The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1910-12-17
GENERAL NEWS,

cluued It's three days convention
at the national capital after
adopting resolutions urging the appro-
priation annually or at least $4,000.
600 Tor Improvement or rivers and har.
bors and petitioning congress TO in.
crease materially the corps OF engi
neers OF the army. The resolutions
also set forth that II ought TO be a
cardinal principle OF waterway i'm.
proyement that no project should be
adopted by congress which has not re-
ceiyed the approval OF the army en-.
gineers. The resolutions also recon-
mended the enlargement OF the pow.
ers OF the interstate commerce com
mission 10 the end that the commits
sion may more effectually regulate
competing lines and water carriers
Representative Joseph f. Ransdell
OF Louisville. was reelected president
and Congressman J. +. Ellison OF Gin
cinnau. secretary and treasurer.
Nothing short OF omniscience can
grasp the value OF the farm products
OF this year. At no time in the worlds
history has a country produced farm
products within one year with value
reaching sS,926.000.0OO, which is the
value OF the agricultural products OF
this country for 1910. The value OF
farm products from 1899 TO the pres
ent year has been progressive without
interruption. II the value OF the prod
ucts OF 1899 is placed at 100 the value
for this year is 1879. or almost double
a 20 10. al
years ago. During this period Of un-
exampled agricultural production,
period Of twelve years. during which
the farmers OF this country have stead.
lily advanced In prosperity and wealth
and in economic independence in in
telligence and n knowledge OF agricul-
ture, the total value OF farm products
is $40. 600 600 900. From Secretary OF
Agriculture Wilson's report
AZ London, England, a jury in the
kings bench division awarded Miss
Alexandra Louvima Knollys, daughter
OF Lord Knollys. King Georges pri-
vate secretary. damages in the suit OF
81 800 for libel which she had brought
against the periodical John Bull, for
had eloped with an English army off,
Ger. Horatio w Bottomly, member OF
the house cs commons, who controls
the paper expressed TO the court sin
cere regret that the groundless state.
ment had been made.
Illinois received check for $780,
O09.6S from the Illinois Central Rail-
lee no ~ H..
earnings for the six months ending
oct. 81, 1910 The amount makes n
total OF 81 217. 927.SS received from the
company for the year ending Oct 81,
1919 The largest amount the com
pany ever paid the state in any one
year was 81 3S,536.12. The payment
was made in 1907. The total payments
to the state since the first was made.
March "a. 1855, is $2O,6O2 1850
Secret service men raided dwell.
ling house at Goa Academy street. As.
toria, Long Island, and bagged two
prisoners. quantities OF gold, silver
crUcibles. copper. alloys and mixing
machines which made up they say,
one of the best counterfeitng plants
in the country One OF the prisoners
rot his education in making coins In
the imperial German mint I'm Berlin,
and ranks way up in his chosen pro.
fession
James J. Hill and George b. Har-
ris. chairman OF the board Of directors
OF the Burlington, w. b. Dean, OF 81.
Paul, w. II Dinwoody and t.. G. Cook.
OF Minneapolis, left In special train
for the west on ten days tour which
It is said, has something to do with
the reported entry OF the Burlington
into San Francisco over Western Pa
cinc tracks. Mr.. Hill will visit nearly
all the important cities on the Pacific
coast
The United States government has
begun I'm Chicago a relentless hunt
for band Of bomb throwers OF the
Black Hand. as result OF an attempt
to blow up the three-story brick build
Ing az l08 West Twentieth street, oc-
cupied on the ground floor by Modes
tho Mastrogiovannl. a wealthy Ital-
ian, who conducts a sub.postal station,
bank and steamship agency
Mexican troops completely routed
the reyolutionists In chihuahua and
captured the city Of Guerrero, accord
ing TO a telegram received by the state
department in Washington from Am
bassador Wilson in the City OF Mexico
This cleared the state oc Chihuahua
and other parts OF the country" said
Mr. Wilson, "of all organized resist
ance TO the government"
Herbert Mason Clapp, OF Philadel-
phIa. Pa. grandson OF Mason the
Shoe Black King" and said to be n
millionaire in his own right, was shot
through the head and perhaps fatally
wounded during bedchamber quarrel
with his wife, formerly Marie Leakell,
said 10 have been a manicure In n
Market street hotel.
II Is understood Mr.. Boutell desires
a position on the court OF claims.