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sardine Trust Not Indicted,

Sardine Trust Not Indicted.
Portland, Me.-A mo bill" against
the Maine Mercantile Company, whose
business in connection with the pack
ing and selling of American sardines
has been under Investigation by the
Grand Jury Of the Federal Court, was
reported when the jury rose.
Blue Law Revised.
Washington, D. G. - An ancient
blue law was resurrected in police
court when Horace o. Balucci, a bar
Der shop proprietor, was charged with
keeping his place open on Sunday.
Judge Kimball said that under the
law a barber shop had to be absolute
ly closed on Sunday.
Auto Injuries Kill Mrs. Dudley.
New York City.-Mrs. Martha S.
Dudley, wife of a Topeka (Kan.)
banker, who was knocked down by an
automobile in Broadway, died at
Roosevelt Hospital. D.
Thieves Rendezvous Found.
Philadelphia, Pa. An under
ground railroad" by which thieves
have been shipping thousands Of dol
lars worth of loot from the wholesale
district here to New York City
fences" has been uncovered by the
police. In their rendezvous $35, 600
worth of plumber was found.
Serves One Day as Judge.
Lincoln, Neb.-J. j. Sullivan, who
was appointed to the Nebraska Su-
preme Bench by Governor Sheldon
Monday, filed his resignation on Tues
day. Governor Sheldon accepted it.
Judge Sullivan took the oath Of Office
and served one day. He declines to
explain his resignation.
Hero of Tornado is Dead.
East st. Louis, Ill.-Captain John
G.. Mclean, who saved a ferryboat Ia
den with scores of passengers in the
st. Louis tornado of 1896, is dead. },
Chanler Sanity Case Postponed.
Charlottesville, adjourned
hearing in the sanity proceeding Of
John Armstrong Chanler, or Challon-
er, Amelie Rives' former husband,
has been postponed until January.
Takes Divorce Record.
Chicago, Ill.-According to Stats
tics, Peoria County, Illinois, holds the
record for divorces. From November
l, 1907, to November /, 1908. there
was one divorce filed for every four
and two-thirds marriage licenses. The
United States census report gives I'LL
nois the palm for divorces, the State
average being n divorce for every
twelve marriages.
Insane Woman Heir to S500,000.
San Francisco, Cal.-The Superior
Court handed down a decision giving
Mrs. Mary NORMAN, widow of Henry
voorman, who has been for thirty
three years an inmate Of the Stockton
Insane asylum, property from the es-
tate valued at over 100000. Her
children get over 1000 900 by the
same decision. The case has been In
the courts for many years. I
Tom Johnson's Daughter Divorced.
Cleveland, Ohio. - Mrs. Elizabeth
Johnson Mariani, daughter Of Mayor
Tom l.. Johnson. obtained a divorce
from FREDERICK Mariani, of New York
City, a playwright. Mrs. Mariani tes.
tilted that her husband had never
supported her from the time she was
married to him, in March, 1907, at
her fathers home. -,
Suicide For Pet Dog. Z
Louisville, Ky.-Overcome by grief
because he had accidentally killed his
oct dog, Frank Edwin Lammars, the
thirteen-year-old son of a policeman
fred a bullet into his own brain at
his home and died. The child had
been i'll with typhoid fever. During
his convalsscence he played with an.
empty revolver, and his father says
he often snapped it playfully at the
log, of which he was fond. Some
,ne had loaded the revolver.