The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-01-19
Senator David W. Ho-st.aw

| Ueneen. The communication and tn
ruling of the chair that the Iuka bank
er Is no longer member Of the sen
ate foresttalled the report Of the com
mittee Investigating the reports o
bribery in connection with Senate
Lorimer's election.
The most powerful argument eve
submitted to the United States senat.
| advocating the election of senators BY
direct vote of the people is found il
the report written by Senator Boral
on behalf of the Judiciary committee
when he favorably reported the join
resolution providing for the submis
sion Of constitutional amendment Il
the various states.
Louis D. Brandeis OF Boston. appear
ing for the shippers against the rail
roads In the northern part Of thu
country, told the interstate commerce
commission at Washington that II the
railroads would stop their wasteful
expenditures they could save $3.50, 900,
600 year, and would not need to adj
vance their freight rates, as they ask
and which will bring them only $27,.
100000 year.
The New York State Jersey Cattle
Breeders association will give four
pairs of Jersey heifers and bulls to
the four boys who attend the next
state fair and write the best descrip.
tive essays on their visits.
Gottlieb Santel, well-to-do Ger
man merchant, leading the good
night" dance with his daughter at her
coming out party in New York. sank
to the. floor and died.
A bill limiting tip to a waiter to
rs cents was introduced in the New
Jersey legislature. Messenger boys
and bellboys' gratuities are to be linn.
tied to FIVE cents.
A fire which will probably exceed
100000 in the value Of the property
damaged totally destroyed the Gin.
cinnati Chamber of Commerce build.
ing.
In a scathlng review OF the testi'
mony taken by the senate committee
on privileges and election in the case
of William Lorimer of Illinois, who is
charged with having obtained his seat
in the United States senate by cor
rupt practices, Senator Crawford of
South Dakota pledged himself to vote
to unseat Lorimer on the ground that
his election was illegal and void.
Loot valued at $4,000 was found by
the New York police in midnight
raid in the basement OF fiat house in
the Bronx. Five prisoners were ta-
ken, who are believed to be the lead
ers of gang of burglars.
Almost "a per cent. of the increase
in population of Illinois the last ten
years was contributed by the NUM-
cipalities having population in ex.
cess of 5000, they having increased
almost 100000, compared with the
states total Of 817.041.
Only persons who have at some
time attempted to commit suicide are
eligible for q club chartered in New
ton. N. j., under the formidable title
"The Society for the Uplift Of De-
spondent Fellow Men," The club has
forty members.
Fire of incendiary origin. believed to
have been the work of night riders,
destroyed the tobacco barn and 10000
pounds of tobacco Of w. w. Kyle, a
grower, living near Weston, Mo.
The island Of Crete appealed to Pres
ident Taft, through committee which
called upon him, to take up with the
protecting powers of Great Britain.
France. Russia and Italy the question
of terminating Turkish rule in the
island
Joe Coster, the clever Brooklyn
featherweight, after whirlwind finish
in the ninth and tenth rounds of the
ten-round bout at Brooklyn, which
went the limit, earned the decision
over Abe Attel, the featherweight
champion of the world.
The senate passed bill introduced
in December by Senator Cullom of Hi.
nois, providing for the erection Of a
magnificent memorial or monument to
Abraham Lincoln at cost not to ex-
coed 100000. The memorial will
be erected at Washington.
IIcSlQcut i ait u0ClOCu LudL OO.u-
mander w. S. Sims, the. United States
naval officer who, at I recent dinner
given in London by the lord mayor of
that city, declared that if Great Brit
ain ever were seriously threatened.
she could depend on every man, ev.
cry dollar. every drop of blood" in
this country, should be publicly rep.
rimanded.
A quarantine for nursery stock i'm.
ported into the United States and
prohibition against the importation of
shrubs or trees from infected districts
is Endorsed by the house committee on
agriculture.
BY holding that the packers indicted
by the grand jury last summer might
be tried for a violation of the federal
statutes as we'll as on a charge Of VIC.
lating the injunction issued by Judge
Grosscup in 1902. Judge Carpenter in
the United States district court,
brought about the third defeat Of the
defendants at the hands of the govern.