The Carlisle independent., 1906-05-10

upwards of eighty persons whose minds have been more or less de- ranged by fright consequent upon the great disaster.
 The savings banks of San Francis co have reopened for business and all the commercial banks report busi- ness lively and withdrawals practic- ally discontinued.
 Mrs. Serena Lang, of St. Joseph, Mo, aged 6G. died as the result of in juries received by being thrown down stairs by Ruth Mayes. a woman she had befriended.
 large number of Washington newspaper correspondents and repre- sentatives of leading daily newspa- pers met the president at the execu- tive offices and listened to his views on railroad rate legislation
 As the result of collision with COW and calf a Texas Pacific passen- ger train was wrecked at Sodus, La The engineer and firemen were killed two passengers seriously and several others slightly hurt. Former President Cleveland was the guest of honor at a dinner given in connection with the annual jaunt of of the Periodical Publishers Associ- ation of America at Atlantic City N. J. There was a distinguished com pany of authors, artists and publish CTS present.
 A big charity fete in aid of the San Francisco sufferers was held at ' ..,. T -l,s home of John R. Mclean near Wash ington, D. c.
 Owen Harris, the negro who was arrested in St. Louis on suspicion of being the murderer of Mrs. Elizabeth Mize, in Chicago established a clear alibi
 Upwards of s3O,00O was realized from an allday benefit performance in the Metropolitan opera house in New York in aid of the San Francisco sufferers.
 As the result of shooting affray at Birmingham, Ala, Thomas G. Hew- lit is dead, John T. Shupart was ex- pected to die anJ Frank Lee and Leon ard Potts, bystanders slightly wounded.
 France, Italy and Russia are siding with Great Gritain in the Tabah dis pute with Turkey.
 Ten persons were reported killed as the result of a head-on collision near Williamsburg, Pa, on the Penn sylvania railroad.
 The official canvass of the result of the Cuban presidential election has been made and Tomas Estrada Palma and Mendez Capote declared elected president and yice-president respec- lively
 The federal grand jury in New York has returned seven indictments against railroad companies and sugar refining concerns for violation of the Elkins antitrust law, in the alleged sugar re- batting case.
 Maj.-Gen. Bates, retired. has gone to San Francisco to assist in organizing and pelfecting the system of auditing Red Gross and government accounts. King Edv ard of Great Britain. while in Paris dined with President Fallieres and most of the French cabinet minis ters.
 Officials of the Russian and German health departments met at Thorn, Prus- sian Poland, and discussed plans for the prevention of the spread of cholera. Viscount Aoaki. first Japanese ann bassador to the United States, has been formally presented to the president.
 Ambassador Whitelaw Reid, at Lon don emphatically denied the allegation that the plans of the British battleship Dreadnaught were stolen by an official of the British admiralty and sold to the United States.
 Nine cadets have been expelled from the New Mexico military academy for being involved in mutiny.
 The lepers of Molokai, Hawaii, in mass meeting, adopted resolutions of sympathy with the San Francisco suf- ferers.
 Maj W T Bowder, a prominent citi- zen of Memphis, Tenn. was shot from ambush and instantly killed while walk ing towards his homs
 John Alexander Dowie is making lit tie if any progress in regaining his foot hold in Zion The faithful" still stick to Voliva
 The machine house, gun-cotton house and dry cotton house of the Lamotte powder works. near Ash burn, Mo. were destroyed by an ex- plosion and two men killed and sev- eral injured.
 The statue erected in honor of Fa- ther Sorin, founder of Notre Dame Qnd) university, was unveiled with great ceremony.
 Father Thomas Sherman. s. J., abandoned his march to the sea over the route taken by his father, and re- turned to Fort Oglethorpe with the escorting party. Father Sherman ex- pressed regrets that his mission should have been misunderstood. Although founded 70 years ago, Nc Cormick theological seminary has never had president until Rev. James c. K. Mcclure was recently i inaugurated.