The Nevada County picayune., 1906-12-07
THE LATEST EVENTS OF THE WORLD BRIEFLY AND TERSE.
 " NARRATED.
FROM EVERYWHERE
Foreign Lands, Throughout the Ma ton, and Particularly From the Great
 Southwest.

At Oak woods, just west of Pales- tine, Tex, Dick Wood, a prominent and wealthy farmer, walked to the door of Robert Mayes' saloon and shot and instantly killed Eugene Linsten of Buffalo. Two loads of buckshot were fired into Linsten'5 breast. The trouble arose when Wood presented a bill for the pay ment of a mule which Linsten had purchased.
 Acting on reports submitted by the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion. Attorney General Moody has directed that suits be brought against large number of additional railroad companies for violation of the safety appliance law through failure to keep their equipment in proper condition.
 Alexander Dowie's mind Is said 10 be tottering.
 The battleship Ohio has arrived at New York from the Philippines
 Horace J. Smith, a pioneer from Ottawa, member of the state sen- ate and one of the wealthiest citizens of Ottawa, died there. He organized one of the first banks in that city.
 The New Orleans Times-Demo- crat's special cotton crop estimate for the season of 1906-07 makes the total 12,450,000 bales.
 A special train conveying Charles NJ. SchWab, the steel magnate, and party of capitalists on their way to Mexico, made the run from New fork to Kansas City, Mo-, in thir- ty-four hours, the fastest time be- tween the two cities on record.
 Benjamin Jaudon, deputy war den, swore to a complaint against several large dry goods houses in Kansas City, charging them with violating the state game law by sell ing or offering for sale the plumage of certain birds,
 The democratic state central com mittee of New Mexico has begun a formal contest against Delegate W. II. Andrews, in the endeayor to se- cure the seating in congress of o. A. Larrazolo, alleging that hun dreds of illegal votes were cast for Andrews.
 Thomas Sterne, who founded the Texan Advocate, the oldest paper in Texas. in 1916, died at his home near Victoria, aged 90 years. He was we'll to do, owning much land.
 Gordon Dubose, former president of the defunet First National bank of Ensley, Ala, has been found gull ty of misapplication of funds and sentenced 10 five years imprison- ment
 Associate Justice B. F. Burwell of the Third district of Oklahoma, sentenced Luther Dearing, white, and Fred Douglas, colored, 10 inn prisonment for life for ''hold-up."
 Walton l.. Vail, a prominent bus iness man of Los Angeles, Cal, died of injuries received in a street car accident, when he was crushed be- tween two cars. Vail was known as one of the early Southern Califor- mia cattle kings.
 Alice Fielder, aged 35 years, was burned to death, four miles north of Green brier, Ark. She was burning grass and leaves and her clothing caught fire. Her brother was seri- ously burned trying to rescue her.
 Doe" Cassidy shot and killed his 10-year-old sister at their home near Newkirk. Okla. The boy was load ing a shotgun when it was accident ly discharged and the load struck the sister, who was playing a short dis tance away. The father and mother of the Cassidy children were killed last spring.
 The supreme court of Arkansas has affirmed the decision of the Franklin county (Ark) circuit court in the case of Henry Bell, con yicted of the murder of Constable Jones, of Van Buren, about ten years ago. Gov. Davis will set the day of execution.
 Near Hutchinson, Minn., three sons of Peter l.. Hudson, aged 13,