The Springfield herald., 1907-03-22

years before.
Gov. Folk has announced his pur-
pose to call a special session Of the
Missouri legislature to consider mat
ters which he considers essential and
which were not acted upon at the reg
ular session just closed.
President Roosevelt has appointed
commission to consider comprehen
sion system for the. development OF
water transportation as means to
assist the railroads to keep abreast o:
the business of the country.
The national Civic Federation which
called the trust conference at Chicago
in 1899 has announced Its intention to
arrange for another in May.
Business is being resumed at Gold
field, New, where mine operators and
business men had locked out members
of Industrial Workers of tho World
nearly all employees having withdrawn
from the organization.
The Oklahoma convention which
has been in session at Guthrie for III
days drafting constitution for the
new state has completed its work and
adjourned sine die.
BY the explosion of the powder
magazine ON board the French battle
ship lena, while In dock at Toulon,
the captain in command. the chief OF
staff OF the Mediterranean squadron
and from 20 to so blue jackets were
killed, while several hundred other
officers and men were injured.
Plans have been completed for the
construction of a torpedo factory at
the Newport naval station. This Is
the first time the government has un
dertaken to make its own torpedoes
on large scale.
The Union State bank of Hunnewell
Kan, was recently wrecked by safe
blowers. Posses of citizens followed
the robbers to Caldwell where one OF
the gang was captured.
The fourth annual convention OF
the American Road Makers associat
lion met recently in Pittsburg, Pa,
with $500 delegates representing 3S
states in attendance.
NJ. CasimirPerier, eX-president OF
France, died recently at his home ii
Paris of disease of the heart. He
was in his sixtieth year. The senate
and chamber of deputies adjourned
as sign of mourning.
A. B. Sticllpey, president OF the
Chicago Great Western railway, in a
recent interview at Washington de
clared the "people are now laying the
foundation for tremendous financia
panic."
One Of the largest land deals eve,
coasumnated in Mexico was made
recently when the famous Cedros
hacienda comprising 1,715,0O0 acres
with all its live stock was transfer
red to the Continental Mexican Rub
ber company. The purchase price
was SS,O00.0OO.
The claim agent of the Rock Island
railroad is in Mexico settling the
claims of the relatives of the SC
Mexican laborers killed in the col
lision at Voiland, Kansas. in Janu.
ary.
While the police were searching
the room occupied by student OF
killing an officer, three policemen
and two civilians.
The attorneys for Harry X. Thaw
sprung surprise on District Attor-
ney Jerome recently by refusing tC
crosse examine any of the six alien
lists who testified for the state that
Thaw was sane when he killed Stan.
ford White.
The supreme court of California
mas denied the applications of Mayor
Schmitz and Abraham Ruef for writs
of habeas corpus.
The railroad committee of the Ne
passage a bill cutting sleeping car
rates 80 1-3 per cent and express
charges 20 per cent.
Commissioner of Pensions Warner
states that 1S5,O00 applications for
pensions have been filed under the
new service pension law recently en-
acted by congress.
The San Francisco board of educa
ton has adopted resolutions rescind-
heir action in segresatins Japanese
pupils in the public school.
The suit of Frank Rockefeller,
brother of John D. Rockefeller, to re-
cover $265,000 invested in zinc mine
in Missouri has been dismissed in the
circuit court at ST. Lous on demurrer
by the defendant.
Panicky conditions reigned in Wall
street recently and prices of stocks
tumbled In one day from Is to 20
points. Call money was quoted at 25
per cent Frantic appeals were made
to the president and secretary of the
treasury to come to the rescue of the
aiiILcds md s~aculators.
During the height of the flood at
Pitssburg fire broke out in the
Twenty-seventh ward and before it
burned itself out had destroyed rs
business houses and residences.
The Louisville street car strike has
ended, both parties agreeing to sub
nit their differences to arbitration.
The date for the national encamp-
ment of the G. A. r.. at Saratoga. N.
Y, has been definitely fixed for Sep
tember next.
An explosion of fire damp in a coal
mine at Kleinrossein, Germany killed
10 miners.