The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-08-29
General News Items.

The Baltimore & Ohio railroad has
issued orders that all employees who
drink liquor while on duty will be dis
charged.
Delegates from nineteen employers
associations met In New York to
form a general federation of ~organiza-
tons of employers.
The National Harnessmakers' asso-
| citation, In session at Columbus, Ohio,
| adopted resolutions calling for a reduc-
ton of the tariff on hides and raw ma
terial.
Five torpedo boats won a fve-mile
race from the same number of torpe-
do boat d~estroyers off Newport, r. 1.
II was the first ace Of the kind ever
attempted.
ever placed by the New Haven rail
road has recently been distributed
among several firms. calling for $12,-
0O0, 900 worth of rolling stock.
With an attendance Of about 400
delegates, the American Institute of
Banking, formerly known as the
American Institute Of Bank Clerks,
held its fifth annual convention in De-
troit.
The affairs Of the Pope Manufacture
ing company, which recently went
into the hands of a friendly receiver,
are to be investigated by a committee
Of creditors representing s 10000 900
of the firms Indebtedness.
Gov. Harris of Ohio has extended to
the chief executive of each state in
the Union an invitation to appoint
three delegates to attend a national
conference to be held at Columbus
Nov. IL under the auspices of the Ma
tional Tax association.
A 500, 900 fltering plant will be
constructed at Escanaba, Mich. For
ten years the city has been visited an
nually by serious typhoid fever cpl
denies. Health authorities have
agreed that impure water was the
cause.
Mayor Rigdon Of Warsaw, Ind, has
declared his intention of ostracising
confirmed drunkards from that city.
A thirty-year-old drunk who appeared
before him was ordered banished
from the place for two years. He was
informed that II he returned he would
have to Join the ball and chain gang
and work on the streets.
Gov. w. F. Frear has been inaugu-
rated as chief executive of Hawaii.
He promises a settlement Of the agri-
cultural land question in the interest
of the holders of small tracts. Mott
Smith has qualified as secretary of
the territory, A. s. Hartwell as chief
Justice of the supreme court, and
Judge Ballau as associate justice.
Congressman Bennett of New York,
a member Of the United States immi-
grafton commission, in an interview
In the Berlin Tageblatt regarding the
result of his investigation In the Near
East, is quoted as saying that he
found 80 per cent Of the population of
Syria suffering from Egyptian eye
disease. The situation Of the Jews in
Rumania. he added. was simply fear
full.
Almost all the diamonds belonging
to the estate Of the late Mrs. Jane l..
Stanford. widow Of Leland Stanford.
have been quietly disposed of and the
proceeds are to be devoted to Leland
Stanford, Jr., university. In compli-
ance with the terms of the will OF
their owner. 1t is said that $3.50. 500
has been realized.
A checker tournament to decide
who is the champion checker player
Of the world will be held in New York
In September. The tournament is be.
ing promoted by Scully. Irwin. Muir
ray, Bradley and zierk, all prominent
players. and win be an open event.