The Springfield herald., 1906-11-16

Tied treStle, which he had discovered
by accident only a few seconds be
fore. an unknown man tagged south
bound Frisco passenger train near We
leetka, l. r.
The entire battalion of colored
troops who were concerned in the
riots at Brownsville, Tex, August
13, 1906, has been dishonorably dis
charged from the service by order OF
the president because they refused
to disclose the names of the men who
actually did the shooting on that oc,
casion.
Herbert G. Squiers, newly appointed
minister to Panama, has arr;Tce al
his new station accompanied by
Theodore p. Shonts, chairman of the
canal commission.
Returns indicate that Nebraska has
elected the entire republican state
ticket and all the congressman except
one. The legislature will elect re-
publican United States senator
Secretary Taft is making an inspec-
tion of the forts in the northwest with
view to recommending to the pres,
ident certain one to be made brigade
posts.
1t is announced that Secretary OF
the Interior Hitchcock will retire from
the cabinet next March and that his
place will be filled by James A. Gar
field
The comptroller of the currency has
approved the application of j. NJ. Bel
lamy, ]. w. Blezek. H. ]. Cassin, T. NJ
Bixby and l.. II. Wells to organize the
First National bank of Randlett, o. T.,
with $25,000
Interesting details of the finding
of n people on Prince Albert land
in the Arctic are given by an officer
of the revenue cutter Thetis, who
received his information from Capt.
Klinkinberg. of the steam whaler
Olga, who located them last winter
while ice bound in the far north.
The sixth annual meeting Of the
National Association for the Study
of Epilepsy and the treatment and
care of Epileptics was held in New
Haven, Conn.
T. A. Caldwell, government secret
service man. was found dead along
side the railroad track at AlgMones,
N. NJ, by section men. An investi-
CATION to learn the cause of his
death will be made.
The president accompanied by Mrs.
Roosevelt, Surgeon General Rixey of
the navy and NJ. C. Latta. has started
on his trip to Panama on board the
battleship Louisiana. He will be In
constant wireless communication with
the White house while on the ship.
Four days will be spent on the 18TH
mus inspecting the canal.
Congressman-elect George X. Fav
rot, of Baton Rouge. La. shot and
dreds of persons were near the scene
of the shooting. He refused to make
a statement except to say the quarrel
was of private nature.
The department of justice has is
sued instructions to the local officials
to begin proceedings against the
person or persons guilty of the re-
cent embezzlement of s6l,500 from
the subtreasury at St. Louis.
A fire at Canton. China. destroyed
over 500 houses and caused loss of
more than s1,OO0,oO0.
Passengers on a Santa Fe train
were held up at Gallup, n. NJ, and
robbed of several hundred dollars by
robbers who entered the train White
il was standing at that point. After
getting all the valuables possible the
robbers disappeared in the darkness.
The faculty OF Augustana college
at Rock Island H., suspended over
50 students for participating in n
riotous demonstration against mem.
hers of the board OF directors re
Gently because the directors had re.
fused to sanction intercollegiate has.
ketball.
Holding a hand of each of his two
little boys, aged seven and nine re
spectively. and walking down the
middle of the railroad track. C. y
Arham, cotton buyer of Carey, Tex
deliberately walked into Colorado &
Southern train near Chillress, Tex
and was killed. The boys receiyed
probably fatal injuries.
I TIE republicans were yictors in
the state election in Massachusetts
Gov Guild being reelected by q
considerably increased plurality ove'
I last year over District Attorney John
b. Moran. of Boston. the candidate
of the democratic and prohibition
party ana Independence league.
Charles L. Hughes, republican. de
feated w. R. Hearst. the Indepon
denca league and democratic cand:
dnte for governor of New York by
$4,000 majority.
Judge Graham has decided that w
II. Laigden was defacto district At
torney of San Francisco. This in
surcs the Indictment and prosecution
Of the alleged municipal grafters.
{ The bank of England purchased
nearly s5,0OO,O0O worth of gold in
one day recently.
The Carriage Builders National
association has adopted resolution
declaring that the tariff question
st,vld lao raunpyod c,oru pa rtigo .,