The Carlisle independent., 1906-05-17
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
 The reservoirs of the San Francisco water supply have been found abso- lutely safe, and the city is now receiv- ing a supply amply sufficient for do- nestle needs and fire protection in the anburned districts.
 The fftieth anniversary of the estab- Hshment of the Foreign Missionary so- ciety of the Methodist Episcopal church In British India was celebrated in Car negie hall, New York.
 Returns from the senatorial primary In Tennessee show that former Gov. Robert Taylor defeated Senator Car mack by approximately 5000 votes, Taylor carried 75 out of the 96 coun- ties. some of them, however, by very clese margin.
 C. w. Brown, one of the founders of the Terre Haute Qnd) Gazette, died at the advanced age of S4 years.
 The mahrajah Gaekwar of Baroda, the second greatest prince in all India accompanied by his wife and his broth er. Sampatras. arrived in New York on the steamer Celtic. He announces his intention of visiting the various prin- cipaI seats of learning in the United States, being greatly interested in edu- cational matters.
 A corpse, supposed to be that of Fla ther Gapon, has been found hanging in the upper chamber of a lonely villa in ,the summer suburb of Ozerki, Finland.
 William Selle, aged 50 years, shot and killed his wife, who was suing for di- voree, in Milwaukee, attempted to kill his daughter and then shot himself
 According to a report made to the in surance department of New York the net losses by insurance companies car rying risks in San Francisco will total s113, Al. 595.
 The enormous plant of the New Or leans Naval Stores Co and S. Shotter & Co.,, at Gulfport, Miss, including six acres of rosin yards, warehouses, com missary and storage rooms were entire ly swept away by fire. entailing a loss of s4O0. 900, with S300,00O insurance.
 The North British & Mercantile h. surance Co. has taken over s45, 900, 900 of insurance carried by the Mutual Life Insurance Co of New York on persons living in Great Britain by an arrange ment made with the Mutual.
 The first battleship of Russia's new navy, the John Statoust, has been launched at Sebastopol.
 Work has been generally resumed in practically all of the anthracite col heries of Pennsylvania, the imported men having all been shipped away.
 Two children of Marcus A. Wood ward, of Clifton, Pa, were burned to death in fire that destroyed their home.
 Two hundred funerals in one day fol- lowed the settlement of the strike of the 1,500 funeral drivers in Greater New York
 Rosie Davis and Kate Walter, both about Is. were drowned by the upset ting of a saiIboat at Clark's Landing in the Mullica river in New Jersey. Their male companions succeeded in swimming ashore.
 By a decision of the Kansas supreme court the title to lands in the West bottoms of Kansas City, Kas., valued at between one and two million dol lars, which has been in litigation for nearly half a century, is awarded to the heirs of Silas Armstrong, a Wyan- dotte Indian or his assigns.
 Willie Hoppe broke the worlds rec ord at 1S.2 baik line billiards in Q game with Jake Schaefer in the Chi cago tournament when he made a run of BOT. The former record, 255, was held by Louis Cure.
 A dispatch from Appleton, Wis, says that the General Paper Co. will .reorganize on entirely new lines.
 There not being sufficient evidence forthcoming, the charge of bribery and corruption made by the state against James s. Gibson, county at- torney, at Kansas City, Kas., will be withdrawn
 The policy holders association of the Mutual Life Insurance Co, al a meet Ing in Washington, decided to incorpo- rate under the laws of the District of Columbia. The membership extends to every state and territory, to seven Ca nadian provinces and to several foreign countries
 Edwin s. Greenfield, aged 30. the trusted confidential clerk of the Phila- delphia brokerage firm of Harrison Shy der & Co.,, is defaulter to an amount that may reach s175,O He lays his downfall to bucketshop speculation. The concern has gone into the hands of a receiver.