The Ekalaka eagle., 1912-05-24

tions.
The senate added eight millions t(
the house rivers and harbors bill.
Governor Harmon may devote
week in Ohio to answering Bryan.
The will of Mary Eddy was sustain
ed by the New Hampshire supreme
court
The Irish home rule bill passed its
second reading in the house of com
mons.
The house by pronounced major
1ty voted to abolish the court of com
merce.
Senator Cummins accused the pres
ident of trying to coerce in tariff leg
islation.
The Methodist Episcopal church
conference voted against a final court
Of appeals.
Lax meat inspection laws was
charged before house committee by
a woman.
The house labor committee ordered
favorable report on Hughes industrial
committee bill.
An agreement has been reached be-
tween house and senate conferees on
the pension bill
The possibilities OF agriculture in
Alaska are dealt with in bulletin is
sued at Washington.
Secretary Hayward has called
meeting OF the republican national
committee at Chicago June 6.
The recall, initiative and referen-
dun We're written into Duluth's
charter by an overwhelming vote.
: The Missouri supreme court sus~
tained the constitutionality Of the
semi-monthly wage payment law.
The senate interstate commerce
committee reported favorably on Sen
ator Clapp's bill of lading measure.
Mayor Dahlman and the ticket of
Which he was the head was victori-
Gus in the Omaha municipal election.
The senate passed the bill to permit
$10,0oO,O00 increase in indebtedness
of the Philippines over present $5,-
900 1000 debt.
The bill for retirement of govern
ment employees in classified service, |
except postmasters, was favorably re-
ported IN the senate.
The figures for the 1910 census
show that Iowa had only IL per cent
of illiterates over 10 years old, where
as Nebraska had 1.9.
Grips filled with potatoes and bot
tied beer were left behind by man
who cashed bogus checks aggregating
$500 at four Boston hotels
At Benton, Ill.,, Night Marshal Will
liam B. Odom shot and killed "Pot"
Smith, whom he was trying to arrest
and was probably fatally wounded by
Smith.
At Chillicothe, O., large crowd
stood in the rain to hear w. J. Bryan
renew his attack upon the presiden-
tial candidacy of Governor Judson
Harmon
At Mount Vernon, n. Y, William G.
Eanderboests will provided that he
be stabbed through the heart after the
doctors pronounced him dead, to pre-
vent burial alive
Italian citizens at Cleveland, Ohio,
are preparing to raise a fund for con-
Structing war aeroplane to be given ,,
AAC AIeAiieAA al A1S III use dSdluSl luc
Turks in the present difficulty.
Politics is absorbing the attention
u congress. Much of the discussion
both houses is being aimed at the
coming campaign and the congestion
of business in the senate is largely
to that cause.
Arthur Watts, chauffeur, of Chi
ago, had been out of Jail less than t.
eighteen months following the death
II woman under the wheels Of his /
automobile when he ran down and /
killed Edward X. Rogers v
At Waukesha, Wis, crashing g
through a window into the home of r
udge Agnew came a carrier pigeon 5
laving attached to it's leg tag label
ID San Francisco to Milwaukee,"
The bird was revived and liberated.
The second state convention to Z
dopt platform and make nomina- =
ions for judges of the supreme court Z
nd offices not filled at the primary =
lection will be held July 10 in Des n
ZONES, according to an announce ~
lent made by members of the state -
entral committee. !,
Work on the new $5,OOO,OOO Union 4
tation in Kansas City was suspended, !,
'hen the 1000 union men employed Y
truck because some Of the stone used :,
ad been procured from an Indiana 3,
ompany that employs stonecutters =
hose organization is not affiliated -
nth the American Federation of la.
or.