Tensas gazette., 1908-08-07
LATE news NOTES.
General.

A. s. Keesor, aged %, Of Bandona,
KY, gave his life to save his girl
friend, Miss May Bradbury, from
death. They were walking on q rail.
road track and when a train sudden.
ly appeared Keesor pushed the girl
out Of danger, but was struck and
killed before he could save himself.
In the presence of the Shiek vi Is
lam, the head Of the hierarchy In
Turkey, the sultan took the oath Of
allegiance to the constitution of the
Koran, the OATH subsequently being
given to the officers Of the Shiek III
Islam. This solemn ceremony tends
to treasure the public minds.
Four men were injured, a dozen or
more windows shattered and consid.
erable excitement was caused by an
explosion of one of the big water
tanks on the street flushing machines
on North Bay, St. Louis.
Representative Llewellyn Powers,
Of the Fourth Maine congressional
district died In Houlton, Maine, 6f
bright's disease. Mr.. Powers served
as governor of Maine for two terms
and was serving his sixth term In
congress.
Joel Kinney, son Of the late Fran
els Sherwood Kinney, the cigarette
manufacturer of New York City, will
receive but $50,O0O out Of the }6o.0o0,.
600 estate left by his father. The bulk
of the big estate, according to the
will. which has Just been probated In
Morristown, N. j., goes to two sons
and a daughter. Joel Kinney has
been missing for fifteen years.
While there is no explanation oi
the manner in which Mr.. and Mrs.
Raisbeck of New York were drowned
in Lake Sylvia at Annandale, Minn..
the coroner is Of the opinion that the
suggestion of foul play is without rea.
son, and that the couple were the
victims of an accidental overturnins
of the boat in which they were fish
ing.
England is face to face with anoth.
er mutiny In India. Long apprehen'
sive of the Indian situation, the gov
ernment officials were thrown Into
panic by the report of conditions
there brought by army officers and
civilians who have just returned
from India. The whole country Ia
reeking with sedition and all Of Eng
lands repressive measures have fail
ed to check the spread. 1t is conced
ed were England to become involved
In war with another nation India
would mutiny and make q strike fol
liberty that would stagger the mother
country.
Night riders in Kentucky destroyed
three station houses belonging to thu
Illinois Central Railroad, because thA
company gave the state soldiers per
mission to occupy these houses.
Robbers secured about e15,00'
worth of jewelry, diamonds and golt
by blowing open with dynamite th'
safe of Thomas B. Dunn q Co. II
| Chambers street, New York City.
The stable of Chambers & Co., ,
negro pool room and two houses wer'
burned at Lawrenceville, Tenn. Thir
teen horses and four mules lost thei
lives. Loss $1,000, insurance $1,000.
Standing on a box at window 9
the county jail at Cripple Creek. Col
| Miss Alice Hodson, daughter
United States Marshal Hodson, wa
married to Professor Hans Albert,
prisoner at the Jail. The coupl
clasped hands through barred win
dow as the pastor made them bus
band and wife. Miss Hodson and Al
bert eloped some time ago and b.
was later arrested on a charge OF In
sanity to prevent the marriage. Mis-
Hodson enlisted the sympathy Q
Rev. Mr.. Inman and after admission
to the jail was refused them, the
| went around to q window where tn
ceremony was performed.
An attorney representing all tn
railroads of Arkansas has applied .
Judge vandevender for a temporar
order restraining the state railroa
commission of Arkansas from enfor,
ing the rate laws of that state unit
their validity has been tested In tn
courts.