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Show NEWS SUMMAJIY Three men nro dead as a result ot freight wreck on Hie Canadian main line, caused by a washout, near Lyt ton, H. C. It Is reported that President-elect Taft will visit Havana to attend tho Inauguration of General Jose Miguel Gomez on January 28 ns president of Cuba. Two persons, a laborer nnd a boy, were killed and six others Injured as a result of an explosion of gns In tho basement of a commission limine In Kansas City. J. W. Ualzell, known ns "Private Dalrell." announces thnt "at the solic itation of Ohio comrades" ho will be willing to nccept the United States penntorshlp from Ohio. Hugh O'Neill, nn attorney, shot and seriously wounded Michael Fnchter, u retired hotel man, on Market street, In San Francisco. The two men quarreled quar-reled over a business transaction. Slobbers held several citizens at bay at Attica, 0 while they blow open nnd robbed the safe of Itcnnlngcr & Sllcox'6 office ot $0,000 in cash. Tin; lubbers were fired upon, but escaped. No trace hns been found of tho ns-rnllant ns-rnllant of Mrs. .1. D. Ford, who wn8 attacked at-tacked In her home nt Long lleacli, Cnl., by nn unknown man, bound, gagged and nearly strangled to 'dentil. M. "Mllllcls-La Croix, the minister of colonies, announced In tho French ('lumber of deputies last week that the ownership of Clipperton Island. In the Paclllc ocean, would ho submitted to arbitration. The Nntional hank or Mojitlcclo, Ky.. hna closed Its doors on account ol n shortugo of over $20,000 In tho cashier's department. The bank has n capital of $.ri0,000 and total resources of about $191,000. Uryan carried Nebraska by a pin-liillty pin-liillty of 4.102, according to an or-Hclal or-Hclal tabulation In tho office of tho secretary of state. Taft received 120,-H07. 120,-H07. Uryan 131,099. Chafln received n.170 nnd Debs H.022 votes. As a result of urgent representations representa-tions made by the powers, the Servian government has withdrawn Its special military guards on the Austro-Hungar-Inn frontier and discharged the reserves re-serves recently called to tiro colors. One man was killed and four Injured In-jured when n nock Island freight train crashed Into nn extra freight at Ilrlnk-ley. Ilrlnk-ley. Ark. The caboose caught fire and was destroyed. Charles A. Clark, aged 27, of Los Angeles, Cnl., was burned to a crisp. It Is announced thnt MrB.'IluBsell Sage of New York has given $25,000 townrd tho establishment of a college for colored youths In Kentucky, to ho n brnnch of Uerea college. Tho col-lego col-lego will be modeled nfter tho TiiBkc-r.ee TiiBkc-r.ee Institute. Tho gross earnings of nineteen rail-loads rail-loads for the first week In November, 1008, wero $13,1150,178. against $12,. 142,109, for tho first week In November, Novem-ber, 1907, an Incrcnso of $1,208,0C9. Soven roads show increases nnd twelve decreases. Tho Hnwall Shinpo publishes what purports to be tho text of a new treaty between tho United States and Jnpan, the official announcement of which, It says, will not bo made until next Feb-runry. Feb-runry. Tho treaty, ns published, guarantees guar-antees tho Integrity of China. Telegrams from Medina, Arabia, Clvo brief details of an engagement Lctwcen tho troops and a largo force ol Hedoulns. Thrco battalions occupying occupy-ing the Belt el llawl were compelled to retire in Medina ami suffered &e-vcro &e-vcro losses during tho retreat. Patrick Ford, editor of the Irish World of Now York, who was tho sub ject of an attack In tho house ot commons com-mons as his rumored approaching visit to England with O'Mengher Condon, Con-don, was discussed, announces that ho has not definitely decided on tho proposed pro-posed visit. An effort Is being mado In St. Pet-craburg Pet-craburg to sell the HuBslan rights In tho Wright aeroplane to tho Russian government for military purposes. Tho proposed contrnct with tho Russian government Is similar to that under which tho French rights wero Bold to a Paris syndicate. The committee on privileges ot tho house ot lords has declared tho right of Albert Klrby Fairfax, who Is a native na-tive of Vlrglnlu, and who has been described as tho only American bearing bear-ing nn English title, to tho rank and litlo of jaxA Fulrfax of Cameron In the Scottish peerago. Knlng Yu Wei, Die bend of the Chi-rese Chi-rese reform movement throughout tho world, Is nt present In Ponang. He has refused to seo nn Intorvlower who (.ought his opinion on tho recent situation situ-ation In China, mi tho giound thnt ho was prostrated with nrloT over tho denth of tho emporoi. Brief funeral sorvlces, according to tho rltunl of tho Improved Order of lied Men. wore hold over the romaliiH ol Morris Huns, who committed sul-c'de sul-c'de nfler Bhootlng Francis J. Honey In San Francisco. A score of friends t nd relatives woro present at the former for-mer residence of Haas. S. C. Mills, former president of tho I.emoore (Cnl.) bank, and a wealthy stockman, was found guilty by a Jury In tho federal court nt Fresno of maintaining main-taining a I'enco In which weio on-closed on-closed 112,000 acres or government land. Tho punishment Is a year In jail nnd u fine or $1,000. A involution linfi broken out In southern Hnytl. Gonornl Simon, former for-mer commander of the troops In tho fouthern department, has besieged tho city of Left Cayea and tho adjacent adjac-ent region. Tho telegraph lines hnvo been cut and the government troops ore Bin-rounded by rebels. |