Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-16
TOLD IN BRIEF.

Search for the murderer of Jacob II.
Thompson of the stan OF the New York
Times was begun in Richmond and Man
chester. Va. today. Information from
police headquarters, New York. received
this morning. is to the effect that Thomp-
sons slayer has been partly identified as
Moses Taylor. Manchester negro. who
went to New York after deserving his wife
reward of 81, 500 is offered for the cap
ture of the fugitive.
The First PRESBYTERIAN Church at McKees
Rocks, a west end suburb OF Pittsburg was
blown up by natural gass about noon today
and the entire building WIS demolished. The
explosion is said to have been the result of
leak in the basement of the building
which was sought by the janitor with a
lighted candle. The janitor is missing and
Is believed to have been caught in the
ruins
A special to the Knoxville CTenn) Sem
tinel from Middlesboro. KY, says: In a
fight over woman yesterday afternoon IN
the outskirts OF town, Mark Smith shot
Tillman West three times. killing him in
stantly. Smith escaped to the mountains.
Officers have gone to arrest him.
The Master Horse Shoers' Association of
America began its fourteenth annual con-
yention at Kansas City today, with two
hundred delegates in attendance. The gath
ering was called to order by James G..
Ray OF Columbus. Ohio, the national pres
iutHt EuWdTu ). Butter. IL, OF st. Louis,
known as the millionaire member of the
organization, was among those present
The st. Petersburg Official Messenger to-
day published an imperial ukase dated
October Is, dismissing Grand Duke Cyril
from the service because of his recent mar
riage to the Princess Victoria. the divorced
wife Of the Grand Duke of Hesse. The
ukase also deprives the grand duke of his
decorations and other honors
The British steamer Philae, which has
arrived from Quebec, has on board the
crew of the Norwegian bark Lima, which
was abandoned in waterlogged condition
In latitude fifty degrees north, longitude
thfrty-four degrees west. The Lima, in
command of Capt. Helgesen. sailed from
Chatham, N. B., September % for Bor-
deaux, France.
Lung complications have developed in the
case of former Representative Jerry Simp-
son at Wichita. kas-, and the patient was
somewhat weaker today.
Watonga, the chief Of the Kaw Indians,
died at his home near Bartlesville. L T,
Saturday. aged ninety years
Milton D. Stone, a prominent and wealthy
lumberman of jamestown, n. Y, was In
stantly killed while hunting near Westfeld
today. The gun of Frank Sears. a COM
panion of Stone. was. accidentally dis
charged, the entire charge OF shot taking
effect in Stones body in the region of the
heart.
The Shubert Theatrical Company of New
York was Incorporated at Albany today
with $500, 900 capital The directors are:
Lee Shubert ID. Shubert, Joseph w
Jacobs and William Klein of New oYrk
A special from Lake City, S. c. to the
Augusta tGa-) Herald, says: Four more
negroes have been arrested at Indiantown
in connection with the murder of Julian
Wilson. The negro prisoners have been
taken to the jail at Klngstree for safe
keeping.
The funeral of Prince Troubetskoy, the
liberal leader and rector of the Moscow
University, who died suddenly In St
Petersburg October II. took place at
Moscow today and passed off in perfect
order. Enormous crowds witnessed the
ceremony.