The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-04


in length. avoided.
Justice Morgan ]. o'Brien, chair
man of the Thaw commission in lun-
acy, has resigned on account of pre-
vious engagements and David Nc
Clure, 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 pan WIS 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 its 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 TO pur-
chase 3.746,000 pounds of corn meal
for immediate shipment to China.
Ripe peaches We're recently gathered
in Louisiana, months ahead of the
usual time
A wind storm recently. swept over
western Indian territory to the Texas
border, doing considerable damage at
Rolf and Marietta No lives we're
lost.
Three men -Yho had robbed store
at Leominster. Mass, were found dead
on top of freight car at Summer
vile. 1t is thought they were struck
by a low bridge.
The Brewers of st. Louis have gone
on strike for an increase of wages
An examination of the accounts OF
Frank Jones. teller of the Charlotte,
N. c., Nationai bank shows short
age of s6S.0o0. Jones has disappeared.
Mexico has been requested by tho
republic of Salvador to intervene, and
use her best efforts to bring about
peace in Central America.
The first witness before the Thaw
lunacy commission was the defend
ant himself, who for two hours an
swered running fire of questions by
the commissioners. The examination
was held in private.
The miners union of Butte. Mont,
has accepted a sliding scale of wages
and has signed five year agreements
with the operators.
The supreme court of Minnesota
has handed down a decision uphold
ing the right of the Great Northern
railroad to issue the $G5,OOO.OOO of
stock authorized by the directors
some months ago.
Representative Charles +. Scott, of
lola, Kan, who recently returned
from the Isthmus, delivered an ad-
dress at Kansas City on the Situation
in Panama" He was enthusiastic
over the progress of the work on the
canal.
Chairman Knapp of the Interstate
Commerce commission, and commits
sioner of Labor Neill have gone to
Chicago in an endeavor to settle the
trouble between the trainmen and
the various railroads of the West.
Twenty-six persons were 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 at
the rate Of 40 miles an hour.
The executive officials of the rail-
roads operating in Missouri and
Arkansas have agreed on a plan to
contest the two cent fare laws re-
Gently passed by the legislatures of
the two states.
The United States court of appeals
at st. Louis has decided that the
refusal of passenger to pay fare on
a railroad tram makes him subject
to ejectment regardless of whether
he later changes his mind.
Republican members of the Tennes-
see legislature in a joint caucus
passed resolutions appealing to re-
publicans everywhere to renominate
President Roosevelt for another term
as president.
A national bank will be established
on the Fort Ieavenworth military re-
servation. This is the first banking
institution at military post in the
country.
Reports to Secretary Coburn of the
Kansas state board of agriculture
show the wheat crop to be in fine
condition and that the season is
earlier than ever before in the his
tory of the state
1t is announced that the Pennsyl-
vania railroads propose to test in the
courts the constitutionality of the two
cent fare bill passed in that state by
the legislature.
An order has been issued from the
limited States court restraining anv