The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-06-24
LATEST NEWS OF THE WORLD
TERSELY TOLD.
NORTH, EAST, SOUTH AND WEST
Notes From Foreign, Lands Through
out the Nation, and Particularly
The Great Southwest.

Joseph and Highland, haH., Hds pOSA
established by the st. Joseph q Graho
Island railway and will be extended as
soon as possible. Announcement Is
made that million and a half dollars
will be spent in Improvements during
the present year.
The appellate division OF the
supreme court confirmed the conVic-
ton of Mrs. Margaret Teal, VIE OF
Ben Teal, the theatrical manager Oh
attempted subornation Of perjury IN
the divorce case of Helen Kelly GouIu
against Frank J. Gould.
Samuel Wilson Murray, pioneer To-
connective builder, died at Milton, "a,
aged so years.
Richard Beffley, young Brooklyn
steamfitter in fit of jealousy shot MS
wife, Margaret, IS years old, mortaily
wounding her and then sent two Dur
lets from the same revolver into MS
head and the other into his heart.
The grand jury called to investigate
the attempted assassination or Ed
Callahan. noted feudist, was dlschare-
ed without returning an indictment.
Emma Goldman in a speech In no
boken advised dissatisfied bakers not
to strike, but to stay at work ana 10
leave the salt out of their bread. me
resultant cramps in the bourgeois
stomach she said would stimulate
thought.
District Attorney Langdon OF san
Francisco asked Judge Wood TO dis
miss the case against John Claudines'
charging him with dynamiting the
home of former Supervisor James l..
Gallagher. An order was signed by
the Judge. Lack of evidence was the
reason assigned for the action.
Captain F. S. Cody, the American
aeroplanist, who is in charge OF the
British army balloon corps, made
two mile circular aerOplane flight at
Aldershot at height varying from 20
to- 40 feet. He appeared to have good
control of his machine, though us
movements were very undulatory.
In his capacity as ambassador to
this country from Mehmed v, the
new sultan of Turkey, Husseln kla-
zif Bey was received formally at the
White House by President Taft.
In executive session the senate con-
f,rmed the nominations of Robert G'
Valentine of Massachusetts, to be COM
missioner of Indian affairs; or Peter
d. Overfield of Alaska, to be district
Judge for Alaska, and OF George w.
Woodruff of Pennsylvania, to be dis
trict judge in Hawaii.
The New York police department
granted a months leave OF absence
with pay TO Acting Captain kuhne'
head of the Brooklyn detective bureau,
who must shortly begin serving thirty
davs' Imprisonment for contempt OF
court in connection with the photo-
graphing of an accused banker some
months ago.
The fifth anniversary of the Slocum
disaster, in which 1900 New workers.
lost their lives, was observed in New
York. Flags on the city hall and 9th
err public buildings were at half-mast
and memorial services were held IN
st. Marks which lost several hundred
members In the burning of the old
excursion steamer near He'll Gate.
Attorney General Norwood and at
torneys for the Hammand Packing co.
and other big packing companies com
promised for $25 900 the suits brought
by the state of Arkansas against those
companies under the antitrust law,
involving hundreds of thousands OF
dollars. The $4,000 was paid in cash
to the state treasurer.
In a decision handed down Monday
the supreme court of Mississippi de-
clared that no beverage can be sold
in the state that contains any per cent
age whatever of alcohol. This deci'
sion will stop the sale OF near beer
in Mississippi.
Secretary Ballinger, designated 3d.
CPS acres in Willard county, 39'6l7
acres in Teoole county. and 311,I49
acres in Box Elder county, Utah, as
ubiect to entry, except where other
wise reserved or appropriated under
the provisions of section = OF the act
of January 10, 1909.
Rev. Aaron S. Watkins, OF Ada, o.,
in 1908 candidate for vice president on
the Prohibition ticket, has accepted
the office Of president of Asbury col
lege at Whitmore, KY
ADELAIDE Aquiro, leper patient at
the county hospital, at Los Angeles,
ESCAPED from the hospital by means OF
a rope made of twisted bed shets. HIS
absence was not noticed. lie has not
been found.
With the approval by Governor
Draper. of a bill requiring the time OF
the sending and receipt OF kilograms
shall appear in each message sent and