BALFOUR BEATEN CHURCHILL WINS Form:r Premier of Great Britian 's Downed By An Obscure Lawyer. SOME LARGE GAINS BY THE LIBERALS. Winston Churchill Wins la Asother Division of Maochester— The Liberals Gain I8 Seats in Plections Held in 39 Cors'ituencies in Important Centers—Laborites Secure Four New Seats. Former Premier ior re-¢ London {By Cable) lection In obscure Balfour was beaten Manchester, his opponent, an lawyer named Horridge, turmng a con servative plurality of 1980 into a of 2433. Winston servative district, Churchill ality of 1241, twr trict majority ot The me ing ever known 1 Outc astom es gverwhneiming COrresponaing sy 13 ' ioeral 1 SLASHED, CAN SEE AGAIN. Remarkable Recovery of Sight After Cutting Affray. roke Leg In Crossing It. Ind (Soecialy 1 h e, Ind, (DOpetia oseph of th a Curion ac Vatts Street lame for he has had free use sitting in his home i legs, when the 5 na A chort p snapped short "reasurer-elect enty, ident at cet x {aple and been slightly ’ summoned a nds surge \ ampu necessary . § Spahr's Fife Woman Bask President. Indianapol cial Miss K Willams, f 1A venrs of faithful service as an employe of the La Grange National Bank, which he has risen step by ste i elected president of that arm Lrange, aller mattution, and woman 10 ¥ 81K h a in West, The elect came to ber ‘as a compliment to ability as a financier and a reward long t the tv the only, the if ne posits r occupy ¥ Safe-Crackers Passaic, N. J], (Special). ~The in Riker's gold leaf factory, at Dela wanna, was blown open by burglars. The safe contained valuable tools which were not touched. Another safe con- tained $500 worth of gold leaf, but it was pot disturbed, as 1t is connected with a burglar alarm. The visit of the cracksmen was not discovered until late as the factory is closed for repairs ————————————— safe — Killed in Powder Explosion. Raleigh, N. C. (Special). ~~]. M. Pow- ers, a well-known railroad contractor, was killed by a powder explosion near Bushnell, N. C., where engaged in blasting work of the ern North division Southern Railway. The made his home at Asheville, N. C, force was West of deceased his Carolina the has for some time, where his widow and family reside. He was well known in several cities in other states, where he lived be- fore coming to North Carolina, THE LATEST NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD. DOMESTIC It is alleged that C. Augustus Seton, arrested near Elkton in connection wilh the Norfolk and Western stock forgeries, recently had a l and that forgery and gregating $53,000 stay John W, Hill, tration burean In ing acquitted of $ 1 for an hour by co ea vacht at hs disp Education ussmg the Roosevelt Harper, i A satchel NTAININg 33, Was ste from Leban nnis in the Natio Banking Company's in Newark, N.J]. Noo i Forged stock red been found in tl of Cleveland, v W. J. Bryan in Mindanao “ol i yerai au were loaned, has of L.. W. Pryor ide. thousand dollars The British government Anglo-Cuban T freed ig for recipr hetwees ese Exclu oBacie infernal machines addressed Witte and Mimster of she r Durnovo have been intercepted arg Posts ‘he Russian r nists ts have p Es 113 ot “Red Sund: any Premier Peterst fice ec! Gen. Ramon an general wi ¢ against the Monterey General Morale dent of Santo Domus the American | lerna Ages 3 Prince Arthur of Connaught, attended by Admiral Sir Edward Seymour and the other members of the royal commission appointed by King Edward to present the Order of the Garter to the Emperor of Japan, started from London for tokio Forty men prominent in the learned profeqsions of Germany have signed a declaration that they have never heard anyone credit their government with an intention to make war against England. There will be no opposition to the re election of Premier Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman to the House of Commons from the Sterling District, Nearly 350 persons were killed or in- jured during an attack made by Cos sacks on the Armenian cemetery at Tiflis The propitiary declarations of ; wel GCL iras, German delegates to the Morocco confer ence indicate a desire to attain an equita Lie arrangement, Three Spanish warships have been or dered to Algeciras, to remain there dur ing the Morocco conference. The French bankers definitely decided to make a short-time advance of $50, 000,000 to Russia at 5% per cent A squadron of dragoons wiped out band of revolutionists near Hazenpot Courland. Russia FRANCE BREAKS WITH VENEZUELA United States Officia's Watching the Turn of Events. MR. CASTRO OBDURATE AS EVER. Admitted at Washington That the Relations Between the Veperuelan President and U. S. Minister Russell Are Not What They Should Be--France and United States Likely to Act Together, he re between Ven and the U } be tween Venezuela and and Lesrolng