The state herald., 1912-02-02
GENE RAJ.

GENERAL.
Rear Admiral Lewis o. Heilner, re-
tired, died in New York at the age
of sixty years.
A painting by Corot sold in New
York the other day for $4,000 to a
western collector.
Women all over the United States
are planning to boycott butter in an
effort TO bring the price back to nor.
NAL
Charles Schultz, his wife and their
foster son were found 'ead late at
their home in Milwaukee from ahphyx-
iation
Cyrus L. Woods of Greensburg. Pa.
has been nominated by President Taft
as minister to Portugal to succeed Ed.
win V. Morgan.
Dr. Harry Elgin Webster, who con.
fessed to the murder of his wife, Bes,
sic Kent Webster at Oregon, III, was
sentenced to life Imprisonment.
Albert W. Wolter, the youth who
murdered and burned Ruth Wheeler
in New York nearly two years ago,
was executed at Sing Sing prison.
An investigation will be made of
the charges that the price OF butter
is being manipulated by a combina-
tion in New York and other large
cities.
Shoemakers In Washington who ca.
ter TO the fashionable set are busy
making the latest creation in foot
wear. This is silk slippers with cut
glass heels.
That $4,000 consigned by Pitts
burg bank to n bank at Butler, Pa,
through the Wells Fargo Express Com
pany, mystoriously disappeared recent
ly has become known.
Her pilot lying dead on the bridge,
the victim OF a sudden attack OF heart
failure, and with no guiding hand at
the wheel. the giant Hamburg.Ameri.
can liner Cleveland. carrying hundreds
of round.the.world tourists. left her
course In the harbor nj Honolulu and.
after veering about for several min
utes. rammed the United States ar.
mored cruiser Colorado. lying at an.
chor, The Colorado was damaged.
but no lives were lost.
The federal grand jury which has
been investigating the dynamite con.
splracy In indianapolis begun what Ia
expected to be the last week OF its
work Reports about the district at
torney's office are that at least thlr.
~ indictments have been drawn up.
District Attorney Miller said the In
dlctmcnts, II any are returned. will be
secret. the names OF those indicted
being withheld until arrests are
made.
One of the most notable achieve.
ments Of American foreign commerce
In recent years. according to state.
mCnt by the bureua OF statistics OF
the Department OF Commerce and In.
Dor. was In tho automobile business In
1871, Mere than s20.OOO.0O0 worth OF
automobiles were exported from the
United States. During the year. tween.
" times M much as n decade ago AZ
the same time the importatlona have
decreased from year to year.
Fort Logan. Colorado. and Fort
d. a. Russell. Wyoming. are un.
der prescription by the War De.
rartment. and are doomed TO abandon.
mcnt II the plans announced by secro.
tary StimBon are carried out. The sec.
rotary. acting upon AN exhaustive re.
port by the general staff. has decided
upon the concentration OF the United
States army In eight posts. instead OF
the forty.nlno now In operation, ny
this means, no believes that tho eff.
cheney Of the army will bo multiplied.
while NJ the same time the govern.
mtnt will make n saving Of $1,000, 900
a yoar
Secretary OF the Interior Fisher
has opened war on tho Borah bill.
which gives homcHtoadofs patents
after three years and giving them
other important priyilogon,
Thirteen persons are believed to
have been drowned In tho Mississippi
river two miles south OF Cairo, H..
when a rowboat In which they wero
being brought 10 that city from Birds
Point became loat In nn lee jam rho
passengers were part Of i35 who lon
Cotton Belt train at nlrd'u Point
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