The Carlisle independent., 1907-02-14


 state to deliver the oration at Gettys- burg in 1903. He died in the house where he was born 6S years ago.
 Thomas Ava Edison, tbe inventor, says that when man gets to be 8 years old it is time to knock off work and play. Mir Edison is 59.
 The exportation of iron and steel manufactures from the United States reached their highest record during the last year, according to figures com piled by the bureau of statistics of the department of commerce and labor The total fer 1906 aggregate $172,O00,- 000, an increase of $30,000, ,000 over the preceding year.
 James D. Money Jr, nephew of Senator Money and cousin of Gov Vardaman, was acquitted by jury of the charge of murder
 Melvin Conklin, aged 24. has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his brother, Delbert Conk- lin, at Lansing, Mich.
 Women of Chattanooga have pro- tested against the printing of details of the Thaw murder case and similar criminal court proceedings
 It is reported that eight girl stu dents arrested in Moscow, Russia, in connection with the threat of the ter. rorists to execute the death sentences have been tried by drumhead court martial.
 The relations between the govern ments of Hayti and Germany are strained owing to the refusal of the German bankers, Hermann & O.. by direction of the court at Port-au- Prince, to return to the Haytian gov ernment large sums of money alleged to have been fraudulently obtained.
 The Italian government sent troops and assistance to Marina di Catanzaro, fishing village on the Calabrian coast, where tidal wave destroyed 122 houses and rendered the popula- tion homeless and destitute.
 Chief Engineer Stevens tells gov ernment he will quit if Panama canal is dug under contract.
 The Iowa board of railroad commits sioners has ordered complete revis- ion of freight schedules in the state The order was made after hearing complaints made on rates on live stock.
 A Pennsylvania railroad train ran wild through Philadelphia with the en- gineer dead at the throttle. He had been struck by some obstruction along 10 cfO ,a tI ain
 ]. KMcLean, prominent Kansan, died at his home at Florence, Kas aged S4 He served through the civil war es a captain and afterward served as a major in the regular army. He also served in the Kansas legislature.
 All conductors, trainmen and yard men of the Southern railway are to receive an increase in wages aggregat- ing between $350,000 and $400,000 a year. The advance affects hundreds of men.
 Oats reached the highest price in Chicago in three years when the May delivery touched 401sc The advance was caused by buying by prominent 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 infiu- ential operators.
 A snowslide at Spring Mountain, Utah, overwhelmed a miners cabin and killed William Thornton. Two other men in the cabin were unin- jured and a fourth man in the path of the avalanche escaped by climbing a tree. At Kerwin, Wyo., slide, in the night killed Charles Brunnell and wife.
 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 f, after which date no applications of persons rejected will be considered.
 It 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.
 In competent quarters in France Premier Clemenceau's position is re- garded as seriously compromised, and