The Carlisle independent., 1910-07-21
Notes From Foreign Lands, Through. out the Nation and Particularly
 the Great Southwest.
RACE FOR THE REMNANTS.
National Leaoue.
American League.
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 Trapped on burning, sinking steamer. 106 men, women and ehil- aren perished near Kherson on the Black sea, according to dispatches received at Odessa. After the eolll- sion with the steamer Wampoa the passenger steamer Lovki, crowded with passengers, foundered.
 While trying to rescue her little sister. who fell into creek in Posey county. Indiana. Esther Proctor, II years old. was drowned. Her body was recovered.
 One man dying, two wounded and B possibility of other casualties, IS the result of a revolver battle be- tween three bandits and 10 members of a construction gang on the Lake Shore railroad at North 0lmstead, 20 miles southwest of Cleveland. o.
 August f"Garry'i1 Hermann of Gin cinnati was elected grand exalted ruler of the Benevolent and Protec- tive order of Elks by aeclammation at the first session of the grand lodge held at Detroit.
 Prince Helie De Sagan, husband ot Countess Anna Gould CasteIlane, has just won a fresh victory over his per. sistent German creditors. The princes lawyers have succeeded in inducing the Prussian courts to nuilify the state of bankruptcy into which the creditors had forced his estates ln Silesia.
 The steamer Cape Gi.ardeau of the Eagle Packet company. with 150 pas sengers aboard. struck snag Fn 40 feet of water near Turkey island, 50 miles south of St Lotus, and sank in nine minutes. No lives were lost.
 Henry Dexter, founder of the Amer ican News company, died at his home in New York in his 9Sth year after brief illness. During his life he gave away to charity something more than s1.000, 900.
 Affairs In Alaska are to be thor oughly investigated. Attorney Gen. eral Wickersham and Secretary of Commerce and Labor Nagel are to be sent to the territory by President Taft to probe it's government. This action follows the disclosures at the BalIinger congressional inquiry snd revelations before the senate judiciar. committee of alleged Guggenheim con trol of mines.
 Germany has formally put the stamp Of approval on the Madriz gov ernment in Nicaragua. This inferma- tion reached Washington through con- fidential channels outside the state department.
 Benton P. Jackson, former county fudge, was found dead on the ground near his barn gate at Glasgow, Mo. He died of apoplexy. Judge Jackson was native of Howard county. He was 7l years old.
 Stanley Yale Beach, son of the pro prietor of the Scientific American, had a narrow escape from death while at ? tempting to make flight over Long Island sound in his monoplane. His machine fell on the rocks.
 The plant of the Amarillo (Tex) Ice and Cold Storage company was destroyed oy fire, entailing a less of s100.00o The property belonged to <. Davidson Of Amarillo
 Capt c. s. Rolls, the channei-fier and most daring of British aviators, was killed when his Wright biplane fell 100 feet at the aviation meet at Bournemouth The accident occurred in full sight of a great company of spectators.
 Using his last pint Of gasoline to drive his big Wright machine across the line of vision of engineers trans it's on the beach a Atlantic City, Walter Brookins smashed all words records for aercplane height by reach ing a height of e.175 feet above sea level
 Gustave Whitehead, Brideport fConn) aviator, had a narrow escape when he lost control of mono2lane in which be was attempting an ascent. The machine crashed into the side of a bridge hurling him out He was made unconscious
 Before he had been in office an hour, J. N. Ankele, the vice-mayor, elevated to the office of chief execsI- < tive of Newark, O.. following the sus- pension of Mayor Herbert Atherton by Governor Harmon, had summarily |1nn1 Si Chief of Police Zergeribel
 6lice Captain Robert Bell