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once famous comedian, died a pauper. Jerry Cohan, father of George M. Cohan, stood funeral expenses. Philadelphia, Miss. Dr. W. W. Ford killed from ambush. Fred and William Cole, -brothers, known as his enemies, arrested. New Orleans. Burglar, who robbed saloon, turned on citizens and police who were following him and killed Louis Nillon, mer chant. Burglar escaped. Sterling, 111. Police believe Leonard Bryan, city editor of Morrison Sentinel, whose body was found in river., was murdered. Peoria, 111. S. B. Hursch, State Normal school at Macomb, elected president of State Teach ers' Ass'n. Pittsburgh. Delegates from here will visit Cleveland to study municipal hospital. Indianapolis. District attor ney may turn over dynamite con spiracy case evidence to various state authorities for local prose cution. New York. 150,000 men, wo men and children members of United Garment Workers will strike today. New York. Violet Asquith, daughter of English premier, ar rived after stormy ocean trip. Quimper, France. Violent southeasterly gale is raging along coast. Monterey, Mex. Machinists' strike has crippled service on Mexican railroads. Miami, Fla. Taft, accompan ied by Col. Goethals, arrived here in way home from Panama canal. Philadelphia. Mrs. Edward T. Stotesbury, wife of . srp Morgan's partner, has received threatening letters. New York. Friends of James J. Hill want him made secretary of agriculture under Wilson. Los Angeles. Reported that Ortie McManigal, dynamite in former, may be released and get job as Burns detective. New York. Tuckerton, N. J., wireless station, when completed, will be 820 feet high. Minneapolis. Former Repre sentative Jim Tawney had a pipe dream in which he saw Col. Goe thals, Panama canal builder, as president in 1916. Washington. Debutantes are abandoning corsets. New York. Countess of Aber deen, wife of lord-lieutenant of Ireland, praised Chicago play ground system. St. Petersburg. M. Markaroff, minister of interior, resigned. Paris. Maurice Farman, avia tor, has new aeroplane, in which he carried passenger and 880 lbs. of cargo. Duluth, Minn. Break in ac queduct left half of city without water. Parkersburg, W. Va. Filson McClain, 78, killed by his insane son, Homer, 38. Mishawaka, Ind. Marion and Rosalie DeVinter, 7 and 9, killed by Lake Shore train. Berlin. German women will war against growing craze for right life. London. 30 Russians arrested as spies in Germany. 2&&4$mt&tlSIiiuWlf5tiri 1 SSfiES2B2i