The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-01-27


| tory pleaded for a right to raise
rates.
Senator Elkins left an estate valued
at s2o, zoo, 900.
Governor Carroll, in his message,
pleads for less political strife in Iowa.
Charles F. johnson, of Waterviile,
Me-, a democrat, was elected united
States senator.
The census taken in December
shows that the population in Vienna
numbers 2,0O4,291.
Virginia wants the supreme court
to shift part of her staggering stats
debt on West Virginia.
Governor Colquitt of Texas says
the question OF prohibition should be
submitted to the people.
A fire in the pension Office at wash.
ington burned records, but caused
only minor financial loss.
There is a movement among house
democrats TO frame a new code OF
rules for the next congress.
Paul Morton, president OF the
Equitable Life Assurance society,
died suddenly at New York.
At democratic house caucus
Champ Clark was made the nominee
for speaker by reclamation.
The plan of refunding the Hondur.
an debt is regarded as amounting to
United States protectorate.
Senator Fletcher in an address de-
clared Secretary Ballinger an unit
man to remain in the cabinet
Andrew Carnegie Is giving ten mil.
lions more as an endowment to the
Carnegie institution at Washington.
The legislature OF North Dakota
elected Porter J. McCumber and AISLE
J. Gronna United States Senators.
The French press Is much exer.
cised over the Netherlands govern.
ments proposal to fortify Flushing.
The Michigan house and senate,
voting separately, chose Charles e.
Townsend to succeed Senator Bur
rows.
A bill providing for the physical
valuation of railroads was introduced
in the lower house of the Kansas leg
islature.
The Iowa house of representative,
endorsed New Orleans as the loca
ton for the 1915 Panama exposition
over San Francisco.
Senator Hitchcock. in a speech be
fore the Nebraska legislature. wa,
optimistic with regard to the pro
gressive work of lawmakers past ane
future
Among the nominations which the
president sent TO the senate was:
Joseph +. Do Oliyares of Missouri,
consul at Madras, transferred from
consul at Managua.
At Danville, ILL.,. J. S. Mead. an am,
bulance driver, and Robert Shut, a
veteran of the soldiers home, were
shot and instantly killed by Howard
Tucker, another veteran.
The reign of martial law which was
instituted in the disturbed sections of
Rio Janerio after the recent revolt I'm
the navy had been crushed. was end
ed by the government decree.
What is declared to be the most
has been made in Is years came to
Chief Wilkie in the secret service,
from Wichita. Kans. II Is a $40 bill.
There is concern almost approach.
ing panic in the ranks of New York's
four hundred, due to an epidemic OF
scarlet fever. which has claimed as
its victims some of the leading So
Colorado's cities having a popula-
ton in excess of 5000 increased l6.6
per cent in the last ten years and
contributed AZ per cent increase of
the states total population of 259. 324.
Millions of spindles in cotton mills
will be idle one-quarter OF the time
from now on until markets improve
If recommendation made by the
Arkwright club in Boston Is general
ly accepted.
Senator Nelson w. Aldrich's long.
awaited plan for the revision OF the
national banking legislation" as he
calls il. was submitted to the ma,
tional monetary commission at a
meeting called for the purpose.
The naval affairs committee Of the
house which Is to vote on the mat
ter soon, will probably provide for
the two battleships and two GOLFERS
and all of the program Of Secretary
Meyer.
During last year forty-nine men
were sent to the penitentiary and
sec to Jail for selling liquor to In
dams. The facts are stated in a re-
port by Special Officer William L.
Johnson.
The house committee on judiciary
reported favorably a bill providing
that there shall be no retrials grant.
ed in civil or criminal cases on tech
nicalities. unless they are such as, in
the opinion of the trial judge, would