The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-09-25
Most Important Happenings of the
Past Seven Days.
Interesting Items Gathered From all
Parts Of the World Condensed
Into Small Space for the Ben
eft Of Our Readers.
Miscellaneous.

The Mercantile Securities company
Chicago concern, which has had q
months of life and has sold $1,25O 90,
worth of preferred stock to persons il
all parts Of the country, has gone int,
a receivers hands. There was onl,
$319.92 In cash on hand when the re
ceiver took charge.
The Turner hotel, the largest II
Muskogee, Ok, has been sold to tn
city for $1,507 in unpaid taxes.
Caonton's store at Armour, s. d
was robbed by cracksmen who got
total of $35,300 for their pains. A re
ward Of $1,000 is offered for the CAP
ture Of the thieves.
Because of a strike Of quarTymel
at Hannibal, Mo-, the Atlas Portlan,
Cement company have been compelled
to close their plant. throwing $50,
men out of employment.
The cholera epidemic in st. Peters
burg continues to spread and Is in
creasing at an alarming rate. Fou
hundred new cases were reported IL
one day recently with 141 deaths.
Federal troops are guarding tn,
sources of Manila's water supply t,
prevent the spread of the cholera.
At Horton, Kan, J. l.. Robinson
chief train dispatcher of the Missour
Pacific railroad at Atchison, Kan, wa.
killed by the capsizing of his automo
bile during a race.
The central telephone building ant
the postofIice of Paris were recent!
destroyed by fire, causing loss o
$5,000,0 900. Twenty thousand lines wer,
put out of commission.
The drought i'm New England ha.
reached such serious proportions tina
people, cattle and crops are suffering.
The Kansas City Southern Railwa,
company has applied to the fedora
court in st. Louis for an injunction
restraining the Arkansas commission
from inforcing the two-cent fare law
A special session of the Indiana
general assembly has convened at In
dianapolis under the call of Gov
Hanley.
The prevailing drought is held re
sponsible for diphtheria epidemic a
tributed to the fact that the sewers
have not been washed by rains.
"The Shelter" an historic residence
near st. Louis, dating from 1916. wa.
recently destroyed by fire. Thoma!
II. Benton was frequent guest a
the place during the early days.
Fire in Swift & Co.'s packing plan
In South st. Joseph, Mo-, caused los.
Of $50 900. Forty men were overcome
by the heat and smoke while fighting
the fire which threatened the destruc
tion of the entire plant.
The Atlantic battleship feet under
command of Rear Admiral Sperry has
left Albany. Australia, for Manila.
BY the carelessness of a nurse a
San Diego, Cal, three patients in {
hospital were killed by drinking water
In which atropine had been placed. A
number of others were made deathly
Ill.
Maine is now suffering from disas
trous forest fires. Fourteen differen
towns are threatened.
The United States weather bureau
Is experimenting in kite flying from
the summit of Pixies peak in Colorado
The first fight of the Baldwin diri
gible balloon at st. Joseph was made
with stiff breeze blowing but was
entirely successful.
Des Moines, Ia, has put an ordel
into effect abolshing segregated vice
and claims to be the only city of it.
size that has no tenderloin district.