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Show f1 1 - Foreign News in Brief CONSTANTINOPLE. June 11. Five Moslems and six non -Moslems were, hanged at Adana. Sicily, yesterday, having hav-ing been found guilty of complicity In the recent massacres of Christians! CHRISTIANIA. Sweden. June 11 Bjorn-stjerne Bjorn-stjerne BJornson. the Norwegian novelist, novel-ist, who has been seriously ill at Laur-vik. Laur-vik. Is Improving. He had a paralytic stroke June S, but neither his mind no his speech was affected. LISBON. Juno 11 A cartridge factory fac-tory at El Grozzo was destroyed by an explosion today. Five persons were killed and seventeen dangerously wounded. wound-ed. The disaster is attributed to the carelessness of an employee. PANAMA. June 11. Wn Ting-fang. Chinese minister at Washington, has reached the isthmus from Now York. He is on his way to Peru, to which country lie also is accredited. He has been given an enthusiastic reception by his countrymen country-men in Panama. Through the courtcsv of Colonel Goclhals, ho will inspect the canal. HAVANA, June 11. President Gomez has. commuted the sentence of death pronounced pro-nounced In April by court-martial on Sergeant Francisco and Vlncenle Cortes, father and son, to penal servitude for twenty years. The men were members of the rural guards and were convicted of participation In tho uprising in March. PATHS. June ll. Extradition papers charging Marion Fortner of St. Louis, Wo., with forgery in the second degree, have arrived here and were transmitted to the foreign olTlce whence they will be sent to the examining magistrates, ir tho latter finds that the papers present a prima facie case, the extradition of Fortner will be granted. LONDON. June 11. The last court of the season was held at Buckingham palace pal-ace tonight and was largely attended by diplomats and officials. In the diplomatic circle were Mrs. Bold, wife of the American Ameri-can embassador, tho members of the em1' bassy and their wives. Mrs. Rcid presented pre-sented lo King Edward and Queen Alexandra Alex-andra a number of Americans. LONDON. June 11. A local news agency publishes a dispatch from Constantinople Con-stantinople today saying that an unsuccessful unsuc-cessful atlempt is reported to have been made by the reactionaries to kidnap Abdul Ilamld, Iho deposed sultan of Turkey, from the house whore he is residing re-siding in Saloniki. Several officers, the dispatch continues, were, killed in tht struggle. BERLIN. June 11. The ministry of marine imparted the information today that the declaration appearing In certain English newspapers that the German government supported Iho desire of the Navv league for the quicker construction construc-tion of the fleet wns wholly without foundation. The league Is an Independent Independ-ent organization, it was explained, and pursued its activities from its own initiative in-itiative for which the government was not responsible. CABACAS. Venezuela. June 11. There was an uproar In congress yesterday, arising from the recent visit of American warships lo Laguaiara. Heated speeches were made, demanding tho removal of Senor Paul, who had called for the warships, war-ships, from his post as special envoy t Europe In tin settlement of outstanding difficulties between several of the powers pow-ers and Venezuela. Consequently th government today cabled Senor Paul, re-mood re-mood him on the ground that the calling of the warships to Laijuiiiara Was an insult in-sult to the dlgnitv of the country. |