The Carlisle independent., 1909-10-07

died in London. He was born in l<sw York in 1S19
 Frederick R. Burton, a newspaper man and novelist. died suddenly at Lake Hopatcong, N. J. The cause is supposed to have been heart failure. MT. Burton was AS years old.
 Although the late E. H. Hartman was nonresident of Illinois, his l property in that state is said to be subject to the Illinois inheritance tax of two per cent. Attorney Walter K. Lincoln, representing Attorney Gen. eral Stead secured from County Judge Rinaker an order appointing J. Scott Matthews to appraise the Hartman estate for the purpose of levying the | tax
 The uniform President Diaz will wear when he meets President Taft was shipped through Fl Paso in bond. It was made especially for the inter- national meeting by a celebrated firm in Europe. It is a gorgeous affair of heavy broadcloth with gold trimmings.
 Dr. Frederick A Cooks claim to be the discoYerer of the north pole was indorsed by the American Association of Orifical Surgeons in convention in Chicago.
 Unprecedented cold weather in the valley in the vicinity of Mexico City has destroyed the corn crops. It is estimated that the loss will reach s20,000.000. The thermometer We'd nesday morning registered degrees below the freiezing point
 A government balloon sent up by the weather bureau from Bluemont, Va, landed at Rockport Mo. de- vice for recording the temperature and the height attained was in the basket of the balloon It was sent back to Bluemont
 Judge w. w MeCredie of Vaneou- candidate in the second congressional district of Washington which will elect a successor to the late Repre- sentative Francis W Cushman. By mutual agreement between coun- sel for defense and prosecution. the preliminary hearing of Rev. Wallace M. Stuckey, of Williamsburg. Kas., who was taken to Ottawa from Wau- kegan, H., charged with the abduc- tion of Lorena Sutherland, 16 years old, was continued until October g.
 While near the finish in the 600-yard race, at an athletic meet in Brooklyn, Michael McCaffrey broke his right leg just above the knee. It is believed that McCaffrey. who was in third po- sition at the time, crossed his legs while turning into the stretch and thus cracked the bone.
 By decision handed down in the district court. Sweetwater Tex, will retain the permanent headquarters and shops of the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient railroad, in Texas. Sweet water obtained temporary injunction restraining the removal of the offices to San Antonio.
 The Rev. Henry F Xavier. known in Yonkers, N. r, as the strenuous clergyman" expressed from the pulpit in St. Joseph's Roman Catholic church his intention to publicly chastise cv- cry couple in his parish whom he finds spooning in secluded streets.
 G. W. Bruce, superintendent of tbe state school for the blind, at Fort Gib- son, Okla, has requested Governor Haskell to have the census enumera tors make a separate list of the blind children of the state, that they may be induced to attend school Bruce believes there are 300 blind children in the state. and of that number only fifty-seyen have been enrolled in the school
 Naturalization was refused to 2,067 aliens during the past fiscal year, a material increase over the rejection of would-be United States citizens dur ing the preceding year. In case that will be tried in the United States cir cult court at Cincinnati next month the government will oppose the natu- ralization of a Turkish citizen on the ground that he IS not a white person within the meaning of Section 2169 of the Revised Statutes
 Declaring that the Omaha Indian problem in Nebraska has reached it's critical point, when the Indian has to be transferred from ward of the gov ernment to an independent citizen the bureau of Indian affairs answered that steps would be taken immediate ly to place all the competant Omahas in complete possession of all lands and moneys to which they are enti ted
 From 25,O0O to 5OOO0 were the esti- mates on the number of persons to take part in the giant prohibition pa rade at Chicago. Several floats were prepared. one of which bore a great white coffin, intended to warn of the evils of alcohol.
 Judge A. H. Huston, of the Logan county district court, declined 10 ac- cept the appointment to be United States district attorney of the West ern district Of Oklahoma to succeed John Embrie, resigned
 The report is published in Honolulu that President Taft may visit the Hawaiian Islands and that he will go