The Nevada County picayune., 1906-09-07

 storm, but may recover. The light ming descended the chimney, striking the girls body and passing down one leg.
 In a shooting affray with Coley and Junk Howard. negroes, in the public road at Powhattan, La., Steve Hart, merchant-planter of that place, was fatally wounded, and his brother, P. T. Hart, slightly wound ed. One of the negroes received slight wounds. An insult offered Mrs. Steve Hart by Coley Howard some days ago led to the shooting.
 While going home to spend Sun day with his family, F. Deeg. of San Antonio, Tex, stepped from a mov- ing passenger train and was ground to death in view of hundreds of pas sengers.
 The newly-organized Bank of Commerce and Industry, with $1O,- 000,00O capital, has opened for business in the City of Mexico. James Speyer, of New York, and II. Clay Pierce, oI oil fame, are among the foreign members of the. board of directors.
 Maj. J. A. Dubois, postmaster at Wakita, Okla. IS dead, aged 6S. The remains were taken to Anthony, kas., for burial.
 President Roosevelt reviewed the greatest fleet of warships ever assem- bled under the American flag, or ill the western hemisphere. The review occurred at Oyster Bay.
 The cruiser Boston ran aground on Oreas island. on the way to tar get practice in Georgia bay, near Se- attle. The vessel was pulled off with out apparent damage. The Boston was with Dewey atManila bay.
 A vein of Denver mud seven feet thick has oeen discovered by J. E. RicheY in the Wichita mountains, northwest of IaWton. and has been excayated 15 feet This substance Is gray in color, and IS said to be efficaclous in certain diseases. It lS used in many hospitals It Is valued at 75 cents pound. The department of the interior has granted Mir. Rich ey permission to develop this min eral.
 Mrs. E. Scrutchfeld, aged 43, was found dead in her room at d hotel in Fort Worth. Tex. An empty wal that had contained an ounce of carbolic acid was lying on the floor. The suicide was the wife of we'll known business man of Knox City, Tex. She left d note directing that her mother at Cliff, Tex, be notified of her death.
 Lightning struck the farm resi- dence of Charles Savior, near Ponca City, Okla, destroying it with all contents. The farm residence of Charles Cook. near Stroud, and of Lyman Raymond, near Glencoe, were burned; also the stables of N. P. BroYles, near Glencoe
 James Van PeIma. aged 80, woll-known politician of Kansas City, Kas., and formerly president of q large hardware company that failed recently. committed suicide at his home by shooting. He had been Respondent over financial losses.
 The wedding ceremony of Thomas E. Mctu lure and Miss Pearl Aliligan had just been completed at the home of the brides parents. Mir. and Mrs. 1 $. C. Miligan, few miles north of | Kingman, Kaa.. and the wedding ! party had taken seats to partlka ef l refreshments. when terrible bolt of lightning struck the house, badly i wrecking the building Rev. Davis c. Mcclure and Ernest Johnson and i several others were badly stunned
 Word has reached Washington that many members of the two houses, and particularly the senate, do not take kindly to the Roosevelt method of spelling These public men have intimated that as long as the control of the government print ing office remains with congress, as it undoubtedly does now, they will oppose radical spelling departures,
 The express companies have noti- fled the officials of the various rail- roads that the express company and the carrying road expose themselves equally to the penalties of the Hep burn act (the rate bill) by carrying the property of one road over the lines of another. and as conse- quence this practice will be discon- tlued at once.
 The Austrian tariff has cut i'm.