Semi-weekly herald., 1910-04-25
malady that induced Mrs. Hodes to

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Try the effect of suggestion made while
she was under the Influence of a hyp-
notist.
The rivers and harbors bill. carry
ing appropriations OF s52.5OO.0O0 has
passed the senate.
Early vegetation and fruit are badly
damaged through Illinois as result
Of the recent cold weather.
Montana has been visited by an
earthquake. the shock being qnite per
ceptiie in pany localities.
Prssxent Taft has been presented
with[' petition signed by $4,000 Indi-
anans praying for the pardon of John
h. Walsh
Thousands of settlers in Montana
are rendering all towns in the north.
ern and central parts OF that state ex-
cecdiugly active.
Los Angeles Is Offering 100000 to
back the California Aero club in its
efforts 10 get the international avla.
tion meet this year
Gene Kent Allison. wife of Arthur
Hammersteln. the theatrical manager.
has filed a suit for divorce at Reno.
New, alleging failure to provide.
Because ]. ]. Kcon a Socialist lead
er of Grafton, H.. refused to pay his
poll tax amounting to $3.50, he has
been sentenced to serve six months In
the county jail. and proposes to serve
the sentence in preference to paying
the tax.
Congress has agreed to a resolution
providing for the printing of a million
copies OF Secretary Wilson's cook book.
entitled, Meats; The Cheaper Cuts
and Their Preparation These are
TO be distributed by senators and mem.
hers of the house. free to all who
apply.
The smallest piece of property ever
recorded sold in the United States
has just been recorded in Cook coun.
y. Illinois. The parcel Is three-quar.
ters of an inch In width and one hun
dred twenty-five feet In length. and is
reported very valuable lying In the
heart of Chicago.
The rate cases pending In the fed
eral court of Arkansas, In which the
attempting 10 nullify the 2-cent pas
senger rate and the freight schedules
promulgated by the Arkansas railroad
commission, is being vigorously fought
by both the state and the railroads
To care for the great tonnage of
copper ore handled by It In the Bing-
ham mining district of Utah, the Den
yer & Rio Grande some months ago
placed orders for eight Mnllet loco
motives of the most powerful type
These have just been delivered and
will at once be commissioned. They
will also be used on Soldier Summit
one of the hardest grades that the
Rio Grande has TO contend with in
| Utah
The Rock Island railroad, which only
"A few weeks ago placed orders for 81
100000 worth of new equipment, Is
now in the market for an additional
order of 1000 freight cars and fifty
nine locomotives. The freight car or.
der viii be made up of 800 box cars,
800 automobile furniture cars, 300
stock cars and 200 ballast cars. The
locomotive order viii comprise TWEEN
ty-iiye of the Pacific type engines and
thirty-four consolidation freight en-
glnes.
Stockholders of the Chicago. MIL
waukee and st. Paul railway are the
owners OF 100000 900 worth OF prop.
erty, the existence of which has been
heretofore unsuspected. Several hun
dred thousand acres OF rich timber
the line Of the Puget Sound road are
| found 10 be owned by the Milwaukee
Land company, which is known TO be
"a st. Paul Railway concern The price
| 100000 II could be sold today for
3o.000.000. and its wealth Is so rapid.
ly increasing that expert timber men
say 1t viii fetch s5o,0O0,o0 In few
years.
Denying the report that the Burling
ion railroad had entered into an agree
ment with the Denver & Rio Grande
and the Gould-Western Pacific roads 10
run through trains from Chicago TO
San Francisco. Darius Miller, president
OF the Burlington railroad, said the
dispatches from Denver that such an
agreement had been entered into were
without foundation.
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