The Tomahawk., 1903-08-27
All the News Of the Past Seven
Days Condensed.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
News Of the Industrial Field, Personal
and Political Items, Happenings
at Home and Abroad.
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
DOMESTIC.

The percentages OF the DaSeDall clups
: In the National league for the week
ended on the 10th were: Pittsburg,
GET; New York, .612; Chicago, .59S;
Cincinnati, 1886; Brooklyn, .485; Bos-
ton, .426; st. Louis, $40; Philadelphia.
1897.
Great damage was done by tor
nado which swept the farming country
southwest Of Norfolk, Neb.
Boycotting of bachelors and employ
uent only Of married men, is urged by
Mayor Knots, of Hammond, Ind.
James J. Corbett says his defeat by
Jenries will end his career as pugil-
list.
New York banks lost nearly s9,000,-
900 in deposits during last week and
decreased cash holdings $2,200,000.
Dan P. Eells, the Oldest bank Off
cial in point of service in Ohio, died
at his home in, Cleveland, aged rs
years. qa,g fg
The North Atlantic fleet arrived at
Oyster Bay and was reviewed by PresA
1dent Roosevelt and distinguished
guests.
Masked men near Dupyer, Mont, took
q herder from the sheep camp of Joe
Z Sturgeon and, carrying him ten miles
into the mountains, tied him to tree
and whipped him to death.
Owing to domestic troubles, Edward
Kolschenska, Decatur, ILL.,, saloon
keeper, tied strap around the trigger
of a shotgun, raised the hammer, and,
looking into the muzzle, pulled the trig-
ger, literally blowing his head to pieces.
The limited New York express on the
Pennsylvania road ran into an open
switch at Van Vert, o. The engineer
was instantly killed, the fireman fatally
injured, while IA others were more or
less seriously injured.
The percentages of the baseball clubs
in the American league for the week
ended on the 18th were: Boston, SAB;
Philadelphia, 500: Cleveland. .545;
New York, sos; Detroit, sos; ST..
Louis, .469; Chicago, ASS; Washing
ton. .316.
George w. Gonser, of Kokomo, Ind,
former deputy secretary of state, Friday
committed suicide in Indianapolis by
plunging beneath train of Big Four
cars. He first slashed his throat with a
razor. Worry over financial embarrass-
ments caused the act.
A hailstorm cleaned out several thou
sand acres of grain north of East Grand
Forks, MINI.
The jury in the case Of Curtis Jett and
Thomas White, charged with the as
sassination Of James B. Marcum, at
Jackson, KY, returned a verdict OF
guilty, fixing the punishment OF each
at life Imprisonment.
James J. Jeffries retains the worlds
heavyweight championship by knock
ing out James ]. Corbett in the tenth
round in Mechanics pavilion in San
Francisco.
President Roosevelt addressing 5000
Roman Catholics, members Of the
Holy Name Society of Brooklyn, urged
clean speech and action as the true
marks of an American citizen.
Militia sentries at the Danville
(Ill.) Jail were attacked by unknown
persons and many shots were fired by
the guards and one marauder was
wounded.
Suppression of mob law was declared
necessary by Justice John Woodward
In an address at Chautauqua, N. Y, to
prove that popular government IS sue
cessful.
Charles NJ Schwab is behind big
tailors' trust to be launched in New
York next week. It will establish stores
IN every large city in the country, en-
ploy half million men and own mills
for making cloth.
Secretary Root and Gov. Taft are in
correspondence regarding the construc-
ton Of 600 miles of railroad in the Philip
pine islands.
Judge Ray, in the United States cir
cult court in New York, handed down
an opinion sustaining the constitution
ality Of the Foraker act, which pro-
vided a new revenue tax on merchan-
disc brought into the United States
from Porto Rico, after the island ceased
to be a foreign country.
Joseph Pulitzer, proprietor OF the
New York World, has donated $2,000,-
600 to establish school Of journalism
in connection with Columbia uni
versity.
Weekly trade reviews of r. G.. Dun &
Co. and Bradstreet show satisfactory
conditions. Railway earnings for Au-
gust gained IT per sent over last year.
All manufactures are active.
Secretary Hitchcock has ordered an IN
vestigation of alleged fraudulent practices
upon Indians by land and title COM
panies in Indian territory.
Forest fires burned over 1000 acres
in a belt Of white pine and cedar near
Elk, Wash.
Improvement in corn is shown by the
weekly government crop report.
DR.. M. c. Mills, curator of the Ohio
State Archaeological society, has dis,
covered a prehistoric village few miles
south Of Chillicothe.