The Globe-republican., 1909-02-25

railing from q window OF the sixth
floor Of Hampton hall, dormitory al
Harvard college, where he was a
sophomore.
Angered by the brutal attack of a
negro upon white woman, citizens
,of Ottumwa, Ia, surrounded the jail
waiting for the police to bring in the
culprit, which they failed to do.
Pap Johnson, former jointist OF
Lawrence, Kan, shot and killed Mrs
Frances Switser at her home in that
city and then committed suicide.
The San Francisco relief committee
has been dissolved after the expend-
ing more than $S,00O,OO0.
AT the suggestion of the delegates
to the North American conservation
conference President Roosevelt will
issue invitations to all nations for a
world wide conference to meet at The
Hague In September.
While the hangman was waiting to
execute the death sentence on r.
Mead Shumway at Lincoln, Neb., re-
prieve from the supreme court was re-
ceived granting a stay for two weeks.
Martin B. Madden, president of the
Building Trades of Chicago, and M. J.
Boyle, business agent of the Electri-
cal Workers union, have been indict-
ed for extortion.
The supreme court of Illinois has
set aside the verdict in the famous
Smell will case. Maybelle Smell, the
Kansas City woman who figured in
the case in sensational manner, thus
gets $1,000 year and property val
ued at $4,000.
The building and contents of the
Kinley Manufacturing company of
Chicago was destroyed by fire recent
ly causing loss of $325,OCv. The 300
employees, many of whom were girls,
escaped by jumping from windows.
After adopting resolutions advocat-
ing permanent tariff commission the
national convention at Indianapolis
adjourned.
The battleship feet tender Yankton
has arrived at Fort Monroe, Va, the
first of the woodworking vessels to
reach the end of the long Journey
The trial of W. F. Carr at Marion,
Kan, charged with killing Express
Messenger c. A. Bailey, resulted in
verdict of murder in the second de-
gree.
Ella Gingles, an Irish lace maker
10 years old, was found unconscious
and bound with ropes in bathroom
at the Wellington hotel, Chicago.
Considerable mystery attaches to the
case which the police are trying to
unravel.
Heavy earthquakes were recently
felt throughout the island of Porto
Rico. The natives were badly fright
ened but no serious damage was done.
A $4,000 rug has been presented to
the nation and is to be placed in the
parlors of the White House. A rich
Armenian of New York Is the donor.
The rug is said to be the finest In the
world.
The violent earthquake recorded on
many seismographs on January % has
at last been located. Sixty villages
in the western part of Persia were de-
stroyed and between 5000 and 5000
lives were lost.
Indictments have been returned by
the federal grand jury at Washington
against the owners and editors of the
New York World and the Indianapolis
News for libel in connection with the
publication of the Panama canal fake.
Fire recently swept the business
district of Custer City, Ok, causing
a loss of 100000.
A man giving his name as C. H.
Garnet and his home as Nebraska,
made a desperate attempt to extort
$4,000 from Lawrence M. Jones, pres
Ident of the Jones Bros. Dry Goods
of Kansas City. He called
at the Jones residence and threatened |
TO kill the family and blow up the |
house with dynamite, with which he
was provided, unless his demands
we're complied with. After two hours
discussion, Mr.. Jones, with the aid of
lis son and chauffeur, succeeded in
empowering the bandit and turned
him over to the police.
The safe in the store of Drummer &
Perry at Newton, Kan, was looted
~ burglars who secured between
5000 and $4,000 and made their es-
ape.