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gasoline car for five miles at Dayton.
Ohio. March oath. Time. 2:45 1-b.
Admiral George F. Beresford. COM
mander of the British channel fleet,
hauled down his flag at Portsmouth
March cath, thus ending fifty years Of
actual serice.
A Melbourne dispatch says that the
commonwealth government has de-
cided not to offer a Dreadnought to
England. preferring to adhere to her
settled policy Of defending Australia.
Emperor Nicholas has conferred the
Order of the Grand Cross of Alexander
Nevsky upon President Diaz. The or
der is one of the highest within the
gift of the Russian sovereign.
Arrangements have been completed
under which the rifle shooting tourna-
ment which will be held at Camp
Perry, Ohio. next August, will be the
greatest shooting event which this
country has ever seen.
In an automobile race at Dayton.
o.. March 23d. David Bruce Brown.
the millionaire amateur driver, ran
his machine a mile in thirty-threc sec
onds. breaking the worlds amateur
record OF 50 3-5. which was held by
him.
The Panama libel cases against the
Press Publishing Company and Caleb
Van Hamm, one of the editors OF the
World. will not be dropped so long as
he is district attorney. is the statement
made by United States Attorney Slim
son in New York.
The leaders OF the Socialist party
and the Socialist newspapers OF Paris
comment with jubilation upon the out
come OF the strike OF the French teleg-
raphers and postmen. They call 1t a
victory over the government which
the government can never retrieve.
Mrs. Grace l.. Sankey has obtained a
divorce from John F.. Sankey. the 'eld-
est son of the late Ira ID. Sankey. the
evangelist who became famous during
his tours with Moody. The Sankey's
were married in 1893 and have one lit
tie girl five years old.
When eight-year-old Willie Whitla.
who was kidnapped at Sharon. Pa. and
held several days until ransomed at
Cleveland, O.. for $40. 900. was carried
back home. the National Guard COM
rany and Buhi Rifles band turned out
rnd Joined in an ovation at which 5000
people were present.
Lieut.. f. II. Shackelton of the Brit.
ish barkentine Nimrod. who reached
H.vercargill. New Zealand. March 23rd.
ON his return trip from long explor-
ing expedition, succeeded In getting
within III miles OF the South Pole. He
reached and passed the southern Mag
netic pole at 30 degrees and so min.
utes. finally reaching latitude Ss.26.
Guilty of murder In the second de-
gree with twenty years Imprisonment
as the penalty was the verdict OF the
jury at Nashville. Tenn. Saturday In
the case against Col. Duncan Il. Coop
er and his son. Robin Cooper. charged
with the murder OF former United
States Senator +. W. Carmack.
A telegram March cath from Nom.
basa. British East Africa, where ex.
President Roosevelt Is going says; The
popular sporting season Is at an end.
The records for the four months show
the killing OF ll0 lions. including two
maneaters. and 5000 head OF other
game. During the season nine, natives
and four white men were mauled by
lions.
At Russ. remote town In Laclede
county. Mo. March END. Rev. Martin
ID Jackson. aged forty. shot and killed
Rev. Solomon Odcll. aged forty-six.
Johnson is the Baptist minister OF the
re,ghborhood. while Odell was the
Presbyterian divine at Russ. They
GcarreIed over business matters re-
lated to rival telephone companies In
which they were Interested.
Two hundred merchant tailors from
oenters OF fashion so far removed from
each other as Portland. Me. and Kan
sas City. Mo. were present at the
opening OF the American Style and
Fashion show In New York City. 1t
appears that even the present freak
styles in coats are to be outdone the
coming season. coats being fashioned
with nronounced curves at the hips,