Show TELEGRAPH SHORTSTOPS Sir Michael 1 liorhcrt tho new British T3nibasMiilor wan presented to the President Pres-ident yesterday At a meeting In New York City of the Zola Literary and Benevolent association addresses were made In momoiy of the laic novelist by l many lending Hebrews Speaker Henderson hag dcslgnaled the Texas Representatives aa thp committee on the part of the House to atlond the funeral of Congresaman Sheppard of that State Tho remains of Col Theodore Ii Hofi mmi commander of the Eighth Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania regiment vfio died Sunday night at Scrunton oro takpn to Ills residence In Potlsvllle yesterday The President han appointed Henry J West to be commissioner of the District of Columbia to succeed the lato John W Ross TMr West Is a wellknown newspaper news-paper man of Washington After the usunl aummor recess the United States Supremo court reconvened yesterday for the October term No business bus-iness beyond the admission of new mom bcis of thu bur Was transacted Turkish Government complaIns that a revolutionary banner was rcccnlly con necnited In the Bulgarian monastery al Rllo and that command of revolutionary tmnils have bi > en apportioned to Bulgarian Bulga-rian reserve ofTIcerfl In the case of mandamus to compel tho Secretary of State of Kansas to place both the Democratic and Populist tickets on the ballot ludpo Dale of Wichita before be-fore whom tho case was heard decided that he had no Jurisdiction Secretary of Stale Roao of Illinois has licenued the Incorporation In Illinois of tho American Steel Foundry company Incorporated In-corporated Under tho laws of New Jersey Jer-sey with principal offIces at Jersey City and with a capital stock of 100000X1 In Mcxlro City tho general opinion la that the American capitalists seeking to combine the cigar companies have met with Insuperable obstacles One of the principal companies IB doing a greatly enlarged business and tho shareholders appear unwilling to nell It Is now proposed to run a line of cable ca-ble from Honolulu to Fanning Island by a working agreement between the British Brit-ish Government and this Pacific Commercial Commer-cial Cable company Such a connection would bo of bcncflt to each line In caso of an accident disabling cither |