The Springfield herald., 1906-11-16
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president of the Illinois Central rail
road f. II. Hartman. who controls the
Union Pacific system of roads has OBJ
tanned control of lines which will eX'
| tend from the Atlantic to the Pacific
and from the lakes to the gulf.
Unofficial returns indicate that the
democratic state ticket was elected in
Missouri by about 5000 majority.
A decision by Judge Garland, of the
United States court of South Dakota,
express companies are declared to be
common carriers and subject to the
orders of the railroad commission OF
that state.
| Complete returns from the new
state of Oklahoma show that the
democrats elected 9S and the repub-
licans - delegates to the constitu-
tional convention.
Sewer laborers, while eating their
lunch around fire near Pittsburg,
Pa, placed ten sticks of dynamite
near the fire to thaw and the eXplo-
, sion which resulted killed two OF
them instantly and injured Is others
more or less seriously.
A secret mutiny of dissatisfied lib
erals was held in Havana recently
to protest to Gov. Magoon regarding
his recent appointment of mederates
to office.
The national assembly of Panama
has approved bill prohibiting gam
bling in the republic.
oil
to the constitutional convention of
the new state of Oklahoma are demo-
Gratis. The Indians as general rule
having voted the democratic ticket.
The Aero club of America an
nounce that next years balloon race
for the James Gordon Bennett cup
will be held at St. Louis.
The new Bixby hotel in course OF
erection at Long Beach, Cal, col
lapsed and about 100 workmen were
carried down in the wreciage OF the
seven story building. Seven men
are known to have been killed and
many others were injured.
After search of five months by
agents of the United States immigra
tion commission. Giovanni Bruno, a
Sicilian, believed to be one OF the
most dangerous of Italian anarchists
was arrested at Keon, small sta
ton near Denver.
The Haskell Indians. of Lawrence
Kan, were defeated by the football
team of the University of Texas al
Austin by a score of 2S to o.
The federal grand pury at st. Louis
will take up the investigation of the
st. Louis end of the alleged OIL com
bine with view to the :nsti, utior
of criminal proceedings against per
sons involved.
Mount Culibra. situated 40 miles
west of Trinidad, Col, is reported il
state of eruption, smoke and vapo1
having been seen issuing from th'
mountain
Indictments have been returned b!
a federal grand jury at Pittsburg
Pa. against officials of the Sheib!
| Steel Tube company on the charg'
! of conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment in connection with the boile
tubes furnished the government for ;
number of battleships,
Four Texas rangers We're attacked
while asleep in camp between For
dyce and RIO Grande City by ban'
OF armed Mexicans and a battle en-
suad in which four OF the attacking
party were killed. one fatally wounded
and two captured. The rangers suf
fcred no loss.
An extra freight train Went throug,
Il bridge at Camden, l. II, recent!
and the engineer and fireman wer'
killed. The engine and seven freigh
cars fell into the river.
One thousand coopers struck il
Chicago fer an increase in their pa.
OF three cents per barrel
A call has been issued for a caucu
of the democratic members of con
gress to meet in the hall of the nous
OF representatives December /.
Joseph Walton, a young man o
Newton. Kan, was killed by a trail
at Sedswick. Kan,
The president has appointed Attor
ney General Moody as justice of til
supreme court to succeed Jusdc
Brown who retired some time ago
Gov. Becllham. Of Kentucky, ha
leen successful in his contest wit
Senator McCreary for the Unite
States sanatorship from that state.
A fine of 5000 and costs of prose
cution for operating in restraint o
trade has been assessed against Ia
! Standard Oil Company at Findlay. c
Sentence was suspended for Co day
to give defense time to fill pe,iiio
in error
The Standard Oil company has ar
nounced a voluntary Increase in wage
of employees in the Galena Signal ot
and Eclipse refineries. located a
franklin. Pa About 500 men will /
benefited
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