The Nevada County picayune., 1906-11-16

DF sIlUOtIilS Ol tillSC poJC, "A" iiN>H been condemned by court-martlal for robbery. The firing party was completely unnerved at the sight of mere children before them for execu- tion and fired wildly, and it was only after several volleys that all the con- demned were killed.
 The agitation in Italy against the action of the government Tn placing an order for armor plate for an Ital- ian man-of-war valued at $l 100000 with the Midyale Steel Go. of Penn sylvania, is assuming a serious char acter.
 By the election of J. T. Harahan as president of the Illinois Central Railroad Co. to succeed Stuyvesant Fish, it is believed that E. H. Har- riman has at least realized the full fillment of his plan to control rail- road line from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean.
 The federal grand jury, in it's in- vestigation of the Shelly tube scan- dal at Pittshurg, Pa.. returned in- dictments against three individuals, charging them with conspiracy to defraud the government by selling it defective boilers. Some of these tubes, accordine to the grand jury, are in use on the battleship Louis jana, on which President Roosevelt is making his Panama trip.
 A lone boy bandit, weighing scarcely no pounds, held up the Golden State Limited, the fast Chi cago, Rock Island X Pacific train, near Slater, Mo-, and, telling the passengers that he was from Mis- souri, robbed the rear Pullman car, forcing the porter to collect in his cap the booty from the occupants of each birth. He allowed the women in the car to go unmolested, saying that: "Jesse James never robbed la- dies"
 It is stated that a general investi- gation of what Is known as the Har- riman system of railroads, under the authority conferred by law, is one of the subjects that has been discussed for some time by the interstate com merce commission. and that body, 1t is said, really stands committed to an inquiry.
 Bradstreets, in their review of trade, say: "Marked advances in wages of railway employes, greatly improved collections, large filling in orders (indicatinv heavy consump- tion), good business on spring ac- count, a continued scarcity of labor and record-breaking outputs of iron and steel, are pre-eminent business features"
 The directors of the State bank of New York have declared a dividend of 900 per cent, payable in cash, on the banks capitalization of $100,- 900. The directors also declared the usual semi-annual dividend of 50 per cent.
 Every member of the faculty of Centenary college. Jackson, La., ex- cept President Moncreif has re- signed, as a consequence of the re- cent stabbing of Rev. Miller by Mon- creif. Two days previous the entire student body left the college on ac- count of the retention of Prof. Mon- creif.
 It is stated at Washington that the president has decided to dis charge rioting negro soldiers.
 The interstate commerce commits sion modifies its ruling and permits railroads to issue mileage for adver- Using.
 Texas railroad commission takes steps to compel Pullman company to reduce its charges 20 per cent.
 Henry w. Herring, cashier of Paul Stensland's bank in Chicago, goes to join him at Joliet penitentiary.
 George T. Dexter, vice president of the Mutual Life Insurance Co.,, has announced that he will not go from New York to Tennessee in re- sponse to the summons of Insurance Commissioner Folk to answer com- plaints of poliey-holders that their money was being used in an effort to re-elect the present management of the company. He intimates that if the commissioner desires to see him, he can be found in his office.
 The death is announced of Au- beron E. W. M. Herbert, the Eng fish journalist. He was born in 1888.
 The American Mohair Growers association has selected San Anto- nio as the place for concentrating