The Dolores star., 1908-01-31

uDerai APPROPRIATIONS IOr tne eradfca-
tion Of the green bug which did SO
much damage to the wheat crop last
spring in the Southwest
Secretary Of War Taft's report on
the Philippine islands says the annual
expenditures Of the United States ON
their account is $6.000.0OO.
The comptroller of the currency has
ordered the National Bank OF North
America closed for liquidation and ap-
pointed a receiver to take charge.
William ]. Bryan recently address ed
the Kentucky legislature. advocating
the election of former Gov. Beckham
as United States senator In the inter
est Of democratic harmony.
Five men were injured and SEQ. 900
worth OF property destroyed by the
explosion of 500 pounds OF dynamite
in car at Hooking, Iowa.
Attorney General Bonaparte has an.
nounced the determination to bring
suit to compel the dissolution of the
Hartman railroad merger.
The present orange crop Of Califor.
MIA promises to reach 10000 carloads
and break all previous records both
in quantity and quality.
The torpedo boat hotilla which left
Rio Janeiro January 81 has reached
Buenos Ayres and received a hearty
welcome
| DR.. w. e. Carter. veterinary sur.
geon Of Meadville. Mo-. was recently
strung up and whipped by White Caps.
He was seriously injured.
A fire in Baltimore recently caused
damage amounting to 100000. Three
firemen were killed and 10 injured.
The city hall at Portland, Me-. with
the police building, was recently de-
stroyed by fire, causing loss of
81 100000.
The Harvester trust has been in.
dicted in Kentucky for violation of the
state antitrust law.
Six railroads have been convicted
in the federal court at Chicago of hav-
ing violated the safety appliance law.
The Missouri River Navigation con-
gress, at Sioux City. Iowa. adjourned
after choosing Yankton, s. d. as the
place for next years meeting. Con-
gressman Ellis, of Kansas City, was
cleCleu pTeSlueut.
In the federal court at st. Louis.
Judge Garland ordered the jury to ac-
quit four officials of the American
Bond Reserve company. who have
been on trial on charges of fraudulent
use of the mail.
At Clarksville, Tenn, two negroes
were killed while attempting TO set
fire to tobacco factory. A third me-
gro escaped, but was thought to have
been wounded. The dead men had
enough dynamite on their persons to
have destroyed the building.
The battleship fleet under Admiral
Evans has sailed from Rio Janeiro on
its way to the Pacific.
The application OF George w. Aus
tin OF New York for an order restrain
ing Secretary Cortelyou from allotting
| by Justice Gould at Washington,
Another collision between police and
unemployed men occurred recently In
Berlin in which many OF the rioters
were wounded.
The Missouri suit to oust the Har-
vester trust has been continued to
the April term Of the supreme court.
The home of Theodore p Shonts,
president of the Interborough Rapid
Transit company of New York, was
recently searched by customs officers
with the result that several hundred
dollars worth of foreign goods were
found on which no duty had been paid.
| Personal.
| Mayor James c. Dahlman was re-
Gently elected from the water ways
congress at Sioux City, Iowa, because
of an attempt to inject politics into
the discussion on the resolutions.
DIR. Eliot, president of Harvard uni
versity, advocates that American boys
and girls be sorted out" by agents of
authority and forced by law to study
trades assigned to them.
Mrs. Frank B. McKenna, daughter
of Richard c. Kerens of st. Louis, is
dead in Paris.
waitress, has fallen heir to 100000 by
virtue of being great-great-grand-
daughter of the notorious Mrs. Fitz-
herbert, one of the favorites of King
George ~. of England.
John Mitchell, president of the Mine
Workers union, who retires April 1
next. declares he would not accept a
government position If offered him.
Mrs. Emily Yznaga, mother of the
dowager duchess of Manchester and
of Lady Lister.Key, of England, is
dead at her home in Louisiana.
The new battleship Mississippi has
been turned over to the naval author
tiles at League Island She will be
commanded by Capt. John c. Fremont
Miss Miriam De Wore, wealthy