Semi-weekly herald., 1908-03-30
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{ fleet going around the world.
Republicans OF the second congres
sloual district OF Kentucky held rival
conventions Monday. Both factions
indorsed Taft
Ex"Boss'' Crocker has instituted a
suit against the Manchester Sporting
News for libel. rejecting on his char
acter as sportsman.
Speaker Cannon In an interview de-
clares that women do not want to
vote and intimates that the dear
girls are wasting their efforts.
The interstate commerce commits.
sion has decided that It has no juris-
diction over ocean liners engaged In
commerce. between the United States
and foreign ports.
The 10000 employees of the General
Electric company at Schenectady, n.
Y, who have been working four days
a week for two months. will shortly
go on full time as a result of large
orders received recently.
There was little change In immigra
ton figures for last week. UP to Sat
urday but 50,6S4 immigrants landed
In the United States, while 142,151 OF
the foreign labor element left for their
emigrants arriving II left for their
homes.
John l.. sullivan has appeared in
congress to argue against prohibition
on the ground that II the saloons are
closed he will be deprived OF making
a living as bartender. Mr.. Sullivan
| being too strong to do anything in
the nature of heavy work naturally ex-
cites widespread public sympathy.
Billy Johnson. ranchman, was
drowned Sunday while attempting to
| cross the Big Horn river on the Ice
below Worland. The team broke
| through the ice and Johnson was car
ried under, the man and horses
| drowning in plain view of several
spectators The body was recovered.
Twenty men assaulted Rev, +. A.
Miller an evangelist of Lincoln, Neb.,
at Utica, N. Y, as he was on his way
to The railway station. and seriously
| Injured him. In sermon Rev. Miller
is accused of having criticised the
members OF a woman's church SO
ciety.
After having received treatment "a
times in twenty years ut the Long
Island College hospital, Brooklyn, for
GS fractures OF varius bones. John
Furey, a bootblack and well knowa
figure in that neighborhood. died In
that institution from Internal in
juries received In falling down stairs
several days ago.
That tea. equal in quality to the
| best that comes from the Orient. can
| be grown in this country without
| more than ordinary care and cultiva-
| ton, has been fully demonstrated by
DR.. Chas. U. Shepard, and his tea
plantation. "Pinehurst." is the great
est attraction at Summsrville. not in
Guiding the climate, says William Il.
Smtis.
The license campaign in Free
port ILL.,. grows hotter daily. Display
advertisements in the newspapers by
the "wets' and the "drys" are one
feature. while meetings are held ey
cry night. Election day is April 6,
and the women of the city have or
ganized to furnish on that day iuach
of coffee and doughnuts for all voters.
while the saloon element will supply
an elaborate lunch to all comers.
The possibility that duty will be
put on hops is not only bringing out
some heated remarks from the En-
glish brewers, but also is causing
Baron Won Horst of Coburg to take
very lively interest In the subject.
Thee is pretty well authenticated
report that such a bill will be brought
in parliament in the near future to
protect English hop growers from the
rapidly increasing inroads made by
American hops.
1t will cost the United States gov
ernment $750.000 year for the super
vision OF railroad accounts under the
Interstate commerce act, according
to communication from the commits
sion transmitted to the house by Sec
retary Cortelyou. The document con
tains letter from Commissioner Har-
Ian in which he states that 1t will re-
qiure board of examiners, composed
OF 2S5 men especially trained In the
methods of railroad accounting.
| Judge Carpenter in Chicago di.
| yorce suit, rules that marriages within
Il year OF a former decree are void,
thereby involving many Chicagoans
recently wed.
| Official reports TO the interstate
cammerce commission show railroads
suffered little from the panic of last
fall. business is steadily improving.
Notices OF wage reduction averag.
ing 10 per cent. were posted in all the
cotton cloth mills In New Bedford.
Mass, tuesday. The yarn mills Will,