Semi-weekly herald., 1907-11-28

pTdct,cdniiit5 Vi IeacnihS lhe Uofli
pole by means OF an airship.
The state bank at Corwith, la, has
been closed and Cashier ] II. Stand
ring has disappeared. The banks de-
posits are s1so,0O0: capital $4,000.
Speaker Cannon at Washington de
clares he will cooperate with 2resi
dent Roosevelt in securing the quick.
est and most effective financial lesis-
lation.
A new daily train from Florida is to
be started by the Chicago and Eastern
Illinois January 5 for the purpose OF
aiding Chicago commercial interests
in the southeast.
BY a divided court the appellate
division, third department at Albany,
upheld the right of the legislature to
delegate to a commission its power to
fix tariff OF rates for public serv-
ice corporation.
For alleged irregularities in the Ii
enesta National bank United States
Cashier Bowman and Quinton jamie
son, Joseph j. Landers and w. G. wy
man. business men of the city.
Reports OF state banks in Chic1en to
the state auditor show cash resources
greatly increased, while deposit liza
bilities and loans have been largely
reduced; Chicago is in POSITION to re-
sumo cash payments as soon as New
York is ready.
Involuntary bankruptcy proceedings
were instituted against William Harri-
son, president of the Harrison Wagon
Works and the Harrison Land com
pany, OF Grand Rapids, and heavily
interested in the Harrison Automobile
company. Mr.. Harrison is the pioneer
wagon-maker of Grand Rapids.
Famine conditions are threatening
the Yesternorrland and Vesterbotten
districts Of Lapland, where delusing
rains have had disastrous effects on
the crops. official advices say that
the thrashed barley only weighs fifty
four kilograms per barrel, instead OF
the usual l12. that bread baked there
from is black and almost worthless as
food and that the milk cows must
be slaughtered for beef to prevent the
people from dying of starvation. The
swedish cabinet has been petitioned
to remove the duty on grain and to
take other steps to alleviate the dis
tress.
In IL desperate battle in the dark
at Litchheld, H., between ten tramps
| and two officers Deputy Sheriff NJ. T.
Kiggings shot and instantly killed one
! of them The clothes of the officers
| were pierced with bullets, but they
escaped injury. The other nine des-
peradoes surrendered
Ida Lewis. the lifesaver OF Lime
| Rock lighthouse, sometimes called the
| Grace Darling OF America, has been
further honored. This time it is An
of her, and he has advised her that
he has placed her name on his pri-
vate pension list at the rate of $50 a
month.
Alleging that the United States pure
| food department recognizes water and
cereals as proper ingredients of sau-
| sage the Armour Beef company OF
Chicago secured in the circuit court at
Lansing, Mich.S temporary injunc-
toin restraining the Michigan state
! food department from threatening ar
rests for selling the product.
Edgar Grubb. aged "a his wife. aged
| 10, and baby were cremated in their
home near Beverly, o. The body OF
the wife was found in one corner oil
the ruins, and that of the husband
in another, while the remains of the
baby could not be found. Ii is
thought Grubb killed his wife and
aaby aud set fire to the house.
Governor Haskell of Oklahoma has
issued a call for the meeting of The
legislature for December 2.
| oumutf says lue tHtInltS Vi fTbSl
dent Roosevelt are taking the course
that may force him to accept Domina
ton.
Judge Anderson declares that tilts
between attorneys in the Walsh trial
over the admission of notes as eyi.
dence must end, as too much time is
wasted
| The doctors union of eastern Prus
sia decided to distribute black lis,
containing the names and addresses (; I
patients who are dilatory in paying
their doctor bills
Mrs. Laura Bowdr of Paragould
Ark, died from poison from eating a
can of sardines. She ate the sardines
Friday night, The poison so decom.
posed her body that burial was neces.
sary at once,
The sale of the jewels OF the late
Queen Marie Menriette of Belgium las
again been postponed at the request
| Of her daughter. The sale was orde..
cd for the benefit of the creditors OF
the princess.