| Show LITTLE TELEGRAMS W WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Dec Dee 2 Announce Announce- Announcement ment was waR made by Postmaster General Hitchcock yesterday of the appointment of James J. J Britt Brit of North Carolina to be the third assistant postmaster general vice Ice A. A I L. L Lawshe who resigned general that office some sonic time ago PARIS Dec 2 ln In In a letter leter from a soldier with wih the French column at Res- Res tinga near Africa Just received receded h here it is said 1 that the French forces fores w were rc ambushed in a ravine by Moroccan Moroccans I cans can s on November 17 n. Josin losing Josing twenty killed d and f forty wounded The Moroccans also suffered heavily There is no of of- of confirmation of this report IA LAWRENCE RENCE Kan Ran D Dee Dec 2 It I It is an announced announced an- an I that Dr M. M 11 A. A Barber of bacteriology at the University of Kansas Kansas Kal- Kal Kan Kan- sa sas will wi go to the Philippines s at tn thc I close of the present school term to spend two years years years-In In medical mecal research In the service Sf- Sf ser sr- I vice lee of o the government Dr Barber was invited to take un UP the work by Dr I Richard P. P Strong director of the bureau of science at Manila Mania JUNCTION CITY CITY Ran Kan Dec 2 MaJ H. H H. H Whitney adjutant general of Fort Riley has been relieved from dut duty here herE It is announced and ordered to the PhilIppine Phil Phil- Phi Phi- islands He will wl sail sal on 01 9 a transport transport transport trans trans- port leaving San Francisco January 5 5 1911 I PORTSMOUTH N. N H. H Dec 2 Chief Chi Chief f Carpenter Joseph Fletcher of the Portsmouth Portsmouth Portsmouth Ports Ports- mouth navy nay yard ard who was a member of the disastrous Greely arctic expedition was found dying In a bathtub at his home here yesterday with a razor wound In his throat He died a short time af af- af ter Ho was 64 years e s of age ae TORONTO Ont Doc Dee 2 The The Toronto free hospital for consumptives at Teston West Test on on and several surrounding buildings were destroyed by fire fre yesterday Ninety- Ninety two patients patents forty of whom were help help- less were removed safely The loss Is ST. ST LOUIS Dec 2 H. H. H O. O Blaisdell the worlds world's champion typist established a new worlds world's record for ten minutes here last night He wrote 1144 words In that time and made only eleven errors DETROIT Dec 2 Fire Fre Fire last night caused damage In the business quarter partly party wrecking the stores of David Wallace A Sons grocers grocer and L. L B. B King Co chinaware re and damaging the paper stock of Gregory Mayer Thom Thorn Two firemen fremen were ere injured by faIlIng falling fall faIl ing trig glass The water froze as it t eu on the pavement pavement and many firemen fremen fel were bruised by falling VINITA Okla OkIa Dec 2 Natural Natural gas as exploding in an undertaking parlor here hero yesterday caused a fire fir damage of and and the Injury of four men The Buffington Buffing- Buffing ton hotel and ana two nearby buildings were destroyed Including the quarters of th the thE Elks' Elks club The men Injured were struck b by falling walls un-I un lE MEMPHIS IPHIS Tenn Dec Dee 2 Fire Fire of un undetermined determined origin last night destroyed the story four our stor building of the Pidgeon- Pidgeon Thomas Iron company causing a loss e es estimated es- es at For a time the fire fre threatened to spread but was finally finaly brought under control without damage to adjoining buildings HAMBURG Dec 2 Count Count Adolph Von Van Goetzen who was the tho German military mill mili mi- mi tary at Washington In 1896 1900 died yesterday yesterday He le was born In 1866 Count Von married Mrs Stanley Lay an American In 1898 NEW YORK Dec 2 William William Thaw III II and Miss Gladys Gadys Virginia Bradley of Bridgeport Conn married were marred yesterday yesterday yester yester- da day at the Hotel St. St Reg-I Reg Regis The bridegroom bridegroom bridegroom bride bride- bride bride- groom is a nephew of larr Harry K Thaw I although the two a are nearly of an age |
