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The camp OF the Oklahoma National
Guard at Fort Reno was destroyed by
fire causing a loss Of $4,000.
The attorneys general OF IL states
met in st. Louis to discuss matters
pertaining to the enforcement OF laws
particularly those pertaining to trusts
and railroads.
The Santa Fe has announced an In
crease of two cents an hour to Its 1900
machinists, boiler I-akers and helpers.
The balloon Nord which sailed from
Paris was picked up at sea after COW
cring n distance of 159 miles and was
declared the winn n of the grand prize
of the Aero club OF France.
In the presence OF distinguished
gathering at Portsmouth, Ohio. tab
let marking the site of the house
where Gen. U. S. Grant was born was
unveiled recently. Lieut.. Gen. Corbin
presided and Gen. Fred ID. Grant re-
| sponded to the addresses.
Forty-two persons. including 80 Jap
anese soldiers. were killed or injured
in railroad wreck in Korea recently.
The dowager empress has issued a
decree declaring the government OF
| China to be a constitutional monarchy.
| Suit has been filed in the district
| court at Sedan. Kansas. by Mrs. Ora
| Thompson. grandmother of the cele-
/ brated incubator baby. for 100000
! damages against the three parties
| who attempted TO kidnap the baby
| from her recently.
In his speech to the Lakes'to-the-
! Gulf Deep Waterways convention at
| Memphis President Roosevelt an
nounced that he would call conven-
| tion to meet In Washington on Janu-
AIRY , next to advocate the prescrva.
| tlon of the natural resources of the
country including coal. water power.
oil. etc.
| Four miners were caught behind
cave.in in n mine near birmingham.
| Alabama. anG are believed to be dead.
Federal officials are to be stationed
along the Canadian border in Wash.
lngton to stop the influx OF japanese
| immigrants from Vancouver.
In an address to the National Asso-
ciation OF Cotton Manufacturers at
| Washington Secretary Straus came
out squarely In favor of revision Of
the tariff
In the federal court at Omaha the
Union Pacific railroad pleaded guilty
to violating the safety appliance
laws.
The special grand jury which invcs.
| tigatcd the charges OF President Mof.
! fet of the Standard Oil company. that
there were other beneficiarics OF re-
batcrs from the railroads besides his
company. reported Ia Judge Lands
that the statements were without foun.
dation.
United States Senator platt. OF New
York. has made formal denial in court
! that he ever married Mae G.. Wood. OF
Omaha.
Three American Mormon mission
aries were recently summariy cx.
PEELED from Germany.
The conference Of attorneys general
of various states held in St Louis ad-
! journed after adopting a memorial to
congress asking that some action be
taken to prevent federal judges from
nullifying state laws. a permanent
organization was formed with Herbert
$. Hadley OF Missouri as president.
The charge of assault to kill against
Zach Mulhall. OF Oklahoma. growing
out of a shooting affair during the
worlds fair at St Louis has been dis.
missed.
The 18th tricnnial convention Of the
Protestant Episcopal church of Amer
lea has begun a three weeks session
at Richmond Va. with 500 delegates
present. The bishop of London is the
central figure.
Prominent Methodist ministers Of
Nebraska have been sued for 2a.OOO
damages for alleged slander of Rev.
Wilhert y. Ferguson who recently
withdrew from tina, conference under
! fire.
arrangements are under way for the
consolidation OF the Capital National
and the Central banks of Topeka.
In 1906 there were $3.50 marriages.
25.3G7 births and 9,2S2 deaths I'm Kan
sas.
The total coinage OF the United
States mints in September was $6.9Oi..
GO6.
Near Oquaka. Illinois. n tramp, be.
cause he was refused food. heat n
woman to unconsciousncss and then
tied her four.yearold boy to a tree and
burned him to death.
One hundred Of the 1l9 counties of
Kentucky have voted against the sale
OF Intoxicating liquors within their