Times-promoter., 1908-01-31

from Denver since Jan. 2, has beeI
located in a convent at Butte. Mont
She had been married but two day
when she disappeared. Pfeiffer was |
divorced man and the bride Cath
olic. 1t is believed she repented o
the marriage because of religious
scruples.
After an operation which surgeons
in the Harlem hospital say is more
serious than the one performed IN
the attempt to save the life OF Presi
dent Mckinley, John Loughman, who
was shot, is in fair way to recover
Plans are being completed for the
Inauguration of a movement OF the
Brotherhood Welfare Associations all
over the country to combine and
march upon the White House In Wash
ington and demand work from Presi
dent Roosevelt. This movement will be
started in ST. Louis, Cincinnati, Chi.
cago and Boston at once.
In accordance with the order issued
by Mayor 0'Brlen of Hannibal, Mo-.
at the request of the saloon men,
every saloon in the city was tight.
ly closed all day Sunday. The pro.
prietors of dramshops insist that the
law forbidding sales of liquor on Sun
day be enforced against drug stores
and saloons alike.
The special committee of the West
ern Union appointed to consider the
situation in the anti-compact states has
almost completed its work.
Thousands of farms are being wrest-
ed from the western desert places by
the government irrigation projects, ac-
cording to E. T. Perkins.
Just to show their disregard for old
fashioned ideas, Lady Juliet Duff, the
daughter of the Earl of Lonsdale, and
her chum, Miss Violet Vivian, who
came over to attend the Vanderbilt
wedding, turned the lounging-room Of
the White Star line Adriatic into a
ladies' smokingroom all the way
across from Southampton.
r. w. Reed, the proprietor Of a
saloon at Massachusetts, avenue and
North Capitol streets, Washington, D.
c., was stabbed to death at his place of
business by an unknown man, who es-
capped.
Plans are arranged to organize
special French district in the Moose
jaw region in Canada, and extensive
immigration to the new province is
expected.
Society of Authors of London plans
to pay homage to George Meredith. its
president, on the occasion of his S0th
birthday.
Chancellor E. Benjamin Andrews Of
the University OF Nebraska, discussing
the presidential candidates, says that
no matter who wins, the country will
be In safe hands.
Thomas Witherell Palmer celebrates
his 18th birthday at Detroit, and is
congratulated by his friends through
out the state and nation.
Heavy fog over London does great
damage, interfering with business and
making conditions favorable for the
work OF burglars.
"Ouida,' the novelist, died in the
home of her faithful maid, Isolina Ger
vella, near Florence, Italy. Her death
was mainly due to old age, although
Il was hastened by the privations which
she had been compelled to undergo In
recent years and which had brought
On heart disease. Until the very end
she shared her food with her faithful
dogs. Her real name was Louise de la
Rance.
Believing that his illness would re-
suit fatally, John Fetter, aged 73 years, |
confessed that he murdered his daugh-
ter, Ella Fetter, aged SO years, in |
1894.
Four firemen were killed and 20 |
seriously injured by falling walls at
Baltimore in what was the greatest
fire the city has experienced since the
of 1904.
Two definite movements we're start
ed to make John Mitchell, on his re
tirement from the leadership Of the
United Mine Workers, a professional
adviser for life for organized labor.
Judson Harmon In an address at
Nashville, Tenn, ascribes the recent
troubles and commercial dis
resses to the high tariff, which he
ays feeds trusts.
Raub Cunningham, q young man OF
Flora, ILL.,, who recently went to Louis
lille, KY, to receive treatment in
;anitarium, shot himself in the head |
ind died five hours later. Despond.
,ncy is supposed to have been the