The Carlisle independent., 1910-06-02
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 The April immigration bulletin shows that during that month 135,05 aliens were admitted to this country. This brings the total for this fiscal year, with still two months to run. up to sos, ,001. or 52,000 more than during the entire year ended June 30, 1909
 At Cleveland. Mayor Baehr suspend ed Chief of Police Kohler, pending an investigation of charges of drunken ness, immortality. malfeasance and misfeasance, to be conducted by the civil service.
 Several men are missing, following an explosion which destroyed the plant of the Hit Fireworks company near Seattle, Wash. It is feared some of the men were killed.
 Because robbers, who entered a gen eral store at Rugby. Col, stole pie ture of Jack Johnson and mutilated one of Jefries. the authorities are rounding up negroes. The robbers stole several other articles of value.
 Wrecking tugs will make an inves- ugation of the big steel steamer Frank H. Goodyear, which sank in Lake Huron with IS of her crew. It is considered probable that she will be total loss.
 s. E. Shotwell. a stock broker, was run down and killed by an automobile Sunday while on his way home from the ball game at St. Paul, Minn. The machine was driven by Miss Theodore Stuart of Minneapolis, who was ac- companied by her mother and sister and two men relatives.
 The honorary degree Of doctor of laws was conferred upon Commander Robert E. Peary by the University Of Edinburgh. Sir Ludovic Grant, who presided at the ceremony, introduced the explorer
 Clifford Pinchot, the former chief forester of the United States, was a passenger on the steamer Arabic, which sailed from Liverpool for New York.
 Herr Frey, a German aviator, made a splendid flight in a Farman biplane over Berlin from Johannisthal. He covered 26 miles and returned to his starting point without an accident.
 The pant of the c. c. Conn com pany at Elkhart, Ind. said to have been the largest manufactory Of brass band instruments in the world, was destroyed by fire, entailing loss of $500 .000. An employe was burned to death
 Five thousand persons saw Oscar Leroy of Percy. Ok. a circus aeronaut, fall 1000 feet through the air at FL wood. Pa, and escape with his life. his only injury being a broken leg. An hour later, while the performance was in progress, the grandstand sec ton of seats collapsed, carrying down women and children. None was seri- ously injured
 Shippers from middle western cities will be represented in Omaha May 24 to consider the proposed increases an nounced by members of the western trunk line committee, effective June l.
 The Standard Oil Company has in- creased the wages of it's workuen from to 10 per cent. The order is retroactive and became effective May l. It is estimated that the company will add from SG000.0 900 to sI0.000, ,000 to it's annual pay roll expense. The new scale affects employees engaged in the eompany's works and factories. but the office men will not be bene- fted by this increase. Most of the employees who will get the increase are laboreTs. and the advance applies to all the subsidiary companies in the United States. The company has ap- proximately 10000 employees. The Standard is one of the very few big concerns of this country which has never had a strike among it's em- ployes
 Because her husband spanked her with ya-dsticlz and made derogatory remarks about her fathers sermons, Mrs Anna A. Maxwell. daughter of Rev. Dr. Durfee. was granted a di- vorce from Guy L. Maxwell by Judge Dupuy at Chicago,
 Leon Ling, alias William H. Leon. the Americanized Chinese wEo is ac- cused of having murdered Elsie Sigel, was in Weliins ston, Kans-, until two months ago. Four foremen in the Atchiscn. Topeka 6 Santa Fe shops eay they are positive Ling worked un- TT them.