The Delta independent., 1907-03-22
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Mos. Important Happenings OF the
Past Seven Days.
Interestins Item. Gathered croE, All
oarts of the World Condensed
xnto Small Space for the
Beuent Of Our Readers.
Personal.


assassinated recently.
1t is now stated that Frank stem
hart who, it was announced, had re-
signed as consul general at havana
will retain his position until July l.
1t least.
Arcndeacon Henry Leeds OF the
Kansas diocese of the Eplscopai
church died at Topeka of heart rail-
ure
John Alexander Dowie. founder OF
the Catholic Christian church OF Zion
City, ILL.,, is dead.
Mrs. J. E Stoval. OF Lawton, OK
recently gave birth to a baby girl
in a street car at Oklahoma City.
William Hagedon, who 1t is claimed
was the heaviest man in Missouri ana
who weighed SOB pounds died recent
ly at his home near Richmond.
John Turner died at Paola. Kan,
at the age of 81 years. He saw the
coronation of Queen Victoria.
George W. Perkins has given his
personal check for s54,O19.19 to rein
burse the New York Life Insurance
company for the money contributed
to the republican committee during
the last national campaign.
Signor Gallo. the Italian minister
Of justice, died recently in Rome OF
syncope. He had held many promln-
ent positions in the government.
Miss Louise Ross, OF LOUISIANA
Mo-, was beaten and stabbed by her
sweetheart, Andrew Watts. until near
ly dead. Watts was arrested ana
placed in Jail. Thereats OF lynchins
were openly made.
The Dowager Empress Of Russia Is
in London visiting her sister Queen
Alexandra.
DR.. Karl Heinrich Won Boetticher,
who served as German minister OF
the interior under Bismarck, is dead.
w. H. Barrow, cashier Of a bank
at Smith Center, Kansas. has been
appointed a national bank examiner.
Henry Davis Todd, lieutenant COM
mander U. S. N, retired the last
member OF the naval academy class or
1857, died recently at Annapolis, Md.
Capt David J. Gibbon, U. S. A.
retired, who invented a number OF
instruments now in use in the wealth
er bureau, is dead in Washington.
Edwin Leland. a post office in
spector, son of Cyrus Leland, OF Kan
sas, has been removed from the gov
ernment service.
Frank T. Campbell, formerly lieu
tenant governor of Iowa. died re-
Gently at Lima, o.
Nicholas Murray Butler, president
Of Columbia university. was married
at New York recently to Miss Kate
La Montague.
The J. H. Crane Furniture company,
one of the pioneer firms of st. Louis.
has made an assignment for the bene-
fit of creditors.
Perry Evans, teacher of country
school in Oklahoma, was recently as
saulted and killed by a number Of his
male pupils.
Congressional.
The inquiry by the senate commit
tee on military affairs into the ARRAY
at Brownsville, Tex, has been re-
sumed after ten days recess.
Both houses OF congress have
passed a resolution creating a joint
committee OF five senators and five
representatives of the Sixtieth con-
gress to revise and codify the laws
Of the United States.
There has already been $4,000 ap-
-yq
the new service pension law enacted
last month.
Miscellaneous.
After two years of litigation the
guessing contest regarding attend
ance at the st. Louis worlds fair has
been decided by the courts. M. Lo-
gan Guthrie, Of Fulton, Mo-, was
awarded the prize of $4,000.
A big strike of placer gold has been
made in Lost Creek, near Bellingham,
Wash.
The street car mems union of
Omaha, Neb., has voted against a
strike to enforce demands for a
"closed shop"
The defense in the Thaw trial took
the prosecution by surprise wnen they
notified District Attorney Jerome that
1t would rest their case with the testi-
mony of Mrs. William Thaw. The
state will now put in rebuttal evi-
dence, and then the argument will be-
gin.
The Iowa board Of railroad com
OF 18 per cent in the freight rates
on cattle, horses, mules and sheep.
The women suffragists of England
have been temporarily defeated in their
efforts to get bill through parliament
giving them the right to vote.
The legislature Of Pennsylvania
has commenced an inquiry into the
charges Of extratangance connected
with the building of the new state