The Commoner, Sept. i9, 1902 11 Mills, Arapahoe county; congressman at largo, R. H. Northcutt, Washington county-; state treasurer, James L. Hurt, Saganche county; attorney general, Charles C. Post, Clear Creek county; state auditor, Matthew J. Laydcn, El Paso county; state superintendent of public schools, Mrs. Helen M. Gren fels, of Gilpin county. Two democratic conventions were held at Council Bluffs, la., on Septem ber 10, that of the Ninth congressional district and that of the Fifteenth judi cial district The congressional con vention nominated G. W. Cullison of Shelby county for congress, and by a vote which was declared to bo 49 to 17, refuted to pass a resolution indors ing the Kansas City platform and the recent Iowa state democratic platform. The judicial convention nominated S. B. Wadsnvorth of this city for district judge. A Portland (Me.) dispatch of Sep tember 8 says: Returns for governor in today's election from twenty cities and towns give Hill (republican) 3, 329; Gould (democrat) 1.911. The same towns in 1900 gave Hill (rep.) 3,075; Lord (dem.) 2,241. These returns in dicate a republican loss of less than 1 per cent and a democratic loss of nearly 15 per cent. On this basis tho republican plurality should be. about 39,000. Nominations are reported by tho As sociated press as follows: Boston, Mass., Sept 8. The social ists of Massachusetts held -a conven tion today and nominated a state ticket which includes tho following: For governor, John C. Chase, Haver hill; lieutenant governor, Dr. John Quincy Adams, Amesbury; secretary of state, Howard A. Buckland, Hol yoke. y Ft.AVorth, vTox. Thg, state republi can convention 'will convene here to morrow. B. H. R. Green has arrived in his special car. The colored dele gates are in the majority. There is no mention of a gubernatorial candi date, the real contest being over state chairman. Pueblo, Colo. Congressman John C. Bell was today renominated by the Second district. democratic convention. Ft Scott, l.as. The socialists of tho Second district today nominated Frank A. Byrne for congress. fll$S?A Jfr&sL $mSmsi& Th hanil.oiu.d and but ooine ilk iolu Mt& watch and chain on iht nuritt. Double huatlnj cut, SOLID.GOLD PATTE RN 01 '" Ln ant nuuaeajewci.il raoTCQMni, .urn wind andac! and aoiolutelfuaranucd fur 20 YEARS Vi 1th WMneh cold plated obaln for ladlt. and, rit chain and charm far ctnu. (!nt this oat and aend lltouavlth jour aamC, pott office and expreai otSca adarcu and wt.wlll tend tht watch and chain to joa bj ciprr.s fur- examination you amino It at tht tiptrii efnee and If at rcprrttnud paj J3.IS and cxprtucfiarfrt and it It jcura, Only one watch to tach cuitomtrat tbttprloc. Mention tlitnasu ed RENT'S OH LADY'S and rdtrtvdat ww will tnd oat lamplttai thlirtdiucd price for GO daj only. K.E. CIIALMEKS A: CO. 352-350 Dearborn8t.ChlcBto. $.') to $12 WEEKLY for copylntr letters for us In your own home, outfits and particulars freo. ddresq, Ladles' Homo Aingnzlnc, 1'hlindelphla, Pennsylvania. Democrats May Ask "Why organized Labor wants the Referendum. "Why, to stop the strikes, and the shootings, and the "Vampire" Judges. TJiey know that if the people were, in power that if we had a REAL DEMOCRATIC GO VERNMENT, that Labor would get justice. Public opinion, WITHOUT TIIE TOWER to enforce its sentiments (see the coal strike) is a farce, but Public Opinion' BACKED BY VOTES is omnipotent. See paragraph on 'Strict Constructionists" in nOW TO TREAT TIIE TRUSTS ANT) JTQW TO WIN IN 1004 Price 25 Cents Postpaid. Tho Abbey Press, 114 Piftla Ave., N. Y. City. THE NEWS OF THE WEEK. At the close of the seventeenth week of the miners' Btrlke In Penn sylvania, both sides to the contest ex press themselves satisfied as to tho situation. The operators state that the output of coal is steadily increas ing while on the other hand, tho striking miners claim that tho effort to resume mining has been a signal failure President Mitchell says that tho miners are just as determined as ever and that all talk of them going back to work was without foundation. A cablegram from San Juan, P. It., under date of Septembor G. says: MTrederlce de' Getau, Porto Rican com missioner to the United States con gress, has addressed a lengthy protest to the secretary against tho United States treasury circular referring to tho examination of Porto RIcans en tering the United States. He claims it is opposed to the act of April 2, 1900, and insists that the islanders are citi zens, according to section 7 of that act. A report from Havana, dated Sep tember 6, says: The senate today ap proved tho appointment of Rafael Montoro as Cuban minister to Great Britain. Tho question of approving the nominations for ' justices of the supreme court has been laid on tho table until all the judges shall bo named. The house of representatives at today's session decided to make amendments to the bill providing for a loan of $35,000,000. This step will necessitate tho sending of tho bill back to