AMERICAN ITEMS

Colonist, Volume XLVIX, Issue 11824, 3 January 1907, Page 2

AMERICAN ITEMS

-New York, January 1 ; Sixty-nine negroes and negresses,, . and two whites have been lynched in i America during the past year. Some Californian newspapers tbrei aten a rebellion if the National Goi vernment endorse President Roosevelt's attitude towards the Japanese i on the issue of admissio on an equal-' ; ity to the State pchools. Mr John Rockfeller* on being interviewed, stated^that owing to the attacks on corporate interests many business men had lost millions of dollars through shrinkage, and though the year had been one of great prosperity the working classes would be the next sufferers Ottawa, January 1 Canada expects 250,000 immigrants during the preesnt year. Twenty-five farmers of the Northwest provinces visit Britain to address meetings relative to their experience of settlement in Canada.