the finance committee, submit 4
ted his bill for the revision of the'-
metal schedule OF the tariff law
II provides for considerable reduc.
ton on iron and steel rates-about
midway between IA present tarif and
the house Democratic bill, and the
Democratic members said they felt that,
an agreement with Senator Cummins
could be reached.
WASHlNGTc N--Serious allegations
that Judge Robert w. Archibald OF
the United States commerce court in.
directly entered into negotiations for
the purchase OF culm banks from a
subsidiary company OF the Erie rail.
a ~, Ia
ter arranged TO sell the banks for $780,
900 to an electric railroad in Pennsyl.
vania have been filed with the presi,
dent and department OF justice and
the judges impeachment asked.
TERRE HAuTE, IND.-The sec.
ond annual convention OF the state
Building Trades Council opened with
t'xty-four delerates present, repro
senting councils throughout the state.
Edgar A. Perkins. president Of the
State Federation Of Labor. pointed out
way 10 get state charter for the
council. praised the work OF the Build.
ing Trades Council OF Indiana for the
rapid strides II has made since its or.
ganlzation In December. 1910.
WASHlNGTON--A Joint conference
report was made TO the senate an
nouncing the failure of agreement on \
the resolution looking TO constilu-
tional amendment TO provide for pop
ular election OF senators. II declared
that the house proposed 10 take away
from congress all supervisory power
over senatorial elections.
WAsHiNGToN--A Joint resolution
authorizing the president TO issue
medals OF honor TO the captain, officers
and crew OF the steamer Carpathia,
"for their gallant service in the res
cuing OF the survivors OF the steamer
Titanic" was introduced by Repre-.
gentrtiye Francis NJ Ohio