The Carlisle independent., 1909-12-16

by her parents as a confession of un. requited love for the man they de clared she never had seen, Miss Mary Scott, 20 years old, of Baltimore, Md, committed suicide by swallow ing earbolie acid.
 Lamar Middleton, one of the best known newspaper correspondents in Europe and nephew of Lucius Quin- tus Lamar. died suddenly at his home in Paris at the age of 37.
 Because P. c. Foy and Thomas Glib. bon of Girardville, Pa, were tied in a contest for school director, the court ordered that they toss a coin to ascertain which should fill the of flee.
 The second stage in the unraveling of the attack on Hattie Zynde, IA years old, at Milwaukee, Wis, who was murdered November 12, was be- gun following the confession of Adam Pietrzy that he stood guard while the girl was attacked and killed by Karl Rojciecretlowski After the eonfes- sion Pietrzy was taken to the scenes named in the confession. The man Pietrzy accused was told his eompan- ion had confessed. So far he has re- fused to talk.
 Subscriptions to the Red Cross for the Cherry relief fund amount to s50,- 602.2o. The total Chicago fund is close to ss2,00O
 Not guilty was the jury's verdict in the case of Mrs. Anna Anderson of Warren. Pa, who, goaded beyond en- durance by the continued cruelty of her aged husband killed him in pistol duel last October. Self-defense was her plea.
 Secretary Nagel has directed the dis missal from office of George E. Bald win, a Chinese immigration inspector at Baltimore. Baldwin was under sus picion for an alleged administration irregularity
 Records for the east bound trip be- tween Chicago and New York were broken by special train carrying Sam uel Newhouse. millionaire mine owner of Salt Lake City, Utah. The
 
 average speed of mile in 5S seconds. Carrie Nation hit Washington and started smashing glasses at its very l portals. The Kansas hatchet slinger wandered into the bar at the union l station and spoiled s35 worth of liquor and glassware. She is now in the po- | lice station.
 l Members of the Wisconsin Society | of New York have decided to purchase | the property in Watertown, Wis, that was the first American home of Carl l Sehurz, convert it into public mu- l scum and present it to the state as a l Schurz memorial
 Mrs. Mary Wilhelm, jointly indict- ] ed with Nicholas Sica for the murder , of her husband, Frank Wilhelm, a , contractor, in February last, was | found guilty of murder in the second degree by jury at Newark, N. J.
 Damages of one farthing have been granted to the heirs of Richard Cadbury, the multimillionaire choco- late manufacturer, in their suit for l libel against the London Standard. | Dispatches from Fez, Morocco, say | that scores of soldiers were killed in an unprovoked fight between two regi- | ments of hostile soldiers, which were on parade before the Sultan. Robert D. Muir, treasurer of the Peoples Bank and Trust company, ar rested in New Haven on the charge of embedding s35,O0O from the bank, appeared in police court for formal arraignment
 Hamilton Mex. Twombley, the capi- talist, is seriously i'll in New York.
 King Manuel visited and showed the keenest interest in the group of workingmen's houses founded by the Baron Rothschild of Paris. He left here in special train for Lisbon.
 Mrs. William Putler, wife of mer chant at Elberfeld, Ind, attempted to witness an operation on her son when clans could revive her.
 A masked negro held up the night agent of the Rock Island at Washing ton, la He got about $50. George Vice and the other young Americans captured two years ago while filibustering in Brazil have been | liberated
 The body of Mrs Marshall Jordan of Mount Pleasant, la, one of the victims of the river carnival explo- sion at Burlington, la, August 20 last, was found a few miles above Fort Madison and was identified by jew | elry
 James GaHagher-"Big Jim"-re- 1 ported to have been the go-between i of supervisors and ex-Boss Abe Ruef's aide at San Francisco. has disap- 1 peared He was the main witness of | the prosecution in the graft trials and was granted immunity for his evil | dence. District Attorney Mangdon has asked the police throughout the country to look for Gallagher. | Former Congressman and Lieuten- ant-Governor George c. Pendleton, a l leading orator of the anti-prohibition- l ists of Texas, tried to make an anti