The Delta independent., 1907-01-18
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings Of tie
Past Seven Days.
Interesting Items Gathered from All
parts of the World Condensed
Into Small Space for the
Benent of Our Readers.
Personal.

| h1TS. ASSlc myers uuueI sSueCASo W
be hanged for the murder Of her hus-
band in Kansas City has been granted
another appeal to the supreme court
and Gov. Folk has granted 80 days
respite to Frank Hoffman, her alleged
accomplice.
George B. Cortelyou has announced
his retirement from the Craftsmanship
of the republican national committe.
Harry S. New will become acting
| chairman.
D. R. Francis president of the St.
Louis worlds fair company has gone
| to Mexico to present to President
Diaz a gold medal awarded him in
| recognition OF his services to the ex-
position company.
Newton Youngblood, 16-year-old
boy who killed his employer, farmer
near Edmonds, Ok. when caught in
the act OF driving away with the lat
ter's team and buggy. has been ar
rested at Anadarko, l. T., to which
point he had driven the team.
George L. Shredder, a confidential
clerk, of Duke, Lemon & Co., a live
stock commission firm at the Kansas
City stock yards has been arrested on
a charge Of embezzlement
James McCrea. first vice president
Of the Pennsylvania lines west OF
Pittsburg. has been elected president
of the Pennsylvania Railroad COM
pany to succeed the late A. ]. Cas-
satt
William H. Mackey, jr, has been
re-appointed to be United States mar
shall of Kansas.
Frederick McMasters, United States
consul at Zanzibar, has rendered his
resignation because Of the small sal
ary attached to the office.
Prof Otto Benndorf, the noted arch
aeologist, Is dead in Vienna.
F. NJ. Robertson, of Wilson coun-
ty, Kansas, has been elected to fill
the vacancy caused by the death Of
State Senator S. S. Benedict.
Maj. Gen. Won Der Launitz, pre-
feet of police of St. Petersburg was
slot and instantly killed In the insti-
tute OF experimental medicine. The
assassin was cut down and killed by
an officer.
DR.. Joseph A. Aldrich, former sur
geon in the United States army, is
dead at his home In Denver, aged
SO years.
Daniel Garman, who was engineer
Of the train on which President Lin
coin made his famous midnight Jour-
oo Jo 10 hfnp
recently died at Lebanon. Pa.
Rev. John C. Brooks, youngest
brother of the late Phillips Brooks.
is dead In Paris.
George A. Murphy, of Muskogee. l.
T., is to be the chief speaker at the
Kansas Day banquet at Topeka on
January 29.
E. w. Hastings, an actor Of New
York, was killed recently in q wreck
of the overland limited train on the
Union Pacific in Nebraska.
Congregational.
Prominent Cherokee women have
prepared a memorial to congress ask.
ing that body to set aside the decree
Of the supreme court which abrogated
SuC IlShlS u iAlSl
A bill has been introduced in the
senate to prohibit the sale of lands in
the government domain on which are
situated beds Of coal and other miner
ais until such deposits are exhausted.
MIscriInnsess. s
The Northern Pacific railway COM
pany has Issued $95,000.00O OF new
stock making a total capitalization OF
$3.50, 100000.
In the custer suit OF the state OF
Missouri against the Delmar Jockey
club of st. Louis. writ of error To
has been granted by Chief Justice
CAN'T.
The southern portion OF Indiana is
suffering from floods. Fifteen schools
In Gibson county alone we're COM
PEELED to close on account OF the high
water.
BY direction OF the president. Sec
retary Hitchcock has issued an order
notifying registers Of local land Of
icers to destroy all illegal enclosures
on public lands after April !. next.
Andrew Carnegie has notified Secre-
tary Root Of his intention to contri-
butte $750,000 for the purpose OF erect
Ing a building in Washington for the
use Of the bureau Of American repub-
lies.
Judge Garland. Of the United States
district court at Sioux Falls, s. d.,
has rendered q decision holding that
the state board Of railroad commis-
sioners has Jurisdiction over express
companies.
Fire at Almena. Kan, destroyed six
buildings and damaged others.
c. G. Webster an Independent Of,
refiner Of Humboldt. Kan, testified
In Standard Oil suit at st. Louis that