IARISIANS GO HUNGRY
Can’t Get Service at Res
taurants Owing
To Strike
Paris, April 19—Thousands of
people are going hungry in this
«• tv as a result of the strike of the
waiters. In none of the larger res
taurants can the patrons get ser
vice. as the majority of the waiters
of the city are union members and
refuse to go to work again until
i heir demand for higher wages are
granted.
Chicago, April 19—This city is
to have a sweeping investigation of
graft practiced bv city officials. It
is claimed that the officers have
been accepting large bribes for
allowing crime to continue. Hun
dreds of summons have been is
sued for witnessts in the investi
gation.
Mexico, April 19—The earth in
this section and to the southward
has sunken ten feet since the big
siiake, and along the coast the
waves from the sea are sweeping
in a mile further than before. The
r I’nblings in the ground have
cased and it is believed there will
U* no more shakes at present.
San Francisco. April 19—The
graft scandal is likely to extend to
i lie police force. The Chief of Police
s at.es that half of the men in the
employ of the department are co •
nipt. They will he suspended
pending an investigation.
New York, April 19—Addicks
the Delaware financier and politi
cian, is now being besieged in a
room of a sporting house, where he
was found by Tom Lawson’s pro
cess servers. The men are camped
around the building awaiting an
opportunity to serve their papers
upon him.
New York, April 19—It is
claimed by the State that members
of the Thaw jury were approached
with propositions to give a verdict
of not guilty, and an investigation
will be held, the jurors having
been summoned as well as about a
do7en other people who it is
claimed are implicated in the at
tempt to fix the jury.
Kansas City, April 19—A woman
arrived in this city today who had
walked 90 miles with her dying
babe in her arms, seeking work
fMie had been unable to secure suf
ficient work to feed the child and
it was dying of starvation.
Washington, April 19—The gov
ernment is at last taking steps to
protect Puget sound against any
possible attack from a foreign navy.
Hundreds of mines have been con
tracted for and will be planted in
the sound early this summer.
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Seattle, April 19—The thief who
has been stealing diamonds from
the different apartment houses
throughout the city has at last
been captured. It proves to be a
boy of fourteen, who was caught in
the act last night and captured af
ter a long chase He has con
fessed to a number of the robberies
London, April 19—The British
Budget, just made public, shows a
surplus of $26,000,000. This is the
first time there has been a surplus
in vears.
Mexico, April 19—Six hundred
dead and 3000 injured are the
latest figur 8 of the casualties oc
casioned by the earthquake. It
will be weeks before it can be
learned the total number killed.
It is feared that a number of Amer
icans, of whom there were many
in the interior, have been killed.
Chicago, April 19—This city is
threatened with another strike in
transportation lines, the cab driv
ers desiring a raise in wages and
stating that unless it is granted the
cab service of the city will be
stopped entirely.
Manila, April 20—Two severe!
earthquake shocks were experi
enced here yesterday, which al
though doing little damage, caused
an universal panic amongst the
inhabitants of the city.
New York, April 20—Benedict
Gimbel, a prominent multi-mil
lionaire, of this place, made an
other attempt last night to com
mit suicide. He has tried gas,
drugs, a knife and drowning as a
means of shuffling off this mortal
coil, but has been unable to com
plete the job so fai. The cause of
his desire to do away with himself
is owing to charges made against
him of degeneracy and immorality.
Havana, April 20—Gov. Magoon
announces that he will spend a
score of millions building roads to
the most inaccessable portion of
the island of Cuba.
St. Louis, April 20—John Bun
riren, aged 101 announced his en
gagement this morning to Miss
Rose McGuire, aged 100. The
wedding is set for next August.
This probablv takes the record for
youthful marriages.
Manila, April 20—Iloilo, which
after Manila is the largest city in
the Philippines, was entirely de
stroyed by fire last night. During
the fire there was an earthquake
which added largely to the panic.
Twenty thousand people are home
less as a result of the conflagration
and hundreds were killed.
Chiwaukum, April 20—A ton ot
dynamite which was stored here
for railroad work exploded yester
day afternoon and killed a crew of
six laborers who were working near
the magazine. Not a single frag
ment of the men could be found
after the explosion. The cause of
the powder being set off is not
known.
Peoria, April 20—Safe breakers
dynamited the bank at Weston, 50
miles east of here yesterday and
got away with $5000. They did
i he job in dayligh}, some of the
gang keeping the citizens at bay
with revolvers while the others
were working on the safe.
New York, April 20—Bryan at
a private dinner last night stated
positively that he would not run
for the presidency in case Roose
velt was nominated He said he
would be unable to win against
Teddy and would not make the
fight.
Seattle, April 20—Andrew Bjck
ley, an ex-Alaskan, who was at
one time in the western Alaska
section, is in trouble here, being
claimed bv two women as their
husband. He denies knowing either
of them.
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New York, April 20—M. Bartu
la, an anarchist who has been
closely watched by the police late
ly, has confessed to the existence
of a plot to kill President Roose
velt. He states that he was the
assassin of McKinley, but succeed
ed in escaping, and Czolgosz. who
was next in the crowd was siezed
and convicted of the crime. Bar
tula says that plans were made to
kill Rnosevalt during one of his
visits to Oyster bay.
Chicago, April 20—Investiga
tions of various banks of this city
have revealed dozens of instances
where the directors have been
practicing high finance in Eola
tion of the law. Many very prom
inent men are implicated by the
charges.
New York, April 22—The body
of a dead student was found yester
day in the swimming tank at Col
umbia college. For days the boys
comrades have been swimming in
the^ank, at the bottom of which
lay the dead student. It is sus
pected that the killing was oc
casioned by hazing and that the
body was disposed of by throwing
it in the tank.
Los Angeles, April 22—Phila
delphia Jack O’Brien has started
training for his go with Burns.
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Copper - 2.00
Lead - - - 2.00
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