The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, April 08, 1909, Image 2
T A flew Province
1 Two Thousand Years Old
J By Ellsworth Huntington
1 IMMtMM VBR two thousand years ago China, the dean ot natlo
O" ' o spread her conquests tar westward to the Sea ot Aral, t
| | so-called Lake of Cathay. Hordes qf barbarians soon drc
, t her back a thousand miles, but she was able to malnti
J | her authority to the east and South of the T1 an-Shan or <
< tlHSIH i lestlal Mountains. With them as a julwark she organli
|| the New Province?commonly known as Chinese Turkesti
< Oeeeeeeee ?which comprises the great Lob or Tarlm basin, togetl
with the more northern regions ot Vurfan, 300 feet bel<
aea-level, the fertile vale of 111, and the waste plains aid mountains of Dsi
aria.
Time and again the Chinese rule In Hsln Klang has been overthrow
sometimes for centuries and sometimes for onlv a see re of veara: and tli
and again China has re-conquered the province. With each conquest Chine
officials and merchants have poured in. They have tal>an to themselves wit
of the Aryan inhabitants, they have bulk governmeit houses, forts, a
towns?largely of mud; and they have entirely dozr nated the mild Char
natives. Then, whrn foreign invasion has driven the a out, they have disi
peered, and Hsln Ktang, lapsing into its ancient apthy, has become
though the Chinese were not, nor ever had been. Hmce, today, in spite
two thousand ycirs of intermittent Chinese rule, Turkestan is still t
"New Province." It le related to China much as UUh and Arlsona were
the rest of the United States before the days of ralroads. It resembi
those States in other ways also, especially in cllmite and topograpny,
though in every respect its extremes are far greater tian theirs.
Cut off from China by three or four hundred milra of the most rigorc
desert, and frr m the rest of mankind by the greatest of mountains, this <
New Province has pursued the tenor of its way alm?st uninfluenced by t
wrold at large. During the two millenniums since the coming of the Chine
the people ol Hsln Kiang have been converted from >aganism to Buddhls
and then to Mohammedanism; they have been conq.ered by Utghurs, T
tars, and Tibetans; a new language, Turhi, haw beei imposed upon thei
and they have Buffered from famine, war, and pestlleice and their attend!
ravages. Yet the character of the people appears to lave changed but litt
The accounts of ancient Chinese pilgrims to India, aid the evidences fou
in ruins, Indicate that the life of the past was not unlke that of today. T
original Aryan stock remains dominant, though moe or less mixed w
half a dozen other races.?Harper's Magazine.
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| California s
5 High Muck
Ey Frances Jilbert Doughy
'| 1 1 I HETHER or not there is a rainy seaso, there is always tl
W capital stock in trade?the climate, tomewhere in Calif
nia magnlflcant weather can be founc in any month of 1
year, but a person cannot sit in one sot for a twelvemoi
and have it on tap. March, April and Aay are varied by fc
on and near the coast; June, July ail August are blazi
hot in the foothills and mountain valiys.
Climate is the High Muck-a-Muc, the Grand Panj
drum, the Dalai Lama, the foremost ii thought and talk
sidewalk and portico, in parlor and bed cnamber. But he obvious fact tl
l&e idol does not smile with uniform benignity night ad day, in the hoi
and out of the house, an both sides of the street and at he corners, cause!
loud-voiced dissatisfaction. Savage worshippers berati their god when
falls to fulfill their expectations; and this species of lngatitude is very cc
mon in California, where the weather is oftener perfet than in any otl
of the United States. Visitors, after a few months of ;urprlse at me p
longed stretch of magnificent days, begin to pick flaws n these "Daughti
of Time," and end by becoming weather cranks like te rest, forgetful
what came they away from in the east.
Travelers may leave California with a feeling of (^satisfaction, diBi
pointment, for one reason or another, but its grip Is uporthepn neverthelei
some day they will return, If they can, and meanwhile hey will look ba
regretfully to features of its life and climate that c&nnc be enjoyed in t
ast. Primeval man knew nothing of houses; and his desend&nts retain si
Jectively a leaning towards an out-of-door life and a climte that permits
The artificial charms of civilization never wholly coureract this bias
Putnam's.
