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C GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY J ■ i - i i I " ■ j ; , , •. 1 ■ . I The village of Cicero lias refused to tin itself 1 to Chicago. 1 The press of Rnssia are demanding that steps be taken to 1 m lm;,- Chinese from Kanaka, Henry L. Jost, Democrat, has been re-elected mayor of Kansas Cit.v by a big majority. | New York Slate gave a majority of 25.000 for a 1 constitutional convention to be held next year. I Barl Grey, who sailed fee I vKif to Australia, j I may pay a isii 1,. Canada on his relern journey. Tin- auditor-general of Peamtylvania has approved I of lis pensions being granted to mothers under the Act of l.ll:; A treaty has been si-nod between the United 1 Slates and Columbia which settles Ihe eoiilrovers ever Panama. Owen Moran. English lightweight, has contracted , fiicnmoiiia and has not long to live, according to ; Knuli-h dispatches. Advocates of Sanaa] baseball were defeated in Ihe lower house of the Massachusetts Legislature. i he vote was 12S to S4. Sir John Shlffuer, who served throagh the Zulu campaiga in 1870, accidentally killed himself while cleaning a gnu at his home in Lewes. England. The last s|,iu,. |n he Grand Trunk trausconliueii tal railroad has beea driven and the road now c tends from Portland. Me., to Pi ince Rupert, B. C. William Gordon Hake, venerable BagBab barrister, celebrated ho. HlSrd birthday iu company with his son and daughter, who are aged 75 and 71 years. Mayor Harrison of Chicago, departed last night for ii fortnights vacation trip in the mm ba weal that will include a visit to the Grand Canon of Aiizmia. Governs* Glynn Of New- York, has refused to reprieve the four uuiiiiu B convicted ot slaying Herman Rosenthal, New York gambler, and they will go to the electric chair next Monday. King GWStave Of Sweden and the .surgeons iu at tendance, have fixed toda.v as the time when an ! operation is to be performed on his majesty, who is suffering from an nicer in the stomach. fin- cost of Bulgarias share in Ihe Balkan war lias been estimated iu Sotia by Professor Taaakof to lie 48,000,000, with a loss of r.S.tioo lives, or 0 net cent, of the adult male, population of the country. It is announced that the University of Southern California has decided io abandon Rugby football as a major s| ort after three years part telpal ion and again take up the American intercollegiate form. The votes of the newly enfranchise. I women were the deciding tailor In wiping out over 1.000 saloons in Illinois in Tnesdaya election. The "wets" and "ilrys" brake about even iu Tuesday s election iu Siebraaka. The Austrian Ministry of Coanaaeree have entered into an agreement with the principal steamship companies of the country for the regulation of eini- .rant fntftit in order to prevent emigrants escaping military service. A tentative valuation ot between 5,000,000 and 0,000,000 is placed on the estate of Benjamin Altiuan. New York merchant and art connoisseur, who died on October 7, 1013, according to an au- ii"iuie mint bj the executors and trustees. The Republicans gained and the Democrats lust a seal iu Coamresa aa the result of a special elei tion in the Seventh New Jersey district. The Democratic congressional candidate was successful in a special election in Boston fo till a vacancy. Radium lands of Hie west are being taken from the public domain at the rate of 1tO claims a month. Senator WaNh. chairman of Ihe mines committee, told the senate, in an effort to bring up the radium hill reported several weeks ago. The senator failed to get unanimous consent to have the bill taken up Tnnindai Tuesdays alderaaaaie election In Chicago was par- Ucinated in bj 388.087 men and 101.020 women. II 11 new cil Council will be made up of 38 Demo- ■ rata, 22 Republicans, 0 Progressives and I lade- pendents. The vol, ,,i the city was: Democrats, 186.658: Republicans, IS7.42S: Socialists 30,99P; Independent-. B4.80P; Pieaiessives, SO I »1 Leadjaa, Bug . aprN B Premier amsaith who re igned from the Mane " eonnnmna n aasjet to make his acceptance of the portfolio -i secretary •! war legal ".r- returned to parliament unopi I toiiav from hla constitnency hi Bust Fife Scotland Premier Aspiith ha represented thig district In commons since ism; Six years ago today Mr. Asquith became premier. Washington. P. C. April 8.