The Springfield herald., 1907-02-22

dered the immediate evacuation OF
Manchuria by the japanese.
The Attorney General OF Minnesota
has commenced mandamus proceedings
to compel the ten railroads doing bus
mess in that state to accept the freight
rates ordered by the state railroad and
warehouse commission
Representative Tyndall of Missouri:
has introduced bill seeking to sup
gress.
The postoffice of Erie. Kan, has been
robbed for the forth time. Three CT
the four men concerned have been
captured.
A fire at Hunnewell, Kan, destroyed
IA business buildings destroying the
the business part OF the town.
The break through which the Col
orado river WAS flooding the Imperia,
valley has been closed and the water
returned to its original channel.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion held session at Omaha, Neb., to
consider grain dealers complaints
against the Union Pacific railroad.
Earthquake shocks conttaue at inter-
walls at Kingston, Jamaica. hut not OF
sufficient severity to cause damage.
James Peltzer. 16-vear old boy
who claims Kansas City rs his home.
has been arrested in st. Joseph
was caught while trying to cash .
check in one of the local banks.
DR.. Evans, superintendent of the
New Jersey hospital for the insane,
declared on the witness stand that
after the first three visits to Harry
Thaw in the Tombs he was satisfied
that he was of unsound mind.
The steamer Larchmon, and schoon-
er Harry Knowleton met in collision
near Block Island, r. L., recently and
both sank In few minutes. OF the
zoo persons on board the Larchmont
only 10 were saved. The entire crew
of the schooner succeeded in reaching
the shore.
A flood caused by an ice gorge at
Columbus, Neb.. resulted in the death
of four persons and the drowning OF
all the live stock in the Union Pa
cific yards at that place.
Eight contracting firms have been
indicted by the federal grand jury
at Cleveland. O., for violation of the
eight-hour law on government work.
August 6 has been decided upon by
the Oklahoma constitutional conven'
ton as the date for holding the cleo
ton to ratify the constitution of the
new state.
4 Nicaragua and Honduras have noti
fled President Roosevelt of their
willingness to submit the questions
in dispute between them to arbltra
ton.
The Cincinnati Enquirer, Louisville
Herald Times and Evening Post have
been indicted at Lebanon, KY, for
printing and circulating the "offen
sive and indecent proceedings OF
the Thaw trial.
A New National Gamers associa'
tion including the Western Gamers
association, the Atlantic Gamers as
sociation and the California Packers
association, was recently formed a
Buffalo, N. Y.
y Mrs. Anna M. Bradley. VINO Sho
and killed former Sena;or Brown, o.
Utah, in his apartments in Washing
ton has been indicted for murder II
the first degree.
! Direct charges of cowardice have
been filed against some of the of
ficers of the steamer Larchmont
which sank off Block Island, R. l..
recently.
Twenty-four passengers were In
Island railroad in Oklahoma City
Ok.
BY a vote "a to l3 the kanGaf
senate recently adopted resolution
excluding the correspondent of thu
Kansas City Star from the chamber
The senators were angry because ths
newspaper criticised their action OF
railroad legislation.
All the boilermakers in the Mis-
souri, Pacific shops at Sedalia, Mo.
have gone out in sympathy with the
striking blacksmiths.
The cruiser Chicago has been sent
to Salvador to look after American
interests during the existing friction
between Nicaragua and Honduras.
Two more railroad bridges have
been carried out by the flood in the
Platte river in Nebraska.
The Third National bank of Balti'
more has discontinued its all night
feature in conformity with resolu-
ton of the clearing house limiting
the banking hours.
| The shah of Persia has sent mes
sage to parliament granting all ths
popular demands including that the
country is under constitutional govern
ment. The action was taken to stor
an uprising.
The japanese government mas
made an appropriation of 100000 to
cover tie expense of representatives
of the army and navy who will par
,icipate the exposition at James
| town. Va.
! Fifty-six women suffragists have
been sent to pri son in London for
creating disturbance at meeting
of parliament.
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