The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-04-30
NEWS OF THE WEEK
THE LATEST NEWS OF THE
WORLD BRIEFLY TOLD.

he gSernan-heuWlne all
6-trust bill, slightly amended, pass
ID the house at Guthrie, Okla. 1t
will be the most stringent measure
Of the kind on the statutes of any
state, and is aimed directly at the
Standard Oil Company or any organ
ization that attempts to raise prices.
Its provisions will knock out the
Farmers Union, which seeks to con-
troll the price of farm produce. 1t
was moved that the Kentucky
amendment be incorporated, permit
ing farmers to pool to establish
prices, but this was defeated.
Insurance Commissioner Love of
Texas, has surprised the % life in
surance companies that left Texas
because of the Robertson law and
are writing policies on Texas bust
ness from st. Louis and collecting
the money from Texas. The commits
sioner says they must pay 3 per
cent gross tax as if they were writ
ing inside the state, OF court pro-
ceedings will be started on money
due from policyholders. The tax to
date against the companies amounts
to about 100000.
His incubator breaking down,
Fred Chaser, a farmer residing at
Spring Road and Chestnut avenue,
N. j., hit upon the novel plan of
burying the eggs in the sand of his
sweet potato hotbed. The result has
proven most gratifying, for the eggs
have Matched and the chickens are
as lively and strong as those Matched
by mother hen.
One man was seriously shot, an
other stabbed and many theirs injur-
ed in a riot among $50 Poles at
Hetter Lumber Company, Chicago,
the lumber Offices of Redman H.
where the foreigners were applying
for work. Ben Jakuliak, 10 years
old, was shot in the groin. The
Atrill street police took him to the
county hospital.
lightning caused a 100000 fire
in the Clean pool (Okla.) oil fields
Monday that destroyed many thous-
and barrels of oil of the Gulf Pipe
Line Company, the Creek Oil Com
pany. the Glenn Oil Company and
the Associated Producers.
The postofice at Sardis, Miss,
was robbed Sunday night and 1915
in cash stolen. The work seems to
have been done by professionals, as
they blew the door off the safe so
noiselessly that the night Waterman
did not hear a sound.
Sheriff Pierce after chase cover
ing six states, extending from Shaw
nee to Spokane, Wash, returned to
Shawnee, Okla, Monday, having in
charge John Purdy, who is wanted
to answer a charge of assault to muir
der.
A charitable institution, to be
known as the Old Folks Home and
Hospital for negroes, will soon be
numbered among the charitable in
situations of Memphis.
Twenty million dollars will be ap-
propriated in forty minutes by the
House within a few days if the
present programme is carried out.
Intense cold prevails throughout
Italy, snow having fallen in towns
where the climate usually is very
mild, such as Milan and Perugia.
An attempt was made on the life
of President Cabrera in Guatemala
City Monday, but the attempt was
not successful.
Two men were killed, two others
seriously injured and many others
slightly hurt Thursday when an i'm
mense fywheel at the plant of the
North Shore Electric Company at
Waukegan, ILL.,, flew off its bearings.
John r. Pitts of Cincinnati. O.,
was relieved of $500 Thursday while
ascending in an elevator in the Mon
adnock building, in one of the bold
est and most successful thefts ever
perpetrated at San Francisco.
Fifty-two thousand acres of farm
land in Adams county, Mississippi,
is under water from the Mississippi