New-York tribune., 1907-12-19
TELEoRAPHIc NEWS NOTES.

GEORGETOWN Ky Dec. IS.-Former United States
Senator William ]. Deboe. took the witness stand
in the Powers trial to-day and emphatically de-
MED an alleged conversation with Henry foutsey
near Governor Taylors mansion on the night or
January 25 1900. Youtsey testified on direct ex-
animation that he told Deboe Of the plan TO Kill
GoeEeL
St Louis Dec 1S.-Excise Commissioner Mulvi-
hill announced to-day that every brewer in St
Louis and East St Louis together with the four
leading brewers Of Milwaukee and other cities
having depots here have formally made writ
ten pledge that they will not sell beer or other
supplies TO any saloon or lid" club The black
list will comprise the names Of saloons or clubs
that violate the liquor law.
Pittsburg Dec 1S.-BertIa A Goodwin was ec-
quilted in the Criminal Court here to-day of en-
bezzing money she had collected for tie Pittsburg
Hospital. When charges were preferred against
Miss Goodwin she left the city, and was later
rested at Newburyport Mass. in male attire. With
the exception Of a woman's skirt. the defendant al
ways wears the apparel of q man
Fairrnont w Va Dec. 1S-John Neary. OF La
trobe. Penn, who came here in answer to the
call for volunteers TO search the Monongah mines.
died to-day in Cook Hospital from pneumonia He
worked only one shift when he became H.
Lansing. Mich. Dec. 1s.-Every interurban cleo
tric railway IN the state and nearly all the city
lines were represented at a conference held here
yesterday with the new Railroad Commission. The
electric managers declared It cost more to haul
freight by electricity than by steam. II agreed
by nearly all the managers present that passenger
rates Oh interurban lines cannot be profitable at
less than tTo cents mile.
Lexington, Ky, Dec. l8.-Fully one hundred men
are guarding warehouses and wagons loaded with
tobacco The guards formed by the owners OF
the tobacco There have been fully million
pounds sold far this week, notwithstanding the
threats from right riders
Pittsburg Dec 1S-More than one hundred all
steel passenger cars will be in the Penn
sylvania Railroad between Pittsburg and New York
shortly after January L The being built
at the plant Of the Pressed Steel Car Company
here, and the first to replace the wooden equip
T1ent any railroad.
Springfield IL, Dec. u.-The Illinois Supreme
Court decided to-day that Mayor Busse of Chicago
had power to remove members Of the Chicago
Board Of Education appointed by Mayor Dunno.
who was Busse's predecessor. The Supreme Court
directs States Attorney Healy to file quo warranto
proceedings to Gust Mayor Bussees appointces.
jamestown. Penn, Dec. 1S.-Miss Maud McCrUmb.
tWeaty-three years old, school teacher. in a
serious condition from attack alleged to have
been made late yesterday by Charles Summers,
thirty-three years old. a wealthy farmer OF
Turnersvle. Summers. who later captured by
q posse, taken to Greenville Penn, to prevent
mob violence threatened by enraged farmers.
Chicago, Dec 1G-Drectors of the Board of
Trade by unanimous vote yesterday expelled Daniel
=.
his defence in act brought by grain
mission house to recover money due from him.
Concorda, Kan. Dec. 1S.-An eastbound Union
Pacific passenger train was wrecked by broken rail
seven miles east Of here to-day. One man was
killed and two seriously injured.
Others were slightly injured.
Jackson Mich Dec. 1S.-There are indications
here Of the tendency of negotiations for q consol-
idation of the Detroit United Railway, owning the
Detroit City lines. well all the suburban lines
entering that city, and the Michigan United Rail
way, which operates the city lines of Lansing,
Battle Creek. Jackson and Kalamazoo, together
with connecting interurban lines.
Chicago, Dec 1S.-George Rex Clark. blind from
birth, graduated from the University of Chi
cago yesterday with A. B. degree. Clark found
time also take teiegraphy and typewriting,
and was OF the most loyal ''rooters'' of his
class the football team.
Springfield, III. Dec. H.-The Illinois Supreme
Court decided to-day that property of church
occupied dwelling for the pastor Is not exempt
from taxation. Another decision holds that the
anti-cigarette law recently enacted by the Illinois
Legislature not prohibit the sale of cigarettes
made from pure tobacco, but only those which have
substances deleterious to the health