The Bowbells tribune., 1905-01-20
Otherwise.


land died suddenly at his home in
Cumberland, Md.
Rev. DIR. Edmund J. Wolf. presiden,
of the general synod Of the Lutheran
church of America, is dead at his
home at Gettysburg. Pa.
John Arbuckle the Brooklyn mil
lionaire. is going to start a hotel with
rate of SO cents day. 1t is to be foI
working men and women.
BY decision Of the superior cour,
at New Haven, Conn, w. J. Bryan
loses the $4,000 mentioned in the will
of his late friend. Philo S. Bennett.
The Standard Oil company has made
another cut of S cents a barrel in all
grades Of crude oil except Raglan, the
third scent reduction within three
weeks.
Samuel l.. Clemens ("Mark Twain"J
who has been confined to his bed with
acute bronchitis for three weeks at his
home in New York. is now recovering.
He is still in bed, however.
Emperor Williams suggestion THAI
American and German college profes.
sors exchange lecture courses has
been adopted by Harvard university
and the University OF Berlin.
Levi P. Morton, former vice presl
dent Of the United States, is the give1
of the 100000 contribution to the
fund for the completion of the Cathe
dral of St. John the Divine in New
York.
New Years resolutions and an ad
vance from 31a to per cent in the in
terest rate have resulted in an unpre.
dented rush to deposit money in some
of the larger savings banks in New
York.
DR.. Elmer B. Bryan, the head of the
department of philosophy in the Uni
versity of Indiana, has been elected
president of the Franklin college at
Bloomington, Ill.,, to succeed Prof w.
G. Scott.
At the meeting Of the Louisiana Pur
chase Exposition company financial
report was read showing that the com,
pany has surplus of $99S,00O, and
that S35O,0O0 is due from the wreckins
company.
Following general order. all the
distilleries at Peoria, Ill.,, under the
management of the so-called trust
quote goods at $l.22 as a basis for the
finished product. This Is the lowest
price in many years.
Death revealed to the public ano
to his friends, which were numerous,
in Elktou, Mich, the fact that for over
twenty-five years Henry Williams, a
prosperous merchant, has been lead
ing a double life.
Mayor II. II. Bartling of Nebraska
City, Neb., dropped dead in his place
Of business from heart failure. He
was at the head Of the Bartling com
pany and a pioneer of the city and
state, locating there in 1866.
Bettina Girard, the actress, daughter
of Gen. Ordway of Washington. died
in Roosevelt hospital in New York OF
acute pneumonia. Miss Girard has
been on the stage about twenty years
She was married seven times.
James A. Bailey, fourth.owner of the
Sells-Forepaugh shows. has bought the
entire show, with all horses. wagons
wild animals and good will, at public
sale, for s15O,O00. Nearly every show
man in the country was present at the
sale.
The Standard Oil company has en-
tered tine lighting field in San Francis
co, to the CONSERVATION of the San
Francisco Gas and Electric company
which has plants there. but which has
been a small factor in the lighting
situation.
Mrs. >Abelia Hargis, who sued Judge
James Hargis. former State Senator
Hargis and others for $4,000 for al
legged conspiracy with Curtis Jett and
Thomas White to slay her husband,
has been granted verdict for $4,000
at Winchester, Ky.
Maud Letson, aged 19 years, testi
fed before Justice scripture at Rome
N. Y, that in 1902 she married inno-
Gently her dead fathers brother. The
girl was placed in an orphan asylum
at the age of two years and her rela.
tives lost track of her until last Sep.
tember, Mrs. Vernavale of Allentown
Pa, wrote, you've married your uncle
David" Justice Scripture granted .
decree of annulment.
Winifred T. Durbin, retiring govern
or of Indiana. in his message to the
legislature said he had been informed
by unquestioned authority that in a
single county in Indiana, casting in
1902 little more than 5000 votes,
there We're in the last campaign nearly
1900 voters regularly listed as pur-
chasable land that $4,000 was spent to
control the county.