The Springfield herald., 1906-08-17

himself with a revolver.
A mob of 5000 men took three
negroes accused of having murdered
the LIVERY family from the Jail al
Salisbury, N. c., and lynched them
Mrs. Denslow, demented woman
at South Bend, Ind. poured gaso
line on the carpet and applied a
match. She was burned to death and
four other persons who came to heI
assistance were seriously burned.
A leave of absence of not exceed
ing ten days has been granted to
postmasters of second and third class
offices by Acting Postmaster Cen
eral Hitchcock to enable them to at.
tend the conventions of the Nation
al Association of Postmasters to be
held in Detroit August %. 23 and "a
Heavy hains in Oklahoma are
damaging the wheat which has not
been threshed by causing it to sprout
in the shock.
The Milwaukee Avenue State banb
of Chicago. one of the largest outside
amounting to over $3,000,000 has
failed.
DR.. Julian P. Thomas, of New
York and Roy Knakenshue. a
fessional aeronaut, made one of
the most successful balloon trips yet
taken in this country when they
sailed 225 miles from New York to
Brant Rock, Mass, consuming nearly
12 hours on the trip.
Tho attorpny paDaro1 bnc rap1arad
an opinion to the effect that the
eight hour law does not apply to
vessels under construction for the
navy by contract with private estab-
lishments.
The Transatlantic Fire Insurance
company of Hamburg, Germany, has
refused to pay San Francisco insur-
ance claims approximating s4,O00,-
000
The idaho state democratic conVen-
ton has adopted strong anti-Mor-
mon plank in their platform which
if enacted into law would disfran-
chise all faithful Mormons.
Edward Bateman, negro, was re-
Gently hung at Springfield, Mo. for
assaulting a white woman at Aurora,
last February.
Owing to the recent hot wave sew
eral factories in Paterson, N. j., were
compelled to shut down. Several
deaths and many prCstrations were re-
ported.
The heaviest rain in several years
visited Joplin, Mo, recently, wash
ing out many streets and flooding bus
mess houses. The foundation for the
new 100000 hotel, now under con-
truction, was wrecked.
Western Central Texas was recent
ly visited by torrential rains. Crops
were damaged and railroad traffic
badly crippled. No casualties were
reported.
Ernest Steinheart, whisky sales
man for a Kentucky house. COM
mitted suicide in st. Louis giving as
. reason that he would rather be
dead than to continue selling liquor.
The third annual conference of the
International League of Women Suf-
fragists met recently at Copenhagen,
Denmark, with Mrs Carrie Chapman
Gait presiding.
The federal grand jury at Chicago
recently returned an indictment
against the Standard Oil company for
receiving rebates from the Lake
Shore G. Michigan Southern railway
company. Bond was required in the
sum of s25,000 The indictment con-
tanned 10 counts.
Henry w. Herring. cashier of the de-
funct Milwaukee Avenue State bank,
of Chicago, was arrested recently in
connection with the disappearance of
nearly s1,O00,OO0 of the banks funds.
The bug known as the 'sharpshoot-
plants, has been discovered in the
fields of Oklahoma.
A well-dressed girl about is years
| old was killed by the premature en-
plosion of a bomb near the residence
of Gen. Kaulbars in Odessa, Russia
recently.
1t has been announced by the
United States treasury department
that the purchase If silver bullion fol
! the subsidiary coinage would be re-
sumed Immediately. About 100000
ounces week will be needed at
present.
Justice Giegerich of New York. has
| ordered the Mutual Life Insurance
company to furnish a correct list Of
its policyholders to the international
| Policyholders' committee and to tilt
a similar list with the state insur
ance department at Albany within ter
days.
George Hall, one of the lyncher!
of the three negroes at Salisbury, n
| c., recently, has been convicted ant
sentenced to the pententiary for L;
years. This is the first instance OF
record of the conviction OF a lynche
| in North Carolina.
Forged notes aggregating S50O.O0'
have ben discovered in the private
vault of President Stensland, of TIL,
wrecked Milwaukee Avenue Stat,
bank of Chicago.
Gems. Andre and Negrier, of TIL,
French army recently fought blood
less duel in Paris. Gen. Andre free
and missed and Gen. Negrier declined
to fire.
A photograph of the new islant
recently formed in Alaskan water