The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-07-28
MISCELLANEOUS,

Declaring his nomination Tor truS-
tee of the Mutual Life Insurance COM
pany on the administration ticket was
but sop thrown to the policyholders,
who had a right to elect the whole
board, Col. A. M. Shook, of Nashville,
Tenn, went to New York to consult
counsel as to what should be his atti-
tude in the matter.
Fines instead of Imprisonment will
be the punishment asked by the Unit
ed States government for those found
guilty of lawbreaking in connection
with the oil industry. Proceedings
soon to be instituted in Chicago in
connection with the federal inquiry
will class the offenses as misdemean-
ors instead of felonies.
!, In a brief and brilliant flight of or
atory, William j. Bryan carried to vic.
tory before the international council
of the interparliamentary union at
London his rider to the model arbi-
tration treaty.
y One man was instantly killed and
another fatally wounded in a shoot
ing ARRAY at Edwards, Ill. Lige
Wages, a coal miner, fired the fatal
shot, in fit of jealous rage.
Paper-makers in the 33 mills of the
International Paper company in the
United States and Canada have given
notice that they will go on strike on
August 6 unless their working hours
are reduced to eight hours a day,
without reduction of wages.
Peonage in vicious form is
charged against the officers of the
jackson Lumber company at Lock-
hart, Ala. If the allegations are true
about 100 immigrants, mostly Ger
! mans, are held in the lumber camps
of that company virtually as slaves.
transcripts and bills of exceptions
were filed in the United States cir
, cult court Of appeals at st. Louis by
! Armour Packing company, Swift &
Co., Morris & Co., and the Cudahy
-Packing company, which were con-
victed in the United States district
court at Kansas City on charges of
accepting rebates.
Alex Fairgrove, president of the
Montana State Federation of Labor,
has been expelled from membership
in Helena miners union. Charges
were made that he used his position
as president of the State Federation
of Labor to fight the Western Fedora
.tion of Miners.
The funeral services over the body
of the late Russell Sage were held in
the First Presbyterian church at Far
Rockaway, Long Island.
John Dauron, aged 60 years, we'll.
known farmer, was shot and killed at
Cherokee, Kan, by his wife, who is
, 45 years old. Dauron and his wife
had many quarrels.
President Roosevelt has been elect.
ed as honorary member of the Asso.
ciate Society of Farnsworth post No.
40, G.. A. R., of Mount Vernon.
Manager McCloskey, of the St. Louis
National league team, announced that
Outfelder Smoot has been traded to
Cincinnati for First Baseman Barry.
r. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review
of Trade says: The best news of the
past week comes from agricultural
sections where progress is fully main.
tanned, harvesting Of winter wheat
I. promising larger yield than expect.
ed; and of good quality, while corn
and oats exceed anticipations.
Richard Clair O'Brien, of Detroit
Mich, aged rs years, was drowned in
Moosic lake, Scranton, Pa, while at
tempting to swim across the lake.
DR.. Manuel Murbina, one of the best
known naturalists in Mexico, and
noted as botanist, died suddenly at
the age of 60.
With the peasant war spreading
like fire through the central Russian
provinces, where troops are shooting
down peasants by hundreds and es
tates are burning in scores, the lower
house of the douma adopted the long
looked for proclamation to the nation
on the agrarian situation.
The Sewer Pipe Trade association
familiarly known as the "sewer pipe
trust" practically entered a plea Of
guilty to the charges of secret con.
tract to limit the production and
control the territory and prices Of
sewer pipe before the federal grand
jury in Jamestown. N Y.