The state herald., 1908-03-20

| visit Hawaii, Samoa, Melbourne and
Sydney, Australia. thence TO Manila,
and from there to New York through
the Suez canal, stopping only at such
ports as are necessary for coaling
purposes.
The bank at Tyro, Kan, was recent
ly entered by two masked men in
broad daylight, who held up the of
ficials and employees present and sue
ceeded in getting away with all the
cash in sight. The bandits went south
into Oklahoma.
Three-fourths of the town of Big
Timber. Mont, was recently wiped
out by the most disastrous fire In the
history of the state. Three hundred
families were rendered homeless.
The old wagon In which John Brown
used to make his pllgrimages during
his crusade against slavery, was re-
Gently destroyed by fire at iowa City.
Iowa.
An order has been issued by the
department for the abandonment OF
Fort Keogh, Mont
The Missouri Pacific has discon-
! tinued its Nebraska division with of.
| fees in Omaha and consolidated its
work with the Kansas City and Atchi.
son offices.
The case of the government against
the Chicago & Alton Railroad company
involving fine of 100000 for granting
rebates has been set for hearing by
the supreme court on the first Tues.
day of the next term.
A committee of the Merchants as.
sociation of New York called upon the
president to enter a protest against
the Aldrich financial bill and to in.
dorse the Fowler measure.
The torpedo boat ilotilla. after n
stay of eight days at Callao. has
| sailed for Pnama.
Harry Orchard has pleaded guilty
TO the murder of former Gov. Steunen.
berg. of Idaho, at Caldwell. Sentence
was deferred.
In spite of the threats of anarchists
King Alfonso of Spain visited Sarce-
Iona and carried out the program as
planned. Not single untoward in.
cident occurred to mar his visit
The program OF the Nebraska Re.
publican state convention at Omaha
went through without a hitch. Gov.
Sheldon. Senator Norris Brown, Vic.
tor Rosewater and Judge A. w. Field
( were elected delegates Mt large and
unanimously instructed for Secretary
/ Taft.
The wages of $4,000 cotton mill oper.
atiyes In Massachusetts have been cut
q 10 per cent.
An important conference was recent
proposed amendments to the Sher'
man antitrust law.
The Porto Rican house OF delegates
has passed a bill authorizing n lottery
To be conducted by the insulaf Vim
urer. The bill provides prizes aggre'
eating $4,000 per month.
] The Oklahoma Republican state con
vention elected d. S. McGuire. Dennis
Flynn. Patrick Dow and J. A. Harris
as delegates at large and instructed
them TO vote for Secretary Taft for
president.
The Kansas conference OF the Meth.
odist Episcopal church eSonerated DR..
J.. r. Mcfarland. formerly of Topeka.
OF the charge of heresy brought by DR..
George A. Cooke of Troy, y. Y.
The coroner's verdict in the school
horror at Collinwood. Ohio. says that
existing conditions In the building
were TO blame for the great loss OF
life. but no fault Is charged to anyone,
The school building at Napoleon.
Ohio. the largest OF It's kind In the
state. was totally destroyed by fire re
Gently. Nobody was injured.
A Swede apparently insane recently
fired i2 shots from rifle into the
royal castle at Chrstiana. The royal
family were not In the building at the
time
The delegates TO the congress OF
mothers were received by President
Roosevelt at the White House. who de-
livercd characteristic address to
them.
DR. Glncn. prison surgeon OF the Ne
braska pcnltentlary. asserts that from
one hundred TO one hundred and iiiiy
OF the Inmates are addicted TO the use
OF opium and that morphine is rcgu
larry supplied to them by unknown
persons.
! The largest missionary convention
ever held In In session ht Pit,Rburg
Pa. with $500 delegates present
The railroads Of Kansas have ap
pcalcd to the United States circuit
court for restraining order enJoin
ing the state board Of railroad com
miaHloncrH from putting Into cfee, the
new maximum freight schedules on
April l.
Personal.
Mrs Kate sullinger, aged % years
n cousin Of Abraham Lincoln. recent
Is Iipd ut hVr hune iu 1nnlin No