The Springfield herald., 1906-11-30
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings of the
Past Seven Days.
Interesting Items Gathered from All
parts of the World Condensed
Into Small Space for the
Denent of Our Readers.

sion in New York harbor with the
schooner Neville, recently.
Maj. Clark has been placed In
charge at Fort Reno, Ok, succeeding
Maj. Penrose.
Miss Louise Moncheur, daughter OF
Baron Moncheur. Belgian minister to
the United States, died recently in
Washington after brief illness.
C. Leonard Brown, an Oklahoma
City embezzler, has been arrested In
Denver, Col.
Hermann Kountze, a wealthy pio-
neer banker of Omaha. Neb.. died re-
Gently in Watkins Glen, N. Y.
Bishop ]. ]. Tigert, of the NJ. E,
church. South, is dead at Tulsa. 1. T.,
after a brief Illness.
Given Campbell, prominent men,
ber of the St. Louis bar and Civil
war veteran, died recently OF heart
failure.
Gov. Harris, of Ohio, declared his
intention to recommend an income
tax law In his first message to the
legislature.
H. Clay Pierce. president of the
Waters-Pierce Oil company, is re-
ported to have been indicted at Aus
tin, Texas. for perjury.
The famous Italian tenor, Enrico
Caruso. was found guilty of annoying
women In Central Park, New York,
and his fine assessed at $40. The case
was appealed.
Mayor Schmitz, Of San Francisco.
recently arrived at New York from
a European tour. He emphatically
declared his innocence OF the charges
of graft for which he has been In
dicted in California, saying 1t was a
scheme of his political enemies to get
revenge.
Joseph II. Smith, president of the
Mormon church. pleaded guilty to a
charge Of unlawful cohabitation In
Salt Lake City and was fined 5000.
Misceilnneaus.
The recent storm on the Great
lakes caused a heavy loss to shipping
as well as 23 lives.
The Trans-Mississippl Commercial
congress has elected H. D. Loveland.
OF California, president and A. F.
Francis, of Colorado. secretary. Mus
kogee, I. T., was selected as the place
for holding the next congress.
The National Association of Thrash
er Manufacturers has adopted resolu
tions favoring a prompt reduction Of
the tariff.
During the nine months of this
year the exports of lumber from the
900. an increase of 33 per cent over
the same time last year.
After sitting ten days the 4oth an
nual convention of the National
Grange adjourned at Denver, Col. 1t
was decided to establish weekly pa
per to be devoted entirely to the in
terests of the order.
The supreme court of Missouri has
issued the writ OF custer against the
Delmar Jockey club OF St Louis for
violating its charter by allowing bet
ting on horse races at its tracks.
The Monon railroad has decided to
test In the courts the decision of the
Interstate Commerce commission
that railroads cannot give transpor-
tation for newspaper advertising.
A mandamus suit has been filed In
the circuit court at Findlay. o., to
compel the Buckeye Pipe Line COM
pany to furnish oil transportation to
Independent refiners.
The Nebraska Bankers association
has gone on record as opposed to the
plan of currency reform proposed by
the committee of the American Bank
ers' association.
According to the report of the Kan
sas railroad commissioners, the Is
railroads in the state operate 11.03S
miles of track, including main lines
and branch lines.
The Atlantic liner Kaiser Wilhelm
Der Crosse and the British Mall
steamer Orinoco met in collision in
Gently. Several passengers on each
vessel were killed or injured. The
passengers on the Kaiser Wilhelm
were transferred to other steamers
bound for America.
Following an all day bitter fight,
the democratic delegates to the Ok
lahoma constitutional convention
named William H. Murray, of Tisho,
mingo, for president.
The Kansas referees in bankruptcy
recently met at Topeka and discussed
uniform fees and rates of expenses.
After a weeks argument on mo-
tion to quash the indictments in the
Richards and Comstock land fraud
cases at Omaha, the motion was over
ruled and the trials proceeded.
The American Federation of Labor
has sent cablegram to President
Roosevelt asking him to investigate
conditions while in Porto RICO with
a view to aiding the islanders in
their aspirations for complete citl-
zenship.
Three men were killed and eight
seriously injured by the collapse of
n building under construction at the
| Eastman Kodak works near Roches
ter, N. Y.
The state agricultural school at
Athens, Ala, was wrecked by the re-
cent storm.