The Carlisle independent., 1907-06-27
AN EPlToME OF THE MOST IM- PORTANT EVENTS AT HOME
 AND ABROAD.
NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH
q Carefully Digested and Con- densed Compilation of Cur rent News Domestic
 and Foreign.


 the earliest settlers, and his wife were killed by Colorado & Southern train near Crews eight miles south of Colo rado Springs. Their year-old baby was drawn out from beneath the wheels of the engnie unhurt.
 The public land convention came to an end at Denver Col. with the adoption of a series of resolutions which were not so radical as expected. A letter from President Roosevelt was a feature of the last session.
 \ topedo boat, name unknown, was sunk off Bayhead England, after an explosion on board. The British tor pedo gunboat Dryad saved the crew. Four Italians were killed and two others were probably fatally shocked while moving a boiler which became entangled with electric wires at Ma riners' harbor, Staten Island.
 Judge Reuben R. Gaines, chief jus tice of the Texas supreme court, sui fered a sympathetic stroke of paraiy- sis while reading newspaper Ill the office of the clerk of the court at Aus tin. His left side was affected.
 Frank Tallchief, a carpenter on the Cattaraugas Indian reservation, shot and killed his wife, Emily, while she was riding with John Twoguns and then committed suicide.
 The Irish national directory indorsed the action of the convention condemn ing the Irish bill. and pledged it's sup norf to the anti-grazins movement.
 most appalling automobile acci- dent occurred at Caianello. about 100 miles distant from Naples, five men being killed. The motor car, which was going at high speed, ran into rock and was demolished.
 A test case to determine whether the railroads have the right to grant in terstate newspaper transportation III payment for advertising was begun at Chicago by the government.
 By an overwhelming majority the citizens of Des Moines, Ia., adopted what is known as the Des Molnes plan of government, a modification of the commission form of government adopt ed some years ago in Galveston, Tex.
 A bronze West Indian medal was awarded by the navy department to Rear Admiral Benjamin H. McCalla. U. S. N, retired, now living in santa Barbara, Cal, for specially meritorious conduct other than in battle.
 At the master car builders conven- tion. F. w. Sargent reported that ap- nroximately 5O,O0O locomotives, 55,00O passenger coaches and 100000 freight cars are in use in the United States and Canada.
 Abraham Hummel, convicted of sub ornation of perjury in the Dodge a sentence of one year in the Black wells Island penitentiary, is to go free.
 Governor Hughes signed the New York city recount bill providing for a recount of the ballots cast for mayor at the last election in New York.
 District Attorney Jerome of New York announced that the government investigation of insurance companies has been concluded. His office, he said, will now prepare cases against indicted officials.
 4. disclaimer of any activity on the part of President Roosevelt in the New York apportionment fight was made by Secretary Loeb.
 Three hundred and forty-five marks men took part in the opening days shoot of the grand American handicap tournament at the grounds of the Chi cago Gun club.
 Diplomas and the degrees of bach elor of arts were conferred at the com mencement exercises of Smith col lege upon 268 young women.
 Rudolph F. Garner, Southern Pa c;fic railroad clerk, was held in S20, 600 bond on the charge of embedding s3G.000 from the railroad by forgery and obtaining money by false Ere 1en5es.
 The United States immigration com mission, of which Senator Dillingham; is ca1.fnan, is about to disperse, sta' memaers gong to Germany, Austria Russ < aai kaT count is.
 Ga4sonalaa spies ar continu2ii being arrested in chia9as. The raii' ical ard nilitary authorities are a' lively anl energetically prosecns.n them, claiming that tfey are now b' coming nulsance.