The Springfield herald., 1907-05-03

president stands by his former as
sertions and declares that the actions
of the friends of the accused men are
flagrantly improper, in that they are
trying to influence judge and jury in
the coming trial.
Charge C. King, president >of the
First National bank of Scotland. ).
d., has been arrested in Chicago
charged with having misapplied the
funds of the bank, which recently
failed
The Zoeller packing plant at Pitts
burg Pa, was recently destroyed by
fire. Five hundred thousand pounds
of lard in one building was entirely
consumed. The loss was placed at
$500 900.
Four million bushels of coal were
shipped down the Ohio river from
Pittsburg in one day recently. break
ing all records for this time of the
year.
The supreme court of Kansas has
appointed Judge S. H. Allen. G. II.
Whitcourt and Judge r. +. Carver all
of Topeka, as receivers for the KAN
sas property of various breweries.
joint bond of $4,000 was required.
Secretary Wilson. by executive or
der, has created the board of food and
drug inspection, whose duty 1t shall
be TO adminiter the national pure food
law. The president heartily approves
! the plan.
Frank II. Butler, who was charged
with the murder of the Marvin boy at
Dover Del, has been released from
custody, for want of sufficient evil
dence> against him.
Frank II. Butler, n steamer deck
hand, has been arrested charged with
the murder of the four-year-old son
of Dr. Horace N. Marvin. VINO dis
, appeared from his home in Dover,
Del, March 4.
A movement has been started in
! Milwaukee. Wis, to set aside n day
in May on which every union in the
country is to protest against Presi-
dent Roosevelt's assertion that
Meyer, Haywood and Debs are unde-
sirable citizens.
| A recent bulletin issued by the sec
| retary of the Oklahoma board of ag-
riculturc states that the wheat crop
| is only COS per cent and the oats crop
| so per cent.
The Kansas supreme" court has
granted the petition of Attorney Gen
eral Jackson for a receivership in
the custer injunctioa cases against
the brewery companies who have been
doing business in Kansas contrary to
the prohibitory law.
| The main features at the opening
of the jamestown exposition were the
| spectacular naval display and the ad-
dress of President Roosevelt. The
exposition itself was not ready for
visitors when the opening exercises
were held.
The suit of the Copper Range Con-
soldated Mining company Colbert c.
Burrage, Thomas w. Lawson and 9th
ers, has been settled out of court
The government forestry service
has issued circular saying that this
country consumes every year between
three and four times more wood than
| is grown in all its forests in the same
| time.
Miss Violet Spencer, of Alton, ILL.,,
was recently attacked by negro near
her home and slashed across the alb
domen with a razor. A heavy cloak
was all that saved her life. Several
suspects have been arrested.
Superior Judge Hebbard, of San
Francisco. has sworn to a complaint
against Assistant District Attorney
Heney charging criminal libel.
w. II. Harroun, eA-president of the
Harroun Eelevator company of 81.
Joseph. Mo-. pleaded guilty to forgery
in the fourth degree and was sentenced
to is months in Jail. He was later
paroled.
Chris Maier Topeka jointist has
been pardoned by Gov. Hoch. He
gave a 81 1000 bond never to engage in
the liquor BUSINESS again.
The new field gun with which the
Japanese artillery is being armed
has an effective range of about $500
yards Each gun costs $4,000.
| Washington advices are to the eff
| feet that the peace negotiations in
progress in Central America have
come to a deadlock and that a re-
newal of hostilities seems probable.
The Architectural league of Amer
lea is holding a convention in Wash
ington with delegates present from
all sections of the country.
At the instigation of the depart
| ment of agriculture the United States
district attorney at Topeka, Kan,
will commence Al suits against the
Rock Island railroad for violation of
| 2S-hour livestock shipping law.
The French arsenal at Toulon was
recently damaged to the extent of
100000 by fire which is believed to
have been of incendiary origin.
BY a recent decision of The United
States supreme court the statute
making it n misdemeanor 10 solicit
orders for intoxicating liquors in
Kansas is held constitutional.
Suit has been filed in the federal
court at Tulsa, I. T., by minor
Creek Indian. involving property in
the Glenn Oil pool estimated to be
worth 100000
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