Semi-weekly herald., 1907-12-09


% the United States and Europe will
take part in the discussion.
| Colorado Springs, Dec 3-Franklir
L. Brooks. former congressman al
large, announced his candidacy for the
United States senatorship to succeed
Senator Henry NJ. Teer, who term
viii expire in 1909.
Washington. Dec. 3.-Thc two cham
bers of congress were filed today
both by members and congressman
when the presidents message was re.
ceived and read Its delivery occupied
the entire session.
Kansas City. Dec. "A local option
election is being held today in In.
| dependence. the county seat of Jack.
son county, In which Kansas City is
located The city now has nine sa.
looms. each OF which pays 81 500 year
license. A strong effort is being made
by the temperance people to carry the
four years.
Washington. Dec, 3.-For the pur-
pose of demanding from congress an
| annual appropriation OF not less than
| S50,000,000, for rivers and harbor i'm
provements influential citizens from
all over the country are arriving in
| Washington today to attend the annual
meeting of the National Rivers and
Harbors congress. The convention will
open in the assembly hall OF the New
Willard hotel at 10 o'clock tomorrow
gress is Hon. Joseph f BansdeIl.
member of congress from Louisiana
| and member of the river and harboT
committee OF the house OF represen-
tatives. The list of directors includes
the names OF prominent men from Bos
ton and New York to San Francisco
and Portland, Ore
Among the speakers on the program
Of the coming congress are Baron II,
Won Sternberg, ambassador from Ger
many; Congressman John Dalzell OF
Pennsylvania. President w. II. Finley
of the Southern railway, President
James A. Hill OF the Great Northern
railway. John Barrett director of the
bureau of American republics: Gov
ernor Albert Cummins of iowa. Martin
A. Knapp, member of The Interstate
commerce commission; Govern Ed
win Warfeld of Maryland; Governor
Charles S. Deneen of Illinois. Hon.
Charles Emory Smith of Philadelphia.
Mayor Henry NJ. Beardsley of Kansas
City, Albert Bettinger Of Cincinnati,
representing the Ohio Valley Improve
ment association. and President John
NJ. Stahl of the National Farmers
congress.
The membership of the congress eX
tends to thirty-three states and is com
posed OF commercial, manufacturing
and kindred associations. waterway
improvement associations, corpora
tions and public spirited citizens who
believe that the water ways of the
nation should be improved.
Particular emphasis is given to the
fact that the congress advocates a
policy and not project; that it does
not favor specifically any section of
waterway Improvement project in the
entire United States, and that its de-
mand is solely for increased appropri-
ations 10 be expended as the congress
of the United States may instruct.
through proper channels, upon such
rivers and harbors as have been eX-
amined by and have received the Off
cial endorsement OF the United States
engineer corps and by it reported upon
favorably to congress.
The German ambassador, Baron Won
Sternberg, is expected to give the con-
gress valuable Information appertain-
ing to the development and improve
ment of the rivers and harbors OF
Germany. II is possible, also, that NJ.
Juesserand. the French ambassador,
win speak before the congress.
From all indications the meeting OF
the congress will be far more largely
attended than any of its predecessors.
the subject of inland waterway inn
provement having forced itself upon
the attention of congress and of the
trade and commercial interests of the
country as an absolute necessity in
furnishing additional and continuous
means of transportation.
Chicago. Dec. 3.-Delegates are be-
ginning to arrive today for the fourth
annual convention Of the Western
Fruit Jobbers' association, which opens
in Chicago tomorrow. The convention
will inaugurate a determined fight
against the express companies which
have engaged in the fruit and produce
commission business.
Battle Creek. Mich. Dec. 3.-Higher
horticulture. health and happiness are
the keyuotes OF the thirty-seventh an
nual meeting of the Michigan STATE
Agricultural society which convened
rore this morning in connection with
the Nature club and lie W1man's
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