The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-08-05
GENERAL NEWS.

O0e man was kllleu ana SUI e
wounded in an attempt of a mob to
storm the Jail at Pensacola, Fla, and
take out Leander A. Shaw, a negro
who assaulted Mrs. Lillian Davis. The
mob finally secured the negro and
hanged him.
An unidentified woman was muir
dered in Brooklyn and her body
wrapped in an oil-soaked mattress
and burned
G. Winthrop Sands, stepson of W..
X. Vanderbilt, was killed just outside
the grounds of Mr.. Vanderbilt's coun-
try seat, the Chateau St. Louis de
Poissy, 90 miles from Paris, by the
wrecking of his automobile. He was
pinned under the car, which exploded,
and was shockingly manned and
burned.
After an all-day conference of the
leading government prosecuting Off
GERS and Frank B. Kellogg of Minneso
ta it was announced by Attorney Cen
eral Bonaparte at Lenox, Mass, that
every effort would be made to secure
a revision of the recent decision and
opinion OF the United States circuit
court of appeals in the case of the
Standard Oil Company,of Indiana.
Sayyid Muhammed, the Persian Ma
tionalist leader and the foremost ora
tor of the recent parliament, called
the Persian Mrabeau,' was assas-
sinated at Hamadan, presumably by
agents of the shah.
Frank T. Wells. aged 81, Of Keno
sha, Wis, was arrested in Cambridge,
Mass. as a fugitive from justice. He
Is wanted at Kenosha on the charge
of larceny of $4,000 from the First Ma
tional bank of that place, on October
-, 1907.
William Oliver, young aerOnaut of
Mason, Mich, was killed while making
parachute drop at Hague park, near
Jackson, Mich.
A woman was killed and nine other
passengers were injured in a panic on
a trolley car on the Brooklyn bridge
when fuse blew out.
Frank Litzenberger, owner of the
Eaton Lumber company, committed
suicide at Eaton, O., by wading into
the middle of creek and firing a bull
let into the roof of his mouth.
Miss Glare L. McNown, member OF
the Eau Claire high school faculty
was drowned in Rice lake, Wisconsin.
Gen. James A. Drain, president OF
the American Rifle association, was
n I nf tvx,C
medals won at Bisley by the American
rifle team.
An adopted daughter of Benjamin
Hart, American millionaire who died
in France, began fight to secure a
share of his estate.
The sultan of Turkey proclaimed g
general amnesty to all political fugi
tives from Turkey in America.
Soldiers and strikers fought in
VigneauX, France, and several per
sons We're killed
A gasoline launch was sunk at Pitts
burg, Pa, by waves from coal boat
and three steel workers We're drowned
The packet steamer Neva, owned by
the Green Packet company of Cincin
natl, burned to the waters edge al
Buffalo, w. Va. The crew swan
ashore.
The Dutch cruiser Gelderland was
ordered from Curacao to Venezuela tt
protect Dutch interests there. The
Venezuelan consul at Willemstad, wht
was mobbed, left the island.
An Italian girl persisted in quick
sands in the back yard of her HON,
in New York.
William H. Taft was formally mott
fed at Cincinnati of his nominatio,
for the presidency by the Republicans
In response he spoke at length on tn,
issues OF the day and the duties of tn,
next administration, The city wa
finely decorated and the day was oh
served as holiday.
A train struck an automobile a
Glen Head, L. l., killing Miss Leigh
Townsend, New York society girl
and Charles Smith, the chauffeur.
The first national convention of tn.
Independence party opened in Chi
cago, with w. r. Hearst as temporar,
chairman.