Show NEWS SUMMARY james ryder randall tae war poet author of 0 maryland my maryland died at his home in augusta ga on the W E estes general freight agent of the central of georgia who was accidentally shot by his wife at sa vannah ga is dead governor hughes still maintains sl st lence regarding the movement in fa vor of his indorsement endorsement Indor for ahe he prest dency by the republicans ot of new york senator william pinckney whyte of delaware has been elected united states senator to fill the portion of the late senator german gorman s term isaac N hascall at one time acting governor of nebraska and for many years one of the most prominent poll ticiano in nebraska Is dead at the age of 77 owing to a dec decrease reaze in business all division superintendents of the mich igan central railway have been or dered to lay off oft as many employees as business will permit the western bank trust corn com pany of dallas texas capitalized at has passed into the hands of an assignee heavy withdrawals recently Is given as a reason during the year 1907 france s im ports amounted to 1209 1 an increase over the preceding year of 84 40 her exports amounted to an increase of 55 secretary taft has written a letter to the president recommending an in crease of the width of the panama canal locks from feet to feet the change will cost about 5 additional the police of paris france have captured a woman named rosall rosali se kapalski ma who is believed to have been a member of the russian terrorists band that in july of last year secured at tiflis the british steamer colesby bound from galveston for havre went ashore during a heavy snowstorm at Tresh weather point cape race it Is thought the vessel will be a total loss the crew was saved the recent labor riot at chatam ville la in which a score of bulgar lans laus were driven from the town with shotguns has resulted in the arrest of seventeen persons charged with participating in the fighting the house of representatives of oklahoma has passed the prohibition bill which carries a state dispensary provision dispensaries are to be es under the bill bile in all cities of 2 2000 and at all county seats china has placed an important ur gent for quick firing guns in pans paris whether the guns are pur mr chased oiling ing to the acute relations between china and japan or on ac count of internal troubles in china is not known in pans paris john H clemens aged 64 years who fifteen years ago was a million aire but who for the past year has been marriage licence clerk of st louis was found dead in bed one day last week he was formerly a close friend of john W gates pipe smokers consume more than halt half of all the tobacco grown in the united states according to a state ment made by vice president harris of the american tobacco company while testifying in the governments suit against the company senator penrose proposes that the general government shall bear the ex benses of future irrigation congresses and has introduced a bill t ing 5 to pay the expenses of the sixteenth congress to be held at A al N M this year an executive decree issued at cara ca cas venezuela annuls the existing match monopoly and puts an end to the concession of the national match company this company was capi cap at 1000 ind the shares were held mostly in england A court martial at russia has sentenced to death five men who attacked the palace of the ameer killed the minister of finance and car ried off about 90 among those condemned was prince a georgian nobleman who organized the plot the diplomatic relations between japan and china over the proposed Si railroad have havo reached a stage wherein japan has as fumed a most firm attitude and has as china that a railroad parallel ing the south manchurian Manc hurlan shall not be built prof charles baetens aged 82 corn com bitted suicide at omaha by shooting himself while seated in a bath tub at his boarding house baetens tor for many years was a solo cellist in theodore thomas orchestra eara eitra and at one time was head of the cincinnati Cori conserva serva tory of music the campaign for the eradication oi the bubonic plague in san francisco which has been conducted by dr ru pert and a staff of medical officials of the united states marine hospital Is almost over only one case ol 01 plague has occurred in the city since december 26 walter rollins who several years ago owned a famous string of horses which won non many large stakes in all parts of the country killed himself at his home in new york by shooting hollins had grieved over the death ot his wife five months ago and his health had tailed failed rapidly archduke ferdinand fourth grand duke of tuscany died at Sa lesburg austria priday he was the father of countess montignoso noso formerly princess lauise and the divorced wife of the present king of saxony and who last year was married to signer signor tosello a musician af J M W atef |