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singer and wife of prominent Chicago broker, on complaint of Russell. Greenville, Ga. Virgie Swanson, negro, lynched on Monday for mur der of L. C. Marckman, innocent. Walter Brewster, another negro, con fessed. - Rome. Pope Pius' calls Henri Bergson's book "Creative Evolution," "destructive because it is sugar coat ed, subtle and seductive." Cornish, N. H. Miss Jessie Wil son, daughter of president, suffering from severe bruises. Feil from horse. Lawrenceville, III. Miss Eva Mulchmore fatally burned, Mrs. W. M. Griggs had jaw broken and leg fractured when explosion of natural gas wrecked Gusher Restaurant building. Property loss $15,000.- New York. Because of dispute re garding grounds, Army will not play Navy this year. West Point will play Carlisle Indians November 29th. New York. Sylvester Hulse, 83, had internal toothache when he swal lowed his false teeth. New York. With her husband's ashes strapped to her body as politi cal hoodoo, Mrs. Sarah H. Ruhlin started campaigning against an al derman. Atlantic City, N. J. Bolt of light ning from clear sky killed James Lee and his aide as they were tying up their motorboat. New York. When he discovered thief had stolen wallet containing valuable papers, Charles Regnault died of apoplexy. London. When Sir Herbert Tree engaged two negroes to play Ethi opians who carry Potiphar's wife from stage in "Joseph and His Breth ren" Masine Elliott balked at realism. Vienna. Oskar Kokoschka, the painter, broke his engagement to marry widow of the late Gustav Mahle because she had $10,000 a year from her dead husband's estate. Paris. Two French physicians discovered that insomnia is result of poison generated within body, and propose to cure it with anti-toxin. GIANT IMPERATOR CATCHES FIRE ONE MAN DIES - Hoboken, N. J., Aug. 28. A fire that broke out on the Hamburg American giant liner Imperator caus ed the death of one man,- a panic among the 1,131 steerage passengers, and a loss of between. $100,000 and $150,000. The fire started in a provision room in the stern of the boat. It was impossible for the crew to penetrate any further than the F deck, five decks above the provision room, and a fire alarm was turned in and the entire Hoboken fire department and fire boats hurried to the aid of the burning liner. Second Officer Gobracht attempted to press through the suffocating smoke when the fire was first discov ered. The men operating the pump shouted for him to come back, then, panic stricken, as great clouds of . smoke rolled up around them, they fled. Seaman Otto Stumpf went aft er Bobracht in an attempt to rescue him, and was dragged out half dead, but was later revived. Firemen found Gobracht's body in the lower part of the vessel after the fire had been ex tinguished. Fifteen streams of water were kept playing upon the Imperator until the tremendous weight of the water caused her to list to starboard about ten degrees. At the water line she was about 20 yards from the side of the pier, and the pumping of water into the ship was stopped. The mag nificent stairways and palatial sa loons of the liner were drenched and uiscuiureu uy suiutte aim water. The fire was confined in the main W to the room in which it started, but several second class cabins were threatened and many more were seri ously damaged by water. The second class diningroom was also heavily damaged by smoke and water. The Imperator docked late yester day with 3,100 passengers on board. The first and second class passengers