The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-07-23
NEWS OF THE WEEK
THE LATEST NEWS OF THE
WORLD BRIEFLY TOLD.

Of Farmers Union leaders held Sat-
Iurday at the Fransioi Hotel, in
Memphis. The conference was at
tended by all the state presidents,
The members of the executive com
mittee of the national organization
and the members of the executive
committee of the Farmers Union
Cotton company. President Charles
8. Barrett, of Union City, Ga, pre-
aided. By the system inaugurated
Saturday all the union warehouses
and union cotton companies located
throughout the cotton raising states
e the United States will be operated
under the same methods Hereto
fore each warehouse or cotton COM
pany has been operated under in
dependent management, and as a re-
suit widely different methods have
been employed in some instances.
It is proposed now, however, to place
The management of all in the hands
~ a central committee, consisting
1t one member from each state.
Don't try to send cocaine through
The mails. Uncle Sam has joined
IN the crusade against the drug, and
Ipostmasters have received an order
that under no circumstances will
shipment of cocaine by mail be al
lowed. The order states that the
closing of the mails to cocaine ap-
plies also to original packages. The
action of the government, it is
thought, will act as a considerable
check upon the Cocaine habit"
which has been growing at an alarm
ing rate in America. Many of the
users of the drug have been de-
pending on mail orders TO fill their
demands, and this source of supply
will now be shut off. The drug will
have to be purchased at drugstores
where the purchasers are known, or
personal trips made to secure a
supply. The new ruling will be
strictly enforced by the government.
James Hayes, rs years old, Of
Stamford, Conn, is making a Won
derful fight for life in the SIAM
ford Hospital. Shocked by 1900
volts of electricity and burned hor-
iziably from head to foot Monday
morning, he is yet alive. He was
hurled Is feet in the air and every
stitch of clothing was burned off.
Holes were burned in his back and
legs and his toe nails were peeled
of his body. He retained conscious
ness, but was delirious for while.
Five hundred Ute Indians, VINO
7evolted and terrorized the country
after fleeing from their reservation
in Utah, will have a 900-mile trek
back from Rapid City, S. d. The
Indians will return under escort of
a captain and ten United States
cavalrymen. The agreemet to re-
turn is the outcome of a conference
between the chief and President
Roosevelt. The chief promised the
President that the Indians hence
forth would be good.
The death of Richard Bertram
Mergal, a carman, on whom an in
quest was held at Camberwell,, Eng,
was said to have been caused partly
bv bad teeth. W. J. Keate, medical
officer at the infrmary, stated that
Mergal had a number of defective
teeth, which set up blood-p07soning.
Thirty thousand rebels, led by
mutinous Turkish soldiers from the
various Macedonian garrisons, are
marching against Constantinople in
an effort to wrest control of the Otto
man Empire from Abdul Hamid,
according to a dispatch received Sat
urday.
Russian strikers ana employers
lost $2OO,O0O,00O on account of
strikes in the year ending May 81.
according to official statistics just
made public. There ware 1910
strikes and 2,7O9,695 men were in
volved.
Thomas NJ. Allen, postmaster at
CassYille. Mo-, was arrested Mon
day by postoflice inspector, charged
with opening mail. Allen is promi-
nent in politics and president Of the
Barry County Bank.