The state herald., 1906-05-25

sociation visited Oklahoma City last
year the city officers appropriated
1,40o, for entertainment. They have
now been arrested upon indictment
by the grand jury for misappropria-
tion Of public funds.
Forest fires in the upper peninsula
of Michigan have completely destroyed
four towns and partially destroyed
10 or II. Five counties have been
devastated Property worth several
millions burned
Gov. Folk of Missouri has commut-
ed the death sentence of o. p. Nc
Carver of st. Francois county, to life
imprisonment In the penitentiary
DR.. Presto of Mexico claims to have
found the long sought bacillus of
typhus fever and is now seeking to
discover an antidote or preventive of
the disease.
The Anglo-American exploring ex-
pedition has sailed for the far north
where an attempt is to be made to
locate stretch of undiscovered land
in Beaufort Sea- The party expects
to return in the fall of 1907.
The report that the National bank
of Mexico and the Bank of London
and Mexico We're to be consolidated
is officially denied.
a new Hungarian crisis is imminent
owing TO the refusal of Emperor Fran
els Joseph to approve the Hungarian
cabinets demand for an autonomous
Hungarian tariff.
The draft of parliament's reply to
the Russian emperor's speech from the
throne has been submitted to the low
er house. 1t consists of ten demands.
Jhe chief of which is for political am
nesty.
The total deposits in the banks of
Kansas show that there is $SSG9 in
cash on hand for every man, woman
and child in the state.
Policeman John Dineen, of st. Louis,
has been convicted of perjury in a
police court case and sentenced to two
years in the penitentiary.
The 10th annual G. A. X. reunion for
Ac-
Gently held at Oklahoma City, was
the most successful in the history of
the territories.
The parliamentary situation in Rus
sia is growing more complicated and
chaotic MS time passes and the great
est anxiety prevails in st. Petersburg
as to what the immediate future may
bring forth.
Cale0 Powers, has been committed
TO the custody of the Kentucky courts
by the federal authorities and will
soon be tried for the fourth time for
the murder of Gov. Goebel.
The general conference of the NJ. Z.
church, South. has voted s215,OOO TO
establish a representative church at
Washington.
The Missouri railroad and ware
house commissioners will have a hear
ing on freight rates on oil at Kansas
City on June is, Every railroad in the
state is cited TO appear.
Joseph Crow. former postmaster at
Omaha, Neb., and foreman of the re-
cent federal grand jury which returned
indictments in the land fraud cases,
has been arrested on an Indictment
charged with attempting to bribc
members OF the grand jury
A New York thief recently stole
n $4,000 automobile In which We're
s2.i0O,O00 worth of bonds, scrip and
other valuable papers.
The grann jury at Cleveland. Ohio
recently returned indictments against
President Harry Novel; and 10 d.
rectors Of the local ice trust.
The River Brethern In national con-
ference at Dcs Moines. Ia. have de-
cicded TO abolish the rule prohibiting
members from being photographed.
A daring attempt 10 loot the United
States sub treasury AT San Francisco
WAS recently frustrated by a guard OF
regular troops stationed about the
building. The robbers escaped.