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GENERAL NEWS. Amassing a fortune of $100,000 by toil as a farmer, only to lose it through the irregularities of relatives, is the story of Byron L. Church of Holyrood, Kan., made public through the old man's arrest on a charge of wrecking the Bank of Holyrood. Maxwell Church, his son, and F. W. Thomas, a nephew, are being sought by officers on complaint of the state bank commissioner. The heaviest blow yet struck the beef trust by way of punishment for arbitrarily raising the price of meat and poultry, came in Jersey City, N. J., when the grand jury of Hudson county filed a blanket indictment charging a criminal conspiracy in restraint of trade. Six corporations, including the parent organization, the National Packing Company and 21 individual directors, were named in the conspiracy charge. The curfew bells rang for the entire negro population of Memphis by order of Edward H. Crump, Memphis' "Boy Mayor." All members of the black race on the streets after 12 o'clock were arrested. Testimony by Louis D. Glavis in his charges against Secretary Ballinger and the general land office, was again corroborated when Horace T. Jones, special agent of the land office, took the witness stand before the BallingerPinchot investigating committee. Mr. Jones proved to be as good a witness, if not better for the prosecution than Mr. Glavis himself. Following the publication of a sensational statement alleged to have been made by John J. Murphy, president of the Central Labor union of Philadelphia, a warrant was issued for him, charging "inciting to riot." The statement attributed to Murphy was that "a general strike should be called immediately. I think it is inevitable. There are men in the northwest who can shoot as straight as any trooper who ever drew a breath." New York detectives are searching for five men who rode all over that city to find Jacob Greenthal, a former political worker, and who then stabbed him and all but severed his tongue. Greenthal is said to have talked too freely. Charles Smith, a painter in desperate straits, told New York physicians he was so hungry that he allowed himself to be knocked down and run over to get the price of a meal. A woman whose buggy ran over him gave him five dollars. Sheb Williams of Paris, Tex., is in Kansas City, Mo., to claim the body of Clay Clement, the actor and playwright, following an agreement made many years ago. England is beginning to send shoes to this country. Hitherto the trade has all been the other way, but the reduction of the duty from 25 per cent. to ten per cent. has changed the situation. Since February 1 12 separate consignments from Leicester have come in to the port of New York. Attorney General Wickersham, acting on instructions from President Taft, has directed the United States attorney at Philadelphia to report at his earliest convenience whether there has been any interference with the United States mails during the strike of the street car employes. Senator Aldrich won his fight in the senate committee on interstate commerce to keep out of the adminis tration railroad bill a proviso that will limit the jurisdiction of the proposed court of commerce to the power now conferred on circuit courts of the United States. A golden chalice studded with jew els, contributed by parishioners, is soon to grace the altar of St. Paul's Catholic cathedral in Pittsburg, Pa. The senate has agreed upon Thurs day, March 3, as the day when a vote shall be taken on the postal savings
