The state herald., 1908-04-10

| Lion, Ill Il WItSlllHS nldtSi ioi 'hS
worlds championship at Chicago re.
Gently. The men worked for one hour
and SO minutes without q fall, when
/ the Russian cried enough and the
championship was awarded to Gotch.
Thirty-six men, including one Of
Wight recently when the British tor
pedo boat destroyer Tiger was sunk
by the cruiser Berwick during night
maneuvers by the feet.
The Indiana Republican state con-
vention instructed their delegates for
C. w. Fairbanks for president and
| nominated a full state ticket with
James +. Watson as their candidate
for governor.
A disastrous prairie fire ragged in
| the country about Paxton, Neb., re-
Gently. One man was burned to death,
many houses were destroyed and hun
dreds OF head of live stock were lost.
! A blank Whitehead torpedo fired
| from the tubes of the torpedo boat
Blakeley swerved from its course came
back and striking the Blakeley below
/ the water line made a large jagged
hole in her port side sending her to
the navy yard for repairs.
w. j. Bryan was the guest OF honor
and principal speaker at the banquet
Of the Democratic Club of Missouri
at Kansas City and at the close stated
that so far as he knew 1t was the
biggest banquet ever assembled in any
city on American soil
Fred d. Fisher. American consul at
Harbin, is disturbing Russia and Japan
by insisting on Chinese sovereignty
In Manchuria. He is acting under or
ders from Washington and is execut-
ing well considered plan of presery-
ing the "open door" in that country.
The corporation commission OF Okla
homa has ordered a reduction of 80
per cent in freight rates on crude Pc
troleum and 40 per cent on refined
oils.
Seventy members OF the Nebraska
Democratic Editorial association were
entertained recently by w. j. Bryan
at a banquet at Lincoln.
The trial OF the four land fraud
cases transferred from California to
Washington has begun. Two hundred
witnesses from II states are present.
90. the $50 delegates to the Repub-
lican state convention elected at the
Massachusetts primaries. sol are for
Taft for president
Seven men from southeast Missouri,
convicted In the federal court of peon-
age, have been taken TO the prison
at Leavenworth, Kan, to begin sery-
ing their terms
Marie Lehman. &c years old. took
her own life in st. Louis. In order that
her invalid sister might have the
81 900 insurance on her life.
The Missouri supreme court has de-
MED the attorney generals motion for
the appointment of commissioner to
take testimony in the custer suits
against various railroads and other
corporations for alleged violation OF
the state antitrust law.
The Parker Grain company Of Nc
Phcrson. Kan. has been declared
bankrupt with liabilities Of 100000.
David II. Grant OF Mcpherson, was
appointed receiver,
A verdict against the government
was recently rendered at Portland,
Me. in a suit for $4,000 for the loss
OF brlFantlne which was sunk by a
United States Funboat or the Nova
Scotia coast ~ years ago,
Friends OF the commission plan OF
city government recently adopted at
Des Moines. la, were defeated at the
city election.
Andrew Carnegie has added $1,000,
O00 to his foundation fund In order to
provide pensions for eligible profess
ors OF STATE universities,
The Indiana railroad commission az
ter an investigation lasting several
months has ordered express rates re,
duccd ON an average OF between 10
I and IL per cent
The government will not prosecute
/ railroads for failure TO comply with
/ the commodity clause Of the railroad
/ rate law pending a decision OF the su.
/ premo court.
At conference Of the general 30
I llcltors OF all the Missouri railroads.
I held at ST. Louis. II was decided to
renew the fiEnt on the two-cent far.
law In Missouri
I During target practice NJ Magdalona
/ bay 40 Inches Of the muEzlo OF one
/ OF the slS'lneh guns of the Missouri
blew ON. No one was injured,
Il n estimated by an orioer Of tho
/ fleet that $40 tons Of ammunition will
be shot away during the target prac
tice at Magdalena bay and that the
cost for the FIRST eight ships will be
fi5G.oo0 and slightly less for the third
and fourth divisions,
The American ear In the New York.
| tosparia race will not make the trip
/ through Alaska but will be shipped
/ from Seattle to vlaaitoatok and take
the southern Siberian route.
Personal.