Show 1 ini I 1 OF A WEEK CON ra FORM RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT EVENTS TOLD IN BRIEFEST MANNER POSSIBLE happenings that are making history information gathered from all quarters of the globe and given in a few binem intermountain assistant city engineer henry C parker 40 years old fell into a chamber of the los angeles outfall sewer and was drowned the body was swept out into the ocean and was recovered shortly afterward by two fishermen arthur E welby formerly general superintendent of the rio grande western railroad and located at salt lake city died in denver august 7 from diabetes five persons were injured near salt lake city in a wreck caused by a broken axle none being fatally hurt the prosperity of the ille western farmer has depleted the stocks of diamonds in maiden lane and the importing houses there have hurried their buyers across the ocean to purchase new supplies the body of the young man drowned in the surf at ocean park cal august 14 has been identified by two persons as that of charles swift son of wealthy parents of dublin ire alanl who are now moto motoring ring through germany swift was to have left los angeles next beok to join his parents in germany M J ofarrell clI said to be a member of a stock brokerage firm in goldfield nov shot and seriously wound ed cd himself at los angeles in an attempt to commit suicide the bullet passed through his body just above the heart prof david starr jordan who has returned to vancouver B C from the north says that the international fishery regulations will not go into effect until 1911 DOMESTIC H miles moore one of the founders ders of leavenworth kans and widely known throughout the southwest from his connection with border troubles before and after the civil war was struck by a runaway horse and instantly lAst antly killed mr moore was 83 years old two men and a woman were drowned at toledo 0 when their launch capsized while on a sunday outing seven other passengers were rescued with difficulty charles poster foster willard a young new yorker made five successful flights in an aeroplane belonging to the new york ulc society on sunday despite the decrease from the normal traffic level suffered by both the union and southern pacifies early in the last fiscal year union pacific closed a banner year with the establishment lish ment of a new record both bothin in gross and net earnings in a quarrel over a fen fence at pasa dena cal C burris shot and killed hilled irving irvcng hobart burris says he shot in self defense following a bold holdup of the first state bank of white bear minn henry paul the robber and fred larkens one of the pur pursuing guing citizens were shot and killed and william butler of the posse mortally wounded cleveland ohio has refused to grant to herman schmidt a franchise insuring three cent fares on a part of the city street car lines mayor tom L johnson favoring the franchise during a quarrel over money matters at the iron works of john balse baise ly ay at philadelphia rudolph falsely Ba Bal isely sely aged 59 years a member of the firm shot and probably fatally injured his nephew edward D baiseley Ba Bal isely 33 years old J E alcord secretary and treasurer of the continental trust and savings bank company of toledo 0 has announced that of the banks cash is gone and also gave out the information that a trusted bookkeeper of the bank has been missing since july 28 eulalia tores tore s a comely spanish woman 30 years old is held by the police of san francisco as a witness against pedro Mend orza a countryman several years her senior who is charged with having held the woman prisoner for a period of forty days during which time according to her story miss tores was daily tortured by her captor it is announced that a plague infested L rat may conceal itself in a cargo from the orient and cause an outbreak of plague in the united states thirty five persons were injured and a motorman killed when an electric cat car was struck by a pennsylvania sub suburban urban train at a grade crossing in chicago A large touring car carrying the unlucky number 2313 illinois instantly killed a 7 year old farmer boy named brieker on the ridge road near highland ind judge watts parker in the circuit court at lexington ky declared the election for city officials held in 1907 I 1 null and void on the ground of 01 fraud araud and corruption the people of texas leave adopted a constitutional amendment validating worth of school district bonds which the courts had held to he be illegal 0 mrs clyde knight a prominent society woman of rome ga severely flogged a well mown known business man of spartansburg Spart ansburg S C using a buggy whip because he had made insulting proposals A campaign for an ail amendment to the missouri constitution to allow statewide state wide prohibition tion has been launched by prohibitionists P rancis francis J honey heney the san francisco prosecutor has arrived in seattle from his alaska trip if he Is not immediately needed in san francisco he will go to oregon