The Carlisle independent., 1909-05-06

uel DSupsler OI IlllSpuFS against Col. William D. Mann of Town Top ics Friday awarded the plaintiff judg- ment for s4O,OOO. The suit grew out of publication of an article in Town Topics
 James L. Dixon, 24 years old, thinks that the United States marine corps is a good place for man to be, even though he is worth pI25,000 He en- listed in Chicago Friday for four years.
 Judge White in Portsmouth, Va, Friday reduced the number of liquor licenses in Norfolk county from about fifty to fifteen. The court refused all saloon licenses outside the Ocean View and Pine Beach inclosures, and granted only one license each within those inclosures.
 Archbishop Ireland accompanied by Bishop O'Gorman of Sioux Falls, s. D., called on President Taft late Friday and spent some little time with him. The call was purely one of respect.
 Judge Foster in the United States court Friday dismissed the application for a writ of habeas corpus in the case of Louis F. Allardt, who, it is claimed, defrauded merchants of Peoria, H., of about S30,000.
 The Williams & Rogers company, one of Cleveland's largest depart ment stores, which recently went into the hands of receiver, was declared bankrupt in the federal court by Judge Taylor Tuesday. The liabili- ties schedule $34S,95 and the assets $149, ,423.
 E. H. Hartman will sail for Europe about the middle of June to be gone efnitely-probably be- tween two and three months While by no means a sick man, he has de- cided to go abroad for the first time since he was operated on for appen- dicitis several years ago.
 A man of saving disposition who placed a cigar butt in his pocket thinking he had crushed out the light, caused a panic at the National theater in Chicago Wednesday night. When the cigar butt had nursed itself into vigorous life again those back of him thought the stage was on fire.
 A new factor appeared In the wheat situation in American when a call was issued for a mass meeting of all grain growers under the auspices of the Farmers union at Springfield, Mo, on May 12 next.
 Charles Loper, who is in the San Quentin penitentiary awaiting execu- ton on June 23, requested that he be allowed to see a man hanged before he himself is led to the gallows.
 Newspaper publishers from all parts of the country to the number of up wards of 150 attended the opening session of the Newspaper Publishers association in the Waldorf-Astoria, New York, Wednesday,
 Billy Bowman of Chattanooga knocked out Kid" Murphy of Saginaw, Mich, in the third round of a sched- tied eight-round bout at Chattanooga, Tenn, Wednesday night.
 James Arbuckle was killed, three persons were injured and property damaged to the extent of $30,000 by a tornado which swept through Oglesby, Tex. late Wednesday night.
 Edward Solomon. former governor of Wisconsin, is dead at Frankfort on main Germany.
 Mrs. Sarah E. Thompson, aged II, who served as a spy during the civil war and is said to be the only woman carried on the pension rolls as sol dier, was so severely injured in Wash ington by being knocked down by street car near the capitol that she may die.
 The official scandal olsclosed by the arrest of nine members of the lower house of the Japanese diet in connection with the alleged miscon- duct of the officers of the Japanese Sugar company is steadily growing and more arrests among the legisla- tors are expected.
 The Illinois Central will build bridge to cost s1000,000 across the Ohio river near Henderson, Ky, F miles below Evansville Work will start this year. Illinois Central trains now cross on the Louisville & Nash vile bridge.
 The Cuban senate Monday passed the house bill authorizing the presi- dent to suspend at his discretion the export duties on sugar, tobacco and liquors
 President Taft has nominated Thomas c. Dawson of Iowa to be United States minister to Chile.
 The house bill legalizing Sunday baseball in Minnesota passed the sen ate Monday. It is thought that Gov. Johnson will sign it.
 The battleship Mississippi was | Monday finally accepted by the gov ernment. On her way up the Missis- sippi river to Natchez, to receive the silver service presented by the state of that name, the vessel will stop at various cities along the route.