Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1904-04-15


warships for Russia.
The Capital National bank at
Guthrie and the Citizens bank at
McLoud, Ok, have suspended.
Folk, the st. Louis boodler pros
ecutor, is in the lead for the demo-
cratic nomination for governor Of
Missouri. s ~ &
John d. Rockefeller has contrib
uted 100000 to John Hopkins in
stitute to replace several buildings
recently destroyed by fire.
Hon. W. J. Bryan declares he will
make no more statements for publ
cation regarding national politics.
except through the columns Of his
paper. 'A '"'
In the recent municipal elections
in Nebraska the question of high
license for the sale Of liquor cut
quite figure, A majosity Of the
towns voted for high license.
Gov. Beckham will be appealed
to to either pardon Caleb Powers,
under sentence to be hanged for the
murder of the late GovtGoebel, or
secure for him a new trial.
An M. X. & II. fast hail train
was wrecked four miles south of
Fort Scott, Kas., by the rails
spreading. Sixty persons were in
jured but no one was killed.
The Cole Manufacturing plant
at Memphis, one of the largest man
ufacturers of sash, doors, blinds and
building material in the south, was
destroyed by fire on the 7th inst.
The geological survey will soon
issue its report on mineral resourc-
es for 1902, showing that in that
year, for the third time, the total
value of the commercial mineral
products of the United States ex.
ceeded $1,000,000,000. The exact
figures for 1902 were 81, 1,260,639,.
Ais.
| Twenty of the corporations II
Fall River, Mass, engaged in the
manufacture of print cloths, con
trolling sixty-fve mills, have en-
tered into an agreement to curtai
production by shutting down twt
days-a week. The action is due tt
unsettled conditions in the cottor
and cloth market.
The output of coal in the Unit
ed States last year exceeded that O.
Great Britain by nearly 100000,
| 900 tons. This is an advanced
stage in the progress in coal pro
duction which has been made in thi
country in recent years. Arkansa
produced 100000 of the 62,662,
662 tons mined in the southern
states.
Andrew Carnegie has sent wor'
to President Roosevelt that he nee,
not worry over the rumors that tn
moneyed interests of Wall stree
are not disposed to chip in to til
republican campaign fund. TIL
founder of libraries says he stand
ready to contribute any reasonabl
sum up to $1,OOO,OOo, if necessary
to offset any defections by the ric
Wall street men.
Fire at Tampa, Fla, destroye
property valued at $300,OOO. Th
: cigar factories of the Santa Ell
Company, Sam Caro- & Co., both q
Chicago; ]. M. MARTINEZ, L. Sar
5 chez of Tampa, were the heavie:
: losers. The Santa Ella Compan
| lost $125,000 worth of tobacco, b.
sides large number of fine cigar
e Fifteen blocks of business house
l and nearly two hundred tenement
0 were destroyed.
: Three fremen lost their lives, se'
0 eral others were injured and 10,
e of about $250,000 was caused
/ fire which destroyed the large plaI
1 of the York Carriage company {
York, Pa.
( John M. Dalton was convicted
j, federal court at Chicago of swine
: ling newspapers throughout Il
= county, and fined $1,000. He WI
: accused of organizing an ADVERT
ing agency in which he swindle
t several thousand newspapers.
+ Hearst announces that he wi
o launch daily papers at Kansi
e City, st. Louis and Indianapoli
G Of course these papers will pr
f mote his boom for the PRESIDENT
nomination.
h With the suicide of Lieut.. Cor
# Townsend Wharburton on the ba
d tleship Maine at Pensacola anoth
d chapter was, added to the series