The log cabin Democrat., 1908-03-19
State Democratic Senator-elec [


 Hyde charging Kemp with untCath- fulness. Later Kemp, revolver in hand, met Hyde and slapped his face. The men than agreed to a duel, which took place almost i'm mediately. Hyde was not injured.
 Rendsgel helple:s. by breaking an arm as he fell overheard in the Mis- sissippi rived Wednesday from the deck of the steamer Stacker Lee, Samuel F. Mcknight, supervising engineer of the Lee line of steamers, had a narrow escape from drowning. He was fished out, the entire crew going to his rescue. Mcknight lost his balance and grabbed at the rail- ign. His arm was broken below the elbow.
 Jesse c. Cox, who Tuesday night shot and killed Patrolman l.. F. Harvey at Muskogee, Okla, was Wednesday held for murder in the first degree. He asserts that the act was justifable. Cox is a member of one of the most prominent families in Missouri. He is son of Dr. E. R. Cox of Maiden. Mo-, who was as- sassinated in 1906 by a fellow-phy- sician at his office in Maiden.
 Gov. Claude A. Swanson tele- phoned Sheriff Lawler at Norfolk, Va, Monday, that Leo c. Thur man. under sentence to be hanged Friday night for the murder of w. P. Dolson. has been respited to March 27. The respite was granted on the plea of Thurman, asking for fortnight more in which to com- plete a history of his life, which he is writing.
 A low mountain of petrified fish has been discovered on the ranch of Joseph Irving, fifteen miles south of Al lpine, Tex. The fish are perfect lv preserved in stone. Some of them are of large size. The place where the fish were found is nearly 5000 feet above the seal level. The de- posit of petrifed fish covers an area of more than two miles square.
 Governor J. C. W. Beckham, who was defeated a week ago by Governor Bradley for the United States Sen- ate, in speech at a banquet given in his honor by the Democratic Club of Frankfort, Ky, Thursday night, retired from politics unconditional ly. He said that as long as he lived he would never again seek an cttice or further political h0nors.
 With a ladder male of rope and broomsticks, four short-term pris- oners scaled the wall of the Parish prison at New Orleans Wednesday and made dash for liberty. With in half an hour after their escape three of the men were caught and taken back to prison, with deputies and police still searching for the fourth.
 Charles J Vanni, an importer of foreign newspapers at New York, was fined S150 in Special Sessions for violating the penal code in sell ing blasphemous literature. Vanni was arrested by Anthony Comstock for offering for sale French and ltal- ian anti-clerical publications in which were alleged blasphemous car toons.
 One thousand miners walked out of the mines of the Western Coal Company Wednesday at Denning, Ark, because the company refused to accede to the demand that expert shotfrers be employed. The matter will be taken to the convention of the United Mine Workers of Amer lea at Indianapolis for settlement.
 All of the railroads operating in Kansas have filed suits in the Cir cult Court at Topeka, asking for an injunction to prevent the State Board of Railroad Commissioners from enforcing the new freight rate schedule proposed by the board. The new schedule makes an average re- duction of about 20 per cent
 Assistant Fire Chief Thomas w. Rucker is reported to be dying, and his driver. Harry Dierr, is read, as fine result of a collision Saturday