The Carlisle independent., 1910-01-20


 vacancy in this office came about by the resignation of Leo McClung, now United States treasurer.
 Charged with an alleged murder committed in Carterville, H., almost ten years ago, Otis Maynard, 30 years old, was arrested in Herrin by Deputy Sheriff Dave Tippy and taken to Marion, where he was placed in jail.
 In New York the federal grand jury Friday afternoon returned indictments against Charles L. Heike, secretary of the American Sugar Refining Co.,: G. Werbracht, J. R. Bendernagel, Henry w. Walker, Jean NJ. Voelker and James F. Halligan, employees. They are charged with conspiracy.
 Fifty thousand elk in the Jackson Hole country are starving because they are unable to get food through the deepest and most crusted snow in years. according to reports received at Cheyenne, Wyo
 A gift of s10,000 from J. P. Morgan for the establishment of the William M. Laffan professorship of As syriology and Babylonian literature has been made to Yale university as a memorial to MT. Laffan. publisher of the New York Sun, who recently died
 Three West Point cadets have been found guilty of hazing, 1t is reported at Washington, and their dismissal will follow the approval of the sen tence by the secretary of war, who is allowed no discretion in the matter
 From 40 to 50 per cent of the natives of the Samoan Islands are in fected with hookworm. This Is the statement of Past Assistant Surgeon R. s. Rossiter, U. S. N, senior medical officer of the naval station at Tutuila
 Jack Gleason, who, with Tex Rickard, has the contract for the Jefferson-Johnson fight, said that the big battle would be held in San Fran cisco or the immediate vicinity If he is denied the permit to fight 45 rounds in this city, the heavyweight struggle will take place at Ocean View, sev- enty miles across the bay from San Francisco.
 At St. Louis, Lige Solarheld, a metorman, tried to speed street car across Finney avenue in front of Page avenue car, which had the right of way, Thursday morning In the crash which resulted Solarheld was in- jured seriously and nine passengers were hurt.
 A bride of only three days, Mrs. Vera B. Dewey, wife of Glen M Deway a wealthy rancher of Burley, Idaho, swallowed a large quantity of car bolic acid, which she mistook for headache medicine, and died soon after in great agony at the home of her brother. George A. Johnson. at Council Bluffs.
 More than 5000 soldiers will par ticipate in encampment maneuyers at Fort Russell Wyo., next August. Notice has been received by 27 troops c. cavalry. 30 companies of infantry. six batteries of artillery and hospital and signal details from the regular army will participate, in addition to the militia from several neighboring states.
 Chicago's s60,0O0,OOO budget pract- ically intact, has been adopted by the city council
 Mrs. Sarah E. Partridge, formerly champion woman pistol shot of the world, committed suicide at her home in Medford, Mass, by shooting her self through the heart She had been suffering from nervous trouble.
 Eleven members of the Order of Banana, which is known as Ohio's sec ton of the Black Hand, were placed on trial in the United States court at Toledo on a charge of using the mails to extort money from wealthy Sicilians under threats of death.
 Thomas Trump, city employe at Monroe, Wis, committed suicide at that place with dynamite. The ex- plosion blew Trumpy into bits.
 In decision condemning police third degree" methods, the Wash ington state supreme court has set aside the conviction at Spokane of E.
 
 and granted him a new trial
 The Hamburg-American steamer, Prinz Joachim, which sailed from Kingston, Jamaica, for Colon, ran aground in the eastern passage. The steamer is lying broadside, but is not considered to be in any danger, as the weather is calm.
 The H. c. Fricke Coke company, of Pittsburg, will restore the wages that were cut as a result of the business depression of 1907. This notice was posted in all the coke plants, announc- ing that the higher scale of wages will go into effect January 16
 About one year ago Claire Ross, of Altoona, Pa, was shot by his wife, the ball lodging in his neck. MT. Ross was seized with a violent coughing spell, which dislodged the leaden pei let, and he spat it out upon the floor
 Gen. Pedro Andreas Fornas Diaz, who started out Thursday from Blue fields, Nicaragua, in order to treat for yoo ao xrit1 Irocidant Mod~fz ,,ao+ !,