The Carlisle independent., 1906-11-08

' way" and a big fly wheel went to pieces. A flying spoke brained Hamp crockett, negro fireman, and the | same piece struck Dewitt Dortchaw, negro watchman, cutting his throat and breaking his neck.
 Trade reviews complain of the con- l gested conditions of traffic on rail- ways. The arrangements of railways say it is impossible to furnish cars and power for the movement of the | immense commerce of the country.
 The gubernatorial campaign in New York closed with whirlwind of en- | thusiasm on both sides, coupled with ! bitter accusations from the friends of | each candidate. It has been many years since such a strenuous cam paign has been carried on.
 Twenty-three of the indicted ne groes under arrest at Atlanta, Ga, will be held for trial for murder, and against them the evidence is practi- cally the same as against Alexander | Walker, who was given a life sen l tence
 The minister of the French colo nies has decided to summon the An nam state council and depose King Thanah-Thai, who has been adjudged insane. Previously. the king had or dered seven of his wives to be exc cuted, and looked on with delight while they were slowly tortured to death. After killing one of his wives he had the body cooked and served ! for dinner, forcing the members Of his court. by threats of death in case of refusal, to eat it. Anuam is in Cochin China.
 The Philadelphia Public Ledger says that the wages of all the em- ployes of the Pennsylvania lines, east and west of Pittsburg, are to be in- creased All employees receiving un- der 5000 per month are in the list.
 Atty-Gen. Moody, in an address at Providence, R. l., said: Corporations have come to stay, as have organized labor. Let us not condemn either, but let us rather say that it is just and right that they must obey the laws of the land. What we are trying to get at is the truth. and until we
 
 against the Standard Oil Co. Then all the wealth in the country can not stand against the law of the land"
 The German steamer Hermann, from Antwerp for the Mediterranean. was sunk in the channel as a result of collision. Twenty three of her crew were drowned.
 +ho late Charles 4. Dana, died at Buckeye Lake, near Newark O., where he had gone to hunt ducks. He was interest ed in a number of manufacturing con- cerns. and leaves a large estate.
 Judge Geary, who made national reputation at the time of the anar- chist trials in 1888, over which ne president, died in Chicago As the presiding officer at the trial he was repeatedly threatened with death by anarchist sympathiZers. He was born in Potsdam, N. r., in 1921, was admitted to the bar in 1S44, and practiced at Springfield, Mo, Las Vegas, N. M., and San Francisco, locat- ing in Chicago in 1856. He was made a judge in 1863, and had been on the bench continuously since that time.
 Sensational charges are made in ten indictments which were returned by the Chittendent county, Vermont, grand jury in connection with the al- legged sale of diseased cattle in the state, and the sale of which accord ing to the indictments, two former members of the state cattle commisr sion participated with full know ledge that such cattle would be used for food purposes.
 Dr. John R. Thomas of New York. an aernaut, became eutangled in the ropes of his balloon, at Atlanta, Ga., and sailed away in the clouds. The balloon made quick descent, and dropped the doctor over cotton field
 Acting upon the recommendation of Surgeon General O'Reilly, Acting Secretary of War, Oliver has ordered that hereafter identification tags of aluminium the size of a silver half dollar, stamped with the name. com pany, regiment or corps of the wearer, be suspended from the neck of every officer and soldier underneath the clothing by a cord or thong.
 Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy, head of the Christian Science church, was inter- viewed at Concord, N. H., by woman reporter. in the presence of half score of other representatives of the press. Mrs. Eddy said she was in perfect health, and that God was her only physician. There had been ru- mors that she was failing. Mrs. Eddy is in her eighty-sixth year.
 Emma Goldman and nine other per