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Charleston, S. C„ Oct. 30.—Joseph
Pulitzer proprietor of the New York
World, died this morning aboard the
yacht Liberty in the harbor here, of
ter an illness of two days. In 1SS7
he broke down from overwork and
has since been an invalid totally
blind.
■ Besides owning the New York
World, which he purchased in 1883,
Mr. Pulitzer was also the proprietor
of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He
was a prominent Democrat and one
of the most successful newspaper
men in the United States.
Deceased was 64 years of age.
Seattle, Oct. 30.—An attempt was
made today to dynamite a Seattle
Renton and Southern passenger car,
but the blast failed to go off.
St. retersburg, Oct. 30.—Three
hundred thousand are suffering from
starvation in Siberia and many re
lief trains are being dispatched there.
Chicago, Oct. 30.—President Taft
has fully endorsed the speech made
by Secretary of Interior Fisher, in
which he outlined the administra
tion’s plans In reference to Alaska.
Pekin, Oct. 30.—The Imperial gov
ernment has issued an edict, grant
ing what amounts to constitutional
rule. It provides for a parliament
and a revision of the constitution.
Pekin, Oct. 30.—The Dowager im
press has contributed a million taels
to the war fund.
Pekin, Oct. 30.—At a secret con
clave the court decreed the death of
General Fin Chang for deserting the
Viceroy Hupeh. The situation at Pe
kin is alarming, and hordes are flee
ing in fear of a Manchu uprising.
Berlin, Oct. 30.—A dispatch from
Tripoli says that the Italians lost
565 in last Monday’s battle, while
the Turkish loss was slight. On
Thursday there was a great slaught
er of men on both sides. The Ital
ians are seizing hundreds of natives
and bringing them to the city in
chains shooting them in groups.
Rome, Oct. 3u.—The Pope con
sistory meets November 27 to create
Most Reverand John M. Farley, of
New York, and Most Reverend Wil
liam O’Connell, of Boston, Cardi
nals.
El Paso, Oct. 30.—Rodgers re
sumes his flight to Tuscon.
New York, Oct. 30.—The Atlantic
battleship pageant will be reviewed
by President Taft next Thursday.
Chicago, Oct. 30.—President Taft
ended his tour in this city and in one
of his last speeches delivered he de
nied that the administration was in
fluenced by political motives in its
prosecution of the steel corporation,
saying “I would rather cut off my
right hand than do anything to dis
turb business with a motive of culti
vating political success.”
Washington, Oct. 30.—The call for
the Republican National Convention
will be issued December 12. It pro
vides for 1064 delegates and this
number will be increased to 1.072 if
Arizona and New 'Mexico become
states. Alaska is entitled to two del
egates in the apportionment.
Los Angeles, Oct. 31.-—Attorney
Bordwell is accused by the defense
in the McNamara trial, with trying
to circumvent the ruling which re
jected two challenges against tales
men.
Wilkes Barre, Pa., Oct. 31—Mc
Farland had an easy time defeating
A1 Dewey, knocking him out in the
fifth round,
Chicago, Oct. 31.—Yesterday
President TafC atten*3C the dairy
show and inspected the stock yards.
C. O. Cracrott, train dispatcher
for the Copper River & Northwestern
railway, has designed for amusement
purposes the Aquamobile, an entire
ly new form of water cycle. The in
vention is covered by patents grant
ed by the United States, Canada,
England France and Mexico. Ar
rangements have been made to place
it in the largest of the Eastern parks
soon after the first of the year—in
time for next summer’s season.
A company has been organized and
25,000 shares at ten cents each will
be sold for development purposes.
Capital stock of the company is
$65,000.
New York, Oct. 30.—The hearing
in the dissolution of the tobacco trus*
began in the circuit court today.
Washington, Oct. 30.—Thursday,
November 30, has been designated
as Thanksgiving day in an official
proclamation issue this morning.
Los Angeles, Oct. 31.—Senator
Smith, of Michigan chairman of the
Committee on Territories, has an
nounced that the committee will
make a trip to Alaska next summer.
He said: “Our intention is to for
mulate a new civil government for
Alaska. We will codify the laws and
pformulate a plan of conservation of
its resources which will be entirely
acceptable to the people of Alaska
and in that it will be an efficient pub
lic policy will settle the question of
government in Alaska right.”
