The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-10-28

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Montana.
A council of Christian union tt
sweep away UNCONVENTIONAL barriers
was proposed at the Topeka conven
ton.
Fire totally destroyed the Adeline
Sugar company's plant at Franklin,
Pa. Loss, 100000.
Special agents at Washington are
looking into allegations of the ex.
istence of a lumber trust.
The supreme court postponed &C
ton on most Of the big suits pending
until there is a full bench.
Reciprocity negotiations will prob.
ably be in progress between Canada
and the United States within ten
days.
The will of Horace B. Silliman of
Cohoes, N. Y, a former textile nan
facturer, bequeathes the estate Of
more than 100000 to philanthropic
purposes.
To h already large area of about
100000 acres, the department Of
the interior has added 1877, 900 ares
of land to the enlarged homestead
portion of Wyoming.
Thirty-six cigar factories out of the
thirty-eight belonging to the Manu-
f%acturers' association will open their
doors at Tampa to all cigarmakers
willing to work on the manufacturers
terms.
Rear Admiral John A. Rogers, U.
S. NJ. retired, arrived from Alaska,
convinced hat his missing son, AL
exander, who went north in the sum.
mer of 1909, persisted on the Valdez
Fairbanks trail.
Acting Secretary of State Alvey A.
Adee, who has ridden over much of
this country and Europe on a bicycle
without mishap, was injured while rid.
ing in Washington when he attempt.
ed to avoid running over a yellow dog.
AdOlph R~othbarth, the hop mer-
chant. who pleaded guilty to having
%defrauded various banks in New
York out of 100000, was sentenced
to serve not less than three and not
more than sever years in Sing Sing
prison.
Announcement was made at Cleve.
land of a gift of $250.O0O by John D.
Rockefeller to the medical department
Western Reserve university. The
gift, which is a personal one, is made
conditional on the raising Of $780,
600 more by the university.
Another chapter was added to the
history of aviation when the French
dirigible balloon Clement-Bayard
made the voyage from Compeigne to
in the remarkable time of six
hours, a journey requiring seven
hours by the fastest express trains.
The lon%g-standing uneasiness among
railroad employees in France de-
veloped in a declaration to strike on
the part of those employed on the
northern roads. The decision is a re.
suit of a refusal Of the company to
grant the demands of the men.
A move toward %unification of all
of Chicago's street car lines was made
when the city council passed an or
dinance permitting the rehabilitation
of the Chicago Traction company and
the purchase of the Consolidated Rail-
by the Chicago Railways COM
pany.
Uniformity in grain inspection
throughout the United States and in
the rules Of trading in all exchanges
will be the principal subject con-
at the fourteenth annual con-
vention Of the grain dealers national
association, which held it's initial ses.
sion in Chicago.
Consul Chamberlain telegraphed the
state department from Lourenzo Mar
East Africa, hat the governor
general of hat colony continued in
office under the new Portuguese reg
ime; that the republic had been pro-
throughout the provinces and
that the translation was peaceable.
The Missouri state primary election
law of 1909 is attacked in a petition
filed in the supreme court declaring
it unconstitutional. The petition was
by attorneys for John Felz to
compel the board Of election commits.
of st. Louis to place his name
on the official ballot as an %independ.
ent candidate for the office of justice
the peace.
A violent collision occurred on the
of Valencia, Spain, between
republicans and members of the Cath.
Ollie club.
1t is officially stated that the British
war office is considering the possibili-
ty OF securing a regular supply of
horses for the mounted troops in
Jamaica.