The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-28
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES

New York.-Upon the pre-arranged sig nal of a shrill whistle more than 2oo wait CTS walked out of the restaurants and grill rooms at the Hotel Knickerbocker tonight during the dinner hour. The hotel, 1t was announced, was not seriously embarrassed. Lexington, Ky.--Detectives have been | called to Paris, ky by officials of the Louisville and Nashville railroad to in- vestigate an attempt 10 wreck Louis vile and Nashville passenger train on a bridge over Houston creek. Heavy spikes were driven between the guard rails. The slow speed of the train going over the bridge prevented it from falling into the creek.
 | Cleveland. Henry w. Orvis, 80 years old second cousin of President Jeffer- son Davis, of the southern Confectionery, died at his home here today He was born at Pittsford. N. Y, and came to Cleveland when years old.
 Boston. Mass.-The petition of Mrs. Lena Cusumano. for communication of her sentence of death by electrocution, will
 
 hearing by Governor Foss. The governor made that ann y-ncement tonight after consulting with the woman's attorneys and the council will give hearing Wednesday afternoon.
 Huron, S. D.--Senator Robert M La Toilette will make a number of speeches in South Dakota this week, beginning Wednesday He will close his tour Mon day evening, the night before the pri- msries.
 Harrisburg, Pa.-The convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers to- night decided to arrange joint working agreement with the Brotherhood of Lo- comotive Bremen and Enginemen in re- gard to presentation of grievances. Seattle, Wash.-"Courts seem too much engaged with legal forms and technical ities and not sufficiently concerned about the weighter matters of justice and mercy" said the report of the commit tee on industrial conditions considered by the United Presbyterian assembly here 1 today.
 | Hugo, Okla-Will Everidge was lodged in the county jnil at 1dabel. Okla. today. charged with having shot and killed his wife. Mrs. virgie Everidge, from whom he had separated. and the 2-year-old daughter of MT. and Mrs. Earl Dyer at Eagletown early Saturday.
 Washington.-Th Senate committee on Cuban relations today directed Senator Page of Vermont, the chairman, to con fer with President Taft regarding neces- sary recommendations for legislation to provide direct and clear provision of law governing when and how the United States may intervene in Cuba under the so-called PIatt amendment law.
 Washington.-Rig of the United States government to bring proceedings to can eel certificate of citizenship, upon the ground that 1t was illegally or fraudu lently procured was today sustained by the supreme court
 Washington-Har $. Edwards was nominated as postmaster at Macon, Ga, by the President this afternoon. Nashville.-Hirshell Babb and Arthur Lcekhart were shot and dangerously wounded today by J. w. Bennett as the result of labor difficulties arising out of strike among iron workers at the Phillips & Butroff foundry. Bennett is a strike breaker.
 Vicksburg.-C. c. Sanford, wealthy planter of Issaquena county, was shot from his horse and instantly killed at the village of Valley Park today by J. R. Bass, who had been employed by San ford as a bookkeeper. Bass asserts that ne acted in self defense.
 Omaha-Two hundred delegates repre- senting coco members of the American Federation of Musicians of 600 cities of the United States and Canada opened the annual convention of the organization here today.
 New ork.-Announcement was made today that the Marconi Wireless Tele- graph company of America has arranged to equip stations at New Orleans at swan Island in the Caribbean and at santa Marta, Colombia, thus to provide d direct wireless service between the two continents
 Kansas City.-John P. White, president of. the United Mine Workers of America. arrived here today to take part in the conference between coal miners and op- orators of the. southwest in progress here for several weeks.
 Washington.-So far as the state de- partnent is aware arrangement has been reached for an agreement between American Minister Dubois and the Colombian government looking to the recognition by the latter of the inde- pendence of Panama in return for s3O.- 600 GOO indemnity as was reported from Gartagena.
 Paris,-The holiday today and the brilliant weather combined to make the culminating event of the musical fes- tival one of the most imposing open air spectacles ever witnessed in Paris. Hundreds of thousands flocked to Tuil- cries Garden to witness the distribu- tion of prizes by President Fallieries.
 St Louis-Albert von Hoffman and Capt John Berry, in the balloon St. Louis, landed at Rosseville. Ill.,, at O clock this afternoon after being in the air e4 hours in an effort to win the Lahn cup Rosseville Is in War ren county. 173 miles north of St. Louis It is about 900 miles on an air line from San Antonio Hawley's rec ord is 1.17i-s miles
 Baltimore.-Governo Goldsboro to- day ordered an investigation of charges of cruelty in the punishment of pris- oners at the Maryland penitentiary here 1t was alleged that three negro convicts were strung up by their hand