The Glenwood post., 1907-06-01

| One man was killed and 90 persons
injured in a wreck on the Southern
Pacific railroad near Los Angeles,
! Cal, the wreck was caused by un-
known parties loosening the rails on
trestle, which spread under the
weight of the engine precipitating the
cars into ravine.
A monument to the memory Of
Ensign Bagley, the only naval Of
ficer killed in the war with Spain,
was recently unveiled at Raleigh,
| n. c., in the presence of 10000 spec,
tators.
\ copppr bronze equestrian statute
of Gen. John B. Gordon was recently
unveiled 1t Atlanta, Ga,
The San Francisco grand Jury re
turned Indictment against six mil
lionaires in one day on charges of
| bribery as well as bringing addition
| a indictments against Abraham Ruei
and Mayor Schmitz.
Gov. Hoch, of Kansas, in his Mem
orial day proclamation, calls atten-
tion TO the law passed by the last
| session of the legislature which makes
| it a misdemeanor to carry on any
| ball game, horse race or other sport
| ing event on that day.
Eight or ten persons perished in
a fire that consumed lodging house
at San Jose. Cal
Reports from Toxic state that the
| Iln9nnGn in, u
legged attacks made upon japanese
! restaurants in San Francisco.
The French Minister. at Tangier.
reports that the Sultan's representa-
| tive has promised to accede to all the
French demands.
A police census Just completed gives
| the population of the District of Col
umbia as 329,591, of whom 9G,1SS are
| negroes.
There is a serious lack of farm
| hands in the Northwest. according to
reports received by the Great North
ern railroad. Farmers are offering
| S25 and $40 n month for helm.
Six men alleged to be the leaders
| of the mob that lynched negro at
| Sterrett, l. T., March 81. have been ar
| rested by United States marshals and
held on a charge of murder.
At ClaXton, Ga, two negroes We're
lynched, one white man and two ne
groes were killed and seven other per
sons We're injured as the result of an
attempt to capture a negro who had
criminally assaulted a white woman.
Five white men We're killed and
molten metal in a blast furnace at
Pittsburg, Pa.
Ten indictments have been re-
turned against President Heggeman
of the Metropolitan Life Insurance
company by the New York grand
jury on a charge OF forgery and per-
jury.
Parts s presumed to be strikers
short crrcuted the trolley wire on
some of the San Francisco car lines
and caused an explosion in the power
house which burned out the switch
board putting out of commission all
lines north of Market street
A. T. Pigg, charged with bribing a
| juror in Topeka, was recently re.
turned from California to stand trial
The court of appeals of kentucky
has handed down decision dcclariS6
the last city election in Louisville
void and ordering new election in
| November next. The governor is
given power to fill the vacant Offices
According to recent census
bulletin the United States leads in
the manufacture of shoes.
The live stock commission men at
the various packing centers are re-
senting "A recent order of the pack
ers regarding inspection of cows and
heifers. Resolutions have been
adopted to refuse to sell under the
proposed rule; and shippers we're
notified to hold cows and helers on
the farm for the present.
A tornado of small proportions re-
Gently visited Snyder, OK, causing
considerable damage TO property No
fatalities were reported.
Commissioner r. A. Anthony, who
took the testimony in the custer suit
of the state of Missouri against the Re-
public, Standard and Waters-Pierce
Oil companies, has filed his report
with the supreme court of the state
He sustains every allegation of At
torney General Hadley's petition and
recommends that the companies be
oused from the state.
The failure of the State bank of
Manitou, Ok, with a capital of $l0,-
! 600. has been announced.
A bulletin issued by the census
| bureau places the consumption of
wood pulp in the United States in
1906 at 3646,693 cords as compared
with 3,193,l23 cords in 1906.
Corporal L. l.. Knowles Of the
| Twentyfifth infantry was convicted
by the court martial recently held