The Grit-advocate., 1906-06-29
miscellaneous.

Miscellaneous.
The Louisville Packing company of
Louisville, Ky, said to be the largest
plant owned by the Cudahy Packing
company of Chicago, has closed down
Indefinitely. the reason given being
newspaper criticism and adverse leg
fslation"
A 35 GOO barrel tank full of oil was
struck by lightning and burned near
Neodesha, Kan, entailing loss Of $40,
600.
Bids have been received by the navy
department for two new battleshipa.
the Michigan aud South Carolina,
each to be 10000 ton ships and carry
eight 12-inch breech loading rifles.
, The school children Of Missouri pro-
pose to raise money to replace one of
the destroyed school buildings of San
Francisco and it is expected other
states will follow the example by re-
placing others.
In order to make a better campaign
against tubercu!os.; the Kansas state
board Of health has ordered a COM
plete census Of the cases in the state
of which it is beliyed there are about
5000.
An Associated press correspondent
in describing events during the riot
ing at Bialystok Russia. said children
were snatched from their mothers
arms and taken by the legs and
Drained on the pavement before TIE
eyes of their parents.
The president and Secretary Shaw
have agreed to deposit $l2,0O0,000 of
government money in San Francisco
banks, with bonds of the city as Sc.
curity. The money is to remain with
the banks until such time as the gov
ernment shall call for it.
John Joseph Kean, who kidnapped
Frederick Muth, a seven year old Phil.
adelphia boy, was arrested, tried, con
victed and sentenced to 90 years in
the penetentiary hard labor, all with.
in "a hours.
A jury at Columbia, Mo-, recently
awarded Sam B. Cook, former secre-
tary of state, $4,000 damages against
the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for alleged
libel.
Jacob II. Schff, the New York
banker. has received messages from
reliable parties in Finland saying
that the messacre of Jews in Bialystok
was but the beginning of series of
systematic massacres similar to those
of last October
The estate of the late Daniel s.
Lamont, according to the state ap-
praisers is worth Si,45S.000.
A band of 800 Pulaja recently
railed the town of Burauen, island
of Leyte. p. l., Five policemen were
of the force captured. All the muni-
cipal records were taken from the
tribunal and burned
Owing to demonstrations by the
radical element of the Russian lower
house of parliament during the recent
ministerial explanations the prcs-
dent of the body was compelled to
adjourn the session for time.
A. L. Harris, republican, has been
sworn in and has assumed the duties
of governor of Ohio in succession to
the late John M. Pattison, democrat
H. NJ Haug, postmaster at Arcadia
Ok, has been arrested charged with
embezzlement of office funds.
The Missouri supreme court has
set aside the recent order ousting the
Delmar Jockey club and imposing n
fine of $4,000 and has granted mo-
ton for a rehearing of the case.
The strike of the Ohio coal miners
has been settled and $4,000 men will
return to work Immediately.
The editions of eight St. Petersburg
newspapers were confscated for pub
fishing circumstantial accounts of the
recent massacre of Jews at Bialystok
The sultan of Morocco has signed
the Algeciras treaty without any con-
ditons.
The heaviest rain and wind storm
of the year recently visited the central
portion of Kansas, damaging railroad
and telegraph communication.
The Kansas postmasters have elected
J. Frank Smith, of Pleasanton. as pres
ident for the ensuming term. The
meeting next year will be ct Salina.
Two men were killed and seven
others injured in an accident in the
Pennsylvania railroads tunnel at New
York recently.
A series of earthquake shocks wera
felt throughout the Philippine islands
recently. No damage was reported
Employees of the Isthm.an canal
commission have arranged for a regular
old-fashioned Fourth of July celebra-
tion at Panama.
The cotton manufacturers of Fall
River, Mass, have granted the opera.
tives an increase in wages of IA per
cent.