| Show WOMAN IS FINED for dehing tobacco to boys in Ri verdale alpon complaint 0 a resident of Ri verdale mrs blair a storekeeper 0 that village was arrested tor the alleged selling 0 tobacco to minors she appeared before judge patton this morning and pleaded guilty to the charge his honor deemed 10 a punishment for the ottense committed and the lady was fined that amount she promised after a sever lecture by the judge not to break ahe ordinance again LIFE INSURANCE chas P hughes will not prosecute wrong doers new york oct sl charles F hushes counsel for the legislative insurance investigating committee said yesterday thai tie had no idea of conducting any criminal prosecution as a result of tha insurance investigation that statement was prompted by district attorney geromes Je romes announcement that after the investigation he would ask for funds to employ sir hughes to prosecute any insurance men found guilty of crime mr hughes said 1 I believe it would be a misfortune if the idea were to so abroad that I 1 was conducting the investigation or doing any part of it with the object of making it a preliminary to abrim inal trial it should be clearly understood that it Is not my function or my purpose in this investigation to prove men either guilty or innocent 0 crime it lamy la my purpose to elicit the facts sparingly but impartially to be dealt with according to their merits and so tar as possible to whatever abuses exist to the end that important business of lifo insurance may be properly safeguarded that Is my sole duty and my sole act it is essential to the success of the investigation that this should not be obscured consulting ENGINEERS OP CANAL washington oct 31 the board of consulting engineers ot the isthmian canal committee held a meeting today to discuss the preliminary reports of the sub formed for the special study ot the lock canal the sea level canal and the unit prices for both of these it Is expected that these three committees will be permanent and that a tall meeting of the board will be held only once or twice a week and that those points on which special information Is desired will be referred to tho committee which makes the study of the ques tion its specialty the decision probably will be reported about five weeks hence OFFICER DROWNED seattle wash oct 30 second john V wild of the revenue cutter perry lying at moran brothers shipyard undergoing repairs was drowned la the bay some time last night the body was recovered by members of the perrys crew at 3 this afternoon it is thought wild stumbled and ell from the dock HP was 29 yeara old and entered the revenue cutter service in 1896 lie was a son of captain J P wild of the cutter now etc sault ste marle alch the body will be shipped east for interment SALE OF IDAHO MINES new york oct 31 it waa announced today that the federal slin ing and smelling smelting Sm elting company haa purchased tor cash tho morning and yon liec croup or silver lead aninos dar mullan in the dalena district idaho to meet the purchases the compana asis increased its common stock aisik froia to and its preferred stock from to the new shares will be offered to stockholders on n basis of oue their pio scitt holdings |
