The Springfield herald., 1908-01-17
The soclalistlc demonstration in tho

| great vigor requiring the entire po-
lice force of the city to preserve order.
| Copious rains in India have broken
a six-months' drouth which threatened
repetition of an acute state of fam
inc which had prevailed in recent
years.
Fire. believed to have been of in
cendiary origin, recently destroyed a
number of business buildings in AL
bion. ILL.,. causing a loss of 100000.
The long overdue Canadian Pacific
steamer, Mount Royal, has reached
| Queenstown in a disabled condition,
after being out 80 days from Antwerp.
In six days there was received at
| Kansas City 10000 hogs for which
the packers paid $1,250,000.
The state department at Washing
ton denies that there is any friction
| and Japan over the immigration ques-
| ton.
Cooper Union, New York, was filed
to overlooking recently to hear Sec
retary Taft discuss the relations of
capital and labor. The secretary was
quizzed by the audience and answered
promptly and effectively all questions
asked.
Urbin Angney, captain Of last years
football team and all-round star ath-
lete of Kansas university, committed
suicide at Lawrence by jumping from
the dome of Fraser Hall at the uni
versity grounds. A note left by Ang-
ney addressed Dear Jesus would
Il l..
The Supreme Court of South Da-
kota has decided that dealing in fu.
lures is not gambling within the
meaning of the law.
Governors have been asked to desig-
nate single representative of the
national guard of each state to take
the examination for appointment as
second lieutenants in the regular
army.
w. ]. Bryan was the principal
speaker at the Jackson Day banquet
of the Jefferson club of Chicago. His
subject was "The Point of View"
Liquors valued at $1,000 were re-
Gently poured into the sewers of To-
peka by county officers under orders
of the court.
In the federal court at St. Paul,
Judge Sanborn appointed A B. Stick
ney and C. A. j. Smith receivers for
the Chicago Great Western railway.
The cause of the trouble was the
roads inability to pay notes maturing
this year.
Commissioner Ballinger, of the pub
lie land office, has resigned Fred
Dennitt, assistant commissioner, has
been appointed to succeed him.
Gov. Hoch has called the Kansas
Legislature to meet in special session
on January 16. The proclamation
says several matters of state import
ance create an emergency.
Walter C. Stewart. superintendent
of the st. Joseph lighting plant, has
been indicted charged with carrying
men long dead on the city pay roll.
A monument to the officers and
sailors who lost their lives in the
disaster on board the gunboat Ben
nington in 1905, was unveiled re-
Gently at San Diego, Cal, with fitting
ceremonies.
Victor Murdoch has recommended
w. C. Edwards to succeed his father.
NJ. NJ. Murdoch. as postmaster at
Wichita, Kan.
The federal grand Jury at Washing
ton has indicted e. NJ Vandyke, a
former chemist and lux maker in the
government printing plant, for graft
in selecting dry colors.
The district court of appeals, at San
Francisco, has set aside the convic-
ton of Former Mayor Schmitz. in the
French restaurant cases, declaring
that no law was violated. Notwith-
standing the fact that Ace Rusf plead
ed guilty to extortion he will now be
freed of that charge.
The American torpedo boat destroy
er hotilla has reached Pernambuco,
Brazil, on its way to the Pacific.
The democratic state convention of
Oklahoma, has been called to meet
in Muskogee on February y.
Night riders recently visited Bethel
and Sherbourne, KY, burning two in
dependent tobacco plants and other
business property.
The Kansas populists will meet in
state convention at Topeka on March
10.
Perry A. Yeast, a prominent cattle
man of Nebraska, has been convicted
in the federal court at Omaha. OF con-
spiracy to defraud the government in
public land entries.
Congressional.
Representative Miller, of Kansas.
has introduced a bill providing for the
enlargement of the federal building
in Emporia at cost not to exceed