The Elbert County tribune., 1906-09-20

Suidf announcing tnat the limit on
passenger tickets will be extended
when the original purchasers are un-
able to use them on account of sick
ness, provided a certificate from a
| physician certifying the facts is OBJ
, tanned
More than 500 members attended
| the opening session of the National
Prison congress at Albany, N. Y.
After a successful test of gasoline
motor cars the Union Pacific railway
| officials announce that their branch
lines will be equipped with them.
The constructing quartermaster at
Fort Leavenworth has received in
structions to proceed with the con-
struction of 15 new buildings at the
poet
Three batteries of field artillery
have been detailed by the war de-
partment to attend the Pike centen-
I nial celebration at Republic City. Kan.
| The circuit court of Chicago has
declared constitutional the law au-
! thorizing the issue by the city of
s75,000,000 worth of street railway
certificates as a part OF the plan for
municipal ownership.
1t is understood that Acting Sec
retary of War Oliver. who inspected
the troops at Fort Riley. was greatly
pleased with all he saw at the post
President Palma. of Cuba, has di-
rected that all hostilities cease while
an effort is being made to arrange
with the insurgents for a settlement
of differences and thus prevent in
tervention by the United States.
Leyte Pulajanes recently made a
night attack on the camp of a de-
tachment of the Twenty-fourth in
| fantry. colored, and before being
driven off succeeded In killing two
and wounding eight soldiers.
The Chicago grand jury has re-
turned Indictments against the d.
rectors of the wrecked Milwaukee
Avenue State bank, of which Paul o.
I Stensland was the president, charg-
ing embezzlement in various amounts.
While engaged in robbing the Hotel
Hamilton in Wichita. Kan. Joseph
Fitzpatrick was shot and killed by
hackman who witnessed the affair
| from the street
|
| at Cape Girardeau. Mo-, negro wit
nesses who were held by the Sm4th
| family tell of the brutality of their
! alleged employers who forced them
to work under armed guards.
The attempt to amend the constftu-
tion of the Improved Order of Red
men to exclude liquor dealers, saloon
keepers and professional gamblers
| from the order was defeated
A fire in East St Louis destroyed
a sales stable and the St Clair hotel.
! Thirty guests in the hotel escaped
with only their night clothes. Thirty
| two mules were incinerated.
In order to guard against any
drunken demonstrations on Mexican
independence day, September &c. the
mayor of every city throughout the
country has been ordered to close all
saloons in his territory
Robbers broke into the bank of
Akeley. MINI, recently and succeeded
! in carrying away $4,000 in currency.
Attorney General Hadley.. of Mis-
souri,. has secured from H. Clay
| Pierce. an admission on the witness
stand that the majority stock of the
Waters-Pierce Oil company is owned
by the Standard Oil company.
Two violent and seemingly distinct
storms visited Johnson county, Ne
braEka recently resulting in the death
of four persons and the fatal injury
| to two others. Much property was
damaged
One hundred and twenty sailors of
the United States cruiser Denver were
landed in Havana recently for the
purpose of protecting American citi-
zens and their property Marines
from the gunboat Marietta were also
landed at Cienfuegos.
The scientists of the agricultural
department have demonstrated that
there is profit in making alcohol from
the waste material of corn canneries.
Fifteen gallons have been secured
from a ton of cobs.
After having travelled around the
world fugitive from justice for
/ nearly year, Granville NJ. Gwyn,
formss cashier of the bank of Haytf,
Mo. who left a shortage of s17,O21,
has returned and voluntarily given
himself up to the authorities.
After a protracted conference with
Secretaries Taft and Bonaparte and
Acting Secretary of State Bacon Pres
ident Roosevelt has addressed let
ter to the Cuban minister at Wash
ington making known the policies of
the administration regarding the pres
ent situation in the island. The pres
ident says that unless the Cubans I'm
| mediatels- show ability to maintain or
der the United States will be COM
PEELED to take control under the
Platt amendment.
During the unveiling OF a statue to
tha late praeidanf McKfnIa, ot Cor