The Dolores star., 1908-03-06

Kansas charter board for . SO. 900 900
charter for An electric road from Kan
sas City to Topeka with . branch from
Lawrence south to Independence, Kan.
The women's auxiliary Of the G.. A.
r. presented q United States nag to
Gov. Haskell. Of Oklahoma. with a re-
quest that 1t be placed in the legis-
lative hall. This the governor de-
clined to do unless an ex-confederate
organization Joined in the presenta-
ton.
The battleship neet has sailed from
Callao for Magdalena bay. 3.012 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 q sentence
OF five years in the Hutchinson re-
formatory.
The Socialist party will hold con-
vention in Topeka, Kan, April 2, 8 and
4. to nominate candidates for state Of
ficers and elect delegates to the Ma
tional convention at Chicago.
A woman who had been called an
"old hen" and an "old cat by q man
has been awarded 3501 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-
gress by Representative Scott to es-
| tablish subtreasury at Kansas City,
Kan.
The average yearly wages of the
men employed in the train service Of
the various Kansas railroads Is 81
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
a wage schedule. Unless some agree
mcnt is reached by April / all the
union bituminous coal miners of the
country will cease work.
Several business buildings in Ellin-
wood. Kan. were burned recently caus-
ing 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 a military post.
Des MoiIes. Ia, is threatened with a
strike of the street car employees.
The Missouri Republicans in state
convention at st. Louis named SEN
ator Warner. Herbert S. Hadley. John
| ii. 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 a scandal in the pat
ent office. An invention valued at
more than $5.OOO.OOO 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
| Saryino mace In his church Of napyor
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 collision with trolley car Nei
ther the queen nor the prince were
injured.
The police of st. Louis are guarding
the residence of DR.. Menestrina, a
) prominent Italian physician who has
been receiving blackmailing letters
from the BLACK Hand"
: The Roman Catholic convent al
!, Mason City. Ia. was recently destroyed
by fire. The IS inmates all had mar
row escapes.
G. w. Cox. a wood chopper of Frank
/ lin Junction. Mo-, has confessed tc
removing a rail from the Missouri Pa
: cifc track at Otterville, Mo-, recently
when freight train was wrecked
His intention was to wreck and rob 8
, passenger train. 81
Personal.
Andrew Hamilton, the Legislative
agent" of the New York Life and Other
insurance companies who maintained
headquarters at Albany and the dis
closure of whose operations by ths
insurance Investigation caused a sen
sation, was found dead in bed at hi:
home in Albany. n. Y. His death was