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# NEWS IN BRIEF.
The Massachusetts Prohibition state convention will be held at Worcester on Sept. 13.
Thomas McKenna was drowned in the Merrimack river at West Concord, N. H., while bathing.
Edward Welsh, aged 22, was struck by a train at Arlington, Mass., and died from his injuries.
George Dixon was given the decision over Eddie Santry in their six-round bout at Chicago.
George I. McAllister has been appointed receiver of the Bank of New England of Manchester, N. H.
Chester P. Hunter of Melrose, Mass., aged 10, was instantly killed while sitting on railroad tracks.
John Duffy, 3 years old, swallowed a small steel collar button at Olneyville, R. I., and was strangled.
The marine inquiry into the loss of the steamship Portia is finished and a decision will be given in 10 days.
Colonel William Preston Johnson, president of the Tulane university, New Orleans, died at Lexington. Va.
Naval Constructor Feaster has been detached from the navy yard, Boston, preparatory to his retirement Aug. 5.
Rev. A. Eugene Bartlett of Hyde Park, Mass., has accepted a call to the pastorate of the Universalist church, Manchester, N. H.
William E. Horgan was held in $600 at Boston for the federal grand jury on a complaint charging him with attempt to pass counterfeit money.
The will of Mrs. Horace H. Crary, late of Binghamton, N. Y., bequeaths $85,000 to various societies connected with the Methodist Episcopal church.
Eugene Staub of Baltimore, in descending from the Royal Hut, near Pontresina, in the Engadine valley, Switzerland, fell over a prescipice and was killed.
Daniel Sheehan has been arrested for alleged murderous assault on Fred Lester in a Boston barroom. It is expected that Lester will die as a result of his injuries.
Three residences were entered by burglars at Attleboro, Mass. The three breaks were evidently done by the same persons. The police have no clue to their identity.
Joseph Lamorine, aged 45, was struck by a passenger train at Willimantic, Conn., and will probably die. His skull was fractured and his right hip and arm were broken.
It is estimated that the theft of George M. Valentine, the defaulting cashier of the Middlesex County bank at Perth Amboy, N. J., will amount to about $140,000 or more.
Charles Young, holder of the St. Louis Republic cup, representing the live bird championship of America, lost the cup to J. A. R. Elliott by a score of 92 to 93 out of a possible 100.
Surgeon Eugene Wasdin, United States marine hospital service, has been detailed to attend the conference for the prevention of venereal diseases to be held in Brussels in September next.
Dr. Clarence P. Bill, Ph. D., instructor in Latin in the Western Reserve university, Cleveland, has declined an invitation to become a member of the faculty of Phillips-Exeter academy.
The plan and scope committee of the Dewey celebration committee has received word from Charles Dewey, brother of the admiral, that the admiral will arrive in New York about Oct. 1.
Tom Jenkins, the world's champion catch-as-catch-can wrestler, has been offered a prize of $1800 for a contest with Ernest Roeber, and the probabilities are that the offer will be accepted.
The cruiser Philadelphia, which has recently returned to Mare island from Samoa, is to undergo general repairs at a cost of $12,000 and then will have electric ammunition hoists installed.
Twenty-seven business houses at Bainbridge, Ga., were destroyed by fire. The fire originated in the brick block of Belcher Bros. and quickly spread. The loss is between $50.000 and $60,000.
C. M. Foote, grand exalted leading knight of the grand lodge, Order of Elks, died at Minneapolis from heart failure, superinduced by a complication of diseases. He was 50 years of age.
The supposed cases of scarlet fever at West Point are nothing more than a mild type of scarletina. There are only 11 cases, and not the least danger is apprehended of the disease spreading.
The contract for putting in the Lake Auburn conduit for the Lewiston, Me., waterworks was awarded to Bearce & Clifford by the waterworks extension commission. Their bid was $72,516.10.
Commissioner Wilson of the internal revenue has issued a circular prohibiting banks from affixing stamps to checks when presented, and requiring them to return the same to the drawers.
The negotiations of the Franco-American treaty have been resumed at the state department. A distinct advance is being made, and it is considered settled that a treaty will result from the negotiations.
The farm buildings of Royal Wells at Pishon's Ferry, Me., were struck by lightning and burned. The family barely escaped from the house. All the kine and swine were killed. The loss is $3500.
Acting Secretary of War Miles has directed the remaining battalion of the Nineteenth infantry at Camp Meade to go to San Francisco to embark for Manila on the 25th on the Ohio and Newport.
A. Van Boening, state grand master of the Knights and Ladies of Honor, aged 46, committed suicide at Peoria, Ilis., by throwing himself from a steamer. Domestic trouble is supposed to have caused the act.
Orders have been issued at the war department directing headquarters and two battalions of the Nineteenth infantry to leave Camp Meade in time to reach San Francisco to sail on the Tartar on July 22.
Small bicycle dealers, who were awaiting with anxiety the incorporation of the proposed bicycle combination, have been set at ease by the announcement that the proposed union of interests has been abandoned.
An effort is now being made to enlarge the seamless tubing trust, or the Shelby Tube company as it is called. The company is capitalizzed for $10,000,000, and it controls five factories in va-
