The Springfield herald., 1907-04-26

Clan ueIu ii SpeCldl LletllHP III ANc"
York recently at which William ].
| Bryan and Samuel Gompers were
among the prominent speakers.
The supreme court of the United
States has granted leave to the state
of Kansas to file an answer and cross
by the state of Missouri to settle a
boundary dispute.
The Usage Indian boarding school
/, for boys situated in Oklahoma. near
Arkansas City. Kan. was recently
destroyed by fire. All the inmates
escaped. The loss is $4,000.
Secretary Wilson threatens to
publish list of manufacturers who
deceive the public by misrepresenta-
| tion regarding their products unless
there is an immediate change in their
| tactics
The United States court of appeals
has affirmed the conviction of the
Chicago & Alton railroad and John
NJ. Fathom and Fred A. Wann,
former officials of the road, for grant
ing rebates.
A colony of newspaper men is to
be established in Routt county. Colo
rado, on land thrown open to settle
ment by the state. The plan is to
make the colony an up-to-date farm
ing community.
The supreme court of Illinois has
dismissed the suit of the state against
the Illinois Central railroad for an ac-
counting and recovery of a share OF
the gross receipts of the road.
Roy Sing Stevens. of Shell City.
Mo-, has been acquitted of the charge
of killing Dora Bright in a rooming
house at Wichita, Kan.
TIL red hat was conferred upon six
of the seven cardinals recently Gre
ated at public consistory held in
st. Peters at Rome. The pope con-
ferred the emblems Of their office
upon the candidates.
Henry Ach, counsel for Abraham
Ruef. was recently stricken in the
court room at San Francisco with
ptomaine poisoning. He will recover.
Gov. Haggerman, of New Mexico,
has resigned and the president has
appointed Capt. George Curry, now
governor of Samar province, Philip
pine islands, to succeed him.
During the year which has passed
since the great disaster San Francisco
has expended $75,0OO.O0O in the work
of rebuilding and permits have been
granted for new fire proof buildings
to cost $4,000, 900 more.
District Attorney Jerome has be-
gun an investigation of the report
that members of the Thaw jury had
been approached" while the trial
WAS in progress.
In a speech at the banquet
in Buffalo, N. Y, w. C. Brown.
vice president of the New York Gen.
trail railroad declared that the people
had n right to regulate the railroads.
The New York n sembly has passed
bill providing for two cent rate
on railroads in the state.
The defendants in the suit for an
accounting of the property of Mrs
Mary Baker G. Eddy have filed their
answer in court making general de-
nial of all the allegations in the com
plants.
Regis II. Post has been inaugurated
governor af Porto Rico in succession
to Beekman Winthrop, who becomes
assistant secretary of the treasury at
Washington.
With 81 of the delegates present
and not voting the constitution for
the proposed new state of Oklahoma
as framed by the convention was
finally adopted.
Arrangements are being made for
the celebration in 1909 at Geneva Of
the fourth centennial of the birth of
John Calvin.
A fast mail train on the Illinois
Central railroad ran down hand car
neil Ellis, Ia. and killed five Aus
trian employees of the road.
Robbers recently dynamited the
safe in the bank at BiXby, l. T. Sc
curing several thou and dollars in cur
rency.
Great loss and mucn suffering is
being caused in Jamaica by the
drought which has prevailed for some
time.
The government bureau of statis-
tics reports that the international
commerce of the world now exceeds
$2G, 900 100000 annually.
The city of lloilo, capital of the Is
ard OF Panay. and the second port in
importance in the Philippines, was
recently destroyed by fire.
In the Unitel States district court
at Topeka Judge j. C Pollock has
granted the petition of the complain
ing stockholders OF the Uncle Sam Oil
company for a receiver. II. II. Tuck
er, ir.. secretarytreasurer of the
company, was recently indicted for
using the mails to defraud.
The 64th annual boat race between
oxford and Cambridge was Won by
the latter.
The body of George w. Roosevelt,
the American counsel general who
died at Brussels, has been embalmed
preparatory to being brought to the
United States.
1t is announced that Gleason and
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