The Elbert County tribune., 1907-01-24
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings of the
Past Seven Days.
Interesting Items Gathered from An
parts of the World Condensed
Into Small Space for the
Benent of Our Readers.
Personal.


ing crushed between cars. He had on
ly been employed two weeks and this
was his third regular trip.
Mohammed Ali Mira has been
crowned shah of Persia in the palace
at Teheran.
The condition of President Costro
of Venezuela is again reported to be
very grave.
King Peter of Servia, denies tina.
he has any intention of resigning or
permanently leaving the country.
Rear Admiral Sigsbee. who COM
manded the battleship Main when
that vessel was destroyed in Havana
harbor in 1898, has been retired on
account of age.
Mayor Dunno. of Chicago, has an
nounced his candidacy for the demo-
cratic 1nayoralty nominatiin in that
city.
Senator Reuben r. Adams has been
expelled from the state senate OF Ar
kansas for accepting bribe.
A number of Chicago publishing
houses burned recently causing a loss
of s50O,0O0.
Albert B. Cummings has been in
augurated for his third term as gov
ernor of Iowa.
John D. Rockefeller has been re-
elected superintendent of the Euclid
Avenue Baptist Sunday school at
Cleveland, O., He has served in that
capacity for rs years
Senator Bailey recently made an
impassioned address to the Texas
legislature denying that there was
anything wrong in his connection
with the Waters-Pierce Oil company.
John R. Walsh, former president of
the Chicago National bank. which
failed December 16, 1905, has been in
dicted by the federal grand jury for
alleged misconduct in the manage
ment of the finances of the bank.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson was
reelected president of the American
Breeders association at the annual
meeting at Columbus. o., recently.
Horace E. Hand, social leader and
chief clerk of the Frisco railroad at
St Louis, was arrested, pleaded
guilty to forgery, received a sentence
of five years and was taken to the
penitentiary all within a space of Is
hours.
Joseph Holdebler, an inmate of the
Nebraska asylum for the insane, has
appealed to the emperor of Germany
to secure his release. He is a citizen
of Germany and there is considerable
doubt of his insanity.
CONGREGATIONAL.
The senate committee to investi-
gate conditions in Indian territory
has submitted report recommend
ing various changes in the present
laws Secretary Hitchcock was cen.
cured for Withdrawing lands from al
lotment.
The house committee on merchant
marine and fisheries, by vote. of
eight to seven, recommended ship
subsidy bill. Seven subsidized mail
lines are provided for.
By vote of 133 to 95 the house
agreed to increase the salaries of SEN
ators and representatives to $500.
and fixed the pay of vice president.
speaker and cabinet members at $12,-
900.
sfisce celInneous.
More than $2,000,000 worth of the
capital stock of the lola Portland Ce.
ment company stock has been sold to
capitalists said to be connected with
the United States Steel Corporation
which carries with 1t control of the
plants at lola, Kan, and Dallas, Tex.
The locomotive on a Santa Fe
freight train blew up on a bridge near
Deaoto, Kan. killing the engineer
and fireman. The engine and IA cars
went through the bridge.
Twenty-Five persons were killed in
the wreck of Big Four passenger
train near Fowler, Ind, 20 of whom
We're cremated.
The Missouri house of representa-
tives has passed a resolution indors-
ing the action of President Roosevelt
in discharging the negro troops for
completely in the Brownsville, Tex,
affair.
Unusual cold weather has been pre-
vailing in the northwest recently. At
Browning, Mont, the thermometer
was said to have reached 55 degrees
below zero. The entire country is
covered with snow to depth of four
feet.
A violent earthquake shock recent.
ly visited Kingston. Jamaica. caus-
ing widespread destruction of pro-
perty. Many buildings that remained
standing were destroyed by the fire
which followed the shock. First ac-
counts estimated the loss of life at
100 persons.
Norris Brown, fomer attorney gen
eral of the state. has been chosen by
the Nebraska legislature TO succeed ].
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