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a :l I I t • , . I j I : ■ - , GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY. Lieutenant Beckers second trial is on. ;, The English House of Lords rejected the woman:- ■ suffrage bill 104 to . Roosevelts discoveries in South America included river 1,490 mibs bug that had not to mapped. Congress will adjourn July 10 whether or not the presidents program for trust legislation ami mral rredita have been passed. Myron T. Herrlck, amhaaaador to France, denies that he has any intention ol running lor 1 nil.. I Stales Senator in Ohio. The House committee on judiciary has reported the Month II resolution providing for a constitutional amendment enfranchising women. Renewal of lighting for possession of Tampico was reported by Rear Admiral Mayo. There was no indication that it had resulted decisivi ly r. Th.- Ilobsnii resolution providing for national pro liii.itioii by constitutional amendment was reported without recommendation by the House judiciary com mittee. A parcel ]» st system between the United States and Greece will become effective Saturday. Twelve cuts ;i pound will be the rate. Packages must not weigh more than eleven jiouiids. Twenty seven of the clew of the British steamer Columbian, which burned off Sable Island. Monday. have been Bared. Seventeen are unaccounted for. 1lle vessel carried BO passengers. It is stated thai the Belgian government has decided to sell the Congo Free Stale, which was BC- quired by the bite King Leopold, because of the expense involved in its maintenance i Cheater Bnrnell Duryea, who is under arrest for shooting his aged father. General Hiram Duryea. of Brooklyn, to death in a lit of mania, was removed to Itelievue Hospital, raving and lighting. England has delivered an ultimatum to Haiti for th- Immediate payment of 3,0*4 to a British sub jiH-t as Indemnity for the burning of his sawmill during a recent revolution. Haiti is hard up. Renewed .IT or Is of the South American envoys lo bring Carrausa, constitutionalist chief, into pre liminary mediation negotiations came as a swift turn of events that excited sharp interest in the Mexican crisis. The Mexican Federal troops have mined the railroad tracks from Vera Cruz to Mexico City in preparation for the destruction of the road in the event that the American forces attempt a march on the capital. Gen. Hueila declares emphatically that lie will not resign. He was seen at the national palace today by correspondents, who told him of the eon llieting reports coming from the capital. "What the people gave I" me I will not relinquish," in-said. The American army and navy chiefs continued to work out plans to meet any future happenings in Mexico. If a campaign against Hueitas capital becomes n sary. Gen. Leonard Wood will be in supreme coniinanil. wllh Gen. lunsloii directing the advance movement*. A new trans pacific record lias been set up by the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Asia, which has just accomplished the voyage from Yokohama to Victoria. P.. C. in nine days and three bonis, beating the previous record, held by the ITmprcs-Of Russia, by two hours. Among I he appeals to be made to Theodore Boose volt when he gets back will be an Invitation to Indorse a prospective nomination of Charles S. Whitman for governor of New York by a "non partisan" commit! f 5.000 Progressives, Republicans and in dependent I . 1 1 1. H l;l I S . Funston has been authorized to extend his lines :il t Vera Cms as far as in his judgment is neces aary. This gives Mm ■ practically free hand and it is expected thai fortlacatkma Will be thrown up 1 forthwith for use in meeting any attack that ma] lie made noon our force*. The three Smith American envoys who have under taken bv diplomacy to settle Mexicos civil strife. as well as her international difdculties, announced thai the lirst formal conference with representatives Ol "the ililleretii parties interested in mediation" would In- held at Niagara Falls. Canada, May Is. The Preach boxing authorities, which heretofore . have not recognized .la k Johnsons title as chain pion. did so vesterdav and preparations are in , progress for the meeting between Johnson and Prank Moran of Pittsburgh in thai country June 27. It will take plan- iii an amphitheater sealing 26,000 j persons and with standing room for 4. OOP additional. Lieut. St. I.ague was killed and Pioneer Ron acta* received slight injuries when the French army aeroplane in which thev wile living in Moroco cap sized and fell from a height Of 1.2UO led. That aviators were returning from a long scouting expedition ] over count ry occupied by hostile Moors and on reaching the town of La Laitio were preparing to , make a landing. Ileparatioiis under wav have made it evident that ; the plan of campaign of Gen. Villa against the federals provides for a simultaneous attack on SaHillo and San Luis Potosi. lie will lead Glial lack on Saltill... while Gen, Maclovio Herrera and Gea. Binaviibs will proceed against Baa Lad* Potosi. The attack on San Louis Potosi will have the effect of practically isolating the BaltlUo garrison. Vi"oroiis eritleism of the administrations Mexican policy and a heated debate over the Vera Cruz situation marked the effort of Senator Llppitt ol Rhode Island to secure action in the Senate on his resolution asking President Wilson if he is sap porting PaaehO Villa far next ruler Of Mexico. Chairman Stone of the foreign relations committee defended the administration. The resolution was laid on the table without a record vote Judge Ben 11. Hill of the Fulton County Superior Court denied tin- extraordinary motion for a new trial for Leo M. Ir.iuk. the young factors siiperin teinbnt under sentence of death at Atlanta for the murder in V J.i il of last year of Mary Ihagan. a factory girl. In denying the motion Judge Hill announced that he would sign a bill of exceptions, thUS allowing the ruling lo be appealed to the Stale Superior Court.
