Show SPARKS FROM THE WIRES Largo crowds attended the Easter services ser-vices at the churches In Washington Tho President attended services at the Grace Reformed church and Mrs Roosevelt Roose-velt and her children went to St Johns Episcopal church V Sam P Smith deputy sheriff is reported report-ed to havo been killed near East Lynn Mass by Walter Bite whom he was endeavoring en-deavoring to arrest for creating a disturbance dis-turbance at a church Smith was prominent promi-nent Ho was onco In the revenue service James R Garfield a son of the late President Garfield has accepted tho position posi-tion of Civil Service Commissioner tendered ten-dered him about ten days ago by President Presi-dent Roosevelt He takes the place to be vacated on the 1st of April by William Wil-liam A Rodcnberg Owing to Iho action of Immigration Commissioner Fit hlo In giving the immigration im-migration Inspectors on Ellis Island a holiday on Easter Sunday nearly 1000 immigrants were detained aboard the American liner St Paul and the Cunarder UmbrJa which came into port yesterday CorloarB park Now York city was the scene of a double tragedy Saturday night when Ida Klptfeck a Hebrew dressmaker of that city probably 25 years old was shot and lulled by Slgrnund Blanc a clgarmaker 20 years old formerly of Philadelphia who then turned the re vojvor on himself J JS Oglcsby < on of the late Richard J Oglesby onco Governor of Illinois arrived ar-rived In Now York yesterday on the American lIner St Paul When hd stepped ashore he announced his engagement engage-ment to Miss Ida Rogers daughter of Thomas Rogers of this city Tho two were Introduced to each other when the steamer uas two dayt out from Southampton South-ampton and the engagement followed The Allied party whose purpose la to unite all reform forces against plu tocraqy wjll meet In national convention conven-tion In Louisville ICy nt noon April 2nd All purlieu lo bo represented are the Socialist So-cialist UnionLabor and the Union Re formers of Ohio the Public Ownership party of St Louis the Liberal party recently re-cently formed In Ohio and tho Union Christian party |