Show NEWS SUMMARY samuel bodley Fr FO dley who lived ne aca mount vernon 8 D was struck by lightning and killed during an electrical storm twelve deaths from drowning were reported from the different beaches in now new york city and vicinity one jay last week As the result of a passenger train wreck near baton rouge la one man was killed and fifteen injured several everal seriously william waldorf astor aster hats haa given to assist tho the british school at athens athena in carrying on its excavations in laconia La conla greece A bill to prevent tho the drinking of ln in liquors on passenger trains in louisiana has been passed by the louisiana legislature it la is reported at tangier that lulal eland tho the insurgent brother of sultan abd el azaz has been proclaimed sul tan of morocco at Mo godar 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 S A has ordered that the new special bul lot let being in an experimental state shall not bo be used in the national this year henry miller aged years grew tired of life at harrodsburg Harrods burg ky and committed suicide last week by taking paris green ile he was one of the th oldest men in kentucky A man named moreland wai vat drowning in tho the yellowstone tone river neat billings mont being thrown from a raft by railroad A companion narrowly escaped drowning president roosevelt has appointed 4 john C of washington as an secretary to the american commission to the japan exposition at tokio in 1912 ilia his salary will be a year geo ceo willoughby a prominent raw met cliant chant of prospect wis who shot and killed his wife on march 22 threw himself on the mercy of the court and has been sentenced to life imprisonment A tornado passed about five miles northwest of mountain lake minn demolishing at least a dozen tarn farn houses IIII killing Ing one child and wounding scores of persons some of whom may die mrs william D watkins and hei be ee beven veny ven year y earold ear old daughter were drowned in a canal near long beach cal it Is thought the child fell in and the mother was drowned in attempting to rescue her secretary and mrs mra william 11 tatt taft will close their home in washington within the next two weeks and accompanied compa nied by their younger son charles will go to hot springs va tor for tho the summer A son was born to queen victoria ol of spain on june 2 queen victoria formerly princess ena of battenburg Batten bur and king alfonso were married at madrid on may 31 1906 their first son was born on may 10 1807 1907 tho the city of wu chow china Is inundated by the abnormal rise of 70 feet in the fu rayer many casual ties are reported and much damage has been done along the river banks which are littered with refuse leon do de la grange the french anist last week at milan surpassed all previous records by flying for sixteen minutes and thirty seconds during that time his machine was from ten to eighteen feet above the ground vassily koft koff a russian inventor has arrived in ili america to exhibit his new motor boat to the united states government ile he asserts that with 12 horse power he can maintain a speed of thirty one miles an hour heavy floods have occurred throughout the valley of the west river and its tributaries tributa ries inundating the large cities of wu chow in trieb tho 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 thieves in the north san francisco mountains twenty miles north of flagstaff arresting three alleged allego drust rustlers ers named wiley taylor and bates with over head of horses in their possession the republican congressional campaign book will be out unusually early this year probably six weeks sooner than it was issued four years ago the proofs are practically corrected up to date on such matter as ean can be handled before the democratic convention meets judge philips in common pleas court of cleveland 0 last week granted a mandatory order compelling the municipal Tract traction lon company to give good service and the samo same rato rate of fare to the town of east cleveland a suburb as Is enjoyed by the city of cleveland john mitchell Ml former president of the united mine workers of america last week gave out a letter declining to become a candidate for political office and indicating that he will become instead the head of the trado trade agreement department of the national civic federation the registered mall mail pouch which contained in money and worth of diamonds and jewelry stolen from a mall 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 mada to hold up nn an express car carrying in money and 1000 worth 1 ol 01 I jewelry near lynch station the train dispatcher saw the would bal robbers creeping along la in the grass near the station and signalled signal led tho 00 motorman to put on fuu full speed |