The Raymer enterprise., 1911-10-26
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Leroy James, the only negro candis
date in the first election under Pueb-
los new charter, drew first position
on the ballot.
Aviator Robert @. Fowler has re.
sumed his eastward transcontinental
flight from Pasadena, Calf, along the
Santa Fe tracks.
Mistaking a horse chestnut for an
edible sweet chestnut, Mrs. ST.. Rider
of Greeley, Colo. ate the poisonous
nut and nearly died.
1t has been announced by President
Vallery that the threatened strike of
engineers and trainmen on the Colo.
rado Midland railway has been called
off. :.
The seventh annual convention Of
the National Commercial Gas Associa-
tion was held in Denver and was at
tended by delegates from all over the
nation
County officer and private detec-
tives who have been searching for the
murdered Of the Snowman family, at
Ellsworth, Kan, have given up the
hunt.
That women may be drafted to COM
plete the, Jury which is to pass upon
the guilt or innocence Of James B. Nc.
Namara in Los Angeles, is one Of the
interesting possibilities incident to the
recent victory Of woman suffrage in
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A man giving his name as Adrian
Lockhard held up the cashier Of the
State bank at Vera. Okla, getting st..
600. He compelled the cashier and a
depositor to accompany him half a
mile into the country, where the two
men seized him.
According to word received confer
ences held in Detroit have resulted
in steps being taken to consolidate
the Alaska.P Pacific, Alaska Coast and
North Pacific Coast Steamship Com.
panies, operating fourteen steam.
ers on the Pacific coast.
Judge E. E. Porterfield. In the Grim.
inal Court in Kansas City. denied the
motion Of attorneys for B. C. Hyde
for the appointment Of ellsors to take
charge Of the jury that is to try DR..
Hyde the second time for the murder
OF Colonel Thomas Swope.
Nine. Caroline M. Severance, found.
er OF the first woman's club In Ameri.
ca and known as the mother OF wom-
ems clubs registered at Los An.
geles as voter Of California. there
by attaining an object for which she
had been fighting for fifty-eight years.
Out of eleven talesmen who sat In
the Jury box at the Mcnamara muir
der trial at the opening Of court In
Los Angeles, only six were left when
court adjourned. or these six 1t is
considered more than possible that
two or perhaps three will find them.
selves on the Jury when 1t Is sworn in.
Secretary James Wilson Of the De.
partment Of Agriculture is opposed to
federal appropriations for building
highways. because, III once started
1t might lead to nobody knows
where" The secretary expressed the
belief that the federal aid feature is
instigated by automobile manufactur.
ers.
8. Chandler Rogers. who was at.
tackled by three ruffians In New York
City, the night Of May /, 1897. and
thrown into the Hudson river, after
his skull had been fractured, wan.
dered about the world for fourteen
years under the name Of George
Kelly, and was restored to himself In
Seattle, Wash. as the result Of a sur.
gical, operation that removed pressure
upon his skull. His first act was to
write to a relative and he then told
his strange story.
Ed. Suddeth. q negro, was shot to
death by a mob Of citizens at Coweta,
Okla. who had armed themselves fol.
lowing a battle between blacks and
whites In which Suddeth killed ]. D..
Beavers, city attorney, and wounded
Carmen oliver and Steller Thompson,
white men. Suddeth WAS wounded
and strung up TO a water tank. but
was cut down before he died and
locked In vacant building. Deputy
Sheriff Flowers attempted to take the
slayer to Wagner to jail. As the
negro was being lifted into an auto.
mobile. the mob opened fire on him.
Probably fifty shots entered his body.