Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1913-07-12
Weeks news
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EVENTS HERE AND ABROAD

epltems Of Q Wssk's Happenings Con.
dsnssd for the Psrusal Of the
ousy Man, and Arranged In
Classified Form.
W0Shington
James F. Curtis. assistant secretary
OF the treasury In charge Of the Gus
toms service. who held over in office
from the previous administration, 10
about to present his resignation. &C.
cordins to authoritative information.
In reply to q demand. following .
request from Postmaster General
Burleson. Arthur @. Fisk again refused
to resign as postmaster Of San Fran.
cisco. In answering telegram from
Burleson. he wired: Il do not recog.
nise the right Of any one to remove
me except the president Of the United
States"
Charles r. Reike, former secretary
Of the sugar trust. who was convict.
ed Of completely in the underweishing
frauds and whose sentence Of eight
months imprisonment was committed
by President Taft, died ct his homo In
Sea Bright, N. J.
Quiet In the national capital this
Fourth Of July was broken only by the
rattle Of street cars and the cheers
Of enthusiastic crowds watching base.
ball score boards at the Newspaper
ofhces. There was no roar Of the
dynamite cracker Of former years.
Fewer casualties were reported In the
United States than ever before 40 .
result Of the sane Fourth campaign.
Domestic
David Lamar resumed the stand
before the senate lobby committee at
Washington at his taking up the re-
cital Of the motives back Of his rela.
tons with Lauterbach. II realize per.
fecuy that my life and character are
on trial." he began. He argued that
bis testimony and LAuterbach's had
shown they were not engaged In any
effort to get money from anyone.
Two of the airboats to start from
Chicago in the International Great
Lakes Airboat cruise to Detroit. were
washed ashore, helpless. In . violent
Windstorm.
High winds. attaining . velocity Of
sixty miles an hour. binding sheets
Of rain and hail. combined In . storm
which swept northern Illinois and
part Of Wisconsin killing three per.
sons. injuring score Of others, tear
ing roofs from buildings and doing
big damage to the crops.
More than 10000 persons assembled
h Los Angeles to attend the sessions
Of the International Christian Endeav.
or convention.
Katherine Burns, seventeen years
old, who swallowed bichloride Of mer.
curry In q suicide pact with Anna But
Ter, her seventeen.year.old chum, two
weeks ago. at Pittsburgh, following q
confession involving two policemen,
died. The Butler girl died week
ago.
Mrs. William Henshass Of Lake
Park. Ia, and her daughter, Ethel
aged twenty-five years. were instantly
killed, and Mr.. Henshass and another
daughter, Hazel, badly injured when q
Burlington passenger train struck
their automobile at Q grade crossing
near Walthill. Neb.
The plant Of the Thornton Fire
Brick company at Grafton. w. Va
was destroyed by IRE. The loss wa
$4,000.
Arthur Olsen OF Bronx borough.
Greater New York, was killed and
thirty persons were injured In q rear
end collision Of roller coaster trains
at Palisades Park. N. J. OF the In
jursd. two are not expected to live.
The Ftrst-Secono Notional benk OF
Pittsburgh and the First National
bank OF McKeesport. Pa. having com
bined deposits Of @s+.oo0.ooo. were
closed by Deputy Comptroller Of Cur
rsncy T. p. Kane. A few hours ~
ter the two banks had closed theiI
doors the American Water Works and
Guarantee company asked for . -
csiveY.
An unidentified negro who had at
tackled a young white girl at Bonifay
Fla.. was taken from Q railway traiE
ct Milton. Fla. by . crowd OF men. ant
after the arrival OF . mob from Boni
fay he was hanged 10 telegraph poll
and then shot.
The National Conference OF Char
ties and Corrsctions,, In session q
Seattle. paid especial attention to tn,
immigration problems that will con
front the Pacific coast after the open
Ing OF the Panama canal.
Mayor Kiel Of st. Louis said that q
the kind Of safe and sans" Fourtl
celebrated there had resulted In man.
accidents, he would have introduced Il