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Show TELEGRAPH SHORTSTOPS V V "WASHINGTON. Feb. 7 Senator Cullom. formerly chalrmnn of tho Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce, favors tho passaco by tho Senato of the Kach-Townsond bill for the regulation of railroad rates. Ho fo expressed ex-pressed himself today WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. Luko B. Wright of Tenncasco Is tho first American citizen to bear the tlllo of Governor-General In tho Philippines, Philip-pines, tho Philippine bill, signed by the President Presi-dent yesterday, authorizing the chnngo of tho tltlo ho now holds, namely Civil Governor of the Philippines. WASHINGTON Feb. 7 Justice Stafford of th Equity court today decided against Warren War-ren B Wllcon, a Chlcaco lawyer, who sued for an Injunction to restrain tho Secretary of the Treasury from paylnu to tho Hopubllc of Panama any of tho amounts of monoy provided for under tho treaty of tho "United Slates with Panama. WASHINGTON, Fob. 7 David F. Wllber, consul at Barbadoep. Weal Indies, lins been eolocted to succeed Oscar F. Williams, consul-Renornl consul-Renornl at Slnnaporo, whoso retirement from tho consular service Is eald to he In nccord with iho wish of tho .State department. I WASHINGTON. Feb. 7 Tho Navy department depart-ment has received a telegram from tho captain of a Boxton fruit steamship, statlnc that ho passed tho cunboat Newport on February 3, about seventy miles southeast of Cape Hat-tcroti, Hat-tcroti, procccdlnc under sail with hor pro-pcllur pro-pcllur coiio, WASHINGTON, Fob. 7. Actlnp on on official offi-cial report of a shortaco of $27,077 In tho funds of tho postofflcn at Kolon, Hawaii, n.i announced In an Associated Press dispatch from Honolulu yesterday, Actlnp Fourth Assistant As-sistant Postmnstcr-Goneral Conrad today removed re-moved Manuel A, Bcco aa postmaster at Koloa. WASHINGTON. Fob. 7. John Goodnow. consul-general at Shanghai, called at tho State department today, nnd after a conference with Assistant Stcrotary Plorce. It was an. nounccd that tho conHUl-ccncral had tendered hln reslcnatlon, to tako effect March 31. JEFFEBSON CITY. Mo., Fob. 7. The sev-cntccnth sev-cntccnth ballot for Senator, taken today, fatlad to break tho deadlock. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 7. Sixty women cm-ployceo cm-ployceo of the United States mint, known us adjusters, resumed work today after an ldl-nojra ldl-nojra which began January 1. There waa no work for them, because tho uupply of sllyer byllum had been cxhuusted. BEBLIN, Fob. 7. Tho Forelcn office ays Ocrmany hn not protested to the British Foreign For-eign office -on tho subject of the speech mailn by Civil Lord of tho Admiralty Io at EoaJ-. EoaJ-. IcIbu, February I |