The British steamer Forest Castle
foundered in the Bay of Brest and
nine lives were lost.
By a vote of the congregation,
"Merry Widow" hats were barred from
a church at Macon, Ga.
Forty-eight lives were lost :n the
wreck 'of the steamship Penguin off
the New Zealand coast.
Thirty persons were killed and seri
ous damage was done by an earthquake
at Siva, Asiatic Turkey.
A warrant has been issued at St.
Petersburg for the arrest of Maxim
Gorky, the Russian novelist.
Probable -defeat at the polls caused
Alderman Joseph F. Koheut of Chi
cago, Ill., to commit suicide.
The cotton crop in Mexico has been
damaged to a considerable exteLt by
the recent severe cold weather.
The birthplace of Jefferson Davis at
y Fairview, Ky., will be dedicated on
'f June 3 as a shrine for the south.
President Roosevelt sent a special
message to congress urging legislation
for the care of dependent children.
A terriffio explosion occurred in a
mine near Newcastle, England, and
nearly two hundred lives were lost.
A flood in Rubio canon, near Pasa
dens, Cal., overturned the Rubio pa
vilion, burying six persons in thej
d ruins.
a, A Chicago firm has been awarded a
contract to supply the British army
'r with corned beef for a period of three
years.
Mike Hennessy was arrested at Port
Chester, N. Y., on acharge of pouring
kerosene over his wife and setting her
,, on fire.
A report from New York says that
the theatrical syndicate will not allow
immoral shows to be presented in its
playhouses.
A municipal lodging house and ho
tel for working girls, both charitable
I institutions, will be opened shortly in
New York city.
