Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-11-02

| The frat application OF New YORK
city employees for pensions under the
new law providing pensions for those
who have served thirty years or more
have been granted by the board OF
| estimate The men are retired on half
pay.
| Exceeding last years record by
| 100000, the trade OF Newfoundland
for the fiscal year has set new high
mark. reaching total of $25. 900.
Rear Admiral James II. Sands, U.
S. NJ. retired, who participated in the
! evacuation of Charleston. died at his
| home in Washington OF acute indiges-
ton. He was siXty-six years old.
Something OF a sensation in connec-
tion with the Rosebud land lottery de-
veoped when 1T was disclosed that II
sections of the Rosebud tract in South
Dakota have been claimed by the state
for Indian school lands. The sections,
including the best in this tract, will be
selected by the state before the set
tiers have chance to file
BY large majorties two Ohio uoun.
ties shifted from the dry" column as
result of elections held in Scioto
and Lawrence counties, including the
cities of Portsmouth and Ironton
After protracted conference oil otil-
cials of the United States Steel cor
poration in New York, a statement
was given out by Chairman Elbert II.
Gary in which denial was made oi the
truth of the governments charges in
it's dissolution suit The conference
followed an excited session OF the
stock exchange, in which the securi-
ties of the corporation severely de-
clined.
The federal government filed suit at
Trenton. N. j., against United States
Steel corporation to compel it's dis
solution to an Illegal combine. 1t is
the most sweeping antitrust action
ever brought by the department of
justice. The petition was prepared
by Jacob M. Dickinson, former secre-
tary of war. who had been retained
by the government as it's special coun-
sci in this case
The federal department of justice
started an investigation at Indianap-
oils, of the so-called Mcnamara dyn-
amiting cases. A subpoena has been
served upon Frank P. Baker. county
prosecutor, to appear before the fed
eral grand jury. and to bring with him
all evidence seized in a raid on the
Offices here of the International AS
sociation of Bridge and Structural
Iron Workers at the time of the arrest
of John j. Mcnamara.
Roger c. Sullivan, Democratic Ma
tional Committeeman from Illirois.
took the witness chair before the Ler-
inner committee at Chicago. and de-
MED that any contract" existed be-
tween Lorimer Republicans and the
state Democratic organization, al
though he thought Senator Lori
mer's friends aided the Democratic
candidate for governor in 1908.
Robbers blew open the vault in the
State bank at Foster. Mo-. and es-
capped with $4,000 in cash and over
100000 worth Of notes and checks
The council of woman voters at
Seattle. Wash. lost it's fight to stop
smoking in jury rooms when women
are members OF the jury. but won
other reforms sought in the memorial
filed with the county commissioners
improvement OF wharves and ter
minal facilities was the chief topic
for discussion in the convention of the
Upper Mississippi River Improvement
association. which opened in Alton. Ill
BY a vote OF IS to SO the state ad-
mtnistration's $4,000 900 water power
and conservation bill was defeated in
the Illinois house of representatives.
Seventy-seven votes were necessary
TO pass the measure. Forty-two Re-
publicans and II Democrats voted for
the bill. Twenty-seven Republicans
and 3S Democrats voted against it.
Sporting
The Philadelphia Athletics are
champions of the world for the sec
ond successive year. In an exhibi-
ton Of batting seldom seen in a pre-
mier baseball series. the American
league team defeated New York in
the sixth game of the set by the
overwhelming score of 13 to 2. thus
giving them the four necessary games
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