Chicago eagle., 1910-04-30
Items from All Parts of the World
Carefully Selected from the
Press kilograms.
A Weekly Digest Of the Most Important
Facts and Happenings for
Busy Readers.
Sunday.

SUNDAY.
Storm losses throughout the Middle
West were put at s3S.OO0,OOO by the
latest estimates.
Samuel L. Clemens mark Twain)
was laid to rest beside his wife and
children In Elmira, N. Y.
The government took steps to stop
gambling In cotton, which caused a
loss Of millions Of dollars in trade.
William Fetzer, manufacturer at
Springfield, ILL.,, wrote Taft letter
attacking trust abuses under the pres.
ent patent system.
Monday.
Paris bestowed on Rcssevalt her
greatest honor; glowing tributes were
paid at the Hotel de Vile.
Vice President Sherman. in a st..
Louis address. defended ,he Payne tar.
III law as a prosperity act.
The grand jury began an investiga.
tion Of alleged fraud in coal purchases
for the Chicago fire department.
Senator Dolliver, assailing the rail.
road bill In the Senate, said the meas.
ure In effect renews pooling systems.
Governor Hughes Of New York &C.
cepted the Supreme Court offer. put.
ting aside his professional and political
career.
A druggist. testifying at the trial
Of DR.. B. c. Hyde in Kansas City. said
the strychnine tonic taken by Colonel
swope was bought by J. Moss Hunton.
Tuesday.
Bjornstjerne Bjornson. famous Nor.
Tegian writer. died In Paris.
The dark, damp weather drew the
frost out OF the plants without killing
them.
A prince OF China was entertained
In Chicago on his trip around the
world.
Former President Roosevelt inspect.
ed flying machines at Paris and mar.
veled at the progress OF invention.
Twenty.one American republics Join.
ed In the dedication Of the new Wash.
ington home of the bureau Of Ameri.
can republics.
W. 8. Fielding. Canada's minister Of
finance, was given q fund OF $4,000
In recognition OF his services for the
last thirteen years.
Senator Clapp In n speech In the
Senate replied to Wickersham's Chi.
cago address and defied the admins.
tration to read any set of men out of
the party.
Wednesday.
.Paulhan. won a $4,000 prize for an
aerial flight from London to Manches.
ter.
Oscar Hammerstein quilted the field
Of grand opera owing to the exactions
of songbirds.
Senator Dolliver said he will fight
for reform from inside the Republican
party, not as ally OF Democrats. us
both big parties are ruled by interests.
The trial Judge In Kansas City re-
voked the 100000 bond OF DR.. Hyde
and ordered the alleged murderer re.
moved TO jail as evidence appeared to
turn against him.
Thursday.
Mark Twain died OF q broken heart.
smoking In pantomime as end drew
near.
The Illinois Supreme Court sustain.
ed the union Of the Presbyterian and
Cumberland Presbyterian Churches.
The attorney general Is conducting
an investigation into the Chicago board
Of trades methods of making prices.
Friday.
Forged bills of lading on cotton
causing millions loss were revealed
by an Alabama failure.
Albert Wolter must die In the elec.
tric chair for numbering 15.year.old J
New York stenographer.
Chinese rioters forced women and
children to flee from Changes and
threatened all foreigners.
The Merriam commission heard that
the city of Chicago has lost $4,000 In
twenty months In fire department coal
contracts.
The nurse said that a week after
DR.. Hyde gave the Swope girl a box
of candy the recipient developed ty.
phoid fever.
Saturday.
Storm and frost did great damage
to crops the country over.
More than 1000 We're made home. |
less by sl,OOO.OOO fire In Lake |
Charles. La.
The Vatican refused permission for |
the Prince Of Monaco to visit the Ital.
Ian king at the Quirinal.
Mobs In China renewed riotlng:
United States cruiser arrived at Han.
kow; other nations sending ships.
Henry w. Hoyt resigned at attorney
general of Porto Rico as result Of
his testimony In the Pinchot. Ballinger
inquiry.
Rev. DR.. Charles A. Eaton, John ID.
Rockefeller's former pastor In Cleve.
land, says New Workers are busy "put.
ting up front"
Roosevelt In Sorbonne lecture de.
clared the average citizen is the main
stay OF a republic and warned his
hearers against race suicide.