The state herald., 1907-10-18

who is a married man, claims the girl
| killed herself because her love for
him was unrequited.
| Railroad Commissioner Williams Of
| Nebraska, after an inspection of the
, Missouri Pacific railway in that state,
! pronounces the roadbed unsafe and
recommends restriction of the speed
of trains.
| Growers, manufacturers and dealers
in cotton held an inter national confer
ence at Atlanta, Ga and 500 delegates
from all parts of the world were
present.
By a cavern in the ballast quarries
of the Mexican Central railroad at
Victoria 16 laborers were killed and
! IL others fatally injured.
Up to date there has been GA cases
San Francisco
Ihe Santa Fe Railroad company has
announced n voluntary raise in salary
to all telegraph operators in the en-
ploy of the company.
An explosion caused by the upset
ting of metal pot at the Standard
Steel works, Butler, Pa, caused the
death of fouI men and the injury of
| 40 others.
Augustus Hartje has filed with the
superior court a petition to reopen
the famous Pittsburg divorce case, al
ieging that new evidence in the form
of letters has been discovered.
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investors have been swindled to the
extent of more than third of mil
lion dollars by sharpers who sailed
the Red Canon placer mine neal Le-
ander, Wyoming. The property is
said to be worthless.
The coroners jury, which has been
investigating the mysterious death of
May Sapp at Moran. Kan. has rem
dered a verdict that the girl was muir
dered. S. +. Whitlow has been arrest
ed charged with the crime.
II. N. Ford has been convicted OF
wrecking the bank of Burton. Ohio.
which failed four years ago for 81 ,25O,.
900.
The Gentry Hills Lumber company,
OF Pond Creek. Ok. has filed charges
of discrimination In rates on lumber
against the Santa Fe and other rail-
roads before ;he Interstate Commerce
commission.
The agricultural department OF
Washington reports the condition OF
corn for October / at rs per cent as
compared with 90.1 year ago
In New York recently 1876 electric
cars were destroyed by the burning of
the Fourteenth street car barns. The
loss was placed at 100000.
A Belgian syndicate is being formed
to establish direct line of turbine
steamers between Antwerp. Boston
and New York.
The Metropolitan street railway
company of New York has been placed
In the hands of a receiver.
A body supposed t. be that of Jack
Simpkins. the long missing member OF
the Western Federation of miners,
was recently found in Shoshone coun.
ty. Idaho,
Mrs Charles ]. Romadke. wife Of a
millionaire manufacturer OF Milwau.
kec, has been arrested In Chicago
charged with theft. She confessed to
many robberles which have banied the
police.
Two prominent physicians of Paris
created sensation In the Academy
OF Medicine by a report that they had
succeeded In removing birthmarks
with adlum. The operation is en-.
tlrely painless and may be applied to
an infant while asleep.
The Santa Fe Railroad company has
contracted for s2,50O.OOO worth of
ohia wood railroad ties 10 be deliy.
cred from Hawaii In the next five
years.
The turbine steamer Lusitania
broke all records on her second west.
ward trip from Queenstown to New
York, making the distance In four
days and 90 hours. The fastest DAYS
run was Gl7 knots.
The American delegation nt The
Hague peace conference has succeeded
In getting favorable committee acton
regarding obligatory arbitration.
The attorney general of Kansas is
preparing list Of questions the In.
suranee companies made defendants
In an antitrust suit will be asked to
answer
The vote OF the New York Tcleg
raphers' union to call out the men
from leased wire Offices has been
rcsclndod
The earnings Of the Santa Fo for
the year ended June 30 were 500 3.GS3.
i07. mn Increase Of nearly fl3. 600 900
over tho previous year.
Nine blocks In the business section
of oxford, Ncb, were burned over re.
ccntly. causing loss Of 5000. 900.
A message sent by wlrolosa tolc.
graph from Manila was recorded at
Port Moricn. n. s.. distance OF 70 900
miles
Canes and HwnEgof sticks for young