New York, Oct. 31.—A protest
has been formulated at a meeting of
the clergy of all denominations pro
testing against the systematic op
pression of the Jews and President
Taft will be requested to present the
memorial to the Czar.
Seattle, Oct. 31.—The Alaska
Square Deal League has been formed
at a meeting held by residents of the
north at the Arctic Club. The or
ganization will maintain a repre
sentatve at Washington during the
sessions of Congress.
Milwaukee, Oct. 31.—Congress
man Berger, the socialist, will in
troduce a bill in the House provid
ing for the repeal of the Sherman
act and taking over of the trusts by
the government.
Chicago, Oct. 31.—Some of the
hearers at the speech delivered by
President Taft, before the Hamilton
club last night, are attempting to
construe the utterances as an ad
mission of the possibility of Repub
lican defeat.
Washington, Oct. 31.—The Turk
ish troops have recaptured the heart
of the city of Tripoli.
Chicago, Oct. 31.—Eva Booth, of
Salvation Army fame, is suffering
from a nervous breakdown.
New York, Oct. 30.—The fog is
lifting and reveals a seven mile line
of battleships on the Hudson river,
which is being inspected by Secre
tary of Navy Meyer.
Pittsburg, Nov. 1.—President Taft
today participated in the centennial
celebration of steam navigation on
the western rivers.
Seattle, Nov. 1.—The Chamber of
Commerce decided yesterday after
noon to send a delegation to Wash
ington representing the entire Pacif
ic coast and insist that action be
taken in behalf of Alaska by Con
gress.
Seattle, Nov. 1.—Chester Thomp
son, slayer of Judge Meade Emory,
was today recommitted to an asylum
having again shown signs of in
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Constantinople, t*ov. -.—General
Caneva, commanding the Italian
troops at Tripoli, has been captured
according to an announcement made
by the Turkish war minister.
Trieste, Nov. 1.—Italy has seized
and now occupies the Turkish island
of Rhodes and Lesbos.
Constantinople, Nov. 1.—The Tur
kish troops have retaken two Tri
poli forts.
Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 1.—Rob
bers held up a Rock Island train.
They blew open the safe in the mail
car but got nothing for their trouble.
There was another safe, which they
missed and it contained $500,000.
Los Angeles. Nov. 1.—At the mun
icipal primary Job Harriman, the
socialist candidate, leads Alexander,
the present mayor, by about 1,800
votes. The election takes place in
December.
Los Angeles, Nov. 1.—Twenty-one
warships are on their way to this
port, on review, from San Diego.
San Francisco, Nov. 1.—Chinese
newspapers are in receipt of a dis
patch from Pekin to the effect that
Lungli, the Dowager Empress, has
fled from the capitol, taking the
young emperor and that all trace of
them has been lost.
Pekin, Nov. 1.—Desperate fight
ing continues, the latest advices in
dicating that the Imperialists have
retaken the railway station at Han
kow.
Pekin, Nov. 1.—Terror nas taken
possession of the entire Imperial
court and further concessions of a
most radical nature have been grant
ed.
Pekin, Nov. 1.—Yuanshikai has
oeen appointed premier of China
ind is virtually the ruler.
Victoria Nov. 1.—The Russian
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patrol cruiser Papanhe and seal
poachers clashed at Copper island.
One Russian was killed and a num
ber of Japs wounded, fifteen of the
latter being captured.
Los Angeles, Nov. 1.—Three tales
men are needed to complete the jury
in the trial of James McNamara.
San Jose, Cal., Nov. 1.—Prof. J.
J. Montgomery, of Santa Clara, was
killed in a fall from a motorless
monoplane which he invented.
North Yakima, Nov. 1.—'W. F.
Thompson, editor of the Fairbanks
News-Miner, was today married to
Miss Nelue Mulrooney, formerly of
the Tanana Valley. The ceremony
was performed at the home of tne
brides’ sister, Countess Carboneau,
Rev. Lockwood officiating.
San Pedro, Nov. 2.—Twenty-four
battleships of the Pacific fleet ar
rive to be reviewed by Admiral
Thomas, commander.
Seattle, Nov. 2.—Frank Gotch has
arrived and will wrestle Jack Leon,
the Russian, tomorrow night.
Seattle, Nov. 2.—Edward Dalton,
aged 23 years, son of Col. Chas. C.
Dalton, was instantly killed in an
automobile accident on the outskirtts
of the city. Mrs. Frances Bowman
was also dangerously injured.
