| Show SPARKS FROM THE WIRES The business of lie Virginia Conalltu llonal convention Is delayed bv the slow work of Us committees which have not In a single Instance reported on any mat tern before them The people of Granite O T are wild with excitement over the discovery of oil near that town The oil was found at the depth of 107 feet and spouted to the surface In great quantities Mrs Frances Walker of Brooklyn who ill m < i I Kansas City hospital from In juries received in tho Alton wreck was me mother of Prof A T Walker of the chair ol alln at the University of Kansas Kan-sas Probably as early al lime last week In August Instead of on September ISth as originally Intended the anllTnmmany committee of one hundred to select g n dldates for New York city offices will be called together Election of officers yesterday afternoon after-noon and a banquet last evening marked the close ot the biennial conventionof Kappa Alpha Thotu a ladles secret Greekletter college fraternity which 0 l ll In XT Vorlr Andrew Carnegie will donate JIOOOOO for a public library for Leadvllle Qolo providing pro-viding that the city will furnish < 2000 a year to maintain It The offer of Mr Carnesle was In response to an appeal for aid from the association Cebu capital of the Island of thai name Is still frequently fired upon by tTTTTin surpents Lien Hughes In command of the Vlsiyas Islands reports progress hi the task of penetrating the Island of Samar and scallerlni time Insurgents Steamship companies which handle cat tle have been nolllle l that the Govorn meet will take no mom Imported catllo nt the national quarantine grounds at Garfleld near Passaic N J and thai all hlnhblooded animals purchased abroad and destined for the vicinity of New York will have to come through cither Boston Baltimore or Quebec |
