The log cabin Democrat., 1908-02-06

Pottsville, Pa, from a carbuncle on his head, was sent to the Pennsyl- vania hospital, where a germ was 1 discovered for which medicine has no antidote. Young Halberstadt was of a family containing two emil nent physicians, and they will make a strong effort to find the drug or serum which will kill this germ. As it is now, there is no remedy for blood-poison caused by a carbuncle when it has reached a certain stage, they declare.
 Steve Wilkes, a 17-year-old boy was arrested at Florence, Ala, by Policeman Wesson while in the act of robbing the Louisville and Nash vile freight depot. Wilkes had broken the seal on the door and en- tered when he was placed under arrest. Robberies at the depot had been of frequent occurrence lately, and the police believe Wilkes is the perpetrator of them all.
 Word has been received by de- tective agency at New York that the Mecican government finally had consented to turn over to the Amerl- can authorities for extraditlon Will liam F. Walker the abscondlng treasurer of the Saving Bank of New Britian, Conn.,, who was arrested re- gently in lower California, after a chase of nine months.
 Gov. Hoke Smith has issued a formal statement announcing that he would not be a candidate for the United States senate to succeed Senator A. s. Clay. His statement also declared that he would run for second term for governor in order to finish the work which he pledged in his platform.
 With intnce fervor, in Eden Methodist church at Philadelphia, Pa, Sunday, Robert Adams, "A years old, raised his voice high above the | younger men singing the well-known hymn, "I'm On My Way to | Heaven As the last note sounded he fell backward in his chair and died instantly.
 The money scare had depress- ina effect on the price of wheat and other cereals, and the live stock mar ket as well, but the conditions ot the crops abroad indicate a steady demand for our grain during the year. and prices will doubtless re- cover and hold well throughout the season.
 Both houses at Guthria, Okla., passed Stewards bill regulating the telegraph and telephone companies, which provides "Jim Crow" tele- phone booths for negroes and a $50 fine for each offence of curslng or using other improper language in telephoning.
 Under the Jim Crow law, the first act passed by the Oklahoma leg lature, the railroads of Oklahoma will have to arrange for separate compartments in their passenger trains and union depots between thls date and February l.
 John c. Scott and his associates have bought 5000 acres of land near Enid, Okla, which will all be planted with peanuts next season. The average yield of peanuts on good land is about 100 bushels per acre.
 While opening can of fermented syrup, Mrs. George Hoover of Wat erloo, la, was frightfully injured by the explosion of the can. It IS feared her eyesight will be destroyed.
 Liquidation of the State National Bank of New Orleans was decided upon by vote of the stockholders This bank is nearly one hundred years old.
 Prune growers of San Jose, Cal, have formed a trust and are holding their crop for higher prices. The product of 600 acres is included in the trust.
 Another revolution has broken out in Latin America, this time in Hon. duras, according to information re
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