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Show CREAHOPTIIEIJEWS I FROM EVERYWHEBE j Charles H. Darling has resigned as assistant as-sistant secretary- of th navy, which post he has held since December 16, 1901. He will b succeeded by Truman H. Newberry Newber-ry y of Detroit Th report 'of th Colorado Fuel and Iron company for th year ended June 80 shows a deficit after payment of Interest, taxes and rentals of $341,993. Charles Fromellus, once a wealthy man, committed suicide yesterday on the transport trans-port Logan, from Manila, as It was enter-nng enter-nng San Francisco bar The directors of the United States Steel corporation yesterday declared a regular quarterly dividend of 1 per cent on the preferred stock, payable November SO. G. E. Smith and J. W. Wood, two of the band of six which tried to blow up and rob the Wlllard bank at Rlverton, Ky.. were captured yesterday by the posse In pursuit of the robbers. Fire which broke out early this morning at Pensacola, Fla., destroyed property estimated es-timated at S100.000. Paul Morton, president of the Equitable Life Assurance society, yesterday ex-pressed ex-pressed th belief that great good will result re-sult from the Investigation of the insurance insur-ance business. Robbers yesterday killed W. J. Hayes, a pioneer Justice of the Peace, and his wife In their camp near Fresno. There Is no clue to the murderers, j . The New York police are of the belief that Editor Thompson, murdered some weeks ago in his apartments, was killed by one of the negro bellboys of the hotel, who died yesterday. . A lad of 1 named Verbienski shot and killed his ten-year-old brother while hunting hunt-ing near Peel, Wash., because the younger hoy refused to return home when told to do so. X John' King and an unknown man war found burntd to a criap in the ashes of their cabin near Ballingham, Wash., yesterday. yes-terday. Both men are thought to have been intoxicated. Gustave I.awrent. a Frenchman, was shot and killed yesterday in a box car near Redding by tramps, who were trying to rob him and 'his partner. It is now believed that Walter Scott, the Death Valley miner whs was Injured In an automobile accident at Loe Angeles, will recover. , Justice Stover at New Tork has denied the application of WilllanTravers Jerome to have his name printed on the official ballot in the Republican column. Commander Young of the Bennington, which was blown up at San Diego, yesterday yester-day testified at the -court-martial of Ensign En-sign Wade at Mare Island. . .-, A crowd of men aroused bv political speeches laet night at New York attempted attempt-ed to tear dustn a Tammany banner and stormed the city hall in an attempt to teach Mayor McClellan. v A well-attended farewell banauet to retiring re-tiring Gov. Luke E. Wright was given last evening at Manila. j Embassador Whltelaw Reid has had I several interviews at London recently with Foreign Secretary Lansdown regarding re-garding the Newfoundland naileries situation. situa-tion. . ! j An Important meeting of the Isthmian Canal commission was held last evening at Washington and some chatigea In of- j hcials.were made. The office held by Col. Clarence E. Kd wards, chief of administration, administra-tion, was abolished. Tbe Incident growing out of the attack by a Chinese mob at Nankin on Rear-Ad-TTilral Train and h'.s son has been safely adjusted, the Government apologizing to the officers. The Swedish steamer Johann and the Russian bark Antarea both foundered recently re-cently In the North aea after a collision. Twenty-six men of the two crews were drowned. The congress of the Social Democrats at Vienna has resolved "to emulate the glorious glor-ious victory of the Russian proletariat." Conductor Punlap. an American, was killed yesterday In a collision of canal work traina on the Isthmus. The pollee of New York have stopped the production of Shaw's play, "Mrs. Warren's Profession," on the charge of Indecency. . ' In a campaign speech In New Tork last night District Attorney Jerome made further fur-ther promises that If re-elected he would punish the Insurance men guilty of dishonesty. |