The Taney County republican., 1907-09-12


ester. declared the lumber supply of
the country would he exhausted inside
of 90 years unless the forests were
protected.
Quicksand caused the drowning of
three young men IN the Illinois river
near Peoria recently. When found the
bodies were standing upright with
their heads barely under the water.
A witness in the reformatory inves.
tigation at Hutchinson. Kan, declared
the records had been falsihed in the
case of the death of negro inmate
The story created a sensation
One Young man and two young
women were drowned by the capsiz
ing Of boat at McAlestcr, |. T.
A clash between the marching un.
ion labor men and strike breaking
street car employees resulted in the
shooting of two men at San Francis.
co.
The breaking of a cable in the
zinc mine near Springfield, Mo, let
two miners fal! 200 feet to their death.
Complaint has been made to the
railroad commissioners that the cars
can not be secured to handle the
large broom corn crop of Kansas,
The American AGriculturst csti-
mates that while the products OF
, American ia: MS this year are~ton per
cent less than last, they are greater
in value to the extent of $1,OOO,0OJ,.
coo.
II. II. Tucker, Jr., former secretary
treasurer of the Uncle Sam Oil com
pany, has been released from the
Leavcnworth jail after serving
three months sentence for reflcctng
on federal judges.
At Lathrop, Mo, While his VIII,
Was tcstitying in justice court
agains: negro charged with attempt
to kill her. Gcrland Carter. a farmer
drew a pistol and fired two bullets
into the body of the prisoner, fatally
wounding him.
The Kansas board of railroad com.
missioncrs have ordered the railroads
Of the state to put in 4 flat twoccnt
passenger fare beginning October
next. The railroads have made no
definite announcement OF what ac.
tion they will take in the promises.
Cholera is reported to be spreading
in European Russia
The subcommittee Of the United
| States immigration commission, which
has been making tour of Europe, has
returned with valuable data and will
make important recommendations to
congress regarding changes in the inn
migration laws.
Eleven persons were killed and
seven others injured in wreck on the
Rock Island railroad at Norris, Ia, re.
Gently
The resolutions adopted by the Ma.
tional Irrigation congress in session at
! Sacramento, Cal, indOrse the policy of
President Roosevelt. in connection with
irrigation, forest preservation and con.
servation Of resources.
Seven brewing companies have Civ.
en- up the fight in Kansas. agreed to
pay all the costs of the cases against
them in the supreme court and move
out of the state.
News has been received Of the prob
able loss of the schooner Duchess of
Berford. which carried the Anglo.
American Arctic expedition. Three
members of the expedition are report
ed missing.
A mOycmcnC is IN progress In New
York to form worldwide typewriter
trust.
The International Harvester Co.
pleaded guilty to n violation of the
Texas antitrust law and paid a fine OF
$4,000 A perpetual injunction was
also issued by the court forbidding it
TO operate in Texas.
New York city is threatened with a
milk famine,
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
e. f. Clark has agreed to act as trbi
traitor between the western railroad
managers and the brotherhood of
Tralnmen.
Watson & Co., grain and commits.
sion brokers of New York, have failed
for S. 1000
The Missouri board of railroad com.
missioners, after a personal inspec.
ton. have ordered the track of the
Iron Mountain railroad repaired. A
speed limit of 20 miles an hour was
ordered until the repairs are made.
At banquet at Portsmouth, n. H..
George Il. Foss, chairman of the ma.
val committee spoke of The Hague
conference as devoid of practical re.
suits and urged further upbuilding OF
the navy.
Edwin Gould is authority for the
statement that Helen Gould will not
interfere in the telegraphers' strike.
In the derailment of the Santa Fe
Colorado flyer at Wakaruga, Kan.
Gov. Hoch, who was a passenger. was
slightly injured.
The twelfth triennial convention of