Roosevelt Run Again
Atlanta. June 24—John Tern
pie Graves announces this morn
in*-' that he was assured hv th«
president Jthnt he would run foi
the presidency again provided In
was given a pledge that one of tin
southern delegations would vot<
for him at the convention
Seattle, June 24—The enforce
liient of the .Sunday closing law
created a riot here yesterday.
Having received orders to close all
grocery stores the police raided the
store of Rabbi Gens, a kosher shop
where a Jewish wedding was in
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progress. Gens and his wife were
beaten by the officers as weil as
several of the women who were
present, clubs being freely used.
A number of arrests were made,
but the Jews claim that they were
not violating the law, being only
open during the wedding, which
took place in the shop.
St. Petersburg, June 22—The
Czar has issued orders to all the
governors to suppress every upris
ing immediately, have the leaders
executed and stop all revolutionary
new’spa pers.
San Francisco, June 24—Over
a thousand rioters took possession
of the streets here yesterday and
stopped all streetcar traffic for sev
eral hours. Two cars on the Bry
ant Ave line wrere wrecked and the
crews seriously injured. The po
lice massed at the scene of the
trouble and used their clubs freely
on men and women. A large num
ber of arrests were made.
Hague, June 24—The Austrian
and Spanish envoys to the peace
conference have presented the
claims of the Pope that he has
sovereign rights and is enti
tled to a representation at the con
ference. So far these are the only
ones favoirng the Pope’s side of the
controversy.
Tacoma, June 24—The dock at
Slones Landing collapsed this
morning with a Sunday school pic
nic, throwing fifty people into the
water. Three children and an old
man were drowned.
Colma, June* 24—All is in read
iness for the 45 round contest ht
tween Squires and Burns on July
4th. The betting is very slow.
Butte, June 24—Fourteen inches
of snow fell in this city and vicin
ity this morning.
Pierpont Buys Title
Rome, June 24—The Pope has
offered to create Pierpont Morgan
a prince of the Catholic Church,
and Morgan has accepted .he offer.
He will renounce the Episcopal
denomination and join the Catho
lics in the near future.
Boise. June 24—Tr.e Haywood
defense begins to-day. They will
try to prove that Governor Steun
berg was assassinated by an agent
of the detectives employed Gv the
mine owners association.
New Orleans. June 24 — The
head of nine years old Walter
1 Lamana, son of a wealthy Italian
resident of this citv, was found in
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a swamp today. The hoy had
been kidnapped by the Black
i Hand, and the father refused to
! pay the ransom den anded
San Francisco, June 24—Gen
eral Funston has refused to allow
| the soldiers stationed here to par
ticipate in the parade on the
1 Fourth of July. He says he does
not want them to he on exhibition
and jeered l*v the unwashed mob.
San Francisco, June 24—The
(telegraph companies here are ac
cepting messages for transmission
to distant points where they will
| be put on the wires. The Fnion
is starting an agitation for govern*
! ment ownership of telegraph lines,
on the ground that they are being
used as a clearing house for all
ill ega 1 pool rooms in tie* west.
The movement may be taken up
by tbeant:*, ool room associations
throughout the country.
Muskogee, June 24—During a
severe thunder storm this morning
lightning struck the tanks of the
Victor Oil Co., setting the oil afire,
Haifa million gallons are now in
I
flames
Seattle, June 25—A committee
j which has been in- estimating the
needs of the eitv for the grand
jtirv. charges that irregularities
have been practiced in the hiring
of teachers in this ci v, and that
the coal lulls for the schools have
been greatly in excess of what was
j necessary. A thorough investiga
jgation wdl he made of the matter.
i Redding, Calif , June 25--Ma
mie Curl, a resident of this place,
was struck by lightning Iwo days
ago and apparently killed. As she
was being buried tins morning she
arose in her cofliin and was re
leased. She has entiiely recovered.
KILLED BY TROLLEY
Seattle, June 25—Billy Ayres
I a wealthy bookmaker, was run
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j down and killed yesterday w hilt
returning to town from the rnc<
track. He was caught under tin
ear and his ,-kull crushed.
Washington. June 25—The Cen
tral Labor Council has petitioned
' the president to ascertain the val
uation of all telegraph lines within
the I'nitid States, and also to as
certain whet, er a combination in
restraint of trade is in existence
between the various telegraph com
panies.
Boise. June 2*» — Haywood takes
the stand this morning to refute
the testimony ot Orchard. The
defense is preparing to show that
Orcha'd was associated exclusively
with the Pinkertons, and had no
I con nee ion with II iv wood.
Seattle, June 2o—The heirs of j
ot the McOilvra estate have start-,
j
j etl suit to prevent the sale of Lake
Washington shore lands, claiming
that they have riparian rights.
This action seriously threatens the
accumulation ot funds for the Alas
! ku fair.
Pittsburg. June 11—Kleven peo
pie died \esterday as a result of;
prostrations from the heat
Dawson, June 2">—"1 he tiuggen
j heims have gobbled up all of the
property on the Klondike water-j
I shed and will merge them into one
company. Dredges w ill he in-1
stalled in a number of new loculi-;
; ties as soon as the machinery can ]
he shipped nor'li
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Seattle, June 2;>—Captain J:ir-i
vis, .-peakinn of the Klondyke iner- j
j jrer, says that it is in the interest
j of the individual operators, a*2 the
ground at | resent is not paying
more than the operating evpenses.
Washington. June 2”>—A g» olog
| ,cal survey praty will leave for
i Alaska in July to definitely locate j
! all ot the coal deposits of thedis-i
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STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Seattle, June 25 -Steamer arriv
als from Alaska yesterday: Sara
toga from Valdez, City of Seattle
from Skagway. Sailings: Victoria
for Nome, Dolphin for Skagway.
Bertha sails for Vahlez tonight.
Washington, June 25—The de
partment of justice has directed
District Attorney Devlin, of San
Francis o to represent the Japan
ese in the suits for damages started
is a result of the riots of last
March, when the Jap restaurants
were destroyed
New York, June 23 The West
ern Union has refused to reinstate
the discharg’d operators, and all
negotiations for a settlement of the
trouble is off. A general strike
will he declared all over fhe United
States in a few days.
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