The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-09-09

900, a decrease of eight per cent. from
the vote of 1904. The Democratic
vote also showed a decrease.
The crew on board the racing bal
loon Vile de Dieppe tried to descend
at Niagara Falls. The rip cord failed
to work properly, resulting in a poor
landing. The three men in the basket
got a bad shaking up and narrowly
escaped death in the whirlpool rapids.
Secretary George Mclaughlin OF the
state commission of prisons in a report
on a recent inspection protested
strongly against the keeping of Harry
X. Thaw in the Duchess county jail
at Poughkeepsie.
Delegates and visitors to the Grand
Army encampment gave their atten-
ton to the dedication of the Fort
Meigs monument at Perrysburg and
to an elaborate civic parade in To-
ledo.
Judge A. H. Huston declared uncon-
stitutional the Oklahoma school law
providing separate school boards and
separate schools for negroes in the
new state.
Fire in Atlanta, Ca, destroyed the
plants of the Atlanta Trunk factory
and the Empire Printing & Box COM
pany. The loss is estimated at $780,
900.
A crowd of men and boys in Chi
cago tried to lynch a negro who had
attacked a white girl in the hallway
of building in which she worked.
Standing at the stern Of a motor
boat which he had stolen and with
bullets whizzing over his head, Ed.
ward Burnett, a full-blooded Pottawat-
tonne Indian, led two detectives an
exciting chase through the downtown
section of the Chicago river clear to
the drainage canal before he was cap
tured.
Mrs. Arch Pickett shot and killed
her husband, a well-known resident OF
Jonesboro, Ark, because, she alleged,
he was mean to her and abused
her."
Mrs. Earl Hallam of Springfield,
ILL.,, declared that George Richardson
was not the negro who attacked her.
1t was his removal from the city
which caused the bloody race riots.
The national encampment Of the
Grand Army of the Republic opened
in Toledo with a Venetian night" on
the river and a big reception. About
100000 visitors were in the city,
which was beautifully decorated.
The British bark Amazon, for Iqui-
que from Port Talbot, has been
wrecked near the latter port. Only
five out of her crew Of 80 were saved.
Fire destroyed the tannery of Davis,
Medary & Platz, in La Crosse, Wis,
the loss being about $4,000.
The members of the American team
which captured chief honors at the
Olympic games in London were re-
ceived by President Roosevelt at Sag
amore HILL
The great coal mine strike in the
birmingham (Ala.) district was called
off by an order signed by President
Lewis, Vice President White and Sec
retary-Treasurer Ryan of the United
Mine Workers of America. In Wyo
ming the coal mines were closed be-
cause operators and miners could not
agree.
At Manzanillo, Manuel Elias, editor
of the Conservative Ell Vigilante, was
shot and killed by Manuel Estrada
editor of the Liberal paper Ell Re
porter and also Liberal candidate fol
congressman.
A shortage of upwards of $4,000
has been discovered in the bureau Of
supplies and vouchers in the genera
post office at Havana, of which Senol
Rodriguez is chief. Rodriguez is miss
ing.
Charged by his wife with non-sup
port, Rev. William C.. Cummings, for
merly an Episcopal rector at Ionia
Mich, was arrested at Saul Ste Marie
in the company of a woman said to b.
his sister-in-law.
Dispatches from Picking said thu
Chinese government was likely to re
call Minister WI Ting Fang from
Washington. because Of dissatisfaction
with his doings and public speeches.
Becoming financially involved, tw'
brothers, Ben S. Woolaver, aged &c
and Elmer, aged 80, committed suicid
in the Sangamon river not far iron
their homes near Edinburg, Ill.
George Bailey, aged TO- and Mis-
Ida Dams, his sister-inlaw, aged AZ
were fatally burned in an explosion
of natural gas that wrecked thei
home in Wellington, Kan.
The Queen Louise balloon, whic
assembled from Columbus, o., wit
Lieut.. Benedict and T. l.. Sempl
aboard, landed in Lake Erie and tn
, aeronauts were rescued by a steame
President Roosevelt has approve
the plans of the proposed new battl'
ships Florida and Utah which wer
; authorized at the last session Of col
gress.
While two-thirds of the city's fir
men were at their annual picnic, fire
the business section Of New Orlear
destroyed 100000 worth of propert
1t was the most disastrous conflagr
ton in the history of New Orleans.
E. M. CARRIER, aged 40 years, a del
gate from Holton, Kan, to the NEE
ing of the Illinois Life Insurance a
ISOLATION in Philadelphia, was myste1
ously drowned at Atlantic City.
4 Mrs. Matthew Berna of Hampshir