The Carlisle independent., 1909-07-22
NEWS IF THE WEEK
LATEST NEWS OF THE WORLD
 TERSELY TOLD.
NORTH, EAST, SOUTH AND WEST
Notes From Foreign, Lands Through out the Nation, and Particularly
 The Great Southwest.

Jured, the plant of the Texas Oil Go. at Providence, R. l., badly damaged and a lumber schooner burned to the waters edge by the explosion of oil In two oil barges. The barges con tained 135,000 gallons of oil and were completely destroyed.
 The distribution of cars occupied the attention of Interstate Commerce Commissioners Clark and Harlan in erence to the relation of the railroads of Illinois to the coal mining com panies of the state.
 Randolph w Walton of Columbus. Ohio, made the climb up Pike's peak on foot in five hours. and the return trip in three hours, beating the best previous record for the round trip by nearly thirty minutes.
 AS he was leaving the French sen ate M. Caillaux, the minister of finance, was struck in the face by Charles Bos. former deputy. who claims that the finance minister slan- dered him in the chamber of deputies by charging him with lobying.
 The Tobacco Association of the United States (independent), in con- vention at Old Point Comfort, sent telegram to Senator Aldrieh and others of the senate finance com mittee, protesting against the pro posed advance on the tax on tobacco.
 A cowboy tournament at Nogales, Sonora, the worlds record for throw ing and tying wild steer was broken by Ed Hall, of Hut, N. NJ. who per formed the feat in 21 seconds fat The best previous time was 21 1-5 seconds.
 The power schooner Rainbow, carry ing an excursion party of g school children and a number of women, sud denly capsized off the Island of Molo- kai, near Pukoo harbor All the pas sengers and crew were rescued, but one woman died soon afterward from the excitement and shock.
 W. J. Bryan refused to attend the Fourth of July celebration of Tam many Hall, and likewise did not send a Fourth of July sentiment in writing. When the braves marched into Tam many Hall for their usual Independ- ence Day celebration Thomas F. Smith read letters of regrets from all the prominent Democrats except Bry- an.
 Stanley Ketchel, of Michigan, is still the worlds middleweight champion. In a desperate. gruelling battle, dur ing which the champion was constant ly on the aggressive. he was awarded the decision over Billy Papke, of Hi nois, at the end of the twentieth round-the scheduled number
 H. F. Strange, a Confederate vet eraR, and five children, Vernie, aged 14; Beatrice, aged T. Violet. aged 6; Cecil. aged 3, and Henry, aged IS months, all children of s. E. Hamlett, were burned to death in the Hamlett house at South Boston. Mir. Hamlett, his wife and two children escaped. One child was thrown from window and so badly hurt that he will die.
 Frank G. Selee, for twelve years manager of the Boston National league base ball club and late man ager of the Chicago Nationals, died in Denver at the Elks' Home for con- sumptiyes.
 C. G. Stafford, formerly mayor of Eureka, Cal, was run down by N. E. Silva and instantly killed in the sev- enth race of the automobile meet at the Emeryville track. Silva's car was upset, turning over twice and fell on the driver, breaking his nose and oth- erwise injuring him.
 Today ground was broken at Spuy tenduvil for the site of the monu- ment to Captain Henry Hudson, who, in his good ship Half Moon" com pleted the exploration of the Hudson river three hundred years ago.
 Nine members of Fourth of July picnic party were injured. John Det- ter and wife perhaps fatally, when a big moving van. bringing them back Lafayette Ind. fell over sixteen foot embankment near Wild Cat bridge this evening"
 Marvin. alias Vim. Mathews was held in s25,000 bond by United States Commissioner Frazier to appear be- fore the federal court in Omaha on the charge of complicity in the hold-up of Union Pacific train May 22.
 Emily Morgan, colored, probably the oldest resident of Georgia, is dead at the age of 117. Aunt Emily" took in washing until she was 1O9 years old For year or two she had suffered with a misery"
 To promote motor boat racing in the middle west, Thomas H. Hughey, com modore of the Illinois Valley Yacht club, of Peoria, H., offered a purse of $500 for a race from St. Paul to St. Louis. on the Mississippi river, open to all motor boats 40 feet in length or under, belonging to any recognized yacht club in the United States.