The Carlisle independent., 1909-05-13

the oldest and best known clergymen connected with the Methodist episcopal church. died Sunday at Delaware, o.
 Gilbert D. Preston, president of the Interstate Coal 6 Coke company shot and killed himself Sunday in the bath room of his home at Columbus, Ohio.
 Cornelius Fellows, founder and the president of the National Horse Show association, died Friday, aged 69. It was largely due to his efforts that the annual horse shows held in Madison Square Garden attained their popu- larity.
 H. Ota, councillor in the department of agriculture and commerce for the Japanese government, has been ap- pointed commissioner general to the Alaska a-Yukon-Pacific exposition and will come to Seattle imediately to take charge of the Japanese exhibits.
 Fire caused by crossed wires Thurs day night destroyed the plant of the Piqua (O) Home Telephone company. A score of operators seated ct the switchboards when the fire broke out had narrow escapes, the entire build ing being in flames minute or so after it was discovered.
 Senator Shoot Thursday received assurances from the officials of the department of justice that there would be an investigation of the charge of discriminating by the Hartman rail roads which were recently made by the merchants of Salt Lake and other cities in Utah.
 At least two persons were burned to death and many severely injured in a fire which threatened to destroy a six-story tenement in New York. The fire, starting on the third floor worked up to the roof and imprisoned many families.
 When Margaret Tarney, a beautiful 16-year-old girl. saw Des Moines off cers arrest Charles A. Morgan, mar ried man to whom she wrote burning love letters, she swallowed an ounce of laudanum She was taken to hos pital. where her condition is preca- rious.
 Charles K. Shu. probably the frs Chinaman to be made a justice Of the peace in this country, was Wednesday invested with that authority by the commonwealth of Massachusetts. Shu is a native of Seattle, Wash
 New York is to have the highest hotel in the world, is plans filed with the bureau of building are carried out. They call for a thirty-one story struc- ure, 376 feet high.
 The Rev Edward Everett Hale, aged chaplain of the United States senate, was taken i'll on his way from Wash ington to Boston Wednesday, and is now confined to his home.
 Nat Goodwin has purchased the Her vey 60-acre orange grove near Fuller ton, Cal, paying for it sG4,0OO. The ranch is considered one of the most attractive in that section.
 The annual edition of the "Quax Drake University's student publiea- tion, was confscated by the faculty and it's editors threatened with possl- bIe expulsion unless two objectionable cartoons were withdrawn.
 The Florida house of representa- tives Tuesday adopted a resolution en- dorsing the democracy of the match less and peerless leader of the Demo cratic party, William Jennings Bryan.
 Former Congressman John J, Lentz of Ohio, Tuesday filed a petition in bankruptcy in the United States court scheduling liabilities of sS7,0S2.41, of which S13.300 is secured and assets of $20,645.
 J. R. Capablanca, the Cuban cham pion, after ffty-two moves scored his second victory Tuesday night against Frank J. Marshall, in the fifth game of the chess match at the Manhattan club at New York.
 On account of the funeral of Maurice Powers, a former member of the Phil adelphia Athletics, the game between Washington and Philadelphia Ameri- can Leagues scheduled for Thursday at Washington will be postponed.
 Advices received Tuesday from Sydney. Australia. state that Jack London. the American author who SLdILEu OH q LOuA VI L-A~ ADO--1AA 1NeN Islands many months ago in the sloop Shark has sold the boat at that port and gone to South America.
 Earth and snow slides which have continued intermittently for the past sixteen hours at point on the Great Northern. a mile east of Nyack, Mont, have completely blocked traffic and dozen trains, including four passen- ger trains. are tied up on either side.
 Adele Boas, the 13-year-old daugh- ter of Arthur E. Boas, is at home with her parents, the mystery of her disap- pearance having been dispelled and the case resolves itself into nothing more than the escapade of a child with a sudden desire to see the world.
 According to a dispatch received Monday night former Governor Low rey. of Mississippi, who is ill in New Orleans. has suffered a relapse and it is not believed he can survive for