The Carlisle independent., 1910-01-13


 has taken the initiative in adopting the uniform demurrage rules of the national committee on uniform de- murrage. The rules will become ef fective March 1.
 The spirit of dissatisfaction, which has been spreading in the Italian navy for some time, has eliminated in a mutiny on the warship Volta, now at Bari.
 A petition bearing over 33,000 names was filed with the secretary of state at Guthrie, Okla, asking that a constitutional amendment granting the franchise to women be submitted to the people of Oklahoma.
 Because of the fog and ice packs in the Hudson the third division of the Atlantic fleet, after getting under way, was forced to anchor again and postpone its departure from New York to Hampton Roads.
 Attorney General Thompson filed in the supreme court at Lincoln, Neb., an application for injunction to re strain the Burlington and Union Pa cific railroads from serving liquor in dining cars on through trains.
 The Arctic Club of America, found ed by Dr. Frederick A. Cook and his supporters in the North Pole contro- versy, through it's board of directors, has dropped the name of the explorer from the roll of membership.
 Right Rev. John Brady, auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic arch diocese of Boston, died at his resi- dence at South Boston. Death fol- lowed a paralytic shock suffered re- gently.
 Reports from the Yellowstone Ma tional Park are that large numbers of wild game are perishing from the effects of the severe storm that has prevailed throughout the park for sew eral days
 Making a record-breaking run from Sherman to Denison, the Houston Texas Central passenger train arrived at Denison, Tex, with the mail car a mass of flames. The local fire de- partment was called, and. after hard work, extinguished the blaze.
 With s14,000 in drafts and cash on his person, Harry Wilson, of knox vile. Tenn, has disappeared from Denver. Colo, and the police have been unable to locate him. It is be- lieved he has been murdered.
 There is no longer any doubt that Missouri will vote on the question of Statewide prohibition next November, in the opinion of Judge William H. Wallace, president of the Missouri Constitutional Amendment Associa- tion. Enough signatures have been obtained, he says, to make it certain that a constitutional amendment will be submitted
 Announcement of the gift from Mrs. E. H. Hartman, widow of the railroad master, of 10000 acres in Orange and Rockland counties to the State of New York, is made in the annual message of Gov. Charles E. Hughes, presented to the State Legislature. Two fishermen are missing and
  , that has been raging for more than twenty-foUr hours at Sauso, Mayo Sco- tia. Fourteen men are known almost certainly to have been lost and twen- weight others are already being mourned, their chance for escape be- ing regarded as small Senator Perkins of Calironia slip ped on the icy sidewalk in front of his hotel at Washington, and it is believed severely injured his spine.
 The property of the Chicago Ter minal Transfer company, which practi- cally controls the railroad entrances into Chicago, was sold at public auction for s16,000,00O to attorneys re- presenting the Baltimore & Ohio rail- road.
 The famous merger suit instituted by the federal government against the Union Pacific Railway Co. and it's al lied roads has been postponed untl January r.
 Serious news from Barcelona has caused Gen. Weyler, captain general of Catalonia, to curtail his visit at Madrid, and he will leave immediately for his post
 Rain has been alling over central Arizona intermittently since Friday night Accumulated snow in the mountains has melted and streams are rising.
 Maj. George H. Fucker, said to be the oldest commissioned officer of the United States army, is believed to be dying of kidney trouble at his home in Washington.
 Mrs. Mary Glutz, aged 9S years, and said to be the oldest woman in Indiana. died suddenly at her home in Evansville. She had never been ill a single day in her life.
 Two earth tremors were recorded at Kingston, Jamaica. They were of slight intensity and not sufficient to cause damage or alarm.
 At Mourmelon. Le Grand. France, while making an aeroplane flight M. Baeder's biplane fell into the top Of a large tree. The tree probably saved the aviatcr's life His machine was