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| Beginners of
< - Opera =
N By Rupert Hughes (
>?<><> * T is impossible in a sketchy synopsis even to lint the graj
$ J lc portrayal of supernatural terror together with the lig
X W senthnentai graces and rollicking good huior of "D
lit Frleschutz." It sums up the inherent Germii delight in
X X fairy story. The tuues of Weber have the nusual di
Itllllllll grace of catching the ear at once and of fanning on t
i*" ^ mind and heart for good and all. The orche. ration has
illlllltlt dramatic power of characterization till then unDown. Spit
is able to say: "In using the orchestra drama:;ally, Web
surpasses any composer in the world." In his less successful lit more di
matic opera, "Euryanthe," he shows the power still more won irfully.
was this opera that Wagner called the ideal of muslco-dramat art, sin
the orchestra "interpenetrates the recitatives as the blood does be veins
the body."
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ncuci uicu ?l me age ut iu, an age ai wnicn Beethoven had ot finish
his one opera, and Wagner had not even begun his greater wors. In t
words of Henry T. Finck: "flad Weber lived longer, and had he possess
Wagner's pugnacity and iron will, he might have been the man tomnlhih
the old-fashioned opera and triumphantly establish the modern muic-dran
But surely it is glory enough to have founded the national opei. of on<
own country, to have been a hale and hearty influence in every binch
one's chosen art, and to have been the father of many children of mmon
youth.?From Smith's Magazine.
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t An Appalling Evil
II
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^ By Mrs. William H. Taft
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* >? ? ?', F it were in my power, divorce would be stopped entir
4 | J Of course, there are cases where separation might be 1c
If ly granted, but there should be no remarriage allowed. '
? laxity of our divorce law is a menace to the very moral fi
J J o? our nation. It is an appalling evil, and It seems to be
? IffM???$ the increase Instead of diminishing. I remember the t
< litfttilll when one read of persons one never knew who obtal
< divorces, but now everyone comes In contact with divoi
people?In every class of society?one's own pers<
Mends on every hand. It Is countenanced by the so-called highest
dee, and it is made light of, and a woman. In many lnstai ?i
with as much favor after she Is d'--r she was before. t!
\ mm shocking and are most demc /berever and w m
do anything to lnfluenco leglslatoi more stringent . *
would do It, and I believe that ?v?r .a America shoal i
B STOP AT GIBRALTAR
2 Mr. Roosevelt Spends Several
| Hours There
| WOULD NOT BE PHOTOGRAPHED.
The ex-Preeident Steps Off For .a
He Short Visit?Is Attendod by tho
,ve American Oonaol and Governor
lln General of Gibraltar?Steamer
Sails For Naples at 12:20 O'clock
"ed ?Tells of the Alleged Assault.
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Gibraltar, By Cable.?The steamer
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Hamburg with Theodore Rooeevelt
and the members of hia party on
rn. board, came to Gibraltar a few minuTifl
n x*_:j?
m uciviv a riiuajr morning. OUT.
Roosevelt came ashore with Richard
r?8 L. Sprague, the American consul,
nd and an aide-de-camp of General Sir
ito Frederick Foreatier-Walker, GoverlP"
nor of Gibraltar.
as Accompanied by the Governor, an
01 aide, and Mr. Sprague. Mr. Roosevelt
drove in the Governor's carriage out
to along the North front and up to the
'es limit of British territory.
With Mr. Sprague Mr. Roosevelt
then visited the Mediterranean Club,
,us where his name was entered on the
>ld visitors' book.
he Mr. Sprague and Mr. Roosevelt
? men drove back to the pier, whence
m* Mr. Roosevelt went off to the Hamar*
burg shortly nfter half-past eleven.
31 The dock was crowded with people,
int who gave Mr. Roosevelt an enthule
siastic farewell. The Hamburg sailed
nd for Naples at 12:20 o'clock.
he Mr. Roosevelt refuesd to be photographed
and declined every request
for an interview.
"Wednesday night at a dance on the
Hamburg, Mr. Roosevelt danced with
!Miss Ruth Draper. Before withdraw*
ing for the night Mr. Roosevelt appeared
in the smoking room and chatted
with the passengers for twenty
minutes.
When asked directly concerning the
rumor that an attack had been made
upon him during the voyage, Mr.
