The Irish standard., 1906-05-19

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what brand of OIL was used by them
were prepared for the interstate COM
merce commission at Chicago. chat
preachers by the score were on the pay
roll of the trust was told at Il prelimi-
nary hearing OF witnesses.
Startling revelations of the Stand
ard Oil company's alleged bribery OF
railroad employees in order to learn
secrets of competitors shipments were
brought out before the interstate COM
merce commission at Chicago.
Crossed in love and crazed by liquor,
James Clark. night telegraph operator
for the Southern railway in Chamblee.
Ca. ran amuck with pistol. shot
gun and torch, terroriZing for IL
hours a community of "a miles. After
killing one man outright, wounding six
other, some of whom will die. and fir
ing residence, Clark put his pistol to
his breast and fired his last bullet into
his heart.
The official board of the Methodist
Episcopal church at Franklin, Pa,
adopted resolution calling upon
women to remove their hats in church.
Marsh Lindsay, the murderer of
celery King" Johnson, in Wyandotte
county, Ohio, has been placed in the
penitentiary to serve out his life SEN
tence.
The reply of Russia's new parlia-
ment to the czar's speech is an i'm
perative demand for every reform
which the people desire.
Miss Mary F. Byrd, of Northampton,
Mass, head of the Smith college as
Economical observatory for 19 years,
has resigned, because of scruples re-
garding the acceptance of gifts from
John ID. Rockefeller and Andrew Car
negie.
John Adams Thayer, treasurer and
general manager OF the Ridgway-
Thayer company, publishers of Every
body's Magazine. will retire June
from active participation in the man
agement of the company.
Viscount Hayashi, formerly Japanese
ambassador to Great Britain, has ac-
cepted the Office of foreign minister.
The colonial marriage bill was
passed on second reading in the mouse
of lords without division. The object
of this bill is to ]egalize in the United
Kingdom marriage with deceased
wife's sister legally contracted any
where in British possessions.
Republicans in convention at Sigour-
ney, Ia, selected 16 delegates in favor
of George D. Perkins, candidate for
governor.
The state department has been ad-
vised that the wireless telegraph con-
ference which was to have been held
at Berlin June % next, has been post
poned to October 3.
The French charge d'affaires con-
ferred with the Chinee foreign office
concerning the massacre Of French
missionaries in the province of Ngan-
Hwei, details Of which have not been
received.
Delegates elected to nine Missouri
Democratic county conventions were
instructed for Bryan for president
making total thus far of 2l. None
has been instructed for Folk.
The house Of representatives in Bos-
ton ordered secret investigation of
the bribery charges on which District
Attorney Moran summoned the entire
Legislature before the grand jury.
President Rammelkamp, of Illinois
college at Jacksonville, announced
that Andrew Carnegie had given $780,
900 to the institution. This is the in
stitution from whose board of trus-
tees w. j. Bryan resigned because it
would accept tainted money"
Mrs. Matte Mcintosh of Okolona
Miss, who had been arrested for the
murder of her husband, was hanged
by mob and left for dead, but re-
yivei
Provincetown, Mass, pastors protest
against the playing of baseball by sail
ors OF the Atlantic fleet in the outskirts
OF that town on Sunday.
Admiral Sands, superintendent of
the naval academy, notified Acting Sec
retary Newberry that all cases of haz-
ing prior to February 1 last have been
closed.
The tendency to send children to
school too young, keeping them at
their books when they should be busy
at play and in getting fresh air. was
condemned by DR.. Thomas M. Ballet
of New Yorkuniversity in an address
before the national conference on char
tiles and corrections in Philadelphia
The Springfield. ILL.,. city council
voted against increasing saloon IL
ccnses from $500 to $1,000.
J. M. Shuster of Chicago. while UNI
pirlng a ball game at Punxsutawney
Pa, was struck with bat by an irate
player and seriously injured.
Frank Rockefeller, of Cleveland, bro
tkar Of John D. Rockefeller, declared
that his father was not dead, despite
the alleged statement of the oil mag
nate.
Gov Higgins. Of New York. granted
an additional respite of 80 days, until
June II, to Albert T. Patrick, under
sentence of death for the murder of
William NJ. Rice.
In the house of lords the earl of
Wemyss and March, conservative, as.
serted that the country was practically
without an army and that there were
not GO up-to-date guns in the country.
i handsome monument erected by
the survivors of his regiment and his
friends in civic life. was dedicated to
tie memory of the late RreYet Mailr