Show I 1 I 1 E W 5 U F A LEEK OF THE IMPORTANT EVENTS TOLD IN BRIEFEST MANNER POSSIBLE happenings that aro are making history alstat information gathered frown from all quarters Qu arteris of the globe and given in a few linea linca intermountain lucian E driskell convicted convict eA of killing policeman riley at salt lake city while resisting arrest has been sentenced to life imprisonment the most important subject considered at the meeting of national forest sors in missoula mont was that jf if opening agricultural lands within the national forests for settlement under the homestead law forty three five inch siege guns and forty three inch field pieces have ar rived at fort warden wash andl and will be installed 14 is subsidiary fortifications and entrenchments ments along the streets of juan de fuca the now new plan of coast defense comprises what Is known as mobile fortifications characterizing the system amp employed loyed by the colorado fuel and iron company in the operation of its mines in southern colorado as open defiance of the law state labor commissioner E V brake in his report on the primero coal mine disaster in which seventy six miners lost their lives january 31 calls upon governor to appoint a commission to make a rigid investigation of conditions in the wellington avalanche inquest at seattle letters and a diary written by mrs AT A covington of olympia wash who was killed were introduced to show that the passengers pasa engers had been in great fear of a slide foy for days before it came DOMESTIC william westover the elgh eighteen year old sofi son of district judge W II I 11 I westover of rushville neb was shot through the hand and breast by one of a party of boys of his own age bent on hazing him farmers will lose millions of bushels of potatoes this season because chicago retailers insist on making a profit of to per cent on the money they invest in this commodity according to a statement made by chicago r potato brokers the fund which the american bible society has for more than a year been seeking to raise in order to secure an equal amount the gift of mrs russell sage has been completed year old mary mustio of washington pa after escaping from the burning home of her parents returned to the flame filled structure and rescued a six months old sister sustaining serious burns about the head bead and face entangled in the cord of a monster kite which he was flying william pletcher fletcher 17 years old was dragged over a steep declivity on telegraph hill san francisco and fell feet to ills his death the death list resulting from the wreck of the rock island twin city express neur near green mountain ills was increased to fifty when L M wallin of washburn N D died in a hospital at marshalltown Marshall town iowa the jury in the sophie kritchman joseph Al mitchell itchell murder trial at new haven conn returned a verdict against the kritchman girl of afian manslaughter and second degree murder against mitchell they were charged with the murder of bronislow kulvin akas the girls eirls lover bomb throwers th rowers throw threw a shell loaded with dynamite into a gymnasium in the rear of a saloon in ill chicago the building being partially wrecked and scores 0 of families frightened from their homes albert volo who is believed to be mentally unbalanced anba alced an ced attempted to murder mayor airich at haladin Ha ledin N J but was overpowered by the mayor and is now in jail two people are known to have been burned to death and several others are believed to have perished in a fire that destroyed a dwelling in chicago those known to be dead a are re a woman and a child H D mcdonald of chicago shot and wiled killed ills his bride of six weeks and then committed suicide he is believed to have been insane prairie fires in county south dakota swept over a strip of country two miles wide and ten miles long destroying barns sheds and out buildings and farm machinery A committee of eleven labor leaders has been selected 11 in philadelphia for the purpose of forming a new political party 4 A contribution of one days pay to finance the new organization will be asked from every member washington tile the new house committee on rules is composed of dalzell pennsylvania walter I 1 smith iowa boutell illinois lawrence massachusetts fossett fassett new york smith republicans and dark clark missouri underwood alabama dixon indiana fitzgerald new york democrats th e bill terminating the present lease of the fur seal killing on the islands of the pacific and authorizing aig the secretary of coni commerce merce and labor to declare I 1 closed season on the islands was was p passed assed by the senate on wednesday the hulk of the ill fated battleship AT maine aine sunk in the harbor of havana will be raised so that the remains of the sailor dead within the wreck may be recovered and so an examination may be made to determine the manner in which the vessel was destroyed if the senate approves the bill passed by the house the weeks bill for conserving the headwaters of navigable streams cind and carrying an appi appropriation op riat 10 n not to exi ex i aeed during the next five years for 1 or the acquisition of lands in any of the states for that purpose has been favorably acted upon in discussing with senator owen of oklahoma the question of creating the new department or bureau of health president taft said he favored the general plan but was not ready to press it until important administration measures were out of the way FOREIGN reports aroni rom Ca castania castanda stanla sicily state that mount aetna is again in i a state of activity streams of molten lava pouring down upon the vineyards on the mountainside the people are fleeing from their homes in terror the record for longevity is claimed lor for an old couple named bayst alvi living ng I 1 in france the husband being and the wife both are still active and in excellent health and work unaided a small holding which they occupy signor signer Allar marcora cora president of the italian chamber of deputies has declined the task of forming a new cabinet and prof luigi Luz luzzato former minister of the treasury has been entrusted with the task by king victor el emanuel ill johanneson a member of tho district council is about to bring suit against the members of the royal family of sweden to establish the existence of an inheritance amounting to crowns the last batch of chinese laborers lias has left johannesburg for their native land the repatriation having tak en four years to coLi complete in order that the gold industry should not be dislocated by any sudden removal of labor |