The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1909-01-08
Refugees from the earthquake are

arriving at Naples by the shipload,
and present sickening sight. Most
Of them are In a deplorable mental
condition through fright.
Seven hundred dollars q month ali.
mOny has been allowed Mrs. Mary
Bogardus Tower, an ex-telephone girl,
In final decree OF separation from
her husband, A. Il. Tower, o wealthy
iron master Of Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
The cool work Of fireman at Erie.
Pa, averted a panic when the Park
theater was discovered on fire during
q performance. Nobody was injured
but the theater was badly damaged.
Abraham Ruef. convicted OF bribery
at San Francisco, has been sentenced
to IL years Imprisonment.
The petition of Count Boni de Cas-.
telane that his three sons be taken
from their mother, formerly Anna
Gould, now Princess de Sagan, and
placed in his mothers care, has been
denied by the Paris court.
The Democrats have organized SO.
clety " este blish newspapers through
out Kansas to begin an educational
campaign to teach tho people the prin-
ciples OF Democracy. The action was
taken at q conference of leading Dem
ocrats recently held In Topeka.
The bubonic plague has made it's
re-appearance In Guayaquil. Ecuador
The Missouri insurance department
has barred from the state the Walla
Walla Fire Insurance company. The
concern has gone into the hands Of a
receiver.
Beach Hargis, charged with the
murder of his father ut Irvine, KY,
has been released in $4,000 bail.
Gov. Haskell of Oklahoma, has
Issued proclamation announcing the
defeat at the recent election of the
two constitutional amendments, one
changing the location of the state
capitol, and the other adopting the
Torrens land system.
M. Clemenceau the French premier.
was recently fired upon in Paris by a
Corsican named Benedetti. The off,
cial was not hit. The would-be assas-
sin was arrested and disarmed.
Unable to endure the thought of
spending their declining years without
the presence of their 18.year-old
daughter, Prof. ]. p. Gordy, of New
York university. and his wife COM
mitted suicide a few hours after the
death Of the girl.
Wilbur Wright, the American aero
naut, beat all previous aeroplane rec
ords at Lemans, France, remaining In
the air for two hours and nine min
utes.
| Lillian Russell, the actress, Is pre-.
pairing to publish the love letters
which she has received during her
long stage career. There will be two
volumes of the missives.
At the close OF 1908 Kansas City had
294.22 miles of paved streets and
boule Yards.
The United States supply ship Gel
tic, which was to have met the return
ing battleship feet, has sailed from
New York direct to Messina, Italy
where the supplies will be turned
over to the earthquake sufferers.
Samuel Cleveland. boy six years
old, died while on the operating table
At Lawrence, Kan, while two physi
clans were preparing to perform an
operation for appendicitis. The boy
was given chloroform and died before
the operation began.
The immensity of the disaster II
Southern Italy continues to grow al
further details are received. 1t is now
estimated that 10000 persons los
their lives at Messina and Reggie
alone. A score Of other towns were
devastated and thousands Of victim!
In these places must be added to thu