The Springfield herald., 1907-11-01
Mis- zcIlaneouS.

/ Two men were killed and three Sc
riously injured in wreck on the ONO
! Central railroad at Pomeroy, Ohio.
The resolutions adopted by the Ma
tional Civic Federation at Chicago de-
clare for nonparttsan commission in
which the interests # capital, labor
] ard the general public shall be repre-
/ sented.
President Schneider of the Chicago
school board wants to adopt the Japa-
nese imperial rescript on education as
the standard for moral and ethical
teaching in the public schools of that
city.
Seattle. Washington. has case of
bubonic plague.
A run of depositors on the knicker
booker Trust company, one of the larg.
est banking institutions in New York.
recently caused it to close its doors
At the same time a tremendous slump
occurred in the price of stocks in Wall
street. The West is not affected to
any great extent by the furry.
| All nine of the balloons engaged in
| the race for the Bennett cup have safe
| ly landed The German balloon Pom
mern won, landing at Asbury Park. N.
j.. $50 miles from ST. Louis L'isle de
France was second. landing near the
in Germany.
Section six of the Sherman anti
trust law, which gives the government
power to seize trust goods, has been
| put into effect for the first time by
| the seizure of large consignment OF
/ cigarettes at Norfolk, Va. owned by
the tobacco trust. To regain the
/ goods the trust must prove that it is
not a combination in restraint of
tra-e.
The official cir line measurements
of the two leading balloons in the Ben.
nett cup race is romEern, S73.4 miles
and LIsle de France, SGT miles.
The net earnings of the Missouri
Pacific and Iron Mountain systems for
the fiscal year ending June so were
s16,1SS,272.49.
The Kansas board of control. which
has charge of nine state hospitals and
homes, wants hospital fer the care
of the criminal insane.
works of the Penwell coal mine al
Pana ILL.,, causing loss of s125,o0C
and throwing SEQ people out of en-
ployment.
New York financiers believe the
worst of the furry in Wall street is
ever now. The Trust Company O
America successfully withstood a rur
of large proportions and better feel
ing prevailed generally.
The first of the balloons entered
in the race for the James Gordon Ben
nett cup. which started from St Louis
came down near Hamilton. Ont. about
700 miles in straight line from the
starting point. The balloon was the
Omitted States" in charge of Mai
Hersey.
Judge CARRIER of Oklahoma has or
dered the Western Union Telegraph
company to better its service in the
state or show reason for not doing so
Ivy used in the decoration of {
Methodist church in the village o
New Haven. New York. poisoned near
ly half of the congregation
Philadelphia clergymen have en-
tered vigorous campaign to stoi
Sunday baseball at League island.
Federal age Pollock, of Topeka
has issued a temporary order restrain
ing Kansas City officials from closin.
the Sunday theaters.
Owing to the general feeling of un
rest in Nevada financial circles Gov
Sparks declared three days legal holi
days in order to give the banks
chance to get their affair in shape.
The wheat acreage in Oklahoma i,
25 per cent greater this year tina:
last
The secretary and treasurer of tn,
Telegraphers' union at Omaha have re
turned to work.
The cannery men of southeastern
Alaska are demanding a revision o
the Chinese exclusion law. Tne scar
city of coolie labor is hurting thei1
business.
The Columbus, Ohio plant of the
United States Steel corporation, EN-
ploying 500 men, has been closed dowr
indefinitely.
At the recent local option election II
Polk county, Missouri, every TOWNSHIP
voted against the saloons. The ratio
was more than to l.