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Show CREAM Of THE NEWS j FROM EVERYWHERE j The Appellate court at San Francisco has affirmed the judgment agalnct the American Lead Pencil company In favor of Alec Fries, a boy who had two nngera cut off in the company's factory. The lad was awarded damages of $1999.95. . . The mutniny In the Snta Crus fortress at Rio 1e Janeiro has been quelled. Maj. Dlgno Frlere was killed and a Lieutenant Injured. Maj. Moodle,. Governor of Hudson Bay, has arrived at 'St. John's. X. F.. and says that at last reports Capt. Ronal Amundsen, Amund-sen, the Arctic explorer, and hla party, mere safe. j The general miaxionary committee of i the Methodist Episcopal church, in session ses-sion at Brooklyn, speut yesterday in the consideration of domestic miFaluns. Addresses Ad-dresses were made by Bishop Hamilton of San Francisco. Bishop Moore of Portland Port-land and Bishop Warren of Denver. Superintendent of Insurance Van Diver of Missouri, who revoked the New York Life company's charter, says he Is willing to let the courts decide the case. . Gov. A. B. Cummins of Iowa and Henry Hen-ry M. Whatney, Democratic candidate for Lieutenant-Governor of Massachusetts, made addresses in favor of tariff revision at the dinner of the Economic club at Boston last night. Congressman McCleary of Minnesota upheld the present laws. In order to secure lower rates, merchants mer-chants of Honolulu have united to build a steamer to ply between Honolulu and San Francisco. The British Columbia and Washington flsh commissions met at Seattle yesterday yester-day to discuss plans for saving the salmon sal-mon run on Puget sound and the Fraser river. At a joint meeting of the American Hardware Manufacturers' association and the National Hardware association at the ,Nw Wlilard hotel In Washington last night. Chairman Shontx of the- Panama canal commission made an address In which he criticised those who are circulating circu-lating false reports regarding the project. The Isthmian canal commission has chartered the two steamers recently purchased pur-chased by It to the Panama Railroad company. The grand Jury at Denver has Indicted Charles B. Wtlfley. Leonard Imboden, Carlos Wood. J. H. Edniondson. James A. Hill. E. E. Hull. M. L. Hull. C. C. Roberts. Rob-erts. W. T. Camp, D. M. Carry and A. B. Davis on charges of wrecking the Denver Savings bank. The Supreme court at San Francisco has dei-lded adversely to Edna Wallace Hopper's claim against Alexander Duns-niitir. Duns-niitir. the rich Englishman who died at Victor! i The case has been pending for more than a year. President Roosevelt is anxious that the Japanese Mission at Washington be raised to an Embassy, and told Minister Taka-hlra Taka-hlra yesterday that he wanted Takahira to be the first Embassador to the Cnited States. Five hundred men engaged by the Canadian Ca-nadian Pacific railroad and the Vancouver. Vancou-ver. Victoria & Eastern railroad engaged In a pitched battle yesterday over a disputed dis-puted section of land near Midway, ii. C. Portugal and Great Britain have seriously seri-ously opposed the Gorman acquisition of the island of Madecra. on which Prince Von llolienlohe is making extensive improvements. im-provements. Partisans of Abraham Ruef at Sii; Francisco declare that Attorney Francis J. Heney. wh owas before the grand Jury yesterday, failed to make good his promise prom-ise to prove, Ruef corrupt. The Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity at New York yesterday denounced as false the reports that Stuart 8. Pierson, a young Kenyon college student, who was run over by a train and killed at Mount Vernou O.. had been tied to the rails by studehM as part of the initiation ceremony cere-mony of the fraternity. ' |