The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-28
Flashes from the Wire

The Cumberland mine at Artemus. Ky,
was reported on fire last night Nothing
is known here as to whether any men are
imprisoned,
The Baldwin Locomotive Works OF
Philadelphia yesterday filed notice OF an
increase OF capital stock from S1O,oOO.OOV
to S2O,o0O,00O.
Tong feuds broke out again in New
York's Chinatown last night. I,o JonS
was shot and instantly killed, and Luy
Fong was fatally wounded. Three China
men who did the shooting escaped.
Five flights were made AT Overland
Park yesterday by Charles X. Hamilton.
who is giving exhibitions in Curtiss bi,
plane, on the third flight he covered
about two miles in four minutes.
Mrs Lucinda Grafton, who became
widely known during the civil war FOR
her activities in behalf OF sick soldiers,
ton was born in Toronto, o., March A.,
1927.
Dr. william Graham Sumner, professor
OF social ana political science at Yale uni
Versity. fell unconscious at the Murray
Hill hotel yesterday. as the result OF Il
rupture of a small blood vessel In the
brain. Last night his condition was seri-
Gus, although his ultimate recovery Is
expected.
Directors of the Lehlgh Coal tG Navi-
script dividend OF 10 per cent. payable
March l, 1910, to stockholders OF record
January 81, 1910. This amount. based on
the outstanding capitalization OF the
company, means a distribution OF $780,
900 among the stockholders, and brings
the capitalization up TO S2S.l52.O0o.
| The annual election Monday Of the Ma
| tional Press Club of Washington, in whose
| membership newspapermen in all sections
| OF the country are represented. Arthur
| j Dodge, correspondent of the Kansas
| City Journal. was chosen president, Ell
| mer T.. Payne of the Associated Press
| I1nptaI vice prPgi1pnt and Arthur
c. Johnson, correspondent of, the Denver
| News, was again named for secretary.
Patrick NJ Smith. aged 81. janitor OF
n Seattle apartment house, who was found
| dead I'm his room Sunday night recently
received letter from friends In Ireland
saying that he had fallen heir TO $50 000.
| He refused TO return TO claim his legacy
although an offer to send $1,000 for his
| become dcspondent over his appetite fol
drink and felt that the money would dc
| him no good,
| William j, Bryan. who is on his way
to jamaica arrived at Havana Monday
| He was entertained at breakfast by the
| American minister, Edward Y. Morgan
1.-THE guests included the vice president OF
| Cuba. the governor OF Havana province
| and the president of The house OF repre-
sentatives. Nlr Bryan made d brief ad-
dress. expressing the cordial good wishes
| OF the people OF tho United States to-
wards Cuba. Afterwards he was pre-
! scented by Minister Morgan TO President
| Gomez
The National Womans Suffrage asso-
| citation OF New York has started an IN
direct plea" campaign through the dis
tribution OF neatly printed stamps in the
| mails The new votes for women
stamps arc half again as large as the
Lincoln 2-cent stamp and are printed ir
various shades OF blue with five pointed
stars at each OF the four corners. repre-
sentative OF the four states where wo-
men are permitted to vote. Beneath Tho
scale OF justice are the words. 'TaNatior
without representation is tyranny"