The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-08-13


! result of a petition by certain stock
holders and holders Of paper of the
company. The receivership is de-
clared to be a step to reorganization
and the action is held to be a friend
ly proceeding.
Bigamy has just been given official
standing by the fifth chamber of the
Paris appeal court, which has con-
firmed a judgment of the civil tribunal
declaring that a woman who was
married to a Frenchman living in
Paris named Raoul and also to
Dane living in Copenhagen is legally
the wife of both.
1t has been learned that Uncle Sam
may be the object of Mrs. Russell
Sage's next philanthropic venture.
She is considering the purchase OF
Constitution Island in the Hudson
river, opposite West Point, intending
to give it to the government as a site
for military preparatory school.
With 10000 mechanics already on
strike and every shop on the Canadian
Pacific railroad closed down, the
union strikers promise that inside of
a week practically all the conductors,
engineers and firemen on the system
will follow their example, bringing
the operation of the big railroad to
complete standstilI.
E. Bartoto Hall, Long Island mil
lionaire, began suit in Nassau county
for absolute divorce from his beauti-
full young wife whom he accused of
having gone west last May with the
Rev. B. Denham, pastor of the First
Church Of Christ of this city. Mrs.
Hall is now at the home of her father
in North Carolina DR.. Denham is at
Pleasant Hill, Mo, holding revival
meetings.
The post office department has been
informed by the French postal author
tiles relative to a parcels-post conven-
ton with France, that the following
regulations have gone into effect:
bill or invoice may be included in
parcel; CONNECTIONS and pastes are
not prohibited; no limit of value is
prescribed for the contents Of par
eel.
Speculation is rife over the success
sor of the late Senator w. B. Allison
of Iowa and politicians are interested
in the announcement of Gov. Albert
B. Cummns that he will be a candi-
date to succeed the veteran statesman.
Capt. Jas. McAllister, veteran river
mic OF
the throttle of the passenger packet
Oriole. The boat was stopped and an
other engineer secured after some
hours delay.
The Arizona health authorities are
considering plan to return to Cali
fornia, Gen. D. K Wardwell and his
wife, the latter of whom is victim
of leprosy The officiols propose to
compel the Southern Pacific railroad
to transport the couple to Sawtelle,
from which point they came.
Mrs Emily Wood, wife of Dr. Oran
Alphonso Wood physician of Mag
nolia, N. j., who disappeared from her
home a few weeks ago, has been ar
rested in a house occupied by negroes
at 2002 Ellsworth street, Philadelphia.
With her was Bernard Smith, negro
chauffeur of Dr. Wood, who disap-
peared with her. The police charged
her with having eloped with Smith.
Alex Sutherland, As, was shot &c
death through the left breast in his
home in Buffalo, N. Y. The shoot
ing is a mystery, to which no clew
has been found.
A breach between Austria Hungary
and Servia, attended by the most seri-
Gus consequences, is imminent as the
result of the confession of Georgen
Nastich of widespread plot through
out Servia to stir up rebellion
among all the Slav races of Austria
Hungary.
Walter Ha0inger, IS, travelling
salesman from ST. Louis, attempted
to commit suicide at Decatur, Ind,
by slashing his throat from ear to
ear He was well dressed, bUt pen
niless when found. He will die.
About 200 men are out of work as
a result of the order o; the employees
of the International Paper Co. to go
on strike The company has la ge
plant in Niagara Falls. N. Y.
Blarei Widzise, 40, was founc muir
dered in his saloon in Chicago. There
were bullet holes in his head and
right hip. His two partners, held by
the police, say they found the man
dead when they entered the saloon
Monday, declaring burglars had shot
him. A revolver with four chambers
discharged was found on the par.
Two passengers are reported In
jured in a wreck on the westbound
Golden State limited on the Rock
Island road, four miles west OF Will
cox Ariz.
Surrounded by posse which had
pursued him for 20 miles to a point
southwest of Lawton, Okla, ]. M. Phil