The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-16
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Most Important Happenings &C Tie
Past Seven Days.
interesting Items Gathered from All
parts of the World Condensed
Into Small Space for the
Dement, of Our Readers.
Personal.

Mrs Houser wife of Daniel Houser
pany publishing the Globe-Democrat
died in St Louis from the effects of
selfinflicted gun shot wound.
Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaivitch
of Russia has married Princess Anas-
tasia of Montenegro.
Frank H. Butler, who was charged
with the murder of the Marvin boy at
Dover. Del, has been released from
custody, for want of sufficient evil
dence against him.
A. L. Stilwell and a party of 80
capitalists who took a trip over the
lines of the Orient railroad in Mexico,
have returned.
Miss Harriet Haskell. principal of
the famous Monticello, ILL.,, Seminary
for the past 40 years. is dead aged 70.
A C. Tally, former secretary of the
Missouri state populist committee.
and for several years part owner and
editor of the Columbia Statesman. is
dead of pneumonia.
Secretary of the Interior Garfield
has accepted the resignation of Tams
Bixby commissioner of the Five Civil
lied tribes in Indian territory.
DR.. NJ P. Creel, of Centerville. Kan.
has been elected one of the vice pres
idents of the National Association of
Pension Examining Surgeons.
Francis NJ. Brown democrat, was
recently elected mayor of Lincoln,
Neb., by majority of 81 votes.
7
G. Ross. of Kansas, whose vote saved
President Andrew Johnson from i'm
peachment, is dead at Albuquerque,
New Mexico.
DIR. Frank Billings, of Chicago. has
been elected president of the Nation
al tuberculosis association.
Mrs. Eustace Brown, of Olathe has
been chosen president of the Kan
sas Federation of Women's clubs.
Gen. Kuroki and suite were the
guests of Secretary Taft at dinner
in Washington recently.
Senator Thomas C. Platt, of New
York, announces that he will retire
from public life at the end of his
present term.
mIsCcttdHcOus.
The motion for a bill of particulars
filed by w. ID. Haywood, on trial at
Boise. Idaho. for completely in the
murder of former Gov. Stuenenberg,
was denied by Judge Fremont Wood.
The Wyoming Woolgrowers' asso-
citation accuse the eastern buyers with
conspiracy to force down the price of
n th
manufacturers.
There were no less than ten lorna
does reported in Northern Texas in
one day recently. The property loss
is enormous but the loss of life is
comparatively small.
AS a precautionary measure, street
speaking and preaching has been
stopped in Bois. Idaho, during the
trials of the Western Federation of
Miners officials.
A bill providing for the establish
ment and functions of an administra-
tive council at Dublin has been intro
duced in the British house of COM
mons.
A. r. Chisholm, former paying teller
in Birmingham, Ala. bank, has been
sentenced to six years Imprisonment
for embezzling 100000 of the banks
funds.
The Susan B. Anthony memorial
fund of $4,000 to promote the cause
OF equal suffrage has been completed.
The North Coast Limited the crack
train on the Northern Pacific, was re-
Gently held up by bandits who killed
the engineer and wounded the fire
man. They were frightened away be-
fore getting any money.
The Anheuser-Bush Brewing COM
pany has filed its answer in the su-
preme court of Kansas confessing
judgment in custer, offering to pay all
costs and withdraw from the state
federal grand jury in New York
has returned indictments against
several western railroads for granting
rebates to the American Sugar Re-
filming company.
The trial Of w. D. Haywood, sec
retary of the Western Federation of
Miners, for completely in the murder
of former Gov. Steunenberg, of Idaho,
has begun at Boise. The trial pro-
misses to last for several weeks.
Walter G. Davis, carpenter. in
fit of insanity shot and killed family
of six persons with whom he boarded
in San Francisco.
On account of the longshorenen's
strike at New York. several Atlantic
liners have been compelled to sail with
only partial cargoes of freight.
There is a serious lack of farm
hands in the Northwest. according to
reports received by the Great North
ern railroad. Farmers are offering
s35 and $40 month for help.
Portions of Siberia recently exper-