J Roosevelt said that the only basis for
it was an "idiotic, excitable Italian"
or. used angry expressions to him while
he was on the bridge of the vessel
talking to the Captain. He said this
man made no attempt upon him wlintng
ever and that he was promptly removed
and confined below the remainder
an- ?f the voyage.
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iat AS to Child Labor.
use Now Orleans, Special.?The South3
a em child labor conference at its seshe
sion here adopted resolutions ernbodyim
ing a number of important recommenler
dations for legislation on the subject
ro- of child labor in the South,
srs The following are the recommendaof
tions in substance:
The employment in factories of no
ap- child under the ape of 14 years.
?a; The employment in a mine or qnar.ck
ry of no child under the ape of 16
he years.
ib- The employment of no child under
the age of 16 years in any painful
?* occupation except agricultural and
domestic service unless such child
can read and write simple sentences
in the English language.
m That no boy under the ago of 16
nor girl under the age of 18 Jwsrs,
Et except in agricultural or .domestic
service, lie omnlnifA/l 1*^4. 11
, vu.f.ujcu ucuveen ine
J hours of 1 p. m. and 6 a. m.
1 An eight-hour day law for children
Y under 16 years of age and for all ?vo\
men.
( Employment under the certificate
s plan.
\ The employment by the State of
J proper officials for the inspection of
all mines and factories with the power
to prosecute violations.
ef Thorough sanitary and safety reguH
lations.
inl Making the conference a permaneot
organization.
In connection with the reeommenv,a
dation for employment under the cerjer
tiflcatc system, the provisions of the
ra Kentucky law are indorsed.
Xt At the morning session of the conice
ference Oliver R. Lovejoy of New
of York, general secretary of the National
Labor committee, made an ad^
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cu ucra nuuui); inai the South wants
h? capital, but that capital must conform
ed to reasonable statutes for the guardit?
ing of the welfare of children.
la.
e's Thr?? Negroes Murdered.
of Elizabeth City, Special.?Ono of
ta' the bloodiest brawls that has ever
been known in this section occurred
Thursday night at Columbia, Tyrrell
m county, in which three negroes were
Jg killed and one terribly wounded.
Nothing wns known of the trouble
t until Friday morning when a white
fr man passing heard someone say,
% ii n? u ?'
s xmih i, cui me any more." Upon
investipation dead neproes with blood
S still fiowinp, razors and pruns were
Kl found on the pround, presentinp a
ly. horrible spectacle.
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^ Adams-Butler Suit.
til Greensboro, Special.?Friday's proln>
ceedinps in the Adams-Butler libel
net suit were rather dull and listless, the
ced 8Te*ter part of the time beinp con>nal
Rnmed in readinp a number of deposed.
itions made by persons in Oklahoma
ved and Waahinpton. the object beinp to
Ions attempt to justify the publication by
auld be defendants of articles in The
rk> i taleigh Caucasian reflecting on the
nrsonal and official integrity of
Xdge Adams.
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WAR INJMRAS f|
Qmt-iifi and Eondiat Again at
tka Old Otaa of Wfci OMustlon ~
iswad With Alan In Kwdoo? w
Fraaidants of Both Republics Asking
Explanations of Bach Other.
Mexico City, Special.?Privato
telegraphic advices received here SI)
Tuesday are to the effect that Guatemala
has concentrated a large portion Fir
of her army on the Uonduran fron- d
tier. The Honduran minister to QuaI
temala demanded an explanation and t
was told that President Cabrera de- j
sired to oheck the exiled Hondnran
revolutionists from crossing the bor- ^
der and fomenting an uprising n
against General Davila, President of
Zr _ ecru
Honduras. This concentration of
troops has not been confirmed from ^
other quarters.
