Show GENERAL NEWS there are now seven american warships in cuban waters it I 1 la estimated that over chinese lost their lives in the recent typhoon at hong kong lieutenant general henry C corbin the ranking officer of the united states army retired because of having reached the age limit on september 20 tho eight hour law has bern been extend ed by president roosevelt to apply to all public work under the supervision of any de rement of the government on september a rock island tram broke through a bridge over the cimarron Clr narron river in oklahoma and resulted in the drowning of people chief forester pinchot and r F A newell chlof of the reclamation ser vice are on their way to the yellow stone atone park they are visiting forest reserves reser vea and reclamation projects en route on september 19 the directors of the united states mint purchased ounces of silver at 8 cents an ounce half of this silver is for the mint in denver the remainder for the abe one located at now new orleans wilber glenn voliva dowles dowies rival in the contest for the leadership of zion city won the position in the election ordered by judge landis landia of the tha united states district court by a vote in his favor of 1911 1911 to 6 dowie thus thua becomes an outcast from the church he organized the mission of secretary of war tatt taft and assistant secretary of state bacon to cuba for the purpose of settling the family troubles of the cuban government is apparently doomed to result in failure in high official circles of the united states armed intervention is looked for and the inevitable result will be that cuba will be annexed to the united states only four bids for furnishing chinese labor were received by the isthmian canal commission tho the bids were opened september 20 the bidders proposed to furnishing common labor at the following prices 10 11 12 12 1 2 and 13 cents per hour the number of chinese wanted is 2 2600 this numb number cr i nay may be materially increased by the canal commission at any time A special report of the inspectors of lunacy in iceland bieland it shows that the proportion of insane to the total population in 1931 1901 was 66 2 per 1000 compared with 15 2 in 1851 the number jf af patients in public asylums rose fram in 1880 to in 1893 1895 and in 1903 |