The Detroit times., 1908-09-28
Brief Telegraph
Items Of Interest

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WASHINGTON. Sept. 2S.-The
president has decided that w. +. Glass
cock must resign as internal revenue
collector for the West Virginia dis
trict IL he continues in the race for
governor as the Republican compro-
mise candidate.
LAUNCETON. Tasmania, Sept. 2S.
The British ship Loeb Finlas, from
Port Pirie. South Australia, for Callao.
was wrecked off Foster island at day
light and 20 OF the crew of "a were
drowned. The other four men were
picked up by passing steamer.
MANILA, Sept. ga tragedy oc-
currd at Camp Jessman Saturday
night resulting in the death of Lieut..
Edward ]. Bloom. OF the fourth infan-
try. and Private Suttles. Company X,
or the same regiment Suttles for
some reason shot Bloom and then cut
his own throat. The slayer died
Immediately, but Bloom fingered until
Sunday night. An investigation of the
AFFAIRS Is being made by military Of
hcers. Bloom was well known In De-
troit.
CHICAGO. Sept. 28.-Seven men
out OF party OF eight were drowned
In the river at One Hundred and
Iwenty-sixth-st., when the pleasure
launch Lemon struck one of the sup
ports OF railroad bridge and sank
with all on board. The owner of the
launch swan ashore. and he was the
only one saved.
CHICAGO. Sept. 2S-Mrs Potter
rainier has been gold bricked" In
Teasing what she supposed was a mag
innocent London house for the coming
season, according to letters received
py her friends in Chicago. Mrs. Pal
her is keenly disappointed In her bar
gam, Tor, instead OF the exQuisitely
iurhished mansion In Carlton house
terrace owned by the Earl of Caledon
she expected. she has found the house
eulPpea or It's priceless tapestries, its
ings.
HAMBURG, Sept. 2S.-The steam.
ship Cleveland, the latest acouisition
OF the Hamburg-American line was
launched here at the wards of plobn,
& Voss. She Is a sister chin IF tho.
Cincinnati. which was launched in
July. Countess Won Goetzen the Am.
erican wife of the Prussian min,ater
at Hamburg, who formerly was Miss
May Loney, of Washington. u. e
christened the vessel.
| LOUISVILLE. KY, Sept 2s-Tbe
| body of a man who was run over hv
train and instantly killed in the
kentucky and Indiana railway Yards
was Identified as that OF Thomas Cock.
Till, noted Breathitt county (Ken.
tucky) feudist.
| DENVER, Sept. 28.-More than q.
600 berkers, representing all classes
/ OF fin-ncial institutions and every
state in the union, will assemble here
this week at the thirty-fourth annual
convention OF the American Bankers
| association.
| LYNN. Mass. Sept. 2S.-Samue
Nelson Aldrich, president of the Stat
National bank of Boston and formerl,
assistant treasurer OF the United
States subtreasury at Boston. died OF
pneumonia. He was So years old.
| SCRANTON, Pa, Sept. 28.-While
engaged In preparing a blast on the
new third track of the Lackawanna
railroad at Cross Keys. a small stn.
tion near Tobyhanna, a foreman and
his four assistants, employed by the
Hyde & Mcfarland Construction Co..
of New York city were blown to atoms
by the explosion of 20 pounds OF dyna-
mite.
SHERMAN, Tex, Sept. 28-Deputy
Sheriff Howard Burlington, OF San
Jose, Cal. who accompanied Sheriff
Arthur Langford to Sherman to iden-
tify IL possible the man held here
charged with being James s. Durham
who murdered six persons near San
Jose IL years ago. picked the nun out
Of row Of 40 prisoners Jim" Hat
field. as the prisoner calls himself,
was then closely examined.
HAMILTON, Ont. Sept. 28.-Threc
men were killed on the Toronto. Ham.
ilton & Buffalo railroad at Mineral
Springs, five miles west Of here. The
dead are: Engineer McFadden. Fire.
man Brown and w. Maloney, a com.
Eanion OF Fireman Brown.
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