Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-06-13

1t is believed by the war department
this will invalidate the decision o.
many court martials.
The big packing companies announce
that after June 1 they will only nay
about one cent per pound for COWS
and heifers found after Strengthening
to have been afflicted with tuber-
culosis.
A police census just completed gives
the population of the District of Col
umbia as 1923, 591, of whom 96,1S8 are
negroes.
The total coal production of the
country in 1906 according to statistics
of the Geological survey amounts to
441, 039,851 tons, or q, 120,2 4O tons
more than in 1905.
The jury in the trial of George w.
Layne of Joplin, Mo, charged with
receiving deposits when the bank,
with which he was Employed, was in
failing condition, has disagreed.
Custer proceeding have been filed
in st. Louis against the Laclede Gas
Light company and the Union Electric
and Power company, charging viola
tion of the Missouri antitrust law.
The Interstate Commerce commits
sion has made a ruling that railroads
shipping supplies over lines not
owned by themselves must p2rS the
full legal freight tariff the sane as a
private citizen.
There is a serious lack Of farm
hands in the Northwest, according to
reports received by the Great North
ern railroad. Farmers are offering
$35 and $40 a month for help.
Six men alleged to be the leaders
of the mob that lynched a negro at
S%terrett, I. T., March 81, have been ar
rested by United States marshals and
held on a charge of murder.
The insular bureau has selected l.
200 more American teachers for
schools in the Philippines.
Abraham Ruef. who pleaded guilty
to extortion, went before the San
Francisco grand jury and testified
against those connected with the o r
ruption in the deal with the United
Railways company.
In the submergence test at Newport,
r. l., the submarines Octopus and
Lake remained under water for "a
hours continuously. All hands were
well and contented when they rose
to the surface.
President Roosevelt has been pre-
scented with a solid gold folding card
comforting on him life membership in
the National Association of Profess
sional Baseball Leagues, with the
privilege of admission to all games
played by the clubs composing the as
ISOLATION.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
Railway company pleaded guilty to
rebating in the federal court at New
York and was fined an aggregate Of
$4,000 which was Immediately paid.
The Wisconsin senatorial deadlock
has been broken by the election Of
former Congressman Isaac Stephen
son, to succeed Senator Spooner. The
deadlock had been in existence since
April 16.
Governmental returns show that
the deaths from the plague through
out India for the six weeks ending
May II reached the appalling total Of
1882.
Judge Pollock, in the federal court
at Topeka, has issued a temporary in
junction against the authorities Of
Kansas City, Kan, restraining them
from interfering with the delivery Of
beer by the Kansas City Breweries'
company.
Fifty-seevn horses were burned in
a fire which destroyed a livery stable
at independence, Kan.
Chairman Walter f. Brown. of the
Ohio state republican committee de-
clares the rank and file of the party
in that state favor Secretary Taft for
president.
DNAuu90 OAN VI AuHlI C|OllIdutS was
killed by %terrorists Cossacks entered
the spinning mills at LODI, Russian
Poland, and shot down As workmon
and officials.
Wheat prices took another Jump
recently and July, September and
December options all reached higher
than the dollar mark in the Chicago
market.
The p%ostoffice at Pasadena, Cal, was
broken into by burglars and stamps
to the value of $4,000 taken.
Judge Wood caused a sensation in
the Haywood trial at Boise, Idaho, by
criticising the publication in the
newspapers of an interview with
Harry Orchard, the states most i'm
portant witness. Steps were taken 10
avoid such occurrences in the future.
The exports of canned beef for
April amounted to S93,017 pounds
against 4.121,OOO pounds in the same
month last year.
The Western Union Telegraph COM
pany will appeal the custer suit, re-
oo,fIrr Iaofda1 au,t,rA a. H. Al.