Semi-weekly herald., 1907-10-10


nominating set Of candidates for tn
! state offices presented a situation IN
known in Democratic politics in thi
+ state. The trouble was over the aues
tioD of credentials, the whitney met
T claiming that the state commltte,
= had refused to recognize delegate,
duly elected at the primaries. Th,
storm broke when the chairman of Nh,
state committee, who called the con
The deep water ways convention ig
nored President Roosevelts sueges
ton and demanded an appropriation
from congress for fourteen foot
channel from Chicago to the Gulf OF
Mexico.
The interstate commerce commission
Is notified that the railway managers
have agreed on uniform classlhca
tlon system, but fears are expressed
it will not be put into practice for
some time.
The late government envelope con.
tractors are under fire. having sub.
stituted inferior paper whereby they
profited 1925. 900 and as a consequence
the government is holding up final set
tlement.
great wave of Socialism is to
sweep over England in this century
becoming the master current of the
i NE of the people, as the result OF
Inequality in the distribution OF riches.
an English bishop tells the church
I congress
Never before in the history of the
steamboat inspection service has n
president of the United States revoked
the license of private steamer ms
President Roosevelt did recently in
the case OF the Fred Hartweg ON the
Mississippi below st. Louis. says
Washington dispatch.
Born in polygamy. his father. George
| cannon, having once been the most
prominent leader In the Mormon
church, Frank J. Cannon. once United
states senator from Utah. has become
the head of determined agitation
to break down the political power OF
Mormonism in the western states.
One of the most daring and sue
cessful crimes ever recorded in the
south was committed at Seddon. Ala.
Saturday night, when four masked
ren9ers looted The lElEst SatlqRal BaBk
Williams of that county, who was en-
deavoring TO stop them. and escaped
whit heir booty.
At Butte Master-in .Chancery Crane
held that the smelters were more val.
liable than farm lands. A rancher
had brought suit TO recover damages
TO his land resulting from poisonous
gases. Mr.. Crane holds the closing
down of the smelters would make
the farm lands Improbable any way
and result in great loss to other farm
ers in districts not affected.
The entire Anglo-American project
providing for obligatory arbitration
was approved at Monday evenings
session of the committee on arbltra.
tion by 81 votes to 8. The opponents
% the measure were Germany, Aus.
ia-Hungary, Switzerland, Belgium.
Roumania. Greece, Turkey. Bulgaria
and Montenegro. Italy. japan and
Luxemburg refralned from voting and
one delegate was absent
Woeful waste of the natural re
sources of the United States is re-
ported by j. A. Holmes, chief of the
technologic branch OF the geological
survey. who has just completed
three months tour OF inspection TO
ascertain conditions In the west Mr.
Holmes is an expert on fuels and one
OF the leading scientists OF the land
IN connection with his report on con
ditions as he found them he issues a
warning to the country that waste
must stop or exhaustion OF resources
will result in comparatively short
I time.
II may tend TO make Americans bet
ter satisfied with conditions in their
cities to learn that an almost precise
| ly similar condition OF graft. big and
petty, nourishes among London off.
cials as is complained OF by them,
and that the police force. hitherto be
lieved to be above suspicion. has been
found to be corruptible and some Of
its members guilty of the same sort
o. tyranny and persecution said to be
rampant among New York's finest
London has awakened TO the fact that
graft scandals are becoming common
place among London local bodies,
That is not to say that the knowledge
Is now in London, but that John Burns
as president OF the local government
board. is establishing rigorous In.
quiries into Irregularities. and wher-
ever he finds corruption Is instituting
criminal prosecutions.
One Of the largest business transac
tions that ever occurred between two