The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-10-03
NEWS SUMMARY

self candidate for governor OF Ten
nessee against Malcolm K Patterson
The state supreme court of Tennes-
see holds the Pendleton law to be con-
stitutional This statute abolishes sa'
looms in all cities of 100000 inhabit'
! ants or less.
The county infrmary at Wapako-
meta. Ohio has been destroyed by fire.
All of the forty-eight inmates escaped
without injury. Several who did not
hear the alarm had to be carried out
| through the flames.
The gasoline tank on the yacht
Blanche exploded while carrying
marty of twenty-five men on the Ohio
river near Galliopolis. Ohio. All those
on board were thrown into the water
and four were drowned.
The launch Warrior was struck by
whale off the end of Howard street
wharf, San Francisco, and so badly
damaged that II sank few minutes
after reaching the boat landing at the
Howard street bulkhead.
The food commissioner hac ordered
proceedings begun against the South
Omaha packing houses for alleged vio
lation OF the pure food law. 1t is as
serted that short weight is given In
packages of ham and bacon.
George W. Beavers, formerly of the
postal department, who was sentenced
to imprisonment in connection with
the postal frauds. several years ago,
was released from the penitentiary at
Moundsville, w. Va, last week.
Two sailors belonging to the United
States cruiser st. Louis fell overheard
and were drowned at San Francisco,
in the presence OF Admiral Swim
burne, who was making the regular
admiral's inspection at the time.
Richard Walton. the colored man
arrested in Springfield for the murder
Of Mrs. Lillian w. Grant, in Chicago,
has informed the police that another
colored man named Richard Lemoyne
was the actual slayer of Mrs. Grant.
United States Senator Knox was
formally indorsed for the nomination
sylvania League of Republican clubs,
at the closing session of its twentieth
annual convention, held at Harrisburg,
Pa.
While laborers were at work on
large sewer being constructed by the
city at Charleston, w. Va, an explo.
sion from leaking gas occurred and
two men were caught in the sewer in
mass of flames. Both were fatally
burned.
Ethel Ellison and Leonard Sargent,
farmers children, and their mothers,
were burned to death in a hayshed on
the Trafford farm, four miles from
New Haven, Ills. The children set
the barn ON fire while playing with
matches.
North Dakota will be the name of
battleship No. 23, one of the new 20
O00-ton vessels, contracts for which
were recently awarded by the navy
department. The other vessel, as
heretofore announced, will be called
the Delaware.
Testimony in the case of James
b. Hammond, founder of the Ham
mond Typewriter company, whose
sanity is being inquired into, has been
concluded in New York City. The
jury was unable to agree after being
out six hours, and was discharged.
I. Imai, secretary of the Japanese
consulate at Honolulu, arrived In San
Francisco on the steamer Siberia. hay-
Ing been ordered by his home govern.
ment to proceed to Vancouver and
make thorough investigation of the
recent antl-Japanese outbreak there.
About 1000 Moorish rebels have de.
teated force of imperial troops in
battle which lasted a day and
half The rebels cut off the heads of
twenty-eight of the sutan's soldiers
as trophies of their victory and drove
2oS prisoners in the direction of Zen.
Ian.
captain Flavius j. Tygard, aged 81
years, awaiting trial on a charge of
misplacing the funds OF the Bates Ma.
uonal bank of Butler, Md. was nm.
aoie TO furnish bond of 10000 in
the Federal court at Kansas CITY and
Mo. '''i'on'
A boiler exploded in the conserya.
Iories OF George NJ. Kellogg, florist, at
FIeasant Hill, Mo, partially DESTROY. |
ing the building and causing damages
estimated at $4,000. over one.half
u the plant was saved The conser.
west =" 're
Unprecedented rains in Andalusia
have caused great destruction NJ ,Ifa
and property. Thirty persons waro
drowned at Malaga twenty.three at
Nelez de Benamargoza. among tbans
[ne mayor of the town; thirteen at
the valley. "''e'' III
"A conspiracy to start. revolution
III Cupa has been discovered Under
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