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Show NEWS SUMMARY Major General William n. Shatter, U. S. A., died at Dakcrsflcld, Cal., on tho 12th, from pneumonia. Herbert Dradloy, n wealthy flour exporter, ex-porter, was killed by a pot deer on tho preserves at his homo near Monk clalr, N. J. Four men wcro killed and n scoro Injured, sovcrnl fatally, by tbo explosion explo-sion of a boiler of n cotton gin nt Cnulksvllle, Ark. Tho streets of Warsaw nro again In control of the cavalry In consequunco of threatened disorders becauso of tho high prlco of meat. Tho first-class Jnpancso battleship Satsuma, 19,000 tons, tho first battleship battle-ship to ho launched In Jnpancso waters, wa-ters, was launched on tho 15th. A tenet lonary newspaper of Moscow demnml tin- expulsion of Count Wltto from Hussln, and says ho will remain in Russia at tho risk of his life. Hepioscntatlvo Ilourko Cockran and Miss Annie Ide, daughter of Henry C. Ide, formerly governor general of tho Philippines, were married on tho 16th. Prlnco Albert of Handera, tho heir apparent to the llelglnn throno aud nuphuw of King Leopold, has been sworn In as n member of tho Belgian Senato. Although there exists no law to the contrury, tho government of Peru has refused to allow a local Arm of bonkers bonk-ers to ship 12,000 silver sols (about 12,000 pounds) to I-ondon. V. C. Swcntman, of Philadelphia, dropped dead while running to catch a train. He was SG years of ago and wns one of the hcnvlest dealers In mall In tho United States. Mrs. Charles A. Strong, daughter of John D. Rockefeller, died at Cannes, Franco, on the 1 Itli. Mrs. Strong had been 111 for some tlmo and suffered a paralytic stroke on November 12 Wllllnm 11. Hearst, Independence league and Democratic candidate for governor of New York, has certified to the secretary of state that he spent $38G,70 In promoting his canvass. Mrs. Charles Mowry and her three children, Homer, aged C years; Louise, 3 years, and a baby of 6 mouths, wero burned to death In their homo on n farm at Untavla station, Michigan. Six men wero killed anil five seriously seri-ously injured when a boiler In tho power hoiiBo of tho Lnko Shoro and Michigan Southern railroad, In Collin-wood, Collin-wood, a suburb or Cleveland, Ohio, blew up. Generals Itolan and Castcllancs wcro severely wounded near Valencia, Spain, ns n result of tho explosion of a land mlno during experiments which woro being conducted by tho military engineers. Two persons wero seriously Injured nnd a number of women nnd children bruised and otherwlso slightly hurt In n panic caused by nn Incipient blnze from n moving plcturo mnchlnn nt KvnnHVlllo, Ind. Dr. W. l Phillips, nged 83 years, former secretary of tho state of Texas, nnd brother or United StntcH District Judgu .lolin V. Phillips of Missouri, committed suicide at Hocheport, Mo., by drinking poison. Threo robbers escaped with tho contents con-tents of tho safe of the Hank of Walk- i er, nt Walker, Mo. Tho safo and front portion of tho bank building wero wreckeil by tho explosion of n heavy j charge of dynamite. 1 President Roosevelt will bo asked to deliver tho address nt tho unveiling of tho monument to General Lnwtnn, , being erected at Indianapolis by tho people of ludlnna. Tho ceremony will , tuko placo next Memorial day. Tho Amorlcnn International Con- i gross on Tuberculosis was held In Now ' York last week. Dr. K. II. Daniel of Austin, Toxas, the president, declared 1 tho keynoto of tho convention Is to bo tho prevention of tuberculosis by lcgls-1 lcgls-1 Intlon. I Itobbors dynamited a nfo In tho j Hank of Lohoma, In anrfleld county, ! Oklahoma, and escaped with $2,700 in t cash. Tho bank hnd Just received 110.000 to pay farmers for their cot-Ion, cot-Ion, but tho robbers overlooked Oil money. llcrt Soeloy, who wns under bus-plcltm bus-plcltm In connection with tho murder of KJwIn Gnrwln, In West Haven. Mich., was found dend In his bed, nnd lying besldo him was his young wife, also dend. It In thought that tho con-plo con-plo committed suicide. Tho United Stntes grand Jury at Pensacola, Fla., after four days' session, ses-sion, returned Indictments against twolvo persons, charging peonngo In connection with cases which originated origin-ated at tho Jackson Lumber company's camp several months since. The Workingman's Savings and foan company of firocnvllle, 8. C, tho only negro banking Institution In tho state, has closed Its doors by order of the state bank examiner. Careless bookkeeping Is said to be the cause if tbo hank's embarrassment. Immediately after congress convenes con-venes next month, Senator Cullom of Illinois will Introduce n Joint resolution resolu-tion In the senato providing for the appointment of nn expert tariff commission com-mission to consider and report on those schedules which would be revised. |