The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1906-11-02
THE LATEST EVENTS OF THE
WORLD BRIEFLY AND TERSE-
LY NARRATED.
FROM EVERYWHERE
Foreign Lands, Throughout the Ma
ton, and Particularly
From the Great
Southwest.

met peculiar death. Intending to
butcher a calf, he shot the animal
with an automatic revolver and then
replaced the weapon in his hip
pocket. The revolver kept on shoot
ing until emptied, five bullets tax
ing effect in Cooks body.
S. S. Benedict died at his resi-
dence in Benedict, Kas., from stom-
ach trouble, aged 62. He served
number of years in both branches of
the Kansas legislature, and at the
time Of his death was state senator
from Wilson and Neosho counties.
James Murphy, night clerk in the
Merchants hotel in Tulsa, |. T.,
was shot and fatally wounded by
an unknown man, who discharged
the contents of a double-barreled
shotgun full in Murphy's face. The
crime was sequel to wordy argu-
ment, following the strangers re-
fusal to pay bill in the cafe adj
joining the hotel. The assailant is
at large.
Miss Laura Scott, a 19-year-old
school teacher, was found dead near
Parker, in Douglas county, Col, by
a searching party, and coroner's
jury returned verdict that she died
of exposure. She lost her way when
returning home from making a call,
and frnza IN death
The complaint of the territory Of
Oklahoma, by W. Q. Cromwell, the
attorney general, against Is rail
roads, being all the trunk line rail
roads in Oklahoma and their Texas
connecting lines to gulf points, al
leging unfair and illegal rates on
wheat in carload lots, has been filed
with the interstate commerce COM
mission in Washington.
The Mobile & Ohio railroad has
granted an increase of pay to about
900 machinists in its employ. The
men asked for an increase from
32A cents an hour to 35 cents an
hour The railroad met their prop
osition with the offer of "a cents an
hour, which was accepted.
The explosion of a gasoline stove
in a butcher shop and restaurant at
Portia, Lawrence county, Ark, re-
suited in the practical destruction of
that place by fire.
Mrs. Aralee Bum, wife of former
Chief Justice Bum of Arkansas,
died at her home in Eldorado, Ark.
She was GS years old.
Charles Alyea, living near Foun-
taintown, Ind, accidentally shot
and killed his daughter Martha, 3
years old.
Judge Nathaniel Ewing. in the
United States court at Pittsburg,
Pa, sentenced Capt Henry r. Kraft
of the steamer Bessie Smith to
serve one hour in jail as penalty
for SAYING, "To h with the presi-
dent of the United States" He
served.
Brevot Ryan and L. A. Wright,
well-known planters near EArgent,
Mass, became involved in a pistol
duel. following a game of chance.
Shooting continued until both were
| killed. j. W. Breland, in whose
store the shooting occurred, was shot
and killed while attempting to sep
arate the men.
An attempt to keep "Little Rock"
Norton, a negro, from making love
to another negro's wife, may result
seriously for Mayor n. j. Hazel, of
Marked Tree, Ark, who was shot
by the dusky lover. Norton made
his escape, but posse is searching
for him.
Because hundreds of miners and
other prospectors violated the law
by rushing into the Walker Lake
| New Indian reservation before
the date set for the opening, the
opening may be declared invalid and
the present claim-holders ordered
out.
Very few laborers from the West
Indies are going to the isthmus to
work. The planters and other en-
ployers of labor are doing their best
to retain the men.
Tn body of William Rogers, a
farmer, was found in a well on his
farm near Muskogee, |. T., by his
wife. There was evidence Of sui
eide.
G. c. Rose and Mrs. Winnie
Wheeler. leaders of the Brotherhood
of Light, who conduct home for
poor children on a farm near Ar
beles, Col. were arraigned before