The situation in Central America is
regarded in Mexico City with pessim- f
ism in spite of various denials of
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hostile intention. The latest reported ^
move on the part of Cabrera is
thought to have been taken to check- ^
mate President Zelaya, of Nicaragua,
and President Davilia. who are said ^ ^
to contemplate a joint assault on
Guatemala. ' ,p
Servia Accepts Note. l 'UM
wav
Pu PsKln TUo ^rtwwinlo
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agreed upon by the powers of Europe the
and Austria-Hungaiy for the settle- ciflo
ment of the dispute between the dual ^or
monarchy and Servia, was accepted {|
by the 8ervian government Tuesday. min
The formula was presented to the A
Austrian government to the following ^eeT
effect: |*an
"First, Servia declares that her l*00.
rights have not been violated bv the lln>
i... xi -m Her
xiuvmuvu uy niisiiio-nunijliry Oi ^
Bosnia and Herzegovina, and accept* ^ ^
the powers' decision to annul paragraph
25 of the Berlin treaty; second,
Servia will not protest against the an- arp
nexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina;
third. Servia will mnintain peaceful kee?
relations with Austria-Hungary; ^
fourth, Servia will return her military |,an(
forces to normal conditions by dis- ^
charging the reservists and volunteers
and she will not permit the formation
of irregular troops or bands."
This note has been prepared at the ^0l
suggestion of the powers and will be
sent with the object of terminating
all misunderstandings between Aus- jj,
tria-Hungarv and Servia. ^
Woman Prevents Lynching.
Chillicothe, Mo., Special.?Lynch- prj^
ing of two men accused of shooting wj
and mortally wounding Marshal Cara- ^50
way at Jamesport Monday was pre- rajg(
vented by Mrs. James Wood, the wife jj
of a farmer living near Jamesport. ^
The men had been wounded by a "Pong
posse of farmers. A rope had been ?(a(
procured and the farmers were string- gnc^
ing up the prisoners in the yard of
the Wood borne when Mrs. Wood jty c
pleaded with the leader of the posse .
. men
to permit the law to take its course. |ag^
Her plea prevailed and the men were <<?
taken to the jail at Gallitin, Mo. ?jvej
Farmers have followed the third sus- |n
pec ted man to the Grand river hot- C(
toms, seven miles northwest of Chil- men|
licothe. Th
~?????? ware
M-ies Valuable Discovery. e|on(
Minneapolis, Minn., Special.?Dean PnTp
George D. Frankforter, of the College stoit
of Chemistry of the University of nmo|
Minnesota, savs he has made a dis- 84fu
covery by which he claims that the
United States will produce a hundred how<
times as much wood pulp paper as men<
was believed possible. It is causing then
interested discussion here. It is cer- js n<
tain that the discovery means thai adof:
every cord of fibre will yield $10 on mers
by-products alone, and that most of Thei
the 60 per cent of a tree now
?i De c
will be utilized.
Mexican Mine Disaster. pj
Eagle Pass, Tex., Special.?Thirty- ?rps
eight Mexican miners are entombed in mor,
the coal mine at Minor. Mnxico, of ]
operated by the Conhuila Mining Johr
Company, as the result of an explo- e(' b
sion caused frm fire damp. Up to
Tuesday none of the miners had been Qreg
rescued and it is probable all are TV0U]
dead.
Thre
Eight Killed by Explosion.
Chillicothe, O., Special.?Eight h
workmen were killed and eight other* and
were injured Tuesday by an explosior sjH)(
of several hundred pounds of dyna- by 1
mite at Indian Creek, near here; yers
where the NnrfnlL- A w?* T, ;l blv
- ? - ??/??v w n cniri (I I
road is double tracking. A crew oi I ^y-1j
men was unloading a ear of dyna- ors
mite when it exploded. The dead in haul
elude Charles Buchnnon. Columbus
conductor in charge of the worl T"'1'
train; M. Jonathan Floyd, Pride, 0. oV'1
and John Hayes, Antonio, 0.
Hounds Track Mnrderer. whe
Thomasville, Oa., Special.?After I X
week of constant tracking ^ith blood- eriir
hounds, Mink Morris, who shot Slier- ,Tnd;
iff William Langston, of Leon county enti
Florida, to death, was capture !
Coolidge, near here and is now ii
at this j>lace. Rewards aggreg
tl^OO were offered for the aire
quick trial will be given the s.
Morris shot Sheriff Langston it J
the officer was trying to arrest h I
RE AT FORT W0R1
jstroys $5,000,000 W?
of Property,
I LIVES WERE SACRIFIC
Breaks Out in Fashionable &
ence District, Gets Beyond C
rol Within Fifteen Minute
tynamite Effective ? Aasista
i Boshed From Neighbor
'owns.
