The Monmouth inquirer., 1907-02-14


his father-in-law. Rartley r. Horner,
ON Dec. q, 1905.
The New York senate passed Sena-
tor Pages bill prohibiting the employ
ment of persons under sixteen years in
factories more than eight hours in any
day.
Mayor Schmitz and the members of
the San Francisco board of education
conferred with the president on the
Japanese school question.
The divorce proceedings brought
against Attorney General jackson of
New York state by his wife have been
discontinued
The Kentucky court of appeals sus-
tanned the validity of the act of the
legislature prohibiting the formation of
trusts
The heaviest single advance in oil
ever made by the Standard Oil compa-
ny was announced at Marietta, o.
The New York assembly passed the
bill prohibiting the sale of cocaine and
eucaine except upon prescription
The Oklahoma constitutional conven-
ton voted against extending the suf-
frage to women
Gage E. Tarbell has resigned the sec
ond vice presidency of the Equitable
Life
Mrs. Alice Longworth has recovered
from her recent attack of the grip.
rrA-ue Count John A. Creigh-
~ ton, the noted Roman
" w Catholic philanthro-
rEoPLE' pist, died at his home
in Omaha. Neb. Because of his great
charities to Catholic school organiza-
lions Pope Leo XIII. made Mr. Creigh-
ton count of the papal court He was
seventy-five years Of age
Mary S. Anthony, sister and co-work-
er of Susan b. Anthony, died In Roch-
ester, N Y. Miss Anthony was nearly
eighty years old.
-a Justice of the Peace
Robert Cortese of Pat
AND erson, N. J., was al
CASUAL leo. most literally blown
to pieces in his Office by the explosion
of an internal machine sent to him by
express. He died a few hours later.
Revenge for aid given the police in
capturing Italian lawbreakers is as
signed as the cause of the outrage.
The New York Centrars Adirondack
and Montreal fiier crashed into the
side of heavy freight train near Os-
and crushing out the life of the sngi-
neer and fireman of the express en-
CINE. Half dozen passengers were
hurt.
The new French in
come tax measure was
introduced in the
OF INTEREST. chamber of deputies.
1t is a combination of the system of
direct taxation upon incomes from
whatever source; supplemented by
progressive general tax.
After mobs in several parts of Per-
STA threatened to depose the new shah
he sent message to the recently con-
stituted parliament granting all the
popular demands, including formal rec
ognition that the country is under con-
stitutional government.
The Royal Geographical society of
England has conferred honorary mem
bership on President Roosevelt a dis
tinction held by only nine other per-
sons, including Emperor William and
other sovereigns.
Daniel Osiris, the French philan-
thropist, who presented Malmaisen to
the French nation, is dead. M. Osiris
bequeathed 100000 to the Pasteur
institute.
Emperor William is jubilant over the
result of the reballoting in the reichs-
tag elections. which emphasizes the
government victory of Jan. rs.
Count Boni de Castellane has APP
pealed from the decision granting a d.
yorce to the former countess, who was
Miss Anna Gould of New York.
The results of the Russian elections
are unknown, but the indications ev-
erywhere are of victory for the oppe-
sition.
.,-.u. oE While all news from
Central America indi-
OoN Gates that the situa-
NEiSr1ons' ton between Hondu-
ras and Nicaragua is critical, and