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DOINGS OF THE WORLD BOILED DOWN Superior, Wis. 4 cremated, 1 dy--ing, result of fire in saloon and lodg ing house, Saxohp3Vis. Believed in cendiary. Loss $5,000. Havana. Because of discovery of ;case of alleged bubonic plague 'here, shipping stopped. : New York. Unidentified steamer ashore off Barnegat, N. J. Reported flying distress streamers. Roratim, France. Ferdinand Pin- ney Earle, affinity artist, on trial here charged with kidnaping his own son. Winchester, W. Va. W. G. Conrad, .Montana mining millionaire and banker, who was urged once to run with Bryan for vice president, dead. I St. Louis, Mo. John Lucas, pay master Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co., robbed of $10,000 by auto bandits. Terre Haute, Ind. Stewart, 5-year-old son of James Cooper, promi nent attorney, run down and instant ly killed by street car. Berlin, Wis. Strike of employes of Wisconsin Granite ;Co. for 8-hour day begun last May ended. Springfield, III. Public utilities commission ordered Rock Island Rrailroad to repair crossing gates at Columbia st., Ottawa, damaged in collision between train and trolley car Jan. 12 when. several persons were injured. ; Quincy, , 111. Planned to erect $300,000 . tuberculosis sanitarium in or near Quincy. Saginaw, Mih. Wm. Hagadorn, 55, jumped fromtrain in,effort to es cape from officer taking him to De troit to -serve sentence in House of Correction for 'drunkenness. Serious ly injured; Washington. Pres. Wilson will consult oculist in Philadelphia today concerning eye trouble. Paris. Sued for $210 by his valet for care of white mice, Dr. Doyen, famous surgeon, urged habits of white mice devouring their young to .disprove valet's statement that he kept 500 in room. Washington. Comptroller of cur rency issued call on all national banks for reports on their condition at close of business March 4. New York. Unhappy at home be cause mother played bridge ' whist Geo. N. Loeffler, 12, heir to $300,000, begged Justice Jaycox to let him re main with his aunt, Mrs. Mary Loef fler. Metuchen, N.J. Mayor TahVwrote letter of apology on behalf of city to Prof. M. C. McQuann, Charleston, Mass., whose head wa? target for boy bean-shooter during lecture here. - New York. Att!ylifford W. Hart ridge, attorney for Harry K. Thaw at first trial for killing "Stanford White, disbarred because he was found guilty of spending $39j000 in spirit ing' female witnesses out f state so thye could not testify against Thaw. " Philadelphia. Dr. Grace -Osborne and her sister, Mrs. Louise Osborne Ferso Villa Nova, Chicago suburb, held on charges of being hotel beats here and in New York. Cleveland, O. Woman said by po lice to be leader of gang engaged in extensive smuggling of oninm arrest ed with two male companions. New York. George W. Vanderbilt, 52, millionaire, dead. Memphis, Tenn. Declaring he will drive saloons and blind tigers from Memphis,. Att'y Gen. Z. H. Estes said every saloon would have to close in 24 hours whether they were violating the law or not. DENIES THE APPLICATION OF "MOTHER" JONES Trinidad, Col., March 7, Judge A. W. McHendrie of the district court denied the application of "Mother". Mary Jones for a writ" of habeas cor pus and remanded her to the cus tody of General John Chase, com manding the militia in the southern Colorado strike zone. The court rec ognized the right of the military au thorities to arrest and detain persons. 0