The Irish standard., 1906-05-26
MISCELLANEOUS.

The first legal victory in the fight
between the warning factions of Zion
went to adherents of Dowie Judge
Lands declared his investigators
found no evidence of transportation
of funds, that the assets exceed all
liabilities, and that no receiver will be
appointed.
Judge Smith Mcpherson. of Iowa,
sitting in place of Judge John F. Phil
lips, at Kansas City, overruled the de-
murrer of the Burlington railway in
dictments against that company, and it
must go to trial.
The local contest at Decatur, ILL.,, in
stituted to prevent the union of the
Cumberland Presbyterian church With
the Presbyterian church, has been de-
c1ded in favor of the unionists.
The seventh annual meeting of the
Illinois Congress of Mothers convened
at Springfield Gov. Deneen deliver ed
the address of welcome
A resolution was adopted by the an
nual conference of the Structural
Building Trades Alliance of America.
asking the local unions to urge their
members against the use of alcoholic
liquors.
The two rural guards who killed
three Of their comrades in quarrel at
Las Mangas, Cuba. May II, surren-
dered to the authorities at Candelaria.
Goaded by jealousy. John Stewart. of
Eveleth, Mimi, shot his wife dead.
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Consequent on petty dispute over
the reception of Jacob Schiff, the
American banker, the Japanese gov
eminent has issued regulation tor
bidding the Korean imperial household
to entertain foreign guests without
first consulting the Japanese resident
general.
The eleventh annual meeting of the
Illinois Library association convened
at Springfield.
A decision of Judge Warren w. Hole
in common pleas court. holds the penal
section Of the Ohio state banking acts
to be constitutional.
An underground Chinese colony, sim.
liar to that which once existed in San
Francisco, has been discovered in Sc.
attic.
P. j. Farrell, member of parliament.
will ask that American companies
maintain cash balance in Great
Britain equal to one-third of value of
policies issued.
At the semiannual meeting of the
executive committee of the National
I1n1orwrit or
York, it was decided that the next
annual convention shall be held in st.
Louis on October %. "a and 25
court-martial at Riga sentenced
eight workmen to death for the murder
of three policeman.
DR.. Arnold c. Klebs. of Chicago. at
the meeting of the Association for the
Study Of Tuberculosis in Washington,
urged government sick benefits for
those suffering from the disease.
George Morrison, road overseer near
Aetna, Mont, was shot to death by a
boy named Charles Dennis.
Fire, which started from a spark
from the Northwestern mill. destroyed
100 residences and a dozen business
UuuullSS dL olduiey, w Is. Inc loss is
estimated at 100000
Lionel E. G. Garden, British minister
to Cuba since 1903, sailed from Ha-
vana by way Of Mobile for his new
post of minister to Guatemala
In the supreme court at Boston ex-
Senator F. W. Dalliner, of Cambridge,
was appointed receiver for the Ameri-
can Birth Insurance company
The town of Cobalt, one of the min
ing centers in New Ontario, has been
completely destroyed by fire. 1t is
also reported that several people were
killed by an explosion.
The British channel feet, consisting
of 16 battleships, will visit Cronstandt
probably at the end of July.
WI Ting Fang, who was entrusted
with the task of codifying the Chinese
laws, is memorializing the throne for
electrocution instead of the decapita,
ton of criminals condemned to death.
Ida Grove, Ia, won the state high
school field meet with 4s points to 20