\>rt Worth. Tex., Special.?F
by a stiff wind, a fire in
thern portion of this city Sat
afternoon swept over an area
blocks in length and seven
th, destroyed property roug
mated in value to be in excess
>00,000, and caused the death
persons.
he fire, which broke out in a fa
?ble resident district, was bey<
control witllin IS minnto. "O".
lUdllllCO Ull VK
ted, and was not cheeked ui
nmite was resorted to, four ho
r.
he spread of the flames was )
:ked until they had eaten th
to the Texas & Pacific Railrc
vation on the east. On the soi
fire was checked at the Texas 1
passenger station, this steel a
le structure forming a bulwt
; saved the wholesale district
city, which at one time was in i
ent danger of destruction.
patient whose identity has 1
i learned, perished in Walkc
itarium and three men were el
utcd and their bodies burned
ers in the Sawyer electric pla
bert Stncv wns fntnllv
sndcavor to save liis dwelling, a
reman fell from a house top a
lulled.
is estimated that 500 famil
homeless. Many of these h?
> to Dallas, where shelter 1:
i offered.
party of small boys careless
lling eigraettes is believed
i been the cause of the fire.
SULLY'S PLAN.
ild Save Great Sums to Cott
irmers?The Warehouse Plan
o Faith in it Say Augusta Cott
rchange Men.
tlanta, Ga.. Special.?Daniel
v, the one-time great cotton b
ipulator of New York was h<
ay and set forth a scheme
ih he claims $150,000,000
,000,000 may be saved to t
?rs of cotton in the South,
e said, "A minimum fund
?00,000, subscribed by the m<
ervative financiers of the Unit
es, is available to be invested
iron-clad securities as shall i
the ability and the responsifa
?f the plan's promoters to rede<
promises and obligations to t
detail.
The people of the South will
i the first opportunity to inv(
lis project, if. upon receiving
immenus itself to their ju?
t."
te piun contemplates a chain
(houses across the South sul
t to hold one-third of the cott
and thereby enable farmers
s their cotton and draw sm;
unts upon it to enable them
at will instead of by compulse
Savannah special of Sund
;ver, says the plan does not co<
1 itself to the cotton facteri
t. They claim that the schei
it practical or it would have be
ited already through the Fi
i' Union without the aid of Sul
f claim that no improvement m
ixpected from this source.
Sailed in Duel With Officers.
itzgerald, Oa., Special.?Rob<
ham was killed early Sund
ling in a pistol duel with Chi
Police Bmbakcr and Patrolm
ison. The man was being hui
y the officers and fired upon th(
i a hiding plnce in a dark alh
officers jointly opened fire a
ihani fell with four bnl
rids.
se-Corncred Duel in Streets
Georgia Town.
azelliurst, (?a., Special.?Euge
J. L. Williams, brothers, \v<
rrd?mVn ,?" 11 S,reet ?f this
v. T. Stowers, formerly of Cc
. (In., J. T. Will inms being prol
fatally hurt. Tlie brothers t
ibers of the 11 rm of Jarman
inms. It was stated that Sto
had given this firm a check t
c would not honor; that Euge
nnded the money and a flcht
?d. J. I, Willion... * ,
null l() 1
her's rescue, it is alleged, \vb
vers drew his pistol.
>le Jury Panel Unfit For Servi<
ew Orleans, Special.?In I
linal district court Thurad
are F. I). Chretien dismissed t
re jury panel, on mofion of E
Attorney Adams, who char?
the panel as a whole had sho
unfit for service; that althou
State presented clear ca
st a number of accused per*
is unable to secure any eom
s before the juror*.
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H IKE NEWS IN BRtET
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rth Items of Interest Gathered By
Wire and Cable
CD GLEANINGS FROM BAY TO BAT
***" Uto Items Covering Events of Mora
?n" or Leas Interest at Homo and
nee Abroad.
ing - a
The Chamber of Con. : o-ec oi^
Petersburg have secured option
on the Index-Appeal of thut m<!
an" will buy the paper in order*tj b-*mi
the the city.
ur- I The two and one-half enge-, , fcji
of I rate on all railroads in "\ uginia JStf
in ( cePt the Norfolk and W tern feotfrag
j, . 1 into effect April 1st.
