The Springfield herald., 1907-05-31

has been Selecteu " ae'ohipdHy tHo
delegates of the United States to The
Hague conference.
The United States supreme court
has held that regular army officer
holding volunteer commission is reg
gular officer and not volunteer.
1t is believed by the war department
this will invalidate the decision of
many court martials.
A police census just completed gives
the population of the District of Col
umbia as 329,591, of whom 96,lSS ari
negroes.
There is serious lack of farir
hands in the Northwest, according IL
reports received by the Great North
ern railroad. Farmers are offering
$35 and $40 n month for help.
Six men alleged to be the leaders
of the mob that lynched negro at
Sterrett. l. T., March 81, have been ar
rested by United States marshais and
held on a charge of murder.
At Claxton, Ga, two negroes were
lynched, one white man and two ne
groes were killed and seven other per-
sons were injured as the result of an
attempt to capture negro who had
criminally assaulted a white woman.
Five white men Were killed and
four fatally injured in an explosion Of
molten metal in a blast furnace at
Pittsburg, Pa.
| Ten indictments have been re
turned against President ilegseman,
of the Metropolitan Life Insurance
company by the New York grand
jury on a charge of forgery and per-
jury.
Parties presumed to be strikers
short circuted the trolley wire on
some of the San Francisco car lines
and caused an explosion in the power
house which burned out the switch
board putting out of commission all
lines north of Market street.
The Lake Mohonk conference on in
ternational arbitration is holding its
18th annual session. DIR. Nicholas
Murray Butler was chosen president.
The court of appeals of Kentucky
has handed down a decision declaring
the last city election in Louisville
void and ordering new election in
November next. The governor is
given power to fill the vacant offices
According to recent census
bulletin the United States leads in
the manufacture of shoes.
The live stock commission men al
the various packing centers are re
senting a recent order of the pack
n,,Ii, i,t. ..fi nf
heifers. Resolutions have beer
adopted to refuse to sell under the
proposed rule: and shippers Were
notified to hold cows and hcifers OF
the farm for the present.
A. T. Pigg, charged with bribing {
juror in Topeka, was recently re
turned from California to stand trial
A tornado of small proportions re
Gently visited Snyder, Ok. causing
considerable damage to property. Nc
fatalities were reported.
Commissioner r. A. Anthony, who
took the testimony In the custer sui
of the state of Missouri against the Re
public, Standard and Waters Pierce
Oil companies. has filed his repor
with the supreme court of the state
He sustains every allegation of At
torney General Hadley's petition ant
recommends that the companies b'
ousted from the state.
President Figuero, of Salvador, ha:
cabled the Associated press that th'
report that revolution had broker
out there was entirely false.
The failure of the State bank o
Manitou, Ok, with capital of $40.
600. has been announced.
+ Corporal E. l.. Knowles OF thu
Twenty-fifth infantry was convicted
by the court martial recently helt
at San Antonio, Texas, of assaultint
with intent to kill Capt. Macklin a
Ell Reno, Ok. He was sentenced tt
so years at hard labor in the Peni
tentiary at Fort Leavenworth.
Foreign diplomats have complained
to the state department at Washing
ton that they are annoyed by loca
officials in Maryland who seek Il
enforce the laws regarding fast rid
ing in automobiles.
The Red Cross announces that ne
more contributions are needed for thu
famine sufferers in China, the
famine having been broken by the
spring crops.
Two heat prostrations were re-
ported in ST. Louis recently.
1t is announced in Washington
that the president will make only
three stops on his trip down ths
mississippi river this fall. st. Louis
Cairo, ILL.,. and Memphis are the
lucky ones.
The fifth international Sunday
school convention, recently in ses
sion at Rome, has adjourned.
An explosion of powder in rail
road camp at the foot of Lookou;
mountain in Tennessee, killed three
trainmen, injured several others and
caused considerable damage to sur
rounding property.
The National Association of Manu-
facturers have gone on record as fav.
oring a revision of the tariff at the
earliest opportunity.
| The Kansas grand lodge of Py-