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vote came on an amendment to the
first clause in the bill. The amend
ment makes religious instruction
compulsory during part of the
daily school hours in all public and
elementary schools.
Unfayorable prospects for the
seeding of wheat in Southern Rus
STA was the chief reason for a strong
close in the Chicago wheat market.
According to Liverpool statisti-
clan, next years crop in Russia
will be much smaller, because of the
unfavorable weather for the seeding
of fall-sown wheat.
George Estes, who shot and killed
Deputy Sheriff Sasely and wound
ed Constable John Bowers, when
the officers at Hales Point, Tenn,
raided crap game in which the ne
gro was participating, was taken
from a sheriff's posse by an armed
mob at that place and hanged.
The total number Of dead in the
wreck of the electric train, loaded
with passengers, which plunged into
the waterway separating Atlantic
City, n. j., from the main land, is
placed at SO.
In the probate court at Findlay,
O., Judge Banker, overruled the
motion filed by the attorneys of the
Standard Oil Co., for new trial,
and imposed fine of $4,000 and
costs of the prosecution in the re-
cent suit against the Standard Oil
Co. for violation of the antitrust
law.
Secretary of Treasury Leslie M.
Shaw, in an interview in Minneap-
oils, Mimi, s:id: ut is surprising
that any one should complain of the
recent importation Of gold. More
than ten carloads-$100, 100000
were brought from Europe to Aus
tralia, without expense to the gov
eminent, and it all entered into the
channels of trade in the United
| States"
The universities of st. Peters
burg and Kazan, two Of the most
important in Russia, have been
closed by order of their respective
faculty councils on account of the
violation by the students of the
stipulation that open meetings must
not be held within the college pre-
cincts.
The president will depart from
Washington for the Isthmus Of
Panama November s, on the battle
ship Louisiana. Besides the presi-
dent and Mrs Roosevelt, the party
will include Surgeon General Rixey
and l.. G. Latta, as assistant secre-
tary to the president. The daily
wireless telegraph bulletins from the
Louisiana will be sent to Secretary
Loeb.
-Four prisoners made their escape
from the Lincoln county (Okla.)
jail in a general jail delivery. Joe
Baxter, the night guard, was struck
on the head with piece of wood by
a prisoner, and the other three in
mates Joined the first and fled. Re-
wards have been offered for the cap
ture of Arthur Sanders and J. w.
Jones. who were two of the inmates
of the jail.
The Illinois soldiers who attended
the dedication of their state memo
rial at Nicksburg later paraded in
New Orleans They were said to
be the first military organization
from the north which has borne arms
in New Orleans since the civil war
Fire at Eutaw, Ala, partly de-
stroyed the Planters and Commits
sion Co.'S warehouse. Loss esti-
mated at $4,000 to 100000, with
small insurance. The warehouse con-
tanned from 1000 to 5000 bales of
cotton.
The federal grand jury has re-
turned seven indictments against
Alex. II. Chisholm. former paying
teller of the First National bank at
Birmingham, Ala, who is charged
with a 100000 defaleation.
j. W. Palmer. founded of Colo
RADIO Springs, Col, was severely in
jured by being thrown from his horse
while riding with a daughter, and
his physicians fear serious results
owing to his advanced age. He is II.
Information has reached Guthrie,
Okla, that Capt. S. 7. Bisbee, Of
that city, and Spanish war veteran,
has been placed in jail by the Mex
lean authorities at Cananea for con-