The Glenwood post., 1907-03-16
Mcs.. Important Happenings G Is
Past Seven Days.
interesting items GnthrreG -, IN
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Personal,

will retain his position until July /,
at least.
Arcnaeacon Henry Leeds of the
Kansas diocese OF the Episcopal
church died at Topeka of heart fail
ure.
John Alexander Dowie, founder OF
the Catholic Christian church of Zion
City, Ill, is dead.
Mrs. j. E. Stoval, of Lawton, Ok,
recently gave birth TO baby girl
in a street car at Oklahoma City
William Hagedon. who it is claimed
was the heaviest man in Missouri and
who weighed 5O3 pounds died recent
ly at his home near Richmond.
John Turner died at Paola, Kan.
at the age of 81 years. lie saw the
coronation of Queen Victoria.
George w Perkins has given his
personal check for $5i,O1919 to rein
burse the New York Life Insurance
company for the money contributed
to the republican committee during
the last national campaign.
Signor Gallo. the Italian minister
of justice. died recently in Rome OF
syncope He had held many promin-
ent positions in the government.
Miss Louise Ross. of Louisiana,
Mo, was beaten and stabbed by her
sweetheart, Andrew Watts. until near
ly dead. Watts was arrested and
placed in Jail Thereats OF lynchins
We're openly made
The Dowager Empress of Russia is
in London visiting her sister Queen
Alexandra.
Dr. Karl Heinrich Won Boetticher,
who served as German minister OF
the interior under Bismarck, is dead.
w. II. Burrow, cashier of bank
at Smith Center, Kansas, has been
appointed a national bank examiner
Henry Davis Todd, lieutenant com
mander L. S. N. retired the last
member of the naval academy class of
1857. died recently at Annapolis. Md.
Capt David J. Gibbon, U. S. A.
retired, who invented a number of
instruments now in use in the wealth
er bureau, is dead in Washington.
Edwin Leland a post office in
spector, son of Cyrus Leland, of Kan
sas. has been removed from the gov
ernment service.
Frank T. Campbell, formerly lieu
tenant governor of Iowa, died re-
Gently at Lima. O.
Nicholas Murray Butler. president
of Columbia university, was married
at New York recently TO Miss Kate
La Montague.
The J. H. Crane Furniture company
one of the pioneer firms of st. Louis
has made an assignment for the bene-
fit of creditors.
Perry Evans, a teacher of country
school in Oklahoma, was recently as
saulted and killed by number of his
male pupils.
Congressional.
The inquiry by the senate commit
| tee on military affairs into the affraS
at Brownsville, Tex, has been re
sumed after ten days recess.
Both houses of congress have
passed a resolution creating a joint
committee of five senators and five
| representatives of the Sixtieth con.
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| of the United States.
There has already been 1855, 600 ap
plications for pensions filed unCvr
| the new service pension law enacted
| last month.
Miscellaneous.
| After two years of litigation tht
| guessing contest regarding attend.
| ance at the St Louis worlds fair has
been decided by the courts. NJ. Io
gan Guthrie, of Fulton, Mo. was
awarded the prize Of $4,000.
A big strike of placer gold has beer
| made in Lost Creek, near Bellingham
| Wash.
The street car mems union OF
| Omaha, Neb, has voted against {
strike to enforce demands for {
CLOSED shop
The defense in the Thaw trial took
the prosecution by surprise wnen they
notified District Attorney Jerome that
! it would rest their case with the testi.
| mony of Mrs. William Thaw. The
| state will now put in rebuttal evi-
| dence. and then the argument will be
| gin.
| The Iowa board of railroad com
missioners have ordered a reduction
of IS per cent in the freight rates
on cattle, horses, mules and sheep.
The women suffragists of England
have been temporarily defeated in their
efforts to get bill through parliament
| giving them the right to vote.
| The Legislature OF Pennsylvania
has commenced an inquiry into the
| charges Of extra ansanca ConIectCd
with the o:t!di9g of the new state
| capitol In which s4 5ua0gG was spent
for the building ana $9,OO0000 for fur
| nishing and equipment
Fred w. Baker Recoud cousin
| of Mrs. Mary Baker G.. Eddy and DR.
| f. j. Foster-E Eddy, Mrs Eddy's adopt
| ed son, have become additional part
ioS nIointifr IN tho hill in emit v