The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-05
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES

New York.-Christabel Pankhurst, who with her mother leads the militant English suffra gettes, for whom Scotland Yard hasbeen searching since the night of March 6 with a warrant for her arrest on a charge of conspir- ary, arrived here on the liner Maure- tania on March 29. it was declared to- night By Mai George ". Horsfield of the .Essex and Suffolk Royal artillery, who whs on the ship and Is now in this city with his wife.
 Hoisington, Kan=Two men were killed and three others were injured. one probably fatally, at the Missouri Pacific railroad shops here tonight when Bud" Smith, a discharged ne- gro employe, engaged in a revolver fight with shop employees. Morally wounded, Smith was rescued by officers from a crowd intent upon lynching him.
 Washing Engineers of the army are beset with appeals from the Ohio and Mississippi river valleys for boats to rescue persons who are cut off by the rising waters The quartermaster general foresees considerable difficulty By act of Congress he Is directed to furnish tentage for 12,000 Confederate veterans when they have their reunion at Macon. Ga, on May l. If the new demand from the flooo regions Is met the veterans may have to go without their tents.
 Paducah. Ky-1nand towns for 25 Montana resembles tonight a vast in- land sea, every creek and river having reached flood stages heretofore unknown. No relief is in sight and two feet of STOW still remains on the bench lands. Train service on the main line of the Great Northern line practically is sus- pended, miles of track being under water. The loss to live stock will be heavy.
 Paducak, Ky.-Inland towns for 25 miles around within the zone bounded by the Mississippi, Ohio, Tennesse and Cum berand rivers are isolated. In many places the inhabitants are unable to leave by wagon road.
 New Orleans.-Thomas D. Flynn, law yer and notary public of this city, who has figured in local politics for four years, is wanted by the police on three charges of embedding a total of s52oO of the funds of the Commonwealth Building and Loan association of this city.
 Salt Lake City, Utah.-This city Is crowded tonight with Mormon communi- cants and each train brings it's hundreds from this and other countries to attend the eighty-second opening conference of the church. which will begin tomorrow. The conference attendance usually is from 20,000 to 30,000
 Santa Rosa. Cal.-Luther Burbank, the wizard Of horticulture. sold all his fruit, flowers and plant creations. present and future to Rolo Hough of Oakland and w. Garner Smith of San Francisco today. Hereafter Burbank will have nothing to - do with the marketing of his products but will be free to devote his entire time to experimental work. He wishes to leave commercial life altogether for science.
 Montgomery, April 4-(SpeciaI)-The supreme court rendered decision sus- tainins Governor Emmet ONeal in re- fusing to grant the petition of B. w. Armstrong. a qualified eiector of Geneva county. and others that an election be ordered in that county for the purpose of determining whether or not the county seat should be removed from Geneva to Hartford
 Seattle. Wash. April 4.-Dispatches from British Columbia and Washington points. where the Industrial Workers of the World have undertaken to tie up the construction of two great trans-continen- tai railways and the lumber industry in- dicates that the .'revoution" as their leaders call the. strike. is not making progress.
 Mayor Schriver said this necessary to prevent possible demonstration ike that of week ago -fhen two persons were killed and many injured.
 Boston. April i.--Governor Eugene N. Foss withdrew his name tonight from