The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1910-12-09

American Red Cross In Washington
President Taft presided at the after
noon session.
i The first lake states forest fire con
ference began In St. Paul, Mimi, with
several governors and many forestry
experts present. -
County Treasurer Hardy H. Whit
lock of Danville, IT., turned over the
office to his successor, o. B. Wysong,
after an announcement that he was
short s37,522. Following this he sur
rendered all his property to his bonds
| men, the latter making good the bal
ance due the county.
Restriction of immigration, espe-
cially of unskilled labor. is strongly
| urged in the final report OF the immi-
] grafton commission which was sent
to congress by Senator Dillingham;.
| Forty persons were seriously IN.
jured, number Of them fatally, in
collision on the london (England)
Northwestern railroad at Willensden
| junction. The second section of
train from Watford plowed into the
first section, which was standing at
the junction. E-E
Balloting among Chicago & Alton
engineers, which has been - progress
for three weeks. has been concluded,
the result being IS per cent. in favor
of strike and five per cent. opposed.
H. A. Franklin, the male suffra-
gist" who attempted to assault Home
Secretary Churchill November 26. was
sentenced in London to six weeks in
jail. Franklin is nephew Of Post
master General Samuel
Importers Of teas have received Of
fetal notice that after May /, 1911,
they must not sell tea that Is artifi.
cially colored or favored except In
packages labeled plainly to that ef-
feet.
The Volcanic Research society has
just been organized at Springfield,
Mass. It's purpose is to investigate
volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and
allied phenomena.
At a cost Of $250,0O0 the govern
ment has constructed playhouse at
the hospital for the insane at Wash
ington and will run a continuous per-
Torrance. There are 1000 patients in
the institution.
Officially recognizing Robert E.
Peary as discoverer of the north pole,
George Won l.. Meyer, secretary of the
navy, in his annual report to congress
suggests the explorer be retired as
rear admiral with pay dating from the
day Peary discovered the pole.
Torrential downpours continue
throughout France and the flood stu.
alton hourly grows more serious. Prac-
tically every stream In the country Is
out of Its banks. Hundreds of villages
are being surrounded by the waters
and are being provishioned by soldiers
with boats.
Mourned by many men prominent In
Boston's financial district, Robert E.
Davie, known as "the boy banker" has
disappeared. He Is 20 years old.
Between 100000 and 100000 are
said to be the losses of those with
whom he did business.
Joseph Vending was found guilty
by jury of the murder of eight-year-
old Alma Kellner and his punishment
| fixed at life Imprisonment,
Night Sergeant Wilfred French was
shot and instantly killed in the Cairo
(Ill) police headquarters by Sheriff
Alb Bankston of Pulaski county. AS the
news spread over the city an excited
crowd gathered at headquarters. As
a precaution against trouble Bankston
was taken out of town.
Banana Anna" who is charged
with having swindled the New York
Central railroad, confessed at New
York that she had obtained more than
$4,000 damages from II railroads by
pretending that she had been injured
by falls.
The Prussian government has drawn
up a bill compelling Berlin and the
suburban municipalities to combine in
greater Berlin. The population of
the metropolitan area is close to $780,.
900.
The two new "super-dreadnoughts"
authorized at the last session of con-
gress are to be named the New York
and Texas, says Secretary Meyer.
These two will be the greatest war
ships afloat.
Three students of the University of
Illinois were expelled by the council
of administration after investigations
of alleged plagiarizing by them.
Hurled over 25-foot embankment
and pinned beneath an automobile, the
baby daughter OF Mrs. Frank Berry OF
Trinidad, Col. clasped tightly In Its
mothers arms, was taken from the
wreckage unframed. The mother re-
ceived serious injuries.
Frank Belding. student In the Uni.
versity Of Kansas at Lawrence, will
lose the sight Of both eyes, physicians
say, as the result of an explosion OF
sodium in the organic chemistry lab.
oratory in the university.
Electricity henceforth will be used
to do all the cooking for sailors aboard
the new ships of the navy, as tests
have shown the superiority Of the
electric range over the old coal galley,
not only in convenience but in
economy
The country home of Mrs. c. l..
Koch, just outside Quincy, ILL.,, was
burned. II was historic place and
the old mahogany furniture It con.
tanned had been collected piece by
piece by the late Doctor Koch.
The Ulster Unionist council OF Bel
fast, Ireland. decided, in view Of the
Irish political crisis, to invite tenders
for the immediate delivery Of arms
and ammunition.
The Berlin Academy OF Sciences
elected Prof. Lewis Boss. the astrono'
mer and since 1876 director OF Dudley
observatory at Albany. N. Y. a CORE.
spending member.
An ordinance prohibiting smoking
at polling places on election day was
passed by the Seattle council. The
ordinance Is the direct result of the