The log cabin Democrat., 1907-05-30

little girl named Mary wagner letter pleading for the pardon of her stepfather, John Allison, who was convicted in Michigan Q number of years ago Of bank robbery, and had served six years of long sentence Tn the penitentiary when he escaped. Since then he is said to have been living an exemplary life.
 The body of E. T. Cunning, a prominent attorney, was found in the water at Port Los Angeles, Cal. He left his home in Los Angeles, Cal. 8 few days ago and wrote a letter to his wife telling her that he intended to drown himself.
 Henry Becker, of Manhattan, N. Y., was arrested on suspicion of hay ing murdered Amelia, the 15-year- old daughter of William Staffeldt, a farmer of Elmhurst, l.. l.
 Secretary Shepard has announced that the Los Angeles committee hav- ing charge of the preparations for the convention of the National Ed ucational association July S-12 pro- poses to make the musical features especially prominent.
 Fred Harte, aged 21, entered a dance hall in Choska, I. T., shot and mortally wounded l.. NJ. John son, the floor walker, and shot and seriously wounded a negro fiddler and a four year-old child in its mothers arms.
 The president, it is said at the White House, will not make more than one stop in any one state on his way down the Mississippi river after he leaves Canton on the 30th of Sep tember.
 After first searching their lodg- ings, the police of Berlin took into custody ten Russian students. The search revealed incriminating anar- chistic pamphlets.
 A nitroglycerin factory located three miles south of Martinsville, Ill.,, which supplied the explosive to the Clark county oil fields, took fire and exploded.
 The United States inland water way commission completed its trip by boat from St. Louis to New Or leans. An immense amount of data, some of it bearing on the lakes-to- the gulf deep waterway project, was gathered en route.
 Former Judge William Lumpkin, a lawyer and wealthy citizen of FL don, Mo-, was arraigned before United States Commissioner Gies- berg on a charge of sending obscene matter through the mails.
 The largest, most representative and most harmonious convention which ever assembled in Ireland re- pudiated the plan for a limited council, which was all the liberal government had to offer in fulfil ment of his campaign promises.
 Myer Cohn, whose letters show that he came from Harrisburg, Pa., committed suicide in Vancouver, B. C.
 Mexican troops are being moved to the Guatemalan frontier over the Pan American railroad. according to advices received. In what numbers or for what purpose these soldiers are being moved southwark, is not known outside of official circles.
 Thirty persons were injured, some seriously, in a collision between a three-car electric train bound for New York from Coney Island and trolley car of the Thirty-ninth street at Bay Nineteenth and Eighty-sixth street, Bath Beach.
 At the biennial convention of the Switchmen's Union of America it is probable that proposal to make contribution for the defense of Mover, Haywood and Pettibonc at Boise, Idaho, will be brought up.
 It is predicted that the first wit ness testifying to circumstances con- nected with the crime in the Stcun- cnberg murder case will take the stand one week hence.
 The announcement Is made that ut.-Gcn. Joseline Heneage Wode- house has been appointed governor of Bermuda, in succession to Sir Robert McGregor Stewart, recently resigned.
 The secretary of the interior ap- proved the selection of 122,348 acres of land by the state of Colorado in lieu of school lands otherwise dis posed of.
 Women at work in the United States is the subject of a report is sued by the census bureau based on