Bremerton, Wash., Nov. 1.—In
celebrating Hallowe’en an unknown
fired a shot among a party of school
boys, killing Leonard Clay, aged
fourteen years.
Shanghai, Nov. 2.—The revolu
tionist’s Shun Yang battery was fired
by the Japanese steamer Yuen Kiang.
Shanghai, J\Tov. 2.—The new prem
ier has dispatched deputies to Sing j
Tan with the request that Germany
protect him in case he decides flight
from China becomes necessary.
Washington, Nov. 2.—Two suits,
attacking the constitutionality of I
the Oregon state initiative and ref- (
erendum are being argued before the
Supreme Court of the United States.
Salt Lake, Nov. 2.—Kyrle Bellow,
the well known author-actor, died
here today with pneumonia. His i
company immediately disbanded. De
ceased was born in Calcutta in 1857.!
He came to America as leading man
in Wallack's theatre, New York, in
1885; subsequently starred jointly
with Mrs. Jamoe Potter Brown In all
English speaking countries. Since
1902 he has been at the head of his
own company.
New Orleans, Nov. 2.—Edgar H.
Farrar, Jr. son of the former presi
dent of the American bar, was mur
dered by a highwayman.
Chicago, Nov. 2.—A snow storm is
raging here and the thermometer
hag dropped to seven below zero.
Las Palmas, Canary Island, Nov.
2.—The French steamer Diolibah
sank at sea, drowning twenty-four
people.
Boston, Nov. 2.—Rev. C. V. Rich
ardson, pastor of the Immanuel Bap
tist Church, Cambridge, was indict
ed by the grand jury on five counts,
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charged with tile murder of Miss
Avis Linnell, who was attending the
Conservatory of Music, and died from
having taken cyanide of potassium.
It is claimed the preacher was en
gaged to her and administered the
poison in order to rid himself of her
so that he could marry Miss Violet
Edmands, an heiress of Brooklyn.
Hot Springs, Va., Nov. 2.—Presi
dent Taft arrived here today, coming
from Morgantown, W. Va. After a
rest of five days here he will go to
Cincinnati where on November 7 he
will vote in the local Election.
From Cincinnati the president will
go to Louisville, Ky., to spend Nov.
8. He will be at Frankfort, Ky., No.
vember 9, and at Hedgeville, Ky., to
attend the Lincoln farm celebration,
November 10. On November 11 Mr.
Taft will pay hurried visits to Nash
ville, Tenn., Suwanee, Tenn., to visit
the University of the South, where
Major “Archie” Butt once went to
school, and to Cnatanooga. From the
latter city Mr. Taft will go direct to
Washington.
Seattle Nov. 1.—ttis steamer
Northwestern, which returned from
Nome about a week ago, left
for southwestern Alaska last night.
Her Cordova passengers are L. M.
Price and wife, Capt. A. E. Lathrop
Mrs. J. A. Arnott. Mrs. M. J. Wal
lace, E. J. Clark, John J. Donovan,
and Miss Flora Salladay, the latter
for Fairbanks.
Pekin, Nov. 2.—The war office
has received a report to the effect
that the Imperialists captured Han
kow, after a massacre of the popula
tion.
Los Angeles, No. 2.—Job Harri
man. Socialist received a big plural
ity but not a majority of the votes
■cast at the primaries for mayor and
the present incumbent, Alexander,
will be pitted against him at the elec
tion for this office.
Washington, Nov. 2.— President
Taft returned last night and after a
conference with Secretary of State
Knox and Secretary of War Stimson,
over the Chinese situation he left
for New' York.
The Dalles, Ore., Nov. 2.—Wil
liam Gleason, a fourteen-year old lad
who was arrested for the murder of
his mother, confessed that he had |
stabbed her to death because she j
reprimanded him for drinking.
New York, Nov. 2.—President
Taft deferred his trip south in order
that he might review the Pacific fleet
w'hich he did from the Mayflower.
There were ninety-five fighting ves
sels in all in line.
Chicago, Nov. 2.—The police are
investigating the death of nine rela
tives and roomers of Mrs. Louis
Vermilija. The victims were two
husbands, three children, two step
children and two roomer.s
Manila, Nov. 2.—Fire swept the
Chinese district, the loss amounting
to $1,000,000.
Richmond. Va., Nov. 2.—Buffalo
Bill retired from public life last
night and is disbanding his com
pany to spend the balance of his
time quietly in Wyoming. I
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