Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-01-14
GENERAL NEWS.

Representative SABBATH Of Chicago
scored against Representative Mann
when the Bennett-Sabath white slave
bill was passed BY the house. That
action, in effect, sends the Mann bill
on the same subject to the waste bas-
ket OF the house.
The New York Geological society
viii spend nearly 500. 900 in : world.
vide study Of pheasants. An expedi.
ton headed BY Prof. Beebe will visit
England, China. India, Borneo and,
other countries.
The city's tax books for 1910, which
were made public, show that. as q
general rule, the wealthy women of
New York are assessed for much
larger sums in personal property than
the wealthy men.
Miss Roberta B. De Janon and Fred.
srick Cohen, who eloped from Phila-
delphla on December 20 and who
have been sought from end to end of
the country, were arrested by the
Chicago police in . North side board
ing house. Miss De Janon II the
granddaughter Of Robert Buist. mil
,lionaire seed merchant Of Philadel-
phia, and belongs to one of the most
aristocratic families Of the Quaker
city. Cohen Is q married man and 9
waiter.
Judge r. s. Lovett, president Of the
Union Pacific Railroad Company, sub
United proposition to President Taft
and Attorney General Wickersham for
. settlement out of court Of the gov
e.nmeEes trust-busting suit against
the gigantic Hartman system. The
conference lasted nearly four hours
and at It's conclusion Attorney Gen.
2eral Wickersham announced that no
definite result had been arrived at.
The senate committee on public
lands backed down and the Ballinger-
Pinchot resolution, shorn OF the pro
viEion restoring power to Speaker
Cannon to name the house members
on the joint committee Of investiga-
ton, was put through the senate by
unanimous vote and without discus
sion. Thus was avoided q clash be-
tween the two houses Of congress.
Frank and Harold George, brothers,
and w. r. Garner, three most promi-
nent young men In Atlanta, Ga. were
Instantly killed when touring loco
mobile In which they we're speeding
out was torn to pieces by a trolley
car. w. H. George, father OF the
George brothers, and r. 8. Gable, who
we're also in the automobile, were
seriously injured and may not recov-
ser. Henry Johnston, motorman on
the trolley car. was badly hurt,
Mrs. Pauline Russelie, q trainer Of
performing leopards, was seriously
mutilated by one Of three Of these ami
mails she owns while she was putting
the brutes through q rehearsal OF
their act IN a big cage on the fourth
floor Of Huber's museum. New York
city. III !. VI .3
The Illinois Firemen's association
held fts yearly meeting In Granite
city.
The trial Of former Congressman
.Binger Hermann on q charge OF con.
,spiring to defraud the government out
~ public lands opened n Portland,
ore. rs.
n Physicians Of Michigan, Indiana and
Ohio attended the semi-annual meet
Ing OF the Northern Tri-State Medical
association IN Fort Wayne. Ind.
The best meeting ever held BY the
Kansas Improved Stock Breeders a..
ssociation began II Topeka, Gov
Dtubbs welcoming the members.
Tfodsrick GOebel. = 4 packer, On.
sp3oyod Il = wholesale ~ goods house,
NJ 1hoe W y policsman and probably
slataIIy Woan6sd ~ Denyer. Col, whilas
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alycrce againStI