The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-02-09

chosen United States senator by the
Mississippi legislature.
The New York state convention to
elect delegates to the national repub-
lican convention will be held IN
Rochester on April 3.
At Duisburg, Germany, eight iron
workers were killed and two others
seriously injured by the bursting OF
4" blast furnace.
The administration building at the
Massachusetts, leper colony on Penic-
keye Island, at the entrance of Buzz
!ard's bay, was burned.
The democratic iron and steel tariff
schedule to amend the ~Payne-Aldrich
Jaw will be placed before the house
,ull ways and means committee.
Shortages aggregating $4,000 have
,een found in the accounts OF Ward
5peillman, teller of the Merchants
National bank of Topeka. Kas., who
WaS arrested.
Ambassadors and ministers Of the
oreign countries represented IN
Washington were entertained at a din
Ter at the White House by President
md Mrs. Taft.
Congressman Norris (Neb.) propos-
- to amend his bill for placing the
postal department under civil service
by adding the postmaster general to
hose affected.
The republican city committee Of
st. Louis adopted a highly laudatory
resolution indarcinr CO1nnn1 TT oN60ro
Roosevelt for candidacy for the pres
dent. in 1912.
The Equitable Life Assurance com
,any has purchased the $2.51S mort
gage on the home of the late battalion
chief William J. Walsh and presented
It to his widow.
The will of Nine. Caroline Leroy
~Bonaparte, widow of jerome \apole-
on Bonaparte. grand nephew of EN-
peror Napoleon. disposes of an estate
valued at $500, 900.
The Henry bill for changing the
date of inauguration and assembling
Of congress was favorably reported by
the house judiciary committee, with
prospect of early debate.
Fire destroyed the four-story build
ing occupied by the St. Louis Bag and
Burlap company. St. Louis. causing a
loss Of 10000, Adjoining buildings
we're damaged by water.
Armour and cOmpany's annual state
nent gives the net earnings for the
year ending November 4, 1911. as
s2,510.053. or about 25s per cen on the
net capital investment which is listed
as s94 ,493,3GG.
Secretary Meyer before the Inter
state Commerce commission advOcat-
I'd government construction of twenty
two supply vessels for the Panama
canal. through which the fleet will be
sent regularly as a part OF the drill
exercises.
Contracts for the construction OF
two 27,00o ton superdreaduaghts,
authorized at the last session Of con-
gross. will be awarded to the New
York Ship Building company of Cam.
den. \. j.. and the Fore River Ship
Building company of Quincy, Mass.
The movement for a fitting celebra-
zion in 1913 of the fiftieth anniversary
If the battle of Gettysburg took de-
finite form when the Pennsylvania
commission having the matter in
charge appeared before the joint con-
gressiOnal committee and made pub
lie its plans.
The kaiser's third son. Prince Abel
bert. is to visit the United States
some time this year. He was born
July IA, 1884. and is unmarried. The
prince probably will follow in the
footsteps of his uncle, Prince Henry
of Prussia. as commandments Of
the imperial fleet.
Whether Senator Albert J. Cummins
of Iowa will be a candidate for the
republican nomination for the presi-
dency will be discussed and probably
determined at q meeting of the Iowa
in congress which will be
called Immediately upon the return OF
Senator Kenyon from Chicago.
An order was issued by the secre-
tary of war detaching Brigadier Gen
eral William w. Witherspoon from
duty in Washington as president of
the war college and assigning him to
duty as commander in chief of the de-
partment of the gulf at Atlanta.
The late Associate Justice John
Marshall Harlan of the supreme court
of the United States left an estate OF
$4,000. of which $1,000 was in life
insurance. Letters of administration
were granted to his son, Interstate
Commerce Commissioner James Har-