The Springfield herald., 1907-11-08


After Indictment for grating by the
grand jury. Councilman George c
Linde, of st. Louis. made a confession
duplicating several other members o.
the council.
The Commercial State bank o'
Grand Island. Neb.. has closed Its
doors. Fifty thousand dollars of the
banks funds were in the First Nationa
bank at Charlton. Iowa, which recent
ly failed.
All the railroad men of England
strike.
The greatest oil we'll yet found In
the mid-continent field was recently
brought in near Muskogee. 1t is esti
mated to be 2,OOO-barrel producer.
A toy balloon released in Paris has
been found in Finland.
Eta l.. Mclean, a stenographer In
the federal building in Chicago has
been arrested in company with A. b
Gordee, printer. charged with steal
ing important papers in connection
with the prosecution OF John r. Walsh
for the misappropriation of funds OF
the Chicago National bank.
The Modern Woodmen of America
have $35o.Ooo tied up in the failure OF
the First National bank at Charlton.
Iowa. The order is fully protected by
bonds several times in excess of the
sum on deposit
A verdict for s5S9.000 against JOSEPH
Ramsey. jr., former president of the
Wabash railway, in suit brought in
New York by John s. Jones, tinan-
cier. was recently rendered by jury.
Six indictments have been returned
by the New York grand jury against
Raymond Hitchcock. an actor,
charging attacks on you-s girls. The
accused man has disappeared.
The navy department has finally
fixed upon 11O feet as the desired
width for the locks ON the Panama
canal.
After blowing out the front of the
building occupic by the bank at Paw
nee Rock, Kansas, the robbers were
scared away without securing any
money.
The Canadian post office department
has decided to use slot machines for
the sale of STAN IS in offices which are
closed on Sunday.
The Burlington railroad is reported
to be demanding cash for payment of
freight bills in Nevada.
On orders from President Roosevelt
Secretary Taft cut his visit to the
Philippines short by week in order
to reach Berlin at the earliest possi-
BILE moment. The cause of the haste
was not explained.
A destructive wind storm recently
visited Galveston, Texas. demolishing
a number of residences and injuring
several persons.
The American sailing vessel Arthur
Sewall, which left Philadelphia April
3 last with coal for the Philippines,
was wrecked of the coast of Terra
Del Fuego. and all signs point to the
crew of 40 men having been captured
and eaten by cannibals tEat infest
that vicinity.
At a meeting in Chicago OF repre-
sentatives of the larger railway sys-
tens, it was agreed to continue the
homeseekers' excursions to the west.
After January / the rates will be ad-
vanced about S..
Federal Judge Pollock. of Topeka,
Kansas, has decided that he had no
jurisdiction to Interfere with the pros
ecution OF theatrical people who vio-
lated the Sunday closing law at Kan
sas City. although he took occasion
to criticise the criminal judge for en-
forcing the Law.
Rumors that the Pennsylvania rail-
road would lay of between 10000 and
10000 men has been positively denied
by high officials of the company.
A dentist of New Britain, Conn, re-
Gently died as the result of blood poi
soning contracted while treating a
decayed tooth of patient.
Maximilian Harden, the German
editor who was charged with dc tanning
the character of Gel. Count Won
Molke, was acquitted amid great en-
thusiasm at Berlin.
The Union Pacihc railroad has
abandoned all construction work on
the entire system and discharged some
5000 to 5000 construction employees.
Secretary Cortelyou announces that
the government has on deposit with
national banks the sum of $213,615,-
242.
The Ozark Fruit Growers associ-
ation is preparing a complaint to the
Interstate Commerce commission with
view to securing lower rates on
fruit from Southwest Missouri and
Arkansas points.
The corn harvesting season is on in
Kansas and the farmers are appealing
to the free employment bureau for
help.
Beginning December /, all railroads
in the Western Passenger association
will sell mileage books to bearer"
and interchangeable on all lines at two
cents per mile.
Foreign gold to the amount of $685.
100000 has been engaged and will
arrive In New York in few days.
Geo. H. Phelps. of Findley. Ohio,
has filled suit against the Standard
Oil company for $4,000 damages. bas-
ing his suit on the Valentine Anti
trust law.
The state department has received
n comn1ete translation of the new