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Show NEWS SUMMARY One hundred and thirty-one deaths from bubonic plague occurred in Amoy during the fortnight ending June 14. The United States Norwegian Lutheran Luth-eran church has decided to establish a pension fund of at least $100,000 for Its pastors and professors. Mrs. W. H. Butterbaugh of El Paso, Texas, who, on January 1, 190S, gave birth to triplets, on June 18 became the mother of twins, a boy and a girl. A tornado west of Monette, Mo., killed Andrew A. McCormlck, a farmer, far-mer, and injured seven children. The MeCormick farm house was demolished. demol-ished. Specifications were issued last week to prospective bidders for the two 36.000-ton battleships Arkansas and Wyoming, authorized by the last congress. What is said to be the largest consignment con-signment of alligators ever shipped over a railroad, left New Orleans June 15 for Los Angeles. There was a full carload of the reptiles. A committee has been formed to collect funds for raising the submarine boat Kambala, which was sunk In collision col-lision with the battleship Rostislav, and in which the bodies of the crew are still Imprisoned. Joseph B. Rameria, formerly of Chicago, Chi-cago, and a leader of the Black Hand in western Canada, who was found guilty recently of Black Hand practices, prac-tices, was sentenced at Fernie, B. d, last week, to fourteen years in prlison. Harper E. Bennett, a Los Angeles real estate man, charged with poisoning pois-oning his wife, Eugenia T. Bnnett, administering stryohnlne in order that he might marry an alleged "affinity," 'has been held for trial after preliminary prelimi-nary examination. Mrs. Joseph Davis was instantly killed at Santa Ana, Cal., by an angry cow. The animal had a young calf, and when Mrs. Davis attempted to feed the calf the cow rushed at her and thrust both horns Into her body above the heart. Governor Hadley of Missouri has vetoed the bill providing for an expenditure ex-penditure of $20,000 for a Missouri exhibit at the Seattle fair. The governor gov-ernor said the state needed this money worse for educating its children chil-dren and for the poor. Later reports on the mutiny of the Philippine constabulary at the post of Davao, Philippine islands, which occurred oc-curred June 6, Bhow that one sergeant ser-geant and twenty-two privates of the constabulary mutinied, but sixteen of the privates remaining loyaL Sovereign camp, Woodmen of the World, has appropriated $30,000 for the extension of the uniformed rank of the order. The country was divided di-vided into ten districts, the uniformed rank of which shall hold either annual or biennial district encampments. The side of the Holland American line steamer Noordam, with 550' passengers on board, was raked by the bowsprit of a schooner believed to be the William J. Bryan, in a Tog off Nantucket, June 15. The Noordam escaped with the loss of a life boat. What is believed to have been an attempt to assassinate Mayor William R. Niven and burn his residence in Bellefontain, O., was made early June lo, when a. bottle filled with kerosene, kero-sene, which had been set aflaane, was j thrown through a window of his house. William Lorimer of Illinois took the oath of office and became a United Unit-ed States senator on June 18. Although Al-though elected several weeks ago, he retained his seat in the house of representatives rep-resentatives until satisfied that he could render better service in the senate. The United States gunboat Vlcks-burg, Vlcks-burg, which has been out of commission commis-sion for about two years, has left San Francisco on a voyage around the Horn. having been ordered to service on Mhe Atlantic. She will make fifteen fif-teen stops before reaching her destination. desti-nation. More than 10,000 skilled workmen, members of the Amalgamated Association Asso-ciation of Iron, Steel & Tin Workers, employed by the American Steel and Tin Plate company, will quit work I June 30, at which time the "open shop" order of the company becomes ! effective. The clan fights In the Heuwp.h district, dis-trict, north of Amoy, continue. A number of Moellm villagers recently captured a junk with a crew of CMm-boh CMm-boh villagers on board and killed nine of t'hem. The remainder escaped overboard. Two of the Moellm men were killed. The government Is elaborating a plan for rebuilding the villages In the south ot France destroyed by the earthquake of last week. It will contribute con-tribute part of the expense outright and arrange loans on easy terms for the balance. President Fallleres ha; contributed $4,000. The historic sloop Gjoa. in which Captain Raold Amundsen succe6fully navigated the northwest lmasaga for the first time. and. as yet, the only time in maritime annals, has been presented to the c'ty of San Fran Cisco and was formally turned over to the city last week. D. W. Woods, Fred Torgansen, James Gordon and Jack Shelton were arraigned at Omaha June 17, for ths Union Pacific train robbery at Lens Cut-off. May 22 All pleaded not guilty and asked for separate trials. In de fault of $25,000 bail each the prisoners were returned to Jail. Black Hand outrages and theii elimination by means of more rigid mmigralion laws, which will bar out aienibers of the soe'ety. Is one ot '.be matters before the thirtieth blen-Olai blen-Olai convention of the national council coun-cil Junior Order of American Me-, Me-, cnanlcs. In session ai Detroit. |