Times-promoter., 1909-10-07
NEWS OF THE WEEK
LATEST NEWS OF THE WORLD
TERSELY TOLD.
NORTH, EAST, SOUTH AND WEST
Notes From Foreign Lands Through
out the Nation, and Particularly
the Great Southwest.

George Washington Moore nick
named Pony" Moore, and famous in
ternationally as the founder of thu
famous Moore and Burgess minstrels
died in London. He was born in New
York in 1919
Frederick R. Burton, newspaper
man and novelist, died suddenly al
Lake Hopatcong, N. j. The cause il
supposed to have been heart failure
Mr.. Burton was 4S years old.
The uniform President Diaz will
wear when he meets President Taft
was shipped through Ell Paso in bond
1t was made especially for the inter
national meeting by celebrated firm
In Europe. 1t is Gorgeous affair of
heavy broadcloth with gold trimmings.
At Fairmount, Neb, the new $35 900
high school building is nearl gnished
and will be ready for use this fall
After pleading guilty to the burglary
Of store at Woodbine, Ia, Mrs Anna
Lind, 25, and mother of 14-months-
old babe, was given an indeterminate
sentence of ten years in the peniten-
tiary. Last July Mrs. Lind was cap
tured by a night watchman She
wore male attire.
A local option election in the Rocky
Mount district of Franklin county, Va
resulted in victory for the vets by
majority of three. Their is but one
saloon in the district, 1t is located at
Rocky Mount and pays license tax
of four thousand dollars. The cam
paign was hotly contested.
DR.. James B. Angel retired from the
presidency of the University of Michi-
gan, an office he has filled for SO
years, except for the two periods when
he was away on leave of absence fill
ing the posts of United States Minister
to China and United States minister
to Turkey.
Auguste Bodin's statue of Victor |
Hugo, over the placing of which there
has been long public debate, was Of
ticially unveiled in the Pals Royal
The figure is nude and stands on
rocky shore with extended hand and |
listening ear to catch the voices speak.
ing across the sea.
Z. D. Usner, secretary and treasurer
of the Toledo, Peoria & Western rail.
road company, died at his summer res,
idence In Binsdale, Ill. He was one
of the Oldest railroad officials in the
country
Prince Miguel of Braganza who
married Miss ANITA Stewart of New
York at Tullock Castle, Dingwall,
Scotland, September Is, was dragged
into court at Vienna by a money
lender who sued for $1,000.
Forty-four minutes more We're clip
ped from the transatlantic record by
the Cunard liner Mauretania, which
arrived at New York from Liverpool
and Queenstown.
The National Guard association Of
the United States selected st. Louis
as the place for it's convention in 1910,
and elected officers as follows: Presi-
dent, General Thomas J. Stewart, OF
Pennsylvania; secretary, General
Charles /. Martin, of Kansas; treas.
urer, General ]. A. Storch, of Ne
braska
District Attorney William Travers
Jerome filed the necessary petition
with the bureau of elections endorsing
his candidacy for, reelection. Two
thousand names are necessary for an
independent nomination petition, but
Mr.. Jerome sent in 5000.
The Eastern Leagues championship
season ended Tuesday, Rochester win
ming the pennant with .O34 to spare.
Newark finished second. The cham.
pion Baltimores of 1908 had poor
season, landing In seventh place.
Miss Jessie Kunkle, 20 years old,
was shot in the back at the home of
her brother, with whom she lives near
Viewpoint, Mo-, and is in critical con- |
dition. The shooting is surrounded /
by mystery which thus far has been !
f
While the teacher, Miss Lottie Gam. :
BILE, played Yankee Doodle on the
piano, 100 school children whose lives 9
We're endangered by fire which was {
the school building at :
Shade Gap, Pa, marched to safety. e
President Taft's naval escort, the J
second division of the Atlantic tor
pedo feet now In st. Louis, will visit 3
Port Arthur, Tex, after it shall con +
yey the executive down the Mississip Y
pi river. Orders to thi seffect were 9
ssued by the navy department. =