The log cabin Democrat., 1907-08-01


 Emperor of Germany cruises along coast of Norway for eighteenth time with selected guests, to whom he devotes himself.
 Japanese naval officers are given a fattering reception by French of- ficials on their visit to Paris, but the public shows no interest in them.
 Because of his record in enforcing the prohibition and antitrust laws Attorney General Jackson, of Kan sas, is being advocated for republl- can nomination for governor next year.
 Teachers and county and local su- perintendents of schools of Iowa are up in arms against new state examl- nation law because under 1t 4,OO0 of $500 who sought certificates failed.
 Ouida. the novelist, refuses to re- ceive offerings of money sent her by Italians. She tears up bank notes and throws the pieces into the street.
 Coney Island, the playground of New York's millions, was visited by disastrous fire and seven blocks Ill the amusement zone were destroyed.
 Danish engineer discovers a pro- cess by which beer is made from tab lets.
 J.N. c. Shumway of Taylorville, H., is elected president of the Unit ed States League of Loan Associa- tions.
 Edict of the archbishop of Tor onto, barring ''peek-a-boo" waists and short sleeves from church, IS accepted and will be enforced in Ro- man Catholic churches in the Kan sas cities.
 Vespian Warner defends his course in the litigation concerning LIS late fathers estate and relterat- ing the charge concerning the al- legged negro ancestry of his step mother.
 Gov. Glenn of North Carolina "stands pat' on the rate fight with Southern road, scores Roosevelt>s offer of peace terms and issues ulti- matum which the railroads decline to agree to.
 Dr. Isaak R. Funk says the cpl demic of crime now raging in New York will spread like a contagious disease to other sections of the coun- try. Walter l.. Fisher and Prof. Good now, in reports to the National Civic Federation, say the difficulty of se- curing proper regulation of public utilities sowing to the preponderat- ing influence of corporations in mu- nlcipal politics.
 The Wisconsin Bankers's Associa tion takes action antagonistic to the asset currency plan of the American Bankers Association.
 Women make big hit in Wiscon- sin as real s'hired farm hands,"
 Investigation by the federal gov ernment shows that the number of men held in peonage in the south is appalling; renewed efforts will be made to crush evil.
 Anti-prohibition members of the Georgia house, though few in num- Der, by filibustering, keep bill from coming to vote and may defeat fl.
 Police Commissioner Bingham of New York says his department is powerless to protect the city from the horde of criminals preying upon | 1t.
 Love letters written by John War ner to Isabella Robinson before their marriage are brought into the fa- nous case at Clinton, Ill.
 Board of review raises taxes of 300 members of Chicago's smart set by reading of new yachts and autos in society columns of newspapers.
 Impeachment proceedings in Con- gress against Federal Judge Peter C. Pritchard are rumored because O. his decision in the North Caro- lima railway rates case.
 Accused of tearing down United States flag and then trampling upon it, James Grant, a British subject a Birch, was sentenced to serve 30 days in jail and pay of fine of $1o.
 Adviccs from Seoul say that mu- tiny of the Korean troops Is appre- hcnded.
 Capt. George B. Curry, who was to be inaugurated governor of New Mexico on August 1, received tcle- gram summoning him east for a con ference with the president. All in-