The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1906-09-28

way into the mails at Philadelphia.
1t was directed to Jacob Schiff, a
well known banker Of New ork
city. Because it looked suspicious
it was soaked in water. and when
opened was found to contain powder
and matches and bullets, so ar
ranged that the matches would
scratch the bottom of the box and
explode the powder, when the bull
lets would do the rest.
The centennial of the discovery of
Pixies peak was celebrated at Colo
RADIO Springs, Col. There were
white people and Indians, soldiers
and pioneers in the parade, which
was reviewed by Vice President
Fairbanks. Exercises were held by
the Daughters Of the American
Revolution and the Colonial Danes
of America.
The gunboat Helena, reported
lost in the Chinese typhoon, arrived
at Shanghai safe, with all on board
well.
Ii is believed that Secretary Taft
has brought about reconciliation
between the Cubans.
\. +. Warrendorf, alias Charles
". Bintzen, who registered at a
Cairo, H., hotel, from New FORK,
when arrested on request of the po-
lice of Memphis, Tenn, for alleged
forgery, drank the contents Of a
bottle of earbolic acid and died.
President Roosevelt has con-
trlbuted 500 to be used by Rear
Admiral Thomas in a legal suit at
Newport, r. l., to determine whcth-
er or not man may be excluded
from a place of public amusement
because he wears the Inform of the
nited States army or navy
John r. Walsh has secured en-
trance into Chicago for his two rail
roads. the Chicago Southern and the
Southern Indiana. The financial
committee having his roads in
charge Immediately increased the
selling price from twenty-five mil
Hon 10 thirty million dollars.
In a dispatch from Lucknow. In
dia, the correspondent Of the Lon
don Standard saws shat boat con-
tanning 200 persons eapsized in mid
stream while crossing the River In
dus, at a point where it scpara;
the northwest frontier province
from the Attock district. Only
thirty Of the passengers were saved
The settlement Of the natural gas
question in Kansas City is now only
a matter Of the proper phrasing of
the franchise ordinance. The terms
Of the settlement will split the d,f-
ference between the mayor and th2
gas company on the question of rates
The rate for the first five years. it
IS said, will be % cents and for the
tirste ten years, 20 cents per thous-
land.
". \. Dudley, bookkeeper for a
lumber company, was shot through
the shoulder and seriously wounded
by Lawrence Adams, about II wears
old. Tho shooting was the result
of a quarrel over chances in rifle
rattle. The bows father took up the
| quarrel, and Dudley is SAID to have
attacked HIM with an ak and some
weights, whereupon young Adams
fired. inflieting an ugly wound. Dud-
| lev was taken TO JonesborC for treat
mcnt, and Adams was placed in jail
at Marion he shooting occurred
at Solmore Ark.
The orders for the Abandonment Of
| Fort Brown, at Brownsville, Tex,
| have been issued by the war depart
mcnt. Company II of the Twenty
| sixth infantry the only company
there. has been ordered to Fort sam
Houston, Tex. This company was
sent TO Fort Brown when the negro
troops of the Twenty-fifth infantry
left there fer Reno, Okla. The
order for tie abandonment of Fort
Brown terminates the incident OF a
| few weeks ago there, when the negro
troops of the Twenty-fifth infantry
and citizens Of Brownsville came
INTO collision.
After continued negotiations, the
lefty council Of Fayetteville, Ark,
has practically purchased the water
plant Of J, II. McIIlroy for the sum
Of 100000. The city also agrees to
Iproyide for the payment of claims Of
the water company. The purchase
of the plant is contingent upon the
ability Of the city to finance the en-
tcrprjse.
A locomotive blew up at Ferriday,
Miss. badly injuring Engineer