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Show Flashes from the Wire FJSHKlLL LANDING. N. Y.. Aug. IS. The Thaw hearing in the suit of Dr. Wilson vs. Thaw was ugaln postponed today. to-day. Thaw did not come to town. FUT-IN-BAY. O., Aug. IS. A rupture has arisen between the National Fraternal Fratern-al congress and the Modern Woodmen of America over the question of establishing establish-ing a minimum rate of assessment for the fraternal insurance organizations. TUPPKR LAKE, N. Y.. Aug. 18. Dr. Joseph Elchberg, a prominent physician of Cincinnati, was drowned tonight In Big Tupper lake. In trying to land a largo plckerid, his boat was capsized and ho wa3 thrown Into the water. WINNIPEG, Aug. IS: A dispatch from Cranbook, 1$. C. this afternoon says a bush fire near Klmberly Is beyond control and Is running northward. Sullivan nnd Kimborly are safe. No rain for over a month has resulted In unusual dryness. CARSON CITY. Nov.. Aug. 18. Empire Em-pire Cltv. three miles from here, a once flourishing city during the bonanza days of Virginia City, was visited by fro at 'JM5 this morning, destroying six houses, almost the total number, and crematng John Bradbury, a pioneer of thut place. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.. Aug. IS. Tho! decomposed body of Win. E. Robinson, commercial agent here for the Atlantic Coast line railway. and well known among railway men of the South, was found in his room hero today. It Is supposed sup-posed his death was natural. CINCINNATI, O.. Aug. 18. A Covington, Coving-ton, Ky., officer came here today with a warrant charging John J. Ryan, turf promoter and commission man. with manslaughter. man-slaughter. This Is the outcome of the death of a deaf mulo who was run down and killed by Ryan's automobllo Sunday. WARSAW. Ind., Aug. IS. The condition condi-tion of Miss Eva Booths commander of the Salvation Army of the United Stutrs. who was overcome by lieai and collapsed at the Winona Lako Bible conference, following hor address las. night, was Improved Im-proved today. In charge of friends, she started for her home In New York City. RANDSBlTRG, Cal.. Aug. IS. Fred F. Yockey. vice-president of tho Randsburg local of tho Western Federation pf Miners, who was arrested In Los Angeles today on a charge of conspiring' to blow up the Philippine lines of tho Yellow Aster mine lust Juno, wns arraigned today before Justice Jus-tice Coleman of Mojave- and was held under un-der bonds of $1000 to appear for examination examina-tion August 25. LOS ANGELES". Aug. IS. The nineteenth nine-teenth annual meeting of the National Association of Life Insurance Underwriters Underwrit-ers convened hero today with delegates present from all parts of tho country. A special ' train arriving from the east last night brought a large number of Insurance Insur-ance men. The forenoon session was occupied oc-cupied with" reports of tho officers. Several Sev-eral matters of large -Importance In t o Insurance world will como before the convention. con-vention. One of these Is tho revision of tho constitution of the association so ns to prohibit insurance companies, accused of violating tho rules of tho association, from operating under Us laws. |
