The leader., 1905-02-11


result Of the present crisis.
Charles w. Darling, assistant secre-
tary Of the navy, has rendered his resig-
nation to the president. asking that it
take effect near the expiration Of his
four-years' term Of service, which ex-
pires In December, 1905.
The sanitary authorities Of the Pana-
ma canal zone government have under
taken the sanitation Of the cities Of
Panama and Colon.
Annie Steni shot and killed her lover,
John Davis, at Vaughn, VIVA. Jeal-
ousy is said to have been the cause.
The attorney general has rendered an
opinion in which he holds that draw
backs may be allowed on exported flour
in part from imported wheat.
Fire in the chart department Of
Cramps shipbuiIding plant in Philadel-
phia destroyed valuable blue prints,
models and charts. Loss about $4,000.
Two children were burned to death
and William McCarrer sustained burns
which will prove fatal in a fire which
destroyed his home at Paekersburg, w.
va.
William McAndl Tvs and Thomas
Greedy, miners, were killed at Butte,
Mont, and their bodies are imprisoned
in cage which lies in over 100 feet of
water in the Rarus shaft. They were
being lowered to,the 40-foot level, when
the cable snapped like a piece of glass
and the cage went crashing to the bot
tom.
Live stock in the pens at the Stock
yards in Kansas City, Mo-, suffered
from the severe cold, and a few head
froze to death.
The Excelsior rolling mills at Marys-
vile. Kan, were destroyed by fire. The
loss is estimated at,$150,000; insurance,
$75, 900.
In the presence of large number of
prominent members of the bar, Hon.
Robert w. Tayler was installed at Cleve-
land, o., as judge of the federal court
for the district of northern Ohio.
In fight at Dunloop, w. Va, William
Hamlet was shot and killed and three
other men wounded Three men were
arrested, charged with the murder.
George Ashley, general superintend-
ent of the w. j. Oliver Construction
company, was burned to death in a pri-
vate car near Wickliffe, Ky.
The governor of Vermont has granted
a four months reprieve to Mrs. Rogers,
condemned to death for the murder of
her husband. Her case will be taken to
the supreme court.
Foreign bank statements show larger
demand for money, which has caused re-
cent gold shipments.
Adjt. Gen. Bell, of Colorado, in his
port, scores lawlessness among the min
ers of the state
Statement just compiled by the FL
deity & Casualty company, of New
York, shows that $10,0OO,00O was en-
bezzled in the United States during
1904.
Establishment of the school of jour-
nalism at Columbia university, endowed
by Joseph Pulitzer, is delayed until the
death of the donor.
Pressure by the president for action
on railroad rates and the tariff and the
indisposition of republican leaders in
congress to respond has revived talk of
an extra session in the spring or fall.
Favored children of Charles Lockhart
decide to let disinherited daughter share
equally in his estate of $3.50, ,0O0, 900, of
fering her $50, 100000.
Representatives of the United States
took control of Santo Domingo customs
receipts.
Bishop Hare, of the Episcopal church,
accuses the government of diyerting In
dian trust funds to aid Roman Catholic
mission schools.
The United States supreme court
crushed the beef trust by saying it is
in restraint of trade and made Judge
Grosscup's injunction permanent.
President Roosevelt, in an address
before the Union League club, Of Phila-
delphia, declared national control Of
railroad rates and all other phases of
interstate commerce is of vital impor-
tance to the country The amendment
of the constitution, if necessary to
bring about the reform, was urged.
Minister Bowen recommends to the
president that he be recalled and dip
lomatic relations with Venezuela besev-
cred, and that force be used to bring
President Castro to terms.
The interstate commerce commission
has taken the first steps to file suit
against the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe railroad for violation of rebate law.
President Eliot, of Harvard, in his an
nual report, denounces football with
out reserve and says it is a menace to
rational academy life.
The Illinois house ordered thorough
inquiry into the charges of graft made
by Representative Comerford, of Chi
cago. A committee was appointed to
hear evidence.
Victor Roland O'Shea was found
guilty in Chicago of manslaughter for
having killed his young wife.
Gov. Higgins, Of New York, COM
muted to life imprisonment the death
sentence imposed on George A. Smith,
OF. Churchyille, aged IS. Smith was con-
yicted on circumstantial evidence of the
murder Of his wife in 1897
An unknown donor has given 81 ,100,-
900 to Union theological seminary, in
cluding property near the Riverside
drive, New York, which will be utilized
as new site for the institution.
Representative W. ]. Nolan, of Min
neapolis, introduced In the lower house
of the Minnesota legislature law es-
tablishing the whipping post as a
means of punishment for wife-heaters.
A stranger, recently run over and
killed on the Place de Ia Concorde, in
Paris, has been identified as former
Chief Justice Kelley. of the interna-
tional court of appeals Of Cairo.
Egypt
Frank Furlong, 10 years old. who has
been on trial in New York, charged
with the murder Of his aunt, Mrs.
Margaret Keeler, was found guilty Of
murder in the first degree.
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