The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-07-30

burlington, Ind. plant OF the ILLINOIS,
Steel Co. The victims were the crews
of the two locomotives which came
together. A dense fog caused the
accident.
Ruby Casselman, convicted forger,
sentenced to seven years imprison-
ment for cashing more than 60 forged
checks for sums ranging from SIS to
5000 at banks and business houses in
Los Angeles, is one of the strangest
criminals that ever appeared for trial
in the southwest. She is known as
the girl enigma"
A rubber balloon which Miss Grace
Cochran, clerk in a toy store at Jop-
lin was showing a prospective pur-
chaser bursted and fragment of it
struck her in the eye with great force.
1t is feared the eye will be permanent
ly blinded.
William Bargee, one of the best
known lawyers in Illinois, died at his
home in Dixon as a result Of a street
car accident near his home several
weeks ago. Mr.. Bargee was the legal
school master of many Chicago law
yers and jurists of prominence.
Richard Croker, the old-time leader
of Tammany Hall, is to return to New
York this fall according to advces re-
ceived. While denying that he would
take active part in the campaign for
Bryan, Croker said he hoped the Ne
in nd thn1Oht
chances good.
VIM. Stamm, farmer residing 10
miles north of Chester, Illinois, was
arrested and lodged in Jail, charged
with the murder of mis- two sons, who
disappeared about a year ago. The
preliminary examination has been de-
layed while search is being made for
the bodies.
Matthew Cummings of Boston, was
elected president of the Ancient Order
of Hibernians, over j. P. Dolan OF
New York at the convention.
Michael Scereiznski, real estate
dealer of Gary, Indiana, was attacked
by wolf in Broadway, the main
street of the new steel town, and his
condition is critical. His legs were
badly torn and doctors fear blood
poisoning.
Mrs Mary Foster, the Oldest woman
in Randolph country, Illinois, died at
the home of her daughter, Msr. Eliza
McConachie. She was born in Abbey
vile district, South Carolina, Nov.
IT, 1909, the year Illinois became a
territory.
Philip B. Mans Jr., who killed Ar
thur W. Krafts and shot Mrs. krafts,
killed himself by shooting himself
through the head. A farmer driving
along the road near ST. Matthews,
near Louisville found the body.
The most desperate struggle that
has yet taken place between the revo'
lutionists and the shah's troops in
Tabriz is now being waged. Mes
sages received from Tabriz tell of
musketry battles between the Loyal
lists and the Nationalists mobs.
The federal Grand Jury in Chicago
returned indictments against 20 al
volving the use of the mails to de-
fraud clients out of 100000.
An unknown thief hurled brick
through the plate glass window OF Z.
d. Peacock Co., jewellers at Adams
and State streets, Chicago, early We'd
nesday and escaped with a tray OF
rings valued at $1,000.
Judges Grosscup, Baker and Sea
man, sitting in the Federal Court OF
Appeals at Chicago, knocked out
Judge Lands s29,240,000 fine imposed
on the Standard Oil Company for re-
batting. The higher court reversed the
decision and remanded the case to the
lower court for a new trial. The
Standard Oil attorneys left court with
their faces wreathed in smiles OF
triumph.
Night riders burned the station
houses of the Illinois Central railroad
early Wednesday morning at Gracy,
in Christian county; Cerulean, in
Trigg county, and Otter Pond, in Cald-
we'll county
The Minnesota, Red Lake & Mani
tobe Railroad Co., of st. Paul, We'd
nesday served notice on the state
railroad and warehouse commission
that beginning Aug. l it would charge
a passenger fare of cents mile,
thus ignoring the 2-cent fare law.
John T. Burford, a Chattanooga
CTenn.) real estate man. lost a suit
case containing $4,000 worth of
stocks and bonds. He fears they have
been stolen. Burford was witness
before the federal grand jury in chi
cago and, after testifying, got his suit
case and hired boy to carry it to
the station. He stopped at store
to buy a cigar, and when he emerged
the hoy had disappeared.
Twenty members of a tallyho party
were scattered about the road at Col
ma, near San Francisco. when San
Mateo electric car smashed the We
hicle in splinters: Five of them are