The Tomahawk., 1903-06-11

An explosion destroyed the plant t
Elmira, N. Y. where jovite, high eX-
plosive, was manufactured, and three
men were killed.
Mrs. Anna N. Noggie and Mrs. Hiram
johnson, the Oldest twins in the United
States, celebrated their eighty-eighth
birthday at Monroe, Wis.
The total circulation of national
bank notes May 20 was $4o6, ,2o5, an
increase for the year of $49, ,696,o21.
In the Chicago judicial election the
democrats. elected II and the repub-
Leans three judges. y isg
President Roosevelt witnessed a
wild west show at Cheyenne, where he
was given a beautiful horse, which he
rechristened Wyoming.
Eighty-fve persons were killed and
40 fatally injured at Gainesville, Ca,
by cyclone, and property aggregat-
ing $5O0,00O was destroyed.
Prof. John T. Hicks, botanist at the
state agricultural station at Wooster,
O., was shot to death before the home
of his sweetheart by some unknown
person.
The floods are subsiding at Topeka,
Kan, and the height of the peril is
believed to have passed. Thirty-four
persons are known to have perished.
United States supreme court passes
upon number of important cases and
adjourns for the term.
The total coinage executed at the
mints of the United States during May
was $1,7S0,4S6.
twenty-five hundred square miles OF
the most fertile valleys of Kansas and
Missouri, including populous cities, are
covered with flood waters.
Whitaker Wright, the British finan-
cial operator under arrest at New
York for alleged fraud, was refused
habeas corpus by the supreme court.
Water four feet above the danger
line is predicted for st. Louis by the
government weather bureau.
Mrs. Mary Mcknight, of Graylfng,
Mich, is charged with causing the
death of Mr.. and Mrs. John Murphy
and their daughter by giving them
poison.
A treaty with the Uintah Indians has
been closed which will throw open in
Utah /, ,250, 900 acres of reservation land
for settlement in October, 1894.
The floods were subsiding at Kansas
City, Mo-, and conditions were much
improved.
The New York building trades strike
is practically ended and work will be
resumed at once. Drivers and la
borers get no concessions and waive
union recognition.
President Roosevelt made stops at
several towns in Iowa on his home
ward journey. In an address at Du-
buque he favored national policy
which refrains from wronging, the
weak, but refuses to accept wrong
from strong nations.
The deaths from the tornado at
Gainesville, Ca, number 100. One thou
sand survivors are homeless and with
out food or clothing.
Six railroads have made peace with
the freight handlers union and THUS
averted strike in Chicago.
Former Speaker Thomas B. Reed left
personal property valued at $431,oO0,
according to report filed by the ap-
praisers at New York.
Topeka has decided to solicit outside
assistance for food sufferers, doubt
ing it's ability to care for 10000 sick
and homeless refugees. Four hundred
refugees are still unrescued.
The Ferris wheel, which cost $685.
GOO, has been sold to wrecking COM
pany in Chicago for $1,000 and will be
removed as junk.
Another general strike of anthracite
coal miners is threatened by the execu-
tive board at Wilkesbarre, Pa, because
of the operators refusal to recognize
the miners representatives on the con-
ciliation board, as promised under the
arbitration agreement.
The Mississippi river was above the
danger line at St. Louis and an addi-
tional rise of five feet was predicted,
with enormous loss.
Oleomargarine manufacturers must
pay ten cents a pound tax if any col
oring matter is used, according to
Commissioner Yerkes' ruling.
The cruiser Tacoma was launohed at
the ship yards of the Union Iron works
in San Francisco.