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nJ!SmSSemllSpPm!f TELEGRAPH BRIEFS Wew York. Two firemen, one po- liRfimaTi. nvprenme. Twentv girls haa narrow escSpes in fire that tl&e'atened factory. flknville, III. Five men injured, tw'S'Ieriously, when walls of Odd Fel lows' bldg., burned Tuesday, col lf&ted. Men were wrecking standing "VS'ashington. British steamer (Jffieka, chartered by Standard Oil C"E seized by British at Malta. freeport, III. 450 head of cattle and "300 hogs condemned by federal and state inspectors, following fresh outbreak of foot and mouth disease. gLjpcoln, Neb. 12 horses burned, PgQBPrty loss $40,000, in fire "which destroyed livery stable. -Miwaukee. Mercury in cosmetic pponed Violetta Holthusen, 20, and cajped her death. New York. Wireless message frqm steamer Santa Marta says she is,i&, distress off Cape Hatteras. Rud deiiv(damaged. Vessel at mercy of sea. Washington. Ceo. Alterbaumer, chief machinist mate, Springfield, HI., whed overboard from XJ. S. S. York town. Yeoman P. F. Wiley, Santa F(?0 N. M., drowned at Olong Apo 3Vonday. Washington. Senate appropria tes committee cut sundry civil al lowance for physical valuation of railroads to $1,900,000. ,fPallas, Tex. Complaint will be nJade to state dep't at "Washington that English officials are throwing aiway important business cables. iSpringfield, III. Senate adjourned until March 2. aflich Hill, Mo. 5 miners killed by explosion in Atlas coal miine yester dsffi. Paris. Duchess de Talleyrand gfgje birth to daughter. -!New York. Frederick Ulmer, 21, son of wealthy cigar manufacturer, shot aud fatally wounded Ethel 0jkry8-jerTQl4 cSabjjrjg singer, on subway platform early to day. Then attempted suicide. Con dition of both critical. Quincy, III. Ray Pfanschmiat found not guilty of murder of Miss jimma naempen uy juiy jcbij. Rearrested on charge of murdering j father. Effingham, ML Mrs. Ada H. Kep- -ley, lawyer, minister, editor and farm er, announced candidacy for nomin ation as mayor of this city. Washington. Jacksonville express of Seaboard Air Line boarded by rob-' bers at Alexandria, Va. Rolled safe off train and escaped. Express Co. says safe was empty. New York. Frank Magdalena' abandoned prosperoua business.- in Steubenville, O., and came here to face charge of murder, for which he " was indicted 5 years ago. Conscience. o o ELECTION OFFICIALS INDICTED FOR "FLOATERS" Two election officials of the lst ward -were indicted for illegal regis-' tration of "floaters" by the state grand jury yesterday. The bills will be returned today. Hoyne is gathering witnesses by, the dozemin the river ward lodging, house keepers who are to tell what, they know about men registered from . their houses. A last batch of 1,000 suspect no-' tices were sent out by the election., board. About 200 appeared to qualify. A charge of colonizing a house ati 1132 W. Adams st. was disproved,, when in answer to suspect notices 83 jm members of the Iron Moulders' Union j appeared and declared that the place was their union headquarters where , they lived. ., WONDER IF HE SAID "THANKS' Denver, Feb. 19. While walking,, the streets looking for work Robert,. Morgan found -a purse containing $1,000. He returned it to its owner, who gave him 5 cents and advised,