The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-07
Wire Sparks

Hartford, Conn, June 6.-Mrs. Miranda
Clarke Cooke Of this city was granted u
divorce today from Jere Knode Cooke of
New York city. the former Hampstead,
Long Island. clergyman who e'oped in
| 1907 with Floretta y, naley, young girl
of his congregation.
washington, June 6.-Sunset today
marked the beginning of the observance
by the delegates attending the conference
of Seventh Day Adventists of the World
of the last Sabbath o; the denominations
24-day session at rakoma Park. Ma.
Willemstadt, Curacao. June "Details
of the recent plot against the life of Presi-
dent Juan Vincent Gomez of Venezuela
were discovered BY Gen, Manuel Corao, a
Venezuelan capitalist, who is said to have
flatly refused a proposition to Join T.
Locust Valley, N. Y, June 6.-Vith one
of their regulars on. of the game from a
temporary indispostion, the challenging
British polo team played practice match
ON the Piping Rock field here today with
the strongest American team they have
vet met, and won by the small figure OF
81 to Il.
Mexico City June G.-Disdaining ran
som of $4,000 offered by the friends OF
Col Pascual Orozacc, Sr., father of the
former rebel chief, E,niliano zarata aas
caused the old man to be put to death.
according TO a special dispatch from
Cuernayaca to El Jmpercal.
London. June 6.-w p. Burton has been
%ho npht fa
Tv. Sir Thomas Iipton's challenger for
the Americas cup.
Rrowsyille. Tex, juno ct was learned
tonight that a commissioner rom the
Headquarters of the federal army at
Monterey Mexico, arrived at Matamofas
today with PROPOSAL which Con. Luclo
Blanco. rebel commander In chief, con-
sidered Improper and without dignity
wichita Falls, Tex. June "a gas
oline explosion in restaurant mere
today started fire which practicaiiy
destroyed two business buildings ana
badly damaged a\other The loss Is es-
timated at $4,000.
Paterson, N j., June 6.1Inventory
of tbe estate of >the late Mrs. Sarah
A Hewitt. widow of Abraham Hewitt,
former mayor of New York, filed here
today by her executors. shows her per-
sonal estate to be valued at $4,25s,-
264. largely made up of railroad bonds
and stocks of various mining com
panies.
Philadelphia, June 6.-Charged with
sending a postal gard to President
Woodrow Wilson in which he warned
the chief executive that the "vilest
creature living" had acquired control
of the government while the President
was asleep at the SWITCH, and warn
ing Mr.. Wilson to wake up Henry
O. Lafferty was arrested by postal au-
thorities here today.
New York, June 6.--The steamer
Monterey, which reached here tonight
from Mexican ports. was used as
ferry boat by number of people who
had been cut off from the usual means
of crossing the Rio -Grande.
Houston, Tex, June 6.-United States
Commissioner Jackson in a decision an
nounced late tonight vindicated Lieut..
Joseph L. Wier of the charge of i'm
plication in the alleged theft of cloth
ing from the wife of Capt j. S. Cecil,
while the two army officers were sta
toned at Fort Mckenzie, Wyom.
Madrid. June Count Romanones,
the Spanish premier, said today that
the action of the Senate committee
ct Washington in reporting favorably
a resolution to raise the United States
legation to the status of embassy
was most gratifying.
Paris, June 6.-Baroness Vaughan,
the inorganic wife of the late King
Leopold, and divorced wife of EN-