te Slog After Operation. when these gs helieved scutate fairly well President Harper Dead. : year from "liere were present ancer it the beds of death 1 mber Harper 18 son-in-law, f Pittsin nald; and sister of the dead man » - Customs Districts Reorganization. D.C Reor ganization and consolidation of customs ind Washington, { Special) collection districts by the President was approved by the House Committee on Ways and Means, which decided to re. port favorably on the Payne bill This measure gives the President entire con- trol of the reorganization of districts, the only limitation being that not more than 120 collection disfricts shall be created Wealth Founded on Lottery. New York, (Special) “It may appear surprising, but 1 know for a positive fact that some of the wealthiest families in New York, who are now minglufg in high society, have accumulated their for tunes through lottery,” said Magistrate Cornell in Jefferson Market Court, when {mile Heyman was accused by Robert VelLelland, an agent of the Anti-vice Society, of violating the penal code. ile was arrested after selling two Mexi- an lottery tickets to McLelland for , 1.50. LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS. To Prevent Corruption, Representative George A. Pearre Marvland, introduced in the House ; which 18 the mittecs believed to go evil of contribution i by national banks, It datory of the national banking a provides for the appointment Comptroller of the Curr to make an of ev r banking persons 1 ] L fhe ers seCuritie nging to or | President 8 Red Man Natloos! Corporation Board. i: 1 sts } purpose hat he h, 1007. ose Pres dent office until House declined to debate yn the Philippine tariff, on which 37 dresses are yet to be made Measures calling for public buildings have been the House The friends of Mrs. Lydia Thom son, detained by immigratios authorities on the charge that she is sane, are mak ing a hard Aght in her behalf, resident Pendleton, of the New York Maritime Exchange, made an argument before the House Committee against the Compulsory Pilotage Bill In the Senate Mr. Hepburn denouc ed Wall Street as a gambling club, with headquarters “up the Hudson.” The sugar imports for the year 1905 exceeded those for any previous year In the presence of a brilliant com- pany, President Roosevelt presented a medal of honor to Surgeon Church, of the Rough Riders, for an act of Ral jantry duting the Spanish-American war Secretary Taft has written a letter to President Roosevelt declaring Pouliney Bigelow’s charges against the Panama Canal management to be untruthful and malicious throughout. Marc 41 hE The House Committee on Railways and Canals decided on a favorable re- port on the joint resolution for a com. mission to infestigare the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, i { FIFTY MILLION War With Japan Cost Russia. FIERCE FIGHT ON THE RAILROAD. Sixty-five Killed and One Hundred Wounded in the Conflict Bridges Burned and Tracks What the of Mooney The Czar's Title of Autocrat and Witte's Explanation of It. FAMILY WIPED OUT BY FIRE. ia Peonsylvania. Ps overcome by smoke or jumped doy blazing attempting cape S1AITWAY Big Biare in Charlotte. { Special) lina Chet pany, near this oi i 000 by fire secdroom, the flames progress checked the couk i and before the i seed be consumed. The fire was gotten control after three hours’ hard fight by the firemen, lis origin 1% unknown, Cruelty to a Child, Aledo, 111. (Special) of having inflicted 200 wounds, Nlrs, Mary L. McKinney, prominent Upon evidence found guilty of cruelty to 18-year-old adopted. Sentence Was deferred Judge Graves hears argument on a mo tion for arrest of judgment. of the defense was insanity trial testimony was adduced to show that Mrs, McKinney had repeatedly stabbed de child in the back with a fork and SCIRSOTS. SOME LEAP FROM SEVENTH STORY. Seven Hupdred Guests Pamic-Stricken at Night, THINGS WORTH REVEMBERING he Cana an increase of tanfi re 30 per cent, on while ttons, stripes, checks and mplaint was made that at he season English manufac prices and Camp thes is on Canadian m 3 arket “FINANCIAL DOINGS. banks Canadian have been loaning Sugar about into to mporis amount the total brought an of this country Belmont is said to have agreed to pur- A Philadelphia broker cffered to wa- ger $1000 that Tonopah will reach $30 a share this year, An extra dividend of one-half of 1 per cent. was declared by the Delaware in- surance Company, in addition to the re- A year apo the Bank of England's was 44 per cent, of libilities, Now it is only 33 per cent. That shows tha: money is night in London, as well as in America In four veare the Northern Securities Company collected just short of $30. CRE TV which it held.
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