The Tomahawk., 1903-09-24

Charles Joseph Bonaparte, Of Balt1-
more. has accepted the invitation OF Sec
retary Hitchcock to undertake the in
vestigation of Indian Territory affairs.
The American Association of General
Passenger and Ticket Agents has begun
a movement to put a check on baggage
smashers.
Bitter feeling among union men at In
dianapolis against D. M. Parry, president
of the Manufacturers association, result
ed in the fatal stabbing of one employe.
A hurricane which swept across the
southern part of Florida killed 18 per-
sons and did great damage to property.
On the second anniversary OF the
death of William Mckinley Toledo un-
yelled the first statue in Ohio Of the
late president. At Canton flowers were
placed on his tomb.
Secretary Shaw has designated 50 ma
tional banks in various parts OF the
country as repositories of public funds
and has ordered $4,O00,000 deposited
with them.
Burglars opened the safe of Frank
Bailey, engineer on the Caro- division Of
the Michigan Central road, and secured
$4,000 in currency.
A passenger train struck a carriage
containing Frank Miner and Miss Kate
Bilby near Terre Taute, Ind, killing
both.
Clarence Egnor, of Buffalo, N. Y, was
nut to death in the electric chair at
Auburn for the murder of Archibald
Benedict, a keeper in Auburn prison.
The situation in the northern half
of the corn belt was critical and if gen.
eral heavy frost reaches the district
in the next ten days 1t will cause loss
of $200, ,0OO, 900 to farmers.
An invasion of the feud section OF
Kentucky by the Salvation army has
been inaugurated by small band on
foot.
The congregation of the Belden Avenue
Baptist church in Chicago celebrated
the raising of the church debt with
banquet and jubilee service.
The crops in many western states are
reported ruined by rain, frost and snow,
and the losses already are figured in the
millions.
Frances V. Benque, who sent threat
ening letters to Secretary Hay, has been
sent to an insane asylum in New York.
At Noblesville, Ind, William Howe
shot and killed the divorced wife of his
son and then killed himself. Jealousy
was the cause.
At Centerville, Miss, William Will
liams, negro, was lynched on the main
street for shooting James Germany.
The national irrigation congress met
at Ogden, Utah, to discuss plans for re-
deeming millions of acres of western
arid lands.
Excessive moisture retards the ma
turity of crops in the Mississippi and
Missouri valleys and lake region.
At San Antonio, Tex, Schulz's Palm
garden, for more than Is years a noted
resort for tourists, was burned, the loss
being $250,00o.
The annual report of the commission
er of patents shows total of 1928
patents and 1854 trademarks issued
during the year.
Benjamin ]. Ogden, mayor and lead
ing lawyer of Keyport, N. j., has dis
appeared. leaving debts of 100000.
Fire in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. de-
stroyed nine business houses, entailing
loss of $50O,OOO
Rear Admiral O'Neill, chief of ord
nance, will ask for s1S,000,OO0 for ord
nance in the navy for the next fiscal
year.
Fort Yates, N. d., has been abandoned
as military post and the troops have
been transferred to Fort Lincoln N. D.
Frost holds off and the corn crop of
the west gets respite. Two weeks of
warm weather are yet required.
A dispatch from Dawson says the
Klondike's output of gold will be $10,-
100000 this year.
A twentieth century crusade against
their ancient enemy, the Turk, is being
planned by knights templars in Chi
cago.