The log cabin Democrat., 1908-02-27
NEWS OF THE WEEK
THE LATEST NEWS OF THE WORLD BRIEFLY TOLD.

As a result of an accusation made by Mrs. Paul l.. Roy, known in op- cratic circles as Glacia Calla, that her brother, George A. Carkins, was killed by her husband at her home in Nottingham, N. H., January 2, the county officers decided 10 hold an autopsy on Carkin's body. When Carkins died, the medical examiner decided that his death was due to suicide by shooting. After the tra- gedy, Mrs. Roy left for New York with her husband. but last week re- turned to Portsmouth, where she told the authorities that following q family dispute, her husband and brother became engaged in a pistol duel, during which Carkins received a fatal wound in the head.
 After lingering in spasms for sev- eral hours, Lucy Stanley, daughter of a farmer living near Ripley, Tenn, is dead from rabies caused, it is said, by the bite of horse which had been bitten by a pet cat which had been bitten by a mad dog The girl was bitten by the horse six weeks ago. Flesh was taken from her right arm, but after medical at tention was summoned and her con- dition was noted for a few days 1t was thought she was out of danger. The dog and cat were destroyed, but the horse, an old family pet, 20 years old, was allowed to live It took three men to hold the girl in her bed during the final hours of her illness.
 An effort is being made by Sec retary Metcalf to ascertain the source of the information alleged to have been furnished to magazine and other writers who have criticized the constructive features of the battle ships of the navy. With this object in view, he has caused letter of in- quiry to be addressed to various of1i- cers, including Lieut. Commander William s. Sims and Lieut.. Com mander Frank H. Hill, requesting categorical answers.
 Following the arrest of Martin Murray, a restaurant owner, charged with starting the fire which destroy ed the business section of Shattuck, Okla,. two weeks ago, mob formed to lynch Murray. While the crowd clambored in front of the building where Murray was held, the officers slipped him down a back stairway in the dark and drove rapidly away.
 Ten thousand business men and women from the West and South west are in New York spending. it Is estimated, $100,0 0,000,000. They have driven pessimism from the great downtown jobbing district with stories of assured prosperity and are spending joy and cash among the hotels, theaters and oth- CT amusement places.
 Twelve hundred unemployed men, at meeting in Baltimore, Md, pass ed a resolution calling upon the fed eral government to loan to states and municipalities on noninterest- bearing bonds. money to be used in the construction of highways, bridges and other public works with a view to relieving the condition of the unemployed.
 A dispatch from Chihuahua says that two policemen were attacked by bullion robbers at the Santo Dom ingo mine in Santa Eulalia district, state of Chihuahua, Mex, and after a fight were both killed. One of the robbers was killed by the policeman and the other fled without securing any booty.
 Federal revenue officers seized D. 900 gallons of whiskey loaded in freight cars with bricks, sacks and a wagon tongue, and also took pos session of 11,000 gallons of whiskey at the Holston distillery in South Knoxville, Tenn. The distillery plant was confscated at the same time.
 Senator Asbury C. Latimer of South Carolina died at Providence hospital at 9:15 q. m. Thursday of