The Irish standard., 1906-03-10
MISCELLANEOUS.

Effort is to be made to limit to
$1,000 salaries OF government clerks
aged over 65.
Filtration contracts amounting to
&1,976,00O were Cancelled by Philadel-
phia's director of public works because
of fraud.
Government reports on the beef in
dustry show that while the average
price of cattle is the lowest on record
the cost of beef is going up each year
Mrs. Ella v. Turner, Dowie disci-
pie, died in Chicago after much suffer-
ing, refusing to the last to receive
medical attention. Dowieites held a
, praise service after the death.
Louis LOngpre, an engraver for the
Western Bank Note company, was ar
rested in Chicago as principal in an
$4,000 forgery.
President Roosevelt will demand
that the investigation of the oil and
coal situation be thorough.
Fred Klengbeil, aged 20, farmer
near Belleville, Ont, is IN Jail charged
with having beaten his wife to death.
Threats of lynching against Orchard
and Adams in Caldwell, Idaho, cause
the men to be heavily guarded
Representative J. NJ. Griggs, of Geor-
gia, was elected chairman of the Dent
ocratic congressional committee.
The trainmen of the Laclawanna
railroad failed to settle differences
with the company and ask an ultima
tum.
England believes the United States
should grant tariff privileges to her.
Restrictions placed about the new
Russian parliament by an imperial
ukase leaves it of little actual value
In the way of bringing needed reforms
Bertha Claiche pleaded guilty to
manslaughter in the first degree AMI
York police.
Andrew Hamilton, legislative ager:
Of the New York Life Insurance COM
pany, returned to America unexpected
ly to face the charges against him in
connection with the yellow dog
fund.
Mayor Dunno of Chicago signed the
$1,000 saloon license ordinance, which
will go into effect May /.
Henry v. Bemis, of Chicago, founder
Of the old Hotel Richelieu, committed
suicide in a fit of melancholia caused
by illness.
The two-story building of the Wright
Iron Range company, in st. Louis,
filled with stoves, ranges and ma
chinery, was destroyed by fire, entail
ing loss of $4,000.
Gov. Samuel H. Elrod, of South Da-
kota. has issued an appeal to the peo-
pie Of his state in behalf of the fam
inc sufferers of Japan.
Advices from China report the for
nation of secret societies under the
banner Advance China; destroy for
eigners."
Otis Gragg shot and instantly killed
his .mother-in-law, Mrs. Bowman, and
fatally wounded his wife at their home
in Somerset. KY.
The Southern Bank & Turst COM
pany failed at Fort Smith, Ark, owing
depositors $4,000. 1t had $94.30 on
hand.
The Wheeler elevator was destroyed
by hre in Buffalo, N. Y. The loss o.
the building ana its contents is esti-
! mated at $4,000.
It fs announced that the president
will not be able to go to Atlanta the
last of this month to attend the
Wheeler memorial services. -.
A, bandit who robbed the Russian
hank at Helsingfors, Finland, was
captured after a desperate resistance
IN which he killed four officers.
A short ice crop is quoted by the
head Of the ice trust at New York as
m excuse for advancing the price Of
ice to consumers.
A prairie lire swept 30 square miles
Of the richest farm lands in Rice coun-
9 ty, Kan, resulting in damage estimat-
ed at $4,000. .- &c..
Bandits used nitroglycerin to blow
open the post once safe at Grant Park.
M, securing nearly $500 in cash and
stamps.