— The question of how much white blood an Indian may possess without becoming a ••mixed blood" within the eves of the law was argued before the Supremo Court. The government seeks to limit Dae effect of the Cmpp amendment of 1006. under which all restrictions an to the sale of allotments to Indians within the White Barth reservation in Minnesota were re moved as to "uitxed blood Indians. The court 1 1 | 1 I j I I 1 , ; ! was asked to hold that an Indian must have one half while blood in his veins before he becomes a I "mixed blood." Solicitor General Davis declared I that white neighbors hail gotten title lo one-half the land allotted to Ihe Indians. London. aVng., April 8. -Sergeant Deane of Ihe British army Hying corps was instantly killed today al the i.rooklands aerodrome while making his tiliiil tliht as a pupil before receiving his pilots cer , ihVato. Deane, acting against the advice of bis , Instructor, ascended to a height of 1.300 feet. He then attempted a spiral descent, during which he . losl control of the aeroplane. Washington. D. C. April S. Clan- for fro-blent j Wilsons Baster trip wen- announced today. The ■ parly will go to While Siilphei Springs. W. Va. , the purpose is to afford Mi . Wilson rent and an opportunity to recuperate from her receut illness. . The president will leave Thursday night, spending , Friday, Saturday aud Sunday at Whit" Sulpher Springs and being back at his desk Monday morning. . Hearing on the controversy over a fund of .00,000 | claimed by the estate of the late John B. W. Way- I man as fees collected through the Municipal courts 1 during his term of office as stales attorney was resumed before Judge Jesse A. Baldwin here yes ti iday. The money has been paid into court on a i bill of interpleader filed by Homer S. Oalpin. former clerk of the Municipal court. Attorney Thomas Marshall argued Unit it is illegal for the 1 state to convert fees of OUseaala into the treasury. Juarez, Mex., April S. Si hundred Spaniards, expelled from Torreon bj General Villa, arrived here earl] Ibis morning and were permitted to cross to Kl Paso. Fighting is general aroutid Tampico. according to official reports. The rebels have captured Dona Cecilia and apparently another small point. The American women and children who resided at Dana Cecilia have been removed to Tampico. An osneial telegram states that the combined con- stitutionalisi forces of Generals Obregou aud Car rasco have invested Mnzatlan. Kansas City, Mo.. April 8.— The lowest tempera lures .ever recorded so late in April were registered •vet- most of Missouri. Kansas. Oklahoma and north Texas today. Kansas temperatures ranged from II above zero at Hays, iu the western part of the state, to 24 degrees at Topeka and other points iu the eastern part. The Texas panhandle reported a temperature of lo above zero. All the fruit in that section, it is believed, has been killed. An inch of snow has fallen. The snow is of great benefit to the cattle ranges, which have lacked moisture. Governs* Case L. Blenaa of smith Carolina lias just released fourteen prisoners, of Wheal eight were convicted of manslaughter, three of larceny, two of arson and one of practising dentistry without a li-rense. This makes 1,100 convicts to whom Gov. Blease has extended clemency since he assumed ofliee in January. lOll. There were more than 1.3 I0 prisoners in the state penitentiary when Mr. Blease beeaaae governor, but there are only 1S6 left, and they will leave before long, as the governor told a Committee of the legislature that he intended i -empty the penitentiary by August 1. «v iniiev, Mass.. April 8. — Charles W. flannel, a crack baseball catcher of a quarter of a century ago, died here today. He had been ill of cancer lor ■ veir. Ganuei a lame bean as a member of Ihe noted Detroit team of the early eighties, and his name became one of prominence in baseiiail history as a member of the "Big four," with Richardson, Brouthera and Bennett, who in Ikv.8 were sold to Boston by Detroit for 5,000, an astounding sum in those da J a He had previously played with the St. Paul and Philadelphia teams. John Gunnel, manager of the Roehestei team ol the International eague. is a brother of the dead man. Gauzel was 02 j ears old. Washington, D. C. April s.--Australia ami Ai-gentina are the out j two countries so far a* known which have a greater per capita consumption Of dressed meat than the United States, according to a statement of the department of agriculture. "Australia ami Argentine," says the statement, "are countries of sparse population and vast herds and lloek-. hence meat is exceeding!] cheap and native consumption huge and probably wasteful." The par capita consumption of mem for iustralla ami Argentina is estimated to be about 250 pounds per annum. The corresponding consumption for the United state- was computed bj the federal bureau of animal Industry to tie 172 i nds In IO0B and it is estimate, i to be about tea pound le* loda] New rorh Iprli s -The huge battleship Nw rk, the most terrible encine of destruction ever built In a United states naw rard, w..s forraBllv placed In commission today The cent wat, attend ni with simple but impressive ceremonies Within a cables length of the New York lav her sister ship the great battleship Tesas. Not only iu size but In the calibre of the guns comprising their main batteries are the New Vork and Texas the most formidable battleships ever built. Op to the present time the Pi-inch gun. which has not been used on nay Of the newer ships of the navv. has Ixnmi the limit in caliber of naval guns. The" New York and Texas, however, will each carry ten 14-inch guns mounted two to a turret and BO arranged that all of them can be tired iu a broadside, forward or aft at the saute time.
