The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-06-17

A message from Smoaks, S. c.,
states that guile Simmons and Frank
Samuels, negroes arrested there
charged with the murder of young
Ben Smoaks two weeks ago, were
lynched by a mob of over 500.
The bodies of two men, J. Gooder
of Rock Valley, Ia, and w. ID. Toney
of Sioux City, were found in a well
on the McNally ranch, two miles north
of Kadoka, S. D., and Michael Malone,
who was in their employ, is under
arrest, suspected of their murder.
Another of the series of great bridges
which are gradually built to connect
little old Manhattan with the various
boroughs which comprise Greater
New York was formally opened with
week of elaborate ceremonies begin
ming Saturday.
WI Ting Fang, Chinese minister at
Washington, has reached the isthmus
of Panama from New York. He is on
his way to Peru. to which country he
also is accredited Through the cour-
tesv of Gen. Goethals he will inspect
the canal.
A special from Vancouver, b. O.,
says that six Chinese performers, en-
route to the Alaska Yukon-Pacific ex-
position at Seattle, are being detained
there by Dominion immigration Com
missioner Munroe until the $500
Chinese head tax is paid. An appeal
is being made to the Chinese ambas-
sador at Washington.
Chinese are refusing to sign agree
ments with the salmon Gamers at the
old wage scale and general strike
of Celestials and a complete tie-up of
the canneries is threatened. 1t is
practically Impossible to replace the
Chinese in the canneries with whites
and Indians.
George Cox of ST Paul, dining car
conductor on the Northern Pacific.
went to Burlington, Ia, and going 10
a rooming house where his wife, Bes-
sic Cox. had been employed, shot her
to death. He also attempted 10 XIII
another woman named Pearl smith
but the bullet missed her. He was
arrested. Jealousy is said to be the
cause.
The announcement is made positive
" that Francis j. Heney will be
candidate for district attorney at the
coming election. He says he has con-
sented TO enter the fight, as he wishes
to continue the graft prosecution IN
which he is now engaged.
An informal invitation from Amer
lea to Great Britain TO participate III
the naval review to be held IN san
Francisco next October TO celebrate
the rebuilding of the city after the
earthquake of 1906 has been presented
by Ambassador Reid.
President Taft has directed the pro
motion to the grade of major OF capt
F. r. Lang. second United States IN
fantry, who was seriously wounded III
the Picking campaign and is now inca
pacitated for active duty that the OH
Ger may be retired in the advanced
rank.
The bursting of valve in the Ice
plant Of the Pacific Mail steamship
China. as the vessel was nearing san
Francisco from the orient, Hooded the
first-class cabins with ammonia ana
several passengers narrowly escaped
suffocation.
Soloston Beaubien, member Oh the
Beaubien family which settled in chi
caeo when it was only trading post
on the western frontier, died in De
kalb. III. He was born in Monroe
Mich, in 1926.
Fire damaged the hardware ware
house of the B. F. Avery q sons pio"
factory. in Louisville. Ky, the second
largest concern of its kind In the
country, and for time threatened
the entire group of large buildings
The loss is So, zoe.
Mrs. Electra r. Beard, convicted Oh
misappropriating $4,000 of the iuhus
of the Children's Hospital assocld-
tion of Denver. while treasurer OF tha'
institution. was sentenced to serve
eighteen months to three years In the
penitentiary.
Louisiana Petite, so called sleep
ing Sickness" girl of Lowell, Mass
died after lying on her bed practically
unconscious for thirty-two days. In
that time the only nourishment which
passed her lips was milk forceo
through her teeth.
II is stated by a San Sebastian
newspaper that King Alfonso recently
underwent another operation on MS
nose by a Bordeaux specialist DIT.
Moure, which has proved successful
During the current fiscal year tehe
national banks of the country have
received in individual deposits VA
s26.o6o.3S4. more than billion and a
half dollars in excess of the entire