The Taney County republican., 1908-04-09

for governor.
4 disastrous prairie fire ragged in
the country about Paxton, Neb., re-
Gently. One man was burned to death,
many houses were destroyed and hun
dreds of head of live stock were lost.
a blank Whitehead torpedo fired
from the tubes Of the torpedo boat
Blakelcy swerved from its course came
back and striking the Blakeley below
the water line made a large Jagged
hole in her port side sending her to
the navy yard for repairs.
w. J. Bryan was the guest of honor
and principal speaker at the banquet
Of the Democratic Club Of Missouri
at Kansas City and at the close stated
that so far as he knew it was the
biggest banquet ever assembled in any
city on American soil.
Fred D. Fisher, American consul at
lIarbn, is disturbing Russia and Japan
by insisting on Chinese sovereignty
in Manchuria He is acting under or
ders from Washington and is eXecut'
ing a well considered plan Of rresery-
ing the open door In that country.
The corporation commission Of Okla
h1ma has ordered a reduction Of 80
per cent in freight rates on crude pc
troleum and 40 per cent on refined
oils.
Seventy members of the Nebraska
Democratic Editorial association were
entertained recently by w. J. Bryan
at a banquet at Lincoln.
The trial OF the four land fraud
cases transferred from California to
Washington has begun. Two hundred
Witnesses from II states are present.
~. the ! $50 delegates to the Repub-
Iican state convention elected at the
Massachusetts primaries, 90l are for
Taft for president.
Seven men from southeast Missouri,
convicted in the federal court of peon-
age, have been taken to the prison
at Lcayenworth, Kan, to begin serv-
ing their terms,
Marie Lehman, 2G years old, took
hcr own life in st. Louis, in order that
her invalid sister might have the
$1,000 insurance on her life.
The Missouri supreme court has de-
MED the attorney generals motion for
The appointment of commissioner to
take testimony in the custer suits
against various railroads and other
corporations for alleged violation Of
the state antitrust law.
The Parker Grain company of Nc
Phcrson, Kan, has been declared
bankrupt with liabilities OF 100000,
David II. Grant of Mcpherson, was
appointed receiver.
A verdict against the government
was recently rendered at Portland
Ne, in n suit for $4,000 for the loss
of a brlgantine which was sunk by
United states gunboat off the Nova
Scotia coast 40 years ago.
Friends OF the commission plan OF
city government recently adopted at
Des Moines, Ia, were defeated at the
city election.
Andrew Carnegie has added $4,000.
geo to his foundation fund in order to
provide pensions for eligible profess.
ors of state universities.
The Indiana railroad commission af
ter an investigation lasting several
months has ordered express rates re-
duced on an average of between 10
and L. per cent.
The government will not prosecute
railroads for failure to comply with
the commodity clause" of the railroad
rate law pending n decision of the SUI.
prcmo court.
At a conference of the general So
llcitors of all the Missouri railroads,
held ut st. Louis, it was decided to
renew the fight on the two-cent far
law in Missouri.
During target practice at Magdalena
bay 1iO inches Of the muzzle of one
of the six.inch guns of the Missouri
blew off No one was injured.
1t is estimated by an officer of the
fleet that 60 tons of ammunition will
he shot away during the target prac-
tice at Magdalena bay and that the
cost for the first eight ships will be
$4,000 and slightly less for the third
and fourth divisions.
The American ear in the New York
to-Paris race will not make the trip
through Alaska but will be shipped
from Seattle to Vladivostok and take
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