The state herald., 1908-01-10

tuDeTCulOSlS among Ine Cdllle ueruS VI
the state.
Night riders recently swooped down
upon Russellville, Logan county, KY,
burning number of independent to-
bacco concerns and other establish
ments and shooting three men who ap-
peared upon the streets.
The bank clearings of the country
for the last week in 1907 shows a de-
crease of Ais per cent as compared
with the last week In 1906.
All the government troops except
two companies have been removed
from Goldfield, New.
During December n total of 2,200.-
539 cubic yards of earth was exca-
waited on the Panama canal.
At Wharton, Ohio, three families
comprising dozen people were seri-
ously poisoned by eating cheese.
The Western Passenger association
has refused to grant special rates to
the spring and fall meetings of mer-
chants In Chicago and st. Louis.
H. F. storrs. a beekkeeper for the
California Safe Deposit and Trust
company at San Francisco, has con-
| fessed to making fal-e entries in the
banks book amounting to 100000.
Maximilien Harden, who has been
on trial at Berlin for libeling Count
Won Moltke in his paper, has been
sentenced to four months imprison-
ment.
In the Pettibone trial ot Boise, Ida
ho. the prosecution made the only ar
gument to the jury, the defense refus-
ing to argue the evidence.
The government of Austria-Hun-
gary has contributed $4,000 to relieve
the sufferers from the recent mine
disasters of Pennsylvania and West
Virginia.
An Atlantic City chair pusher
found q pocketbook containing $500
in money and jewelry valued at sew
eral thousand dollars which he re.
turned to the woman who lost it. His
honesty was rewarded by the gift OF
two nickels and two pennies.
Natural gas has been found on the
outskirts of Enid. Ok.
|
lis, Mimi. is down from 81 to SO a
thousand feet.
The senate committee investigating
the Brownsville shooting ARRAY had
previous to June so, 1907, spent $50.
900.
NJ. De Tross. the Belgian premier
and minister of the interior, is critl
cally Ill at Brussels.
At the last cabinet meeting in 1907
II was decided to appeal from the de
cision OF Judge Lewis of Denver by
which all the indictments against
coal land grafters in Colorado were
quashed.
Citizens Of Franklin. Pa, have
brought suit for damages against the
company which supplies water to the
city charging that recent typhoid
epidemic was caused by the impure
water supplied.
The annual tournament Of roses
was held mt Pasadena, Cal. on New
Years day. Seventy thousand per
sons witnessed the beautiful floral pa
rade In which Miss May Sutton. the
international tennis champion, was
the queen.
Three members OF the city fire de
partment of Vancouver. b. c.. wer,
attacked and badly wounded by .
crowd OF Japanese armed with knives
The flremen had accidentally broker
the glass In front of Japanes,
store.
A passenger train on the Grant
Trunk railway rolled down an EN-
bankment near Barrie, Ont. and wai
entirely consumed by FIRE which
caught from an overturned stove
Fifteen passengere were Injured.
Twenty.three hundred barrels o.
beer. valued at $4,000. which th'
state authorities would not permit
sold. was poured Into the sewers a
an Oklahoma City brewery.
Judge Lewis of Denver has quashet
all the indictments secured by the
government In the coal land fraut
cases. holding II not criminal to agre,
In advance OF entry TO sell coal lant
thus acquired to others.
chronological instruments at Wash
inston and elsewhere recorded VIC
lent earthquake OF one hours duration
the exact location OF which Is moi
known. but which was probably ai
violent as the Kingston disaster.
Robbers blew open the safe In III,
postoilleo at Solomon. Kan. with dy
Mantle and escaped with 500 In cash
Tho legislature OF Nevada will as
scmbly In special session January II
upon call OF the governor to take nc
tlon toward adjusting the difference,
that exist between miners and min,
owners at Goldneld.
As result OF the contentious II
tho famous Druee case In England. The
court ordered the oasket In whiei
Thomas Charles Druee was buried
opened aa one faction testified tha
no body was In the casket at the tint
OF burial ~ years ago. When opened
II was found TO contain the remain
| af mn aeal man