The Harrison times., 1908-10-17
NEWS OF THE week
THE LATEST NEWS OF The
WORLD BRIEFLY TOLD.
NORTH, EAST, SOUTH, WEST
Foreign Lands, Throughout the Ma
ton. and Particularly from the
Great Southwest.

Commerce commission, VI ""'
Federal body, can compel Texans 10
submit to riding in the same pullman
sleeping cars with negroes.
Eight bricks, much resembling SO
many loaves of bread for size plled
ND or the table in the First Natiohai
Rank we're among the sights delight
ing the eyes of hundreds of delegates
TO the National Convention of Bankers
who visited Colorado Springs last
week. The gold came from the great
Portland mine, Cripple Creek, which
has produced $25,OOO,O0O and paid
sS.OOOOOO in dividends, and resulted
from a ten days cleanup at the port
land mill, West Colorado Springs, the
weight is 500 pounds and the Value
$150,000.
Disappointed after searcn OF TWO
DAYS in not finding Shep Jones, the
negro who assassinated A. j. wall
wealthy cotton planter at his nome
near Hickory, Miss, mob OF hrty
men has hanged one innocent negro
and shot two others to death. The
mob completed its work by burning
a negro church and lodge hall near
the scene in the negro colony
Henry Baker, aged AZ years, once
noted heavyweight pugilist was run
over and killed by a train at Kansas
City. Baker fought Jim Jeffries to
standstill for eight rounds May ~, 1891
I'm San Francisco. In the ninth rouhu,
however, Jeffries knocked Baker out
and there were those who saw the
fight who said Jeffries won by
chance blow.
When Mrs. Sarah C. Byrne, boarding
house keeper, feet tan and muscular
was granted a divorce and $ooo all
mony in the superior court at lndlah'
polls she proposed to Judge Harvey
that she would waive all claim to the
alimony if she could be locked up An
a room for five minutes with her FORM
er husband. William II. Byrne.
With a stinging araignment otcom-
missions which attempt to regulE'e the
railroad business, Theodore 7. Shohls
of the Chicago & Alton railroad al
dressed the members Of the Lakesto-
the-Gulf Deep Waterway associauoh'
and gave them their first real 'sltup'
and-take-notice" speech of the session
The British cruiser lnfeXible at her
official trials attained a speed OF Z'H
knots. breaking all records. II was
stated after the trial that her speed
would have been greater had not the
fog hindered,
With every aeroplane record to MS
credit and all requirements fulhlIed LOT
winning the French syndicate prize OF
100000, Wilbur Wright Is pe'
ing urged to make flight across the
English Channel.
A shakeup in the official family OF
the United Mine Workers OF America
whereby Vice.President j, p. White Oh
Iowa and W. d, Ryan, secreiaryreas-
urer. will retire, was announced at IN
ternational headquarters,
A club of u Bucyrus lOhio) young
women has been formed with the eN
press purpose of adopting the new
sheath gown, The gowns are not the
modified pattern, but the more III
teresting original pattern,
The London cabman who drove King
Alfonso during his recent London
visit, and had the temerity to ask his
majesty for his autograph, which ne
received without murmur may con
slider himelf a specially favored NOR
tai for the king Of Spain usually
makes ii a rule never to give his auto
graph TO anyone except his own inu'
mate friends
W. l.. Woonoy banker capitalist
and large landholdor was arrested at
Stuart. Oklahoma and taken TO
Sugler to answer an indictment for
murder. 1t is alleged the crime was
committed 81 years ago,
The buttleship feet will end It's Trip
around the world at Hampton Roads,
Virginia. President Roosevelt VIII
view the ships at New York the YES
sells going there after arriving at the
Virginia port At New York the sail
ors will be given shore leave The
fact that the feet will complete the
trip at Hampton Roads has just been
made public,
The case of William F. stewart be-
fore the Army Retiring Board is clos
ed. 1t is expected that the board VIII
recommend his retirement
President william X. KNanaugh Of
ST. Louis called the convention Of the
Iakestothe.Gulf Deep Waterways as
soclatlou to order IN Chicago A
thousand delegates, including $50 gov
ernors aud congressman and other
men in public life, were present at the
opening session.
Another lOOO.car order has been
placed with the Standard Steel Car
Co. Of Pittsburg by the Chicago 4
Alton railroad. II is a duplicate of an
order placed few weeks ago by the