The Tomahawk., 1905-05-25
III. Yermoloff, Russia's most liberal

spirit in public enterprises, died after
an attack Of pneumonia.
The Baptist gathering in st, Louis
adopted the report of committee rec
ommending a permanent organization
of the joint convention OF northern and
southern Baptists.
April foreign trade made record in
the value OF exports: the biggest end of
the gain being on the side of manufac-
tured shipments
MRS. Young, widow of the man Nan
Patterson was tried for killing, has
sailed for Europe
DR.. McKendree H. Chamberlain,
president of McKendree college, an
neunced at Lebanon, ILL.,, that the addi-
ton OF 100000 to the endowment fund
OF the college had been effected. DR..
d. K. Pearsons, of Chicago, pledged
$4,000 upon condition of an additional
$4,000 being raised.
Mrs. Cassie l.. Chadwick issues a state
ment detailing her financial operations
and showing that since January l. 1901.
her resources have been $3,210,OOO, of
which 100000 was borrowed.
Dr.. Frank Billings, of Chicago, has
been elected president of the Associa-
ton of American Physicians, now in
session in Washington.
Otto Kroeschell, a rich manufacturer
OF Chicago, who had been missing sever
al days, was found dead in the river.
Gen. Horace Porter, the retiring
1norioon oy,,lo
farewell banquet at Paris.
William Hudson shot and killed his
wife at their home at Milton, KY, and
then committed suicide.
Homer Ramsey was caught by ma
chlnery at the oil pumping house on
John Keener's farm near Upland, Ind.
and killed.
The home of A. L. Comstock, three
miles east of Waynesville, O., was
burned and Mrs. Comstock and her
eight-year-old child perished in the
flames.
The National Association of Manufac-
turers, in convention in Atlanta, adopted
resolutions which in effect are opposed
to President Roosevelt's plan for law
to regulate railway rates.
The thirty-first annual encampment
OF the Iowa department, Grand Army
of the Republic, opened in Oskaloosa,
Inc enrolment of delegations was the
largest in years.
Elgie Houser, 20 years of age, and
Charles Ele, 19 years old, sons of farm
ers living near Cassville, Ind, were
killed on a crossing of the Penpsvlya-
MIA railroad.
E. s. Mason, a prominent business
man, was shot and killed at Yoacum.
Tex, by M. A. and P. A. Newman.
brothers, who were concealed in the
Lans hotel, and who used rifles. An
alleged wrong to sister is the sup
posed cause of the deed of the murder
ers, who are under arrest.
The Missouri supreme court affirmed
the decisions Of the lower courts and
sentenced Lampert Niehaus and Henry
Heusack, both of St. Louis, to hang in
st. Louis on June "a. for murder.
Emperor Nicholas has signed the ap-
pointment of Baron Rosen to be am
bassador of Russia to the United
States.
Judge John H. Foster, of Evansville
rep.), was elected to congress from
the First district Of Indiana over Mai.
G. V. Menzie (dem.), of Mount Vernon
He will succeed James A. Hemenway,
who was elected United States senator.
Toxic has received conflicting reports
regarding the presence of German
troops in Haichou, Chinese port. one
being that the district has been seized,
and another that the Teutons are merely
surveying.
The secretary of the interior has set
aside $l,O0O,O00 to be used in connec-
ton with the Klamath irrigation pro-
ject in California and Oregon. 1t is es-
timated that 100000 acres of land will
be reclaimed by the project.
The tenth annual gathering of the
National Association of Manufacturers
OF the United States, representing more.
than three-quarters Of the $13, 1000, OOO,-
OO0 OF Invested capital of this country,
assembled in Atlanta, Ga.
Klrke La Shelle, the well-known
theatrical manager and playwright,
died at his home in Bell Port, L. l.,
from diabetes. He had been i'll only
about one week. Mr.. La Shelle was 43
years of age.
Gen. Greedy has received a cablegram
from Valdez, Alaska, informing him
that the cable between that point and
Fort Liscom has been laid and is in
operation.
1t is officially announced that King
Edward has appointed King Alfonso of
Spain general in the British army.
The appointment dates from May II,
the birthday of the Spanish king.
Mai. Gen. Sokolovsky, governor gen
eral ol the province of Ufa, was fired at
several times and seriously wounded in
the public garden, during an enter
tainmcnt. His assailant disappeared.
Gen. Sokolovvsky's life is despaired Of
It is said that President Roosevelt,
having been assured that the next con-
gress will pass a rate measure, has aban-
doned the idea of calling an extra ses-
sion.
John B. Lawrence, a broker, was SEN
fenced in the Baltimore criminal court
to four years in the pen1tentiary for OBJ
tanning $4,000 from patron through