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Show BRIEF TELEGRAMS Washington. Captain John Q. Muir of uie I'nntu otates marine corps, who is about to be retired because be-cause of disabilities acquired in the dash to Pekin in 1898, has been appointed ap-pointed cashier In the United States sub-treasury in Philadelphia. Seattle. Major Charles E. Haven of Santa Rosa, Cal.. has been appointed appoint-ed chief of staff of the United Spanish Span-ish War Veterans by Commander-in-Chief Joseph R. H. Jacoby. "Washington. Rear Admiral Edward Ed-ward B. Barry has been appointed commander-in-chief of the Pacific fleet, to succeed Rear Admiral Giles B. Harber. Rear Admiral Chauncy Thomas will command the second division di-vision of the fleet. Panama. It is announced that the next minister from Panama to the United States will be Dr. Belazario Porras. the distinguished lawyer and political leader, who was Panama's representative at The Hague conference confer-ence of 190 7 and at the pan-American congress of American republics at Buenas Aires last summer. New Y'ork. Mengo L. Morgenthau. a wealthy candy manufacturer. Indicted In-dicted by the federal grand jury for the alleged attempt to avoid paying duty on $17,000 worth of jewelry and clothing which he brought over recently re-cently on the steamship Mauretania, pleaded guilty before Judge Hand in the United States circuit court. Mor-benthau's Mor-benthau's counsel made a plea for clemency on the ground that there was no willful intent to defraud the government. Judge Hand allowed the withdrawal of the plea until Wednesday Wed-nesday next, when he will pass sentence. sen-tence. Danville, 111. It is announced here that W. J. Bryan will spend two days stumping the congressional district of Kankakee October 20. speaking there and at Momence, Watseka and Danville Dan-ville on the first day. The second day will be devoted to the lower part of the district. Washington. An all-Irish deputa-j tion, headed by the lord mayor of Dublin, Michael Doyle, called upon Postmaster Geneal Hitchcock to protest pro-test against the abandonment of Queenstown as a port of call for mail steamers of the Cunard company on their eastward passage from New-York. New-York. The deputation presented ar guments to Mr. Hitchcock in iaoi of the restoration of the call by the company or the use by the United States of another steamship line In the transportation of mails to Great Britain and the continent. San Francisco. Hadji Jumabul Ki-ram, Ki-ram, the sultan of Sulu, and party arrived ar-rived here on the last stage of a tour of education around the world. They leave for Manila Wednesday on the transport Sherman. New Haven, Conn. In the small town election held throughout the state Tuesday the license element won four towns from the no license column col-umn and. the prohibition adherents a similar number from the list of licensed li-censed towns. . San Bernardino, Cal. A party consisting con-sisting of Fred C. Drew. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Owen and Miss Gertrude Klein arrived here by automobile after a 4, 500-mile journey, begun August Au-gust 22 at Grand Rapids, Mich. Paris. The - Rome correspondent of La Libert e says that a consistory has been definitely fixed for November 21, when Pope Pius will name twelve cardinals, of whom tn will be Italians and two Frenchmen. Lawrence, Kan. Dr. Lucy Taylor, who averred she was the first woman graduate of a medical, college in thm United States, died here. She came here In 1867. ' Valparaiso, Chile. At the request of American firms, the time limit for tenders of the construction of Chilean Dreadnoughts has been extended until un-til October 30. Panama. The steamer Chiriqui, belonging to the Pacific Steam Navigation Navi-gation company and plying between Panama and Buena Ventura, is reported re-ported lost by an explosion of her boilers off Garachlne in the Gulf of Panama. Berlin. The negotiations which have been going on to prevent a lockout lock-out of the metal workers have failed thus far. Nearly 100,000 men are affected in Berlin alone, while it is estimated that 500.000 throughout Germany will be turned out October 8. Rome. According to the official bulletin on the progress of the chol era in Italy in the last twenty-tour hours, there were eight cases and five deaths in the city of Naples, seven-teeen seven-teeen cases and eight deaths in the province of Naples and one case and one death in Apulia. Winnipeg. Man. Rev. P. Ovide of Charlesbois. a pioneer missionary and principal of the Duck Lake, Sask., In-t'ian In-t'ian industrial school, on Saturday last, was appointed bishop of the Keewatin diocese of the Roman Catholic Cath-olic church. The diocese extend from the Lake of the Woods to Hudson Hud-son bay. Bremen. The German aeronauts. Blankertz, Captain von Abercron and Lieutenant Vogt sailed on the steamer Kron Prinzessin Cecilie for New-York. New-York. They will take part in the in- ternational balloon race at St. Louis October 17. piloting respectively the balloons Germania. Harburg and Du-esseldorf. Du-esseldorf. San Francisco,. The United States 'circuit court of appeals of the Ninth district refused