The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1908-08-22
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THE TOPICS
OF A WEEK

NNAidf AlNh iliulo hu1 ii5h VI is'N
week at his home in Brooklyn, N.
Y, but the news Of his passing away
did not become generally known for
twentY-four hours. Mr.. Sankey was
6s Years old For the last five years
he had been blind and had suffered
from a complication of diseases
brought on by overwork. But al
most to the very last he worked at
hymn writing His tours through
out this country and Europe with
Dwight l., Moody, the evangelist,
brought him into wide prominence.
SapkeY, it might be said, wrote the
gospel hymns of the world. In
China. Egypt, India, Japan, in al
most every language known to man,
Sankey's hymns are sung. lie re-
ceiyed a large income from his pub
LEGATIONS and leaves a considerable
estate. Among Mr.. Sankey's most
familiar compositions are "ifhe
Ninety and Nine and "When the
lIists Have Rolled Away His songs
are said to have had a circulation Of
more than 5o,000,00o copies, He
was a rapid composer and wrote book
after book of gospel HYMNS. At the
same time he saved his wonderful
voice for posterity by singing into
monographs.
A special from Cranbrook says
a Canadian Pacific railway fire
ranger, just in from Kimberly, SAYS
the fire is in a worse condition than
ever, if the wind changes. The Sui
Ivan buildings are in danger and
Kimberly by no means Is out of it.
Heavy clouds of smoke from that di-
rection can be seen from Crane
brook. The ranger is trying to get
fifty men to 90 out to fight the fire.
Contributions 10 the Fernie relief
fund continue to come in. Tho
total to date is 100000. The Cana
diM Pacific railway wired $4,000.
Twenty-Five eayalrymen and tif-
teen foot soldiers were sent out from
Nogales, ARR, Saturday by the
Mexican authorities upon receipt of
news oil a 1aqui raid at the old
Monteluma copper camp in Sonora.
An American named Rucker was
taken prisoner by the Indians, hut
escaped. Two ruralos who returned
to the camp from Montczuma.
where they had gone with civil
prisoners, we're also killed by the
Indians. \ detachment Of soldiers
has also been sent to the Montezuma
camp from Naeozari, Sonora.
The Oklahoma railroad commits
sion has Just issued an order redue-
ing freight rates ON canned goods,
fruit and vegetables. The rate per
100 pounds on these goods are re-
duced 4 > and cents for five miles
and under, and from to 81 cents
for 500 miles and over. The order
also requires the railroads to Issue
passes to carctakers during the cold
weather. 1t is expected that the
affected lines will fight the new or
der to a finish. An injunction will
probably be prayed for during the
week.
Ed Spiyey, a young negro, driy-
ing a horse and buggy in the south
ern part of Hattiesburg Miss, Sat
urday, was thrown out Of the buggy
when the horse ran away and the
buggy struck a tree at the roadside.
,i',,.., Wv" w., tha sbo,., sn;l,os of ~ ;ron
s sy",, w. Wv, ,,ittod an tba nal;nos
1 - CIV ''' A.. .a.;la,I4 III,
ed to his help and had to cut away
tbo aosb before tbev conld release
him. He will survive.
riro,it Attorney Saoer Of ST
1onis hos announced that five men
Lod heen indicted for urinary cleo
+,a f.ond, tLoro a. tbo frsf doy,g
session Of the Grand Jury. Their
names were not given out
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