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Show NEWS SUMMARY Firo which originated In a barber shop ha swept tho business section of Darstow, Cal. Eight men wero killed by tho collision col-lision of two freight trains on tho Mexican Central railroad, near Cal la-go, la-go, Mexico. An explosion of natural gas at Cher-ryvale, Cher-ryvale, Kansas, demolished tho Edgar zinc smelter, killing two workmen and, Injuring five others, thrco of whom will die. "Tho ultimate result of tho present strife in Cuba will bo tho annexation of the island by tho United States," said Senator S. II. Elkins In an interview inter-view at Wheeling, W. Va. In a practice gamo of football at Lawrcncovllle, N. J., John P. Kennedy, captain and right half back of tho Lawrencovlllo eleven, was kicked In tho head. He died an hour later. Colonel Isnac It. Hill, better known as Colonel "Iko" Hill, of Ohio, and foi thirty-five years an employee almost continually of tho houso of representatives, representa-tives, Is dead at Washington, D. C. Two moro revolutionists were shot ot Warsaw after trial by drumhead courtmartlal. During tho last thrco days nineteen terrorists havo been executed In Poland after such trials. Columbus, O., was selected as the placo for tho next biennial convention of tho Brotherhood of Locomotlvo Firemen and Engineers, tho dato being be-ing tho second Monday in September, 1008. In tho United States district court at Philadelphia tho Camden iron workJ of Camden, N. J., was found guilty of receiving rebates from tho Mutual Transit company of Buffalo, a lake carrier. It Is reported that Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Roose-velt Longworth will chaperon a party of young society women on a boar hunt near tho town of Bovcy, on tho Western Mcsaba rango, somo tlmo during tho month. Tho partially decomposed body of Mall Clerk B. F. Gambol of Fort Worth, killed In tho Hock Island wreck near Hennessey, Oklahoma, has been recovered In a ford of tho Cimarron, a milo and a half below tho fatal bridge. J. W. Cassadny, president of tho Cassaday Commission company of Qulncy, 111., was expelled from tho Chicago board of trado last week on a charge of buclrct-shopplng. Tho directors di-rectors voted unanimously for expulsion. expul-sion. Tho foreign commerco ot tho United States has crossed tho threo billion dollar mark. In tho 12 months ending end-ing with August tho Imports wero $1,-254,399,735 $1,-254,399,735 nnd tho exports tl,759,417,-898, tl,759,417,-898, a total for tho 12 months of 3,013,817,C33. Chlncso nowspapers estimate tho loss of life resulting from tho typhoon at Hongkong, September 18, at 10,000; and including tho loss ot tho fishing .fleet and tho damago to property, thoy ostlmato tho damago dono at from $3,000,000 to $15,000,000. Paul O. Stcnnland, tho Chicago bank president, has been put to work In tho sorting room of tho broom factory at Jollot, whoro ho will labor alongside John A. Linn, tho ox-clerk of tho Superior Su-perior court ot Chicago, under sentence sen-tence for embezzlement. At Scranton, Miss., ono church, tho Odd Fellows' hall and sovcral buildings build-ings we're blown down. At Pascagoula Beach not a residence Is left standing, tho river front at that point Is completely com-pletely torn up, and tho llghthouso thoro has been destroyed. Shipping at this point has been badly damaged. With, a gaping bullet holo in his templo and a largo caliber revolver still clasped In his right hand, tho body ot Ernest Armltage, a young Eng' llshman, was found near tho C. P. railroad tracks at Yale, B. C. Armit-ago Armit-ago had been despondent. Tho Cagnyns valloy. In tho northern part ot tho Island ot Luzon, was devastated devas-tated by a typhoon Soptemhcr 18. Bar rios, Gnllnran nnd Laguuan wero totally to-tally destroyed and four towns were badly damaged. Cagayas is tho principal prin-cipal tobacco section ot tho Island. . The state dopartmcnt Is advised that a treaty of amity, commerco and navigation navi-gation under tho terms of tho Marble-head Marble-head pact has been signed by tho government gov-ernment ot Costa lllca, duatomnla, Honduras and Salvador. Nicaragua was not Included in tho negotiations. As n result ot tho recent Investigation Investiga-tion of tho state Insano asylum at Norfolk, Nob., Forest Ellis, William Hyerly and Joseph Wiles, formor at-tendnnts at-tendnnts nt the asylum, havo been arrested ar-rested on Indictments by tho grand Jury charging thorn with nssaults on patients. Oscar Naplor, ,agcd 8 yoars, wa found guilty ot tho murdur of a play-mato play-mato at Alhla, Iowa. Tho Iowa Ju-vonllo Ju-vonllo law does not cover imirder cases and tho hoy will bo sontencod Just tho samo ns if ho wero ot maturo ago. Napier In a fit of passion deliberately shot his playmate. Mlnlator Hussoll, at Caracas, has advised tho stato department that President Castro ot Venezuela is seriously seri-ously 111. Ho Is so weak that ho has to ho assisted Into or out ot a carriage. Ho receives no callers and transacts no business. The naturo of hla malady mal-ady is not generally known. |