Times-promoter., 1909-01-28

| lure thursday passed the senate OIL
which prohibits the sale of intoxicat
ing liquors within four miles of ;
school house in Tennessee, and is II
effect q statewide prohibition act. Il
is effective July 1, 1909. In eacE
house the passage was effected
through combination of Republican
and Statewide" Democratic strength
California members of congress gen
orally are supporting President Roose
welt in his contention that the anti
Japanese measures now pending be-
fore the legislature of that state
should be killed.
A telegram from New York states
that Charles L. Tut of Colorado
Springs, Colo, one of the richest min
ing and smelling magnates in the
West, is dead there of heart disease
and pneumonia.
Coroner Hoffman announced Thurs
day afternoon that after close inves.
tigation he was convinced that 66 men
have perished in the fire which de-
stroyed the crib in Lake Michigan
Wednesday.
The urgent deficiency appropriation
bill was reported to the senate. It
carries $1,151, ,602, an increase of only
$4,000 over the amount as passed by
the house. The committee struck out
the house provision for an appropria-
tion of $4,000 for the purchase of au-
tomobiles for the use of the president,
which was included upon expressed
wish OF President-elect Taft, who pre-.
fers' the automobile to the horse.
What are believed to have been
earthquake shocks were felt in Cincin-
natl and the suburbs Saturday morn.
ing.
Rev. Thomas j. Shahan of Hartford,
Conn, 1t is stated in well-informed cir
cles has been selected to succeed
Bishop Dennis ]. O'Connell as rector
of the Catholic University of America.
Bishop Carroll has originally been
spoken Of for the position, but was
to give up his work in Mon
tana.
After an investigation lasting some
days, State Railroad Commissioner
w. L. Seeley, in his report of the Dot
sero (Col.) wreck on the Denver h
Rio Grande, fixes the responsibility for
tho ooo;dapf nv, tho nrouy of tho ,,oeeoy,
ger train.
Gov. Charles S. Deneen Friday night
commuted to life Imprisonment the
sentence of death which had been pro-
on Herman Billik of Chicago
who was condemned to hang for the
murder of Mary Zzral, who he is al
legged to have poisoned, with others
members of the family.
The James river dam bill is dead
SO far as the present congress is con.
cerned. The presidents veto of the
bill was referred to subcommittee Of
the house committee on interstate and
foreign commerce. Mr. Stevens, chair
man of the subcommittee, said there
was no need making an effort to pass
the bill over the veto.
With full military honors the body
IF the late Vice-Admiral Rojestvensky
was inferred at st. Petersburg Mon
day in the presence of representa-.
ives of the imperial family, the min
sters of war and marine, and an as
semblage of high officials. Wreaths
rom the emperor and empress were
placed on the coffin.
The senate ratified arbitration treat. |
es with Chilli, Costa Rica and Austrio- |
hungary and an extradition treaty with
honduras, this latter completing the |
series of forty-four new extradition
reaties negotiated to include the
,rir4e of bribery among the extradit.
lble offenses.
The stormy weather in the earth.
luake region is adding greatly to the
lffliction of the refugees. The work
# hut construction has been retarded
md the country all about Messina is
ike lake CT mud. The panicky feel
ng also is kept up by numerous
hooks which have been felt as far as
3rindisi.
After seven hours of heated debate,
by bitter denunciations
md caustic criticisms, the house of
representatives. passed the bill prohib-
ting the manufacture of intoxicating
liquors in Tennessee, by vote of 60
o 36. The bill was passed by the
enate Thursday.
Grieving over the illness of one Of
lis five motherless children, Eugene
'choech of Highland, near Edwards
lille, Ill, crept from the house where
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