Times-promoter., 1907-10-25


one policeman was killed, several
Others wounded and a number of ne
groes badly injured.
One trainman was killed and ten
other persons were injured in a head
on collision between two suburban
passenger trains on the Chicago &
Northwestern railroad near Chicago.
Japan is about to follow the ex-
ample. of the West. She is to have
an international exhibition. 1t is
to be held in Toxic in 1912. The site
chosen is the Aoyama Parade
Ground, which measures over eighty
acres, but some doubt exists as to
whether this area will be sufficient
to accommodate the full project.
One of the most novel fines ever
imposed upon a motorist was recent
ly levied by a Paris magistrate upon
Otero, the famous music hall artistic,
whose chauffeur ran over a cyclist.
The fine Of $31 Tor 154 francs) was
computed as follows: Damaged BIZ
cycle, 81 francs; damaged clothes,
20; medical care, Is; medical GER
tifcate to prove case, 5, and moral
damage, 20.
The governor of Connecticut is on
a junket to the jamestown exposi-
tion the lieutenant governor is on a
trip to Europe; Senator Stille Jud-
son Of Stratford, president pro tenn
|of the state, is on a hunting trip;
but Connecticut is not suffering, for.
woman is seated in the official
chair. a4sta
= Counsel for the Standard Oil Co..
have prepared an elaborate defense
in the governments suit for dissolu-.
ton Of the oil combine, which they.
say viii be deyeloped in3its entirety.
$One man, Harry Bauseh, was
killed and 20 passengers injured,
several so seriously that they may.
die, in the wreck Of a street car in
Cincinnati.
hi With impressive ceremonies and
a significant speech by Secretary Of
War Taft, the first Philippine as
scinbly was opened in Manila.
Capt Roland Amundsen, theatre
tic explorer, who arrived on the
steamship Oscar H., said he will
make an attempt to reach the north
poleinel910s He announced that he
is having -four big polar bears
trained to haul sleds and intends to
use, them in the. far north.
The. citizens Of California, partic-
ularE Of San Francisco, are making
ready to give a royal reception to the
great battleship feet when it passes
in the Golden Gate next spring.
A Thirty-eight lives snuffcd out, 600
injured, Of which number fifty were
seriously hurt, and a property loss Of
approximately $750,000 is the latest
estimate of the destruction wrought
by the explosion at the Dupont pow
der mills.
Mail advices from Manila report
that Akasa Tsuka, the japanese con-
sui for the Philippines, has recently
concluded his first visit to the south
ern islands. Upon his return to Ma
Mia the consul said that the great
natural wealth of the southern Phil
ippines astonished him, and that he
can readily see that the United
States will never desire to sell the
islands.
The suit Of the territory Of Oklaho-
ma against the Rock Island railroad,
which has been pending for some
time, was dismissed by the supreme
court of the United States.
AT Fontanet, Ind, the Dupont
Powder co. has telegraphed the gov
ernor of Indiana to draw on them
to any extent for the aid Of the suf-
ferers.
Sensations followed each other in
rapid succession in the financial dis
trict as the result Of the collapse Of
the projected corner in United Cop
per and the suspension Of perma-
nent brokerage firm. The firm Of
Otto gHeinzc & Go. was suspended
son the stock exchange. +. Augustus
Heinze, the Butte copper magnate.
resigned the sprosidencySof the Mer-
cant;ln National Rank nf Now Yoydy