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News Briefs. Bud Hilborn. a negro gambler and desperado, who killed Abe Durden, a white officer, near Adrian, Ga., January 7 last year, was hanged at Swainsboro, Ga., Friday. Police Commissioner McAdoo announced in New York Friday that only nine out of 1,500 policemen had qualified in revolver practice, which was held in armories recently. The commissioner stated that in the future drastic methods would be adopted, in the hope of making the patrolmen better marksmen. Fire in the Central Hotel, at Islip, L. I., Friday caused one death. exposed a score or more occupants of the hotel to great danger, and resulted in a financial loss of $30,000. The dead man was Oliver Dowling, a nurse, who made his home at the hotel. Dr. Homer L. Bartlett of Brooklyn, a famous specialist and physician, died at Thomasville, Ga., Friday of Bright's disease. He was seventy-four years of age and had been in Florida for his health. The Panama steamer Orizaba, which sailed for New York from Colon Friday, had on board Col. James R. Shaler, former superintendent of the Panama railroad, and recently appointed consul of Panama at Chattanooga, Tenn., and Mrs. Shaler. A quiet run on the Lancaster (Pa.) Trust Company, which has been under way ever since the collapse of the City Trust Company ten days ago, culminated Thursday in a wild rush of depositors to withdraw their money. The bank met every demand promptly. Four-year-old Abraham Eichelbaum, son of H. Eichelbaum, a Berkeley (Va.) merchant, was ground to death Friday beneath the wheels of an electric car on the Berkeley-Norfolk line. The fourteen-months-old child of Albert Brown, a farmer of Gorman, Garrett county, Md., fell headlong into an open grate and was burned to death. Floyd and Ballard Stollings and Mary Stollings, the latter's wife, have been indicted at Logan, W. Va., for the murder of Rose White near her home at Chapmansville, W. Va. Mrs. J. Fisher Hauer of this city died suddenly in Frederick. Md., Thursday, where she was visiting relatives. She is survived by her husband and the following children: Dr. Wilbur S. Hauer, Mrs. Frank R. Chase and Lee Hauer, all of Washington. Her remains were buried in Frederick. Isaac S. Morris, editor of the Piqua (Ohio) Call, died Friday from burns. On arising yesterday morning he stood by an open grate fire before dressing. and as he turned away his night robe caught fire. His entire body was severely burned. Fire Friday night entirely destroyed Cedar Court, the country house of Otto H. Kuhn, situated near Morristown, N. J., entailing a loss of about $400,000. Valuable paintings, furnishings and other articles which were of high value were destroyed. Clark University at Worcester, Mass., observed the ninetieth anniversary of the birth of its founder, Jonas G. Clark, Wednesday. An address on the life, work and character of Mr. Clark was delivered by Rev. Calvin Stebbins of Framingham. Simon J. Murphy, a pioneer Michigan lumberman and one of the wealthiest capitalists of Detroit, died in that city Wednesday, aged eighty-nine years. He was a native of Maine. Actual control of the Chicago City Railway Company was transferred to the Morgan-Field-Mitchell-Valentine syndicate at Chicago Wednesday. President Hamilton will retire from the presidency of the company. It is understood that his successor will be John A. Spoor. President Amador of Panama has made the following appointments: C. Gilbert Wheeler, to be consul at Chicago; James R. Shaler, formerly superintendent of the Panama railroad. to be consul at Chattanooga, Tenn.
