The Elbert County tribune., 1907-01-17
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings Of the
Past Seven Days.
Interesting Items Gathered from AID
parts of the World Condensed
Into Small Space for the
nencdt of Our Readers.
Personal.

nounced his intention to pay visit
to Earl Grey. governor general of Can
ada at Ottawa
James Cullen, a white man, was
lynched at Charles City, Ia, for
killing his wife and step-son.
David OYermyer, one of the most
prominent democrats in the west,
and candidate of his party for attor.
ney general of Kansas at the last
election, died rather suddenly at his
home in Topeka recently of acute
pneumonia.
The Prarie Oil and Gas company
has issued an order stopping all con-
struction work ON trunk pipe lines in
Indian territory.
The famous trotting stallion, Bar
on Wilkes, has been purchased by B
Krell of Carthage, Mo.
F. E. Warren. of Wyoming, has
been reelected as United States SEN
ator from his state.
King Peter of Servia, denies tina.
he has any intention of resigning or
permanently leaving the country.
Edward Harry Hurst, a cartoonist,
dramatic critic and playwright, of
Louisville, KY, is dead at Phoenix,
Ariz.
Gen. r. F Patterson. formerly of
the Fourth Iowa cavalry ana Twen-
ty-fifth Iowa infantry and more re-
Gently consul general at Calcutta. In
dia. died recently at st. GATHERINGS.
Ont.
Ellen Terry. the English actress,
has sailed for the United States to
make a farewell tour of America.
Sir Thomas Upton has offered a
cup for yacht race in Hampton
Roads during the jamestown expo
sition
Col. Patko Andrieff, chief of the
gendarmes of the Lodz district in
Russian Poland, was recently shot
and killed on the streets of Lodz.
Capt. John T. Lytle, general man
ager and secretary of the Texas Cat
tie Raisers' association, is dead in
San Antonio.
ConEressionnI.
The president has sent a special
message to congress urging action in
regard to closing the break in the Col
orado river by which the Imperial val
ley is being flooded.
1t is expected that President Roose-
welt will call a special session of the
senate Immediately after March A to
consider the ratification of the San Do
mino treaty.
Secretary Taft has submitted to
congress an estimate of the def
cheney in the war department for the
current year, which amounts to S5,-
274,7S6. Cuban Intervention was the
principal cause of the deficit.
The congressional committee who
have been inspecting the work on the
isthmian canal have returned to
Washington much pleased with the
progress made.
A lively scene was enacted in the
house recently when Representa-
tives Mahon, of Pennsylvania, and
Gaines, of Tennessee passed the
lie. The men were only prevented
from coming to blows by the inter-
ference of other members.
The senate committee has re.
fused to recommend the proposed
increase in salaries of cabinet men,
bers, president of the senate, speak
er of the house and representatives
Congressman William Alden Smith
of Grand Rapids, Mich, has been
nominated by the republican caucus
to succeed Russell A. Alger as Uni
ted States senator.
The La Toilette bill providing that
railway employees engaged in hand
ling trains shall not work more than
16 consecutive hours has been
passed by the senate by vote of
70 to /.
The house recently passed 62S pen
sion bills in 95 minutes.
The senate recently passed the
McCumber service pension bill with
out a division.
miscellaneous.
The shah of Persia is dead at Te-
heran, the capital, after a lingering
illness. He will be succeeded by his
son who has been acting as regent for
some time.
Representative Charles Curtis, of the
First district, has been nominated by
the Kansas republican caucus for
United States senator to succeed A.
w. Benson.
The former residence of John G.
Millburn in Buffalo. N. Y, where
President Mckinley died, was re-
Gently destroyed by fire.
Sixteen girls and four boys per-
ished in a fire which destroyed a
book bindery near Strassburg, Ger
many recently.
Secretary Taft has ordered Brig.
Gen. McCaskey, commanding the
department of Texas, to try at once
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