The Carlisle independent., 1910-06-09


 Col. Theodore Roosevelt will attend the ceremonies inaugurating the ney bridge across the Rio Grande connect ing the United States with Mexico. Brownsville, during the third week il July. He will be met at St Louis ant escorted to Texas by a large party o: railroad officials
 Forty thousand dollars is a purse proposed for a triangular aeroplane race from Indianapolis to St. Louis to Chicago and back to Indianapolis.
 The Illinois Coal Operators associ- ation have offered the Illinois miners a Scent increase in pay, but refuse to pay the shotfirers. The officers of the mine unions say they will not ac- cept the offer.
 John R. Walshs railroads, the Southern Indiana and the Chicago Southern, will be sold at public auc- ton in July. A decree of foreclosure was entered in the federal court at Chicago and the properties ordered sold. The amount due or both roads is s15,00o00
 E. H. Jennings, president of the Columbia National bank of Pittsburg rated to be worth S20,000. 900, is serv- ing two months term in the Ale gheny county jail, as penalty i'm posed upon him for bribing council man. He is also to pay a fine of $500.
 Snow fell at Pittsburg, Pa, on May 31. On the same day the thermom- eter in Arizona registered 120, a rec ord for May day.
 A prize of S10000 is offered for an aviation flight across the state of Mis- souri from Kansas City to St. Louis.
 With the probability of two more members on the bench next October, the railroads between the Mississippi and the Missouri rivers and shippers in the centraf freight territory are said to be preparing to ask for rehearing of the Missouri river rate case" decided by the supreme court in favor of the interstate commerce commission.
 New York newspapers are yieing with each other in offering large prizes for aeroplane flights. The World offers $30,000 for the first avi- ators who would fly from New York to St. Louis. The Times offers S25,- 900 for a flight to Chicago.
 Three men were instantly killed when the boilers of a St Louis, Troy k Eastern railroad engine blew up at the mouth of the Donk mine No. 1, three miles east of Collinsville, H.
 Rudolph Spreckels. the young Fris- co millionaire, who was a prominen figure in the recent California graft hunt, met number of persons inter- ested in the reform movements in Chicago. T intend deyoting the re- mainder of my life to reforms" said Spreckles. Capital, labor and poli- tics are on a basis of corruption throughout the United States today, and the beginning of the end is just in sight"
 For the first time in the history Of Connecticut a woman's name appears on regular party ticket for state of fee. Ella Reeve Blor of Waterbury has received the nomination for secre- tary of state from the Socialists.
 England felt the swish of the "big stick" in famous Guild hall, the pie turesque headquarters of London's civ il authorities. Colonel Roosevelt. in response to the speech making him an honorary freeman of this city, as sailed England's administration in Egypt and virtually declared that England should rule with a stronger hand or get out and leave Egypt to a more fearless nation.
 Miss Elizabeth Morrell of Chappea- qua, N. Y, cannot understand how the biggest elephant in the New York geological gardens could mistake her diamond engagement ring for pea nut At any rate, the elephane has the ring tucked away somewhere in side and Miss Morrell is wondering how she vii lever explain the tragedy to the Chappeaqua young man, who paid $50 for the ci.clet
 Three women were fatally Injured and five others were seriously hurt
  ed with picnickers. collided at Leona Heights. Cal. Thirty other passen- gers received painful injuries.
 Elaborate exercises marked the ob- seryation of Memorial day at Wash ington. Congress was not in session and members of the senate and house took part in the ceremonies at the various cemeteries.
 Mrs Grover Cleveland, as notewor thy in appearance and almost as buoy ant in spirit and as youthful in face as when she was the distinguished mistress of the White House, has re- turned from Europe.
 State Senator Frederick. indicted in Springfield. H., on a charge Of giv ing Senator Holtslaw s2.500 to vote for Lorimer for United States senator has surrendered to the authorities He was released on a s10000 bond.
 Leroy Hendricks, 1S-year-o1d son of Mayor A. R. Hendicks of Sterling, H.. has departed on a motorcycle for