The log cabin Democrat., 1908-02-13


 ed in the fleecy staple by him, has regained possession of the immense tract which he steadily cultivated for many years. Within the past year MT. Eldridge sold his entire place to an English syndicate. Within a few weeks after the sale he offered the purchasers $50,OOO profit to call the deal off. They refused, it is alleged, and paid the first notes, amounting to $30,OOO. The financial stringency followed soon after and when another note O. $50,000 fell due, failure to settle resulted in foreclosure proceedings, and Eldridge is now again in poses sion.
 Doubt is thrown on the genuine ness of the flag sold in London last week as that of the Lawrence ship, the Chesapeake, by G. Wilfred Pearce, who has been investigating the matter on behalf of the New Jersey Historical Society. It is claimed by Mr. Pearce that the Chesapeake's flag was buried in the coffin with Lawrence's body when 1t was laid to rest in Trinity church. yard New York. The flag, Mr. Pearce says, was spread over the casket when the body of Lawrence was brought from Halifax by per- mission of the British authorities, after the capture of the Chesapeake by the British during the war of 1872.
 Chief Justice "Bob" Williams of the Oklahoma Supreme Court has given an opinion that selling liquor in. violation of the constitutional prohibitory provision is misde- meanor and not a felony, and that the word Imprisonment" in this constitutional provision means con, fnement within a common jail, rather than in ue penitentiary. He also holds this constitutional pro- vision to be both valid and self-en' forcing. The decision sends Jim Cain, convicted at Chickasha, to the county jail for thirty days. He must also pay $50 fine.
 The Oklahoma Supreme Court has refused the habeas corpus peti- tion from Comanche county to re- lease on bond John Thomas of Law ton and his brother Will Thomas of Chico, Tex, held at Lawton for killing Dr. F. D. Beauchamp Jan- uary 15, while Beauchamp was en route to stand trial for killing, un- der the unwritten law, a brother of the Thomas boys, who he charged, had ruined his home by intimacy with Mrs. Beauchamp.
 All of the false work and a part of the iron work on a city bridge be- ing constructed at the foot of Eagle avenue, at Cleveland, Ohio, was wrecked by dynamite Wednesday. In addition to this much damage was done to factory walls and windows in the immediate vicinity. The bridge was being constructed by non-union men. This is the fifth attempt that has been made here since January ], to wreck the bridges being construct ed by non-union men.
 Although Albert H. Hurd has re- ceived jail sentences amounting to 47H years of his 67, and has ser- ved within six days of 40 years in Massachusetts and Connecticut jails, vet he was again convicted of horse stealing and will be sentenced to another term. His record runs from 1859, when he was sent to the Massachusetts state prison for two years for burglary. Since then his terms of freedom have been limited to months.
 The Messidor publishes a dis patch from Lisbon saying that Franco is in constant danger of his life and that he will try to escape from the country unseen, probably by boat. The new government will proclaim amnesty for all political crimes and liberate everybody who has been imprisoned by Franco.
 The American Can and Foundry Company has resumed operations at Memphis, giving work to more than NOn .>,a,, rTbo ,,lon+ bo, l,oo,,