The Glenwood post., 1907-04-06

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Reports from missionaries at Bitlis
Turkish Armenia, states that an earth
quake has occurred there causing loss
of life and damage to property.
Montana's anti-gambling law has be-
come effective and all games of chance
in that state are prohibited.
The trial of Meyer. Haywood and
Pettibone in Idaho has been set for
May 8.
An Indictment against George X.
Favrot, charged with murder in
Baton Rouge, La, has been quashed
BECAUSE one member of the grand jury
was unable to read or write.
The union carpenters of Minneapolis
Mimi, to the number of 1.5OO have
gone on strike for increase in the
wage scale.
The republican state ticket received
a majority of about 70 900 on Michigan.
The supreme court of California has
affirmed the judgement awarding Mrs.
Catherine Tingley, head of the Uni
versal Brotherhood Home at Point
Iona, $500 in the libel suit against
the Times Mirror company.
The second session of the 23rd Mex
lean congress was opened by Presi
dent Diaz in lengthy message in
which he says the finances of the re-
public are in good condition and the
outlook for prosperity could not be
better.
An amendment to the postal con-
vention with Canada requires that
second class matter going there mus
pay one cent on four ounces or frac-
ton, payable in stamps affixed.
Seven 2O-foot spans of the Burirg
ton bridge over the Platte river at
Grand Island, Neb., were recently de-
stroyed by fire. Only by the most
of the entire bridge, which is mile
in length, avoided.
Justice Morgan J. O'Brien, chair
man of the Thaw commission in lun-
acy, has resigned on account of pre-
vious engagements and David Nc
Clure, a well-known attorney, has
been appointed to succeed him.
An important conference was re-
Gently held at the White house re-
garding the railroad situation gener-
ally 1t was said a plan was outlined
for the federal regulation OF railroads
which is to be submitted at the next
session of congress
The Spanish government has issued
an official note expressing IT'S concur
renee in the French occupation of a
Moroccan city.
The conference at Chicago between
trainmen and general managers of
Western railroads in an endeavor to
avert the threatened strike was a
failure. The managers declare they
will demand arbitration by the gov
ernment.
Capt. Hooker. of the subsistence
department, u. S. A.. stationed at
Omaha, has been authorized 10 pur-
chase 3.1i6,000 pounds of corn meal
for immediate shipment to China.
wind storm recently swept over
western Indian territory to the Texas
border doing considerable damage at
Rolf ana Marietta No lives were
lost.
Three men who had robbed a store
at Leominster. Mass. were found dead
on top of a freight car at Summer
vile. 1t is thought they were struck
by Il low bridge
The Brewers of ST. Louis nave gone
on "A strike for an increase of wages
The first witness before the Thaw
lunacy commission was the defend
ant himself. who for two hours an
swered a running fire OF questions by
the commissioners. The examination
was held in private
The supreme court of Minnesota
ing the right of the Great Northern
railroad to issue the S65, 100000 OF
stock authorized by the directors
some months ago.
Twenty-siX persons We're killed and
100 injured in a disastrous wreck on
the Southern Pacific railroad at
Cotton, Cal, recently. The train ran
into an open switch while going al
the rate of 40 miles an hour.
The executive officials of the rail-
roads operating in Missouri and
Arkansas have agreed on plan to
contest the two cent fare laws re-
Gently passed by the legislatures Of
the two states.
Republican members of the Tennes-
see Legislature in joint caucus
passed resolutions appealing to re-
publicans everywhere to renominare
President Roosevelt for another term
as president.
Secretary Garfield has informed Gov.
Frantz of Oklahoma that fences must
be removed from government land
there the same as elsewhere
An order has been issued from the
United States court restraining any
application of. the railroad rate and
regulation acts of the Alabama legis-
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