The Carlisle independent., 1909-04-29

Secretary of State Knox has had a telephone placed in his house. MT. Knox never had a telephone in his house before, but the necessities of his present. position require tele- phone. But the number is not in the directory, as MT. Knox does not want the public in general to know it. The number is Main 4503.
 The Missouri passenger rate contro- yersy may be ended quickly as a re- suit of the Burlington's announcement that it would put maximum 21a-eent rate into effect May 1, according to Frank Hagerman, leading attorney for the IS railways involved.
 Former Vice-President Charles w. Fairbanks, accompanied by Mrs. Fair banks and others, sailed for the orient on the Japanese liner Chiyo Maru from San Francisco He will stop at Honolulu, leaving there on May II for Yokohama, whence he will pro- ceed to Pekin.
 Training of men in the army signal service in the science of military aero nautics will be carried on this sum- mer not only at Fort Myer, Va, but at Fort Omaha, Neb. Two officers and a number of enlisted men have 1 been detailed for the work at Fort Omaha this summer, and probably this l number will be augmented later.
 W. R. Elhston, scion of famous family of Tennessee, son-in-law of l Gen. William H. Jackson and known on two continents as remarkable iafe and pistol shot, committed sui eide at the Hotel Rosslyn in Los An geles, Cal.
 Gov Johnson, of Minnesota, signed the anti-eigarette bill which makes it a misdemeanor to manufacture, sell or give away cigarettes of cigarette papers within the state. The bill ex- empts jobbers who do an interstate business. The bill will become effect i've August 1.
 Patrick Brennan, aged 90 years, a survivor of the battle of Lucknow died in Omaha Thursday. MT, Bren- nan retained until he died medal and slide, given by Queen Victoria to the survivors of the siege. Relatives of the dead man know of no other survivor of the Lucknow siege, which occurred in 1S57-5S.
 Patrick Nuda was arrested in Chi ho a pliee in the killing of Joseph Fflli- pelli, who was slain in black hand plot.
 A news special from Menominee. Mich to Detroit says that the miss ing Ann Arbor railway car ferries Nos and 8, which have been fight ing heavy ice foes near Plum island. arrived in port safetly shortly before noon Tuesday.
 James Arrigo, a CnIcago fruit deal CT who had received and ignored two | letters signed by the Black Hand" society recently, was shot at in his residence Monday, but was not in- jured He is preparing against an- other attack.
 One man was killed and seven oth- CTS were injured, two probably fa- tally, in an explosion in one of the caissons being sunk on the site of the new Chicago & Northwestern railroad station at Chicago. The workmen were 50 feet underground when the explosion occurred.
 Four cars of passenger train No. p on the Southern railway were de- railed near Old Fort, N. C., Sunday. Six passengers and two trainmen wtre slightly injured.
 A violent earthquake occurred Sat urday morning near Sundsvall, Swe- den. It lasted nearly a minute and, according to reports, did considerable damage.
 The entire south has notified the mosqiuto and the house fly that they are undesirable citizens. The health authorities are opening an early cam paign against these disseminators of deadly diseases. The mosquito is not the only disease spreader The house fly disseminates malaria. ty- phoid fever and other diseases.
 The twelfth annual meeting Of the conference for education in the south will assemble in Atlanta on April 14 four three days session. Among the speakers are to be Clifford Pin chot, of the forestry service; Dr. F. E. Brown, United States commissioner of education, and c. s. Barrett. presi- dent of the farmers union
 King Victor Emmanuel Sunday re- ceiyed General Stewart L. Woodford, former United States minister to Spain, in private audience. During their conversation, the king said that it had afforded him great pleasure to meet Theodore Roosevelt recently at Messina
 A bill providing for the working of state convicts on public roads, mod eled after the Georgia law, was passed by the Arkansas house. The bill has already passed the senate and will become a law immediately after signed.
 Mrs. Mary Kingsford, of San Fran