Show I I I LI Around the Globe II CINCINNATI Feb 20 O. President elect William II H. Taft was b last ast t ni night ht made mado a n II knocker kno ker at sight Ills His initiation initiation initia initia- I tion furnished entertainment for prominent busi business and professional men at tho Knockers Knockers' annual dinner WASHINGTON Fob Feb 20 The O.-The The army appropriation bill which passed tho senate yesterday carried an appropriation tion of for a now nw army target ran o at Fort Dou Douclas Dougas las W WASHINGTON F Fob Feb b. b 20 O. A A bill of some somo importance to tho the states passed sed tho senate yesterday aft aft- It authorizes es tho the secretary of tho interior in his discretion to mako make rc resurveys es of surveys sun on any an- public lands laDds where markings hav has has-cr ja O r been removed Heretofore a special bill has hRs been necessary necessary nee nee- eggar essary in in each case arising SPRINGFIELD HI m Feb 20 The Tho Tho state supreme court has sot Bot aside tho verdict of the tho Dewitt Dowitt county court in iu in inthe tho the famous Snell case and left no ground round upon which the tho contestants ma may maj hiD hang another case Cl It is held by tho the court that because a no man has haa relations with a woman which might bo ho deemed improper it does docs not affect his ability to make a will and that tho the point jat at issue Issue is if is a moral one ono and not ono one I bo be material in in this case ST. ST PAUL Feb Feh 20 Holder Holder Brayton cashier in the offices of tho the Northern Pacific railroad land and department died here herl yesterday as the tho result of a J. J shot fired 1 bv by him himself olf in his hi cottage O on White bear lake Ho TIo left a letter for his fiancee Miss liss Kout of this city saying This i ii is tho the end nd of a 1 m misSpent misspent mis mis- spent life Attach no blamo hamo to an any one WI WK wis Fob Fb 20 The Th The bankIng bank bank- I I Ing fag methods In handling th the tho campaign campal expenditures of United States Senator Isaac on through h J. J II Pup Pup-I. Icher leher a Milwaukee l banker was wa taken n up lip b by the Investigating tho the senatorial primary yesterday Mr 11 Icher explained tho the manner In which tho deposits made and told of or receiving amounts aggregating through h J. J A A. A Van Cleave of or a friend of or Mr 11 St Stephenson for pay paying In I campaign bills The method of handling tho tim funds ho acknowledged was unusual CHICAGO Feb CO The O. The thirty fifth annual convention of or tho American Bankers Bankers' ers ers' association will win bo be hold hod here bere herein herein in September Arrangements have o been heen perfected b by President George M. M Reynolds Reynol s and Secretary Fred E. E Farnsworth Farm Farns- worth There Thoro will be more than thau delegates and alternates lIt orn a t es CHICAGO Feb Fob 20 r o. Much satisfaction satisfaction tion is felt by by bv the tho police theater squad over ovel a decision handed down by the tho state supreme court upholding the tho ri right ht of the tho city to exorcise exorcise police power in censoring immoral pictures SACRAMENTO SACRA Feb 20 S Senator Senator A. A caused used a stir BUr In tho the upper r Branch of the Ui legislature la ture b by calling out ont of tho the committee on federal rat relations his two resolutions one ono providing for an In Investigation in In- Into freight rate Increase by hy I tran transcontinental railroads arid and express 5 rates b by Fargo Wells Co and the theother theother theother other asking congress not to repeal al the he Chinese exclusion act E. E Wyo Feb 20 The Thc The 1 Wyoming Wyoming Wy Wy- oming legislature passed parsed a n law appropriating printing i OO for dr dry farming r ments meats The agricultural exhibits c for the trans Missouri dry farming congress rom froni Colorado Montana braska Idaho and anti other states havo have already begun to arrive SALEM r. Or Or Feb CO The O.-The The house passed a fish Osh h bill prepared on th the lines linesa a upon uron the recent Joint conference of ot committees from the Or Oregon and awl Washington legislatures Th The Bill nih I Is tho the most mOlt Important fish lish 1 legislation enacted In n this state for man many years It also Is la laho the ho first Jr t fish h measure drafted that Is satIsfactory sat sat- to both states OLYMPIA OLY Wash Feb Fph 20 The Thc The state senate passed a bill making It a 3 misdemeanor misdemeanor meanor for persons to steal rides on railway railway rail rail- way war trains Tho The bill confers confer on trainmen the power to mako arrests for such crimes and to call can upon b bystanders for assist assist- ance I I Wash Feb 20 O. After heln being out twenty hours th the tho jur Jury at Mount Vernon has declared L vo Lo o Be zemer Bl guilty of ot for or tho the purpose of or holding for ransom On the evening of or October last ast B held up E Edward ward English a millionaire logger on tho the highway near Mount Vernon Skagit count county The logger was forced to drive Into the woods Rn and was T as th n ordered from his carriage at tho the point of a J. J pistol and bound to a tree trel I after being co coerced Into writing an order to his wife T to P pay bearer O O. O Defore Mrs English h could secure tho the money her husband escaped WASHINGTON Feb 20 In In th the sundry sundry sun Run dry civil appropriation bill reported In inthe tho the house hO t there hero were Items of or Inter Interest t tto to Utah luau Twenty thousand dollars are aro appropriated for tho the fedora federal building at nt Logan Jorun X and forty thousand for the thc federal building at Ogden NEW XE YORK TORK Feb Feh 20 Army Ann Army engineers who T boring boring- for