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BRIEFLY TOLD.
Washington. B
Wilhar J. Carr has been appointed
chief clerk Of the state department, to
III succeed Charles DENLY, who will go to
Shanghai as consul general Mr.. Carr
ID now chief OF the consular division
Rural delivery service petitions UP
TO May numbered 54,873, OF which
1851 adverse reports have been
made. There are 1857 rural routes,
& served by Al, AT carriers. A balance
OF 81 ,340,47S remains OF the appro-
priation for new service.
During the last fiscal year 6,258 men
deserted from the United States army
That number is equivalent to six regi-
ments. Out OF the 24,083 enlistments
only 8,849 were re-enlistments. This
# condition Is causing considerable dis
cnssion among army officers. Most of
4 them agree that It is on account Of
{ service In the Philippines.
Viscount Aoki, the Japanese am.
II O&A6oEANSli5LO k1LdkC0p nC6 uO'
4 cided to visit the Pacific coast and
make a number Of addresses to his
q coiintrymen for the purpose of sooth-
Ing the feelings OF the Japanese on the
coast because Of the San Francisco
school incident and on account OF the
new law barring Japanese from the
United States. e
Personal.
Miss Matte Watterson, said to be
niece Of Rear Admiral Evans, was
found dead at 81 Psso, Tex Heart
failure caused her death.
Charles q. Halllwell, vice president
sssof the American Tobacco company,
3 ss...: ssd suddenly Of apoplexy iii the Hol-
Y land house In New York. He was
worth $4,000.
Mrs. Anna Chase Deepen, the Louis
Z vile novelist \ rid poet, is dead at
y Brooklyn. Mrs Deepen was a niece
Of Salmon p. Chase, late chief Justice
Of the United States supreme court.
G. a. Van Wyck, chief Of the fire de-
& partment Of Sault Ste Marie. Mich, is
! dead as the result OF pneumonia, con-
Z tiacted while assisting the Canadian
4 500 department at the time OF the pulp
4 mill Are. short time ago.
Edmund G. Ross, former United
States senator from Kansas, whose
vote saved President Andrew Jackson
/ from " imp acfment, died at Albu-
querque, N. M. After his retirment
( from the senate he was governor Of
New Mexico. ys
Criminal.
Three men were wounded, two prob
Il ably fatally, in; q feud fight twelve
4 miles southwest OF Nevada, Mo.
Mrs. Carrie Fogelson, a milliner of
Shelby, Ind, was shot and killed last
3 evening by her husband, who after
ward killed himself.
The safe IA the postofIice and store
OF Thomas Van Eaton at Eatonville,,
Wash, was robbed and $4,000 In
Z school warrants, $115 In cash and s19,.
600 worth Of mortgages and other val
liable, papers taken.
Michael Casey OF Chicago cut the
throat Of his brother, John Casey. with
h q razor, following quarrel over a
monograph The injured man died
half-hour later Both had been
drinking. The murderer was arrest
81 ed,
Thomas Troy. who came ashore at
West Palm, Beach, Fla, from the
steamer Cecilia, bound from South
Ess america, with a cargo OF lumber for
4 New ork, shot and Instantly killed
George g. Newconbe In saloon row
there.
ames Leftwich, q wealthy cattle
man Of Lpce, and candidate for
state senator On the Democratic tick
et, shot and killed q. j. Clark, also a
wealthy cattl enan, at the entrance to
the court house in Duncan, I. II. as a
4 result OF q fend which has existed be,
tween the two men for a long time,
II. Haymaker, aged sixty-five
years, formerly an alderman in Fort
Worth. Tex, commit ted suicide In the
Monarch hotel IN Kansas City be.
cause of sde spon dency induced by III
healt and the aItici alton OF being
place ed on trial in st; Louis next month
on the charge OF sho citing q man there.
Foreign.
are al Bncas del Toro, Panama.
cticaIl destroy ed the town. It has
i & popula tion t,s 900.
The lower house Of the Netherlands
B par iament has 4 voted SAC, 900 for the