The Glenwood post., 1907-04-13

ing the right of the Great Northern
railroad to issue the s65,O0o,OOO Of
stock authorized by the directors
some months ago.
The New York Central railroad. Ira
A. Mccormick, genera! superintendent.
and A. H. Smith, vice president.
have been indicted for mans!aughter
in connection with recent wreck on
the road.
The airship brought to this country
by Santos Dumont for exhibition at
the ST. Louis exposition, was sold re-
Gently by the New York customs Of
ficials for non-payment of duty. 1t
brought $50.
Commander-in-chie Robert B.
Brown. of the Grand Army of the Re
public, has issued the usual Memorial
day proclamation, calling on the mem
bers to observe Thursday, May 80,
by decorating the graves of the dead
soldiers
Harry X. Thaw has been declared
sane by the commission in mnacy ap-
pointed by Justice Fitzgerald. The
verdict of the commission was unan-
nous.
A passenger train on the Nj. X. &
T. railroad ran into an open switch
at Bartlesville, |. T.. injuring several
passengers. An investigation showed
that the switch had been tampered
with.
1t is authortatively declared at the
Wbitp hnIcn that tho Hartmann
Hearst-Rockefeller combine have
raised fund of s5.OO0,OOO 10 defeat
the policies of President Roosevelt.
1t is stated there it no lack OF evil
dence to prove the plot.
Frank w. Hill. stenosrapher. who
is alleged to have stolen and sold the
Hartman letter which caused the re.
cent sensation throughout the country
has been arrested in New York.
The threatened strike of railroad
trainmen and conductors has been
amicably adjusted through the media
ton of Commissioners Knapp and
Neill Mutual concessions We're made
by both sides.
The Farmers Cooperative Ship
ping association, with exchanges in
Kansas, Oklahoma and Nebraska has
decided to wind up its affairs at once
A deficit of $4,000 in last years bust
ness is given as the cause.
Violent earthquake shocks prevailed
recently in the Azore island OF st.
Michaels
Russia has issued an official note TO
the powers regarding the Hague con-
ference in which notice is given that
Russia, Germany and Austria reserve
the right to abstain from discussion
Of armament limitation.
San Francisco was recently plunged
into darkness by the partial distruc-
tion of the power plant of the Gas &
Electric company Tile loss is esti-
mated at $500 900
Gov. Folk has comn;utcI the SEN
tences of Emil Hartman and julius
Lehman, convicted of boodlins in
St Louis, to expire on June 15 They
were sentenced in 1904 to six and
seven years respectively.
After consulting the law and au-
'liol it'Vo. Disblltl Al'oi JNl'lilV
decided not to apply TO the appellate
court for writ of prohibition 10 pre-
vent Justice Fitzgerald continuing
the Thaw trial
The executive council of the Nation
al Civic Federation has decided upon
Chicago as the place and May 2S. 90,
80 and 81 as the dates for holding
a national conference on combinations
and trusts.
Secretary Taft has issued IN order
that the authority of governor or the
canal zone be vested in Lieut. Col
Goethals chairman of the commission.
The largest gas pumping station in
the world is to be erected south of In
dependence, Kan, at the intersection
of the Kansas City and Jobin pipe
lines
The Minneapolis carpenters union
has voted to strike to enforce demands
for an increase in wages. Seventeen
hundred men are involved and $500, 900
worth of building is tied up.
Nandals entered the Carnagie libra
ry at Waterloo, Ia, and damaged the
books and furnishings to the extent
of thousands of dollars.
Nearly every vessel that has arrived
from Southern ports recently has
brought some story of a marine dis
aster wrought by the tornado off Hat
teras the last days of March.
A tornado recently swept across
portions of Louisiana, Mississippi and
Alabama, causing the death of 10 per-
sons. and the partial destruction of
four towns. The damage to property
is estimated at 100000.
Miss Yea Carnes. prominent
church worker of Neosho, Mo, was
shot as she was leaving the church
door recently and badly wounded by
F'inis Stark, discarded sweet
heart.