an au additional water watH supply on nn the BUHl Sandy Hook military reservation reservation reser reser- a lu havo d discovered what Is 19 d to bo lii a n burled buried prehistoric forest on tho the 1 0 Now Jersey TerM coast A broad strata of ot struck feet fet wood was b by test teat pipes down Twenty f feet et of or this wool wood wooI was bored horld and an In estl Investigation atlon I Is being made malle malleIn In tho the Interest of archaeology olo NEW XE YORK Tong Feb 20 Becoming n con con- I science nce stricken In a 0 hospital because n h he- he had not returned a n necklace which ho he found a n year ago ngo and retained al al a- though ho lie saw advertisements for Its ILI re recovery to- to covery roven a n 3 young man communicated to a friend that ho he wished to return turn tho the j Jewels Jew jew- w. w cia els before dying In this way Mrs Irs Max Bernstein of West esl One Hundredth and Twenty sixth street received her necklace neck neck- lace laco last night NEW EW YORK Fob 20 O. Govern o Hughes and Timothy Woodruff chairman of ot the tho Republican state central commit commit- tee will he be the guests of ot the Republican club of Brooklyn tonight This organization tion Is la strongly backing tho the governor In his fight to bring about the passage o ot legislation calling for direct nominations In this SEATTLE Wash Feb JE Take Take- awn sawa commissioner loner for Japan for tor th the tho Yukon Pacific Yukon exposition has ar arrived arrived at- at rived hero laro from He lie stated that tha Plans for the biggest exhibit ever made mart by Japan abroad will bo be commenced hero her Imm Immediately lla tOI SAN SM Fob Feb 20 Harry O. Harr Welch who has hM been appointed td h head ad o otho of tho the eastern bureau of ot tho the California promotion promotion pro pro- motion committee has departed d for Now York to take his now new position Welch who has haB be bees been secretary of the tho committee will succeed Colvin Brown I I I I NEW YORK Feb 20 Speeches Speeches O b bj by phonograph raph were ono one of oC the features o otho or of ortho tho the Amherst alumni at the Waldorf Waldorf- Astoria last night Through this medium tho the gathering was waI addressed by Dean n Hitchcock of or the faculty who Is IB also tho senior professor lor by Representative Raine or of Illinois and Judge Samuel Scars Sears of or Chicago N NEW V YORK TORK Fob ob 20 All 20 All within five hours hourI two thirty-two absolute divorces were granted by Justice Thomas In Brooklyn yesterday Tho The record ca ease t j was WM disposed dispose lt of or In three minutes This breaks ks al all Brooklyn divorce records record Tho The dispatch In Sn which the I legal al machinery moved mo I 1 is attributable to the fact that none of ot tho the cases was defended UTICA X Y i Fob cb 20 Prominent O. In laymen laymen lay lay- men In tho the northern Now York conference o havo started a a. movement mo for an o nation to be called tho the Methodist pal Foundation Fund association It Is planned to form Conn a n. corporation to assist tho the Methodist l church throughout tho United States SEOUL Korea Feb Fob 20 Tho O.-Tho Tho assertion of or the tho Korean homo home minister given In an Interview to tho the newspaper men at Tokio last week that the native Christians supported supported sup sur ported by tho the missionaries were assisting tho the revolution Is Indignantly denied by the tho foreign missionaries here On the tho contrary con con- they the maintain that thc they havo have made every effort to suppress tho the uprisings s. TOKIO Feb Fel 20 John John Noble and Douglas Vickers of or England were cro presented present present- ed cd to tho the emperor toda today KOBE NOBE Feb 20 The Tho Tho Canadian Pacific railway steamer Empress of China from fron for Vancouver arrived here hereto to today a after nUr ln ha having been ashore on ai nn Island of tho Inland sea ea She Sho he Is making water ater In iii one of her ballast tanks am and ami must JOust be docked for examination LONDON Feb 20 Bullion Bullion amounting to was taken Into the Bank o ot of England on balance toda today VERA CRUZ Mexico Feb 20 Ten Ten men are aro believed to have havo been lost In tho sinking of a schooner off orr tho the coas coast n near ar here bore during tho the recent storm Much damage Is reported nil along the coast Tho The name of tho ml missing schooner has not been learned TUXPAN Vera Cruz Mexico F Feb b 20 O. O The Tho Tho Tuxpan railroad It Is announced announced an an- has hns been bren completed Into the new now oil fields at Furbero I II E. H. H Harriman Harrl- Harrl man mm Is hi understood to h be Interested In Ia tho tim I Icon con control of ot the new fields I LINCOLN LY Feb 20 With 20 With only only- nn an I hour to live Jive under the terms of or tho the death warrant rend read to him R. R Mead 1 SHumway was as reprieved by the supreme court yesterday anti and a stay of sentence granted until March 5 was Con condemned d to dlo die for tho the murder of or Mrs Sarah Martin on September 3 I Oi SAX SAN FRANCISCO FIL Feb Feh 20 According According O. to Elder If H A A. Smith of or tho day Latter Saints who Is In this city a Mormon temple Is to be built In San Francisco with money contributed d by the church In Salt Lake JAke Tho The elder r says that he has obtained options on several fine sites SALEM SALE Or Feb Fob rO Edward O.-Edward Edward II Harriman the th railroad magnate was given fn a verbal flaying In the tho Oregon Orron tate state senate Friday after which that body bod adopted a r resolution proposing the amendment 0 of the state con constitution so 0 that tho the state ma may own antI and construct railroads railroad This resolution h has s already passed the thc house |