The Colorado statesman., 1907-09-28

ZatlOn.
The International Association Of
Machinists, in session at st. Louis,
have adjourned. The next convention
will be held in Denver in 1909.
The st. Louis shoe workers in IT
plants, to the number of 1900 have
struck for shorter hours and more pay.
In the New York Oil trust hearing
evidence was brought out to show that
John D. Rockefeller owns more than
one-fourth of the stock of the Standard
Oil company. His income for the past
eight years has been $125, 900.
Definite arrangements have been
made for President Roosevelt to camp
out for II days in the canebrakes Of
Louisiana, from October to October
81.
In a premature explosion of shell
on board the Japanese battleship Kas-
hima, seven officers and 27 men were
killed, and eight others wounded.
The federal grand jury at Bartles-
vile, l. T., is investigating alleged
frauds committed during the recent
| election.
A school for the instruction of con-
| suls has been established at the state
department in Washington. Each new
ly appointed consul is required to at
| tend for 80 days before leaving for his
post Of duty.
The strike of the cutters in the shoe
factories or st. Louis has extended to
| all the workers and 1S plants employ
fno "a
A cage containing 18 men plunged
| down 750 feet Ia a mine shaft at
! Negaunee. Micn. Eleven men were
killed outright and seven fatally III
1ured
Judge Loctren. in the federal court
at st. Paul, mas issued All order re-
| stralning the state of Minnesota from
enforcing the rate laws passed by the
last legislature. In his opinion the
judge savagely attacked the states
law making body.
Five mem bers or the sect known
as the Parhamites have been arrested
at Zion City. ILL.,. charged with tortur-
ing to death an aged woman for 20
years cripple from rheumatism. The
accused, among whom are the son
and daughter of the victim, claim they
were trying to cast out a devil.
| In a wreck on the Mexican Central
railroad recently 40 passengers were
killed and "a injured
| Based on the present market value
of Standard Oil shares. the holdings
of John d. Rockefeller in the company
amount to S1Oy.Ou0. 900.
Gov Warner OF Michigan has called
a special session OF the legislature to
provide funds for the normal college
and amend the primary election law.
| The Nebraska supreme court has de-
dided that a person cannot devise an
| interest in a timber claim unless a
patent has been issued
The Missouri law fixing eight hours
as the work day for railroad tele-
grapners has been declared unconsti.
tutional by circuit Judge Bradley of
Higginsville.
From later reports It appears that
the democrats have made clean
sweep in Oklahoma, the only excep.
ton being in the First congressional
district where Bird S. Mcclure, re.
publican was elected by good ma.
lority.
The profits of the Standard Oil com.
pany of Indiana for 1906 were more
than S10,O00000 on a capital stock OF
100000, or over 1000 per cent a
year. These figures were brought out
in the evidence at the New York hear.
ing of the suit of the government to
dissolve the trust.
The diplomatic representatives OF
the five Central American republics
have signed protocol accepting the
invitation of the United States and
Mexico for a meeting at Washington
at an early date.
A head-on collision of two Missouri,
Kansas and Texas freight trains at
Evansville. Mo-, killed four members
of the train crews.
The Missouri Federation of Labor
has adjourned after a three days ses.
sion at Sedalia. The next convention
will be held at Hannibal. Thomas ].
Sheridan, of Joplin was elected presi.
dent.
Over 177,000 English and Irish emf.
grants came to the United States and
Canada during the past year.
Japan is again talking of the annex
alton of Korea.
At a special meeting in New York OF
the American Newspaper Publishers
association resolutions were adopted
calling the attention of the president
to the existence of paper trust and
favoring the immediate placing OF
wood pulp and paper on the free list
A representative of the Standard
Oil company is authority for the state.
ment that as soon as present litiga.
tion is ended there will be a reorgani
| 1atiop Of tha cnmpanv