Semi-weekly herald., 1908-01-06
TElEGRAPHlC NEWS
TERSeLY BRIEfED

TERSELY BRlEFED
Directors of Anaconda copper make
another reduction in the quarterly div.
idend, ordering so cents share.
1t is estimated that the city of Chi.
cago will receive $1,300,OO0 In taxes
this year from the two traction com
panies.
The age limit OF firemen and po-
licemen In Chicago has been fixed at
62 years. After that they will have
to rustic another job.
Senator Johnston of Alabama in an
address in Boston says the south is
turning to prohibition as a measure of
protection against the negro.
The Union Pacific railroad an.
nounces the expenditure of $4,000 900
for safety devices. and admits killing
los people during the past year.
Vice President and Mrs. Fairbanks
will give their annual dinner In honor
OF President and Mrs. Roosevelt at
their Washington residence on Tues.
day night.
One hundred and sixty-seven mem.
bers Of the first Russian duma who
signed the Viborg manifesto are SEN
fenced to three months Imprisonment
and deprived of their political rights
General manager OF the Chicago
Economy Light and Power company
refuses to give any information to the
house investigating committee that
might be used in the suit brought up
by the state.
William Jennings Bryan will be In
iorsed as the Democratic candidate for
he presidency at the state conven. |
lion of the New York Democratic |
eague. to be held In Cooper Union, |
New York. on Tuesday On the same
late the Kings county Republican com
nittee will meet in Brooklyn. when |
he fight for and against the indorse-
nent OF Governor Hughes for the pres |
dency will be brought to a climax.
The new battle ship Idaho, first OF |
he three new war vessels to be com.
,leted. is expected to be ready for sea |
iuty next week. while the Mississippi |
md New Hampshire will be ready In |
he spring. The Idaho will be com
handed by Captain s. W. B. Diehl. for
ner Judge advocate OF the navy. who
3 In line for promotion to the rank
v rear admiral.
Americas armada under Admiral
Evans is due to reach Rio de Janelro,
Brazil, next Saturday and will spend
en- days at that port. The fleet will
,e met by squadron OF Brazilian ma
'al vessels and escorted into the har-
,or OF Rio with great pomp and cere-
nony. Many fetes and celebrations
will be held in the Brazilian capital
Turing the stay OF the tars.
Discussion of a proposition to reduce
he cotton acreage throughout the
south this year will be the principal
natter before the convention Of the
Education and Cooperative
lnion, to open In Memphis. Tenn. on
Another important conven-
lon to be held in the south next week
will be that OF the National League OF
Merchants. which opens
n Savannah, Ga. on Wednesday.
Another case involving the power of
he federal courts to interfere in the |
,xecution of state railroad rate laws |
viii be taken up by the United States |
Iupreme court on Monday, when the |
ederal judges for the district OF Ne |
,raska are ordered to appear and show |
,ause why writ of mandamus. asked |
or by the state officials of Nebaska
% prevent interference with the In.
,orcement OF the 2-cent fare law.
should not Issue.
II Is estimated that not less than
100 900 men. who have been idle for
several weeks owing to the shut down
,f plants in the great industrial cen
Iers OF the country. will retume work.
In the steel mills and factories Of the
Plttsburg district alone about 10000
men will share In the returning pros
perity. In Cleveland at least 10000
men will resume work at their former
and hundreds Of great
factories and mills In other cities will
begin operations on Monday.
viscount Aoki, the Japanese ambas-
sador. will sail from San Francisco for
Japan on Tuesday on the steamer Man
churia. He win be succeeded at Wash
ington by Kogoro Takahira, the pres