The Springfield herald., 1912-06-07
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WESTERN.

Fire destroyed a store, saloon and
two warehouses belonging to b. A.
Taylor, a Bisbee, Ariz., banker. Loss,
$4,000.
Representative Berger, Socialist, of
Wisconsin, has begun impeachment
proceedings against Federal Judge
Hanford of Seattle, who recently d.
prived Leonard OLSEN of that city of
his citizenship because he was a So
cialist.
The constant popular demand for
new, glistening coins has caused the
United States government to resume
coinage of gold, although the proper
ton of bullion which the treasury is
authorized to hold in its vaults has not
yet been reached.
Abraham Ruef, the convicted politi-
cal boss of San Francisco, who is
serving a fourteen-year sentence, hav-
ing given a bribe to one of the bood-
ling supervisors during the incumbency
of Mayor Schmitz. has been disbarred
by the Supreme Court.
Luther Burbank says that five men
are kept busy night and day now at
his establishment at Santa Rosa, Cal.
packing and forwarding spineless cac-
tus plants to Mexico, India Palestine,
Australia, Italy, Africa and many 9TH
er countries.
To prevent the production Of NOV
ing pictures of the Johnson-Flynn
prize fight which takes place July 4th,
the House commerce committee re-
ported favorably the bill of Represen-
tative Rodenberry of Georgia, prohib-
iting the shipment of films between
states.
Positive assurances have been re-
ceived in East Las Vegas that the ma
jority of the members of the New Mex
leo Legislature would refuse to act on
any prize fight legislation now before
that body. Promoters of the Flynn
Johnson fight now feel sure there will
be no interruption.
Senator George S. Nixon of Nevada
died in hospital in Washington of
spinal meningitis. Senator Nixon had
been at the Episcopal eye, ear and
throat hospital several days, when an
operation for nasal catarrh was per-
formed Spinal meningitis developed,
ard the senator's condition soon be-
came critical.
The Lovin bill to permit twenty
five-round boxing contests with five
ounce gloves passed the Arizona SEN
ate and was sent to the House. The
vote on the measure stood 13 to 4.
Under the terms of the bill, all con-
tests must be held before regularly or
ganized clubs, which will be taxed $3.50
per year.
Congress has passed a bill which
broadens the scope of the statute sup
porting the Bureau of Mines in such
manner that appropriations may aot
be made extending the work of that
branch of the government to the met
alliferous mining industry. Complete
latitude is given towards allowing the
director of the bureau to conduct IN
vestigations that will lead to better
ment of conditions in regard to all
classes of mining. The measure pre-
pares the way for the establishment
of metallurgical and experimental as
say stations.
A blow was given the new Com
merce Court by the Supreme Court of
the United States, which upheld the
exclusive jurisdiction of the Interstate
Commerce Commission over the ad-
ministrative machinery of the federal
rate laws. The principal decision was
announced by Chief Justice White in
the so-called "Procter and Gamble
case" He was sustained by the en-
tire court. In substance he held that
the Commerce Court was not to substi-
tute its judgment for the Interstate
Commerce Commission in the adminis-
tration of the rate laws.