The Grit-advocate., 1906-05-25
instantaneous,


The post Office department has been
notified that navigation on the Yukon
river in Alaska will open on or about
June 6.
c. S. drummer. of Republic county
has been elected chairman of the Kan
sas republican committee. Clyde
Miller. of Usage county, was elected
secretary.
Peter Becker, of Enid, has been
chosen commander of the Oklahoma
e. A. r. The next encampment will
be held at Enid
The assembly grounds of Mount
Eagle, Tenn. were recently damaged
by fire to the extent of s25,O0O
Forest fires are sweeping northern
Wisconsin and Michigan. Two hun
dred square miles have been burned.
over and several lumber towns de-
stroyed
Recent statistics show that the
Standard Oil company has paid to
its stockholders $24l.0l3,GOO in livi-
dends since January |, 1883. This is
nearly 3la times its authorized capital
ization of sl0o,O00,00O.
A permanent organization Of the
civil service commissions of the coun-
try was organized at a recent meet
ing held at Washington. Charles S.
Fowler, of the New York city COM
mission was elected president.
Gen. Greely reports that the storie.;
of shooting of a large number of peo-
pie during the San Francisco fire by
the army are untrue.
The Standard Oil company has
issued an official statement denying
the charges in the recent special mes
sage to congress and in the Garfield
report. The statement declares the
prosperity of the trust is not due TO
reprehensible methods.
The Order of Eagles of Kansas in
state convention at Leavenworth,
elected w. D. Hunt, of Emporia as
president The next convention will
be held at lola.
A letter from Secretary Taft has
been transmitted to congress notify
ing that body that unless otherwise
ordered the supplies for the construc-
ton of the Panama canal will be pur-
chased in the cheapest markets of tho
world, whether American or foreign.
Torrential rains have again caused
great loss on Mount Vesuvius by mov-
ing the mud and ashes and cinders
in rushing streams Gown the sides of
the mountain.
The Russell Cooperative association
which operates a chain of stores in
Kansas, has been adjudged bankrupt
Attorney General Davidson. of Texas
was recently in conference with Her
bers S. Hadley at jefferson City. Mo.
regarding prosecutions to be instituted
in that state against the Standard
Oil company.
The verdict in the Crapsey heresy
| trial was recently made public and rec
| ommends that the accused Episcopa-
lean minister be suspended from exer-
cising the functions OF the church un
til he satisfies the church authorities
that his belief and teachings are doc.
trinally sound.
Kan, has been cited to appear before
the state supreme court on June to
answer to the charge Of contempt
Mrs. A. F. Pearson. OF Altoona, Kan,
died recently on railroad train while
on her way to Lincoln, Neb., from an
overdose of headache powders.
During recent meeting of the low
er house of the Russian parliament a
| member cited the fate of Louis XVI
of France as warning to the emperor
The Standard Oil company has ad-
| vanced the price of all high grade
gasoline one cent a gallon.
The Illinois legislature has passed
the Shurtlef primary law and ad-
| journed.
| Rice
A dispatch from Pittsburg, Pa. says
that the steel trust has booked orders
| for 100000 tons Of steel rails for
delivery in 1907