The Carlisle independent., 1906-09-06


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 George Gould and D. Cady Herrick have resigned from the board of the Mutual Life Insurance Co, and Fred eriek Cromwell and Adrian Iselin i have quit the finance committee of l the Equitable.
 l The western trunk lines denied the petition of the Chicago Commercial l association for lower rates to Mis- souri river points and the southwest.
 Several batteries of rapid-fire guns, manned by Americans, are at Havana and will be used against the insur- gents. The gems were secured in the United States.
 l It Is stated that the southwestern railways will increase their grain traf fic this year fully 20 per cent over last year.
 During the week ended August 31 | the geographical institute of Geot- 1 tingen university, in Germany, re- corded eight earthquakes and 20 the week previous. This is the heaviest record ever made at the institute. MI OiSOpSls lAC AluSllCdu Cndl SS at Havana. has warned the Cuban government that it must protect Amer 1 ican interests in the tobacco belt. Several plantations owned by Amer jeans have been raided by insurgents.
 Gen. H. c. Childs, former attorney general of Minnesota, died from ap- pendicitis.
 For the fourteenth time the execu- 1 tive council of Victoria, Australia, has rejected the proposal to confer the right of suffrage on women.
 William Jennings Bryan arrived at New York from his tour around the world. He was accorded hearty re- ception, and delivered an address at Madison Square garden.
 It is stated that the Hepburn rate bill will put the private car lines out of business. They are made common carriers, subject to all provisions of the act.
 The wrecked Philadelphia Real Els tate Trust Go. may be able to resume business. The funds of the Presbyte. rian church and other institutions seem to be intact.
 Eastern and western railways com plain of a car shortage to transport crops.
 The extraordinary demand for gold in Europe has stopped imports of gold to the United States. This has nos caused any furry in money eenters, bankers reporting they have sufficient to meet all demands.
 Recently a report was sent from Havana that the loyal troops met and defeated a band of revolutionists, and killed r. Later reports are that only one revolutionist suffered death in that battle"
 The state department has made pub lie a proclamation by President Roose- welt declaring and putting into effect on September 1 the new agreement as to reciprocal tariff concessions be- tween this government and Spain.
 The Chinese are talking parlia- ment. The dowager empress has ap- pointed a committee to consider the report of the Chinese commissioners who recently returned from studying foreign governments.
 M. F. Elliott, general counsel for the Standard Oil O., denounces as absurd the report that the Standard had taken steps to acquire all of the principal distilIeries in the United States.
 The Real Estate Trust Co.,, of Phil adelphia, organized in 1885, and re- garded as one of the strong financial institutions of that city, is in the hands of a receiver. Its president, Frank K. Nipple, who was responsible for the condition of the institution, committed suicide a few days before. Nipple was treasurer of the general assembly of the Presbyter an church in the United States. and almost s1,- ! 000,000 of the funds of the church are in the institution. The failure was caused by Nipple loaning funds to promoter The liabilities are placed at s10,000.000 with quick assets of S3,500,000 and doubtful collateral of s8,000,OOO
 In the South Carolina democratic primaries M. F. Ansell, whom Sen. ator Tillman opposed, was elected governor. The dispensary law, which Senator Tillman championed, was given severe blow.
 In an interview Wm. R. Hearst de- clared that he would not run on the democratic ticket in New York for | governor, but will be the nominee of