The Glenwood post., 1906-12-01
NEWS CT THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings Of tho
Past Seven Days.
GnterestinE Items Gathered from All
parts of the World Condensed
Into Small Space for the
8eneat of Our Readers.
Personal.

pubic at the time or his death, was
unveiled at the 257th anniversary Of
the founding Of the second Unitarian
church of Boston.
Samuel Gomper5 has been reelected
prcs.oent of the American FeuGration
of Labor for the 25tll time.
Rev Christopher Schnemaker, who
d'ed al his home ut Mas 'atir.e Ia. re-
Gently had been pastn. Of The German
Baptist church at that place 5, years.
The North German Lloyd steamer
Main was badly damaged in a colli-
0sion in New York harbor with the
schooner Neville, recently.
Maj. Clark has been placed in
charge at Fort Reno, Ok, succeeding
Maj. Penrose.
Miss Louise Moncheur, daughter Of
Baron Moncheur. Belgian minister to
the United States, died recently in
Washington after brief illness.
c. Leonard Brown, an Oklahoma
City embezzler, has been arrested in
Denver, Col
Hermann Kountze, wealthy pio-
neer banker of Omaha, Neb., died re-
Gently in Watkins Glen, N. Y.
Bishop ]. ]. Tigert, of the M. E.
church. South, is dead at Tulsa, I. T.,
after a brief illness.
Given Campbell, prominent men,
Der of the ST. Louis bar and a Civil
war veteran. died recently OF heart
failure
Gov. Harris. of Ohio, declared his
intention to recommend an income
tax law in his first message to the
legislature.
H. Clay Pierce. president Of the
Waters-Perce Oil company. is re-
ported to have been indicted at Aus
tin. Texas, for perjury.
The famous Italian tenor, Enrico
Caruso, was found guilty of annoying
women In Central Park, New York,
and his fine assessed at $40. The case
was appealed.
Mayor Schmitz, OF San Francisco,
recently arrived at New York from
q European tour. He emphatically
declared his innocence Of the charges
of graft for which he has been in
dicted in California, saying it was a
scheme of his political enemies to get
revenge.
Joseph H. Smith, president of the
Mormon church. pleaded guilty to a
charge of unlawful cohabitation in
Salt Lake City and was fined $500.
MIscellnneaus.
The recent storm on the Great
lakes caused heavy loss to shipping
as we'll as 23 lives.
The Trans-Mississippi Commercial
congress has elected H. D. Loveland,
Of California. president and A. F..
Francis, of Colorado. secretary. Mus.
kogee, l. T., was selected as the place
for holding the next congress
The National Association Of Thrash
er Manufacturers has adopted resolu
tons favoring a prompt reduction of
the tariff.
During the nine months of this
year the exports of lumber from the
United States amounted to SCI ,000,-
600, an increase of 33 per cent over
the same time last year.
After sitting ten days the 40th an.
nual convention of the National
Grange adjourned at Denver, Col. 1t
was decided to establish a weekly pa
per to be devoted entirely to the in
terests of the order.
The total wealth of the country in
1904 was $lo6. 1881 AIS. 900 according to
a recent census bulletin.
Louisville. KY. recently suffered
severe damage by an electrical storm
and cloudburst
!. The Monon railroad has decided to
test in the courts the decision Of the
4 Interstate Commerce commission
that railroads cannot give transpor-
tation for newspaper advertising.
A mandamus suit has been filed In
the circuit court at Findlay, o., to
compel the Buckeye Pipe Line COM
pany to furnish oil transportation to
Independent refiners.
The Nebraska Bankers association
has gone on record as opposed to the
plan OF currency reform proposed by
the committee of the American Bank
ers' association.
According to the report of the Kan
sas railroad commissioners, the Is
railroads in the state operate 1908
miles Of track, including main lines
and branch lines.
Christ Klaise, an employe Of Gin
cinnati brewery fell head foremost
into a huge barley hopper and was
smothered to death by the grain.
President Roosevelt crossed Porto
Rico recently from Ponce to San
Juan in an automobile. He received
an ovation all along the route.
Goat and sheep raisers in the sacra-
mento mountains of New Mexico are
reported to have lost from 60 to 80
per cent of their herds in tho recent
blizzard. which is said to have been
the heaviest loss ever experienced by
the industry In the west.