The Springfield herald., 1907-03-15

in the Mediterranean returning 10
England towards the close OF April
The resignation OF Gov. Swettenham
of Jamaica has become an accom-
plished fact and he will leave the Is
land as soon as his affairs can be ar
ranged.
The president has signed prociama-
tion creating Or increasing 32 forest
reserves in various western states.
President Roosevelt in letter to
the famine relief committee appeals
to the country to aid the famine suf-
ferers in Russia.
The first plank of the new Oklahoma
state constitution adopted provides for
initiative. and referendum.
The Southern Kansas Miliers- Club
has been enjoined by the district court
of Sedgwick county upon request OF
Attorney General Jackson. An in
quiry is to be made to learn whether
or not the club is 4 trust.
The first session OF the new Rus
sian duma was characterized by a
tion at the Tauride Palace in which
4O.OOO persons LOOK part
Nine men were killed and nine 9TH
ers injured by an explosion in the
rock quarry of the Chihuahua &
Pacific railroad at Sandoval, Mexico
recently.
Attorneys for Mrs. Mary Baker G.
Eddy, the Christian Science leader,
declare she will appear in court in
t,;nl ho
her son. This action was decided
upon to combat the idea that she was
suffering from senile dementia.
A decision has been handed down
in the federal court mt st. Louis
against the contention of the Waters
Pierce Oil company and co-defendants
that nonresident witnesses could not
be brought to St. Louis to testify.
The jury in the case OF James and
Philip Strother, on trial for Killing
their brother-in-law at Culpepper Va,
returned verdict OF not guilty.
On account of strike by the
electricians OF Paris the city was in
darkness one night recently. All
kinds of business was paralyzed, even
the newspapers being unable to get
out there editions
The supreme court of Connecticut
has decided that white BARRIERS in that
state need not shave negroes.
1t has developed that William F.
Walker, the defaulting treasurer OF
the Savings bank at New Britain,
Conn, is also forger to a large eX-
| tent.
The Standard hotel of San Francis
co was recently destroyed by fire,
The $50 guests in the house were
forced to flee in their night clothes.
There are now in operation through
out the country 1898 rural routes on
which 37,17i regular carriers are em-
ployed.
| The appellate decision of the su-
preme court of New York has de-
cided unanimously against Mayor
George B. Mcclellan in his fight to
present recount of the vote cast at
the last municipal election.
Abraham Ruef, the political boss OF
San Francisco who had been in hid
ing for three days in order to de-
lay proceedings against him for bri-
berry, has at last been caught by
officers of Judge Dunne's court.
| An unverified report In Wall street
that E. II. Hartman had gained
control of the Reading railroad
to advance II points in half hour.
| Attorney General Bonaparte has
declared Illegal the action of South
Carolina authorities In bringing to
the United States a shipload OF i'm,
migrants for work in various
branches of industry in that state.
| The South Dakota legislature has
passed divorce law which requires
a years residence in the state and
all hearings in open court. The new
law kills the divorce industry in that
state
| The conductors and trainmen on
the Santa Fe and NJ. X. & T. rail
roads have voted to strike unless their
demands for more pay and shorter
hours are granted.
| The German steamer Nandalia.
which has arrived at New York from
China and Japan. reports a fire on
board while at sea which caused
damage amounting to s250.O0O.
Gov. Hoch has issued a call for
n special election in the first Kan
sas congressional district to chose a
successor to former Representative
| Charles Curtis.
A conference was recently held by
the president with Postmaster Cen
eral Meyer and the postal commission
regarding contempted reforms in the
| postal service.
| Mrs. William Thaw was on the
stand recently in the trial of her son
| for the murder of Stanford White.
Her story was deeply impressive in
its simplicity and brevity and seemed
to have pronounced effect upon
the jury.
Gov. Sheldon of Nebraska has re-
ceived official notice from the Off
cials of the Burlington railroad com
pany that it will not contest the new
| two-cent fare law but will revise its
rates accordingly.
A coroner's jury has held the operat-
| ing and construction department OF