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1 CfiEAfl OF THE MFV7S. Appeals -have been made to President . Rooeevelt In behalf of the outrages against Jews In Russia, but the President J says that the United States Government ; la powerless to Interfere. . The Sultan of Morocco complains that he was not consulted In Algeslras con-. con-. ' ference about reforms In Morocco. -V . ...fA . -The 'resolution to-have the -terms of . . members of Congress extended from two to four years was defeated In the House ' yesterday by a vote ot 89 to 86. .- . .Dennis Harrington's life Was crushed out in a cave-in in the Mountain Consolidated Con-solidated mine at Butte; yesterday afternoon.. after-noon.. The water In the San Joaquin river in California is dangerously high and levees are breaking. A mass meeting was held at the Beth I Hannaddrosch Hagadal synagogue In 1 New Tork yesterday to lament the death of Jews In Russia. About 3000 people ,V were present and during the chants for ' . - the dead sobs were heard throughout the . ... immense audience. e e Four convicts are dead and one perhaps fatally Injured, as the result of an attempt at-tempt on the part of three life-term prisoners pris-oners to escape from , the State convict farm at Angola, La. e e Senator Morgan celebrated his 82nd Mrthday yesterday by makinir a long 'speech In the Senate In support of the bill for a sealevel canal across the Isthmus of Panama. . ' 6enater Heyburn of Idaho, has returned to Washington from Atlantic City and was able to appear on the floor of the : Senate yesterday. His health is complete-ly complete-ly restored. - - J It ts expected thst the Le Doux case 3L5at Btockton.- Cal.. will go to the Jury ""t late today or tomorrow, I . e Twenty 'bills of more or less general Interest were passed by the House of Representatives, yesterday. - e e 'The carelessnesa of a man In stepping on the side of a launch resulted In the drowning of four people In Delaware river near Philadelphia yesterday. The dead are: John Zwald, John 8. McCan, John Hannlgan. and Charles E. Keenan. e. A killing frost occurred at Laramie. ' Wyo.. Tuesday night. : e e More complete returns from the South Dakota primaries show that the regular Republicans gained a greater victory than was at first estimated. The regulars ' are now conceded to have 348 out of 467 votes In the convention. e e e A party of Union Pacific surveyors ts at work near Laramie, Wyo., presumably working on a line from North Platte to Medicine Bow. effecting a saving of time . and grade between the two places. " Conferees on the railroad rate bill met "' this morning at the apartments of Repre sentative Sherman at the Hotel Normandy Nor-mandy in Washington. . Simon Johnson Is alleged to have murdered mur-dered Alexander Mcintosh and Max Le-clare Le-clare at Hazelton, B. C. Johnson is an Indian. e - e Labor and Its attitude in the next polltl-ral polltl-ral campaign was the principal topic of - discussion at the executive council of the American Federation of Labor In Washington Wash-ington yesterday. . By special invitation William R. Hearst of New Tork addressed ad-dressed the meeting. -'.'-Cyrus W. Davis was nominated by acclamation ac-clamation by the. Democratic State con- ventlon at Bangor, Me., yesterday as J candidate for Governor. X . - ' vThe divorce rase of Agnes Loretta Day sgalnst Eugene Day was begun in the I ' Supreme court at Boise, Ida., today. |