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Show ! NEWS SUM MA AT Tho plant or tho Jenkins IlubBer company at Elizabeth, N. Y .has been practically destroyed by flro, causing u loss of $100,000. John Grcgson, n stockman of Columbus, Colum-bus, Mont, was killed by a train at Kcnzlo, S. D., while en route to Chicago Chi-cago with a shipment of cattlo. Tho Shovlln-Matlrlti Lumber company's com-pany's sawmill at Bcaudelte, Wis., caught Are and burned to tho ground, causing 11 loss ot approximately $250,-000. $250,-000. Tho Hoarst Independence party is planning to put a full stnto tldkct In tho field in Kansas by means of a petition containing tho names of',2,B00 voters. Tho new Finnish diet was formally opened at the palace at Hclslngfors on August c, by Govcrnor-Gcnaral Bocckman, with tho customary ccrc-nontnls. ccrc-nontnls. Formal ratifications or tho new trademark and copyright treaty between be-tween the Japanese government and tho United States woro exchanged on August G. In an encounter between tho pollco and a band ot brigands, who havo long terrorized tho suburbs 6r Tillls, flvo or tho latter were killed and tho ethers captured. John Zott, a farmer living on tho Bolton road nonr Vernon, Conn., killed his wlfo and granddaughter and tried to. kill his son, using a slcdgo hammer ham-mer and a knife. William E. English, a prlvato In tompnny 115, coast artillery, awaiting trial tor dosortlon, was shot and killed at tho Presidio, San Francisco, whllo trying to escape. Thrco children, aged 1, 2 and A years, respectively, woro burned to death at Minneapolis. Tho mother, Mrs. Frank Lludberg, locked tho children chil-dren lu a room and went shopping. A number of persons were burned to donth and 100 houses woro destroyed de-stroyed by flro at Donauschlngcn, Gor-ninny. Gor-ninny. Fortunately a heavy rain roll nnd stopped tho progress or tho conflagration. con-flagration. China has formally accepted tho dato, Janunry 1, noxt, nnd tho selection selec-tion of tho city of Shnnghnl, as tho tlmo and plnco for holding tho meeting meet-ing ot tho International opium commission. com-mission. Tho pcoplo of Constantino, Algeria, aro still In a stato or terror from tho earthquake Bhocks of n fow days ago, fearing a repetition, and thero Is, In consequence, a steady exodus to tho country. Tho Orthodox Missionary congress, which Is now in session at KIov, has taken a backward and unpopular stop In petitioning tho government to again mako obligatory In Poland the use ot tho Russian calendar. William F. Downing, a momhor ot tho old Stiles Alvord band or outlaws, who ten years ago operated In southern south-ern Arizona, was killed In his saloon ut Wilcox. ATlz., by Itnngor William Spood, while resisting arrest. Tho First National bank ot Boll Platno, Minn., has been closed by order or-der or tho comptroller or tho currency. cur-rency. Tho bank wns reported Insolvent, Insol-vent, tollowed by tho sulcldo of ho president of the bank, J. G. Lundo. Ofllclnl estimates ot tho flro losses to tho Insurance companies ns tho result re-sult ot tho forest Arcs in British Columbia Co-lumbia havo been prop'arod by tho special representatives nnd adjusters. Thoy place tho amount nt $2,850,000. Members of tho United Brotherhood Brother-hood of Tailors or Now York City nro again threatening n goncrnl strike, which, If called, will involve 30,000 coat makers and holpors. At present tho men nro working from ton to cloven hours. Brouson Howard, the denn of American Amer-ican playwrights, died Alugust 4, nt Avon-by-tho-Sea. Ho wns born in Detroit, De-troit, In 1842. Llko most men of his profession ho began his career In a nowspapor ofllco, being n roportop on tho Detroit Froo Press. Miss Elizabeth Barnett, recently acquitted of tho murdor of Oscar Pot-ci'Bon, Pot-ci'Bon, a bncholor fnrmor, nnd ro-nr-rcbtcd on a charge or torgory, escaped rrom Shorlff Hartloy to tho brush-covered sand ridges on tho shoro or Saginaw Sagi-naw bay, ton mllos northwest or Bay City, Mich. Scott Pound and Bay, C. Balrd, two Soattlo youths, about 18 years or ago, were surprlsod.iac"work robbing a sn-loon sn-loon in San FranclBCO, Into which they had forced an entrance, and In trying to cBcapo Pounds was shot and killed by a policeman after a chaso or two blockB. Whllo clearing away the -uins of tho exploslop In tho Illkovslty ml no, which resulted in the death ot about two hundred men, tho authorities round a set ot counterfeiting tools and a quantity ot spurious monoy. It Is believed tho counterfeiters caused tho explosion. Tho rocord run from Denver to Chnyonuo In an nutamobllo was mado laBt week by J. W. Barkor, president cf tho Northorn Colorado Power company, com-pany, and party. Thoy lqft Donvor nt 2:20 p. in., nnd nt 0:30 p. 111. stop-pod stop-pod at Cheyenne. Mr. Barker's son was at tho wheel. Giving ot lands for playgrounds Is becoming a very popular form of benefaction. ben-efaction. Gifts by cltlzons havo been mado rccontly In Auburn, N. Y.J Now Britnln, Conn., and Sprlngllold, Muss. Tho Pittsburg Playground association hns asked for a bond lssuo of $2,000,-0Q0 $2,000,-0Q0 for playgrounds, Hugh Itehwnjdt, a membor of tho Germanla bnsoball team, who was spiked whllo playing with tho Basin, Wyo., team on July 4, died n tow days ago as n result ot blood poisoning caused by tho spiking. Boforo death c.tmo Ilohwaldt had Buffered paralyslB from tho hips down, |