The Grit-advocate., 1906-05-11

polar expedition.
Documents seized by the Paris po-
! lice show that the Bonapartists con-
tributed funds to help the recent la
Dor demonstrations.
1t is announced that the Union Pa
cifc interests proposed to build line
from Topeka, Kan, to DenisOn, Tex,
to create an outlet for that system
direct to the gulf
On the advice OF President John
Mitchell. the miners convention at
Scranton, Pa, voted to accept the pro-
position of the operators and thus end
the coal strike in the anthracite re-
eions.
Bishop jolly head OF the Mormon
Settlement in Big Horn county, Wyo.,
has been arrested on the charge of
sustaining polygamous relations with
two wives.
Ten persons were killed and %
injured in a collision on the Pennsyl-
vania railroad near Altoona. Pa. Two
express trains came together while
running at full speed.
The German steamship SOerabaya,
Russian blOckande runner. which had
been missing for year and six
months, has been found near Nicolaie-
vsk. twenty-five miles up the Amur
river. The vessel was encased In ice
and the crew had been frozen to death
John r. Walsh. former president of
the defunct Chicago National bank has
been held to the federal grand jury
in bonds of $4,000.
The international cotton conference
at Washington adjourned after de-
nouncins the reports of the aericu!.
tural department No satisfactory
scheme of remedy was, however, sus.
gested.
The Kansas republican convention
at Topeka recently held renominated
Gov. Hoch for a second term by ac-
clamatiOn. The action of the convention
was entirely harmonious and the ticket
nominated is conceded to be a strong
one
During the past month 5000 pen
sioners of the civil war who were
members of the G. A. r. have died.
May day was celebrated in the United
States by the Inauguration of many
strikes, the principal one being that
among marine worEmen on the great
lakes. shipment of freight was gen.
orally tied up at the prominent
points.
In recent interview Corporal Tan
ner commanhor-iu-rhic of the G. A.
r.. stated that according to statistics
compiled by himself the old veterans
were dying at the rate of 5000
month -'-'
For the ten months OF the present
fiscal year the receipts of the govern
ment have exceeded the expediture
by $4.O2O,566, as against deficit for
the corresponding time last year Of
$33, ,GS9,557.
Owing to misaprehension in tho
south the order for military escort
to Rev. Father Sherman. son of Gen
w. T. Sherman in his trip over the
ground covered by his father in his
historic march from Atlanta to the
sea, has been recalled by the presi-
dent.
In the Olympic games at Athens
the Americans took II firsts. six sec
onds and five thirds out of 30 events
Eight men were recently taken un-
conscious from the McAdoo tunnel un-
der the Hudson river at New York
as the result of an explosion of gas
Gov. Pardee has sent petition to
hot ha
pay the various claims of California
now pending aggregating $G,000.0OO.
According to a preliminary report o;
the production of anthracite In 1905
made public by the United States geo.
logical survey, the tonnage during
that year was the largest III the his
tory of the industry.
Congregational.
Semi-Official announcement is made
that the senate committee will report
adversely on Senator Newland's prop
osition to make a government loan to
San Francisco.
The senate committee on privileges
and elections has agreed to vote on
| the Smoot case on May is.
An agreement has been reached by
| the senate on court review amend
ment to the railroad rate bill. The
amendment as agreed upon is salts
| factory to the president. The early
| passage of the measure seems as
surcd.
In special message to congress
| President Roosevelt transmitted the
report of Commissioner of Corpora
| tions Garfield regarding the relations
of the oil industry to the railroads.
The commissioner finds tina. the
Standard Oil company profited to a
large extent by secret rates and re-
bates.
| In recent speech in the senate
| Mr. Tillman of South Carolina made
Il vigorous attack on the federal judi
ciary, declaring that congress should
clip their wings
| Personal.
| William F. Owen, an old time
! ShalleSDcarean actor and contcmpor-
ary of Booth. Mccullough and For
rest. died recently in New York aged
60 years.
Gen, Benjamin F. Hawkes.. a vetsr-
an of the Mexican, Civil and Seminole
war. and one of the founders of the
G. A. r.. is dead in Washington