Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1909-04-08

Fire caused BY boys VINO were
smoking cigarettes resulted in $4,000
00o loss to For, Worth Tex. and the
death OF one man
Miss Virginia Carter was burned TO
death in fire which destroyed the
historic yellow House" near Win
chester. Va
Twenty seven counties in Michigan
held option elections April 5.
Mrs Georgia Sampson. charged WIN
shaving her husband, Harry Sampson.
a nephew OF Admiral Sampson, went
on trial at Lyons n. y.
officials OF the internal revenue de-
partment expressed the opinion that
moon shining In the south has In
creased since the .'drys' have begun
to win victories at the polls
The body OF Harold Moon. Who was
believed to have been kidnapped. was
found In pond near his home at
Flint. Mich.
An unidentified man committed sui
eide by leaping into Niagara Falls
from Luna island.
Inmates OF an insane asylum at
Woodward. Okla. were panic stricken
when several of the institutions
buildings we're destroyed as a result
of prairie fire.
The stock exchange firm of John
Dickinson L. Co. with offices in New
York, Chicago and other cities was
forced to suspend by unfortunate
stock deals.
The report OF committee OF the
Civil Service Reform league said
former President Roosevelt did not
use coercion with government EN-
ployes to aid in the nomination and
election of Taft
An Arabian stallion valued at $500,
Fred Atherton, a race horse, and otheo
stock persisted in a fire which de-
stroyed the stables at the country
home of H. G. Hall, president of the
Pittsburg chamber Of commerce.
The engineers board has COM
pleted its report on the survey for the
deep waterway between st. Louis and
New Orleans.
Former President Roosevelt arrived
at Gibraltar and went ashore King
Victor Emmanuel will not meet him
while he Is In Italy
Collector OF the Port Loeb OF New
York has ordered re-assessment OF
duties on sugar imported by the trust,
which amount to total increase OF
81 .239, 900.
II Is announced that the subsidiary
companies OF the United States Steel
corporation will cut wages 10 per
cent. on May /.
New indictments we're returned In
Chicago against w. Vernon Booth and
Frederick r. Robbins OF the failed
fish trust.
The women of Washington have pre-
pared to clean the city's streets I'M
less the district commissioners give
them relief from the dirt before
April 15.
A report from the Michigan City
penitentiary says Ray Lamphere. con-
victed Of burning the home Of Mrs.
Belle Guinness at Laporte. Ind. IL
dying Of consumption
Mrs Frank Sorber killed her hus-
band at Hamilton, o.. in defense Of
her son, who was being beaten by his
father.
Fire In Heyn's bazar at Detroit.
Mich. caused damage estimated at
$3.50, 900.
The 500 line will carry grain to
the head of the lakes this fall. says
President Pennington of that road.
Names OF some OF the most eminent
chemists Of the country were submit
ted by DIR. w. Wiley to the state de-
partment as official delegates from the
United States to the seventh interna-
tional congress Of applied chemistry
In London next month.
Three Belgians and four men from
other countries are to judge the es-
says submitted for the prize of 5000
offered by King Leopold for the best
description of The Progress of Aerial
Navigation and the Best Means to
Encourage It"
Ludwig Kruger and wife were
slain and their bodies burned in their
home which was set afire in Toledo, O.
Three Massachusetts boys who
started out to help capture Crazy
Snake got into t1enble and were ar
rested because they sot into houses
from freight train.
Assemblyman Goldberg Of New
York is the father of bill which
makes II a misdemeanor to bar child.
rem from apartment houses in cities
of the first class.
One miner was killed and another
dangerously wounded by deputy con-
stables in a riot at Cheswick. Pa.
The French oil ship Jules Henry
was blown up at Marseilles and 12
men were killed and many injured.
Count Zeppelin and 10 others had .
thrilling fight for life when the noble
mans airship was caught In storm
while high in the air.
Rituminous miners in Pennsylvania
celebrated April /, the anniversary Of
their winning fight for an eight hour
day.
DIR. William Jones. anthropologist
of the Field museum. Chicago. was
slain by savages in the Philippines
Two men were killed and four en-
tombed by an explosion in the Echo
mine at Beury. w. Va.
Crazy Snake, the Creek InGian chief
who led the Indians on the warpath In
Oklahoma, was captured by the militia
after being wounded.
Celebrations of the landing Of the
Spanish. the founding Of the city and
the change OF flags. We're held in st.
Augustine. Fla
Wolf Wordell, an insane man. at
tempted to get into the Office OF Mayor
Reyburn in Philadelphia to kill him.
The cruisers Raleigh and Cincinnati
suffered some damage in Mare Island
channel when the propeller OF one OF
the cruisers caught in the shaft Of the
other, causing leak
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