| Show 11 NEWS 3 SMARY ARY i lormer governor richard yates ot of illinois has announced himself a can didace for united states senator peter martel his wife and three children were burned to death in a fire which whick destroyed their home at red fills falls minn alinn in a wreck on the southern railway near curls ala three persons were seriously injured tour four slightly injured and several others bruised president roosevelt has approved the plan of the hawaiian government for the issuance of public improve ment bonds to the amount of portugal has concluded treaties ol 01 commerce with italy Swit switzerland d and germany whereby those countries especially germany secure great ad vantages john R baird a capitalist and clubman of san francisco was killed by an automobile in which he wag was riding fall ng rig upon him and crushing him to death the difficulty between germany and brazil growing out of the of reported to be a G german erman deserter at has been satis fac dorily adjusted six children of william morgan and wife were burned to death at lind say pa the parents and their two remaining children barely escaped with their lives four persons were drowned in the monongahela river near brownsville Browns ville pa as the result of the passenger steamer rose hite colliding with the tugboat joe F klien and sinking italy has accepted the proposition of spain to hold the moroccan confer ence at madrid it Is now expected that the representatives of the inde pendent powers will meet january 10 in a fire in the women s department of the county jail at montgomery ala henrietta howard charged with mur dering her husband was so seriously burned that she Is not expected to live the annual report of fourth As si distant s t a n t P postmaster 0 s t m a s t e r G general e n e r a 1 P M de do G grew e w s says a y s t there he r e h has a S b been e e n a decrease of in the postmasters commis signed as compared with the previous year the state board of railroad commis sio ners of kansas has decided to or der a reduction of 5 per cent in the freight rates on all classes of grain the order affects every railroad in the state senator mccreary has introduced a bill to reduce the tariff of the united states by providing that there shall be levied upon all articles imported from foreign countries a rate equal to three fourths of the present schedule announcement was made at the municipal ownership league head quarters in new york city last week that the organization would extend its work throughout the state and coun colin try under the name of the independent league the annual report of the director ol 01 the bureau of american republics transmitted to the senate last week calls attention to the acquisition ot of panama making twenty one republics blics represented in the international union frank abantao an italian Is in jail at pernie fernie B C charged with the murder of Gab cozza another italian the two men quarreled at morrissey mines B C and engaged in a fight which terminated in the death of cozza the mixing house at the works 01 ol the dupont powder company near boyles ala was accidentally blown up instantly killing five workmen the force of the explosion was felt tor for miles around the victims were blown to atoms the american line steamer st louis which arrived at plymouth england from new york reports hav ing passed december 12 in latitude 45 north and longitude 49 west an ice berg feet high the iceberg was right in the track of atlantic liners A petition from ex queen lam lani asking for the payment of 10 to her has been presented to the senate by vice president fair banks the petition was accompanied by an autograph letter requesting ear ly and favorable consideration according to her own statement mrs J W kelly was thrown by her husband a private detective from a window on the fifth floor ot of the united states hotel in san francisco the woman was picked up suffering from injuries which it Is believed will result in her death the nickerson gas works which furnished light for the town of hy annis mass was destroyed by an ex which killed osborne crow ell who was in charge of the plant and damaged several buildings it is supposed that crowell s lantern ig cited escaping gas the marriage of the infanta maria teresa second sister of king altonso alfonso to prince ferdinand of bavaria has been officially fixed for january 12 the municipality of madrid has decided to participate in the exten extensive siva festivities which have been planned in honor of the wedding the schooner florencia while on her voyage from agua to port limon costa rica was wrecked among those lost were frederick M H wood british consul at port limon two americana americans john and W M rather the latter from texas and three sailors the national council and the state council assembled as a federal as at berne switzerland elect ed M forrer the vice president of the federal council and a radical to be president of the swiss confederation in succession to M ruchel M mul mill ler was elected vice president |
