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Show Hashes from the Wire j MILWAUKEE, Wis.. Dec. 2.1. Former Alderman Charles Jungman today pleadod guilty to bribery in connection with a spoclal ordinance of 1S03. He paid a fine of SHOO. Tho alternative was eighteen months' imprisonment. TOLEDO. O.. Doc. 23. After deliberating deliberat-ing eighteen hours, tho Jury in tho case, of Harvey Hazel, the sovoutee.n-ycar-old bov charged with murder In the first, degree de-gree for killing his mother, tonight returned re-turned a verdict of murder In the second sec-ond degree. NEW YORK, Dec. 23. All efforts to settle strike of lh eab drivers affiliated with the Liberty Dawn association failed today and tonight N'ew York Is confronted with a prospect of a cahless holiday on Christmas. Tho strikers rejected all terms Involving a recognition of the "open shop" prlnclph-. CHICAGO. Dee. 23. While helping her mother decorate a Christ mas tree tonight. Pearl Locke, :; years old, picked up an old revolver and said to her mother, Mrs. ISarle Locke. "Shoot mc, mamma." The mother, unaware that 'the. revolver was loaded, pulled the trigger and shot tho chlUl tluough the heart, killing her instantly, in-stantly, C'lIlCACO. Dec 23. The Illinois Manufacturers' Manu-facturers' association today addressed lo all transcontinental roads a vigorous protest pro-test against the Increase In all transcontinental transcon-tinental freight rates applying between points east of ihe Missouri river and tho Pacific const on and after .January 12. Th protest declared lhal the condition:, did not warrant the Increase NEW YORK. Di e 23 Fire broke oul on tho upper floors of the, double tenement, tene-ment, 122-124 West One Hundred and Twenly-sjiventh, shortly before : o'clock this .morning. When tho fircmon arrived ! many women and children wero seen ! huddled In tho windows nnd on the roof. They wero warned not to jump, but in I ho excitement tt Is believed there was tsonio loss of life. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 23, In Wan Chang, the Korean who shot Durham While Ptevcnsr the American diplomatist and advisor to the Korean emperor, lu this oily on March 23 of this year, resulting result-ing in Stevens's death two days later, was found guilty of murder In the second sec-ond degree by a Jury lu .ludgo Carroll Cook's department of tho superior court." The trial was concluded shortly after 9 o'clock tonight and the Jury returned a verdict a few minutes before midnight. SAX FRANCISCO, Dec. 23. According to an announcement made, today by A. L. Scott of tho traffic bureau of the Merchants' Mer-chants' Exchange of this ejty. William K. Wheeler, assistant scetV.ary of tho dopartmont of commerce and labor, has j accepted tho management of the bureau. Wheeler's acceptance of the position Is J confirmed by a telegram received here to- : night. IIo has tendered his resignation to the president, and will come to San Francisco shortly aftor the first of the year to ussumo his new duties. SAN FRANCISCO. Doc. 23. Sergennt .lesso B. Cook, who for moro than a year has been property clerk In tho police department, de-partment, with the brevet rank of captain, cap-tain, was tonight appointed chief of police po-lice by tho board of pollco commissioners, commission-ers, to succocd tho lato Chief W. -L Big-gv, Big-gv, who was drowned on the night of November 30, whllo crossing tbo bay in tho pollco launch Patrol, Cook hits been on tho pollco force of this city since February IS. 1SSH. and Is regarded an one of the most efficient officers in the department. |