The Springfield herald., 1906-06-29

The protected cruiser Charleston
Twill carry Secretary of State Root and
paTty on their trip to Rio Janeiro and
otner South American cities.
| A clam fisher at Red Wing. Mimi.
has found pearl weighing SO grains
and said to be the largest fresh water
pearl in existence
The New York News Letter publish
ed by the New York Life Insurance
company has suspended publication.
Two thousand Kentuckians, led by
| Henry Watterson, ten trainloads from
Missouri and delegations from is other
states. are to attend the great Bryan
reception in New York.
H. NJ. Haug, postmaster at Arcadia
Ok, has been arrested charged with
| embeZzlement of Office funds.
Leading Jews of London are agitat-
ing the question of bringing interna-
tional pressure to bear against Russia
to compel the government TO prevent
the slaughter of Jewish population
such as occurred at Bialystok
Stockholders of the Equitable Life
Assurance company by a vote of 667
to so adopted the formal resolution
| authorizing the amended charter which
provides for the naturalization of the
society.
Within the last four weeks there
We're returned from the carriers to
the general delivery section of the
San Francisco postofiice, 100000 let
ters the carriers being unable to find
the persons to whom they We're ad-
dressed
Boston celebrated the 131st anniver.
sary of the battle of Bunker Hill in
more than usually enthusiastic man
ner with professions and fireworks.
The board of supervisors of San
Francisco has passed an ordinances
fixing the saloon licenses at $4,000 per
annum. Saloons will be permitted to re.
sumo business on July 8.
The supreme court of Missouri has
denied rehearing in the cases OF
Aggie Myers and Frank Hoffman, con
demned to death for the murder OF
Mrs. Myers husband at Kansas City
two years ago.
A movement has been inaugurated
among the former colleagues of j. II,
Burton in the senate to ask the presi-
dent to set aside that part of the
courts sentence which calls for the
Kansan's incarceration in a Missouri
Jail for six months.
After the acquttal at Macon, Mo.
.of T. E. Albright, of st. Louis on
charge of perjury, Circuit Attorney
Sager dismissed the charge OF bribery
Iat
of the St. Louis house of delegates.
EXasperated because he caught but
three small fish after an all-day effort
recently. Joseph Buechlein returned to
his home in St. Louis and committed
suicide.
Exports of meats and meat products
from the United States for the Ii
months of the present fiscal year
aggregated more than slSO,OOO,OOO the
largest on record for a corresponding
period.
the passage of the statehood bill in
grand style Gov Hoch. of Kansas
made the principal address.
The interstate commerce commission
has concluded its hearing for the
present in connection with its investi-
CATION into the relations of the rail
roads with the coal and oil traffic
The hearing will be resumed in the
fall.
In the United States court at Kan
sas City Judge Smith Mcpherson SEN
fenced George L. Thomas. a freight
broker to pay fine of $4,000 and four
months imprisonment; L. B. Taggart
his clerk, to three months imprison-
ment and a fine of $4,000. The Bur-
lington railroad and the Armour
Swift, Cudahy and Nelson Morris
Packing companies were each fined
$4,000 for giving and accepting re-
bates. The cases will all be appealed.
The coronation of King Haakon and
Queen Maud, the new rulers of Nor
way, took place at Trondhjem recently
with elaborate ceremonies, and was
attended by representatives of nearly
all the civilized nations of the world.
Richard Ivens was hanged at Chi
cago recently for the murder of Mrs.
Bessie Hollister. wife of the head OF
large printing establishment of
that city. The crime which was COM
mitted last January. was one of the
most revolving in the police annals
of Chicago.