The Carlisle independent., 1906-05-31
The Japanese General. Nogi, who re-

| Russia and has wired St. Petersburg to learn if the report is correct.
 It is feared in Russia that the gov ernment's position on the amnesty and agrarian propositions in the parlia- ment's reply to the speech from the throne will be followed by general strike.
 The list of deaths in San Francisco directly resulting from the earthquake and fire is now placed at 402, the last name added being that of Fred F. Stan | ley, letter carrier.
 George F. Lane, a former employe of the Standard Ol Co.,, testified at the inquiry in Cleveland, O., by the inter- state commerce commission that his business for several months was to drive out independent oil dealers "by fair means of foul"
 The populace of Madrid gave Princess Ena, their future queen, magnificent ovation on her arrival in the Spanish capital.
 The Maharaiah Gaekwar of BaroGa, and party, during their recent visit to ] Washington. made trip to Mount Yer non and paid tribute to the memory of George Washington. He was a great man." said the mahaTajah.
 A tornado made dip into the town of Whiting, Ia., demol;sh.ng houSe on the identical spot where one had been destroyed by a similar storm three years ago, and that was all the damage it did.
 Robert P Lewis an Hawaiian, was arrested in Washington on suspicion that his mind was affected, and sent tc St. Elizabeth's asylum for observation. It was alleged that he had threatened violence to the president.
 A locomotive belonging to the Conti- mental Coal Co, was blown to frag- ments by dynamite near Tulsa, l. T., believed to have been placed by prop erty owners adjoining the railroad track who are opposed to it's operation.
 Datto, Ali, the leading Mindanao insurgent. who was reported killed De- tober 9 last. is now dec,ared on good authority to be very much alive ard to be engaged, with others, in organizing another instruction.
 The corpse of Rev. Frank w. Hoover, a Congregational minister of Sherrard, near Rock Island, H., was found floating in pond near his home. It is supposed he was drowned while bathing.
 Wholesale indictments have been found in the federal court at Nashville. Tenn, against individuals and corpora tions engaged in dealing In fertilizers. charging engagement in combination int If hN Q Sherman law.
 Col. William F. Switzler, historian of Missouri and nestor of the editorial fra ternity in America, died at his home
 in Columbia, Mo, May 24, at 3:30 a. m. aged ST years. He began his newspa- per career in 1S44, when he became ed itor of the Columbia Patriot.
 Edward Pay son Weston, the veteran pedestrian, now 68 years of age, walked from the city hall in Philadelphia to the city hall in New York, distance of 96 miles, in 23 hours and 26 minutes, breaking his own record made p years ago.
 Prof George A. Wentworth, widely known as an author of school text books on mathematics, died suddenly of heart disease, at the Boston & Maine railroad station in Dover, N. H., aged Il years.
 Chief of Police Briggs and former Prosecuting Attorney Henry c. Mur- phy, of South Omaha, Neb., have been indicted and arrested on charges of , blackmailing resort keepers in South Omaha.
 Some interesting testimony was ad- duced at the interstate commerce com missions inquiry at Cleveland O., in to the methods pursued by the Standard Oil Co.,, to crush out rivals in the oil business.
 Much testimony of unusual interest was adduced in the trial, in the federal court, at Kansas City, Mo, of George H. Crosby, George T. Thomas and l.. B. Taggart on charges of conspiracy in re batting railroad freight rates. There is said to be a growing senti- ment in the senate in favor of making the proposed Panama canal appropria- tion applicable only to the construction of sea level canal. President Roose- welt is said to be much concerned. Barney Oldfeld broke the worlds au- tomobile record for 50 miles, held by
 himself, at Lexington, Ky, covering the distance in 1:13:2, the former record being 1:16:20.
 George Lucas, for over 20 years a trusted clerk in the judiciary depart ment and clerk of the supreme court of Hawaii territory, has been indicted for the alleged embezzlement of $400 of
 court funds.
 Social amenities between the ambas- sadors of Russia and Japan have been : resumed in Washington, Baron Rosen taking the initiative by giving dinner
 to Viscount Aoki, the new Japanese . ambassador.
 Henrik Ibsen, the famous Norwegian poet and dramtist, died at his home in : Christiana rather suddenly, although he had heen falling for year past. It
 was said that his funeral would be a state function.
 Empire day, May 24, the anniver- | sary of the birth of the late Queen Vic