The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-06-11

tive 70 barley, rye anu "HcdI, Hd'0
appeared in large numbers in Wool
ford county, for the first time in
Kentucky since 1881. The beautiful
farm of Col. John G. Durrett, near
Midway, is infested with millions of
worms, evidently Matched the past
week. Already they have succeeded
in destroying about 80 acres of splen-
did rye. Saturday it was found up
on investigation that the worms had
organized into a vast army and had
almost devastated the large rye field
and were fast making their way into
the adjoining bluegrass pastures.
Men were set to work digging
trenches across the field in advance
of the worms. 1t is thought that
this is the easiest and safest way to
check their onward march.
Two entomologists connected with
the Louisiana pest commission have
been experimenting for some time
and it has only just leaked out that
they have discovered an effective pol
son for the boil weevil. George
Runner, one of the experts, said that
while the discovery did not mean
a complete solution of the boil wee
vii problem, it will be marked step
forward, as it will enable planters to
begin killing the weevils in the
spring. The poison is applied before
the forms begin to appear on the
cotton, and experiments have shown
that all fields treated at this stage,
have been cleared Of tie pest. Mr..
Runner said the poison could not
be applied after the forms appeared,
but did not explain why.
On being questioned by the bank
officers about apparent discrepancy
in his books, Charles II. Muir, pay
ing teller Of the Forty-second street
branch of the Corn Exchange Bank
New York, asked to be excused I'M
til he could obtain a deposit ticket
tc explain the matter, went to the
basement, and, after writing brief
confession that his accounts were
short, shot himself in the head. He
died within an hour at the hospital.
Complying with the request of the
State Department the minister OF
forgein affairs of Honduras has
ordered the arrest of F. G. Baily,
former president of the Export
Shipping Company of New Jersey,
and the detention of the steamer
Goldsboro and her cargo. This IN
formation came to the department
in a dispatch from Minister Dodge
at San Salvador dated Wednesday.
The supreme court of the United
States has affirmed the decision of
the United States circuit court for
the Eastern district Of Missouri in
the extraditiOn case of II. Clay
Pierce of the Waters-Pierce Oil
Company of st. Louis, holding him
subject to extradition to Texas,
where he is under indictment on a
charge of perjury in swearing that
his company had not entered into a
conspiracy in restraint of trade
when the company made application
to do business in Texas.
A dispatch has been received at
Constantinople from the French
consul at Vathy, capital of the Is
land of Samos, confirming previous
reports that tranquility has been re-
stored there Troops are guarding
the consulates and the principal bust
ness houses. The damage done by
the shells from the Turkish war
ships is insignificant. The people
of Samos, who are mostly Greeks,
revolted last week. There was sew
eral days of fighting, and Turkey
had to send in troops.
Bernard Adelberg, a jeweler of
Boston, has brought suit against the
New England Telephone and Tele-
graph Company for $4,000 damages
because of line which appears in
the telephone directory issued by the
defendant company. He alleges that
in January, 1908, in the directory
published by the defendant company
were the words: "Adelberg, Bernard
Jewer, 1113 Washington street"
Four men were killed and 10 were
injured on board the armored crui-