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Show CQEAIIOf TIIEKEWS . 1 fCOIlEVERYVlIEQE President Rooaerelt Is "the first President Presi-dent of this country to to beyond Us territorial ter-ritorial limits while holding- office,' but as" he i. on a United States battleship, the Weat Virginia,' he is technically at hom ; Apylicatlonof a Roseburc banker for .'a franchise for an 'electric Una from Roae- burg- to Portland 1s said to be a Gould move in connection with the Western Pa-. ciflc. Harrtman counsel will fight the franchise. A wealthy New York woman, Mrs. Mar--garet Todd, who disappeared with $16,000 worth of Jewels on fier person a few days Bgro, was found horribly mangled last night in. the railroad yards at Philadelphia. Philadel-phia. How she came to be killed is - a mystery. . s ' ' The Supreme court of California has issued is-sued an order restraining election com-miraioners com-miraioners from placing on the voting machines the designations Independent Republican and independent Democrat, on the ground that they are misleading.' -. Secretary Taft estimates that the War department will require $104.,2OT.75 for 19v, J9, 717,922.62 less than for 1806. Members of the Taft fortlflcaUon board who do not acccompany the Secretary to Panama, are planning a tour of inspection of the entire Atlantic coast. . . ' Postmaster-General Cortefyou yesteiv day told the Leagua of Postmasters of the Fourth Class that all fourth-class postmasters post-masters would be retained during satisfactory satis-factory service. . Successful wireless . communication is being maintained between the cruiser West Virginia, on which the President is a passenger en route to Hampton Roads and (he coast. .4 . ' President. Harriman of the Union Pacific Pa-cific at New York yesterday said an era. of railroad building competition was approaching ap-proaching which the Union Pacific did not fear. The legs and arms of a young woman were found In a suit case floating in the harbor at Boston yesterday. They are supposed to be part of the body of the young woman whose torso was found in a suit case in thejharbor a fortnight ago. An increasing number of Chinese sre coming into the country, and it is believed be-lieved that thsf exclusion laws are to be less rigidly enforced. The white wife of a New York Chinaman China-man has fled to Washington on information informa-tion that she was to be killed. She declares de-clares she knows of at least seven murders mur-ders committed by the Chinese In which I the remains of the victims were put into suit cases and dropped into the ocean. . The French sculptor, David D' Angers, has given the Daughters of the American Revolution a replica of a bronse bas relief re-lief representing the most famous Americans Ameri-cans since the time of George Washington. Washing-ton. TV Lee Clark, cashier of the Allegheny Enterprise bank, who committed suicide. Is charged with, having feloniously hy-. hy-. pothecated a valuable certificate of stock pledged as security for a loan. Els borate preparations have been made at Nebraska City for the unveiling of the State to J. Sterling Morton, st which ex-President ex-President Cleveland will deliver the ad-. ad-. dress. - . . ' , . . H. T.T Bangs," a . California mining expert, ex-pert, has been arrested at New York on a charge of embezzlement, the exact nature of which is not yet known. Acting Public Printer Ricfcetts has made many suggestions to the Government for . the .saving xf money on its printing bill. 'Gii 'Arlsa. a ' Mammoth, Arlx., miner, while drunk, fatally shot his wife and was killed by an officer. , Joseph Snsldecl was hanged yesterday at San Quentln for the murder at Los Angeles An-geles of Mrs. Cecilia Salmon. Th Court of Appeals of New York has denied the motion for a reargument of tha appeal of. Albert T. Patrick from conviction convic-tion of the murder of W. M. Rice In New York five years ago. In order to add to the facilities for fighting forest fires, the Government plans to have built hundreds of miles of' trails in the various western forest reserves. re-serves. The Commercial Treaty association at Berlin held a secret session yesterday to consider the proposed trade agreement with the United States. President Roosevelt's forty-seventh birthday was celebrated last evening at St. Paul by the Original Roosevelt club. |