The Springfield herald., 1906-05-18
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings of the
Past Seven Days.
Interesting Items Gathered from All
part. of the World Condensed
Into Small Space for the
Benefit of Our Readers. ,fts
San Frnnci.co Earthquake.

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San FrnncisrO Earthquake.
The main vault of the San Fran
cisco auditors Office WAS opened re-
Gently and the contents was found TO
be intact. All the valuable records OF
the office We're in this vault includ-
ing $l7,000,0O0 of ponds issued before
the disaster.
The police commissioners of San
Francisco have revoked all Licences
for saloons in the city and the drink
ing places will remain closed indie
finitely.
The Fireman's Fund Insurance conf
pany of San Francisco has discovered
that the contents of the vault con-
tanning all the records of its business
in San Francisco had been destroyed
in the recent fire.
The receiver for the Traders In
surance company of Chicago, which
recently suspended, declares he Will
contest in the courts every loss sus-
tanned by the company in San Fran
cisco.
The signal corps of the United
Francisco ruins from balloons.
Many safety deposit boxes in San
Francisco have been opened and their
contents found TO be intact in every
instance.
The sub treasury at New York has
transferred a total of $2s02S,000 to
San Francisco since the great dis
aster of April 1S.
miscellaneous.
The governor general of Ekaterinos-
Law has been assassinated by six un-
known persons who fired volleys from
revolverS at him and escaped.
The so-called fundamental laws
recently announced in Russia and
which it was thought had been with
drawn in the interests of peace have
been published and made the perman-
ent laws or constitution revokable on
ly by the emperor's decree. thus great
ly curtailing the power of the newly
elected parliament.
Russia has decided in favor of the
big ship policy and is planning the
construction of battleship of 1880
tons
A meeting of the members elect of
the new Russian parliament was re-
Gently raided by the police and SOL
diers in St Petersburg and the mem
bers dispersed.
John Alexander Dowie and w. G.
Nolva have reached an agreement
upon the proposition for mutual rep
resentation in the management of the
financial affairs at Zion City.
After carrying on negotiations for
nearly three months the miners in the
anthracite field have accepted the pro-
position of the operators to continue
the award of the strike commission
until March 81. 1909 The mines will
open Immediately.
SUIT mas been instituted by the gov
ernment in the federal court at In
dianapolis against the so-called drug
trust for violations OF the Sherman
antitrust law. The parties to the
combination include the Proprietary
Association of America, the National
Wholesale Druggists association and
the National Association of Retail
Druggists.
The government has taken n stand
against the petition of the state of
Kansas asking permission to file
suit in the supreme court of the
United States on behalf of the NJ. X.
& r. railroad company to get control
of lands in Indian territory.
James b. Felker, treasurer of New
hurvport, Mass, has confessed to i
shortage of $4,000.
One hundred members of the Massa-
chusetts Legislature We're recently
summoned before the grand jury at
Boston TO testify regarding charges
of bribery in connection with the de-
feat of the anti-bucket shop bill.
The new council OF the empire. or
upper house of the Russian parlia-
ment was recently opened by Count
Sosky, its president, with elaborate
ceremonies.
Two men We're Killed and several
badly injured in grade crossing col
lision between street car and a train
recently at Chattanooga, Tenn.
Maynard NJ. McDole. a freshman
at Missouri University was shot in the
head and several other students in
between several numbered students and
men connected with Cole Bros, circus
Four trainmen We're killed and four
Others injured on the Norfolk & West
ern railroad near Lynchburs, Va, re.
Gently.
Augustus St Gandens has been
secured us sculptor for the proposed
Thomas Jefferson monument to be
erected in Washington.
The American consul at Hankow,
China, reports n disastrous flood with
great loss of life and property in HUI
nan province.
A receiver has been appointed for
the Standard Beet Sugar company at
I.eavitt, Neb. The plant is the largest
in the west and cost originally 81 ,2T7,-
900.
Nesuvius is again reported to be
showing considerable activity.