Semi-weekly herald., 1910-04-11

gress barring from Interstate and for
| eign commerce, eggs that have beer
held in cold storage for more thaI
twelve months.
| President James OF the uniyersit,
OF Illinois tells William Il. Curtis tha
the demand for college graduates II
agriculture, engineering and chemistr.
is greater than the supply.
Seats for the Jeffries-Johnson heavy
weight battle for the championship
of the world have been placed on sale
and are being eagerly sought for By
sports throughout the United States.
More than 300 saloons were voted
out of business by the people OF nine
teen Michigan counties Monday. Oh
| the thirty-six other counties where 10
cal option elections were held twenty
voted dry" and sixteen voted wet
Charles Warren Fairbanks has been
offered an appointmentsb President
Taft as special envoy vi the United
States to Argentine Republic, and de
clined. Mr. Fairbanks health is the
reason assigned for his not accepting
the tender.
The next international sheep show
viii be held in Ogden, Utah, in con
nection with the Four-State fair, from
September 20 to 2S Several thousand
sheep win be on exhibition and pre-
miums amounting to $4,000 will be
given.
The military court of inquiry, which
during the last year has been lnves-
tieating the shooting up of Brownville,
Tex, reported finding that the evi.
dence clearly sustained the charge that
the shooting was done by soldiers of
the Twenty-fifth infantry, colored.
The bill providing for bureau of
mines in the interior department. au-
thorized by Senator Dick of Ohio,
promises TO become law. The pur-
pose of the bill is TO place the mines
of the United States under public su.
pervision in regard to safety to the
lives of miners. similar 10 the laws in
force in Belgium, France and Ger
many
As the result of his investigations
covering Illinois and large part of
he southwest. l.. S. Hoyt estimates the
wheat crop of Kansas at 10000, 900
bushels. Nebraska at 40,000,000 bush.
els, Oklahoma and Texas $4,000. 900
bushels. Missouri 20,00O.O0O bushels
and Illinois over 36,00O000 bushels.
The oats crop of the southwest he es.
Inmates as giving promise of the larg.
est ever raised.
Sunday was a day of rest for be
tween 10000 and $4,000 operating EN-
ployes of the Northwestern road and
every Sunday in the future will be just
like it. except in time of business emer-
gency. The reason for this lies in the
fact that President Marvin Hughitt
believes that men will do as much or
more work in six days as they will
in seven. The experiment was tried
Sunday, with the result that Mon.
day night the road was never In bet
ter condition with respect to having
its traffic CLEANED up" and moving
properly all over the entire system.
Considerable interest is taken in the
smash OF the United States Banking
company of the City of Mexico. in
which the Bank of Montreal is heavily
involved. The first information in con
nection with the bank crash stated
that the losses would amount TO up,
ward of s7,o00,OOO, this being Mexican
money, but 1t is now conceded that
this is too high. 1t is understood,
however, that the Bank of Montreal
Will be Interested at least to the ex.
tent of 100000. and just what as
sets will be set off against this claim
is hard at present TO arrive at. Sew
eral prominent officials of the Bank
of Montreal, including Mr.. Stavert,
have been dispatched to Mexico TO
look into the financial catastrophe.