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THE WORLD'S NEWS IN BRIEF San Francisco. Henry Leon .Wilson, author and playwright, and Helen McGowan Cooke, 18, daughter Grace McGowan Cooke, authoress, married. Hartford, Conn. Mrs. Giusep pina Carpentieri, 15, has applied for divorce after year of married life. Said mother forced her to marry, Geneseo, I1L Robber held up James Lynch, night operator Rock Island road, and escaped with $67.87. New York. Theodore Roose velt bought new sombrero hat be fore starting for Chicago. Too big to kick aroun'. Washington. Sec'y McVeagh has installed currency washing machine in treasury dept. Dollar bills laundered while you wait. Alton, 111. Wm. Harltely, fish erman on island in Mississippi, has disappeared, May have- been drowned. Shelbyville, 111. George Ever ett Hill, 2, is dead because some one left strychnine tablets lying around near his candy. Monmouth, 111. Several horses dead of pink eye. Epidemic in .vaded this vicinity. Decatur, HI. Lester Cooper and Forrest Weller placing wild west. Cooper accidentally dis charged revolver. May recover.. Los Angeles. Earl Rogers Darrow's attorney, won victory today when court ordered Anton Johansen, Jabor leader, to appear. Clarence Darrow has temporarily assumed charge of defense. Utfca, N. Y. Sen. Root here. for commencement Hamilton col ekjge, refused to discuss politics, but said he would go to Chicago tomorrow night. Beardstown, 111. Wm! Mc Gowan, carpenter on steamer, awakened from sound sleep by deckhand, rolled into river. Was drowned. London. Mme. Minnie Sattz-man-Stevens, American singer, scored great success at Covent Garden. Des Moines. 200 Cummins' boosters' bound for Chicago con vention. Boston. Col. William C. Gor gas, chief sanitary officer Panama canal zorie, offered' position Bos ton health commissioner by May or Fitzgerald. London. Earl Grey, former lieut. gov. Canada, has sailed fo Cape Town to dedicate memorial to Cecil Rhodes, recently erected on Table Mountain. Mexico City. Federals inflict ed another deathblow to rebellion when Gen. Robles and forces, de feated rebels in state of Morales. 300 rebels killed, 200 captured. Gen. Zapata, rebel, wounded. New York. Chas. E. Hughes, Jr., 22, son of Judge Hughes, will marry Macjorie Bruce Stuart, daughter Henry C. Stuart, dep uty collector port of New York. New York. Langdon P. Mar vin at Associated Harvard Clubs, proposed 9 cheers for Roosevelt. Greeted by storm of hisses min gled with cheers. Los Angeles.--Tom McCarey, promoter of AVolgast-Rivers fight nrir tMMImmirtm. "mmm mmmm.