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Show NEWS SUMMARY Secretary of War Taft and party sailed for Panama on tho naval transport trans-port Pralrlo on May 1. Ex-Prcsldent Clovelnnd, who Is 111 at Lakowood, N. J., Is reported to bo Improving dally. Former Senator Camden of Maryland Mary-land Is dead at tho age of 80, after an Illness of sovoral months. Tho Republicans of Maryland havo declared In favor of Secretary Tart's candidacy for the presidency. FIro nt Wartous, N. M.. which for n tlmo threatened to destroy tho entire en-tire town, did damage to tho amount or J75.000. Two men wero drowned whllo attempting at-tempting to run U10 rapids In tho Pis-catlquls Pis-catlquls river, near MUo Junction, Mo., In a canoe. By a voto of 187 to 42, the house refused to" accept tho scnato amendments amend-ments to the naval appropriation bill, and sent It to conforonco. ' Tho explosion or n botlcr tube on tho British battleship Britannia, during dur-ing a lull speed trial, Injured flvo mon, four of whom may not recover, Tho report from Tangier that tho bandit Ralsull had been assassinated proves to bo untrue. He was ambushed am-bushed by tho Elkmes tribesmen, but escaped. Thrco men, suspected of bolng tho Stephen, Minn., bank dynamiters, havo been arrested nt Emerson. Manitoba, nnd taken ncros3 to St. Vincent, Minn., and placed In Jail. Ono hundred and forty-olght big locomotives lo-comotives nro being hurried to tho Harrlman linos ns fast as tho Brooks Locomotlvo Works of Dunkirk, N. Y., can turn thorn out. A Rorlous conflict occurred Sunday at Loja, c.aplUil or tho province or loja, In the southwost of Ecuador, between soldiers and police. Soveral were wounded on each side. All southerners residing In Now York will be Invited soon to attend a meeting, tho avowed object or which will bo to place 11 southerner upon the Democratic national ticket. Although probably moro actively engaged en-gaged in business than any other woman in the country, Mrs. Hetty Green hns nover used a telephono. Sho says sho has an attendant trans mlt messages for hcrk Tho president's suggestion looking to loglslntlon authorizing tho government govern-ment to mako a chargo for tho ubo of tho wntor or stiuamn ror power purposes pur-poses was turned down" by tho sonato committee on commerce. Miss Minnie Cox, a prominent so ciety girl or Martin's Ferry, u., men last weok from n spider bite sho received re-ceived thrco days provlous, The girl's body becamo torrlbly swollen and sho died In horrible .agony. Rev. Dr. Morgan Dlx, rector or Trinity Trin-ity Protestant parish since 18C2. and ono of New York lty'B most prominent promi-nent clergymen, Ib dead at tho ago of 81. Death was duo to heart fall-uro, fall-uro, and followed a brief Illness. Tho monthly statement of tho public pub-lic dobt shows that at tho closo of business April 30, 1008, tho debt, less cash In tho treasury, amounted to $025,107,230, which Is nn Increase as compared with March 30, 1908, of $15,-445,809. $15,-445,809. A general strlko ot motormcn and conductors, employed by tho Municipal Traction company, tho now holding company, which took over all of tho Clovelnnd, 0 street railway linos undor un-dor tho recent peace agreement, appears ap-pears to bo Imminent. Sophlo Sudcrman, 8 years of age, was run over nnd killed nt Now Haven, Hav-en, Conn., by nn automobllo owned by Huntington Smith, n Yalo student, whoso home Is In St. Louis. The car was occupied by Smith, two othor Yalo students nnd a chauffeur. .William R. Wheolor or CulUornln has notlllcd the president or his acceptance ac-ceptance ot tho assistant secretaryship secretary-ship of tho department of commerco nnd labor, In succession to Lawrence O. Murray, recently appointed comptroller comp-troller or tho currency. Tho town or Antlpolo In tho province prov-ince of( Morong, P. I., with a population popula-tion of 3,500, has beon practically destroyed de-stroyed by Arc. Four hundred houses woro burned nnd hundreds of peoplo are homeless. Tho famous shrlno was saved. Tho lire Was caused by lightning. Four armed men held up tho guards who wero conveying $18,000 from Wolch to Dary, W. Va,, to pay oft empIoyMS of the Unltod States Coal & Coko company. Thoro Is no clue to tho robbers, but a sheriff's posso Ib scouring tho country In tho hope of capturing them. "ur. w, w uoeioi, gruuuuic ui Columbia college and travelor, who was married to n young society wo man of. Oakland four months ago, Is In tho Berkeley, Cal., city prison, charged with tho burglary of eight residences res-idences and npartmeut houses In Oakland Oak-land nnd Berkeley. Secretary Straus of tho department of commerco and labor haB boon reappointed reap-pointed for another term of six yenra as ono of tho American membors of the permanent court of arbitration at Tho Hague. 8ocrotary 8traus was appointed nfter tho death of tho lata President Harrison. |