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NEWS OF THE WEEK Most Important Happenings of the Past Seven Days. Interesting Items Gathered from all Parts of the World Condensed Into Small Space for the Benefit of Our Readers. Domestic Items. The librarians of Kansas in convention at Ottawa selected Abilene as the next place of meeting and elected Mrs. Greenman of Kansas City president. Twelve men have died as the result of the mine explosion at Harts.orne, Ok. The Coffeyville, Kan., Daily Bee has suspended publication. The jury in the case of Ex-Sheriff King occused of bribery at Sapulpa, Ok., could not agree and was discharged. There are 27 cases of typhoid fever at Park college, Parkville, Mo. Prof. Hunter of the University of Kansas says that the farmers of the state are likely to have trouble with chinch bugs again next year if weather conditions are favorable, and advises that all rubbish about the farm be cleaned out and burned. The business men of Springfield, Mo., have petitioned the city council to remove from the public square the statue of liberty from which the three negroes were hanged by a mob three years ago. Twelve field officers have left Fort Leavenworth on a 90-mile test ride. An invitation will be extended to President Taft at Savannah, Ga., to takela ride in an airship while he is there. The Missouri Drummers' association was entertained at Jefferson City by the Commercial club with a lamb and bacon barbecue at the park. The Eighth annual meeting of the Second District Kansas Federation of Women's clubs was held at Pleasanton. The next meeting will occur at Olathe. An electric line from St. Louis to Kansas City is again being considered by capitalists of St. Louis, Kansas City and Denver. The irregularities in the criminal trials at Chicago has caused the judges of Cook county to ask that the jury commissioners. resign. The normal span of human life according to scientists is gradually growing longer and they declare that a life of 150 years will not long be impossible of attainment. The building and safe of the bank at Manley, Neb., were wrecked by robbers who tried for two hours to reach the money box without success. The annual convention of the National Woman's Christian Temperance union is in session at Omaha. The Farmers' State Bank of Oklahoma City is to be changed to the a Farmers' National Bank of Oklahoma City. An examination of the students of the University of Georgia shows that at least 30 per cent are suffering from the hookworm which scientists ascribe as the cause of laziness. The class standing of those afflicted is in every case lower than those free from the hookworm. t All rural schools of Kansas are to be required to follow the course of study prepared by the state board of educaa tion and approved by the legislature. The United States supreme court has decided against the insurance company that is attempting to evade the o payment of $100,000 life insurance to C the estate of Lucius H. Perkins of Lawrence, Kan. z Herman Ridder, president of the T American Newspaper Publishers' asb sociation has addressed a letter to President Taft in which it is asserted p. that the president's failure to insist ci upon a duty of $2 per ton on print paet per as advised by the Mann committee st has produced a condition which will cause many paper mills either to close or move to Canada. h u Three women are taking the examiM nation for a Rhodes scholarship at the W University of Kansas. This is the first L time women have been made eligible to the examinations. a ha The combined protestant churches bi of the United States will conduct a campaign of newspaper, magazine and F bill board advestising to call the atdi tention of the public to the importance N of remedying certain social and economic conditions. C The district court has authorized u Bank Commissioner Young to sell E bonds and warrants of the defunct K Oklahoma City, Ok., bank to the extent ti of $200,000 to pay depositors. S) The excess of exports over imports in the nine months ending Septembe st 1909 is $92,292,882 a decrease of $339,ci 976,299 when compared with same months of last year. tu The Chicago election board after of testing a number of voting machines se have rejected all bids as none of the tt machines offered proved perfect. fo The mineral output of Missouri as to reported by the state board of miners th and mining amounted to $32,587,828 for 1908. of City officers of Kansas City, Kan., he have enjoined the publication of an orfo dinance passed over the mayor's veto reducing the salaries of all city em-
