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Creek, Colo, mining district for April
amounts to S0,s52 tons, carrying
gross bullion value of S1,194,232. This
production is $4,000 tons in excess Of
the previous month.
When jury acquitted Benjamin
Rake. 16 years old, en- the charge OF
having murdered Marvey Marshall,
spectators in the courtroom cheered
the verdict.
The plan advocated by Senator
Works of California to prevent the
publication of all newspaper matter
relating to crimes, tragedies and acct
dents in the national capital does not
meet with approval Of the District
of Columbia authorities.
That the Illinois senate vice COM
mission would have more opposition
in Springfield than in any other city
thus far visited was evidenced when
three of the four local papers came
out in direct opposition to the vice
probe,
President Wilson withdrew his
nomination of Norman H. Martin to
be postmaster at Weatherford, Tex,
and sent in the nomination of ]. H.
Richards.
The Russian minister to Montene-
gro presented a curt note to the gov
eminent, urging immediate compli-
ance by Montenegro with the de-
mands of the European powers for
the evacuation of Scutari and estimat-
ing that a policy of defiance was
likely to lead to the ruin of Monte
negro
Denying reports that he was plan
ming an uprising against the Huerta
provisional government, Gen. Felix
Diaz declared he would never take
arms against the present government
or violate any of the conditions of the
7 pact made with President Huerta.
Forty-nine employees at the Colo
RADIO Fuel and Iron company's mine
at Rouse, Colo. were buried alive
when a cavern Of thousands of tons
of coal filed the mine entries for 400
feet. None of them was killed and
all were recovered
Gov. Tenes signed the Sheath bill,
establishing system of mothers pen
sions In Pennsylvania. The bill ap-
propriates 100000 from the state
treasury, to be apportioned among
counties accordNg to population.
A penny, or Q cents in United
States money, will bring letter from
the south pole to London. Two let
ters with only one-penny stamps on
each have just been received In Lon
don. They were mailed by the late
Capt. Scott of the British Antarctic
expedition.
The New York Chamber of Com
merce adopted resolution protesting
against action by any state In the
union tending to dishonor the United
States by impairing treaty obligations
with foreign state to which we are
bound in terms Of amity."
The British government, according
to announcement made by Premier
Asquith, will provide an annuity Of
$500 for the widow OF Capt. Robert
r. Scott, head Of the British Antarctic
expedition, who persisted while re-
turning from the south pole. in addi-
ton to her admiralty pension Of
$1,000.
Robert Worden. a reporter, dead
locked coroIer's jury is days and
forced disagreement. Worden would
not excnerate physician whose auto
mobile ran down. a child.
Two men were found alive In the
Cincinnati mine at Finleyville three
days after the explosion In which
from 80 to 115 men lost their lives.
A Pennsylvania law providing that
parents Of truant school children may
be fined So a day for absence of their
children without cause may end the
school strike.
The United States Steel corpora
tion in Its report for the quarter end
ing March 81, announced, showed net
earnings of $34,436.S01, against $685.
1S6.Ss7 for the quarter ending Dec. 81,
and s17.S26,97S for the quarter ending
March 81, 1912
An amendment to the constitution
which, when ratified by two-thirds of
the states, would give congress the
power to make uniform the hours Of
labor throughout the United States, Is
proposed in a resolution introduced in
the house by Representative Curley
OF Massachusetts,.
Utah members of the w. C. T. U.
informed Secretary Bryan that his
diplomatic dinner" was to their lik.
ing. Mrs. E. E, Shepherd, state presi-
dent and delegation met the secre-
tary at the station in Ogden.
Three thousand Boy Scouts in Chi.
cago were enlisted in the search for
katherine Winters, 8 years cid, who
disappeared from her home in New
castle, Ind, March 20, while selling
tickets for church benefit.
4 charge of nitroglycerin wrecked
the home of James T. Bacon at Grip
pie Creek, Colo, former member