The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-10-03
CONDENSED NEWS

VI lldNClClo Oh ldlAiOahos
Eight children of Ulrich Trudell, all
under sixteen years of age, were
burned to death as they slept in their
home at Quebec.
H. M. Pindell, a newspaper editor Of
Peoria, is foremost among those being
considered by President Wilson for
ambassador to Russia.
Selma Shankland, aged six years, Of
Dawson, H., was probably fatally in
jured when the clapper of the school
bell fell and struck her on the left
temple.
Werner S. Belyea, left ha&fback OF
Norwich university football team, who
suffered a broken spine in a game
with Holy Cross college, died of his
injuries.
The sting of wasp killed Lady
Wordsworth, formerly Miss Jane G.
Frost, daughter of Brigadier General
D. NJ. Frost, United States army, OF
st. Louis.
The executive board of the Illinois
mine workers voted to lend 100000
out of their $1,000,000 treasury for
the benefit of the shrinking miners in
Colorado.
]. B. Makada, wealthy japanese
merchant and for many years official
interpreter in the police courts, was
shot dead in San Francisco by an I'M
known assassin.
Ten fremen were burned, three seri.
ously, at Milwaukee during a fire
which destroyed $4,000 worth Of coal
and dock buildings belonging to the
Gross Coal company.
After buildings valued at $165,OOO
had been burned, firemen succeeded in
checking a fire that threatened the en-
tire business section Of Carnegie, a
suburb of Pittsburgh.
Secretary Bryan designated Ira Mel
son Morris of Chicago special com
missioner to seek the cooperation oil
the Italian government in the Pan
ama-Pacific exposition.
A steamship arrived in New Yorl
with cargo of 1900 tons Of shellet
corn from Buenos Aires, the beginning
of a large importation arranged b!
several produce dealers in this coun
try.
The production of wheat in the prin
cipal countries of the world that rais'
It is estimated to be Al per cen
greater this year than last, the tota
production being estimated at $500,
100000 bushels.
Secretary McAdoo has deposited II
national banks $21, $4,000 of the gov
ernment's s5O,0OO,OOO crop-movinl
fund. The south has received nearl,
all its quota. Deposits now are beini
made in the central west.
The federal grand jury at New Yorl
returned an indictment against tn
confessed slayer of Anna AumulleI
! Hans Schmidt, and his associate
"Dr." Ernest Muret, charging then
with conspiracy to counterfeit.
Max Blanck, one Of the proprietor
Of the Triangle Waist company, Ne7
York, which was swept by fire Il
March, 1911, with the loss of 14O lives
was found guilty Of having the door
Of the factory fastened on Aug. 5 @
this year. He was fined $25.
Colonel Dan c. Kingsman, senio
, colonel in the army engineer corps,
; Is understood, probably will SUI
eeed Brigadier General William ]
Russell as chief Of engineers of tn
army, when the latter retires on az
count of age early next month.
l. Recent rumors Of big stock dea
8 whereby control of the Peoples Ca
5 light and Coke company, a $35,OO0,0O
. public utilities corporation Of Chicago
8 would pass to the Commonwealth-Ed
9 son company, were denied by, jaime
A. Patten, heavy stockholdeE
The court of impeachment for tn
trial of Governor Sulzer Of New Yor
unanimously voted in favor of admi
n ting all testimony in reference to a
legged campaign contributions receive
a by the governor whether specified
4 the articles of impeachment or not
d While struggling to wrest a shotgu
0 from the hands of his nineteen-year-ol
e son. with whom he had argued, H.
Y Planning, eighty years old, a wealth
Il land owner of Ellinwood, Kan, wa
G shot and killed. A coroner's jury pr
e nounced Paintings death an acciden
Wreckage which is supposed to
the remains of the Boussole, the We
sci of the French explorer, Laperous
which sailed on a voyage of discover
r in the Pacific in 1888 and never r
turned, has been found buried in san
s on the island of Vanikoro in the P
1t cific.
IT City Magistrate Ira G, Koehne
a Dayton, o., was convicted of extcrtic
r. and sentenced to pay a fine Of 81
rs and thirty DAYS in the workhous
ie After exhausting every resource,
N was taken into custody by the co
a. stable of his own cotrt and taken
the workhouse.
The British treasury received an u
:, expected windfall from the estate
~ the late Anthony Nicholas Brady