Times-promoter., 1909-02-18

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the ships small boats and later were
picked up by q pilot boat.
Following a cloudburst in Rubic
canon, above Pasadena, a terrific
food of water came down the narrow
canon precipitating the Rubio canon
pavilion into the ravine and buryinG
Fred T. Drew, agent of the Pacific
Electric railroad, with his wife and
four children in the ruins.
Blood poisoning, resulting from 6
slight cut on the finger during an op
Grafton, has caused the death of DR.,
Adolph Won Duering, noted sur
geon and physician Of New York.
The one hundredth anniversary OF
the birth of Charles Darwin was eel
ebrated in the New York Academy OF
Science, at the Museum of Natural
History, with the unveiling of q
bronze bust of the naturalist present
ed to the museum by Charles F. Cox
The house committee on census de
cided that there should be no attempt
on the part of the house to pass the
census bill over the veto of the presi
dent This action was taken after
much celebration among the leaders
of the house and senate.
Surrounded by flowers and gifts
Harry K. Thaw celebrated ~his 37tt
birthday Mrs. William Thaw, his
mother, helped make the occasion
bright.
AS result of an opinion by Assist.
ant Attorney General Sluder of Tex
as, there is probability some of the
textbook companies which have con.
tracts with the state will be sued for
cancellation of contract. The school
officials of Hopkins county advised
the attorney generals department
that 4,676 books needed in that county
could not be obtained from the com,
panies having contracts with the
state, and suit may be instituted
against these companies for breach OF
contract.
The porte has notified Russia of its
acceptance in principle of Russia's
latest financial proposal for settle
ment of the Turko-Bulgarian dispute.
A bill has been introduced in the
Cuban senate to annul the order OF
the American military authorities
abolishing the lottery.
Rooseveltian doctrines of anti-race
suicide are not practiced to any ex-
tent on the canal zone, according to
figures given out by the isthmian ca
nal commission. They show that the
average zone family consists of hus-
band, wife and one child.
Yielding to the moods of artistic
and resenting criticism
leveled at his work, Oscar Mundhenk,
a young sculptor, wrecked an elabor-
ate production he was executing for
the new st. Mary's Catholic church at
Marietta, Ohio.
: Complaining that the name of the
National Red Cross is being infringed
upon to sell such commonplace mate
rails as chicken feed, and that persons
have resorted to the use of the name
to collect funds not designed for the
relief of of suffering humanity, Miss
Mabel Boardman, secretary of the
American National Red Cross, ap.
pealed to the house committee on for
aign affairs for further legislation to
it's original incorporation.
Senator Frye has abandoned his eff
forts to have the nomination of W. D.
Crum, the negro reappointed as col
Iector of customs at Charleston, S. c.,
at the present session.
Armour & Co., the largest of the |
Chicago packing concerns, has been |
called upon to furnish the federal gov
with ammunition in the war
Of the department of justice upon the
beef trlst and the National Packing |
Go.
Hundreds of unemployed made a |
violent demonstration in Berlin coin
cident with the arrival of the British |
king and queen and were only sub |
1ued by the police, who drove the
mob before them with drawn sabers. |
About fifty were severely wounded, |
several perhaps fatally, and score
Or more were arrested.
IN case of war Japan could un-
take the Philippines, but in
/ year we could retake the islands and |
he empire of Japan with them" This
was. the declaration made by former |
United States Senator George f. Ed
nunds of Vermont.
Leroy Cannon, Virginian by birth |
md distant relative of Speaker Can
ION, whose family now resides in |
Harrisburg pa was fOrcih1V pyDp1lad |