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Show NEWS SUMMARY The strlko of Journeymen carpoft-ters carpoft-ters of Nowark, N. II., May 1, ended on the 29th In a full victory for tho men. T. F. Eckman killed Leah Boycr at 5 resort nonr Chicago and then suicided, sui-cided, becauso tho girl refused to marry mar-ry him. An entlro family of six negroes were drowned nenr Honey Grove, Texas, as a result of tho sudden riso of a creek. Salary advances averaging 10 per cent all around havo been granted by the Burlington to employes over tho entire system. Threo persons wero killed by asphyxiation and another was overcome over-come in a Lawton avenuo rooming house, St. Louis. . While ferrying a man across the North Platto river the boat turned turtle and, Archie Sheldon of Gallo-t way, -Neb., was drowned. ' Tho two-cent passenger fare' bill has been approved by Governor Den-een Den-een of Illinois. This bill makes a straight two-cent a mile limit on all railroads In Illinois. As tho result of a collision of trolley trol-ley cars at Elyrla, Ohio, on Decoration Decora-tion day, four people wero killed and thirteen seriously Injured, eight of -whom will probably die. The absolutist rcglmo is now In full operation in Portugal. King Charles has signed a number of decrees granting subsidies and increasing tho salaries of civil servants, otc. George Burnham, Jr., former general gener-al counsel of tho Mutual Reserve Llfo Insurance company, who Is now serving serv-ing a term in Sing Sing for grand larceny, is to havo a new trial. Tho case against Mrs. Cramer, charged with tho murder of her husband hus-band at Page, N. D last February, has been dismissed. Two Juries disagreed, dis-agreed, the last ono being out 94 hours. The appeal of Count Bonl do Cas-tellano Cas-tellano against tho decision of tho court, granting a divorce to his wife, has again been postponed. It piob-ably piob-ably will not bo heard until December. Decem-ber. Tho fate of the two lieutenants of englneors who nscended from Alder-shot, Alder-shot, England, In a balloon on May 28, during a review in honor of Prlnco Fushlml of Japan, still remains a mystery. The state senate of New York by a vote of 38 to 8 passed the Assembly Assem-bly bill providing for a recount of tho ballots cast in tho McClcllan-Hcarst mayorallty election of 1905 in New York city. Miss Philander Swlnnen, 30 years old, belloved to bo demented, shot and killed her mother, attempted to kill her father nnd then sot lire to her garments and was burned to death at their homo In Chicago. Tho Russian famlno committee has notified Its representatives In London Lon-don and New York that tho tirao has arrived to ccaso ngltatlon for foreign subscription, ns Russia now is nolo to caro for her own people What Is bolleved to bo evldonco of a brutal murder was discovered at tho Ryan soap works In Cincinnati. Tho mutilated and almost completely consumed con-sumed body of n man was found in tho furnaco of tho fnptory. Salvador San Fellppo, a well known Italian agriculturist residing near San Jose, was murdered Sunday morning at about 9:30 o'clock by his brother, Fellppo. Tho murder was tho result of a quarrel between tho brothers. Concerning sensational reports about expectations of war between Mexico nnd Gautcmala, Ambassador Creel of Mexico said: "There Is nothing pending and no reason for any fear of war betwoon tho two coun. tries." Dispatches received from Melltla, Morocco, says that tho rebellion ot tho Pretender has routed tho Sultan's troops with great loss. The latter's troops aro said to bo In full retreat with tho Protendor's forces following closely. Tho monthly comparative Btate mcnt of (ho government receipts and expenditures shows thnt for May, 1907, the total receipts wore $57,488.-012, $57,488.-012, and tho expenditures $48,912,800, leaving a surplus for tho month of $8,575,212, Tho Investigation of tho Now York pollco department In connection with tho Gould divorce caso has disclosed no criminal evldonco against any of tho officers Involved, according to a stutement inado by Police Commissioner Commis-sioner Hlughnm. The French minister of mnrlue has received advices to the effect that tho bulkheads of the French criilsei Chanzy, that went ashore on one ot tho Saddlo Islands, Mny 30, hurst; that tho crew abandoned the vessel, nnd that sbo sunk. What Is said to bo tho lilglie.it prico. over paid for a bull at a Jersey rattle sale' In America wus received nt the sale of T, II. Cooper's blooded Imported Import-ed stock, at his farm, Coopcrsburg, Pa., last week. The hull, Imported Stockwell, whs sold for $11,500. |