The Springfield herald., 1906-11-30

with SO little warning that 1t is reared
great damage to livestock and sheep
in particular will result.
President Roosevelt signed an or
| der while on the isthmus of Panama
which eliminates the office of govern
or Of the zone, all authority being
vested in Chairman Shonts and the
] canal commission.
A storm of wind and rain which
originated along the gulf coast swept
northward through Alabama, Mlssls'
sippi and Tennessee doing great
damage.
A bomb was exploded in st. Peters
at Rome where the great church was
crowded and while a scene OF great
confusion followed there was no fatal
tiles.
The sound steamer Dix and the
Alaska steamer Jeanie collided in
Puget sound and 40 persons were
drowned out of the so aboard the Dix
at the time of the disaster.
1t is asserted that certain members
of the liberal party in Cuba have
plan for the establishment of a per
manent protectorate in Cuba by the
! American government.
President Roosevelt has cabled New
York parties declining |. suspend his
order dismissing colored troops OF
the Twenty-fifth regiment unless
there were new facts bearing on the
case.
The Mellon brothers of Pittsburg.
Pa, are to build the independent pipe
line from the Indian territory OIL
field to Port Arthur, Texas, and ex.
pect to spend $s.OO0,OOO on the pro-
ject.
kalb county, Ala, was recently
struck by tornado and not build,
ing was left standing. No fatalities
were reported.
The clerk of the national house of
representatives has issued his official
report on the membership of the new
congress. 1t showD 222 republicans
and 1G4 democrats.
Secretary Metcalf has directed a
federal investigation of the action of
the fire insurance companies in the
settlement of the San Francisco
losses by earthquake and fire.
The failure of the Chicago ma
tIonal bank is to be investigated by
a special federal grand jury early In
December.
The published report that Andrew
Carnegie was to give $1,000,O00 to pro
mote the cause of international arbi-
tration has been emphatically denied.
The American Sugar Refining COM
pany has been found guilty Of ac-
cepting rebates from the New York
Central railroad by federal jury at
New York.
The National Grange has voted to
hold its convention in 1907 at Hart
ford. Conn.
The order of Secretary of War Taft
holding up the discharge of three COM
panies of colored troops at Fort Reno
has been rescinded and the discharge
will continue without delay. The pres
ident in cablegram from Porto RICO
declared new facts would alone cause
a suspension OF the order.
Attorney General Coleman has
filed custer suits in the Kansas SUI
preme court against the mayors and
corporations of Pitsburg and juno
ton City for failure to enforce the
state prohibition law.
The Hawaiisn Planters assoc'a'
ton is planning to manufacture de-
natured alcohol from the 100000
gallons of molasses produced annual
ly. distillery will be erected at
Pearl Harbor.
In the presence OF distinguished
company, the body of James Wilson,
a great figure in the American revo-
luton, which lay in North Carolina
for 10S years, was reinterred in
Philadelphia.
The Arctic steamer Roosevelt with
Commander Peary on board reached
Sidney. Cape Breton, in partially
disabled condition recently. After
temporary repairs are made the
vessel will proceed to New York. All
on board were we'll.
After an investigation the officers
of the Kaiser Wilhelm Der Crosse
were blamed for the recent collision
with the steamer Orinoco off Cher
bourg, France.
Two masked men in an attempt to
hold up the ST. Charles hotel at Ar
kansas City, Kan, shot and Instantly
killed the night clerk, William Goff,
and wounded S. A. Halpin. an ac.or
so badly that he died few hours lat
err The robbers escaped.
The fine of $4,000 recently i'm
posed upon the New York Central
railroad for giving rebates to the su-
gar trust makes n total of $126,000
which the Vanderbilt lines have been
fined within month.
Henry Papineau. of Chicago, has
been held to the grand jury on
charge of numbering his paralytic
wife by pouring gasoline on her
clothing and setting fire to it.
The American Federation of Labor
has indorsed the political policy of
President Gompers during the last
campaign and urged a con inuance o!
the activity along independent lines.
Seattle and Tacoma. Wash, were
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