The Glenwood post., 1908-01-25

ley, in connection with the Kansas
and Oklahoma situation, holds that
national banks under the present
banking laws may not lawfully pay
out money on a plan to guarantee
depositors.
The state insurance commission OF
Oklahoma has Cancelled the license or
the Great Western Life Insurance com
pany of Kansas City to do business in
that state.
Judge Smith Mcpherson, in the
United States district court at Kansas.
has rendered decision declaring void
and unconstitutional the Missouri law
forbidding foreign corporations from
transferring suits brought against
them from state to federal courts.
Japanese immigration to America is
decreasing according to reports re-
ceived by the immigration bureau. The
falling off for December, 1907, was
1924 as compared with 1906.
President Roosevelt has presented
King Victor Emmanuel of Italy with
several samples of the new $40 and
pAu hlhViituh Soiu Soiho' A> iAi'5
has one of the finest collections of
coins in the world.
After having been entombed in the
Alpha shaft at Ely, New, 46 days by a
cave-in, three men have been rescued.
They were given food through a six
inch water pipe.
The American battleship fleet at Rio
T., hy,
pedo boat flotilla. The tiotilla will
only remain long enough to coal and
will then proceed to Buenos Ayres.
In response to a request from the
Nevada legislature the president has
decided to allow the troops to remain
at Goldfield until that body can formu-
late some plan to organize force to
perform the police functions of the
state.
Mrs. Herbert NJ. Sears, wife of a re-
tired broker of Boston, during fit
of temporary insanity leaped from
the window of her room on the 18th
floor of the ST. Regis hotel in New
York and was dashed to death on the
roof of an adjoining building.
The Masonic temple at Baltimore,
Md, was recently entirely destroyed
by fire.
A bill has been introduced in the
Kansas legislature providing for the
shutting off of natural gas to non-resi-
dents whenever there is shortage
in the supply.
While attending a G. A. R banquet
at Carrollton, Ill, DR.. j. B. Hayes, a
veteran, was stricken while making
an address, and died almost immedi-
ately.
The democratic state convention of
Nebraska will be held at Omaha on
| March 5.
DR.. p. X. Dahl, a prominent physi-
clan of Mason City, Iowa, has been ar
rested on an Indictment charging man.
slaughter in causing the death of a
woman by criminal operation.
Judge Dana in the Shawnee county
district court assessed fine of 2,OOG
| against the International Harvester
company which the court found guilty
on 43 counts of violating the Kansas
antitrust law.
at Durant, Ok, have failed with assets
of $4,000, and liabilities of $4,000.
An anarchstic plot has been discov.
cred at Rio Janeiro, having for it's
object the destruction of a part of the
American fleet while in that harbor.
The tin mills at Newcastle. Pa. EN-.
ploying LOO men, have resumed oper.
ations after being shut down for three
months.
The Kansas legislature is in special
session at Topeka, The principal
recommendations of Gov Hoch are for
a primary law, bank depositors' guar.
antee law, railroad legislation and
strengthening the prohibition law
The United Kansas Portland Cement
company, with headquarters at lola
Kan, capitalized at s12,75O,OOO has alb.
sorbed the Kansas Portland at lola
the Independence Portland at Inde
pendence and the Indian Portland at
Neodesha under one management
The Bank of Ellinwood, at Ellin.
wood, Kan, has been closed by order
of the state bank examiner.
| Personal.
| Isaac N. Hascall, at one time govern.
or of Nebraska, and for years a promi.
nent politician of that state, is dead.
Charles Emory Smith, editor of the
Philadelphia Press, and former United
States minister to Russia and post
master-general, died suddenly at his
home in Philadelphia.
Secretary Cortelyou has returned to
his desk after four weeks siege OF
the grip. He denies emphatically that
he has any thought of resigning at
the present time.
Nearly 1900 friends and relatives
of William j. Bryan attended the dol.