The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-31
Mis- ;cIlaneous.

Two men were killed and three se-
riously injured in a wreck on the Ohio
Central railroad at Pomeroy. Ohio.
The resolutions adopted by the Ma
tional Civic Federation at Chicago de-
clare for a nonpartisan commission in
which the interests of capital, labor
ard the general public shall be repre-
sented
President Schneider of the Chicago
school board wants to adopt the Japa-
nese imperial rescript on education as
the standard for moral and ethical
teaching In the public schools of that
city.
Seattle. Washington. has a case of
bubonic plague.
A run of depositors on the Knicker-
booker Trust company, one of the larg-
est banking institutions in New York,
recently caused it to close its doors
At the same time tremendous slump
occurred in the price of stocks In Wall
street. The West is not affected to
any great extent by the furry.
All nine of the balloons engaged in
the race for the Bennett cup have safe.
ly landed. The German balloon Pom
mern won, landing at Asbury Park, N
j.. $50 miles from st. Louis Lisle de
France was second. landing near the
Pommern. The next race will be held
in Germany.
Section six of the Sherman anti
trust law, which gives the government
power to seize trust goods, has been
put into effect for the first time by
the seizure of a large consignment oil
cigarettes at Norfolk, Va, owned by
the tobacco trust. To regain the
goods the trust must prove that II is
not combination in restraint o
trade.
of the two leading balloons in the Ben
nett cup race is romr;ern. S73.4 miles
and LIsle de France. S674 miles.
The net earnings of the Missour
Pacific and Iron Mountain systems fol
the fiscal year ending June 80 were
$16.1SS, ,272.49.
The Kansas board of control, which
has charge of nine state hospitals ant
homes. wants a hospital for the car,
of the criminal insane.
Fire recently destroyed the toI
works of the Penwell coal mine a
Pana ILL.,, causing loss of SIPS. .o0'
and throwing SEQ people out of EN-
ployment.
New York financiers believe tn,
worst of the furry in Wall street II
over now. The Trust Company o
America successfully withstood a rur
of large proportions and a better feel
Ing prevailed generally.
The first of the balloons entered
In the race for the James Gordon Ben
nett cup, which started from st. Loui.
came down near Hamilton. Ont, abou
700 miles in straight line from tn,
starting point The balloon was tn,
United States" in charge of Mai
Hersey.
Judge CARRIER of Oklahoma has or
dered the Western Union Telegraph
company to better its service in tn,
state or show reason for not doing so
Ivy, used in the decoration of I
Methodist church in the village o
New Haven, New York, poisoned near
ly half of the congregation.
Philadelphia clergymen have en-
tered a vigorous campaign to stoI
Sunday baseball at League island.
Federal ] dge Pollock. OF Topeka
has issued temporary order.restrain
ing Kansas City officials from CLOSING
the Sunday theaters.
Owing to the general feeling of un
rest in Nevada financial circles Gov
Sparks declared three days legal holi
days in order to give the banks 4
chance to get their affair. in shape.
The wheat acreage in Oklahoma 1,
25 per cent greater this year thar
last