The state herald., 1912-03-22
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United States District Judge Car
penter refused to take from the jury
the case of the ten Chicago meat
packers.
John F. Hill. former governor Of
lican National committee, died in Bos-
ton recently.
A statement of the results of the
thirteenth census shows that in 1910
there were 7l,5S0,270 persons ten
years of age or over in the United
States, of whom 5,5l7,6Os were unable
TO read or write, constituting III per
cent of the population.
Not Guilty" was he plea OF forty
six men arraigned In the Federal
Court at Indianapolis, Ind, on indict-
ments charging completely in the al
legged conspiracy unlawfully TO trans
port dynamite from state to state.
Judge A. B. Anderson overruled all
demurrers of the defense but granted
thirty days for the filing of exceptions
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Business in the steel industry is ac-
companied by developments of unusu-
al interest and Importance. The coal
strike in Europe is responsible for
greater activity in steel products In
New York and the prospective sus-
pension of mining operations in this
country has stimulated placing orders
for both finished and semi.finished
steel for prompt shipment
Under lowering skies and heayy'
sea the old battleship Maine, resnr-
rected after fourteen years burial in
Havana harbor. plunged with her col
ors flying 10 her everlasting rest, 600
fathoms deep. in the waters OF the
gulf. The sinking of the hulk was
carried out precisely as planned,
marking the end OF the work begun
more than year and half ago.
Wage increases aggregating more
than sl0.000,0OO will go into the pock.
cts OF New England textile workers
during the next twelve months, ac.
cording TO authoritative estimates OF
me result Of the present upward trend
OF wages in cotton and wooden mills.
On the basis OF an annual payroll OF
F9,0O0,0O0 in the wooden mills, the In.
crease there will amount TO s5.GOO.O
while cotton mill operatives will re.
ceive an advance OF s5.OOO,OOO.
Under the new apportlonment Of
representatives in Congress. and with
the admission OF New Mexico and-Arl.
zona the electoral college viii be re.
constructed and new basis estab.
lished for representation at the ma.
tionnl conventions. Each state has as
many electoral yotos as IL has senators
and Representatives. In 1909 there
were 3s3 members OF the electoral col.
lege. Next year there win be 532. SO
2G7 votes viii be necessary to elect.
Read Admiral George w. Melville,
u. $. Navy. retired. died at his home
In Philadelphia OF paralysis. He was
national commander OF the Loyal lie.
zion at the time OF his death. Rear
Admiral Melville. who was placed on
the retired list January 10. 1903. waa
seyenty.two years old. For sixteen
years he was chief OF the bureau OF
steam engineering In the Navy Do.
partment. and was member OF both
the Jeanette and the Greeley relief
expeditions to the Arctic Circle.
The end Of the chase OF the Hills.
vile, Va, raiders brought the death
list OF the courthouse tragedy and It's
sequel up TO five. Sidna and Floyd
Allen, two Of the chiefs OF the band
which rode down ON tho Carroll coun.
~ court house and nauasslnatod tho
Judge. the prosecutor and the sheriff.
are In captlyity-bo,h wounded severe.
ly sldna Aliens wifo In dead, shot
In pitched battle with n posse In tho
mountains while helping to defend
her outlaw husband. The NTH death
was that Of Nancy Ayroa. n nineteen.
ycarold rirl. accidentally shot during
the fuhlllado In the court house.
The Supreme Court OF tho United
States declined to block the nocfetary
OF the interior In hih refusal to accept
applications for land under tho timber
end stone laws when the npplcnnta
do not swear they have seen the land.
II was claimed that the laws merely
required an affidavit showing that tho
applicant. ITO his best knowledge aud
belief" believed the lands came under
the timber and stone acts.
Seventeen hundred Of tho ,hifty.four
hundred mine workers who qult work
In the Panther Crock valley nj Potts,
Vile. Pa. have returned TO work