The Springfield herald., 1907-03-08

taw nation has besn upto oli by IT,
United Stat supreme CO r, in the
case o. Wal ace S. Adams.
The supreme court of the Un,,cd
States in deciding Texas case held
that the common lawriSht of ind.' Nd
uals 10 apply to the courts ior re-
dress against the railroads for d.
crimination was destroyed by the ra.'-
SAGE of the interstat, commerce com
mission law and suth complaints
must come through the commission
Lyman *. Lane, former financial
clerk in the office of the Indian agcal
at Muskogee, |. T., has been arrested
charged with the embezzlement CT
$685. of government funds.
BY vote of 20 to 10. Senator 10
seph w. Bailey has been exoneratch
by the lower house of the Texas lesis-
lature of charges of Irregular acts III
public life.
BY the carelessness Of Il porter who
threw lighted match into n keg OF
"fireproof'' paint an explosion was
caused at st. Joseph. Mo-, which re-
suited in fire loss of $4,000.
RADIO Fuel & Iron company ceased
work for two hours and half re.
Gently during the progress OF tha
funeral of Frank j. Hearne, presi-
dent Of the company.
A joint resolution mas been intro
duced in congress to empower the
president to exclude from the mails
publications which contain the revolt
ing details of the Thaw trial and
other cases of similar nature.
The Y. NJ. C. A building at Utica,
N. Y, was totally destroyed by fire
recently, causing a loss of Sl5O,0Jo.
The supreme court of Indiana has
declared unconstitutional the employ
ers liability law except as regards
railroads.
A destructive tornado recently
struck the town of Washington, Ark,
and almost literally wiped 1t out of
existence. Two negroes were killed
and many persons injured.
William J. Oliver, the Knoxville,
Tenn bidder on Panama canal work,
declares he has been handed a
lemon" in exchange for $4,000 of his
money, by the government at Wash
ington.
The United States treasurer's re-
port for February shows a surplus for
the month of sS.2O5,O0O.
A suit has been filed at Concord.
N. H., by relatives of Mrs. Mary
Baker G. Eddy. head of the Christian
Science church, against the trustees
OF the institution to compel an ac-
counting of the financial affairs OF
the church.
While wrokmen were tearing down
building in Kansas City recently
the walls collapsed. killing one man
and seriously injuring four others.
Out of 215 candidates for this years
Rhodes scholarships 13S pass cd the
prescribed examination. OF these 45
will be chosen to so to OXFORD next
October. The scholarships are worth
81, 800 year.
According to recent census bull
| letin out of Only two fifths of the pop
| ulation of the United States more
than half million persons died in
| 1905. Consumption caused the great
est number of deaths.
A woman and th ee children were
found dead at 81. Louis. Nearby lay
nearly empty bottle of patent
medicine which had been recently
purchasel.
BY the explcsio of dynamite In
the home of Rev. j. b. little, Bap-
tist minister of Carmi, H.. Mr.. little,
his father wife and baby were killed
outright, and two children of the fam
lily were fatally injured.
A party headed by Speaker Cannon
and Senator Curtis of Kansas Will
spend month during March and
April cruising in The West Indies.
South America the Panama canal and
Cuba will be visited.
Harry X. Thaw. recently enlivened
an extremely dull session of his trial
by issuing a brief statement in which
he charged District Attorney Jerome
with unprofessional remarks in court,
and in conclusion declared that his
wife's natural real goodness WAS
above the comprehension Of the prose
cutting attorney.
Chief Enginee- Stevens reports that
during February G50,00O cubic yards
of dirt were removed from Cnlebra
cut on the Panama canal.
The George Washington university
has appointed a committee to raise
100000 to purchase new site for
the institution at the national cap
ital.
Recent adyices from Nicaragua say
that the governorment forces have
captured two towns in Honduras ai-
ter delivering a crushing defeat to
The Hondrrean .rmy.
Thomas Baldwin, wealthy ILL
nois farmer. recently shot and killed
four persons at ColfaX. He had been
arrested charged with criminal as
sault on 14-year old girl, and the
deed was done out of revenge Among
those killed was the victim of his
assault and her mother
In the Thaw trial at New York
Justice Fitzgerald has ruled that The
/ Introduction OF collateral facts 10
controvert the testimony of Mrs.
| Thaw was not permissible. This has
the effect of barring much of Jerome's
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