Show NEWS SUMMARY general nelson A miles left bestor for washington D C last week and it Is understood that he will make his future home in the latter city ben den roemer was murdered in his home near wabasha minn by two unknown men he was 72 years ol 01 age and a bachelor quite wealthy the comptroller of the currency has issued a call tor for a statement ol 01 the condition of all national banks at the close of business on february 14 last mrs airs edward lutzenburg was burned to death and her son sort joseph probably fatally injured la in a fire that tor for a time serious threatened the town of barnesboro Barne pa it Is estimated by one of the man agers of the association for improve ing the condition of the poor that there are approximately 30 home less men in new york today the court of appeals of new york h has sustained the constitutionality of the gas and electricity commission law aw giving the legislature authority to delegate the rate fixing faxing power brown hal 2 12 tor for many years champion pacing horse of the world and the sire of the pacer star pointer 1 69 59 3 4 died last week at ewell tarm farm in maury county tennessee aged 29 years jake kilrain the former pugilist tas as filed a petition in bankruptcy schedules declare that kilrain has debts of 1203 1 and assets of 67 ahe principal creditor Is ernest roeber the wrestler the iowa supreme court has hand ed down an opinion regarding the constitutionality of the des moines plan of municipal government by a commission upholding the law in every particular the death sentence against mrs violet goold who with her husband vere st leger goold was convicted of the murder of emma devinat levan at mon to te carlo last summer has been corn com muted to imprisonment ent tor for life speaker cannon has been endorsed tor for the presidency by the republican publican Ke organization of guilford Gul lford county north carolina mr air cannon is a native of this his cou county rity having been born at new garden seven miles from greensboro general tung luh biang slang the leader of the boxers in the uprising of 1900 is dead he had been banished to hansu general rung fung fun fula blang was regarded at one time as the ablest and most powerful of the chinese bl nese gen brals the cotton mills of the boston man alan company of waltham mass hereafter bill be closed on i bri ri days and saturdays a reduction in the working time from 58 8 to 42 hours a week nine hundred hands are at af fectea A special dispatch received from lisbon says that the greatest uneasy ness prevails there the palace has been surrounded by troops the entire garrison Is confined to barracks and ball cartridges have been issued to the men charles J of milwaukee has instituted suit for divorce from evelyn caine whose sen national sat ional escapade in chicago resul resulted tec a few months ago in her imprison ment in the penitentiary at joliet tor for burglary john mcd med hopkirk Is dead from malignant scar letina mr hopkirk was manager of a mills MAIN hotel in new york city in which cheap lodgings are given to the poor and in that ca pacify handled hundreds of dirty germ laden bills the french forces have recently bad had a serious battle with alte albors at a point fifteen miles southeast ot of fedala the french had two officers ard several soldiers killed and three officers and twenty men wounded ahe 1 I he loss of the moors was heavy alexander E butt cashier of the wrecked people s bank of portsmouth va after making restitution to the depositors to the extent of 37 on the total shortage of wa sentenced to three years in the pen pent tertiary tent lary iary and to pay a fine of 7 judge charles G formerly a probate judge and once candidate for governor of kentucky has been held for trial in an oakland cal at police court on the charge of passing a bogus check tor for 10 his case is a mystery to his family and friends claude brooks a negro who con fessel to killing sidney herndon a well todo to do butcher in his apartments in kansas city january 21 has been found guilty of murder in the first de gree and his punishment fixed at death herndon was murdered tor for his money james A deane broke into the home of charles mckay at west forks me at midnight killed mrs mckay with an ax after chasing her to the yard of a neighboring house and then committed suicide by cut ting his throat jealousy was the cause while the japanese cruiser akashi was as engaged in towing work at art yak yaki in the nagasaki prefecture on the evening of february 20 a bollard gave way three non commissioned officers were killed and two officers were injured the akashi returned to kure the passage of sentence of death on general stoessel who was tried on charges of cowardice and treason in surrendering port arthur atthur to the jap anese Is received with little satis fac tion in the russian capital it being charged that stoessel was made the scapegoat millionaires racetrack followers clergymen lawyers law era and legislators were represented at the hearing at albany N Y before the joint senate ind assembly codes committee on tte tire agnew Ag hart bill to am nd the penal code so as to prohibit gambling on od raca tracks |