The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-11-19
NEW S SUM MARY

the yards and warehouse OF the Acme
Harvester company, causing loss OF
S15O.0OO.
In a collision between an automobile
and locomotive near Red Bluff, Cal,
four people were killed and one slight
iy injured.
Two slight earthquake shocks we're
felt at Sedalia, Mo-, on November IL.
Windows and doors were violently
shaken. but no damage was done.
The new divorce law. increasing the
period of residence from six months
to one year. was carried on November
IS in South Dakota by a vote of two
to one.
Albert Daugherty, pressmau, died
ct Evansville. Ind, from injuries re-
ceived in football game. He fell in
scrimmage and fractured his spinal
| column.
| John r. Harrison was killed and
three others were injured by an ex-
| plosion of still at the plant OF the
1idewater OH company at Constable
Hook, N, Y.
The state supreme court of New
| Jersey has quashed the indictment
against Democratic state Chairman
James r, Nugent for alleged election
| frauds in Newark.
DR.. John II. Cook. one OF the most
| prominent physicians in West Virginia.
| liz dead at Fairmont, as result of
| flood poisoning contracted while per
| forming an operation.
Forest fires are doing great damage
in Tennessee, western Kentucky and
northern Alabama Timber amount
ing TO hundreds of thousands of dol
lars has been destroyed.
| From San Francisco comes the in
| formation that II is settled that all
commodity rates will be advanced 10
per cent January /, but there will be
! q reduction in class rates.
| Barney Reyes, a former animal
trainer, was shot and killed at his
home in Birmingham, Ala. The author
tiles are holding hts wife and drover,
George Thistler, in connection with
the shooting.
A mob of white men stormed the
| city Jail at Biloxi, Miss, took out
Henry Leidy, negro, and lynched
him. The mob was orderly and final
| Iy dispersed, leaving the body hang
Ing to a tree.
The surgeon general of the army.
| Dr. r. NJ OReilly, in his annual report
to the secretary of war, in reviewing
| &c 4 tl,sa
rate last year was twice as high for
colored as for white troops
terrific explosion in the glazing
house Of the Excelsior Springs Pow
der company at Dodson, Mo-, caused
considerable property damage and re-
suited in the death of one man and
the injury OF thirty-five others.
Vice-President Fairbanks has APP
bointed Senator Albert J. Hopkins OF
Illinois a member of the national mon
etary commission, to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of the late Sena-
tor William N. Allison of Iowa.
In deciding the case OF Berea col
lege VS.. Kentucky favorable to the
state, the supreme court of the United
States has held that the state may CON
stitutionally legislate to prevent the
co-education of the white and black
races.
state warrant. charging him with
murder of Senator Carmack, was
served on Robin Cooper at the hos
rital in Nashville, Tenn, on Noyem-
Der II, and he will be removed to the
county Jail when his condition per-
mits.
The steamer George Washington of
the North German-Lloyd line, was
successfully launched at Bredow on
November 10 and christened by DIR. d..
j. Hill, the American ambassador, who
made a brief speech before he broke
, bottle of champagne over the YES
bel's bow.
: Each regiment of infantry and cav
! airy of the army will be provided with
} d machine gun company, If recon-
mendation made by Secretary Wright
and approved by the president finds
, favor with congress. Each company
. will have six guns, which will be oper-
[ ated by ten men.
After a search covering not only
3 the United States, but islands Of the
Caribbean sea. Robert Curry. alias
; Robert Grant" has been arrested in
Chicago on a fugitive warrant sworn
! out at San Francisco, where it is al
r legged he is charged with forgeries ag-
, gregating 100000.
r Leo Bozemer was surprised in his
n sleep in farm house near Seattle
e and captured. He is now in. the Kine
county jail Bozemer is alleged t.
v have kidnapped wealthy logger
s named English, forced him to sign
G $4,000 demand for ransom and theI
. tied him TO tree.
Two men were killed outright. two
I others fatally injured and halGdozer
a severely hurt when work train witt
I. Italian section hands aboard crashed
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