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and 200-foot bridge wrecked as the re-
suit Of broken rail on the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul railroad near Mel
bourne, la.
The trial Of Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick
in the United States district court at
Cleveland, o., has been set for Monday,
March 6.
Charles Jean Jacques Mazeau, the dis
tinguished French statesman and judge.
is dead.
The residence Of Carl Hoffman, two
miles from Unity, Wis, was destroyed
by fire Thursday. Mr.. and Mrs. Hofr-
man were cremated
Mrs. Mary Borwhk, of the town OF
Westford, near Beaver Dam, Wis, is
dead at the age of ia years. She was
born in Poland
The earl of Kenmare died in London,
aged 80 years.
Two men were killed and third seri-
ously injured in an explosion of hidden
dynamite on the drainage canal at Lock
port, Ill.
Former Judge Henry Williams Blod-
gett, early pioneer of Chicago, and for
nearly quarter of a century promi-
nent figure on the United States district
court bench in the district of northern
Illinois, died at Waukegan, ILL.,, aged S4
years.
Judge Kersten, in Chicago, quashed
the manslaughter indictment against
Will J. Davis, owner of the ill-fated Iro-
quois theater. The decision was made
on the ground that the indictment con-
tanned vitally defective flaws.
The Hotel Alexandria, at Tamms, ILL.,,
was entirely destroyed by fire. Loss,
$50 900.
The Kansas house, by a vote of 65 to
49, passed bill permitting women to
vote for presidential electors.
After being out but ten minutes, the
jury brought in a verdict at Menominee,
Mich, freeing Charles Erickson of the
charge of numbering his brother-in-law,
Gust Adams, at Nathan, September 80,
1903.
]. E. Lewis, head bookkeeper of the
Grand Forks Mercantile company, at
Grand Forks, N. D., has been missing
for week, and experts working on his
books have found shortages aggregat-
ing $35 .000
Johann Hoch, who was brought back
to Chicago from New York, admits mar
rying nine women, three of whom iden-
tified him at the police station.
Six state senators of California have
been indicted on charge of boodling.
Deposits of the First national bank of
Chicago have passed the 100000, 600
mark, the largest amount in the history
of Chicago banking.
Mrs. Herbert A. Parkyn, wife of Chi
cago physician, committed suicide at
Logansport, Ind.
Mrs. George A. Williams, of New
York, secured verdict for $4,000
against a wealthy elderly spinster for
alternating her husbands affections
Representative Frank D. Comerford,
of Chicago, was expelled from the Illi-
nois house by vote of 121 to 13 because
of failure to prove the charges of wide
corruption he had made against that
body.
William l. Schen, of Fond du Lac,
Wis, was instantly killed in railway
wreck at Stevens Point, Wis.
King Oscar of Sweden is indisposed
and unable to transact state business.
At session of the council of state in
Stockholm he handed over the reins of
government to Grown Prince Gustaf un-
til further notice.
Albert Boylan, his wife, Ann Boylan,
and son, Rush Boyland (negroes) were
murdered about two miles west of Ma
rion, Ark, by an unknown party. Their
heads were severed from their bodies
with an ak.
Dispatches from Lockart, Tex, tell
of an earthquake shock felt there, last
ing for several seconds Buildings
trembled, dishes ratified and live stock
were frightened, but no damage was
done.
John Learey, one of the oldest Seattle
pioneers, died at Riverside, Cal, whittier
he had gone in search of health. 1t is
estimated that he left fortune of near
ly $2,0O0,0OO.
John Morgan and Carl Wilson, the
Pasadena bellboys who robbed Mrs
William Edey, a guest of the Maryland
hotel of $20, 900 worth Of jewelry, plead
ed guilty at Los Angeles, Cal, to bur-
glary, and were sentenced to three years
each in the state prison.
], G. Strohmayer, a member of the
Gillespie Fur company, of Toronto,
Ont, was found dead in his room in the
st. George hotel, New York, having been
accidentally asphyxiated by illuminat-
ing gas.
Minister Dawson has cabled the state
department from San Domingo that the
new protocol providing for the respon-
sibility of San Domingo finances by the
United States has been signed
James Burton Reynolds, of Massa-
chusetts, has been decided upon as the
successor to Robert B. Armstrong, as
sistant secretary of the treasury, in
charge of customs.
Admiral Cosby, U. S. N, retired, died
in Washington from paralysis He was
born in Louisiana in 1840, served dur
ing the civil war and was retired in
1902 with the rank of rear admiral.
Smith H. Woolley, assayer in charge
of the United States mint at Boise City.
Idaho, has been removed. It is charged
that irregularities have been discovered
in his accounts.
The members Of the Cuban cabinet
having insisted upon resigning, Presi-
dent Palma has indicated that he will
accept their designations, to take effect
upon the installation Of their success
ors.
Justice McLachlan at Bedford, Ind,
rendered his decision in the prelimi-
nary hearing of Frank Evans and Eli
mer Browning, charged with the MUIR
der of Miss Sarah Shaefer. Evans was
released and Browning was held to the
grand jury.
John T. Mlchau, widely known as a