The Springfield herald., 1908-02-28


Charles b. Ullmo, an ensign in the
French navy, has been sentenced to
life Imprisonment in fortress for
selling naval secrets to a foreign
power.
Police Commissioner Bingham of
New York states that his city is the
dumping ground for the criminals of
Europe and blames the immigration
authorities for the fact.
An Italian anarchist shot and in.
stantly killed Father Leo Heinrichs
while he was administering the sacra-
ment in ST. Elizabeth's Catholic
church in Denver.
The first tunnel for passenger traffic
under the Hudson between New York
City and Jersey City has been com.
pleted after "a years of almost con-
stant effort.
While St. Louis woman was down
town shopping four burglars with
moving van stole the entire house
furnishings including the stoves with
fire in them.
The democratic state convention at
Hutchinson, Kan, elected John II. At
wood national committeeman. The four
delegates at large to the Denver con
vention are w. H. L. Pepperill,
Charles II. Sawyer, J. E. Andrews and
w. A. Harris. They are instructed to
vote solidly for William J. Bryan for
president.
The grand jury at Kansas City has
returned IL indictments against j. Il.
Brady, former president of the failed
Merchants Refrigerating company.
The Indictments allege embezzlement
and wrongful issue of warehouse re-
ceipts.
The Iowa supreme court has handed
down decision declaring the commits
sion form of municipal government
as adopted by the city of Des Moines
to be constitutional in every par
ticular
The Santa Fe railroad has ordered
reduction of IS per cent in the me-
chanical force all over the system.
Judge Ball at Chicago has dissolved
the temporary injunction granted to
Stuyvesant Fish by which 2S6,231
shares of the Illinois Central were
enjoined from being voted at the an
nual election. The decision is a COM
plete victory for E. II. Hartman.
BY an explosion of ten tons Of dy-
Mantle in a powder mill near Berke-
ley, CAL, four white men and "a Chi
namen were killed. The shock shook
the entire bay region like an earth
quake.
The first test of the Oklahoma guar
antee bank deposit law resulted In a
victory for the state. The district
court at Guthrie holds that banks are
corporations and as such are account
able to the legislature.
Seven men were injured by the ex-
plosion of boiler In a manufacturing
plant at Lowell. Mass. recently.
Two deaths from yellow fever have
occurred on the steamer Crispin at
Galveston, Tex.
The enumeration of school children
in Oklahoma. Just completed, shows
total of 475,847.
Because salaries of more than $780,
900 a year are paid to some of their
officers. the Metropolitan. Equitable
and Prudential Life Insurance COM
panies will be refused licenses to do
business in Missouri.
One man was killed and another
badly injured by an explosion In coal
mine at Pittsburg. Kan, recently.
The cruiser Chicago has arrived at
Punta Arenas on its way from the
Pacific to Annapolis. Nd.
The Missouri state democratic con.
vention will be held in jefferson City
on May 20.
There is talk of the president send
ing John Mitchell, the retiring presi-
dent of the United Mine Workers, to
Panama the coming summer to make
a report on labor conditions there.
The jury in the case of George
Tennyson, charged with the murder OF
his father at Marysville, Kan, was
instructed by Judge Kimble to bring
in verdict of acquittal owing to
lack of evidence.
At recent cabinet meeting figures
were submitted by Secretary Straus
showing that immigration had de-
creased nearly 80 per cent during the
past few months
Attorney General Byers of Iowa,
has decided that breweres can not
own saloons in that state.
F. l.. Smith. the brakeman on the
NJ. X. & T., train which was robbed
of an express package containing s3.-
900 recently has confessed to the
theft. All the money was recovered.
Personal.
Andrew Carnegie has contributed
sl25,000 10 the Robert Koch institute
at Berlin for the investigation of tn
berculosis.
Brig. Gen. F. S Dodge, U. s A. re-
tired. is dead at his home in Washing.