The Springfield herald., 1907-11-29
The turbine steamer Mauritania.

age with $12,500,000 in gold on board
This is the largest amount ever
brought across the Atlantic at SIN
gle trip.
BY the burning of Sawtell's hotel in
Buffalo, N. Y, recently. one man was
killed, one fatally injured and the
| balance OF the so guests had narrow
escapes.
Gov. Cummins, of Iowa, has caused
the arrest of the commissioned officers
| of the Davenport company of militia
who failed to stop prize fight in that
city when ordered.
The police department of Denver
has adopted the photograph as Jag
cure. The picture of the inebriated
| individual Is shown to him when he
gets sober.
The corporation commission has Is
sued an order notifying all Oklahoma
railroads that 60 per cent reduction
| in coal rates would go into effect Jan
uary 3.
After an inspection OF the Panama
canal zone the congressional commit
| tee has returned to New York. They
found the work progressing satisfac
torlly.
A permanent organization has been
formed by the Atlantic Deeper Water
ways conference, in session at Phila
delphia, to push the project of an In
land waterway from New England to
the Carolinas.
A Canadian patrol boat fired on and
a,,t,roJ fonr Arnaricon fishermen
who were caught poaching. The men
were released but their boats were re-
tanned.
The federal grand jury at Salt Lake
has returned indictments against sew
eral western railroads and officials oil
the companies for violation of the In
terstate commerce law.
A jury in Dunklin county, Mo-, has
acquitted Aud McMunn of charge OF
murAer for killing man who was in
the act of writing a letter to Mrs. Nc
Mum.
Mrs. Al nile NJ. Bradley, on trial a,
Washington for the killing of Former
Senator Brown, of Utah, was the prin
cipal witness in her own behalf. She
brokn down completely as she told
the story of her relations with the
dead man.
Charles E. Waters, senior vice COM
mander of the G. A. r. post at Vic
toria, Mo-, has been acquitted of the
charge of numbering George Patton
another veteran. with an old bayonet
Gov. Gillett, of California, has re
ceived and accepted the resignation
of Railroad Commissioner Wilson
who confessed to receiving bribes while
in office.
The Nebraska supreme court has
granted a writ of mandamus direct
ing the county commissioners of Da
kota county to spend $4,000 in dredg
ing $4,000 acres of land in that
county.
The Association of Universities has
adopted resolution recommending
that national university be estab
lished In the District of Columbia tc
be supported by the government tc
serve as post graduate school fol
colleges maintained by the states.
A statement by the Bureau of Man
ufacturers shows that the value oi
the annual production of manufac
tured articles amounts to $15,000,000,
600.
The firm of j. F. C. Moeller. of Ham
burg, Germany, hus suspended. The
liabilities are placed at 100000.
The officers and crew of the steamer
Dick Fowler, who were charged with
reckless navigation on the occasion
of President Roosevelt's trip down the
Mississippi, have been acquitted by
the government inspectors at Mem
phis.
Strictly fresh eggs sold in Jersey
City recently for rs cents dozen.
A young attorney of Waterbury
Conn, has given up his practice be
cause he cannot bear to witness the
sufferings of his clients.
The Detroit Free Press and the De
troit News have announced an in
crease in price from one cent to two
cents per copy.
r. C. Horne, an editorial writer or
the Kansas City Post, shot and seri
ously wounded o. D. Woodward, man
ager, and H. ]. Groves, managing edi
tOr OF lnaL puDllcatlon, during pusl
ness disagreement.
The athletic treasury of the Univer
sity of Minnesota has benefited b,
the four games of football played or
the home grounds to the extent O.
s4S,733.
President Roosevelt has addressed
a letter to members of his cabinet re
questing them to inform employees un
der their jurisdiction to refrain from
activity with the object of the re
nomination of himself for president.
The master carpenters organization
of New York has notified the Brother
hood of Carpenters that January
there will be reduction of so cents
per day in their wages.
Attorney General Hadley has filed
| application In the circuit court at JET
| ferson City for writ of mandamus tc
compel the Western Union Telegraph
company to comply with the Missouri
law governing foreign corporations.
At Sandusky, O., five men were ser
| iously injured in a head-on collision
| between two trolley cars.
The steamer D. NJ. Wells left Du
luth for Buffalo with 421, 1000 bushel: