Show LITTLE TELEGRAMS BLOOMINGTON Ill Jan 17 After 17 After repeating tho the Lords Lord's prayer In tho the ChrIstian Christian Christian Chris ChrIs- tian church at Fairbury yesterday Mrs Lourinda Anderson a pioneer of that city aged 64 dropped dead in her pew MADRID Jan 17 A A coining plant has been discovered In a cottage near Gua- Gua diax Its owner the duke of and Marquis Lombay have been arrested It Is stated many prominent persons arc are compromised CHICAGO Jan 17 Two Two men were arrested yesterday as the result of the re receipt receipt receipt re- re of a a. Black Hand letter by Gaetano Santoro of the firm of Santoro Steffani grocers lIe He received a letter demanding on Thursday The men arrested are Christine 19 ID years old an and Lorea 22 years old A third man is being sought WASHINGTON Jan 17 Representative tive G. G J. J Diekman of Michigan l has announced announced announced an an- himself as a candidate for speaker of ot the tho house to succeed Speaker Cannon when the sixty-second sixty congress Is organized VALLEJO Cal Jan 17 The 17 The collier Prometheus which was launched a year ago was placed in commission at the Mare Island navy yard Saturday She was placed In command of ot Captain Worley Wor- Wor ley Icy a civilian and she will be manned by bya a civilian crew She Is Intended for tor service service service ser ser- ser ser- vice with the Pacific fleet GREEN BAY Wis Jan 17 August August Maves a fanner farmer living near Greenleaf shot and killed his wife wounded his daughter Mrs Martha Knorr of ot Appleton and then committed suicide Saturday A divorce was granted Mrs two weeks ago CHICAGO Jan 17 Suit Sult Suit was filed In tho United States circuit court here heie charging that the federal corporation tax law recently passed by congress is la unconstitutional unconstitutional unconstitutional un un- un- un constitutional and seeking an injunction to restrain the tho directors of ot the Northern Trust frust company of Chicago from paying the tax bill was filed nied by a stockholder stockholder stock stock- holder of ot the company as a test case LINCOLN Neb Jan 17 C. C. C O O. Whedon Whedon Who Who- don has announced himself A candidate candidate- for the senate on the Republican ticket to oppose United States Senator L L. L Lo F. F o Burkett Burkett Bur- Bur kett keet whose term expires March 3 1911 The he only plank of his platform announced at present Is Mr l Whedon's opposition to the Payne Aldrich tariff bill COLUMBIA S. S C C. Jan 17 John John Y and James Young president and secretary respectively of the tho defunct Seminoles Securities company of ot Columbia who had been found g guilty of ot breach of trust were late Saturday sentenced to three years and one year re- re at hard labor CINCINNATI Jan 17 Enraged Enraged as the result of ot a quarrel John Lofey a motorman motor- motor motorman motorman man returned to the home pf of his sweetheart sweetheart sweet- sweet Heart Isabel Baker in Newport Ky late ate last night and probably fatally shot Miss Baker her sister Flora and their mother WASHINGTON Jan 17 The H.-The The latest contribution for proposed legislation for highway construction In the United States Rainer of Is s a bill of Representative Texas lexas rating pro-rating among the states and territories according to mileage mileage mile mile- age ago of the traveled public roads BERLIN Jan 17 It It Is stated on good authority that the porte has commenced suit to recover from the Deutscher bank the millions deposited there by Abdul AbdulHamid Hamid former sultan suItan of Turkey NORTH SYDNEY N N. 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Jan 17 As 17 As Asa a result of the breaking of the cable that connects the Magdalen islands with the thc main land at Bay St. St Lawrence the Islands Islands ands are completely cut of off from all communication communication com com- either by cable or otherwise until tho the opening or ox navigation In the spring CHICAGO Jan 17 Peter Peter Klees RIces a police po- po Ice lice magistrate at Aurora Ill said to have lave been one of ot the heaviest men in the world died Sunday Klees Kloes weighed pounds and was 6 feet 3 inches tall Ten TenI of f the strongest men in Aurora have been selected elected to act as pallbearers I BARCELONA Jan 17 One One hundred thousand housand persons took part in i a tg i atlon I Sunday In behalf of f the h political prisoners of ot the July troubles They marched to the palace of ot the civil governor governor gover gover- nor wr to whom the leaders handed a petition peel peti- lon ion to be transmitted to the premier WASHINGTON Jan 17 Trouble Trouble is looming up before the naval officers who aho failed to take the physical tests In Inthe he the last calendar year and who were not excused The report has reached some sonic of f them that Secretary Meyer will make the he tests testa accumulative Therefore Instead in- in stead tead of ot being required to walk fifty miles niles In three days they will be re required required rewired re- re wired to walk miles In six days The navy avy department however has not decided de- de on any action |