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Show f NEWS FROM THE LI WIS. Il'uebla, Mexico, July 13. Three - soldiers of tlio Twenty-ninth battalion and a number of Maderlstas estimated as high as thirty were killed nnd many others injured In a battle between be-tween tho two forces which raged In the streets of this city from 11 o'clock last night until 7 o'clock this morning. Forty Maderlstes aro prisoners prison-ers In tho barracks of the Sarugozn battalion. Washington, July 13. Former Assistant As-sistant Attorney General' Milton D. Purdy of Minneapolis told thq House sugar investigating committee today that ho never officially know why Attorney At-torney General Bonnpnrte did not prosecute the officials of the American Ameri-can Sugar Refining Company in IflOC for alleged offenses in connection with the absorption of the Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania Sugar Refining company In Washington, July 13. Harry N. At-wood, At-wood, tho Boston aviator, flew over the city in his aeroplane today, played aerial pranks with the Washington ',... monument, circled tall buildings, had fun with an army of nutomobillsts, bicyclists, bi-cyclists, pedestrians and police by pretending to land at various points in Potomac park, and finally, after a series of sweeping circles near the capltol, soared in tho gathering dusk to tho army aviation field at College Park, Mr., whence he had come. Chicago, July 13. Evelyn Arthur ' See, founder of the Absolute l.lfo cult, the chief tenet of which was ' said to be the establishment of a per fect race, tonight was found guilty of the abduction of Mildred nrldgcs, the seventeen-year-old disciple of the cult. The Jury was ont only foj-ty-flvo minutes and Is said to have taken but one (ballot. Tho statute fixes the penalty at from one to ten years In the penitentiary. Tho jury also return-'ed return-'ed a verdict of guilty of contributing to juvenile delinquency, which had been Incorporated In tho nbductlon charge. i Toronto, Out., July 13. Uepoits tonight to-night from northern Ontario are that the forest fires which for several days hao swept over a section of country coun-try extending 300 miles northward from North Hay, and cohering a wide Bcctlon east and west, either have been obliterated. Tho flro swept clean the townBhlps of I.angmulr, Eldorado, El-dorado, Shaw, Delora, Ogden, McAr-thur McAr-thur and Cripple Creek districts. The known 'dead total 122, the majority of whom lost their lives at South Por- .cuplno .These are believed to have been many other fatalities, and estimates esti-mates based upon unverified reports as high as 400. A relief train left North Hay this ufternoon for Porcu-plno Porcu-plno with supplies. Plenty of funds have been subscribed In this city for Immediate help. B Salt Lake City, July 14. A new HB' east and west line which Indicates a B ' new railroad between Denver nnd tho HF t- Pncltlc coast through Salt Lake I Tm ' being located In the eastern part of &R - -' Utah. Officials of the Denver & Itlo B1 i Urande railroad have been advised of IXI the survoys which are now being BHr ' made paralleling their 'tiaokg through EHLi Sallnn canyon and are taking steps Kg to protect their right of way. HK San Francisco, July 13. Corrall H i Gardner el'wse, superintendent of HBr Fchooltj of Milwaukee, was elected RH$ if president of tho National Kducutioii wtk ' association, the laigcut pedagogic BBijt ' body In tho world, at the annual meet- jfSf Ing of Its active, members today. Miss KKr 1 Kntberlno D. lllake of Now Yoik was Kfk elected treasurer With these wore BHr "' elected all candidates on the lnsur- HJH, gont slate of which Pcarse wns the Bflttt bead, and an Insurgent majority of J3RH tho executive committee and late to- RRN ! day tho board of directors elected two & I members to the board of trustees, con- HT'5 Bldorcd favorable to the progressive I - wing of the Association. jBMk Los Angeles, July 14 John J Mc Namarn and his brother, James H will be brought to trial Oct. 10 on the first of the 19 murder Indictments found as a result of the explosion which wrecked The Times newspaper building In October of last year. Washington, July 13. Gov. Charles S. pineen or Illinois today furnished a field day In the Lorlmer Investigation Investiga-tion by the senate special committee. He declared that ho did not assist In tho election of Lorlmer, as some of the senator's friends claimed, but fought against It to tho last. Washington, July 14. llccause of the serious revolutionary movement In northern Hnytl, which Is Jeopardizing Jeopardiz-ing extensive American Interests, tho United States gunboat Petrol was or-dered or-dered today from Guantnnamo, Cubn, to Capo Haytlen. New York, July 14. Mote than 1,200 horseo died from tho heat in Now York City during the laBt 11 days. Ono packing concern Buffered n loss of $70,000 in horso flesh and another corporation met with a loss of $40,-000. $40,-000. Estimating that horses aro worth about $250 each the total loss In horse flesh in tho city Is about $300,000 and throughout tho country at more than $1,000,000. Cooperstown, N. Y., July 14. The boy scouts attending the first national na-tional encampment of the organization organiza-tion marched from their camp grounds on Lake Otsego this morning to the grave of James Fennlmore Cooper, the great scout novelist, and passed around the grave in single file bareheaded. bare-headed. Washington, July 14. An agreement agree-ment to vote on the Canadian reciprocity reciproc-ity bill on July 22 was adopted In the senate today without opposition. Agreements were also made for votes on other measures which will carry the session through tho "legislative day" of Aug. 7, immediately after which Congress will adjourn. |