The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-10-08

Judge N6tpn +. III the leu
eral court at McAlister. Okl., issued q
temporary order restraining the state
o1cials 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 n Philadelphia millionaire alone
recently imported 100000 Of these
works Of art.
Fifty persons were injured, one
fatally, in q street car accident ear
the Alaska Yukon-Pacifc exposition
grounds when a street car got beyond
control.
The Netherlands financial depart,
ment has submitted to the state coun
Gil a bill providing for an increase OF
80 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 in New York
City. owe 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 $10,0 900, 900 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 10 satisfied
that both Cook and Peary reached the
pole.
A joint depate on the tariff bill by
William ]. 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 & 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
10 among the early probabilities.
Washington.
When the long-heralded meeting be.
tween President Taft and Diaz OF
Mexico at Ell 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.
Outstanding has been reached on the
part of the two nations concerned az
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 Cult
coasts.
A board Of officers has been named
TO meet ut Fort Des Moines Novem.
Der / for competitive examination OF
candidates authorized to appear for
second lieutenants in the Philippine
scouts.
1t 10 said tina. progressive republic.
ans In the lower house are likely to
form an independent organization.
The abstract Of the condition Of the
national banks of Nebraska. exclusive
Of Omaha and Lincoln, at the close OF
business September /. as reported to
the comptroller of the currency, shows
average reserve held Of 1910 per cent,
against 1919 per cen on June %.
Loans and discounts decreased from
s 1.011.575 to $45,656.114.
Raisin wine il taxable according to
. decision rendered by Commissioner
of Internal Revenue Cabell. The tax
will take effect October /. 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,
10 shown by the pension commission.
er's report for the year ended June
30 last. The figures for the state OF
Nebraska are said to be typical. They
show: Number pensions 1908, 5.4O5;
1903, 1858. Amount paid: 1905.
1903, $2,650.451.
Personal.
President Taft will be given q &c.,
600 banquet at the Fairmont hotel in
San Francisco on the night of October
&. according to DlanS announced.