The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-09-08

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nett syndicate, but was to have beer
taken over by the Shuberts.
During the funeral at Seattle o.
George E. Eccles, the wireless opera
tor who persisted on the steamer Ohio
every wireless telegraph instrument
IN the western division was silent for
half an hour.
Mrs. Katherine Miller, formerly. Mrs
Kate Soffel, who served two-year
prison term for helping Jack and Ed.
ward Biddle, the murderers, escape
from the county Jail at Pittsburg, died
OF typhoid fever.
Tied to tree by robbers, an en-
ploye of the Ingra1n-Day Lumber Com
pany, suffered tortures for three days
near Nugent, Miss. His mouth was
stuffed with paper and rags and he
was without food. while mosquitoes
were torturing him.
, President Taft has decided that Bev-
erly, Mass, shall be the summer cap
ital again next year, and has leased
the cottage he now is occupying for
the season.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
| American Federation of Labor, and
delegate from Austria engaged in a
war of words at the International
Trades Unions congress in Paris when
the latter attacked American labor
for not joining the organization
The United States and Europe were
brought nearly three hours closer to-
gether when the great liner, Maure-
tania reduced her record from New
York to Queenstown to four days, IA
hours and q minutes.
After Staying Cecil Norton, Is years
old, daughter of his housekeeper; his
daughter Dorothy, aged -, and set
ting fire to his house, Will Tibbetts,
wealthy farmer Of Red Wood Falls,
Mimi, committed suicide.
Five persons, all relatives, were
killed when street car struck an au.
tomobile, near st. Louis.
\ new tobacco war has been
started at Covington, KY, by the filing
of suit by Clark & Scott, independ-
ent manufacturers, against the Burley
society, demanding $135,520, said to
have been overcharged on tobacco
bought by them.
An important amendment has been
made to the navy regulations which
places the engineer officer attached to
ship of war in line to succeed the
executive officer.
Ten square miles of forest adjoin.
ing the Sequoia grove of big trees in
California have been devastated by
fire, though the United States cav.
airy troop under Capt. Rush S. Wells
has succeeded in saving the grove
from danger.
A race war is threatened at Hopes.
ton, Ill.,, because John A. Lumkley of
Ottawa, Ia, white man, was acquit.
ted in connection with the murder of
a negro, who was shot in the darkness
during a gambling row between white
and negro cannery employees.
Before 1000 persons at Coffeyville,
Kan, Harry E. Hoffman, balloonist,
fell 500 feet to death. The big bag
was released accidentally before the
aeronaut was ready and he was car
ried up hanging to a trapeze by his
toes.
Emperor William invited Orville
Wright and his sister, Miss Rather
inc, to sit with the royal family in a
box to watch the arrival of Count |
Zeppelin who made 450-mile fight ,
in his airship to Berlin.
President Taft has accepted the res.
ignation-it is believed by some that
he requested it-of Ormsby McHarg,
assistant secretary of the department
of commerce and labor, who assailed
former President Roosevelt in a news.
paper interview.
Much damage was done in West |
Scranton, Pa, when an old mine be-
meath the city caved in, the city's sur
face in many places sinking five or six
feet.
A lone bandit held up Pennsylva.
MIA railroad express train, shot the
conductor and fled with several thou
sand dollars in coin, including 10000
Of the new Lincoln pennies, which he
for gold.
Having refused to pay judgement of
$4,000 rendered against him for SIAN
dering Phillip Motherill, Wilbur Glenn
Voliva, general overseer at Zion City,
was placed in Jail at Woodstock, Ill.
1t was discovered that seven chill.
dren lost their lives in the fire which
destroyed st. Malachy's orphan asy.
lum at Rockaway Park, L. l., the first
report being that the nuns had saved
all of the inmates.
Organization of subordinate d.
vision of the Commercial Telegraph
ers' union for wireless operators is
by S. j. Konenkamp, presi-
dent of the c. T. u.
Salaries between $1,000 and $4,000
will be paid by the government to
men with agricultural training who
pass civil service examination at
September %, to select
eligibles for assistants in grain stan
dardization in the bureau of plant in
dustry.