The Carlisle independent., 1906-12-27

lHeFCG UdS dSk6U LuaL Ieu6rdl ala De given immediately toward stopping the flow of the Colorado river into the Imperial valley. The valley. it is claimed, is capable of supporting a population of a million, and will be forever ruined, it is claimed, if the overflow is not stopped within 50 days.
 A son has been born to Dr. and Mrs. Gerald Webb, of Colorado Springs, Col Mrs. Webb is grand daughter of Jefferson Davis, and the newcomer is the only great-grandson of the confederate president
 The boiler of the steamer w. T. Scovil exploded 20 miles below Vicks- burg, on the Mississippi, and it is re- ported that of the 50 op board, pas seners and crew, nearly Sone-half are missing. Four whites are known to have been killed
 The bank of Horatio, Ark, was footed by robbers, who covered the cashier with their pistols and appro- priated all the money in sight, about $4,000
 A. Methodist Episcopal church, died in the New York hospital. Death was due from apoplexy.
 Never in the history of iron indus try have the orders been so numerous. and large. Railways want rails by the thousands of tons, San Francisco and St. Louis are ordering struc- fnr Nafa al in some orders being for 5000 tons. Bids were asked on S3,000 tons of steel for a bridge at Blackwell's Island, New York.
 Coupled with reports of fuel fam inc in the northwest, come reports of still another cause of suffering-a shortage of food supplies
 Speaking before the Twentieth Cen tury club, Dr. Thomas Darlington, health commissioner of New York, said: Tt has been estimated that 400 persons die every day in the United States from tuberculosis" The doctor says the disease can be pre- vented, and by destroying the sputum it would be wiped from the face of the earth.
 Gov. Folk of Missouri, has filed suit against the city of St. Louis to col lect any salary that may be due him while he was circuit attorney of St. Louis.
 The first snow in ten years has fallen at San Antonio, Texas.
 The Chinese government has asked the British government to restrict the exportation of opium to China, in or der to strengthen the endeavors of China to down traffic in the drug
 The emperor of Japan has, through the Japanese minister to France. con- municated to Ambassador Mccormick, at Paris, his desire to decorate him as mark of appreciation. MT. McCor- mick, while ambassador at St. Peters burg, protected Japanese property and interests during the Russo-Japanese war.
 Secretary of Commerce and Labor Straus rules that a state can induce immigration and not violate the feder- al immigration law. The ruling was made in the case of South Carolina that state having paid fares for immi- grants from Europe.
 The British press continues to give considerable space to the American Japanese question, and at the same time advice.
 Terre Haute Bulgarians say that Granite City, H., is the headquarters of conspirators against the Mace donian Greeks.
 Willie Cant, 10 years old, died at Murphysboro, H., of lockjaw, the vic tim of a toy istol.
 Five eastern lines refuse the de- mand of trainmen for an increase of sc an hour in wage schedule.
 The English house of commons has approved the grant of constitutions to the Transyaal and Orange River colo nies.
 The January settlements in New York City will call for larger disburse- ments than ever before, and bankers are inclined to proceed cautiously un- til the payments are made.
 The British steamer Arlington col lided with the Belgian steamer Cap Juby, in the English channel and sank her. Twelve of the Juby's crew were drowned
 The total Indion population of the country is 284,079. Contrary to the general belief, the Indians in the United atates are increasing in num- Der.
 Six men met instant death in dy- namite explosion 24 miles from New. port, Tenn, just across the state line, in North Carolina. They were al