Evening journal., 1905-08-25
THE WORLDS NEWS
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON.
Acting Secretary Ryan, Of the In
terror Department. says there is no
record OF school warrants issued 20
senator J. r. Burton after his cleo
ton.
PENNSYLVANIA.
The Pine Hill Coal Company
breaker, Office, boiler and engine house
at Minersville were destroyed by dre.
Loss, sl5o.OOO.
Harvey Graves a paper mill owner
Of East Nottingham, fell from a load
Of hay while experimenting work on
his farm. His neck was broken and
he expired before physicians arrived.
President Roosevelt has ordered the
Postoffiee Department 10 use wilkes
Barre" as the spelling of the name Of
that city.
The Pennsylvania railroad has
agreed to take all graduates Of the
Altoona Industrial High School as ap-
apprentices.
Chairman Garrett. Of the new Re-
publcans" of Chester county, gave no
tice Of primaries 10 be held September
80 to elect delegates to convention
which will be held October 3.
NEW JERSEY.
Tomato buyers from other states
are engaged in lively competition for
the crops Of South Jersey farmers.
Prices are high and the output will
not reach the average of past seasons.
PEACE.
Count Lamsdorff. Russian Foreign
Minister. authorized a statement that
Russia would pay no tribute 70 Japan.
directly or indirectly. and would cede
no territory whatever.
The Japanese peace commissioners
at Portsmouth, in view of this state
ment were inclined to regard their
mission as over, and expressed the
opinion that the conference would
come to an end tomorrow.
The President continues his efforts
to enable the two nations TO reach a
settlement, and is in communication
with NJ. Witte.
FOREIGN.
! The French Council Of Ministers de-
cided to make a military demonstra-
ton against the Sultan of Morocco if
demands for the release Of a French
Algerian citizen named Bouzian are
not met.
Or. Panhlo j. Valverde, Clerical
candidate. was elected president of
Costa Rico. The elections ended in
disturbance and bloodshed, and seri-
Gus trouble is feared.
SPORTING.
The Phiilies lost to Chicago. . to /.
in a twenty inning contest at Ph,la-
delphia. The game was a record
breaker in the National League. The
Athletics game in Chicago was post
poned on account of rain.
Dolly Spanker won the Champaign
Stakes, the feature Of the closing day
of the Saratoga meeting.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Johann Hoch, bigamist and con-
demned wife murderer. of Chicago,
was to be hanged today but escaped
the gallows by writ of supersedeas
ordering a review of the case by the
Supreme Court.
Mayor Dunno. OF Chicago. made an
address in defense OF municipal own
lership of public utilities at the League
of American Municipalities in Toledo.
Mayor Woodward of Atlanta. con-
tended that private ownership. prop
lerly controlled, is of more beneht.
A tOnslEnemIl OF CUBAN Tobacco
valued at $4,000. was seized in New
York. The leaf was listed as filler
at Tampa. At New York it was
found 10 be wrapper"
There was a marked improvement
in the yellow fever situation in New
Orleans. and the Federal authorities
took steps 10 guard against reinfec-
ton from the country where the dis
ease is spreading.
The Central Committee Of the In
teruatiOnal sunday School Association
decided TO add forty negroes as work.
ers in Southern States.
The American Bar Association, at
lNarragansett Pier adopted resolutions
favorng the nationally bankruptcy law
and heard an address by Alfred Hem
lenway on The American Lawyer.
Three women and three children
were rescued from a swamp near Es-
lcanabia. Mich, after a two days
search.
six hundred and fifty-seven Compel
litors appeared on the firing line at the
individual match OF the rifle tourna-
lment at Sea Girt. and twelve finished
firing over the first four ranges. The
match will probably not be concluded
today.