The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-01-06

versity.
At the conclusion of a six weeks
campaign at Waterloo, Ia, Billy Sun!
day, the evangelist, was given $500
by citizens.
A London editor charged that war
scares were created by armament
makers.
News of the attempted as
sassination of Prince Ching, at Pc
kin, Dec. 1st.
After research it has been found
that McKinley's birthday occurs on
the Goth day of January.
A ~half-dozen firemen and as many
policemen were killed by falling
walls in a Philadelphia fire.
The senate passed the omnibus
claims bill in the face of vigorous
objections of Senator BristOw.
President Taft has authorized cabi
net members to require longer hours
Of work by department clerks.
There was an impressive funeral
service at Washington for Don Ami
bal Cruz, the late Chilean minister.
Charley Taft, the presidents young
est son. is home for the holidays and
things have begun to happen around
the white house.
A fight will be made by Represen-
tative Rainey of Illinois to bring the
question of former President Roose-
velt's travelling expenses before con-
greSS.
A postmortem examination of the
body of Mrs. Charles p. Mckenna,
who was found dead in her home at
st. Paul. showed that the woman had
been murdered.
1t is announced that negotiations
have been completed for the amalga'
nation Of the Western Union Tele'
graph company and the Anglo-Ameri
can Cable company.
Nebraska is making a hard fight to
capture the place on the Eighth cir
cult made. vacant by the promotion
of Judge Vandevanter to the United
States supreme court.
Twenty German army officers head
ed by a major will be selected from
a number that have volunteered I'd
go to Brazil and give military instruc'
tons to the Brazilian army.
News of another engagement be-
tween federal troops and revolution
lists in Mexico was given in a tele.
gram from Enrique Creel. Mexican
minister of foreign relations.
In London it was announced that
negotiations have been completed fol
the amalgamation of the Western
Union Telegraph company Gld the
Anglo-American Cable company.
"In the interest,"" as he explained
it. "of true temperance in the army
Representative Bartholdt Of Missouri
introduced a bill providing for this
restoration Of the army canteen.
At Springfield, Mo-, Alonzo Bryant
GO years old, was instantly killed at
his home when a folding bed in
which he and his wife were sleeping,
suddenly closed up. His neck was
broken.
Christmas day the oldest surgeon
in the point Of service in the United
States army and an old-time Indian
fighter, in the person of Colonel Jo'
seph r. Girard, chief surgeon of the
department Of Texas. retired.
Robert S. Lovett, cess to Ed.
ward H. Hartman as president OF
the Southern Pacific and the Union
Pacific railroads, told the railroad
securities commission that he was in
favor of federal supervision Of rates
Miss Alma Stanley, an orphan and
a teacher in the public schools al
Atlanta, Ga, inherited 100000 by
the terms of the will of Mrs. Jose
phine Abbott, her great aunt. Mrs
Abbott left an estate valued at $3.50.
coo.
BY doing it's own sealing in Alaska
the United States government ha!
profited this year more than three
times the amount it ever did in an!
single year when the sealing privil
eyes were rented to a commercial
company.
The location of the Panama cana
exposition in 1915 will be settled 81
far as congress can settle it shOrtl!
after the holidays recess. The com
mittee on rules decided to bring it tt
a vote by the middle of January, a
the latest.
The calendar year 1910 is going t
be the banner one for the worlds ir
ternational trade. according to the br
reau of statistics. Statistics fror
practically every country show tina
both imports and exports are consiC
erably greater than in 1909.
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