Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1907 — THE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS IN BRIEF

The outlook , for the prosecution of E. H. Harriman, under the anti-trust law looks slim, The supreme court of Pennsylvania has decided against the insurance companies in the Overholt distillery case. Klaw & Erlanger have leased the Auditorium theater at Chicago for ten years. H. H. Tucker, Jr., an indicted offleer of the Uncle Sam Oil company, has been sent to prison for contempt of court. Farmers have organised at Omaha to keep wheat at a dollar, ana plan to corner the 1907 and future crops. Blackmailers have demanded money from the I 'proprietor of the great St Regis hotel In New York under threats to dynamite the establishment. The school board at Beaver Falls, Pa., balloted until all fell asleep. President of railroads running into Chicago complain of the quality of steel rails turned out by the mills. Dr. Daniel A. Goodsell, Methodist bishop, accuses President Roosevelt of talking too much. The master of a vessel near Tunis blew It up to prevent capture by French.

An Illinois woman has found her father In Nebraska, whom she had not seen In forty-two years. Governor Deneen has vetoed the bill requiring employers to provide seats foe women workers.