The Springfield herald., 1908-02-28
Miscellaneous.

An effort to rob a passenger train
on the Missouri Pacific railroad by
removing a rail near Otterville, Mo-,
resulted in wrecking freight train
and seriously injuring the train crew.
The federal court at Omaha, Neb..
has declared the Union stock yards
common carrier which virtually
places the corporation under the jur-
isdiction of the state railroad COM
mission.
Needless of government protests
people on returning to their old homes
in St. Pierre, Island of Martinique,
where six years ago the great loss of
life occurred by the eruption of Mont
Pelee.
Fourteen English miners were killed
recently by the explosion in coal
mine at Newcastle-on-Tyne
Gov. Hoch has appointed commits
sion to revise the Kansas school laws.
Gen. Stoessel, who surrendered Port
Arthur to the Japanese during the
Russo-Japanese war has been con-
demned to death by a Russian military
court but recommendation is made
that the sentence be commuted to ten
years Imprisonment. Gen. Fock was
reprimanded and Gen. Smirnoff and
Gen. Reiss were acquitted.
President Roosevelt has sent a let
ter to the interstate commerce COM
mission in which he urges action by
that body to head off trouble between
railroads and their employees.
A trolley car with 20 passengers
on board was recently snow bound in
Illinois for "a hours The passen-
gers suffered for lack of food
The entire middle west was recently
covered with deep blanket of snow.
Railroad and street car traffic was
badly impeded at many points.
The American battleship fleet has
reached Callao, Peru, after an une-
ventful voyage up the coast from Pun
ia Arenas. Admiral Evans was still
i'll and had given the vessels in charge
of Rear Admiral Thomas. The Pc
ruvians gave the fleet an enthusiastic
welcome.
The democratic state central COM
mittee of Ohio has unanimously en-
dorsed William j. Bryan for the pres
idency.
Uruguay has presented the govern
ment with bust of President Roose-
welt made by native artists.
All but one of the IS men and boys
who were entombed in colliery near
Shamokin, Pa. recently were rescued
alive and showed no bad effects from
their explosion.
Another print paper trust is in pro
cess of formation at Appleton, Wis,
which includes all the mills in Mime
sofa, Wisconsin and Michigan.
A movement has been inausurated
at Burlington, Ia, to drive all gam
blers out of the state.
Mrs. Stinson, aged 96 years was
burned to death at Winterset, Ia, re-
Gently and Mrs. Mills, neighbor
dropped dead while watching the dis
aster.
Baron Takahira, the Japanese am
bassador. was formally received by
President Roosevelt at the White
house recently.
A call has been issued for state
ment of the condition of all national
banks at the close of business on Feb
ruary IA last.
Fourteen Italians, who led riot
in Philadelphia in which 1000 men
fought with the city police, have been
held in bail to court
BY the will of the late Mrs Amy
Sheldon, filed recently at Newport
II. l., bequest of 100000 to Har
ward university is made
Leading officials of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers and Brother
hood of Trainmen have issued state
ments showing the unjustness of the
threatened cut in the wages of rail
road employees. and declaring that the
men will strike if the reduction is
made.
Temporary receivers for the Mutual
Reserve Life Insurance company have
been appointed by the New York SUI
preme court.
While cleaning gloves at Omaha
Neb., two women were fatally burned
as the result of the explosion of a
Ave gallon can of gasoline