The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-01-26
THE WORLD
NEWS NOTES

Without pomp the funeral OF the
late head of the Equitable Life AS
surance Society, Paul Morton, who
dropped dead, was held at st. Thomas
Episcopal church, Saturday, in New
York.
Charles d. Norton, assistant pres
ident.." whose official title is secre-
tary to the president, admitted that
he will retire from that position about
March A.
Among those most prominently
mentioned to succeed Paul Morton as
president of the Equitable, are George
Perkins, formerly with the Morgan
interests; Chas. d. Norton, present
secretary to President Taft and Will
liam Day, president of the Equit-
able.
Tie New York Republican State
Com mittee elected William Barnes,
Jr!, of Albany, as its chairman in
succession to Ezra P. Prentice.
Ten million dollars was presented
to the Carnegie Institution of Wash
ington by Andrew Carnegie, the
founder. bringing the total OF Mr..
Carnegie's gifts to the institution up
% $25,OOO,OO0
1t is announced that King Victor
Emmanuel of Italy has subscribed
$1,000 to the annual fund for the
maintenance of the proposed Verdi
Charity Schools for Italian immigrants
in New York City.
Made insane from pain after being
hit in the eye with a SNOWFALL thrown
by small boy, Herbert c. Porter,
editor OF weekly newspaper at
Poughkeepsie, N. Y, has been com
mitted to the state hospital.
One hundred subpoenas for Vermil-
lion County politicians were issued by
the vote-fraud grand jury at Danville,
ILL.,, directly after six of the wealth
lest bankers of Danville had appeared.
According to reports, politicians of
both parties and of both high and
low standing in the community are
named in the huge list.
1t is reported that the reduced rate
tariffs of the Pullman Company, eff
fective February l, will mean a re-
duction of $1,500,000 in the annual
revenues of tho cpmnopv
Officers of Canadian and American
express companies in conference at
New York announced a reduction in
through rates soon to take effect be,
tween all Offices of the United States
and many of Canada
Suffrage for the women of Arkan.
sas is proposed in bills offered in the
House of Representatives
The State of Oklahoma will go into
the railroad building business if the
plans now being discussed by the
Public Service Corporations Commit
tees of the Legislature are carried
out.
The Montana legislative assembly
condemned the action of certain 80.
called Democrats" in the legislature
of Massachusetts in voting for the
reelection of United States Senator
Henry c. Lodge.
Representative Warner of st. Louis
introduced bill in the Missouri leg
islature to regulate aeroplane flights.
1t prohibits ascensions to a greater
height than 1000 feet.
mary elections in Kansas was intro
duced in the Senate. 1t provides that
candidates for the United States Sen
ate cannot pay more than 10 per cent
of their salaries for any political adj
vertising.
In the upper branch of the Califor-
mia legislature bill providing for
the initiative, referendum and recall
has been introduced
Twenty members of the Democratic
majority in the Colorado House signed
their names to an agreement to pre-.
vent the election of United States
Senator until the platform pledges of
the Democratic party have been en-.
acted into law
The Montana House passed a reso.
luton requesting Congress to recog
nize San Francisco as the exposition
city of 1Q1s