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Washington. Sept. 2s-JosepEf stew
J art. of Kansas City, Mo, has i'~eza ap-
painted second assistant post master
general.
yesterday, last nigtir AND toites. the
I, forest fires will soon be under nsroI-
| Malice m Tweed AMI family ansi three
men are missing since Sunday.
! Baltimore, Sept. 2S-tEowaid smith, +,
out in a gasoline launch, struck a
/ match to light "A cigarette and thus
setting fire to fumes from gasoline, he
jun ped over board to save himself and
was drowned.
New Brunswick Sept. 2S-A big
touring automobile left the ROAD, near
here. shot fifty yards down a steep
hill. and struck a stone fence at the
bottom. Its two occu pants, both men,
were fatally hurt.
| New York, Sept. 28-One man killed
wagon on Third avenue, 6Ist street.
| Victims struck by car going opposite
direction. Fifty passengers. many of
them women, aboard.
Bombay, Sept. 29.-Frightfui loss of
life. the extent OF which cannot now be
estimated, thousands OF bridges washed
away, railroad tracks torn up and
communication crippled are the result
| of storms in sections of India.
New York, Sept. 29.-The report that
E. II. Hartman is seriously ill from
an affection of the spine brought forth
emphatic denials today from both the
Hartman home and his offices. He
worked yesterday until o clock.
New York, Sept: 2s-Ella Roach, a
pretty young widow, was shot and in
stantly killed by her uncIe,- Robert
| Wood, this morning as she was lying
in bed with her two children. He is
said to have been very jealous of her.
/ He succeeded in escaping, but the
police have sent out general alarm
for his capture.
| Washington, Sept. 29.-In behalf OF
Orville Wright, katherine Wright
wrote to Major Squier, acting chief OF
signal corps, asking that the time for
the delivery Of the aeroplane be ex-
tended to June 20, 1909. The old con-
/ tract expired yesterday. Squier rec
i u
will approve it.
Washington, Sept. 29-The President
and Cabinet today discussed the at
tack of Chancellor Day on the chief
iexecutive. but decided to ignore it.
| Dayscharged the president with being
sperniciously active" in this campaign
also with being too intimate with other
trusts for his denunciation of the
standard Oil to beworth much.s* o
Washington, Sept. Ex-senator Bur-
rows calledSat the white house today,
and with the president, went over eer-
tain features Of the proposed tariff re-
vision bill, every body is for revis-
ionsor rather zreadjustmsnt," said the
ISsnatsr.4 The Senator is chairman OF
1.-THE senate eemmittes appointed to in
yestigate conditions and reps1 need
ed changes in classification. = es-4e
| Saratoga Springs NY, Sept. 90
The feature of today's session of the
T semi meeting Of the National
Association OF Cotton Manufacturers
was a strong plea made by President
Charles L. Plunkett, of Massachusetts,,
tor the conservation of the natural re-
sources of the ceuntry-espeeially for
ests. Hs said, THAT these resources
are not mex haustible ssrequires no ar
gum ent."
/ Albuquerque. n. NJ. Sept. 29.-The
i sixteenth National Irrigation Congress
opened today with q large number OF
delegates present. President q. F..
Goudy delivered the opening address.
In the course of business the Question