The Springfield herald., 1907-09-27


have adjourned. The next convention
will be held in Denver in 1909.
The st. Louis shoe workers in II
! plants, to the number of $500 have
struck for shorter hours and more pay
| In the New York Oil trust hearing
evidence was brought out to show that
John d. Rockefeller owns more than
one-fourth of the stock of the Standard
| Oil company His income for the past
eight years has been s125.000,000.
| Definite arrangements have been
made for President Roosevelt to camp
out for II days in the canebrakes OF
Louisiana, from October 5 to october
,, 81.
In premature explosion OF a shell
on board the Japanese battleship kas'
hima, seven officers and 81 men were
killed, and eight others wounded.
The federal grand jury at Bartles'
vile, l. T., is investigating alleged
frauds committed during the recent
election.
A school for the instruction OF con
suls has been established at the state
department in Washington. Each new
ly appointed consul is required to at
tend for 80 days before leaving for his
post of duty.
The Sovereign Grand Lodge of odd
Fellows, in session at st. Paul, has
chosen Denver, Col, as the next meet
ing place.
The strike of the cutters in the shoe
factories of st. Louis has extended to
all the workers and IS plants employ.
ing 10000 persons are idle.
A cage containing IS men plunged
down $50 feet in mine shaft at
Negaunee, Mich. Eleven men were
killed outright and seven fatally in
jured.
Judge LocEren, in the federal court
at st. Paul, has issued an order re-
straining the state of Minnesota from
enforcing the rate laws passed by the
last Legislature. In his opinion the
judge savagely attacked the states
law making body.
Five members of the sect known
as the Parhamites have been arrested
at Zion City, ILL.,, charged with tortur-
ing to death an aged woman for 20
years a cripple from rheumatism. The
accused, among whom are the son
and daughter of the victim, claim they
were trying to cast out 4 devil
In wreck on the Mexican Central
railroad recently 40 passengers were
killed and "a injured.
Based on the present market value
of Standard Oil shares, the holdings
,f n ID L.,
amount to s1O9,OOO,000,
Federal officials recently raided the
liquor joints about Tulsa, |. T.. and
confiscated $500 barrels of substitutes
for beer. which was dumped into the
Arkansas river
The Nebraska supreme court has de-
dided that a person cannot devise an
interest in timber claim unless a
patent has been issued
The Missouri law fixing eight hours
as the work day for railroad tele-
graphers has been declared unconsti.
tutional by circuit Judge Bradley OF
Higginsville.
From later reports It appears that
the democrats have made clean
sweep in Oklahoma. the only excep-
ton being in the First congressional
district where Bird S. Mcclure. re.
publican was elected by good ma
jority.
The profits of the Standard Oil com
pany of Indiana for 1906 were more
than s10,O0O,O00 on a capital stock of
81 100000, or over 1000 per cent a
year These figures were brought out
in the evidence at the New York hear
ing of the suit of the government to
dissolve the trust.
The diplomatic representatives of
the five Central American republics
have signed protocol accepting the
invitation of the United States and
Mexico for meeting at Washington
at an early date.
The long distance balloon race from
Brussels was won by the German bal.
loon Pommern which came down at
Bayonne, France, a distance of 62l
miles from Brussels.
Four Men were killed and four 9th
ers seriously injured in the wreck OF
an automobile on one of the streets
a Colorado Springs recently. They
were driving the machine down grade
at 60 miles an hour when the accident
occurred
The Missouri Federation of Labor
has adjourned after three days ses
sion at Sedalia. The next convention
will be held at Hannibal. Thomas ]
| Sheridan, of Joplin was elected presi
dent.
By the sinking of their boat while
crossing the Allegheny river at Pitts
burg, Pa. six workmen We're drowned
! The Travellers Protective associa
ton has filed a complaint with the
Nebraska railway commission against
the Union Pacific Railroad company
The peace negotiations at Casa Blan
ca have failed and Gen. Drude will
resume the offensive against the hos
tile Moors.
Japan is again talking of the annex
alton of Korea.
Andrew Gallaoher notice commits
sioner of Kansas City. has brought
suit against the Kansas City Star for
$4,000 damages.
over 177,0OO English and Irish emf
grants came to the United States and