The Springfield herald., 1908-03-06

| Application mas Deen maue 10 tne
Kansas charter board for n $40 100000
! charter for an electric road from Kan
sas City to Topeka with a branch from
Lawrence south to Independence, Kan
The women's auxiliary of the G. A
r. presented United States flag to
Gov Haskell, of Oklahoma, with re-
quest that it be placed in the legis'
lative hall. This the governor de
clned to do unless an ex-confederlte
organization Joined in the presenta
| ton.
The battleship fleet has sailed from
Callao for Magdalena bay, 3,Ol2 miles
and 1t is expected the fleet will be out
OF communication two weeks.
Just 26 hours after three men held
| up and robbed man at Hutchinson,
Kan, they were serving a sentence
of five years in the Hutchinson re-
| formatory.
The Socialist party will hold con
vention in Topeka, Kan, April 2. and
4. to nominate candidates for state of
fcers and elect delegates to the Ma
tional convention at Chicago.
| A woman who had been called an
"old hen" and an "old cat" by a man
has been awarded s50l damages by a
St. Louis jury.
The principal railroad systems eX-
pect to put in operation the nine-hour
law and in order to do so with the
number of operators available will
close many small stations.
A bill has been introduced in con-
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tablish sabtreasury at Kansas City,
Kan.
The average yearly wages of the
men employed in the train service of
the various Kansas railroads is ST.
1874, according to figures prepared
by the state commissioner of labor.
After months of argument the joint
committee of coal operators and min
ers failed to reach an agreement on
wage schedule. Unless some agree
ment is reached by April l all the
union bituminous coal miners of the
country will cease work,
Several business buildings in Ellin-
wood, Kan, We're burned recently caus-
ing a loss estimated at $4,000.
The American car in the race from
New York to Paris was the first to
reach Chicago.
Fort Reno on the Canadian river in
Oklahoma has been abandoned by the
government as military post.
Des Moines, Ia. is threatened with n
strike of the street car employees.
The Missouri Republicans in state
convention at St. Louis named Sem
ator Warner, Herbert S. Hadley, John
H. Boutwell, and John r. Holmes as
delegates at large to the national con-
vention. They were instructed to vote
for Secretary Taft for president.
Charles Nagel of st. Louis, was named
as national committeeman.
Three arrests in Washington have
brought to light scandal in the pat
ent office. An invention valued at
more than $5,0O0,OO0 is involved. A
patent attorney, an inventor and a
government examiner are under indict-
ment on charges of conspiracy to de-
fraud the government.
A Wilkesbarre. Pa. girl employed
in laundry has been fatally poisoned
by the continual use of an indelible
pencil which she moistened between
her lips.
The Missouri supreme court has
handed down a decision declaring the
law creating the court of general ses-
sions at st. Louis to be unconstitu-
tional. All criminals sentenced by the
court will be set at liberty.
The body of Father Heinrichs, the
priest who was assassinated while
serving mass in his church at Denver,
was shipped to Paterson, n. j.. for in
terment after impressive ceremonies
in the church where he lately ofiici-
ated.
The carriage in which were riding
Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry
at The Hague recently. was wrecked
in a collision with a trolley car. Nei-
ther the queen nor the prince were
injured.
The police of st. Louis are guarding
prominent Italian physician who has
been receiving blackmailing letters
from the BLACK Hand
The Roman Catholic convent at
Mason City, Ia, was recently destroyed
by fire. The is inmates all had mar
row escapes.
G.. w. Cox, wood chopper of Frank
lin Junction. Mo-, has confessed to
removing a rail from the Missouri Pa
cific track at Otterville, Mo, recently,
when freight train was wrecked.
His intention was to wreck and rob a
passenger train.