The Tomahawk., 1903-06-04
A WEEKS RECORD
ALI 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.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
DOMESTIC.

DOMESTIC.
Charles Hallman Keep, Of Buffalo,
practicing attorney, has been ap-
pointed assistant secretary Of the
treasury to succeed Milton f. Allies.
A cloudburst rendered hundreds Sf
families homeless at Enid Okla, and
caused damage estimated at 100000
Nearly $4,000 workers in Chicago,
through union organization, are try
ing to better their condition by
peaceful tactics. The most serious
problem is among laundry employees,
who will stay out.
About 165, 900 men are idle in New
York as result of strikes, lockouts
and dissensions. 1t is estimated that
they would earn nearly $4,OOO,OO0
week.
American Society of Equity issued
bulletin to farmers urging them
not to sell their wheat for less than
81 bushel.
a. campaign against divorce is
planned by Methodist, Presbyterian
and Protestant Episcopal church rep
resentatives at New York. Arch
bishop Farley, of Roman Catholic
church, will be asked to cooperate.
John Kennedy, son of Glovers-
vile IN. W leather manufacturer,
was killed by an explosion believed to
have resulted from his attempt to
learn rivals trade secrets.
President Roosevelt, in an address at
Seattle, Wash, dwelt upon the great
future before the extreme northwest.
Manufacturers at their New York
meeting took steps to organize employ
ers for the purpose of resisting the
demands of labor.
Louis Everson, a negro known as
"Black Ponto," is. in Jail at Lawrence
burg, Ind, on suspicion of having muir
dered Miss Rosa Kaiser, whose body
was found in Tanners creek.
The Reliance clearly proved her SUI
periority over the Columbia and the
Constitution in the race on Long Is
land sound. leading about two miles
when the signal came that the contest
was off owing to inability because of
lack of breeze to finish in the required
time.
Fifteen persons are known to have
been killed and more than 100 were in
iured, many fatally, by cyclones and
tornadoes in Iowa, Illinois, Kansas,
Nebraska and Oklahoma Friday, Satur-
day and Sunday.
A jury in St. Louis in the case of
Emil Hartmann, former member of
the house of delegates, for bribery.
returned n verdict finding Hartmann
guilty and fixing his punishment at
six years in the penitentiary.
Auditor Castle and Comptroller
Tracewell have submitted statements
denying charges made by former
Cashier Tulloch, of the Washington
post Office.
A ''dress up" rule is enforced by
many big mercantile concerns in Chi
cago and the assertion is made that
tidy appearance is an aid to business
and advances the individual employe.
The percentages of the baseball
clubs in the National leagueI for the
week ended on the 25th were: Chi
cago. 727; New York. roo; Pittsburg.
.571; Brooklyn, 500: Cincinnati. .4s5;
Boston, .4s3; Philadelphia, :2s1; ST.
The Twentieth Century flyer on the
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern rail-
road smashed all records, making the
run from Toledo to Elkhart, 1873 miles,
in ia minutes.
The percentages of the baseball
clubs in the American league for the
week ended on the 25th We're: Chicago.
ST.; Detroit, .552; Cleveland. .53S:
Philadelphia. .533: Boston, .517; St.
Louis. 500; New York, .44s; Washing
ton. .345.
Sixteen persons were killed and 10
injured near Hastings, Neb., by lorna
does. The money loss from wrecked
buildings was 100000.
Antonio Triola was put to death in
the electric chair in Sing Sing On. "
prison.
Restaurant owners in Chicago
threaten to close all their places in
case their employees reject arbitra-
ton.
Thomas A. Edison has been ap-
pointed honorary chief consulting en-
gineer at the worlds fair at St.
Louis.