The Springfield herald., 1907-10-11

memory OF II martyred president, mas
been dedicated at Canton. O., with
appropriate ceremonies.
The camp of the Oklahoma National
Guard at Fort Reno was destroyed by
fire causing a loss of $4,000.
The attorneys general of 10 states
met in st. Louis to discuss matters
pertaining to the enforcement OF laws
particularly those pertaining to trusts
and railroads.
The Santa Fe has announced an In
crease of two cents an hour to its 5,OOo
machinists, boiler Irakers and helpers,
The balloon Nord which sailed from
Paris was picked up at sea after COW
ering distance of 159 miles and was
declared the vim n of the grand prize
of the Aero club OF France.
| In the presence OF distinguished
gathering at Portsmouth, Ohio, tab
let marking the site of the house
where Gen. U. S. Grant was born was
unveiled recently. Lieut.. Gen. Corbin
presided and Gen. Fred d. Grant re-
sponded to the addresses.
Forty-two persons, including 30 Jap
anese soldiers, were killed or injured
in railroad wreck in Korea recently.
The dowager empress has issued
decree declaring the government OF
China to be constitutional monarchy.
Suit has been filed in the district
court at Sedan, Kansas, by Mrs. Ora
Thompson, grandmother of the cele-
brated incubator baby, for. $4,000
damages against the three parties
who attempted to kidnap the baby
from her recently.
In his speech to the Lakes-to-the-
Gulf Deep Waterways convention at
Memphis President Roosevelt an
nounced that he would call conven-
ton to meet in Washington on Janu-
airy 3 next to advocate the preserva-
ton of the natural resources of the
country including coal. water power,
oil. etc.
Four miners were caught behind
cavern in mine near Birmingham,
Alabama, anG are believed to be dead.
Federal officials are to be stationed
along the Canadian border in Wash
ington to stop the influx of Japanese
immigrants from Vancouver.
In an address to the National Asso-
citation of Cotton Manufacturers at
Washington Secretary Stratus came
out squarely in favor of a revision of
the tariff
In the federal court at Omaha the
Union Pacific railroad pleaded guilty
to violating the safety appliance
laws.
The special grand jury which inves-
tigated the charges of President Moi
fet of the Standard Oil company. that
there We're other beneficiaries of re-
baters from the railroads besides his
company, reported to Judge Lands
that the statements were without foun-
dalton.
United States Senator Platt, of New
York, has made formal denial in court
that he ever married Mae c. Wood, of
Omaha.
Three American Mormon mission
aries were recently summarily ex-
PEELED from Germany.
The conference of attorneys general
of various states held in st. Louis ad-
journed after adopting memorial to
congress asking that some action be
taken to prevent federal judges from
multiplying state laws. A permanent
organization was formed with Herbert
S. Hadley of Missouri as president.
The charge of assault to kill against
Zach Mulhall, of Oklahoma, growing
out of shooting affair during the
worlds fair at St Louis has been dis
missed.
The 45th tri-ennial convention of the
Protestant Episcopal church of Amer
lea has begun a three weeks session
at Richmond. Va, with 500 delegates
present. The bishop of London is the
central figure.
Prominent Methodist ministers of
Nebraska have been sued for $4,000
damages for alleged SANDER of Rev.
Wilbert P. Ferguson, who recently
withdrew from that conference under
fire.
Arrangements are under way for the
consolidation of the Capital National
and the Central banks of Topeka
In 1906 there We're $3.50 marriages,
25,367 births and 9,2S2 deaths in Kan
sas.
The total coinage of the United
States minis in September was $780,
6O6.
Near Oquaka, Illinois, tramp. be-
cause he was refused food, beat a
woman to Inconsistencies and then
tied her four-year-old boy to tree and
burned him to death.
One hundred of the 119 counties of
Kentucky have voted against the sale
of Intoxicating liquors within their
borders.
During the trip of President Roose-
welt from st. Louis to Cairo, ILL.,. he
was the guest of the St. Louis Bust
ness Mems league at a banquet on
board the steamer Alton, at which also
were present Is governors of various
states.
More than 100 cotton merchants
from England, Germany, Italy, France,
Portugal and Belgium attended the
convention of the National Association
of Cotton Manufacturers at Washing
ton.
The National Wholesale Druggists
association in convention at Denver