Sharp County record., 1907-02-15

bulls and shorts. The latter were IN
duced to cover by the fact that the
greater part of the May holdings are
said to be in the hands Of few influ-
ential operators.
A snowslide at Spring Mountain,
Utah. overwhelmed a miners cabin
and killed William Thornton. Two
other men in the cabin were unin-
iured. and a fourth man in the path OF
the avalanche escaped by climbing a
tree. At Kerwin, Wyo,, a slide, in the
night, killed Charles Brunnell and
wife.
At Monarch, Col, the house OF Fred
Mason was destroyed by an avalanche,
and Mason and his wife were killed.
Their infant son was found in his lit
tie bed uninjured although covered by
90 feet of snow and debris.
Kansas oil production shows marked
increase
The Dawes commission has COM
pleted passing on the enrolment Of
the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians,
work that was commenced ten years
ago. The names of the several thou
sand claimants included in the roll
will be sent to the secretary of the
interior by whom they must be passed
upon by March 4, after which date no
applications of persons rejected will
be considered.
In competent quarters in France
Premier Clemenceaus position is re-
garded as seriously compromised, and
his sudden retirement or downfall
would not create great surprise.
1t is admitted by railroad managers
that the opening of spring will tell
some grewsome tales of suffering,
starvation and death in the Dakotas,
caused by the intense cold and deep
snow.
President Diaz of Mexico has ex-
pressed a desire to visit Los Angeles
during the imperial council of Mystic
Shriners in May. The Los Angeles
Shriners are preparing for the expect
ed visit of the executive of the south
ern republic.
The London papers do not regard
the trouble between Japan and the
United States as serious.
At Grand Rapids, Mich, Miss Emma
Livingstone was found dead in bed
also two young nephews 1t is be-
lieved they were asphyXiated by coal
gas, and froze to death before help
could reach them. In an adjoining
room was q little girl almost frozen
The discovery was made by the dead
woman's sister.
Mrs. Russell Sage has given 81,
100000 to the Emma Willard semina
ry of Troy, N. Y, and $250,000 to the
international committee Of the Young
Mems Christian Association. Mrs
Sage finished her education. at the En-
ma Willard seminary.
Six hundred Japanese immigrants
arrived at Honolulu on the steamer
Sibe la. A number of them wore the
full uniform of the soldier of Japsl A.
and two captains, in addition to be-
ing clothed in uniform of their rank
wore their war medals.
The third mire explosion in West
Virginia in two weeks occurred at the
Davis Coal and Coke Co.'S mine No
2j at Thomas, ear Elkins, and 20 OF
80 miners are said to have been
killed.
Senator Hepburn continues fight on
Secretary Hitchcock o question OF
withdrawal order of public lands.
The British royal commission on
tuberculosis has issued a report on
tubercular diseases. The report sets
forth that man is liable to infection
by bovine tuberculosis, and that cows
milk containing tubercular bacillt is
responsible for majority of the cases
Of such infection. This contrailcts tho
theory Of Dr. Koch, of Berlin, IN
nounced in 1900, that human beings
could not contract the disease from
bovines.
"Aunty' Jane Lewis, whose age is
authentically estimated to have been
116, died at Hamilton o, She was
born at Petersburg, Va and served in
the family of Gen Zachary Taylor.
William C. Pickett, one of the best
medical authorities in the United
States on nervous diseases, and a
member of the faculty of the Medico
Chirugcal college Of Philadelphia, is
dead.
In the matter of treasury reorgani
cation, Secretary Shaw claims some
credit for himself
In unequivocal terms, President
Roosevelt has approved Admiral .Da
Wis entire action in connection witt
his visit to Kingston, Jamaica ani
requested the secretary of the navy
to express to Admiral Davis his hearti
est commendation of all that he did
Two Porto Ricans were hanged al
San Juan for murder. Theirs was the
first legal execution by hanging in the
island.
The widow of Russell Sage has
given million dollars to the Ren9ce