Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1910-01-21
WORLD NEWS OF
THE WEEK.
Covering Minor Happenings From
All Over the Globe
DOM ESTIC.


tality opened permanent headquarters
at Baltimore.
Tammany office-holders under the
civil service in New York have STOP
ped paying political club dues and
general committee assessments owing
to Mayor Gaynor's letter to Park Com
missioner Higgins, and fruitful
source of revenue to the Tiger has
been cut off.
Some one broke into the county
Jail at Hartford, Conn.,, and took 5000
from a safe.
The New York Stock Exchange sus-
pended s. B. Chaplin and his partner
for their connection with the, Rock ISL
and furry of December q.
Automobile registration fees are
recommended by the New York State
Highway Commission as means Of
aiding in the expense Of construction
and maintenance of better roads.
Glenn II. Curtis established new
worlds records at the international
aviation meet in Los Angeles.
Governor Fort in his ANNUAL mes
sage to the New Jersey Legislature
recommended that the location of in
stitutions for the prevention or cure
of tuberculosis should be subject to
the approval of the State Board of
Health.
Brokers need not submit to an ex-
animation of their private books in
connection with the collection of the
stock transfer tax, rules the Court of
Appeals.
The New York Military Academy
at Cornwall, N. Y, was burned; the
students, numbering about one hun
dred and fifty, marched out in order,
but lost most of their effects.
Mayor Gaynor, of New York. in
structed his new Tax Board to give
justice to all in making assessments.
to find real values, to avoid favoritism.
to ignore politics and to dismiss any
deputy doing wrong.
WASHINGTON.
To investigate the high prices of
foodstuffs the National Antitrust AS
sociation plans conference of State
and federal officials.
TEX" Rickard makes formal an.
nouncement of arranging to hold the
Jeffries-J Johnson fight on Mormon
Church land in Salt Lake City.
The BallingerP Pinchot investigation
resolution was sent to conference.
President Taft will show no con-
sideration for insurgents like Senator
La Toilette.
Definite steps were taken in Wash.
ington looking to changing the date
of the Presidents Inauguration from
March to late in April.
The Marquis de Villalobar, Spanish
Minister to Washington, has been
transferred to Lisbon.
The Immigration Commission. in
asking S125,OOO additional from Con-
gress, discloses that 1t spent almost
100000 in its tour of Europe.
Expected reprisals by holding up
nominations were not in evidence,
Senator LaFollette, chairman of the
senate committee on census, report
ing favorably to the senate more than
300 nominations of census supervisors.
A. F. Potter, of Arizona, was ap-
pointed Chief Forester of the United
removed by President Taft
Mr. Sulzer offered in the House at
Washington joint resolution to rec
ognize Estrada as President of Ncara-
qua.
The Senate Committee on Public
Lands reconvened and amended its
resolution providing for the Ballinger-
Pinchot investigation so as to leave
to the House the method of selecting
its membership of the committee.
FOREIGN.
Nicaragua's revolution grew out OF
banana war on the east coast.
Russia decided to reject Knox's
plan for Manchuria's railways.
President Madriz verbally accepted
Rear-Admiral Kimball's tender of
good offices to facilitate negotiations
for peace.
The German government announced
its approval of Secretary Knox's pro-
posal for the naturalization Of the
Manchurian railways.
A special dispatch from London
says that both parties are confident
of victory in the forthcoming election.
principally because of the large meet
ings which have been held.
A plot to assassinate King Manuel
II. of Portugal was unearthed.
The Congregation of Cardinals and
all the Vatican officials attended the
funeral of Cardinal Satolli in Rome.
The Inheritance of Princesses
Louise, Stephanie and Clementine,
daughters of the late King Leopold. Is
estimated at about S4,000,000.
Japan Is unanimously opposed to
Secretary Knox's proposal to neutral
ize the Manchurian railways.