The Delta independent., 1907-03-29
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings Ct the
Past Seven Days.
DnterestinE Items Gathered from, Az
carts of the World Condensed
Into Small Space for the
Benent Of Our Readers.
Personal.

|1ied the yellow fever germ.
Ex-Presdenn cleveland has ce!e-
brated his 10th birthday.
Samuel l.. Clemens MARK Twain,
the author has sailed for Bermuda.
& President Mellen of the New York
New Haven 4 Hartford railroad mas
telegraphed President Roosevelt ask
ing an interview.
Judge Thomas Maloney, who was
private secretary to President Andrew
johnson died recently at Ogden, Utah
BY order OF the president about
$4,000. 600 acres of coal land will be
Immediately opened to entry as rap
idly as the geological survey can
make proper examinations.
Lieut.. Frank Lahm. Sixth cavalry,
U. S. A.. has been detailed as in
structor of balloomins at Fort
Ieavenworth. He won the James
Gordon Bennett cup In the inter-
national balloon race at Paris last
September.
Judge Pollock. In the federal dis
trict court has denied the application
OF ex-Capt Kirkman for n writ OF
habcas corpus. The former army Of
ficer must serve seven more months
in the prison at Fort Leavenworth.
A fire in Borsano, Italy destroyed
the greater part of the Village and
rendered 1000 persons homeless.
Joe. lIllman. the we'll known book
maker md sporting man. has broken
down mentally and has been placed
in private san!tarium in California
The funeral OF John Alexander
Dowie was held In n quiet and unos-
tcntatious manner at Zion City re
Gently.
Maurice Grau. the well.known i'm.
prcssario. is dead In Paris.
Mrs. S. n. Castle. an early mission
ary in the Hawaiian islands died re-
Gently at Honolulu. She was 80 years
OF age
J. X. Burnham. OF the Burnham.
Hanna. Munger Dry Goods company.
OF Kansas City. and president OF the
National Wholesale Dry Goods asso-
citation. died recently Of pneumonia at
his home In Kansas City.
William J. Oliver. OF Knoxville.
Tenn, whose bid for the construction
OF the Panama canal was recently re-
Jccted. has been elected vice presi-
dent OF the newly organized United
States Trust company OF Washins'
ton.
J. -. Benton. OF Monticello. Ga. Is
70 be sent abb Dad by the government
TO Investigate Tho market for cotton
seed products.
Misceiianeous
The Nicaraguan government has
issued a decree recognizing the pro-
vlsional government organized by the
rcyolutionists OF Honduras and de-
claring its members TO be allies OF
Nicaragua.
II is estimated that the loss by
the recent flood In Pittsburg, Pa. and
the immediate vicinity will amount
TO slO.OoO,000. Ten square miles OF
the city was submerged.
Secretary Mc,calf has left Wash
ington for cruise OF inspection In
Cuban and Porto Rican waters.
The most sensational decline in
prices for several years occurred In
the Wall street stock market recent
ly. Conditions were decidedly
panicky for several hours.
Serious roitinE occurred in Louis
vile. Ky. when the street railway
company attempted TO run cars with
strikc.broakcrs. a mob OF more than
1000 persons fought off the police and
tore five OF tho cars to pieces. Many
persons were injured
Tho greatest flood ever experienced
n. lp n n
down upon the city catching the peo'
pie unprcparod. Several lives were lost
and much property was damaged.
Gertrude Hanish, n stcnogrnpher
leapcd from window in the 18th
story OF n Cincinnati office building
and was dashed u Death on the
street below. Hundreds OF people
witnessed tho decd.
A member Of John d. Rockcfol.
ler. Jr.'s bible class Is given as au.
thority for the statement that In the
elder Rockcfcllcr's will Just completed
provision is made for the donation OF
$3.50. 100000 to charitable and -cduca.
,tional purposes.
Estimates OF tho damage caused at
Pittsburg. Pa. by tho recent flood
which was the greatest ever known
thore are from s10.ooo,0o0 to $50 1000.
600.
Another revolution has started in
Venezuela with Gen. Juan Pablo Pen.
alosa at It's leader.
Microscopical examination by the
war department shows that the shots
fired in the raid on Brownsville. Tex.
were from four rifles In the possession
of negro troops ut Fort Brown.
Tho president has issued mn cxccu.
two order fixing the compensation OF
Majors Sibcrt and Gillard of the army
and Civil Engineer Rosseau Of the
navy Ms members Of the Isthmian