The Carlisle independent., 1909-09-02

l stephen J. ChilSon, who is wanted in Iowa and Michigan, charged with l operating confidence games, was ar, rested in Chicago The police declare 1 that he has cleared more than $25.000 l through his real estate operations dur. ing the last year. He escaped from custody in Muskegon county, Mich. in January.
 Fire originated in the Whitenew ! house at Truckee, New, consumed the i building and threatened to wipe out 1 the town. ". Watkins, Southern Pacific employe, fell down stairs in the hotel while trying to escape and broke 1 hls neck.
 Henry c. Mckenzie, an undertaken, shot himself to death in his establish ment in Indianapolis after having written note designating the coffin he wished to be buried in. He added that worry over business had driven him insane.
 It is regarded as certain that the interstate commerce commission will take an appeal to the United States supreme court from the decision of the United States circuit court at Chi eago in the Missouri river rate case.
 Sterling Birmingham, the discharged loan clerk of the Windsor Trust Co, New York, under arrest for having received S250 commission from brok- CT in conjunction with the Joyce Heinze copper deal, waived examina- [ ir hn1 in $500 bail for trial. His counsel fur nished bail.
 The long drouth in Oklahoma, Ark | ansas and parts of southern Missouri was broken by heavy rain. The heat, which has been excessive since July 15, was checked. Satisfactory yields of corn and cotton are assured. 1 Muskogee, Okla, say the rain was general and that the crops had been immensely helped.
 Another Indiana county-Union- was added to the dry list, as the result of an option election. The ma 1 jority against the saloons was 409.
 David E. Thompson, the United
 
 | egraphed the state department that there is no danger of serious trouble | in Mexico He says the elements of disorder are practically confined to | the northern states of Mexico. The boiler at Huddleston & Single terry's blaming mill at Rusk, Texas, exploded, killing two men and wound ing two more.
 Samuel Keller, a widely known newspaper correspondent and politi- clan, died at Jefferson City, aged 51 1 years. A widow, who is a sister of Senator Charles J. Hughes. of Colo rado. and son, survive him.
 The Mobile, Jackson x Kansas City railroad was sold under foreclosure at Decatur, the purchase price being l S3.2o0, 900, and Neil A. Weathers the bidder.
 Believing that an officer in uniform Is handicapped in the effort to SUD- 1 press violation of the prohibition law in Nashville, Mayor James s. Brown i has instructed Chief of Police Henry l Curren to order all patrolmen to lay
 
 and report in plain clothes The men will also discard their police clubs. Six million feet of lumber were de- stroyed by fire on the docks of the l John Schroeder Lumber company at l Ashland, Wis The loss is between l s100,00O and $120,O00, fully covered by l insurance.
 Hundreds of members of the Sons i of Veterans, U. $. A, are assembled i in Washington to attend the annual encampment of the commandery in chief and auxiliary of that organiza- ton.
 The Journal de Brussels Pekin cor respondent says that serious difficult ties have arisen between the Japan ese and Russians north of Tchang- Choun, Manchuria, and that each side has mobilized troops. 4 blanket reduction of 12 per cent in all fire insurance rates for Kansas | business property in Kansas was or dered by Charles w. Barnes, superin- tendent of insurance The reduction becomes effective September 15.
 The descendants of Hugh Brady and Capt. Samuel Brfady, pioner settlers 1 of Cumberland county, Pa, held a reunion at Carlisle, Pa, to celebrate the 2oOth anniversary of the birth of l their ancestors.
 The mystery of the wreck of a yes i sel during storm off Rag de sin has
 not yet been cleared up, but the ill., l fated craft is believed to have been a l Spanish steamer, which was lost with | all on board.
 The standard of the Grand Army, reported missing, was found stored in the Commercial building, in which the executive committee of the recent en- campment had it's headquarters at Salt Lake City.
 All newspapers in Stockholm have brought suit against the compositors' l unions for breach of contract. The ae- tions grow out of the compositors join ing the strike when their contracts provided against such action. i