Fair play., 1910-01-15
MARQUIS Confalioneri, who for three

ned OF his appointment as ambassador
10 the United States in succession to
Baron Mayor des, Planches.
Thomas Irwin, wealthy mining
man of Denver, was found dead near
Central City, Colo, in a clump of
bushes, his body frozen. 1t is not
known whether he was murdered or
death was due to the extreme cold.
At local elections in many West
Virginia towns the principal issue was
| the licensing of saloons Dry" vic
| tories were scored in Cameron Little
| ton, Tunnelton and Brooklyn. The
''wets" won in Elm Grove, Follansbee,
Pennington and Monongahela.
II Referee in Bankruptcy Blair of
Pittsburg will allow, Alice Capley
| Thaw. sister of Harry X. Thaw, now
in Mateeawan asylum, will pay $4,000
for some cuff links. scarf pins, cigar
| cutter and books said to have been
Thaw's when he was boy in Pitts
| bury.
Gov. Noel of Mississippi vetost ~
the ground of unconstitutionality the
elective judiciary bill, enacted at the
last session of the legislature. pro-
Nding for the nomination of judges
at party primaries.
The spirit of dissatisfaction, which
has been spreading in the Italian navy
for some time, has eliminated in a
mutiny on the warship Volta, now at
Bari.
A petition bearing over $4,000
names was filed with the secretary of
state at Guthrie, Okla, asking that
a constitutional amendment granting
the franchise to women be submitted
to the people of Oklahoma.
Because of the fog and ice packs
in the Hudson the third division of
the Atlantic fleet, after getting under
way, was forced to anchor again and
postpone its departure from New
York to Hampton Roads.
Attorney General Thompson filed in
the supreme court at Lincoln, Neb.,
an application for injunction to re-
strain the Burlington and Union Pa
cific railroads from serving liquor in
dining cars on through trains
The Arctic Club of America, found
ed by DR.. Frederick A. Cook and his
supporters in the North Pole contro.
versy through its board of directors,
has dropped the name of the explorer
from the roll of membership.
Right Rev. John Brady, auxiliary
bishop of the Roman Catholic arch.
diocese of Boston, died at his resi-
dence at South Boston. Death fol
lowed a paralytic sltpck suffered re-
Gently.
Reports from he Yellowstone Ma
tional Park are that large numbers
of wild game are lterishing from the
effects of the severe storm that has
prevailed throughout the park for sev.
eral days
Making a record-breaking run from
Sherman to Denison, the Houston
Texas Central passenger train arrived
at Denison, Tex, with the mail car
mass of flames. The local fire de
partment was called, and, after hard
work, extinguished the blaze.
There is no longer any doubt that
Missouri will vote on the question OF
Statewide prohibition next November
in the opinion of Judge William II
Wallace, president of the Missouri
Constitutional Amendment Associa
tion. Enough signatures have beer
obtained, he says, to make it certain
that a constitutional amendment will
be submitteS.
Announcement of the gift from Mrs
+. II. Hartman, widow of the railroad
master, of 10000 acres in Orange and
Rockland counties to the State OF New
York, is made in the annual message
of Gov. Charles E. Hughes, presented
to the State Legislature.
Senator Perkins of Calironia slip
ped on the icy sidewalk in front of bis
hotel at Washington, and it is believed
severely injured his spine.
The property of the Chicago Ter
minal Transfer company, which practi
cally controls the railroad entrances
into Chicago was sold at public
auction for $16000000 to attorneys re
presenting the Baltimore & Ohio rail
road
The famous merger suit instituted
by the federal government against the
Union Pacific Railway Co. and its al
I lied roads has been postponed unit
January II.
Serious news from Barcelona has
caused Gen. Weyler, captain genera
, of Catalonia, to curtail his visit a
: Madrid, and he will leave immedatel!
. for his post
Rain has been slling over centra
Arizona intermittently since Frida.
: night. Accumulated snow in the
3 mountains has melted and stream!
: are rising.
Maj. George H. Rucker, said to bC
the oldest commissioned officer of the
United States army, is believed to b,
I dying of kidney trouble at his home II
l Washington
+ Mrs. Mary Glutz, aged 9S years, anC
). said to be the oldest woman II
A Indiana, died suddenly at her home IL
I Evansville. She had never been i'll /
p single day in her life.
/. Two earth tremors were recorded
. at Kingston, Jamaica. They were o
slight intensity and not sufficient t
cause damage or alarm.
/. Rev, Edwin A, Schell, president o
4 Iowa Wesleyan university has mad'
!. a final refusal to reveal the confes
s sion OF Ray Lamphere, holding thu
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