The Springfield herald., 1907-01-31
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings cf the
Past Seven Days.
Interesting Items Gathered from All
Darts of the World Condensed
1Ato Small Space for the
BeneAt of Our Readers.
PofaoMaL

8eneAt of Our Readers.
PoFsoMal.
Robert Hall, the young man who is
thought to have murdered Mary Glass
in a school house near ElDoradot
Kan, has died without making any
statement
Gov. John s. Little of Arkansas suf-
fered physical collapse and his ply
sicians say he cannot resume his Of
ficial duties for several weeks.
e. A. Sterling, formerly assistant
forester in the department of agricul-
ture, has been appointed forester for
the Pennsylvania Railroad company.
Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker. the
last, of the children of Rev. Lyman
Beecher, died recently in Hartford,
Conn.
Theodore P. shonts, chairman of
the Isthmian Canal commission was the
guest of honor at the January dinner
of the Kansas City Knife and Fork
club.
John Mitchell has been reelected
president of the United Mine Work.
ers of America, receiving 1900 votes.
Congressman Charles Curtis has
been formally elected United States
senator from Kansas, receiving the
entire vote of the republicans In the
legislature. The democrats cast
their votes for Col. w. A. Harris.
The legislature of South Carolina
has elected Benjamin R Tillman as
United States senator.
Robert l.. Taylor has been elected
United States senator from Ten
nessee.
Charles D. Wolcott director OF
the geological survey. has been
elected secretary of the Smithsonian
Institute.
Chief Justice Fitzpatrick, Of the
supreme court of Canada. and Mrs.
Fitzpatrick were among the guests at
n White house dinner given In honor
of the United States supreme court.
Joseph w. Bailey has been reelect-
ed United States Senator by a vote
of 108 to As in the Texas legislature.
United States Senator Shelby NJ.
Cullum, of Illinois, has been elected
for his fifth term by the state legts-
lature
! United States Senator Russell A Al
ger, of Michigan, died suddenly OF
heart disease recently at his residence
In Washington. Both houses of con-
gress adjourned for the day as u mark
of respect.
CONVERSATIONAL.
The senate has passed the compro-
mise resolution authorizing the COM
mittee on military affairs to inves-
tigate the facts of the affray at
, Brownsville, Tex, last August.
; The president has approved the
joint resolution authorizing tempo
, rary leaves of absence for homestead
I settlers.
Senator Culberson has introduced
bill prohibiting the sending of any
information regarding dealings in
cotton futures over interstate tele-
graph lines or through the mails.
Senator Tillman adopted the role
of humorist in the senate and held
his colleagues up to ridicule so sue
cessfully that the senate went into
executive session and ordered his re-
marks expunged from the records.
The president has sent message
; to congress urging the desirability
of legislation to help American ship
! ping by encouraging the building
! and running of lines of steamers to
: South America and the Orient.
BY vote of SO to 81 the senate has
agreed to the house proposition to
increase the salaries of senator's and
representatives to $500 a year I'm
. der the new law the vice president
speaker of the house and cabinet
members will receive $4,000 annu-
ally
A hill has been introduced in the
house providing for the election OF
: United States supreme court judges
by direct vote of the people.
An appropriation of $95,0O0.0O0 is
provided for ir the naval appropria-
ton bin recently agreed upon by the
house.
The house has adopted an amend
ment to the pension bill abolishine
all pension agencies in the United
states save one and fixing that one
at Washington.
Testimony concerning the Browns
: Vile. Texas, affray will be taken by
the full senate committee on military
!; affairs at Washington beginning
, February 4.
! NlsceIlane0us.
,l The Oklahoma constitutional con-
Nentiou has adopted section pro-
yiding for state geological survey.
William Whitley. founder of the first
big department store in London was
recently assassinated in the building
by a young man who afterwards at
tempted to commit suicide
An appeal has been received by
the American Bible society from its
agent in China for immediate relief
for the famine sufferers. Many
, deaths have already occurred al
though the five months of suffering
has Just begun.
Sixteen states west of the Missouri
river were represented at the first
session of the dry farming congress
| which mat Denyer Cp1 rerautlv