to grant a rehearing in the cases of Willard N. Jones and Franklin P. Mays, convicted in the federal district court of Oregon of fraudulent land entries in the Forest Hill reserve. Rochester, Minn. Senator La Fol-lette Fol-lette entered St. Mary's hospital Friday Fri-day afternoon for gallstones. He considers this operation of a minor nature and continues to feel in the best of spirits. Jacksonville. Fla. The funeral of Senator-elect N. B. Broward was held Friday. Governor Gilchrist, accompanied accom-panied by his cabinet, a full battalion of the national guard and thousands of citizens, attended the body to the cemetery. Laporte, Ind. A Lake Erie fe Western excursion train from Indian apolis was wrecked early today near here. The train came into collision with a Lake Snore freight, and a number of persons were injured. Washington, One man was killed and three others badly injured in an explosion in the fuse and primer shop of the Washington navy yard. The man killed was Patejoii John. Two explosions took place in the fuse shop in which the men were working. Philadelphia. Charles C. Harrison, provost of the University of Pennsylvania, Pennsyl-vania, tendered his resignation to the board of trustees, to take effect at the end of the present year. Advanced age is given as the principal reason for his retirement. Mr. Harrison will remain a member of the board of j trustees. No one has been selected to j succeed Mr. Harrison as the head of i the great educational institution. Albany, X. Y. After serving the state since January 1, 1907, Governor Gov-ernor Charles E. Hughes will retire this week to assume his new duties I as a member of the United States su- j preme court. Because of pressure of ! business he will not formally resign, j as was expected. Lieutenant Governor i Horace AVhite will succeed to the gov- j ernorship. j Washington.- -Dr. Madriz, the former for-mer president of Nicaragua, is work- ing his way north. American Ministr McCreery at Tegucigalpa, Honduras. cabled the state department that Mad- j riz, exiled from his native land after j his rule at the Managua palace, left j Amapala, Honduras, for Mexico. i New Y'ork. Count Jacques Alexander Alexan-der Albert U. Von Mouilk de Bufort. whose marriage to the daughter of M. H. Kilgallen, a Chicago steel manufacturer, man-ufacturer, a year ago attracted much attention, was found to be suffering from shock and possible internal injuries in-juries as a result of being thrown from his horse in Van Cortland park recently. His condition is not serious. se-rious. Hollidaysburg, Pa. Chambers O. Templeton. state senator, representing the district of Blair and Huntington Hunting-ton counties, was indicted in the Blair county court in one case for forgery and two for larceny. Senator Temple- i ton is a lawyer and the prosecutors are former clients. The total of his peculations are alleged to be approximately approx-imately $75,000. Concord, N. H. Nine spoons in a human stomach have been disclosed by an autopsy performed on Miss Catherine Moher of Manchester, an : inmate of the state insane hospital I here. A few days ago one of the at- tendants saw the woman swallow a ; teaspoon. Medical assistance was I summoned, but the patient died with- I in a short time. An autopsy yesterday revealed nine spoons, all but one of them bearing the asylum mark. Aberdeen. Miss. Federal inquiry into the affairs of the defunct cotton firm of Steel, Miller & Co., specifically charged w-ith having used the mails to defraud by means of a wholesale issuance of fraudulent bills of lading, began before a. grand jury in the United States circuit court here. Lawrence, Kan. Dr. Lucd Taylor, who averred she was the first woman graduate of a medical college in the United States, died here. She came here in 1S67. Chicago. A plan to make all private pri-vate automobiles available for military mili-tary service was- suggested by Major General Frederick D. Grant, who until un-til July 1. commanded the department of the lakes. The total number of desertions for the year was 168, a decrease de-crease of 103 over the previous report. re-port. New Y'ork. Columbia university's registration figures given out, place that ins,'-,:tion in the lead of American Amer-ican un . -ities in point of number of students. The total registration is 7.0S5. but as there are always late comers, they will probably increase the number by 200 or 3oo. The net increase over last year is 556. Hugo, Okla. By roping and throwing throw-ing a steer in twenty-one seconds, J. Ellison Carroll retained his title of champion of the world here. C. H. Johnson. Carroll's nearest competitor, competi-tor, threw his steer in twenty-seven seconds. West Point, N. Y. By order of General Thomas S. Barry, superintendent superin-tendent of the military academy, all privileges which were withdrawn a week ago after the silence given Captain Cap-tain Logan in the mess hall, were restored re-stored to the cadets. The board of inquiry stopped hearing witnesses and the entire corps was marched to the gymnasium, where they were met by General Barry, who, behind closed dooors-, gave his several hundred charges a heart to heart talk. |