Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-20
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MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF
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Greatest Interest from All Parts OF
the 0lobe-Latest Home and For
: eign Items.
John H. Sanderson, contractor;
William p. Snyder, former auditor
general; w. L. Mathues, former state
treasurer, and James M. Shumaker,
were found guilty of capitol graft at
Harrisburg, Pa.
Admiral Evans battleship fleet,
after leaving San Francisco, will visit
Hawaii, Samoa, Melbourne and
Sydney, Australia, the Philippines and
return to New York by way of the
Suez canal.
The entire business section Of the
city of Big Timber, Mont, was wiped
out by fire. The loss was 100000.
Three bandits held up and robbed
a bank at Tyro, Kan, securing $4,000,
after which they fed towards the Okla
homa line.
Denying the charge of insanity and
praying for dismissal of the suit,
Harry K. Thaw, through his counsel
at New York, made answer to Evelyn
Nea',it Thaw's divorce suit.
Executive encroachment upon legis-
lative power was the subject of STIR
ring speech in the senate by Senator
Bacon of Georgia.
A socialist demonstration in favor
of universal suffrage developed at
Budapest. There were three hours of
serious rioting, the socialists using re-
vOlvers.
Banker John R. Walsh was denied a
new trial by Judge A. B. Anderson in
the federal court at Chicago and was
sentenced to five years in the govern
ment prison at Fort Leavenworth on
the charge of misapplying funds.
The naval militia bill was reported
favorably sto the house by Chairman
Foss of the naval affairs committee.
Edward Kelleher of st. Louis was
found guilty for the second time of
murder in the first degree for killing
est. Louis Tommy" Sullivan, pugilist,
three years ago.
Carrying the largest appropriation
in all its history-$222, 1916, 392-the
post Office appropriation bill passed
the house, having been under discus
sion IA days. =
Fire in the plant of the Columbia
Conserve company at Indianapolis,
Ind, caused loss of $125,00O.
A Springfield, ILL.,, jury Friday ac-
quilted James Roberts, 70 years old,
of the charge of numbering his en-
ployer, Franklin Larkin.
Rev. ]. T. Orr for so years a
preacher in Illinois, was found dead
in bed in Sidell, Ill.
Existence of an organized campaign
tn Chicago to clear the name of Laz-
arus Averbuch from the faint of assas-
sin was revealed. 1t became known
that a secret fund of 100000 had
been raised. IS l
q. David Frat of Billings, Mont, for.
mer president of the state board of
stock commissioners, and wealthy
cattle man, pleaded guilty to the lille.
gal fencing of 1850 acres of public
land.
The German torpedo boat IS 10"
was run into and sunk by an unknown
steamer at the mouth Of the River
Elbe. 49,. 49,.
A report widely circulated that the
school attached to st. Peters church
at Mckeesport, Pa, would be blown
up caused Is per cent. of the pupils to
remain away.
Hugh Hollis, a treasury department
clerk, who came to Washington from
Louisville, KY, shot and killed his
wife.
An attempt made by five criminals
under sentence of death to escape
from the Orel (Russia) Jail resulted in
seven men losing their lives.
Tribute to the business ability Of
Mrs. Clarence H. Mackay has beer
paid by the board of trade of Roslyn
L. L., in unanimously electing her Il
membership.
A deputation of lumbermen from
northern Ontario asked the Ontario
government to remove the embarg,
against the export of tan bark to tn.
United States.
John Browns antiquated wagon il
which he made many pilgrimages du,
ing his crusade against slavery wa
destroyed by fire at Iowa City, la.
1, 'o'.c" We're posted in the mills 6
'tne ~AmosEeag Mah,eacturin.g con
'pany. Manchester, N. H., annvnnn,n
= wage reduction averaging ten pc
cent ".'..