The Springfield herald., 1907-02-15
government


ticipate In ths exposition at James.
town. Va.
The damage to shipping in Buffalo
harbor alone 10 @1.so0. 900. Five great
lake steamers aground toll that part
of the story. Thirteen others make
ing brave attempts to ride out the
storm may add to It. ....
According to a dispatch from CHIEF
Engineer Stevens, 566,750 cubic yards
of dirt were removed from the Cule'
bra cut on the isthmus Of Panama
in January. This Is twice as much
I as the best record ever made by the
French.
DR.. c. c. Wiley. the first witness
in the defense of Harry X. Thaw.
said he believed the prisoner was
insane at the time of Stanford Whites
murder. The witness was put through
the most severe cross examination
ever heard in a New York court room
The worst storm Of the winter pre-
vailed along the Atlantic coast recent
ly. A thick snow accompanied by q
60-mile gale tied up traffic on land
and sea.
A woman and five children were
found frozen to death in the town OF
Goodrich. N. D.
Fire recently destroyed ten store
buildings in Mound Valley, Kan, caus-
ing a loss estimated at $4,000
Second Leat John s. Hamilton.
Twelfth infantry. has been found
guilty of misappropriaung funds OF
| nd
missal without honor from the army
and Is months Imprisonment.
| The Dawes commission has COM
pleted the work OF passing on the
enrolment of the five civilized tribes
of Indians. The work was begun ten
years ago. The names will now be
submitted to the secretary Of the in
terror.
John F. Stevens, chief engineer OF
the Panama canal, has notified the
president that he will resign his posi-
| ton II any of the bids for construct
ing the canal are accepted. The rea.
son given is that he would be robbed
of the credit unless the government
does the work.
Tho Nebraska senate has killed the
county option liquor bill by vote of
20 to IL.
Lyndhurst, the country home OF
John Wannamaker, near Philadelphia,
was completely destroyed by fire re
Gently. The loss Is estimated at ST.
100000.
In wreck at Peoria, ILL.,, recently
the only person killed was man who
was standing on a crossing on his way
J to work.
7 Justice of the Peace Cortese, Of
Patterson. N. j., was fearfully injured
by the explosion OF an Internal ma
chine sent by express recently. He
had been active In prosecuting Italian
lawbreakers.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw went on the
witness stand In defense Of her hub
band In New York and told the story
of her life. She charged Stanford
White with having tnveigled her to
studio in New York and there &C.
complished her ruin through the use
! of drugged wine. She had previously
told the story to Thaw when he pro-
posed marriage tn her.
4 Shippers In Kansas City and other
Missouri river towns have appealed
to the interstate commerce commits.
sion for relief from excessive railroad
, rates from the Atlantic seaboard. The
railroads are also charged with con-
!, .,spiracy.
Fifteen woodcutters were killed by
: an avalanche in the Transylvania
noustains of Roumania recently.
Seven persons were bitten by rabtd
dogs in one day at st. Paul. Mimi. re-
Gently. The health authorities have
taken drastic measures to control the
, epidemic.
Prof. Phillip B. Marcou, the Har-
ward professor who was sued for
breach OF promise by a negro woman
has filed a general denial in court
of all the charges against him.
! The lives of many children were
saved in Mobile. Ala, recently by pro-
ficiency in the fire drill The school
building became ignited, but the pu-
pills remained cool and marched out
1 in perfect order.
The Iowa board OF railroad commits
sioners has ordered complete revi-
sion of freight schedules in that
state.
A terrorist shot and killed the gov
ernor of Penza, Russia, as he was leav-
; ing a theater in that city. In at
tempting to escape he killed two po-
licemen, wounded the manager of the
theater and then committed suicide.
| The average consumption of sugar
per capita in the United States dur
ing 1906 was &c pounds, which cost
over $500. 100000.
Gen. Allen, chief signal officer OF
the army, is making preparations for
extensive experiments with different
styles of airships for use in operations
of the army. The experiment will
take place at Fort Omaha. Neb.
A board of general appraisers in
New York has decided that both
sillicate and carbonate of zinc should
be admitted to the United States
| duty free.
According to decision Of the Mon
tana supreme court, foreign corpor-