The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-03-18
NEW s SUM INA RY

Nebraska senate.
George T. Oliver of PittsburH has
been named as the Republican candiS
date for United States senator to sue.
coed p. c. Knox.
Grieving over the death of his dog,
MARITIME Aororio, a retired chef, at
tempted to commit suicide in the city
hall at Oakland by biting himself TO
death.
Lumbermen of Arizona, New Mex
leo and West Texas met at Eel Paso,
Texas, last week in secret session. 1t
is believed the schedule of prices is
to be boosted
Ruth Bryan Leavitt eldest daugh-
ter of William j. Bryan, has been
granted a divorce from w. II. Leavitt.
Mrs. Leavitt was granted the custody
OF the two children.
Mrs, Lew Crist of Chicago shot and
killed her 14year-old boy and then
killed herself at Rushville, Ind The
tragedy occurred at the home of a
friend she was visiting.
The police of Oakland, Cal, have
uncovered a plot which they claim
has revealed modern "Fagin," who
has Systematically trained young
boy to rob his employer.
plans for an extension of the rapid
transit system of New York City, to
cost about s50,000,000 are being pre-
pared by engineers of the INTERIOR
ough Rapid Transit company.
Thirty or more lives were lost, six
ty people were injured and property
worth one million dollars was de-
stroyed as result of the tornado
that wrecked the town of Brinkley,
Ark.
The first death from cholera of an
American in the Philippines for some
months was reported to the bureau of
insular affairs last week, the victim
being Joseph l.. Larmour, a civil en-
gineer of Baltimore. Md
The National Horse Show associa-
ton of America, in session in New
York City, adopted resolutions pledg-
Ing itself to hold a horse show in
1909. This disposes of all rumors
that the horse show was to be aban.
doned.
j. j. Mack is dead, Avery Bernstein
is in the hospital with bullet over
his heart, Policeman Robbins is seri,
ously wounded and Detective ]. e.
Stowe is slightly injured as the result
of shooting ARRAY in San Antonio.
Texas.
The wife OF a Havana cigarmaker,
already the mother of fourteen chill
dren, gave birth to bankruptcies, two
boys and two girls. President Gomez
sent his congratulations to the
mother as a woman deserving well of
| the republic.
Don Luis Proto, millionaire ranch
owner, merchant and pioneer of the
| section, was shot from ambush and
| instantly killed near Devisaderos sta
| ton, on the Nogales Cananea railroad,
while on the way to his ranch east of
| Magdalena, Arizona.
The Kansas senate has adopted the
| report Of the railroad committee ON
| .-.e 2-cent fare bill. The recommends
| tion of the committee was that the
bill be not passed. This ends the 2
| cent fare legislation in the Kansas
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legislature at this session
| Urey Jones, on trial at Muscatine.
Iowa, for the murder of Mr.. and Mrs.
Vanwinkle, committed suicide In the
county Jail by hanging himself with
his bedclothes. Jones was to have
| taken the stand in his own defense
on the day that he suicided
John Goodwin, prominent Repub-
lican politician of Wilmington. Della,
convicted of offering money bribe
to a voter at the last election, was
sentenced to fine of $500 and two
| years in prison. Goodwin took an APP
peal and was released on $4,000 bail
After seven-year hunt the Chicago
police declare that the murderer Of
Policeman Patrick II. Duffy has been
found. Vincent Briscoe, alias Britton
who Is serving a sentence for rob-
berry in the San Quentin penitentiary
in California, Is thought to be the
man.
The court of appeals has affirmed
the judgment of the lower court in
the case OF Dominador Gomez, the Ma
Mia labor leader conv' cted some time
ago of having written a threatening
letter during the strike of the launch
men, but reduced his Imprisonment to
four months.
The spectacle of a horse riding in
an automobile was witnessed ON the
streets of Oakland last week. The
horse, which was attached to light
delivery wagon ran away and jumped
into a passing automobile and rode
for almost block before the machine
was stopped
Edward p Moxey, special national
bank examiner, whose work furnished
the basis for the successful prosecu-
tion of Charles W. Morse, is about to
retire from government service, it is
announced, to take charge of the ac-