The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-23


sued writ of mandamus ordering
Judge Wallace to transfer the Kansas
City theater cases TO Judge Porter
field court
The hearing of the Standard OIL com
pany's appeal from the $29. 100000 fine
imposed by Judge Lardis in the feder-
al court at Chicago has been set for
May and s.
The business portion of Schafer.
county seat of Mckenzie county, North
Dakota. has been destroyed by fire and
the court house is among the burned
buildings.
The interstate commerce commits.
sion has decided that 1t has no au-
thority to require railroads to estab-
iish special favors for particular oc-
casions by the issue OF party rate
tickets for theatrical companies.
The attorney general has refused to
comply with Speaker Cannon's house
resolution asking for facts secured in
investigating the alleged print paper
trust because the inquiry is not fin
ished and to disclose the evidence Sc
cured at this time might affect the in
terests of Justice,
The Missouri Pacific railroad attor.
neys have filed in tie federal court
at Topeka a motion attacking the con.
stitutionality of the law creating the
Kansas board of railroad commission.
ers.
| In accordance with the order of the
state railroad commission the express
companies doing business in Nebraska
have reduced their rates % per cent
The members of the old city council
at South Omaha, Neb., refuse to give
up their offices to their successors
The matter will be taken into the
courts for settlement.
| The fight in the New York state
Democratic convention resulted in the
unseating of McCarren delegates. AS
Senator McCarren and his followers
left the hall they declared that nc
man then in the hall would live long
enough to see another Democratic
mayor of New York elected.
The big Hauser dam across the Mis-
souri, river near Helena, Mont, burst
recently allowing a great body of wa
ter to rush down the valley below
Several small villages were entirely
swept away, but only two lives were
lost. The dam at Great Falls was
blown up with dynamite in order to
save the smelter at that point.
| During an oil fire at Riverside, Cal.
a herd of elephants belonging to a
circus nearby stampeded and before
they were rounded up had killed one
woman and injured several men be
sides doing considerable damage tc
property.
The Dorr Street Savings bank OF
Toledo, o., has closed its doors.
Forty Japanese employees of the
Canadian Pacific railroad recently
lost their lives by snowslide in the
| Cascade in mountains.
| The condition of Kansas wheat on
April il was 91.4 according to the
latest bulletin of Secretary F. d. Co
burn. A year ago the condition at
this time was 81 per cent and the
yield amounted to 100000 bushels
The scale committee of operators
and coal miners in session at Toledo
| o.. has reached an agreement on all
important points at issue.
Russian troops have invaded Per
sian territory on the Caspion sea for
the purpose of Furnishing Kurdish
raiders.
Several tobacco raisers in the Han.
over, Indiana, neighborhood have re
ceived letter enclosing matches. These
letters were postmarked, Milton, Ky.
and warned them to plant no tobac
co this year.
The battleship fleet arrived at San
| Diego, Cal, and dropped anchor Just
IL minutes ahead of schedule. A
hearty welcome was extended the Off
GERS and men by the vast crowd who
witnessed the scene.
Striking street car men at Chester
Pa, recently shot and wounded two
employees of the Chester Traction com.
| pany. Three companies of state po
lice were sent to the scene to quiet
the trouble.
The Alabama law against playing
baseball and other games on Sunday
has been declared unconstitutional
The findings of the special master
| in the custer suit against the officials
of Wichita, Kan, have been filed in
the Kansas supreme court. In every
| instance the commissioner finds for
the state. The courts judgment Will
| probably be handed down in July.
The city of Huron, S. d., was recent
ly entirely surrounded by vast prai
rie fires which swept over the ranches
destroying everything in its path. The
damage will amount to thousands OF
dollars.
The French and Italian racing auto
mobiles have been shipped from Seat.
tie. Wash. to Vladivostok. Siberia
The other machines will be shipped
later.
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