The state herald., 1907-04-12
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings Of the
Past Seven Days.
lnterestinE Items Gathered from All
parts of the World Condemned
Into Small Space for tho
Beneht of Our Readers.
Personal.

SnOntS.
Capt Edgar A. Macklin of Company
G, 25th infantry in testifying before
the senate committee investigating the
Brownsville, Tex, shooting stated
that he did not believe the men were
guilty.
+. A. lIolbrook, recently indicted by
the federal grand jury as the chiel
promoter of an unlawful combination
in school and church furniture has
entered plea of guilty.
Secretary Taft held long confer
ence while at Panama with President
Amidor and Secretary of State Arias
regarding various complaints of the
Panama republic.
Judge Jacob w. wilkins, for Is
years member of the supreme court
of Illinois. is dead at his home In
Danvilie. aged 20 years.
Commander Robert L. Peary has Sc.
cured the necessary funds for another
expedition to the far North. His YES
sci, the Roosevelt, is nearly ready. anC
he expects to set out the last of June
NJ. Takahashi, the japanese finan'
cial agent, arrived in New York re-
Gently on his way to Japan from
Paris and London where he arranged
the big five percent loan for his
country.
William Green has been elected
mayor of Topeka, Kan, by plurality
of 1900, votes.
James J. Hill has resigned as presi'
dent of the Great Northern railroad
and Is succeeded by his son, T. W
Hill. Mr.. Hill will be chairman o.
the board of directors.
Capt. William Swift, who was ir
command of the battleship Connects
cut when 1t grounded in January hai
been suspended for nine months ant
loses three numbers.
ID. L. Cornell was elected mayor o.
Kansas City. Kan. over w. w. Rose
the democratic nominee by majorit,
of l.l73 votes.
Bishop James n. Fitzgerald, of the
NJ. f. church, who with his family
has been ON n tour OF the world, died
recently of pleurisy at Hongkong
China. His home was in st. Louis.
Judge II. +. Thompson, of Mime
apolis, Kan, n prominent attorney
Is dead at his home of paralysis.
The congress OF the Christian
church recently held in Cincinnati
has elected Rev. w. +. Richardson
OF Kansas City, Mo. president. an,
Rev. Wallace C. Payne, of Lawrence
Kan: secretary.
Martin Flores, who came from Sal
Antonio. Tex. has been arrested II
New York charged with MAXIM
threats against the president. III
was sent to Bellevue hospital.
Miscellaneous.
The railroad committee Of the Min
nesota legislature has rejected com
promise proposition presented by J. J
Hill and insist upon two-cent far
law and the freight reductions ordere'
by the state railroad commission.
The strike of the ST. Louis Brewer!
workers has been settled. The mat
tiers in dispute were compromised.
For the first time in the history o
Illinois woman was elected Justic'
OF the peace In Evanston. the fashion
election.
In recent New York tenement fir
Mrs. Setupo and her four children me
death by suifocation.
The Nebraska legislature has adopt
ed "a resolution endorsing the posi-
ton OF President Roosevelt In hi
controversy with u. II Hartman.
The United States is now importing
more than 100000 worth OF coco
per month, while importatlons OF cof
!. Zee and tea are declining.
Representatives from all over III
world are attending tho iih genera
conference OF tho Mormon church u
Salt Lake, Utah.
The federal grand Jury nj Chicag
han returned another indictmcn
against John II. Walsh for prcaldcn
Of the Chicago National bank, 70
miAapprspria,ion OF the funds OF III
bank
Tho department OF tho interior !
10 bring suit ut once against 'h'
Southern Pacific railroad TO canet
all patents to land In the Whit
Horse Mining district Of Nevada, Il
sued to the company. on tho gfoun
that the land was agricultural.
by premature oxploTion IN m
Black Diamond mine nt Joplin. Mo
two mixers were instantly killed,
Announcement has been made n
Carnegie Institute NJ Plttrburg. Pa
ef another gifi 10 tho ondowntn
fund Ny the founder amounting I
sG.ooo.oss,
Only three minutes were consumes
nj Cincinnati recently. In indlctlnl
bartholomew cayBgna. former telie
4 of the First National bank. accept
y Ing a plea Of guilty of ombesziomen
and sentencing him To six years Il