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Lentury Manufacturing to. , East St. Louis, III.
T. V. Halsoy, formerly an official of
the Pacific States Telephone and
Telegraph company, was acquitted at
San Francisco on the charge of offer
ing a bribe to the board of supervisors.
The commercial telegraphers of
the country will make a concerted
demand for an increase in wages
April 1.
A New York dispatch carried by
the Associated Press says: "The an
nual report of the Illinois Central for
the year ended June 30 last shows
an increase of $4,212,000 in total
operating revenues and an increase
of $5,268,000 in gross incdme. These
are offset by an increaBe of $5,961,
000 in total expenses and taxes, leav
ing 'a decrease in operating income
of $676,308 and a decrease of $301,
000 in net corporate income. Presi
dent Harahan says of the recent graft
charges against some of the com
pany's officials and outsiders that the
cbmpany was'defrauded of an amount
estimated at from $1,000,000 to
$1,500,000."
ator Broderick'g office and he gavo
me; $2,500, which he counted out of
an, envelope. He only said, 'Here is
that money, and I said nothincr tn
him beyond greeting him. when I met
mm.' on further examination Sen
ator Holstlaw said he supposed the
money was paid for - his vote for
Lorimer."
Iowa manufacturers say express
rates are exorbitant and they will
fight for a reduction.
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Governor Carroll of Iowa was ac
quitted at Des Moines on the charge
of having libeled John Cownie.
Representative H. J. C. Becke
meyer,. on the witness stand before
the Lorimer investigating committee,
testified that he received $1,000 after
he had voted for Senator Lorimer,
and that the money was paid to him
because of his vote for the junior
senator from Illinois. Beckemeyer
was the third legislator in this hear
ing to confess that he was given
money for his vote in the senatorial
election Representative White and
State Senator Holtslaw being the
others. Counsel for Senator Lorimer
brought out in crosg examination
that Beckemeyer's vote for Senator
Lorimer was not induced by the
promise of any payment. Becke
meyer, who has been a witness in
both the trials of Minority Leader
Browne, testified that the $1,000
was paid to him . by Browne, who
said, when he gave the witness a roll
of bills, "Here is the Lorimer
money
The chief of police in Berlin de
clared that no mercy will be shown
German working nlen who are on a
strike.
The irrigation convention at
Pueblo declared in favor of federal
control of interstate waterways.
United States marshals made a raid
on mining brokers in New York City.
The men were charged with a con
spiracy ..tb use the mails to defraud.
The firm of B. H. Scheftels & Co.
was raided. ' "
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A Chicago dispatch carried by
the Associated Press says: "State
Senator D. W. Holstlaw of Iuka,
Illinois, one of the fifty-three
democrats who voted for Sen
ator Lorimer, on the witness stand
before the congressional Lorimer in
vestigating committee testified that
after he had voted for Senator Lori
mer he received $2,500, and that he
'supposed the money was paid be
cause of his vote.' The state senator,
who, .until recently, was a banker
in Iuka and had some prominence
in the Baptist denomination, was the
second legislator to tell the commit
tee that money was nald becauso of
a vote for Lorimer. After stating
his name, occupation and the posi
tion he held as state senator, and
that he voted for Senator Lorimer,
Senator Holstlaw, in response to the
question of Attorney Henry Austrian,
'Was anything said about payment
ror your vote for Senator Lorimer?
said: 'The night before the election
of Senator Lorimer I met State Sen
ator John Broderick outside the St.
Nicholas hotel in Springfield and he
said to me, 'They are going to elect
Lorimer tomorrow.' I replied, 'Yes, I
think so, and I am going to vote for
him. He said 'Well there is $2,500
in it for you.' That was all there
was said. I intended to vote for
Lorimer anyway. I had made up my
mind three or four days before that,
and did not know there was a thing
in It for me.' 'Were you offered any
thing?' waB asked, and the witness
replied: 'Ho did not offer me any
thing, simply said there was $2,500
in it for me.' 'Did you get the
$2,500?' was the next question.
Jx es,- was me answer, i went to
I Chicago, about June 16, 1909. to Sen-
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Mrs. Rebecca Harding Davis, au
thor of "Life in the Iron Mills," died
at her home in Mount Kisko, New
York, at the age of 80 years.
A Springfield, 111., dispatch car
ried by the Associated Press says:
"Aviator Walter Brooklns alighted
gracefully In the fair grounds here
at 4:27 p. m. today, seven hours,
twelve minutes out of Qhicago, after?
having sailed his Wright biplane the
187 miles with two stops. They were
at Gllman. III. seventy-five miles
from Chicago, at 11:30 a. m., and
at Mount Pulaski, 111, 163 miles from
Chicago at 3:20 p. m. The first stop
was for water, oil and gasoline, the
second for that and because his pump
had broken and the engine became
hot. Brookins in his long sail broke
the American long distance contin
uous flight record and thereby won
the $10,000 prize offered by a Chi
cago newspaper which conducted the
attempt. In both, places where the
air-man alighted, throngs gathered
to stare at the man that flew through
the air. Farmers, tradesmen arid
residents rushed from their fields,
shops and homes and fled headlong
to see what an aeroplane looked like
at short range." -
In August the export trade of the
United States to every part of the
world increased more than $12,000,
000, according to a summary com
pleted by the department of .com
merce and lab6r. In the eight
months of the calendar year, which,
ended with August, the value of ex
ports to Europe .alone were nearly
$620,000,000, and. the imports for
the same perip'ft more than $.525,-r
000,000. Compared with the statisr
tics of the corresponding period of
1909 the imports., fom, Europe show
increase of $tf,'Q;Q0,,Qq.Q and the. ex
ports a decrease; qL$2'5,0 0.0,0 0.0. The.
statistic? would' indicate the bajancf
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