The Carlisle independent., 1909-12-02
LATEST NEWS OF THE WORLD
 TERSELY TOLD.
NORTH. FAST. SOUTH IND WEST
Notes From Foreign Lands Through out the Nation, and Particularly
 the Great Southwest.

 be sold together with the water rights that attach to the lands, provid- ing the man who sells the lands has with all the provisions of the recla- nation act before he sells out
 One m.llion dollars has been de- posted with the Rothschilds at London to the order of the Hague arbitration court by Domingo Cana, against Chile, in case the court finds in favor of the claimants.
 John Peters, injured in practice football game with Morningside col lege of Sioux City, Ia, in prepara- tion for the contest with Vermillion on Thanksgiving day, died in hospital Tuesday.
 Marguerite Bolts, the 12-year-0ld daughter of MT. and Mrs. J W. Bolts, was burned to death at Paris, Texas The little girb had gotten out of bed and was warming herself at a grate, when the lower edge Of her night gown caught fire.
 James P. Scott, 35 years old. and his 12-year-old son, were smothered to death near Lynchburg, Va, under a wagon load of leaf tobacco.
 Benjamin S. Cable, an attorney of Chicago, will succeed Ormsby Me Harg as assistant secretary of the de partment of commerce and labor, ac- cording to statement made by Senator Cullom of Illinois.
 An anonymous gift of s424,000 has been made to the Children's Aid society of New York City. During the year the society received more than a million dollars, the largest fund in it's history.
 w. Cameron Forbes of Massachuet- ts was Wednesday inaugurated gov ernor general of the Philippine Is lands in the Chamber of Popular as- sembly. The inauguration was made the occasion for a popular demonstra- ton.
 The customs at Fl Paso, Tex, have seized 400 cans of smuggled opium, valued at $7,000 No arrests were made Within the last month more than S20000 worth of smuggled opium has been seized at that place.
 Postmaster General Hitchcock has approved designs for the new postal cards to be finished by the govern ment printing office under the ar rangement taking effect January l next. The head of Mckinley will bc continued on the ordinary card, but a better likeness has been selected and the border design has been much improved.
 w. L. Carney, an aged reeIuse and well to do citizen, who was attacked and robbed in his home several > months ago, died at Bismarck, Mo. tHe never recovered from the injuries sustained when robbed.
 The long continued rains have stopped. resulting in a remarkable improvement in conditions in the canal zone. The flood in the Chagres river is subsiding and the water is now approximately ten feet above the normal
 Aaron Johnson, a negro. who is said to be 115 years old, fell out of a wagon at Alexandria, La, and broke his neck, as he was being conveyed to the Rapioes parish poor farm at Pineville.
 Henry Neck, 50 years old, farmer living at Gonzales, Tex, conceived and executed what i3 probably the most peculiar form of suicide ever re corded in Texas. Neck built huge funeral pyre at the foot of a tree touched a match to the tree and as the flames Ieaped about him, sent rifle bullet into his head. The remains were found Monday.
 Representatives of the Snake In dian tribe who are attending the Chickasaw legislature at Tishomingc Tex are making hard fight to in duce the Indians to refuse to recog nize the United States government
 Col. D. J. N. A. Jewett, veteran of the Crimean and civil wars, famous duelist in Europe and an Indian fight CT of New Mexico, died Friday morn ing at Capitan, N. NJ, aged IT. He was a native of Boston
 Consuelo, dowager duchess Of Man chester, in London, died early Satuf day morning of heart failure, follow ing an attack of neuritis.
 The post office and general store al Seville. a small town near Lewistown H.. was entered by burglars and the safe blown open. All the contents were stolen. The robbers made gooc their escape. Bloodhounds are or their trail.
 A jail delivery, in which three prls oners, BIondy King and George sim mons. white, and Richard White, ne gro, made their escape, was effected from the Perry county jail at Duquoin III. They sawed out the bars in the cells and escaped from the building bJ digging a hole through the wall.