The Tomahawk., 1903-11-20

VI OdSlLdW, NllCii., Coi1MAllSu ouASAoo
after fatally shooting his wifeand daugh-
ter, aged Is years.
More than 10000 coal miners in Col
orado went on strike for an eight-houI
day and increased wages. -a.,..a,.~,
Secretary Root was asked as to wheth-
er United States troops would be ordered
to the Isthmus of Panama and said that
while such thing was possible, it was
extremely improbable.
The state bank at Parkers Prairie,
MINI, was robbed by burglars of So 600.
Ex-Queen Liliuokalani arrived at San
Francisco from Honolulu on her way to
Washington to prosecute her claim
against the United States.
The old Red Lake reservation near
Thief River Falls, Mimi, has been
thrown open for settlement
Carrie Nation appeared in Elizabeth,
N. j., as the star in a new version OF
"Ten Nights in a Barroom."
From all ports of the United States
$1,000 steerage passengers were carried
from October 1 to November 10, against
10000 in the same time last year.
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Rockefeller interests have secured con-
troll of the steel trust.
Government estimates show total
corn crop Of about 2,313, 100000 bushels,
an average of 25.S bushels an acre,
against 26S bushels last year.
The Olympia cotton mills at Colum-
bia, S. c., the largest in the south, went
into receivers hands.
Crump Brothers, dealers in leaf to-
bacco in Chicago, went into bankruptcy
with liabilities cf 1925 ,000
President Roosevelt has appointed
Frank Wyman postmaster in st. Louis,
thus settling long factional fight.
Andrew Carnegie has offered New
Haven, Conn, 100000 for library.
tion has declared in favor Of trade rec
iproclty with Canada and calls on con-
gress to bring that about.
Harry j. Hool'er former cashier of
the Peoples national bank of Newark,
O., has been arres ted, charged with en-
bezzling $4,000.
Treasury secret service men will In
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merchants Of Webster City, Ia.
Speaker Cannon selected as his secre-
tary L. w. Busbey, we'll known as po-
litical writer throughout Illinois.
Dan Patch paced mile on a half-mile
track at Birmin CHAM, Ala, in 2:O3A,
lowering the worlds record for PAGERS.
Gov Toole has called a special session
~ loo cl t0 nonof 10.
cember / to relieve the industrial con-
dition.
At Michigamme, Mich, Mrs. Napoleon
Beauvais was shot and killed by her
stepson, Napoleon Beauvais, Jr., who
then committed suicide.
John Alexander Dowie has returned
to Zion City from his New York crusade.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
William j. Bryan has been admitted
as executor of Philo S. Benefits will
at New Haven, Conn. His bond was fixed
at s35O,O00. A protest was made by Mrs.
Benefits counsel.
William L. Elkins. traction magnate,
flnancier and patron Of art, passed away
in his summer home, Ashbourne, near
Philadelphia. aged II .ears.
Republicans in caucus elected officers
for 'he extra session, with Joseph G.
Cannon as speaker. The democratic
floor leader is John ST arp Williams.
Secretary Root has returned from his
duties abroad in connection with the
Alaskan boundary commission.
Emperor William underwent an oper-
alton for the removal of growth from
his larynx. The operation was not
serious one.
A close friend of John Mitchell says
he will succeed Mr.. Cortelyou as secre-
tary of the department of commerce
and labor in the event of President
Roosevelt's reelection. and that Mr..
Cortelyou may again become secretary
to the president.
Rear Admiral Lester Anthony Boards
lee. U. S. NJ, retired, of Washington,
died suddenly of apoplexy at Augusta.
Ga.
AS result of the special election in
the eleventh ngressional district Of
Kentucky Dr. G. w. Hunter and .. G. Ed
wards, both republicans, claim election.
Theodore H. Amsdell, one of the old
est and best known brewers in the Unit
ed States. died at his home in Albany,
N. Y, aged rs.
The marriage of Miss May Goelet, only
daughter of Mrs. Ogden Goelet and one
of the richest of American heiresses, to
Henry John Innes-Ker, eighth duke OF
Roxburgh, was solemnized in New York.
FOREIGN.
The German post at Usibis, Africa,
was captured by natives and the garrison
massacred.
Russia and Germany are said to have
signed convention for an alliance, Of
fensive and defensive, if Great Britain
supports Japan in the far east.
Emperor William will send his yacht
Meteor to the United States in the spring
to take part in the ocean yacht race for
the Emperor's cup.
United States Minister Powell, at San