Show NEWS SUMMARY samuel frd frid ey who lived near mount vernon S D was struck by lightning and killed during an elec elee storm twelve deaths from drowning were reported from the different beaches in new york city and vicinity one ia jal last week As the result of a passenger train reck near baton rouge la one man was killed and fifteen injured several seriously william waldorf astor has given 5 to assist the british school at athens in carrying on its excavations in laconia greece A bill to prevent the drinking of in liquors on passenger trains in louisiana has been passed by the louisiana legislature it Is reported at tangier that lulal hand the insurgent brother of 0 sultan abd el aziz has been proclaimed sul tan of morocco at the international sunday school convention held at louisville last week decided to hold their next con bention in san francisco in 1911 general bell chief of staff USA U S A has ordered that the new special bul let being in an experimental state shall not be used in the national match watch this year henry miller aged years grew tired of life at harrodsburg Harrods burg ky and committed suicide last week by tak ing paris green he ile was one of the oldest men in kentucky A man named moreland wae wag drowning in the yellowstone river near billings mont being thrown from a raft by railroad A corn com panion narrowly escaped drowning president roosevelt Koo sevelt has appointed john C 0 laughlin of washington aa as secretary to the american commis s on to the japan exposition at boklo la in 1912 his salary will be 5 a year geo willoughby a prominent mer chant of prospect wis who shot and k lied red his wife on march 22 threw himself on the mercy of the court and has been sentenced to life imprison went A tornado passed about five miles northwest of mountain lake minn demolishing at least a dozen tarn farm houses killing one child and wound li ii g scores of persons some of whom way die mrs william D watkins and hei her seven year old daughter were drown ed in a canal near long beach cal it Is thought the child tell fell in and the mother was drowned in attempting tc to rescue her secretary and mrs william H tatt taft will close their home in washington within the next two weeks and ac comp compan led by their younger son charles will go to hot ilot springs va for the summer A son was born to queen victoria ot of spain on june 2 queen victoria formerly princess ena lina of battenburg and king alfonso were married at madrid on may 31 1906 their first son m a as born on may 10 1907 the city of wu chow china la Is in I 1 by the abnormal rise of 70 feet in the fu river many casual t es are reported and much damage has been done along the river banks which are littered with refuse leon de la grange the french opi anist last week neek at milan surpassed all previous records by flying for six teen minutes and thirty seconds dur ing that time his machine was from ter to eighteen feet above the ground vassily koff a russian invent or has arrived in america to exhibit his new motor boat to the united states government he asserts that with 12 horse power he can maintain a speed peed of thir thirty tyone one miles an hour heavy floods have occurred throughout the valley of the west river and its tributaries inundating the large cities of wu chow in tho the kuang tung province the loss of life and damage to property Is reported to be enormous A sheriffs posse from flagstaff arizona last week broke up a gang of df thieves in the north san francisco mountains twenty miles north of t flagstaff lag staff arresting three alleged rust lers named wiley taylor and bates with over head of horses in their possession the republican congressional cam laign book will be out unusually eriv this year probably six weeks sooner than it was issued four years ago the proofs are practically cor reeled up to date on such matter as ban tan be handled before the democratic convention meets judge philips in common pleas curt of f cleveland 0 last week g granted r a mandatory order compell ing the municipal traction company to give good service and the same rate of tare fare to the town of east cleveland a suburb as is enjoyed by the city of cleveland john MIt chII former president ol 01 the united mine workers of america last week gave out a letter declining to become a candidate for political office and indicating indica ting that he will become instead the head of the trade agreement department of the na lional civic federation the registered mall mail pouch which contained 50 in money and worth of diamonds and jewelry stolen from a mail car at the kansas city depot on the night of june 6 has been found by a switching crew in the yard of the rock island railroad in kansas city kan an unsuccessful attempt was made to hold up an express car carrying 48 in money and 1000 1 worth 01 ol jewelry near lynch station III the train dispatcher saw saw the would be robbers creeping along in the grass near the station and signalled signal led the motorman ino torman to put on f ill speed |