The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-01
Brief Items From
Everywhere.

Everywhere.
Avenue Baptist Church. at No. 8 West
Forty sixth Street, were treated to q
surprise Sunday morning when John D..
Rockefeller walked In few minutes after
the the service had started. It was the
first time IN year that Mr.. Rockefeller
had appeared In the church, and he was
greeted effusively.
PITrSBURG, PA.-Plttsburg society
has gone balloon mad" Both mems
and women's clubs are discussing aerial
navigation Work has already begun
on one aIrshlp, which Is to be ready y
trip In June.
hosCOW.-The memoirs OF Genera! Ku-
ropat kin, voluminous work. covcriii5
tho Russo Japanese War. is BANG pub
lshed here, under the supervision Q: us
author.
Tho volumes give q defense far kn-
roputkln's strategy in all the ii'it crtant
battles OF the war, and criticise so 'rec'y
the lack OF support given the se"er't'
in high quarters In st. Petersburg.
HIA.-Announccmcnr has
lust been made OF the engagement Of MSS
Katherine Sargent smith and !. IruH,
tur Hare, the old Pennsylvania ioot-sah
star. Both arc members Of Ph'ituei-
plra's smart set, aud are noteo lVr 5t' As =
many accomplishments ia
,r1IRIS.-Mario Barbcris. young man
living in the neighboring town OF Gh',
IN sso. suddenly became insane ana Rlileo
biv "a ther. Luigi Barberis, we'll known
literary man, and his mother, ana al'e' ,
ward committed suicide
p1,rTsBuRG.-Georg T. Oliver has
thoueht n controlling interest In the Pltts-
burg Times. formerly owned by me la'e
Christopher l.. Magee. 1t Will De merseu
With the Gazette, which Is oWneo ~ III.
oliver, who Is a Republican leader OF
Pittsburg.
NEW jYORK.-The trustees Of the
Church OF christ's Disciples dismissed
Mrs, Elizabeth B. Grnnnis, the re1ormer
and the little negress. Christian League,
from the church. n
:. ,pIrrTsBuRG.-The United States Steel
CORPORATION announced that 1t would give
nrecedence to all orders for steel from
the stricken California cities. flttsourg
alone may supply 10000 tons.
4 CARACAs.-Former President Castro
has temporarily abandoned every vestige
OF political power and is living at LOS
Teques.
NEW YORK.-Traps for automobilists
who violate, the law agains: excessive
speeding.were set In all the regions "ltnln
fifty miles OF New York. Fourteen ar
rests we're made on Lon Island. but, IN
y, 1yharp the Snareg
we're cunningly set, only one captive was
credited to the police fowlers.
YORK, PA big white cat crowded
into the large pipe organ OF st. Luke.s
Lutheran Church here. and delayed the
organist and choir In rendering their
spring anthem. which they were about
to sing.
Y cLEvELAND.-John D. Rockefeller is
one of the chief hackers In the new Flip
podrome, modelled after the New York
show house. that is now being built here.
This statement was made by #. H. Town
send, sone OF the promoters OF the enter
prise.
PuILADELPHIA.-Re In appear
ance, with jewelry and money that would
have supported her for several weeks. a
woman came to Philadelphia last Friday
determined to die, and yesterday the po-
lice and coroners officers tried in vain
to solve the question Of her identity or
find some clue to the reason for her
carefully planned suicide.
NEW YORK.-pdscussing American
standards and practices In an interview
published In the Brooklyn Eagle, Dr.
Lyman Abbott admitted that there were
phases OF activity that deserved criticism.
but maintained that ideals were higher
than at any time In the history OF the
nation, and that lapses In the pursuit OF
them were comparatively rare, both among
individuals and In the government,
PITTSBURG. PA.--Eight refugees from
San Francisco were refused food here at
the Union Depot restaurant, and It was
only after police interference that they
were fed They were en- route to New
York,
DERBY, CONN,-John Durham. Of
TerryvIlle, fifty-one years old, after buy
Ing n farm at Bristol arrayed himself
in dress suit fifty years old, low shoes,
with polished steel buckles and an an
Client high hat and called upon Mrs. John
Potter, aged sixty and four times n
widow. although neither had met before.
Within an hour durham had proposed
and been accented.
Wanted Bloodhounds.
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