The Springfield herald., 1907-05-24
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings of tho
Past Seven Days.
Interesting Items Gathered from All
parts of the World Condemned
Into Small Space for tho
Dcnent of Our Readers.
PerDonAl.

Frank II. Butler, who was charged
with the murder of the Marvin boy at
Dover, Del, has been released from
Gence against him.
A. E. Stilwell and party of 80
capitalists who took trip over the
lines of the Orient railroad in Mexico.
have returned.
The board of regents of the state
university of Iowa have elected Prof.
G. F. Kay, of Kansas university to the
chair of economies, geology and
petrology.
business man of Kansas City, who was
n survivor of the Quantrell raid of
Lawrence, Kan, is dead.
Mrs. Russell Sage has been chosen
president of the foundation to which
she recently gave $4,000, 900. The
object of the organization is to better
the condition of the poor of the coun-
try.
Mrs. John Dillon, wife of the Irish
leader in the British parliament, is
dead.
Benjamin Ide Wheeler. president
of the University OF California, has
been offered the presidency of the
nology.
Lyndon B. Phifer. 10 years old, of
Rich Hill, Mo-, has been awarded a
bronze medal and $1,000 by the Car
negie Hero Fund commission.
DIR. Klopsch. editor of the Christian
Herald. has been decorated with the
Order of the Rising Sun by the EN-
peror of Japan, for his efforts to re-
lieve famine sufferers in that country
last year.
T. ]. Moore. owner of the Pittsburg
Headlight, has been elected chairman
of the Kansas republican state COM
mittee.
Judge Thomas Ryan, of Kansas,
assistant secretary of the interior, has
had a relapse and : again confined
to his home in Washington.
Rev William II. Roberts, of Phil
adelphia, was elected moderator of
the 18th general assembly of the
Presbyterian church at Columbus. ..
Edwin Conger, former minister 20
China is critically i'll at his home in
Pasadena. Cal.
B. II. Fulton, of Marysville, has
been elected grand commander of the
Kansas Knights Templar.
Admiral Dewey presided at BAN
quet given in honor of Gen. Kuroki
at the Hotel Astor in New York re-
Gently.
Alonzo B. Jones, retired yachts
man of New York. was killed recently
by falling from bed.
G.. r. Sprague, of Wichita, has been
elected president of the Kansas
Eagles. The next state convention
will be held at Galena.
Miscellaneous.
The Kansas attorney general has
filed custer suits in the supreme court
against four more brewing companies.
A portion of the report of Attorneys
Kellogg and Severance TO the Inter
state Commerce commission regard
ing the Hartman railroad deals has
been published in New York. The
attorneys declare that the Sherman
antitrust act has been violated and
advise the annulment of the various
agreements.
Abraham Ruef, the former political
boss of San Francisco, created a
sensation in Judge Dunn's court by
pleading guilty to an Indictment for
extortion. Sentence was deferred for
two weeks.
The Illinois legislature has taken a
recess until October next.
An explosion of powder in Il rail
road camp at the foot of Lookout
mountain in Tennessee, killed three
trainmen, injured several others and
caused considerable damage to sur
rounding property.
The Interstate Commerce commits.
sion has made a ruling that railroads
shipping supplies over lines not
owned by themselves must pay the
private citizen.
The recent fair at the Metropolitan
opera house in New York realized
$40 900 for the Actors fund.
Northwest Texas was visited by q
storm of wind and rain which assumed
the proportions of tornado in places
doing damage to buildings and crops
The last of the 10 men who are tC
try Abraham Ruef, the San Francisco
political boss has been secured ant
the jury is now complete.
The Val Blatz Brewing Company
has commenced suit in the Kansas
supreme court to regain possession
of its property now in the possession
of the receivers, alleging that paper:
were not served on any authorized
agent of the company.
The Booth anniversary of the land
ing of the first permanent English set
tlement at jamestown island wa!
deliberately celebrated at the spo
where the landing was made.
Fire destroyed $4,000 worth o
property at Allen, Kan, a small tow
in the northern part of Lyon county