| Show NEWS SUMMARY elvod 1 persons were killed in a col cislon between traction cars nine miles north of piqua liqua ohio ira D sankey the singing evangel at 1st died at hia his home in brooklyn cc 0 august 14 at the agu ot of 68 mistaking Ms his wife who nid mid got up to close a window for a burglar deo parker of harper kans shot her dead by dy the capsizing ot of a pleasure launch on the wisconsin river near kilbern WIs four chicago people were drowned the canadian pacific railway Is fill ing the vacant places in abo th shops it toronto and in west toronto with strike breakers three women were burned to death when a gas explosion wrecked the dry goods store of J V gavin at wheeling W va john anderson shot and killed J R leighton and wounded J R baronat vernon B C following a dispute over an irrigation ditch A semi official statement Is pub fished in athens asserting that the bulgarians have commenced their campaigns of violence in macedonia six persons were killed and elgh teen injured in a gun explosion aboard the french gunnery school ship Cour onnet off les salines d heeres the death toll by alpine climbers this year is a record one in the month of july alone fourteen persons were killed and two seriously injured english la Is destined to become the universal language of the world in the opinion of A C meyer member of the lower house of the danish parlia ment merit thomas robinson counsel for the winnipeg grain exchange while in a delirium jumped from a a train near montreal he ile was found dying beside the tracks the paris newspapers announce that king alfonso will visit the french capital in september on his way to the isle of WI wight to join queen victoria thomas A edison Is reported to have accumulated 25 now he proposes to devote his time to science pure and simple with no regard tor for financial productiveness As the result of an explosion of fire damp in the budwell mine near leufken germany fifteen persons were killed and six are in hospitals suffering from serious injuries the officers of the american atlan tic ile fleet entertained 2 new zea landers aboard the battleship louis lana iana on august 13 among the throng were many handsomely gowned wo men the bank of afton oklahoma which was closed last week pending an investigation of its affairs liaa been reopened the investigation showing there was no shortage what ever 0 delegates to the convention of the independence party met at dallas texas on august 11 and nominated E D W kirkpatrick president of the texas farmers congress for gov emor michael T maroney aged 25 of 0 meriden conn is dead as a result ol 01 injuries received in a baseball game gamed he collided with another player while running bases and was injured in the abdomen A messengers pouch containing united states government pay checks for nearly 2000 was nas early last week stolen in front of the building mccu pled by the department of commerce and labor the methodist episcopal church has begun an active crusade tor for the election of a speaker of the house of representatives who will allow con gress to vote tote on tin the interstate liquor shipment bill george wilcox a negro formerly employed as a janitor in n the national bank dank of commerce kansas city has confessed to the theft of a package containing 8 from the bank on april 25 1901 the luther league of america with a membership of and rep resenting 2 members of the lutheran church in the united states held its eighth biennial convention in chicago last week with 1500 1 BOO dele gates present dispatches from baku daku say that a decree has been issued at teheran in definitely deferring the convocation of the persian parliament and that the shah has summoned five hundred ad berents of the old regime to form a council of state the peruvian congress voted unan to protest against the insult offered the republic when president padro was pushed off the sidewalk on a street in lima by a former political prisoner named pierola the democratic members of the house were absent dr robert koch the distinguished german scientist the discoverer ol 01 the tuberculosis bacillus and of the cholera germ will attend the interra lional congress to be held in wash ington in september as an official representative of the german govern ment merit judge william 11 taft through an agent has bought a southern planta pianta tion horse 16 hands high weighing 1320 1 pounds the horse won the first prize at the blue grass fair at lex ington ky last week it will be shipped to judge taft before the end of this week during the change of guards in the birly morning shift william ski held on a charge of murder marder corn com bitted suicide in his cell in the ray mond street jail in brooklyn by hang ing ng himself from the bars by his sus penders the man had protest Pd his innocence of crime lils st amt tau fe |
