Times-promoter., 1907-11-22

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the Ottawa mint. The profit, which
is now nearly half million dollars,
will accrue to the Dominion gov
ernment.
Six hundred thousand nickels in
a bunch were turned loose in Oma-
ha when the Omaha Street Railway
Co. disbursed $4,000 worth of the
fve-cent pieces in meeting tht
monthly pay roll of the concern.
During a thunderstorm a remark
able incident happened at house
near, Deal, England. The lightning
imprinted a perfect photograph Of
a flower vase on mirror before
which it stood.
United olaies Attorney George
R. Walker has received orders to
nolle PROSE- the case against Gov.
johnson of the Chickasaw Nation,
charged with conspiracy to defraud
the Chickasaws.
Rear Admiral Asa Walker of the
navy retired on account of having,
reached the statutory age limit.
The American Mining Congress,
in session at Joplin, Mo-, unani-
mously adopted resolution favor
ing national legislation governing
mining lands and a resolution in
dorsing the National Association of
State Mining Schools and urging
that the cooperation Of this nation
al session be secured.
The condition of Premier Camp
bell -Bannerman continues satisfac-
troy.
The nitroglycerin plant Of the /.
q. Dupont De Nemours Powder
Co., located a mile east Of Bradner,
O., was completely demolished by an
explosion. The loss is estimated at
$4,000.
The biggest lottery in operation
in the United States, which has
been running for more than twenty
years, with headquarters in Chica-
go, is claimed to have been exposed
by arrests in Chicago and other
cities of the country.
Six men were killed at South Mil
waukee, when a fast Northwestern
train ploughed across a grade cross
ing near the station. All of the vic
TINS were SO mutilated that identifi-
cation SO far has been impossible.
President Roosevelt has made
public letter in which he explains
why the words ''In God We Trust"
were left off the st. Gaudens coin.
The letter was prepared for reply
to scores fof persons throughout the
country who have forwarded pro-
tests because Of the motto's absence
from the new gold pieces, and copies
are being mailed.
Michael McCabe, the miner en-
tombed in the Draper mine at Gill
bertson, Pa, and thought to be lost,
was rescued Wednesday. After liv-
ing five days on mine oil as his only
food and drink, he was taken out
limp and weak, but still conscious
and apparently not seriously affect
ed by his long Imprisonment.
| The conviction and sentence of
Charles NJ. Smith, Sr., and Charles
M. Smith, Jr., and five employees in
the United States district court at
Cape Girardeau, Mo-, for operating
negro peonage system in south
eastern Missouri was affirmed by
the United States court of appeals
in simultaneous opinions handed
down in st. Louis and at st. Paul
The confession Of Steve Adams,
made in the office of the warden of
the Idaho state penltentlary Febru-
ary ~, 1906, in the presence Of
James Mcfarland, Pinkerton de-
tective Of Mollie Mcclure fame, and
W. B. Hopkins, was introduced in
evidence at the trial of Adams for
the murder Of Fred Tyler at Rath-
drum, Idaho, Tuesday.
Vice-President Fairbanks and a
distinguished party Of court off
cials Of Washington were in wreck
on the. Baltimore & Ohio railroad
Tuesday night at Weverton, Nd, in
Charles T. Barney, late president
Of the suspended Knickerbocker
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