The Springfield herald., 1906-06-01

transferred S34, 4,491 200 to San Fran
cisco since April IS. the date of tn
earthquake.
During the season of 1905 15,74
square bales of cotton were ginned i
Greer county, Ok, making 1t the secon
best cotton county in the Unite
States.
The accounting officers of th
United States treasury have completed
the settlement of claim amounting
to $4,000 for extra pay due the Twen
tieth Kansas volunteers during thu
Spanish American war. A check fo
the amount will be sent to Gov. Hocf
for distribution.
The chief of police and former prose
cutting attorney of South Omaha. Neb.
ha 'e been indicted for black mailing
resort keepers.
George l.. Thomas, of New York
and l.. b, Taggart. his clerk, were con
victed in the federal court at Kansas
City of conspiracy TO violate the in
| terstate commerce laws. The demur-
rer to the evidence on behalf of George
II. Crosby. of the Burlington railroad
was sustained by the court. Sentence
| was deferred.
The entire Swedish cabinet have ten
dered their designations to King Oscar.
George w. Perkins. vice president
of the New York Life Insurance COM
pany, who had been held to the grand
jury on n technical charge of grand
larceny in connection with campaign
contributions. has been discharged
from custody by the New York SUI
preme court
The Offices of the Mutual Reserve
Life Insurance company of America
have been closed throughout Great
Britain.
W. w. Graves and A. NJ Woison
were nominated by the Missouri demo-
cratic state convention for the SUI
preme court at Excelsior Springs re-
Gently.
One dead and So injured is the re-
suit of a collision on suburban elec-
trio line near Lafayette, Ind. recently
Nearly all the injured are veterans at
tending the state G. A. r. encampment.
Representative Campbell, of Kansas
has filled an application in the interior
department at Washington for permis
sion to construct an Independent pipe
line from the Indian territory and
Oklahoma oil fields to Coffeyville
Kan.
Officers of the guard regiments at
St Petersburg are openly advocating
the dispersal of parliament by the
government.
Chairman T. p. Shonts will be the
principal speaker at the 25th anniver-
sary celebration of Drake university
at Des Moines. Ia. on June IA.
The grand jury which investigated
the Springfield. Mo-, lynching reported
that the two negro victims of the mob
were entirely innocent of the crime
charged. The report also severely
ceusured the sheriff and police author
tiles.
The union of the Cumberland and
Presbyterian churches was formally
announced in full force ana effect by
Moderator Corbett at the Des Moines
General Assembly recently amid great
enthusiasm.
All factions engaged in the struggle
for possession of Zion City and its in
dustries have agreed that Federal
Judge Lands shall settle all disputes
between them.
An earthquake shock was felt re-
Gently near Ogden, Utah. Buildings
were shaken but no serious damage
resulted.
The trial of the rebate cases in the
federal court at Kansas City has de-
veloped that many of the western
iobbng houses have been receiving re-
bates on shipments of goods for years.
During the recent interstate COM
merce commission hearing at Phila-
delphia it developed that w. A. Pat
ton, assistant to President Cassatt, of
the Pennsylvania railroad had acquired
stock in different coal companies to
the amount of S3O7,OO for which ne
had never paid a dollar.
Erwin O. Bode, city treasurer of
Falls City. Neb., has confessed to a
shortage in his accounts of $4,000.
He has been arrested on charge of
embczzlement.
The federal grand jury at Nashville,
Tenn. has returned so indictments
against members of the fertilizer trust.
The defendants live in various parts
of the country.
CongrcssionnI,