The Nevada County picayune., 1907-03-15
Two bandits held up a Missouri

about S100 cash, watches and valu- ables from the passengers. Lou Jeff, a colored passenger took a shot at one of the robbers, missed, and was instantly killed. W. l.. Vest lake. of Toledo. O., was shot in the hand by a flying bullet from re- volyer fred by robber.
 The Aldrich currency bill became law by the presidents approval. l The resignation of Gov. Swetten ham, of Jamaica, has become all ac- compIishcd fact, and he will leave that island so soon as bis affairs can be arranged
 Senator Platt has formally au- thorized a denial of reports that 1t k his intention to resign his place in the senate.
 Geo. Bruce Cortelyou has relin- quiShed the postmaster generals portfolio to Geo. Non l.. Meyer, for merly United States ambassador 10 Russia. Mir. Cortclyou was sworn ill as secretary of the treasury, sue ccedlug Leslie M. Shaw, who goes 10 New York 10 become president of a trust company. James R. Gar field, who relmquished the office of commissioner of corporations. sue. eeeds Ethan Allen Hitchcock, of Missouri, as secretary of the in- terior.
 The constitutional convention, 80 to j, adopted the proposition pro- Hiding for the initiative and refer endnn.
 Secretary Taft will sail March 24 for the isthmus, with expert engineers, to make a technical ex- animation of the canal work. Chief Assistant General Passen- ger Agent Van Dusen of the Penn sylsania lines died at Pittsburg, and an hour later his wife died. He had seen over 42 years of railroad service.
 Seventeen million acres of forest lands have been added to the forest l reserves of the United States by Proclamations issued by President Roosevelt.
 The new United States battleship Vermont was formally placed in commission at the Charlestown navy yard.
 The grand duke of ,Iecklcnburg- Sehwerin and the grand duke of Mecklenburg-Strclitz announce their intention to grand constitutions to their respective duchies. They are the only two German states still without constitutions.
 The death If Miss Ada l.. How ard, first president of Wellesley col lege, Is announced. She was the first woman college president in the world when she served at Wellesley.
 Eightv-fye persons have been buried hy landslide of about 15 square miles on the mountain side near Sadrata, Algicrs.
 As Mexican Central passenger train was crossing the Rio Grande, coming in from Mexico, Senor Man. uel Mariu, a musician and eompos- CT. famous in Mexico, died. He was en route to California to visit son and was i'll when he left his home at San Louis Potosi
 The Morrilton hotel, at Morral- ton, Ark, was destroyed by fire.
 Dr. F. R. Beauehamp, arrested on the charge if killing CharIe, Thom- as, at Hobart. Okla, was held with out bond to await the action of the grand jury.
 The report that Senator Spooncr, of Wisconsin. whose resignation will take effect May l, vii become chief counsel of the Hartman in. terosts is denied by Mr. Spooner, c. W. H. Lucas, mayor of Chero- kcc, Kas., fell from the back door ot the opera house and was fatally in- jured.
 Prof. \. W. MulIikcn, superin- tendent of schools of Cherokee coun- ty, Kansas, was killed by d Katy passenger train at Columbia, Kas. A statement from President Diaz recently that he would die happy if he knew Mexico was free from every N-aqui Indian has prompted Pedro Alyarado, the mining king of Par raI. Chihuahua, to come 10 his