Evening journal., 1904-07-16
Tie WORLDS NEWS
POLITICAL.


- ENATOR PLATT. OF New York,
conferred with President Roosevelt
- at Sagamore Hill. on the political
situation, and both are confident Re-
publicans will carry New York.
William L. Sheehan persistently re-
fuses TO become chairman of the Dem
ocratic National Committee. and no Sc
lection for the place has been made yet.
PENNSYLVANIA.
John OBrien and Levi Furman, who
were nearly lynched in Lancaster,
denied having killed Samuel Ressler,
the tollgate keeper.
r. Park Love OF Philadelphia, plead
ed guilty Of libel in Pittsburg, and the
court suspended sentence.
First district miners voted IN Pitts
ton convention to increase the pay Of
their officers.
The jury at Chester in the case Of
Martha T.. Yeager, Of Philadelphia. who
was drowned off the John A. Warner,
censured Captain Gray and the steam
boat company
NEW JERSEY.
Governor Murphy and other officials
have been invited to meet with the
Chester Cuff, a Salem boy died Of
lockjaw the result of being wounded
by toy pistol on July 4.
Camden township constables were or
dered to watch for auto scorchers to-
day
-Four children we're in a wagon which
was demolished by locomotive in
Camden.
FOREIGN.
The body of ex-President Paul
Kruger will be buried in the Trans
vaal as he wished.
Morocco bandits, bafHed by troops,
made no attempt to kidnap the London
Times correspondent at Tangier.
Canada and the South African States
exchange agreement for preferential
customs.
SPORTING.
Athletics again triumphed over Chi
cago, winning by the score Of to 1.
Pittsburg beat the Phillies 3 TO 1.
BY three moderate long shots win
ming at Brighton Beach the bookmak-
ers suffered a severe blow. Jockey Hill
debrand rode three winners. Burleigh
ran six furlongs IN 1.12 3-5 at Chicago,
"A seasons record for the track.
American schooner yacht Ingomar
had her forerigging carried away by a
collision with the yawl Navahoe at the
start OF a race of Dover, England.
Walter j. Travis defeated ]. d.
Foot in the Apawamis Club open golf
tournament, making one 9-hole round
ln 40 strokes.
+. S. Woodward lowered the Point
Breeze track record to wagon in race,
making the circuit Of the mile course
in 2.17h, winning the feature event Of
the Road Drivers matinee races.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Timbers, Simms and Austin. assail-
ants of Mrs. Blddle. were sentenced to
lforty-nine years each at hard labor
Troops guarded them through New Jer-
sey.
| Negotiations for settlement Of pack
lers' strike came to a standstill because
neither side would yield as to basis OF
arbitration. Meat prices continued tc
advance.
one hundred thousand person.
viewed the body of Mayor Samuel M
Jones, Of Toledo, as IL lay I'm state.
Mrs. Ella Swoboda was found deaC
on a sidewalk in Chicago a divorce de.
cree in her hand and poison vial beside
her
President Loubet of France, has con.
lferred the Grand Cross of the Legion o.
Honor upon Secretary Hay I'm recogni-
tion of his services in the interest Of
international peace.
Edgar II. Washburn, a Buffalo mer-
ichant, killed his wife. his fifteeu-year-
old daughter. and then committed sui
eide. He had hinted at business trou-
4 Judge Bradford, of the United states
hles.
District Court. Trenton, n. j. granted
a preliminary injunction to Z. II. Har-
riman and Winslow S. Pierce, repre-
senting Union Pacific Railway inter
ests. restraining the officers of the
Northern Securities Company from
carrying out their plan Of distributing
1.-THE assets OF the company