The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-25

and secretary of the treasury under President Cleveland. is dying in St. Vincent's hospital in New York.
 Miss Grace Witherspoon, 20 years old, overpowered a burglar who had entered her home at Princeton. Ind, and wrenched from his grasp a pillow slip containing more than S200 worth of jewelry and furs, which the intruder had stolen.
 Booker T. Washington headed a committee which called al the White House to solicit the support of Presi. dent aft for a movement which has been started by leading negroes throughout the country looking toward the holding of an exposition in 1913 to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the freedom of the negro race
 The police of Troy, N. Y, are seek Ing some elew which may lead to the murder of a young woman whose suburb of Troy. The woman was about 20 years old, of apparent refine ment and handsomely dressed.
 Frank Loftus, James Hayes and William Hastings, Leadville gold min CTS, were caught in a blizzard near the Hill Top mine on the Lake Park county line, and frozen to death.
 At the offices of the Wells-Fargo Express company in New York 1t was denied that the general offices of the company were to be moved from New York. A rumor to that effect was prevalent in the West
 N. J. Baehelder of Concord, N. H., was reelected grand master of the National Grange convention in Des Moines. He was opposed by o. Gard her of Maine. The vote stood 35 to IA.
 The oldest Rebekah in Illinois, Mrs. Lydia Raymond, 93 years old, died in Warrensburg in that state.
 A southbound Frisco passenger train went into the ditch near Platter, Okla. The engine turned over. Engineer Wells was badly burned and may die. Fireman Hefens ankle was broken and he was badly scalded.
 State Game and Fish Warden Tol- erton of Missouri reports the number of state hunters licenses issued this year as 43,917. These licenses are from the entire state and indicate that there are that many licensed him. rods in Missouri.
 After two days passed in hearing the testimony of many of the most prominent citizens, Judge Seay of the criminal district court has denied a change of venue to Burrell Oates on his fifth trial, charged with the mur- der of Sol. Aronoff in Dallas, Noyem- Der g, 1904. Oates has been given four death sentences and granted new trials each time by the court of crim- inal appeals. He is a negro. Holly Van, a white man convicted of con- pleity in the same crime, was hanged four years ago.
 Mrs. Tom Mock and her baby were rescued from their house at Johns town, Mo, which had been turned up side down by the severe windstorm that swept that section. Neither was injured. The wind demolished one business building and damaged sever al others.
 Fred Lindsay, young farmer re- siding on Fox Island, south of Gray vile, H., shot and killed his uncle, John Lindsay. during quarrel It is said the young man acted in self de- fense
 In general round up. William J. Flynn, chief of the United States se-
  arrested thirteen men in New York City, accused of being importers of counterfeit money, part of band which has been launching it's pro- ducts on the market since last April.
 The grand jury at Union City, Tenn. returned individual indictments against Garrett Johnson and Arthur Cloar, alleged night riders, charging them with the murder of Captain Quentin Ranken on October IS, 1908
 The loss of life during the recent hurricane and torrential rains at Kingston, Jamaica, is now figured at about twenty. Communication by ca ble was restored, but the land lines are still down in many directions.
 Walter J. Luffsey, Jr., 21 years old died at Richmond, Va, as result of an injury received in game of foot ball. The injury developed into pneu- monia
 C. T. Garland, night baggageman at the Chicago & Northwestern railway depot, died at Dixon hospital from the effects of a fall from a viaduct.
 Ed Cardwell and Ed. Koontz were killed at Memphis. Tenn, by William c. Smith, negro, who surrendered. They had crowded aboard ahead of Smith, who entered the car and after riding few blocks rushed to the platform where the white men were standing and shot them dead.
 The condition of Timothy D. C"Big Tim") Sullivan, a Tammany leader, who arrived day or two ago, suffer ing from a severe attack of grip, is much improved. MT. Sullivan is be- ing deluged with telegrams from anx- ious inquirers.
 Francis Joseph Reitz, president of II r