Show W A mccreery a millionaire clubman and polo player of san francisco was declared mentally unbalanced by a 2 california court some time ago and was placed on a ranch under the guardianship of H H he managed to escape from the ranch and went to england where it was decided by an english court that he was competent to look after his own affairs he is now seeking fo be restored to competency by the california courts like chaloner the virginian he is insane in one place and sane in another two boston newsboys victimized victim iz ed by counterfeiters counterfeit ers who passed OR on them spurious spurlon coins followed one of the men and told the police of the location of his appart ment rendezvous A A raid on the counterfeiting plant followed in which the police captured and arrested 11 of the gang of counter deiters fei the police state that 0 i bad half dollars had bid been turned out by the bogus money plant while it was in operation C T ballard of louisville ky while traveling in egypt a year ago contracted a strange feysa ever and has just entered catered john hopkins hospital in balti bald 1 more for treatment his case is a puzzling one to the physicians who are undecided whether to pronounce it typhoid or egyptien Egypt ion lever ever known in medical science as the congo sleeping sickness an oil pix painting inting depicting a hvest harvest scene by redder was stolen recently from the art department of a chicago store it is believed the thief got his inspiration for the robbery from reports of 0 the ste stealing alling and subsequent restora tion of the famous mona lisa A A committee of the new net york bar association has recommended the en of a law tu provide that a jury in a murder case in which the insanity y plea has been a defense may return a verdict of 4 guilty but insane persona thus convicted would be sent to an asylum for the criminal insane and justice aou would id not nol b be e 4 te tt rurh M arm sity have proposed a plan whereby businessmen business men may be exchanged between germany and the united states along lines similar to exchange pro fessor ships so that each country may get valuable ideas from the other the plan is being considered by the senior merchants guild of berlin the village council met recently at norwalk wis and passed an ordinance making it a misdemeanor punishable by fine and imprisonment to dance the tango within the municipal limits of the village tiey instructed the town marshall to immediately immedi attly close a dancing academy in which ane nc of the councilmen averred this invention of satan was taught WH W H 88 years old a wealthy retired manufacturer of hartford conn recently eloped with his 68 old secretary and they were married the happy groom explained that he has known his bride all her life but not until this time has he be been able to persuade her to become his wife the six ralle mile ship canal connecting buzzards Buz zarda bay with cape cod bay in massachusetts is now 75 per cent completed and it is announced that the waters of the two bays will meet next summer this canal it is said will rob the sandy peninsula and nan shoals of their terrors tenors to its building has been plated ever since the days ol of the pilgrim fathers an earthquake feb 10 shook up the northeastern part of the country and one man at binghamton N Y was killed by being buried in a trench as the result this Is the severest shock that part of the continent has felt in many years yearn earthquakes are arc few in that region for the reason that I 1 the underlying rocks are of very ancient formation and much more solid solia than the newer formations inthe in the west the tax collectors of cuyahoga Cuya hoga county ohio are after john D rockefeller with a sharp stick to anake him pay a little tax ol of on his personal estate of they claim he is a resident of the county under the law which defines defiles a resident as a person who has aved in the county counte the greater part of a year preceding the first monday in february mr rockefeller at once left cleveland say ing he hc would shake the dust of ohio from his teet and went to hia estate at Po hills near tarrytown N Y which he claims as his legal residence attorney general has filed suit under the bherman antitrust anti trust law to break the southern pacifica control over the central pacific railway by the cancellation of the 99 year lease which the former former holds on the latter the content contention contently lo is that by this control the two roads are operated in cahoots and competition is prevented the purpose is to restore the control of the central pacific by the old union pacific so that an independent through route between the missouri and the pacific will be maintained as was intended by congress congles s when the land grant laws were passed |