Show if 1 NEWS serious forest alres are raging west of marquette mich william lee colored was hangai at crisfield md for assaulting tac white women the striking freight handlers ot southern pacific company at oakland have resumed work the gas workers at lublin a poland have gone out on strike anal the city streets are in darkness severe crop damage is reported from beveral points in minnesota north da kota and iowa resulting from hall rain and windstorms despondent over ill health jame major cashier of the carlton kan state bank shot and killed himself in a room of the bank H holmes a merchant while insane opened fire on policeman ros alter in cincinnati the officer re turned the fire killing holmes richard Oggen dun recently arrived from switzerland was killed at on tarlo cal by the accidental discharge of a shotgun while hunting rabbits american dairy and stock farms are needed in the panama canal zone ao cording to a report from consul J G kellog to the bureau of manuian tures T e first death from smallpox at coln was reported to the washing ton office of the isthmian canal corn mission last week by governor ma goon at kingston in county tennessee a gave birth to six children the children are well formed and all were alive at last ae counts three men were killed in the yards of the erie railroad at jersey city when a spreading rail sent a fast freight train plunging down an em ban kment in consequence of revolutionary ter the administration of the vice royalty of the caucasus has been corn plemely paralyzed and officiate are re signing in large numbers captain castelo of the artillery a son of general castelo was danger bously and probably mortally wounded in a duel with swords fought with senor arroyo at madrid the democratic executive commit tee of the eighth district of miss s sippi has formally declared john sharp williams the party candidate tor congress from that district on account of the long continued drought the water supply of the of central asia is practically exhausted the people are drinking from thick stagnant pools A baby boy was born to mrs stella brennan in the state prison at still water minn mrs brennan Is serving a life sentence tor the murder of her astep children in minneapolis about a year ago during the fiscal year ending june 30 1908 the united states sold to the people of other countries products of the value of 1 and bought from them goods in the total sum of 1220 charles F murphy leader of tarn many hall says that it is possible that tammany hall will support will lam R hearst for the democratic nomination tor governor in the next state convention the demand tor labor in california promises to exceed the supply tor many months to come altogether california offers employment to not less than 40 men at the highest wages on record A whitehead torpedo fired from the dock at the torpedo station during the practice at newport R I 1 and sank a boat in which tour sea gunners were seated A life boat rescued the seamen three of a party of six persons who were boating on lake N J were drowned when their craft capsized through the apparent inex peri ence of the man who had under taken to handle the boat the budget committee in taking up the estimates of the french goberni ment tor 1907 struck out the salary of M diebler jr the public execl aloner thus foreshadowing the digap bearance pe arance of the guillotine every dollar of russell sage s great fortune of 60 is left to mrs sage by a will made in 1901 except an insignificant bequest made to u fannie chapin of oneida N Y an only sister who died two years ago russian officers spending leave of absence at austrian watering places have been ordered by telegraph to re turn to russia the orders point out that threatening conditions make it necessary to place the army on a war footing the lower house of the georgia leg has passed what Is known as the boykin ant bucket chop bill by a vote of to 15 the bill prohibits all dealings in futures on margin and will close all bucket shops exchanges etc in the state A committee of jew representing frankfort and other german societies arrived at lemburg austria from russia last week with children who have been made orphans recently as the result of another jewish out break at various places Paper makers in the thirty three mills of the international paper corn pany in the united states and canada have given notice that they will go on strike on august 6 unless their work ing hours are reduced to eight hours a day without reduction in the scale of wages judge N smith in the criminal department of the superior court at loa angeles sentenced hilaro garcia a mexican to five years at hard la bor in folsom penitentiary for the theft of a pair of 16 cent suspenders from a room in a japanese lodgins house |