The Carlisle independent., 1906-05-10
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Coroner Walsh, of San Francisco, after revising his list of victims of the fire and earthquake. has informed Gen. Greedy that the total number of cases handled by his office was 319 of which 134 were identified and 1855 unidentified. Despite the numerous sensational stories of shootings, the coroner says that only one case of death from such cause has come to his notice.
 The federal grand jury, recently discharged at Portland, Ore, in it's final report made presentment against 21 persons alleged to have been implicated in a conspiracy to secure 100000 acres of the finest tim Der land in Oregon, located in Crook, Lake and klamath counties.
 Fire at Yakima, Wash, caused a loss of S150,006 in the shipping dis triet, including the Northern Pacific freight depot and contents.
 King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena of Italy gave dinner in honor of the delegates to the inter- national postal congress.
 Public sentiment throughout New foundland strongly supports the Bond cabinets aggressive enactment against American fishermen.
 Senator Beyeridge, of Indiana, has accepted an invitation to speak at the annual banquet of the American colony in Paris, France, on the Fourth of July.
 The third period of Japanese naval expansion will result in increasing the navy by 90,000 tons before the end of the current year.
 Japan is busily engaged in army reforms. including field and mountain artillery, transport corps and changes of cavalry and artillery, including the organization of horse artillery.
 The Japanese admiralty courts. now closed, confscated 49 ships, 33 with cargoes, , with part cargoes and 1 without cargo. A number of the ships have been ordered sold. The candidacy of Edward Rosewa- ter, proprietor of the Omaha Bee, for the republican nomination for United States. senator at the coming state convention is announced in the Bee.
 Elizabeth Gates has just died at Brunswick, Ga, aged 114 years.
 4 commission in lunacy has de- clared Dr. Oliver C. Haugh, convicted at Dayton, O., of the murder of his father, mother and brother, and of burning their home, sane.
 Sidney Hatch, of Chicago, won the Missouri Athletic clubs Marathon race over a course of 24.S5 miles long on the highways of St Louis county, in 2:46:14 3-5. Geo. H. Thibeau and Louis Marks, also of Chicago, were second and third respectively.
 The typhoid epidemic in the City of Mexico has been practically stamped out
 Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) in confined to his bed in New York with an attack of bronchitis.
 Mrs. Henry H. Honore, mother of Mrs Potter Palmer, and a pioneer resident of Chicago, died at her home in that city, as the result of a fall, aged 80 years.
 Chief Tanner of the c. A. R., says the civil war veterans are dropping off at the rate of 5000 a month.
 A report that a revolutionary out break had occurred in eastern Cuba, under the leadership of Leal, former agitator. is denied from Havana.
 After a conference at the White House, President Roosevelt ordered that the cavalry escort sent by Brig Gen. Duvall, commanding the depart ment of the Gulf, with Father Tom Sherman on his trip over the route of his fathers famous march, be recalled after reaching Resaca, Ga.
 The San Francisco finance committee decides that, being an essentially cos mopolitan community, it will be proper to accept any foreign tenders of assist ance.
 During the disturbed period in Rus sia fugitives are said to have deposited $1S7 ,0o0 in German banks