Sharp County record., 1906-12-21

engineer at OOnelSOH, OHlloH dn
Vicksburg.
Victim of circumstances" Franl
f. Grimes, ex-treasurer of the state 0
Kansas, wrote these words across tn,
face of a bank check for S9,3S1,25
which he voluntarily turned over t
cover a shortage.
E. H. Hartman has determined, !
is stated, to set aside the sum of so,
100000 for the improvement Of thu
Los Angeles (Cal) Pacific railway
system.
Reliable information received a
Rome from ConstantinOple describes
the sultan of Turkey again danger
ously i'll with an affection of the
| bladder
Official announcement has beer
made by the Pittsburg Steel Co. tha
an addition to cost $7,000,O00 will bt
added to its plant. The company will
employ $500 additional men.
Statement of the treasury balances
in the general fund, exclusive Of the
Sl50OOO,OOO gold reserve, shows:
Available cash balance, $236,15O,27S;
gold coin and bullion, S1O6,962, ,432;
sold certificates, $67791,74O
The president has filled the va
cancy to be created by the transfer
to the cabinet Of Ambassador Meyer
at ST. Petersburg, by the selection
of John w. Riddle, at present minis
ter to Roumania and Servia.
Bellamy Storer, former ambassador
to Vienna, and who was removed by
the president for alleged interference
with foreign politics, and also, it is
stated, because Mr.. Storer attempted
to exert influence at the Vatican, has
come out in a pamphlet attacking the
position Of the president in making
the removal. He mailed a copy of the
pamphlet to the president, cabinet
members and to prominent senators
and representatives. Mr., Roosevelt,
through a letter to Secretary Root, in
which he says of Mr.. Storer and Mrs.
Storer, THE statements they allege
me to have made were not made"
The annual report of Commissioner
of Corporations James R. Garfield de-
votes special attention to the investi-
cation of the transportation of oil and
the operations of the Standard Oil
company "The shippers of oil ad-
wise the bureau" says Mr.. Garfield,
that for the first time in many years
they are now rapidly obtaining equal
ity of treatment from the transporta-
ton companies"
A number of sampans (small har-
Dor boats) belonging to the Japanese
cuiser Chitose were caught in squall
at Toxic. while returning from trip.
A number of the boats were over
turned and GO men were drowned.
An attack upon the manifold indict-
ments against the Standard Oil Co.
will be made in the United States
court at Chicago, when demurrers to
The true bills returned by the federal
grand jury last August are to be ar
gued. Judge Lands will hear the ar
guments.
By the recent closing down of fac
tories at LODI, Russian Poland, 10000
persons are without food, demonstra-
tions by lawless persons are increas-
ing. and the feud between the nation
alist and socialist laborers is being
renewed. Laborers during the past
two days have killed five nationalists
and wounded fifteen.
Upon the recommendation of the
encouragement President Roosevelt
has commuted to life Imprisonment
the sentence Of death passed upon
Arthur Adams and Robert Sawyer
negroes, in the federal court for the
eastern district of North Carolina.
The negroes were convicted of TAX
ing part in a mutiny on board the
schooner Henry Berwind, in which
four persons, including the captain OF
the vessel were killed. The eXten-
uating circumstances upon which the
recommendation was based was that
the chief guilt for the crime rested on
Scott. who has been tried, convicted
and hanged.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr,, Is joining
the Dicky club the crack of all fra,
ternities at Cambridge. The initiation
lasts nearly a week, and young Roose.
welt began to perform his obligation
stunts. Under guard of student
named Harrington, Roosevelt ar.
peared in Harvard square shortly aft
er sunrise clad in a startling gray
summer suit, blue flannel shirt, white
canvas shoes and bareheaded
Many Japanese wearing war med.
ais are arriving at Honolulu.
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw an.
nounced that he would purchase Sl0,-
100000 worth of bonds and deposit
$l0,000O00 in national repositories
thus relieving the money stringency.
Mrs. Mary McAtee, aged 2S, shot
her father Rev. John Quincy McAtee
at Philadelphia, during family quar-
rel The bullet passed into his brain
and he will die. The young woman