The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-10-09
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.


son. the two Kansas City motorist
who ran into wagon in that city
killing young girl and injuring Sc,
eral other persons were captured ii
Doniphan county, Kan, and returne,
to Kansas City to stand trial
The twelfth annual encampment o
the Ex-Confederate Association Of Mis-
souri,, closed a two days session a
Nevada recently. John w. Halliburton
Of Carthage was elected state com
mander.
Vernon Shipman, a 17-year.old bo.
OF Lincoln. Neb.. has been arrested
charged with causing two recen
wrecks on the Missouri Pacific rail
road. He has made partial confes
sion.
w. X. Kicks, secretary Of the Mime
apolis. Mimi, board of education, ha.
been indicted on a charge of using hi.
office to his own advantage.
The next national irrigation con
gress will be held in Spokane, Wash.
A Kansas Audubon society has beer
organized at Wichita. Richard II. Sui
livan Of that city was chosen president
The employees Of the Dupont Powder
company in Pittsburg and Turcks
Kan. and Patterson, Ok, have gone
out on strike.
BY the overturning OF their boa
while fishing, Mr. and Mrs. T.. w
Grady Of Junction City, Kan, wer,
drowned in the Smoky Hill river nea,
that place.
The United States produced GO pc,
cent more coal than Great Britain In
1907. over 100 per cent more thar
Germany and exclusive of Great Bri
tain produced more coal than all tn,
other countries of the world combined
In a plunge of an automobile over
25-foot embankment at Gordon. Pa.
two persons were killed outright anC
three others were fatally injured.
The Campbell Glass and Paint com
pany's warehouse in st. Louis ha.
been destroyed by fire entailng a loss
OF $15O,OOO.
The Chinese at Annoy are frightened
for fear the American battleships viii
seize that port for naval base or
their visit this month.
The correspondent OF Bombay
newspaper who has visited the scene
OF the recent great flood at Hydera
bad. India, estimates the loss of life
at $1,000 He describes the city as 8
vast grave.
Jewels valued at $4,000 have beer
stolen from the warerooms Of o. M
Ferand. a diamond importer in New
York.
William Rainey, stranger believed
to be demented. was killed by {
freight train on the Santa Fe railroad
at Eldorado, Kan.
The final hearing of the suit of the
federal government to dissolve the
Standard Oil company will take place
in St. Louis on February 23 next. The
suit Will be heard before Judges Van
deyenter, Hook and Adams.
President Roosevelt has sent a con
hdential friend to New York to lool
into the workings of the Republican
national headquarters where some
friction is reported between the ma
tional and congressional committees.
Texas has raised the quarantine
against Havana and other points in
Cuba.
The American battleships Alabama
and Maine have arrived at Gibraltar.
Gus ID. Thomas, receiver for the es
tate OF the late John Alexander
DOwie. has filed report in the fed
eral court at Chicago showing the as
sets Of the estate to be 81, ,709,647 and
liabilities of $5,23O,052.