The Springfield herald., 1907-12-20

ally notified that the battleship fee
assembled In Hampton Roads Is read.
to proceed on its long cruise to tn,
Pacific.
The coroner's jury has returned ,
verdict that the recent mine disaste
at Fayette City, Pa, in which 38 mel
lost their lives was caused by insuf
cient ventilation.
Gen. Funston has reported to Wash
ington that the conditions at Gold
field, New, were worse than he ex
pected. but martial law will not be de
clared until an outbreak occurs.
The Nebraska university won the
anual oratorical contest with tht
Iowa university recently held at Lin
coin.
A small china teapot that once be
longed to Edmund Burke was re
Gently sold in London for $2.1O0.
The republican state central com
mittee of Kansas will meet in Topeks
December 28 to fix date and place oi
meeting Of the state convention.
At Allentown. Pa. the cries of ar
Infant saved the lives OF eight per
sons. but not before the baby's faith
er and brother had been asphyxiated
by coal gas.
In an affidavit filed at Chicago
Stuyvesant Fish declared that II he
could get majority of proxies in the
Illinois Central Railroad company. he
would depose E. H. Hartman from
the directorate of the company.
Alfrad Nd
general manager of the New York
Central railroad. has been placed on
trial on a charge OF manslaughter
growing out of wreck on that road.
John G. jenkins. formerly president
OF the First National bank of Brook.
lyn, and his three sons have been In.
dicted by the Kings county grand jury
for conspiracy and forgery.
For the third time the Missouri su.
manded the case of John M. Speyer,
who killed his little boy at Kansas
City several years ago A fourth
trial will be given him in January.
The supreme court has advanced
the hearing of the cases against the
Armour, Swift and other packing com
panies accused of accepting rebates,
to January 20.
The supreme court of Missouri has
reversed and remanded the case of
Cashier Mispagel of St. Louis. Mo-,
who was convicted of embezzlement,
and sentenced to two years in the
penitentiary.
In the recent municipal election in
Boston the republican ticket was
elected by n plurality of 1000 votes.
The Texas court of appeals has
affirmed the decision of the trial court
in the states custer suit against the
Waters-Pierce Oil company. Every
contention. of the state is upheld.
The city civil service commission
of Chicago recently discovered that
1,100 laborers hired to remove snow
after the great storm two years ago,
were still on the city's payroll. They
were dropped
A federal grand jury to investigate
the murder of Joseph A. Walker,
government secret service agent. near
Durango, Col, has been impanelled at
Denver.
The secretary OF War has decided
that the provisions OF the eight-hour
law do not apply to the employees Of
the military prison at Fort Leaven.
worth.
Assistant Secretary Murray OF the
department of commerce and labor.
Charles P. Neill. commissioner of la
Dor, and Herbert Knox Smith. COM
missioner of corporations, have gone
to Goldfield, New, to investigate the
mining troubles.
In the Pettibone trial at Boise, Ida.
no. Harry Orchard was the first wit
ness on the stand for the prosecution.
He repeated the essential part of his
story told in the Haywood trial some
months ago.
F. Ottway Saldier, manager Of a
branch of the failed California Safe
Deposit and Trust company, killed
himself in his office at San Fran
cisco recently.
The Interstate Commerce commits
sion has ordered the Santa Fe and 9TH
er carriers to reduce rates on coal ship
ments from Colorado to points in
Kansas.