Evening journal., 1904-10-20
TIE WORLDS NEWS

THE President has not planned a
4 hunting trip after the election.
WASHINGTON.
Secretary Taft, accompanied by
various officials and committees Of
Congress VIII so to Panama TO settle
/ all differences on the Isthmus.
! Counsel for the Western Union, in
the argument Of the suit against the
( Pennsylvania Railroad, contended for
the right Of eminent domain for tele-
graph companies.
Ira Harris was appointed super
vising inspector Of the Steamboat In
spection Service in place Of Robert S.
Rode, removed.
POLITICAL.
Judge Parker was a guest Of honor
at a dinner at the Democratic Club
given by Victor J. Bowling.
] Harry G. Davis, Democratic candi-
date for Vice President, closed his
whirlwlnd campaign Of West Virginia
at Wayne, predicting Democratic vic
tory in the state.
Roosevelt hackers are offering to bet
2 TO 1 that he will carry New York.
Republicans held two Zig meetings in
Greater New York, one in Madison
Square Garden and one in Brooklyn.
Senator Fairbanks, Secretary Shaw
and ex-Secretary Root were the prin-
cipal speakers.
PENNSYLVANIA
The fire in the Excelsior mine, near
Shamokin, may not be extinguished for
months. The loss viii probably reach
several hundred thousand dollars.
NEW JERSEY.
According to the county authorities
there is every indication that Mrs.
Frank Rasinger, whose body was found
by her husband in their farmhouse,
three miles from Bridgeton, was MUIR
dered.
The Salem County Grand Jury found
many indictments and heard more
complaints at this term than for many
years.
FOREIGN.
/ Chinese bandits and pirates OF
Kwangtung Province are declared to
I be plotting a revolt.
Luciano Castro. as Premier. heads a
newly named progressive Cabinet for
Portugal.
/ The officers of the American fleet
! by King Edward at luncheon at Buck
/ Iingham Palace.
! Italian Catholics have urged the Pope
to allow Catholics TO participate in
general elections.
SPORTING.
( Sir Thomas Upton is still seeking a
designer, and hopes to contest for the
Americas Cup.
Prince Albert paced a mile in 2:O1
at Memphis in an effort to reduce the
worlds record of 1;59lk. Major Mus
coyitch created a new three-heat record
for the Old Saugus track.
I Harvard won the intercollegiate golf
championship for the seventh time,
beating Yale in the final round by the
score Of 1914 to Z.
Stonewall. a Rossington colt, at so to
I, captured the first IA mile race ever
run at the Jamaica track. Jockey Mar
tin was suspended by the stewards for
running at the barrier.
Willie Hoppe. the boy blliardist,
made an average Of 25 in a 3OO-point
lS-inch balk line game.
MISCELLANEOUS.
w. II. Kensington, a leading Nor
mon and Federal officeholder at Alton,
Wyo. was arrested charged with poly
gamy
The Middleswork Childrens Home,
at Shelbyville. ILL.,, was burned and
two Of the little occupants lost their
Lives.
A committee of the Free Baptist
Church recommended union with the
Disciples Of Christ.
+. b. Parrot, an insurance man of
Chicago was arrested there charged
with bgamy.
] After battle OF seven days with the
storm the crew of the British schooner
Cyanara was rescued and the hulk set
on fire off Georgetown, S. c.
The New York stock market con-
tinued active. with violent changes.
4 William b. Ridgeley, Controller Of
the Currency, addressed the Illinois
State Bankers Association at st. Louis
on Bank Examinations and Failures"
i The Committee Of Bishops appointed
for the purpose reported to the House
of Bishops. In the General Episcopal
Convention in Boston. upon the rela-
tlons OF the Church to capital and
labor.
A boy of 16 won first prize in the
Worlds Fair l1ite-hying contest.
/ Several vessels were wrecked and
towns cut off from communication by
storm on the Florida coast.
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