The Springfield herald., 1906-07-20
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings of the
Past Seven Days.
Interesting Items Gathered from All
parts of the World Condemned
Into small Space for the
penent of Our Readers.
PeFaO nal,

Personal.
President Fallieres OF France, gave
brilliant dinner in Paris. in honor
of Mr.. and Mrs. Longworth.
Congressman c. Fl. Adams, of Wis
in Chicago after an illness Of several
weeks
Senator Crane, of Massachusetts,,
and Miss Josephine Boardman. OF
Washington. were married recently at
Manchester, Mass.
Adjutant General Drain OF the state
of Washington has been appointed
United tSates attorney for the ne"
United States court in China and
Korea provided for by the last session
ofScongress
Vice President Fairbanks will speak
at Osawatomie, Kan, August 80 and
at Dodge City on the following day.
Secrtary Taft addressed The Ohio
State Bar association at Put-in-Bay
recently on the subject of the Pana-
ma canal.
Judge Alton B. Parker has issued IL
statement in which he takes issue
with the utterances of Secretary
Taft in his Keynote speech at
Greensboro, N. c.
George d. Meiklejohn. former mem
Der of congress ana assistant secre-
tary of war under President Mckin-
ley, has announced his candidacy for
United States senator from Nebraska.
II. Clay Evans. former commits
soner of pensions and recently Amer
nj I
been nominated by the Tennessee re-
publicans for governor.
The net value Of the estate left by
the late John A. Mccall, former pres
ident of the New York Life Insurance
company, was si0,S35.
John II. Chapman. of Chicago, has
been elected for the 10th time as
president of the Baptist Young Peo-
pics Union OF America.
miscellaneous.
Seizabure Shiuize. imperlal consul
of the emperor of Japan, is in Kansas
gathering information regarding the
wheat crop and the methods of pro-
duction.
Fire completely destroyed the Az
mour elevator a. Madrid. Ia. with
loss of 100000.
The first bale of new crop cotton
which was received in New York was
sold for 46 cents per pound bringing
s253.
The French chamber of deputies
and the senate have passed a bill
providing for n compulsory day OF
rest weekly
More than 100000 immigrants en-
tered the United States through the
Ellis Island station at New York
during the fiscal year ending June 80
last
AS the result of an encounter in
the Federal chamber of deputies over
the Dreyfus case Under Secretary of
State Sarraut was dangerously
wounded in duel with NJ Pugliesi-
Cont, member of the chamber.
Nebraska democrats propose run
ming a special train of Pullmans to
New York to carry "home folks" who
wish to greet W. ]. Bryan on his ar
rival from Europe.
August H. Henninss. former city
treasurer of Omaha. Neb. and can
didate for mayor of the city at the
last republican primaries. recently
killed himself by shooting.
In attempting to save the life OF
drunken negro in Kansas City. John
Kelly, railroad crossing watchman
GO years old. was run over and killed
European grain importers are now
complaining that improper classifica-
ton of American grain has caused
loss to them of millions OF dollars.
N. NJ. Riggs. of Elroy, Wis, when
arrested and charged with the mur-
der in a Minneapolis hotel of Millie
Ellison, milliner. while temporarily
out of sight of the officers shot and
killed himself.
Three men We're blown to pieces,
three others were fatally injured and
several others badly hurt in an eN-
plosion which wrecked q stone quarry
shanty near Chicago. The explosion
was believed to be the result of a
plot.
Both houses of the French parlia-
ment passed the government bills
restoring Albert Dreyfus and Col
Pcquart to the army by overwhelm-
ing majorities. Dreyfus was made
major of artillery and Picquart
brigadier general.
A Los Angeles oil company has
signed contract with private parties
in Chile for 100000 barrels of oil
to be delivered within ten years.
The Interstate Sheriifs association,
representing 16 different stavs, at
its annual meeting in Des Moines,
Ia. strongly condemned the present
juvenile laws.
The Kansas free employment bureau
has supplied % counties with $4,000
harvest hands so far this year.
Miss Katherine Brown, a chorus
girl playing an engagement in Den
yer, recently died from eating potted
ham.
Grain fires are reported to have
burned over $1,000 acres of grain in
California.
Minnie Ellison, milliner of Ellis
worth Wis. was robbed and mur-
dered in hotel at Minneapolis, Mimi.
recently