o? Mrs. Mary Farmer was locuted
at Auburn, N. Y., Mo- iu\ m.t
?* ing for the most brutal r? . r
Mrs. Sarah Brannon, last \; i
sh- William Brant Eyster, of McKee
>nd Rocks, Pennsylvania, is now of the
. opinion that he is the long lost
.. Charlie Ross. He discovered that his
1 1 foster parents, who are now dead,
urs were not his real parents. Charlie
Ross was kidnapped 35 years ago.
not Four persons were killed and five
eir fatally wounded near Pittsburg, Pa.,
tad last Saturday by a head-on collision. '
'tk Gunjiro Aoki, a Japanese, and Miss
:^a~ Helen Gladys Emery, the daughter
ind 0f Archdeacon Emery, of the EpislI"k
copal Diocese of California, were
married at the Trinity Church,
ra_ Seattle, last Saturday. They came
from California, where they could
iot not be legally married.
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' w Three dry kilns just outside o?
ec~ Norfolk burned Wednesday, consum?
inp a fine lot of timber. The loss
n. * is estimated at $20,000.
>n
n(j An offer for Willie Whitla to pro on
n(| the vaudeville stape at $1,000 a week
has been received by his father, who
ies merely remarked: "They will have to
ive po hiprher than that."
,as Lawrence R. Boyle, who had been
for 20 years the staff of the Boston
sly Gllobe, in a fit of despondency last
to Saturday nipht. shot and killed his
wife and himself.
The State of Georpia has abandoned
the former method of leasinp
convicts from the penitentiary and
on an order has been issued apainst
i? puttinp chains on women convicted
on of tfiisdemeanors.
Dr. W. M. Ader, a North CaroJ.
linian was shot and mortally wound- ^
ull ed in the late Indian uprisinp in
?re Oklahoma.
by The Southern Life Insurance Comto
pany of Fayetteville, N. C., which
lie came so near beinp wrecked by the
Seminole disaster, has been absorbed
of by the Jefferson Life Tnsnmnee Pom
)st pany of Raleigh, and policyholders
ed are thereby secured and the stockin
holders pet about 90 per cent of orig- '
in- inal investments.
iil- In Raleiph, N. C.. the citizens Dem?m
ocratic ticket won Tuesday in a very
he exciting municipal primary, carrying
all before it but one alderman,
be At Cumberland. Maryland, last
>st week, a woman dying of blood poison,
it, in token of the intense love she bore
!g_ for her nurse, requested a kiss. The
nurse complied, but caught the disof
ease and died a few days later.
(Yi- The Confederate Veterans' Reon
union will be held this year at Memto
phis from June 8th to 10th.
nil San Francisco is said to be putto
ting $12,000,000 annually into slot
)n- machines.
ay The United States Commissioner at
New York has decided that Jan Janies
off Pouren was a revolutionist and is
ne irot to be extradited to Russia for
en crimes committed.
ir_ A man said to have murdered
ly# girl in Indiana 32 years ago, was
ny recently found living in Texas, married
and wealthy.
Foreign Affairs.
?rt Six thousand persons were rendered
homeless, and 30,000 domestic
ie? animals were drowned by late heavy
an floods in Southern Russia.
it- The French bark, Jules Henry blew
?m UP at Marseilles Thursday and 12
ty men were killed. It was a petroleum
nd carrier and being inspected when it
jet is believed the fumes of empty tanks
caught from the inspectors light.
- The last batch of U. S. troops left
Cuba Wednesday noon to return to
America, leaving the islanders again
ne to govern themselves.
?re Accused of embezzling upwards of
ice $51,000 from the Russia tM
>n- ment. a man believed to ja
>n- Yakovlev Matsaenko was ; l in ^
tre Philadelphia Tuesday nigh
? Count Zeppelin nnd a si
w_ ascended in liis airship a de- 1
h? ickslinpen. Germany, last wee V
?e were caught in a hurrica J
|-e- motor refused to work and *
hi* not safely land until lie
en hours in the air. He then in
a 35 mile gale. 1
3 Washington News Notes. V
die April 1st was the first cheek is- J
lay suing day for President Tsft and $5,- M
he 625.01 is the snm M
is- President Taft has approved The fl
red Baltimore Sun's suggestion of a new
wn system of accounting for the Governigh
ment departments.
8*8 Aftor April 1st no opinm in any
\na form whatever can be legally shipped
rie~ into the United States except it be
strictly for medical purposes.
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