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near Corbtn. Mont. which he had gone
into airEs. with I. lighted candle to
inspect.
Judge George Gray. Of Delaware. o.
nflh arbitrator in the IIlinnis miners
shct-frers' controversy. decides that
the expense sntailed by the action Of
the law shall be borne half and half
by the operators and miners He said
that 10 good reason could be urged
why the entire expense should fall on
the miners.
During Ere which destroyed the
upper foozs OF a sevsn-story factory
building IN New York. a score OF fire.
men were seriously burned or over
come by smoke.
Miss Hattie Fiji. uf Summers. Ia. a
delegate to the Epworth Lsague sun-
vsntiou At Denver. Col. died Of heart
failure after returning from an excur-
sion into the mountains.
Col Gorgas. chief sanitary inspector
Of the Panama canal zone. says that
since Jure . there has been TO case
of yellow fever in the city OF Panama
ard only oue a CoIon.
Thomas B Clements. president OF the
failed First national bank u Fart
baaIt. MINI. was found guilty. at ST
Paul. on "a counts of enbezzlsment.
nIsapplication OF funds and making
false reports.
Fire IN the Iumheryzrd district in the
south end OF Boston did about sos. 900
cam4ge To yards aad wharf property
Fourteen miners were killed and a
number injured by n collisry explosion
a, Au6s-luss. Belgium
VI JaIrss. the French socialist. was
deharTst from speaking in Berlin on
July 3. IS it had been announced he
Intended to. for political reasons.
Revised reports cf the recent tornado
n sfoEtagu county. Tex, show that ~
persons were killed and about 80 il
iursd. some OF whom may die. The
property loss VIII aggregate SOC eco
With elaborate ceremony the remains
Of Admiral John Paul Jones were
formally delivered to the representa-
tfves Of the American government In
Paris. on the sth inst. and. paced In
charge Of Rear Admiral SIgshee. we're
escorted TO the train for Cherbourg
with an imposing military parade
J. C. peyIin fled a voluntary petit
ton in bankruptcy in the United
States district court at Topeka. Kas..
and Judge Pollock granted the petit
tiCn. bat deferred RAINING the trustee
Chairman Shont. OF the Panama
canal commission says that life on the
isthmus IS to be made heaIthfuI. COM
Portable and enjoyable before the real
work Of digging the canal is begun
In view Of the experiences in the
EavaE battle Of the Sea Of Japan. the
United States naval authorities have
concluded 70 do away with the coming
tower on hoard OF irs warships.
william A Wheeler. president of the
council Of New York university. IS
dead.
Cen wiInon W Blaekmar. Com-
mandsr-in-chief OF the Grand Army OF
the Republic, accompanied by Mrs.
BIaekmar and her sister. Miss Brewer.
Is making a tour OF the western posts
| The Standard OIL Co. denies every
allegation in the custer suit brought
by the state OF Kansas. and Attacks
the vaIbIIry OF the Kansas antitrust
law.
! Rsar-AdniraI Whiting. L. 5. n. hav-
ing served ~ years. has eeen placed On
the retired list
Severe storms in northern and CEN
tral France have caused enormous
Ganage to crops. Near Orleans 50
houses were razei and many persons In
jgred- Two men we're killed at An
gers.
Two hundred printers and 100 press
men have been locked out In San Fran
cisco In the eight-hour day fight
At least "A persons were killed
ard many injured as the result OF a
tornado thar struck few miles west
Of Nacsna, Tex Many farm houses
were demolished and much damage was
done In the towns OF Beicher and Mon
tague
Mrs. Anna Johnson was fatally
burned by an explosion Of gasoline
from Ieaky stove in her home at
Omaha. Neh.
The Kansas City creditors Of Charles
J. Devlin. the Topeka (Kas) banker.
have fled a petition in bankruptcy
against DevIfn in the United States dis
trfet court in Kansas City 1t Is made
returnahle July 90
Mrs. James JiIieh, mother=in-law oi
Judge j. A. Ryner. OF the United States
district court. dropped dead at Judge
Ryuer's home in Cheyenne. Wyo-. OF
heart failure she was s. pears OF age
and one Of Cheyenne's pioneers
The Spring Valley (Ill-l national
hank and the First national hank Of
Toluca. Ill. have closed their doors.
C. J. DeyIin. Of Topeka. Kas-. was pres
5dent OF both
The fve-year-old son Of Samuel
Saufllnan, Of Seymour. Ia. and the
fcur-year-aEd son Of George Billiard a
ueighhor. wefe burned to death In q
fire. started by hrecrzeksrs. which de-
stroyed SquiIIman's home
Eight eonvicts in the federal peni-
tentiary on MitchsIrs island. Wash.
celebrated the Fourth OF July by max
ing their escape in two government
boats
A memorial service for the late Sec
retary John Hay was held In S. PsuFs
church (Americani. Rome, sumulra-
neousIy with the funeral service at
Cleveland. o.
The Fourth Of July celebration IN