The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-03-27

Because OF warning letters and
night.riders tobacco growing in the AZ
counties OF the White Burley district
in Kentucky has practically ceased
Tenant farmers are moving away and
land owners are Offering their farms
for sale.
Mr.. Coudrey OF Missouri has intro.
duced u bill providing that all ex-presi.
dents OF the United States shall be.
come honorary members OF the United
States senate for life and as such shall
receive a compensatiOnOf $4,000 a
year
The suit wherein the government at.
tached 100000 worth OF property OF
Oberlin NJ. Carter on the ground that
it was part of the Green and Gaynor
funds obtained by fraudulent con-
tracts in Savannah harbor improve
ments has been decided against the
government.
| Following nearly one year Of lltiga-
tion the interstate commerce commits.
sion has rendered decision holding
that it has no Jurisdiction or control
over through-freight rates from inland
points direct to foreign ports.
| The presentation OF the silver SER
vice from the state Of Nebraska to the
battleship which bears it's name will
take place at San Francisco on May 8.
The first trial by jury in the canal
zone was recently held at Cristobal.
The supreme court OF Nebraska has
decided that liquor dealers are in
directly responsible for deaths of per-
sons to whom they sold liquor and de-
clared that damages could be col.
| lected.
The building and loan associations
OF Kansas have increased their re-
sources nearly 100000 in the last
| year.
The county and city superintendent
OF schools of the Missouri valley are
to hold meeting at Kansas City
April IA.
The invitation OF Japan to have the
| battleship fleet visit a port in that
| country on their return to the Allan
| tic has been accepted by the govern
| ment.
After adopting the scale committee
report the national convention of
United Mine Workers of America, in
session at Indianapolis, adjourned sine
| die. All miners in districts which
have no contracts and where no nego-
tiations are pending were ordered to
cease work on April /.
An attempt was made recently to
blow up the plant of the Continental
Portland Cement company near St.
Louis.
Four alleged private detectives OF
| Chicago have been arrested charged
with attempting to blackmail Chief OF
Police Shippy and Mayor Busse.
While playing Indian at Suffern, N.
Y. ten-year-old boy had one of his
legs burned of by companion who
burned him at the stake.
Under the direction of Secretary
Root committee has been formed at
| Washington to execute so far as pos
sible the suggestions of the last Pan
American conference held at Rio ia
neiro last year.
Miss Wilhelmina Crawford, 80 years
old. OF Lowell. Mass, has adopted a
man 4G years of age as her son.
The Davis bank at Hoffman, Ok,
was :ecently robbed in daylight of
$500 in currency. The holdup was
much like that at Tyro, Kan, a few
days before.
For the second time within few
weeks Pittsburg, Pa. has suffered
from flood. The high water came
with such suddenness that much valu-
! able property was destroyed.
In petition filed in the federal
court at Lincoln, Neb, the Missouri
Pacific Railroad company takes the
radical stand that the state through
| the railroad cimmission has no juris-
diction over it in any way and that
it is an interstate corporation subject
only to federal control.
In a duel at St. Petersburg, Lieut..
| Gen. Smirnoff was probably fatally
wounded by Lieut.. Gen Fock. The
officers fought with pistols at 20 PAGES,
| Leck Allen is dead as result of
injuries received IN q prize fight at
St Joseph. Mo-. with Fritz Gutzen.
berger.
An attempt was made recently to
wreck fast passenger train on the
Santa Fe near Garden City, Kan.
Personal.
United States Senator William
James Bryan of Florida. who had
served in the senate but 73 days, hay.
ing succeeded the late Senator Nal.
lory. who died December %, died at
Washington after an illness of 80 days.
Bishop Charles H. Fowler of the
Methodist Episcopal church is dead at
his home in New York. He was II
years old.
Alonzo F. Shriner, chief deputy sur.
veyor in the St. Louis customs house
has been arrested charged with EN-.
| bezzlement.
Cudney Washington. negress, said
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