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Show URtSM.ssU KERSIAM. The Fnlherlnnil tin rnken l-ossr. slnnoMlio Stnrslinl l-liin.l. SAS Fit.CIsCo, Jan. 3. The s-hoitier '. II'. l'ttibc, arrived from .Marshal Island, brings liitt-Iligi-iK-e to confirm the rumor that the Jer-in.au Jer-in.au goveriinirnt has taken sises-sion sises-sion of the i-lands. n is rejiorteil that the chitfs h ive len conis-Heil tosign a ietilIoti, nquesllng Germany Ger-many to establish a protectorate over the group. Onu elder, however, how-ever, declared himseir lu favor of alk-gianceonly to the United Statis nnd refused to sign the jietitlou w hlch w as forwarded to Ik-rllu. A German cruiser Is stationed at Jo-luit.aHd Jo-luit.aHd a German agent has announced an-nounced tliat the Islanders will be required to pay a yearly tax iu copra. Disaster nt Men. LoNliuX, Jan. 3. During a dense fog lu D iiigness.a collision occurred letwcen two steami-rs, iu whit h the oil-Laden Caroline Robert De Massy sunk. The crew escaped in boats. Evidence of another serious disaster is round on the coast of Deal, not far from Dover, where thu carcasses of a number or bullocks have been washed up. lira's plates upon the horns or two or tbrsu animals are marked 3415 U. S. A., aud 3S71 U. S. A. Tierces bctf has also been found floating about tho Goodwin gauds. It Is supposed that the untU;. UlhcTr-wt rrthesinVlr.-or rrthesinVlr.-or a i-uttl.. ship rrom the L'nlUsi .Statts. Conrlliis llir Nitim lilrl. Nkwisjkt, Ark.. Jan. .1. Louts Sherry and l.em rfmitli. both colored, col-ored, were vulirtilig the same girl. Sherry called at tlio hou- or Ihe young woman last night ami, finding find-ing Smith there, called hhu out an I shot him dead. Sherry lied with the mob ill jsirsuit If caught he will Is: lyiiclietk aaiilsUy nml HintaIii I 1 'iiintJInd he third taUily Lily is daugerousla hurt. |