and hunt in the mountains in alaska he did no hunting but caught many fish otto C heinze and his brother arthur P heinze won a legal victory in new york when judge hand directed the dismissal of an involuntary petition in bankruptcy against the brokerage firm of otto C heinze co I 1 have been smuggling arms into the philippines for use by rebellious natives washington the president has made public a tentative outline of his trip through the west and south this fall it will embrace a journey of approximately miles and will be one of the most notable ever made by a president there has been but little trouble in putting the new tariff schedule in operation this being accounted forby for by the fact that the new law was constructed ted on the general lines of the dingley act the tariff has finally been revised the new measure haying passed the senate and been signed by the president on thursday august 15 both houses of congress adjourned without date at 6 p m on thursday in the senate 47 members voted for the tariff bill and 31 against it president taft has given out a statement embodying his views on the new tariff act he supports it as a sincere effort for downward revision but declares that of course it is not a perfect measure by any means another shake up has occurred in the department of comi commerce nerce and la a bor as the result of a probing into the efficiency record of its employed emp loyes the official al ax fell heavily upon employed emp loyes in tile the immigration servine service where considerable onside rable inefficiency was shown 0 have existed I 1 secretary ballinger declares the government will not interfere with private irrigation Ur ed projects but will give all aid poz possible sible FOREIGN japan has officially noti notified fled ther powers power of lie her r anten intention to proceed immediately with tile the reconstruction and improvement of the aftung mukden railroad without the consent of china entirely ignoring the chinese govern ment it is understood that don jame the spanish pretender will issue a proclamation cla mation declaring axing that he had no intention to profit by the misfortunes of his country but if the present king is not able to control his subjects the pretender will make an effort to secure the tarone and that he has at least men at his call lord kitchener commander of the british forces in india has been appointed inspector general of the mediterranean forces having command at gibraltar and malta and all the british troops in egypt the soudan and cyprus the turkish government has communicated munica ted to greece an urgent note asking that she express her disapproval of thi the annexation agitation in crete and formally declare that greece has no ambitions regarding the island otherwise the note adds diplomatic diplomA ic representations will be severed circuit judge john T debolt of honolulu has received em an inous communication threatening that if any of the japanese implicated in the strike conspiracy are ard convicted convict edin in the trials now in progress before him he will be assassinated joseph H leute beute Amerl american can vice consul gene general ral at zurich switzerland Switzer landi died in the arms of his abrl bride de on the steamer M marquette just as the vessel was entering port at antwerp mr leute was married in philadelphia july 25 plans for the entertainment ot of president taft t and president Preside ut diaz of Al mexico exico when the two chief executives meet in el paso texas next october are being pushed to completion and will be on an elaborate scale gonzales valencia has been elected president of colombia succeeding gen rafael reyes resigned the spanish government declares the crisis in spain is now at an end and that permanent peace is in sight A man named duchemin aged 23 a butcher who in 1908 stabbed his mother and this not resulting in her death quick enough finished her by strangulation was guillotined guillo tined in paris on oil thursday every effort will he be made to secure the jeff jeffrees ries john johnann son fight for sydney N S W hugh mcintosh Is body there and says that he will wih bid more for the fight than any club in the world in the belief that the millennium may be ushered in any moment over 2000 Cooney ites are holding continuous prayer meetings at ballina mallard county Fer managh ireland the pilgrims have arrived from all parts of the country and remarkable scenes are being witnessed the first official visit of emperor nicholas to england on monday august 2 was one of the most im and spectacular events that taftt cowes accustomed to naval pageantry ever witnessed count zeppelin on saturday sailed from to frankfort germany a distance of 20 miles at an average speed of twenty one miles an hour in his dirigible balloon two men were killed three hurt several houses swept away and all the crops destroyed by the bursting off of ek dam across the san juan river near morelos Mor eloe mexico the wreck of the dam was causon by a cloudburst and the damage is estimated at |