The Tomahawk., 1903-06-16
A WEEKS RECORD
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.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
DOMESTIC.

DOMESTIC.
A permanent injunction against the
Indiana and Illinois coal operators has
been issued by Judge .Kohlsaat in Chi
cago, restraining them from entering
into contract to fix prices.
George Smith (colored) was hanged
at Portland, Ore, for the murder of his
. wife last November.
Illinois farm lands have been dam
aged millions of dollars by the Missis-
sippi river overflow and many families
are homeless.
Wilford Davis was hanged at Mounds
vile, w. Va, for the murder, April 10,
1902. of Page Martsiller, chief of police
of Elliins.
Weekly trade reviews show encourag-
ing trade conditions at leading cities,
with consumption restrict ed'by strikes.
Professor II. C. Chamberlin of the
University of Chicago says labor con-
ditions show a disregard of civil law
that is a menace to the country's
peace.
The general freight offices Of the
Erie railroad are to be moved from
Cleveland to Chicago.
a drought of 48 days in New Eng
land is estimated to have caused a
loss to farmers of S7O,000,000
Eppipger & Co., extensive grain deal
ers Of San Francisco, failed for 81, ,000,-
OOO
Fire wiped out the entire business
portion of New Lisbon, Wis.
mob attempted to take a wife
murderer from officers at Tomah,
Wis, but was prevented by militia
and officers.
While paying the premium on a
life insurance policy of $4,000, which
he had just taken out, j. S. Farrier
dropped dead at Montgomery, Ala.
A mob at Belleville, ILL.,, hanged and
burned f. II. Wyatt, a negro, who shot
superintendent of Schools Hertel, who
had refused to renew his certificate as
teacher owing to scandals in his dis
trict.
From rs to 100 persons perished In
flood which destroyed big cotton
mills, causing a loss of $2,O00,000, at
Spartanburg, S. c.
:,
has been destroyed by fire.
Fire in the Adirondacks forests
threatens to destroy all preserves in
the region unless rain comes soon.
College officials say women are sur
passing men in scholarship and honors
in institutions where coeducation ex-
lists
Fifteen American Car and Foundry
employees were drowned at Madison,
ILL.,, while protecting the company's
property from floods.
American consuls have been ordered
to supply invoices on goods exported
to the United States, which the agri-
cultural department will use in exclud-
ing adulterated products.
President Roosevelt preached at the
dedication of Grace Memorial Re-
formed church in Washington.
Statistics show that 26 cities and
towns in Kansas suffered to the extent
of S12,230.OOO from the floods.
At the first cabinet meeting held at
! the, white house in ten weeks the time
was devoted to discussion of the
postal scandals and the massacre of
Jews in Russia.
The percentages of the baseball
1 clubs in the National league for the
week ended on the 7th were: New
York, .89s; Chicago, .667; Pittsburg,
.63s; Brooklyn. .523: Cincinnati.
.439: Boston, 425; Philadelphia, 800;
ST. Louis, .2s3.
Howard Blackburn left. Gloucester.
Mass in iorie so feet long for q
trip across the ocean.
The percentages of the baseball
clubs in the American league for the
week ended on the 7th We're: Bos-
ton, .625; Philadelphia. .5s5; st. Louis,
.5s3; Cleveland. .52s; Chicago. .526:
Detroit, 1862; New York, .410; Wash
ington. .2s2.
Two cloudburts in Indiana did
great damage to small buildings and
flooded the country around Alexan-
dria and Crestes.
-Four men were killed on a hand
car that was run down by a stock
train near Genoa, Neb.
Judge Henry c. Caldwell, of the
United States circuit court of the
eighth circuit, who lives at Little Rock,
Ark has resigned.