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Show Condensed Telegrams j KANSAS CITY. Sept 14 William II. Pitcher, an organist and composer of New York and a grandson of tho famous organ builder. Henry Pitcher, died In Kosedalc, Kan., near here today. It is believed he died of apoplexy. PORTSMOUTH, Ohio. Sept. U.XV. S. Davidson, chief of police, who was arrested ar-rested and fined yesterday because he brought liquor Into this; local option territory ter-ritory and ' treated" several friends, resigned re-signed today. CHICAGO. Sept. 14. Motion for an arrest ar-rest of judgment In the case of Dr. Hal-dano Hal-dano Cleminson, found guilty of murdering murder-ing his wife a year ago. was denied by Judge McSurely today and the prisoner was formally sentenced to Imprisonment for life. TAMPA. Kla . Sept. 14. J. F. Eascr-llng. Eascr-llng. head bookkeeper for Bustillo Broth-cr.s Broth-cr.s Dlnz. clgarmnkeis. was shot today at West Tampa by an unknown assailant He was seriously wounded. He hns actively ac-tively represented his employers In the present clgarmakers' strike. WASHINGTON. Sept. 11. Naval Attache At-tache Simpson at London has cabled the navy department that the man In the hospital there suffering from loss of memory is not the naval constructor, John C. Sweeney, who disappeared from the Bremerton navy yard several months ago. WASHINGTON. Sept. H. The board of engineers recently appointed to consider con-sider the question of the advisabllltv of the gulf to the lakes project, held" Us initial meeting today at the war department depart-ment and outlined a general course of procedure. NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 14. The largest larg-est gathering of negroes ever held here occurred today when President Morris called to order about 7000 delegates to the national convention of Negro Baptists. Bap-tists. WASHINGTON. Sent. 14. Faulty in- stallation and design of the oil burning apparatus on tho Dreadnought North Dakota Da-kota were responsible for the accident on that battleship on the eighth instant, whereby three men were killed and eleven Injured, according to the report' of the investigating board. ST. LOUIS. Sept. 14. The next convention con-vention of the Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterways association will be held here November 25 and 2i, according to the announcement of President V, K. Cav-anaugh Cav-anaugh today. MILWAUKEE. Sept. 14. Dr. William Colby RIdekcr. who. up to last night, was health commissioner of Milwaukee, was brought before Judge John Gregory in civil court on a warrant sworn out by Miss Catherine Hasdorf charging a statutory stat-utory offense. He pleaded not guilty and tho case was continued to December 14, the doctor being admitted to ball. |