Smyrna times., 1910-02-09
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.
Tuesday, February I.


years supreme secretary Improved Or
der of Heptasophs, died suddenly at
his home in Baltimore, Md.
The Tooth anniversary of the birtn
of Abraham Lincoln, Feb. IL, will be
commemorated by the United Spanish
War Veterans throughout the United
States.
An Italian snowballed by a crowd of
small boys at Beaver Falls, Pa, turned
upon them with a knife and stabbed
one of them, John Watson, near the
heart.
Floating helplessly in a disabled
gasoline launch, three men were
drowned at Memphis, Tenn, when the
launch was run down by the towboat
Enterprise off Hopefeld Point.
Wednesday, February 2.
The Pacific cruiser fleet arrived at
Honolulu yesterday, one day ahead of
the original schedule The fleet sailed
from Yokohama Jan. 21.
Striking foreigners. numbering about
1000. returned to work at the plant of
the Standard Steel Car works. at Ham.
about two weeks.
For being scared until she turned
bald-headed. Tillie Ominsky. a factory
girl at st. Paul, Mimi, was awarded
$4,000 by jury. Her waist caught in
the wheels and shafting.
Richard Martinez, son of Gregori
Martinez, former minister from Costa
Rica to the United States, was mar.
ried at Roanoke. Va, to Miss Gather
inc Thorn Peake. of Richmond. Va.
Thursday, February 8.
The comptroller of currency of the
treasury issued a call for a statement
of the condition of national banks at
the close of business as of Jan. 81.
The United States senate passed the
army appropriation bill and the urgent
deficiency appropriation bill, the for
mer carrying $95, 44O,567 and the latter
$5,15O,O0O
Representative Hardwick, of Geor-
gia, charged on the floor of the house
that cOlOred enumerators were being
used to take the cOlored census of the
south in order to overcome the ill eff
fects to the Republican party arising
from President Roosevelt's dismissal
of troops engaged in the Brownsville
affray.
Fri5ay, February d.
c. w. Cockrell, formerly in the
brokerage business and we'll known in
brokerage circles throughout the
northwest, committed suicide at Butte.
Mont
In the absence of his mother. the
threAyear-old son of Mrs. Bonnie Mil
Ter, of Arabia, o.. started a fire with
coal oil. The house was destroyed. The
hoy's eighteen-months-old sister per
ished.
President Taft announced that he
did not consider an amendment to the
cooperation tax law necessary in order
to prevent Fival concerns from obtain
ing informe'ion as to the private af-
fairs of competitors.
To prevCut the lynching of a dying
colOred man. members of the state
militia are guarding the jail at Hone
Ark. The prisoner, who is charged
with having insulted a white woman
was shot while enroute to prison.
Saturday, February 5.
An apparent shortage of upwards oi
$45O,OOO in tie accounts of the Soutf
Bridge (Mass.) Savings bank YVES qd
mitted by O"icials of that institution
Chicago will vote on the saloon uroe
tion at the April election provided tn,
petition filed can withstand the lega
attacks planned by the liquor organ:
cations.
President Taft has agreed, other en-
gagements not interfering, to atten.
on Feb. p the annual banquet of tn,
Alexandria Washington lodge of Ma
sons, OF which George Washington wal
the first master
Seizure OF twenty barrels of oyster
on the complaint that they had beeI
contaminated by sewage, created ex
citement among Chicago dealers. Tn
oysters wer" said to have been shippe,
from South Norwalk Conn.
Monday, February 7.
Cracksmen stole $500 from the VA
Cleave bank at Blue Mound, Ill.
| WllildLh d OHdHeI lATe6-yedI-Ol
son Charles was perhaps fatally scale
ed near Marietta, Pa.
Struck by a ball in a racquet gam
at Chicago, Walter Farwell, son G
former United States Senator Charlie
B. Farwell, lost an eye.
After long resistance. James Daniel
and his five sons, noted feudists. VIII
are charged with murder, surrendere
to the Kentucky authorities.
Following anonymous threats to DO
son every person in the village {
Surfing, Wis., one child has perishe
by poisoned candy. and the populatio
of 200 is terrified.