The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-25
NEWS IF THE WEEK
LATEST NEWS OF THE WORLD
 TERSELY TOLD.
h0RTH. EAST. SOUTH AND WEST
Notes From Foreign Lands Through out the Nation, and Particularly
 the Great Southwest.

Deadwood, s. D., has issued a state ment notifying it's men that after January l, 1910, it will employ only non-union men, but that the present eight hour shift and the present scale of wages will be maintained. The company employs 2,500 men.
 Frank Whitening, member of a jewelry firm of Chicago, spent several anxious hours M New York until he found his trunk. containing s35,000 worth of jewels, which disappeared from in front of the Herald Square hotel. porter, who had been eau tioned to watch the trunk left it with the taxieab chauffeur, and the latter, when man and woman appeared as passengers a few minutes later, took them as the trunks owners and drove away. Three hours later the taxicab returned with the trunk and valuables safe.
 The Montgomery county grand jury at Litchfeld, H., has returned an in- dictment on the charge of attack on a woman against Dr. Algy F. Strange, dentist of Litchfield, who is alderman from the Fifth ward. Dr. Strange was indicted on complaint of Sophie Cove. domestic.
 William H. Thompson, s7 years old, was arraigned at Rockford, H., on charge of embedding s4,6S1 from the school fund of Roekton district, of which he was treasurer twenty-five "a boarinO unable to furnish bail of S5000 and was committed to Winnebago county jail, the oldest prisoner that it has ever received.
 Columbus, O., veterans of the civil war have started a movement having for it's primary object the prevention of the unfurling anywhere of a rebel flag and ultimately to have congress enact law prohibiting the display Of any flag but the stars and stripes on American soil.
 Andrew Seseley was shot and killed by R. E. Pertle, at Steelton, Ok. The men quarreled over game of cards.
 Aaron McMurdy, 15 years old, shot a negro man named George Coleman, who had attempted to hold up himself and friend at Poplar Bluff, Mo. The story as told by the boy is that he and his friend were walking home when the negro stepped out of an alley and raised his right hand The spot was a lonely one and the boy did not take a chance of the negro, but pulled pistol and fired two shots, one of which took effect in his assailant's left eye The boy was placed under arrest. The negro was given medical treatment, but is not in serious condition.
 Charles Long, an Iron Mountain freight conductor, was struck by his train in the yards at Poplar Bluff, Mo, and died a short time after. He was about 30 years old and leaves widow and small child. His home was in Hoxie, Ark.
 Mrs. W. T. Hawes, of Hawesville, Ky, was attacked by negro at Evansville, Ind Several women, who happened to be near, went to Mrs. Hawes' rescue. They attacked the ne gro with hat pins, badly lacerating his face. The negro made his escape.
 V. tor of the Euclid Avenue Congrega- tional chu9ch at Cleveland. O., for thir- teen years known as leader in the Congregational church in America, has announced his forthcoming retirement from the pulpit
 After a search lasting more than twenty years, Edward Williams of Vallejo, Cal, found his daughter, Mrs Albert M. Jackson. at her home in Chicago. Twenty-three years ago Mrs Williams and her 1-year-old daughter left Williams home and disappeared
 A petition has been filed ID the pro bate court at Chicago by L. s. Ows- ley, executor oI the estate Of Charles T. Yerkes, asking for the confirmation or an agreement entered into between Mrs. Mary Adelaide Yerkes, widow of the late Charles T. Yerkes, tke execu- tor of the estate of Yerkes and the heirs of the Yerkes estate.
 Arthur George, who shot and killed his divorced wife at Brighton Beach on May 13, was convicted of murder in the first degree, and will be sen- tenced to death The case attracted attention because it was the first in which new state law that limits the use of the insanity plea was applied.
 Cards announcing the approaching marriage of Congressman Morris Sheppard of the First Texas district, whose home is in Texarkana, to Miss Lucille Sanderson, also of Texarkana, are out. The marriage will take place December 1.
 The federal grand jury in New York Friday indicted James Verdennagel, former superintendent of the Williams burg refinery of the American Sugar Roaming company, charging conspir acy to defraud the government by us ing false weights on sugar imported into this country