The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-10-08

!, According TO the report OF the gen.
| eral land office upon the receipts from
The sales Of public lands In the coun-
ny during the year which ended June
30. last. the aggregate amount from
| sales in Kansas was >179,4s2; in Mis-
souri, $685.: in Oklahoma. $5s7.1s1.
Judge Ralph Z. Campbell. in the fed
sral court at McAlister, Okl.. issued .
temporary order restraining the state
officials from interfering with the pip
ing of gas out of Oklahoma.
Laboring men of Omaha will appeal
to Gov. Shallenberger to investigate
the strike situation
Millions of dollars worth OF valu-
able paintings are being bought
abroad by American millionaires for
free entry under the new tariff law.
Treasury department advices show
that one Philadelphia millionaire alone
recently imported 100000 Of these
works of art.
Fifty persons were injured. one
fatally, in a street car accident near
the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition
grounds when street car got beyond
control.
The Netherlands financial depart
ment has submitted to the state coun-
ell a bill providing for an Increase Of
20 per cent on all import duties.
The question OF reciprocal demur
rage. upheld by the supreme court Of
Georgia In an opinion handed down.
In which the State Railroad commits
sion was sustained. will be taken to
the supreme court OF the United States
by the roads.
Joseph Leslie, who was one Of the
Albino family which the late show
man P. T. Barnum imported from Bel
GUM. to his museum in New York
City, over fifty years ago. Is dying Of
dropsy at the general hospital In
Kansas City.
President Taft says he will urge
upon congress the necessity Of author.
izing the secretary OF the interior to
issue 100000 bonds for the com.
pletion Of irrigation projects In the
west upon which work has been sus-
pended because OF lack OF funds.
Margaret Price Evans. the wife OF
New York clergyman. committed
suicide at Penwyllt, Wales.
Harry Whitney says he Ii satisfied
that both Cook and Peary reached the
pole.
A joint depate on the tariff bill by
william J. Bryan and Senator Joseph
w. Bailey of Texas at Atlanta Is as
sured. the meeting to be held some
time during October.
Robert Hoe. aged seventy. head OF
r. Hoe q Co., printing press manu-.
facturers OF New York and London,
died In London after a short illness.
Secretary Of Agriculture Wilson con.
cludes that government regulation OF
railroad capitalization would lead to
large investments In securities BY
American farmers.
A religious sect In Massachusetts
waited in vain for the world to come
to an end.
A general election in Great Britain
Is among the early probabilities.
Washington.
When the long-heralded meeting be
tween President Taft and Diaz OF
Mexico at FL Paso and Juarez. Mex.
takes place In October. the interven
Ing territory between these two cities
which Is IN dispute. will be for this
occasion regarded as neutral terri
tory. and the flags of neither nation
will be displayed therein. This un
derstanding has been reached on the
part of the two nations concerned al
the result Of correspondence.
The forecasts OF the United States
weather bureau were borne out with
remarkable exactness by the destruc
tive West Indian hurricane which
visited the South Atlantic and Gull
| coasts.
A board Of officers has been named
to meet at Fort Des Moines Novem
Der for competitive examination ol
candidates authorized to appear fol
second lieutenants In the Philippine
scouts.
II is said tina. progressive republic
ans in the lower house are likely e
form an independent organization.
The abstract Of the condition of the
i UduhB Vi gNcuIdSk6, exCIu0lte
Of Omaha and Lincoln. at the close oil
business September l. as reported e
the comptroller OF the currency. shows
average reserve held OF 1910 per cent
against 16.49 per cent on June %
Loans and discounts decreased from
s5l.011.576 to 345.656.1l4.
Raisin wine IL taxable according e
decision rendered by Commissioner
Of Internal Revenue Cabell. The tai
will take efft ct October l. next. All
internal revenue agents were notified
A very small increase In the mum
Der OF pensioners In the western
states. accompanied by a slight In
crease in the amount paid In pensions
Is shown by the pension commission
er's report for the year ended June
50 last. The figures for the state OF
Nebraska are said to be typical. They
show: Number pensions 1908. l5,405;
1909. 1888. Amount paid: 1908