UNITED STATES.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXII, Issue 9023, 10 December 1907, Page 2

UNITED STATES.

Press Associtaiou —Copyright. Received Dec. to. 18 p.m. New York, Dac. 1). The United Stares revenue for the year shows a surplus of 84 million dollars.

A tobacco war is raging between growers and dealers at Hokinsvillo, Kentucky, whore 400 armed and masked men attacked the city. They imprisoned all the police and firemen, burned several tobacco factories, fusilladed the houses of dealers and destroyed £40,000 worth of property. A party of pursuers exchanged shots but the marauders, who were believed to bo tobacco growers, escaped. It is reported that the manager of the Imperial tobacco factory was whipped to death. Received, Dec. 9, 11.43 p.m. New York, Deo. 0.

Troops despatched to Kevadabavc readied the scene of the miners’ strike. An attempt was made to blow up the train convoying them by dynamite, and it narrowly es- ■ capod" tiestraction