The La Jara chronicle., 1906-11-02

doing business in the state are sub
ject TO taxation. The decision may
cause a readjustment of insurance
rates by several orders.
An examination OF the Cuban treas
ury shows more than Sl2,OOO,OJO on
hand. mostly in American gold The
books balanced.
The new St Pau! Roman Catholic
cathedral. at Pittsburg, Pa, said 10
be the most beautiful edifice in the
state and TO have cost S3.500,000, was
dedicated recently with imposing cere-
monies.
Judge wellborn, in the federal court
at Los Angeles. Cal, has decided that
the Santa Fe Railroad company must
produce its freight books in court in
the rebate case now before the grand
jury.
After n chase lasting sc hours n
sheriffs posse succeeded in capturing
the five bandits who robbed the Saw
yer, N D.. bank recently of $4,000.
Most of the money was recovered.
Postmaster General Cortelyou's
estimate for the maintenance of his
s2OG, ,GG2 1872. a net increase of s15,-
100000 over 1906.
The grand jury has indicted 80 OF
Omaha's leading coal dealers, MEM
bers of the coal exchange, on charges
OF violating the antitrust law.
The bank of jamestown. in Moni-
teau county, Mo. was entered by bur
glars recently and robbed of $1,000.
The bandits escaped.
The board of bishops of the Metho-
dist church have decided to raise s700.-
900 to rebuild the churches of the de
nomination destroyed by the earth
quake in San Francisco.
The Illinois Life Insurance company
has dismissed its injunction suit
against the state of Kansas and has
agreed to pay $4,000 in back taxes
and $500 in penalties and make no fur.
ther fight against It's assessment.
The State Tax com iission of Cali
fornia has recommended that corpora
tions hereafter be assessed on their
gross receipts. instead of their net
earnings.
Viscount Aoh. Japanese ambassa-
dor at Washington, has filled a for
NAL protest with the state depart
ment regarding the discrimination
against Japanese school children by
the authorities at San Francisco.
Distribution of the s22 900 of gov
ernment money to the Kansas veter-
ans of the Spanish war has COM
menced. Each soldier and officer
gets from ono TO twelve days extra
pay.
Six troops of the Sixth cavalry have
been dispatched from Fort Mead, S.
D., 10 reinforce those already in the
field to head off the runaway Ute
Indians and return them to their
reservation.
Two duels were recently fought
in Havana by former government
officials in which three of the par
Elephants were wounded.
The National Association of Life In
suance Underwriters held a three
days session in St Louis recently.
The national council of the Creek
Indians has adopted resolutions
charging chat the Creek nation has
been defrauded out of thousands of
dollars in the sale of their lands and
ask fJr an investigation by congress.
Suits have been filed in the federal
court at Topeka against the Rock Is
land. Missouri Pacific. Kansas City
Southern and Chicago Great Western
railways for violations of the safety
appliance regulation of the interstate
commerce commission.
In an automobile accident at Kansas
sas City, r. NJ. Snyder, a capitalist and
promoter of that city, and a 1i-year-
old boy named Arthur Rodell were
almost instantly killed.
Miss Rosemary Sartoris. daughter
of Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris and the
late Algeron Charles Frederick Sar-
toris, and grand daughter OF the late
Geenral U. S. Grant, has been mar
ried to George H Woolston of Hiber-
mia. Fla.
BY an explosion of natural gas at
Coffeyville, Kan. which destroyed
five business houses, three persons
were killed. four seriously injured and
90 others slightly hurt. A leaky main
was given as the cause.
Two warehouses at Eutaw, Ala, con-
tanning 5000 bales of cotton were
destroyed by fire recently.
A train of three electric cars
plunged from a bridge at Atlantic City
n. ]. recently carrying down upwards
of 100 people. more than half of whom
were drowned. The wreck was thought
to have been caused by spreading
rails.
Trowbridge hall. the young ladies'
dormitory of Defiance college at De-
fiarce. o., has been destroyed by fire.
Three men We're arrested in New
York recently for lauding Czolgosz,