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Show NEWS SUMMAHY Fully 10,000 employes returned to work In Cleveland, O., on tho Cth. ns the result of general resumption of commercial nctlvlty. Tho first day. of Ico skating this season nt Jamaica. L. I., was marked by tho drowning of two boys and n man who tried to savo them. Citizens of qeorgotown, Ky., Irrespective Irre-spective of party, aro preparing nn address to tho peoplo of Kentucky, calling 011 thpm to petition Governor Wilson to pardon Calob Powers. Fivo porsons woro killed and two seriously injured in a wreck near Vinegar Bund, Ala., botween a passenger pas-senger train nnd a logging train. As a result of tho overturning of a skiff, containing nlno men, near Ktckapoo, Kansas, seven men wero drowned; tho other two were rescued. W. B. Thomns, who, slnco tho death of H. O. Havemcyor, has been acting president of tho American Sugar Refining Re-fining company, has beon elected president pres-ident of tho corporation. Operations woro resumed Inst week at tho plant of tho National Rubber company at Bristol, R. I., after a shutdown shut-down of 0110 month. Mbro than 1,500 operatives wero given work. Mrs. A. P. Boyd of Portland, Ore., and her llttlo son wero killed In a wreck of tho Sunset express on tho Southern Pnclllc nt Ruckcr, Cal. Eighteen Eigh-teen passengers were injured. Tho plants of tho Republic Iron and Steel company nnd tho Youngstown Steel nnd Tube company at Youngstown, Youngs-town, O.,' have resumed operations, giving employment to 8,000 men. Senator Gore of Oklahoma has Introduced In-troduced a Joint resolution providing that no person shall bo eligible to ba olected president ot tho United States for moro than two terms In succession. succes-sion. Senntor Clay has Introduced n bill authorizing tho secretary of tho treasury treas-ury to Issue $300,000,000 of non-Interest bearing United States notes In circulation, In such form as ho may deem expedient. It Is persistently declnred by miners min-ers nt Jacob's Creek, Pn., that there nro 100 bodies yet In tho Darr mine. One of tho miners' organizations, it Is claimed, has seventy members missing ar unnccounted for. Tho hard times In tho Industrial world that havo driven into the marine ma-rine corps nnd tho navy nearly nil of tho men needed. to till tho authorized quotas, havo not helped tho army so far In tho matter of recruiting. About 5,000- men wero put back on tho pay iolls of various manufacturing manufactur-ing establishments In Detroit, Mich., last week. A number of other plants nnnounce that they will Increase their working forces within tho present pres-ent weok. Mr. Mlya Okn, in chargo ot tho Japanese Jap-anese embassy at Washington, has authorized a formal denial ot a report from Vnncouvor, B. C, that tho Japanese Jap-anese government is recalling to Japan Ja-pan tho army rosorvo men now In tho United States. Tho houso committee on Immigration Immigra-tion has voted to report favorably tho bill introduced by Representative Hepburn of Iowa suspending for six years tho law prohibiting tho Importation Impor-tation by the Hawaiian government of Europenn contract laborers. Tho short career of tho woman aut-omobllo aut-omobllo cab drivers In Berlin has already como to an end. Last week tho only woman who was licensed to drive an automobile retired bocauso sho did not possess enough endurance to withstand such nrduous duties. Secretary Taft is a strong advocate of Increased pay for tho army, and his nnnual roport to congress completely com-pletely dispels any doubt that may exist as to his disposition. Tho report re-port shows rapid decrease In the strongth of tho regular army In recent re-cent years. Governor Harris of Ohio recommends recom-mends tho enactmont of a bill providing pro-viding for general primary elections with tho Australian ballot system, and tho placing of tolephono companies undor supervision of tho stato railway rail-way commission, with powor to regulate regu-late rates. Vernon D. Nettloton, a hardware denier of Coldwator, Mich., whllo suffering suf-fering from ncuto mclnncholln, duo to buslnoss troubles, roso from his bed nnd gashed his sister's throat. Ho then nonrly sovorod his head from his body with a carving knife, dying almost Instantly. With tho hend nearly severed from tho trunk by thrco slashes ot a razor, tho corpse of a well-dressed Italian was found at Ono Hundred and Nino-ty-slxth street nnd Briggs avenue, Now York City. No cluo to tho mur-doror mur-doror or tho Idontlty of tho victim havo beon discovered. Tho Joint resolution extending tc January 21, 1910, tho tlmo allowed militia mi-litia companies In which to conform tholr organization nrmamont and dls clpllno to thnt prescribed for tho regular reg-ular forco of tho United States has passed tho houso. Tho measuro now goes to tho presidont. It Is bcllovod that with tho arrest of Georgo Tennyson at Minneapolis Knns., and Horaco Trosper at Marys vlllo, Kans,, tho mystery which hnt surroundod the murder of Davis Ton hyson, n wonlthy former, near Frankfort, Frank-fort, Knns., Blnco February 27, 19Q0, will bo cleared up. Commissioner Bnlllngcr of tho general gen-eral land office hnB completed his nnnual nn-nual report to tho secretary of tho Interior In-terior for submission to congress. He asks an appropriation of $600,000 to carry on tho flold work of his bureau In tho protection or public lands, an rncreaso of $250,000 |
