The Springfield herald., 1909-03-12
CONDENSATION
OF FRESH NEWS
THE LATEST IMPORTANT DIS.
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT,
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF THE WEEK
SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
WE STEM NEWS.

South Dakota has passed an anti
cigarette law which has the approval
of the governor.
Both houses OF the South Dakota
Legislature have passed the House res
olution granting popular vote on an
equal suffrage amendment.
Secretary of State Frank E. Benson
became Governor of Oregon March 1st
by the resignation of Senator-elect
George Z. Chamberlain, then en- route
to Washington to take the eoath of of
ficc.
Elias ]. Baldwin. known as Lucky
Baldwin," died at his home near Los
Angeles on the list inst. at the age of
eighty-one. His estate is estimated at
S25,000,000, He leaves wife and
daughter.
An aerial race from Berkeley to Re-
no, New, is being planned by the San
Francisco Aero club, which has already
placed its order for the construction of
one of the four balloons which will be
used.
William Walker, one of the cavalry
men who followed ]. Wilkes Booth,
President Lincoln's assassin, and who
stood by Boston Corbett when the lat
ter shot Booth, was buried at Chicago
on the Bird inst, with military honors.
The anti-cigarette bill was passed in
the House OF the Missouri Legislature
on the Srd inst. The bill prohibits the
manufacture, sale or giving away of
cigarettes, cigarette papers or wrap
pers. The penalty is fine of from
$40 to $500.
The recount of the ballots in Union
county in the contest between w. p.
Hepburn OF Clarinda and Senator w.
ID. jameson of Shenandoah for con-
gressman in the Eighth district of Iowa
left jameson with all but two of his
$50 majority.
The Indiana Senate has passed the
new Brolley bill, legalizing baseball on
Sunday. The vote was 26 to 10. Gov
ernor Marshall vetoed the original bill.
but it is believed he will permit the
present measure 10 become law Will
out his signature.
1t is announced that the elevation of
the tracks at Grand Crossing in Chi
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ever undertaken, will be commenced in
the spring. The cost of the elevation
will be $1,000 900 and the tracks will
be at three attitudes, none crossing on
the same grade.
1t is stated that the Canadian gov
ernment has agreed to set apart l, ,00O,-
900 acres of land in Ontario for game
preserve. This will be contiguous to
the 100000 acres recently set apart
by President Roosevelt in St. Louis.
Lake and Cook counties. northern Min
nesota, as forest reserve to be
known as Superior National park.
According to n decision by Chancel-
lor Shackelford the Southern Pacific
Railway Company will only have to
pay the state of Kentucky a tax of ST.
300, 900 on its franchises. 1t was sought
to collect s5.065.0OO a year, liability
for its steamship lines between Gal
weston and New Orleans and New
York, and for stocks and bonds.
Governor Brooks of Wyoming has
vetoed the Swisher act, which was in
tended to compel railroads operating
in Wyoming 10 give Wyominsites the
benefit of an equalizing of rates when
they purchased tickets for trips into
neighboring states, where the rate is
lower than in Wyoming. The COVER
nor's given reason for the veto is that
he believes the act in conflict with the
federal laws.