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Three lives were lost In Q fire
which slightly damaged lodging
house in Manchester, N. H. One man
was killed when he disregarded po
liceman's warning and jumped from a
third-floor window.
If the Wilson administration puts
through the treaty with Colombia, pro-
viding for the payment OF $25,O00,00O
declared Theodore Roosevelt In a
statement, 1t will forfeit the right to
the respect of the people of the United
States.
The right of peaceful picketing by
labor unions is upheld in a decision
by the appellate court of the Third
district, Illinois, in reversing and re-
manding the Judgment Of the Adams
county circuit court in the case of the
people VS.. Adrian.
President Wilson was asked to stop
at the San Diego, Cal, exposition on
his trip next year through the Pan
anna canal to San Francisco. He told
Representative .Kettner OF California
he would take the invitation under ad.
viEem8ht.
For nearly an hour President VIII
son discussed business conditions with
J. P. Morgan. This was the first OF q
series of conferences which will bring
to the White House men foremost In
industry and finance.
Emperor William suddenly aban.
doned his intended trip to Vienna to
attend the funeral of Archduke Fran,
els Ferdinand 1t was announced that
he was suffering from severe cold
attended with symptoms of lumbago
The validity of Nevada's new di,
vorce law was sustained by the state
supreme court in a decision in the
Worthington case, which. was sent up
from the district court Of Reno three
months ago to test the constitution
ality of the act.
An explosion of dynamite In burn.
ing building at Charlotte, S. c., killed
Chief Wallace of the fire department
and one of his men and seriously in
jured three other firemen.
Capt Bojaroglo, Russian army
aviator, was killed when his mono
plane collapsed and fell from great
height
Miss Grace McHugh of Denver
leading lady of the Colorado Motion
Picture company, and Owen Carter of
Denver, assistant camera man of the
company, were drowned in the Arkan.
sas river near Canon City. Colo.
Turning his back on fortune OF
100000 is the sacrifice which Frank
Palmer Speare, director of education
al work at the Boston Y. M. C. A., will
make at his marriage to Katherine
May Vinton, a graduate of La Sale
seminary.
Mrs. l.. E. Rockwell of Quincy. ILL.,,
who is SO years old, raised the gov
ernor's flag of her state on the
grounds of the Panama-Pacific exposi-
ton to celebrate ground-breaking for
the Illinois building.
Fire which originated from an I'M
known cause almost totally destroyed
the Marblehead lime plant at Spring
field, Mo-, valued at 100000. Heavy
wind famed the flames, threatening
nearby property.
Seventeen local unions of United
Mine Workers in Indiana have petit
toned for a special state convention
to be held July 81. The petitions as
sert that headquarters officials vio-
lated wage contract in decisions on
grievances of men at several mines.
After killing her two children, Fred
eric, s, and Ruth, 6. with revolver,
Mrs. James Lemin committed suicide
at Xenia, o.. by shooting herself
The pope received in the consistory
hall OF the Vatican $50 cadets from
the Annapolis naval academy, % Of
ficers and so seamen from the battle
ships Missouri, Idaho and Illinois, re-
Gently arrived at Naples.
The explosion of a six-pound shell
resulted in the instant death of Thorn
as w. Cook and the terrible injuries
to Stephen F. Heal of Brockton, Mass.
The explosion wrecked the house
where the men lived.
Many were killed or injured in a
violent earthquake which caused wide
spread damage in southern Sumatra.
The offices OF the Dutch president and
many other buildings collapsed at
Benkoelen, the capital, and telegraph
and cable communication was inter.
rupted.
The people of the City of Mexico
are jubilant at the news of the sue.
cessful termination of the peace con.
ference. Esteva Ruiz, the fCreign min.
lister, sent an official message thank.
ing the mediators.
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President Wilson signed the naval
appropriation bill, which carries pro
vision for two new dreadnaughts and
permits the sale of the battleships
Mississippi and Idaho to Greece Ne
gotiations are now being conducted
tor their sale.