the senate for the consideration of a conference committee. It is under stood that President Palma objects strongly to tho establishment of a lot tery to provide means of furnishing tho bonds. It is announced ff6m London that tho Boer leaders, Generals Botha, Do Wet and Delarey, have had a confer ence with Colonial Secretary Cham berlain, and while nothing of much importance is likely to result, some slight modification of plans relative to the administration of affairs in South Africa may ensue, One of the powder magazines at old Fort Winthrop on Governor's Island, Upper Boston harbor, blew up on Sep tember 7, and one man was killed and five injured. The cause of the explo sion Is not known. All over the Island the effects of the explosion are visible, while in East Boston and South Bos ton and the city proper the concussion was sufficient to break windows. Major Cornelius Gardener, who re ported that the water cure and other forms of torture wore used Against the natives in tho Philippines, arrived in San Francisco from Manila on Sep tember 7, and will report to the mili tary headquarters at once. It is reported ' from Port au Prince, Hayti, under date of September 7, that the German gunboat, the Panther, had sunk the Firminist vessel, the Grete-a-Pierrot, after giving her crew fif teen minutes to surrender and re move from the vessel. It is reported from Washington that one of tho most important innovations in the postal service, in recent years is now under consideration by the postohice authorities. The proposed service is known as tho return en velope and postal card system. At present any one sending out a lot of circulars, inclosing an addressed pos tal card, has to pay ?10 a thousand for the postals and the cost of print ing, and. statistics show that the re turns rarely exceed 10 per cent, ' Un der the new system it Is proposed to authorize the use of a special form of envelope and postal card, which are to bo sold at a reasonable prico per thou sand. They will boar a stamp de signed to show that thoy can he dropped in tho mall and carried to their destination, whom the postage will bo paid by tho addressee before delivery. A cablegram from London, dated September 7, says: A special dispatch from Naples says largo volumes of flame were issuing from the crater of ruount Vesuvius Saturday morning. The eruption of tho Soufrioro vol cano on tho island of St. Vlucont, has resulted In many interesting phenom ena. Tho Rabacca river is now a stream of liquid fire a quarter of a milo or more wide. The river bed is continuously throwing up columns of dense clouds of steam, mud and peb bles. The appearance of tho country has changed and has spread farther seaward. A largo portion of tho vol cano has apparently been blown off and small eruptions occur at all un expected points and destroy plantations. An interesting announcement was made at tho general conference of tho Society of Friends, in session at As bury Park, N. J., on September 8. It was decided that it is no longer neces sary for Quakers to retain their head gear in meeting, and the entire as sembly was asked to remove their hats. A Paris cablegram, under date of September 9, says: Dispatches re ceived here from Bueno3 Ayres an nounce tho destruction of the town of Boliver, Argentine republic, by a cy clone. Fourteen persons were killed and fifty were injured. The National Candy company, with an authorized capital stock of $9. 000,000, has been incorporated in New Jersey. George W. Day, commissioner of the Nebraska supreme court, will succeed Judge W. W. Kcysor of the Fourth judicial district. Judge Keysor will accept a chair in the Washington uni versity law school at St Louis, Mo. Nineteen members of the St. Louis city council have been indicted on charges jot bribery and receiving bribes, and also on the charge of per jury. This lias caused a great sensa tion in the city, as most of the persons concerned tre prominent citizens. Sir Thomas Lipton has laid his plans for building another Shamrock to compete with tho Americans for the championship In yachting. This will bo the 'third boat built for this purpose. A Manila cablegram, dated Septem ber 9, says: The column of troops which Brigadier General Samuel S. Sumner, commanding the department of Mindanao, is to lead against tho Macin Moros win probably leave Camp Vicar at the end of this week. Tt will consist of portions of the 11th and 27th Infantry, two troops of the 15th cavalry, and a mountain battery, about 100 men in all. Serious opposition is not expected by the military authori ties. It is believed the plan is to segregate the hostlles and frlendlies i HEADACHE MMMMMvavMHaMnMMMMMaaMMawvBMWaHmMMMnMaK At alf dtu store. 25 Doses 25c Salaried Positions I'jyliC 660 Is (100 tr Mori Pir Monlh. fWured In omen, HMnes, I$anU, I (nil road OJTkw, eta, nru-rro i.pln litgour Homo Htudy ouno In UooUWp liijr, THtunuihy, Iimklntf and olhcr mihJecU. 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