The Springfield herald., 1906-06-22

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cry and perjury.
Four persons are known to be dead
and several others are missing as the
result of a fire in New York tenc-
ment which was occupied by 2l fami
lies
st. Petersburg newspapers are filled
with dispatches reporting agrarian
trouble in the interior in which the
hand of the revolutionists and cen
| trail directing brain are clearly man
| ifest.
The steamer Westernlund with 1000
| passengers aboard went aground on
the shoals at the entrance TO Delaware
bay. After being fast 12 hours, the
big liner was finally noated without
| damage.
Three cases of yellow fever are un-
der quarantine at Ship IslaLd. quar-
antine station on the Gulf of Mexico
between mouth of Mississippi and Nc
bile Ala
Fire which for time threatened to
destroy Armour & Cos. packing plant
at Omaha, Neb., was confined to the
o!eomareeriue department with a loss
estimated at 100000
Charles a. Tucker -as been electro
cuted at Boston Tor the murder of
Mabel Page. March 81, 1904, after hav-
ing carried his case to the supreme
| court of the United States
Orders have been issued for the re.
tirement of Rear Admiral McCalla on
July 10. He commanded the United
States naval forces at Pekin during
the Boxer uprising.
The celebration of Home Coming
week" was inanguratcd at Louisville
Ky. by an eloquent address of wei.
come by Henry Watterson and n re-
ply on behalf of the visitors by former
Gov. David r. Francis. of Missouri.
The state department has been in
formed that there has been no cholera
in Russia this year and restrictions
of Russion emigration will be re-
| moved.
The Burlington Railroad company
was recently convicted in the federal
court at Kansas City of giving rebates
to packers on foreign shipments of
freight
During a religious procession at
Bialystocli, Russia, a bomb was thrown
from Jewish house among the par
| aders, killing and wounding several
| The Russians retaliGted by making an
attack on the Jewish quarter of the
| city. saciing many stores and massa-
| creing the Hebrews by wholesale.
A delegation of ST. Joseph. Nc,
officials and business men called on
President Roosevelt recently to dis
special reference to their city.
A brilliant reception was recently
given Representative Nicholas Long
worth and Mrs. Longworth at the Lon
don home of Ambassador Reid. King
Edward was one of the guests.
Two cases of yellow fever have ap-
| peared in Havana, Cuba.
John Alexander Dowie was the star
witness recently in the trial before
| Judge Lands in the federal court at
| Chicago to determine who is the own
er of Zion City.
Mrs. William f. Corey. wife of the
president of the steel trust. has filed
petition for absolute divorce in the
Nevada courts on the ground of de-
| sertion.
A jury in the federal court at Kan
sas City has returned verdicts finding
the Armour Packing company, Nelson
Mrris & Co. the Cudahy Packing COM
pany and Swift & Co., guilty of ac-
| cepting rebates from the Burlington
Railroad company on freight ship
ments. The penalty is n fine of from
81 900 to $4,000 Sentence was de
ferrcd
A granite monument was recently
unveiled on the spot in Providence
r. l. where Roger Williams and five
companions are supposed to have land,
ed after their Punishment from Mass
achusetts.
First Lieut. Edward c, Bolton and
citizen named Benjamin Christian
were recently murdered by fanatics on
the island of Mindanao, Of tie Philip
pine group.
The relations between The Russian
government and the lower house of
parliament have become so strained
that they have almost reached the
| breaking point.
The drydock Dewey has reached
| Singapore on its Journey to the Philip
pines.
Mrs. C. H. Pattison, wife of the
president Of Union Gas and Traction
company of Kansas City was killed re
Gently in Il collision between her auto
mobile and two street cars.
The National Editorial association
has decided to hold its next meeting
at jamestown. Va.
The American legations in Brazil
and Turkey have been raised to en-
| 1lssies.
On account of the absence of II. C
Pierce. president of the Waters-Pierce
Oil company. the oil hearing at St
Louis has been adjourned until Sep
tember 10.
The executive committee of the
| United Mine Workers has levied an Us
scssment of so cents a week on all
working members of the organization
1t is estimated this will bring in re
venue of from sl25.OOO to Sl5O,OO0 each
week.
Nine men were killed and many
others seriously injured by an explo-
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