The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1905-1910, 1909-02-23
NEWS NOTES.

are seriously i'll as a result Of eating
poisoned sausage at Memphis.
Charles Gillespie. Negro, charged
with criminal assault was put to deatf
in the electric chair at Richmond, Va
A decree Of divorce with. alimony Of
So, 900 a year and the custody of hei
son was awarded Mrs. William J. Lemp,
Jr., in st. Louis.
The rivers and harbors bill, reported
to the House, carries nearly $40. 900. OOC
part Of which is to be used for surveys
Of Kentucky streams.
The Kigore, Tex. State Bank was
robbed. The vault door was filed into
and the money safe blown open. The
robbers secured 3,40O.
Because Of recent illness Admiral
Dewey has declined the Presidents in
vitation to go to Hampton Roads to
witness the review of the battleship
feet.
Three persons were burned TO death
and four were fatally injured by an ex-
plosion Of keg Of mining powder in
coal miners home near Golfers, w.
Va.
The possibilities Of the wireless seem
to be almost unlimited. Communica-
tion was had between Los Angeles and
the Hawaiian Islands, a distance of g.
200 miles.
President Roosevelt announced that
call would be Issued at once for a
worlds conference on the conservation
Of natural resources 70 be held at The
Hague next September.
Caleb Powers presented a petition
and made formal application for par
dons for John Powers, Charles Finley
and w. S. Taylor at Frankfort. Gov.
Wilson was not in his office at the time.
The earthquake recorded Jan. % had
its location in the province of Luristan.
in Western Persia. Sixty villages were
wholly or partially destroyed and the
loss of life was between 1000 and G. 900
II is announced in Madrid that King
Alfonso has accepted the role of arbi-
traitor in the dispute between Germany
and England regarding the boundaries
of Walfsh Bay on the southwest coast
Of Africa.
Members of Congress are sharply
criticising Senator Beverage for his
absence during the closing days Of the
session. Ii is believed that Mr.. Bev-
eridge is absenting himself to avoid
reporting the joint statehood bill.
Stewart Douglas Robinson, son of
Douglas Robinson, President Roose-
velt's brother in-law. a sophomore at
Harvard University, fell from sixth.
story window Saturday night and his
dead body was discovered early by
policeman.
A dramatic scene took place in the
Chicago Federal building when Col. W.
+. Tucker and his wife met before the
army retiring board. which is consider
ing Col fuckers case. Mrs. Tucker
tainted on the witness stand. but was
soon revived.
A mob of more than 500 persons
gathered in the streets of South Omaha
and began an assault on the homes of
several Greeks. smashing them with
bricks. stones and other missiles and
otherwise attempting to run the Greeks
from the town. The foreigners fired
into the crowd. two boys being shot,
but not fatally.
The House of Representatives passed
the Notifications bill and sent the post
Office bill to conference. The sundry
civil bill, which was reported, makes no
change in the limitation put upon the
activities of the secret service. The
bill carries a 1000, 600 appropriation
for the prosecution of land frauds in
the West.
Herbert Knox Smith. Commissioner
of Corporations. has made public his
report on the American Tobacco Com
pany in which he gives the history of
the growth of the big corporation,
which he says now dominates the in
dustry absolutely. This report will be
followed by others dealing with prices
and profits and competitive methods.
Robin j. Cooper was the first witness
introduced for the defense at Nashville
in the case Of the men charged with the
murder of former Senator Edward W.
Carmack. Cooper was on the stand all
day. He declared that Carmack fired
the first two shots. His part in the
tragedy. he said. came about through
his efforts to keep his father, Col. ID.
b. Cooper, out of trouble.