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The Commoner.
Vol 'a, No. 39.
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Later reports of tho destructive
typhoon that visited Japan early In
September camo by way of Victoria,
B. C, undor date of October 4. It is
Bald that in and about tho city of
Kagoshlma GOO fishing smacks and 1,
G00 men wore lost Other provinces
also suffored heavily.
It is reported from Manila that tho
Amoricans undor Captain Pershing
have completely routed tho Maclu
Moros in tho Island of Mindanao, kill
ing or wounding 100 of them and cap
turing and destroying forty forts. Two
Amoricans wore wounded. The dis
patch says: It Is believed tho moral
effect of tho defeat of tho Moros will
bo great. General Davis has ordered
that hostilities bo stayed In drder to
pormit tho sultan of Bacolod and other
hostile sultans to make peace.
A Washington dispatch undor date of
October 4, says: Secretary Moody
has issued an order creating tho now
Caribbean division, with headquarters
at Culebra, Porto Rico. Admiral
Coghlan assumes command of "this
division, comprising tho following ves
sols: Olympia, flagship; Montgomery,
Detroit, Marietta, Machian and Pan
ther. Tho duties of tho division in
clude, so far as pertain to the navy,
the safeguarding of American inter
ests In those countries that border on
the Caribbean and tho cultivating of
friendly relations with their people.
lses of Kitchener and Milner that they
would endeavor to obtain at tho time
of tho coronation amnesty for all
rebols."
Tho thirty-sixth annual encamp
ment of tho Grand Army of the Re
public began in Washington on Oc
tober C, and continued throughout tho
remainder of the week. Interesting
programs for each day were prepared
and a very largo attendance was
present.
All Paris united in paying tho last
tribute to Emile Zola on October 5.
Tho funeral was marked by simple
but impressive ceremonies, tho dead
author being followed to his grave
by thousands of workingmen. Soldiers
wore on guard to prevent any demon
stration of tho people, also to render
the military honors duo to a deceased
officer of tho Legion of Honor.
An Important bit of railroad news is
contained in tho fact that the stock
holders of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
St Paul railroad at a meeting held in
Milwaukee on October 4, voted to is
sue $25,000,000 of new common stock.
It is said that part of this new issue
will be used to extend the lines so as
to counteract the combination and
consolidation of rival railroad com
panies, and they may bo build out to
the Pacific coast
The failure of the recent conference
between the president and tho coal
operators to arrive at any agreement
in regard to the settling of the coal
strike has induced the president to
once again try to find some way of
settling the controversy. On October
4 a conference was called to meet at
tho White house on the next day, and
though the result seems uncertain as
yqt, it is hoped by tho people gen
erally that some solution of the ques
tion may be speedily reached.
Tho tenth national irrigation con
gress opened at Colorado Springs,
Colo., on October 6. ltd meetings wore
well attended by delegates from the
western states where the project of ir
rigation of the arid lands is an im
portant one. Thomas F. Walsh, presi
dent of the convention, when asked
for his views as to the attitude of the
irrigation congress as to the recent
government action, said: "The first
duty of the men who are interested in
the results of this movement should
be to try to eliminate sectionalism.
The question of the reclamation of
arid lands should be kept a national
one. The congress should urge that
the first reservoir sites be wisely
chojfen. Future success and tho future
good opinion of the east will depend
upon the beginning, and we should
all bend our efforts to securing an
auspicious start Tho congress, I
think, should take cognizance of the
question of rural improvement, the
beautifying of country homes, and
help create a feeling of pride on tho
part of those that open up the domain."
It was reported from Kansas City,
Mo., on October 4, that practically all
the union miners of tho coal districts
have quit work on account of a failure
to agree on rules and regulations
which are to govern the operation of
tho mines. More than 1,000 miners
are out
The coal famine has brought iorward
generous offers of assistance. Mrs.
Johanna C. Samuels, who owns a tract
of coal land in Kentucky, has written
to President Roosevelt, offering him
this land to be mined by the govern
ment without compensation to the
donor during the continuation of the
strike. According to a reDort. Mrs.
Samuels said: "I am making the offer
simply because the property is idle.
It is no expense to me at the present
time, and I would be at no loss If a
quantity of tho coal is mined. I do
not ask one cent from the government
or any favors. I will leave the ar
rangements of all details entirely to
tho president, and let him do as he
sees fit"
Tho prosecution of tho officials con
cerned in the recent boodle scandal In
St Louis, Mo., has resulted In tho
conviction of Robert McOlure Snyder
of bribery and he has been sentenced
to five years' imprisonment , This is
the first conviction rendered under the
proceedings which are in charge of
Circuit Attorney Folic
Francis William Reltz, forraorly sec
rotary of state of the Orange Free
State, arrived in New York on October
5. Mr. Rqitz is reportod as expressing
the object of his visit in these words:
"While not here to agitate for tho re
opening of the war, I have in view tho
two-fold object of duty to my country
men and remuneration to myself. The
Boers have been tricked into forsak
ing their colonial allies by oral prom-
Recent reports from China give no
tice of the increase of Boxer disturb
ances in some provinces. It is said
that in Zuchun the Boxers are led by
a woman, who has succeeded in at
tracting 10,000 Boxers to her stand
ard. It is estimated that 1,500 native
Christians have already been killed
and a general outbreak Is feared.
come a general ono of capital against
labor and maintaining that with the
help of organized labor of tho coun
try over they can stay away from the
mines until tho operators are com
pelled to. yield a point through the
force of public opinion.
President Roosevelt has asked tho
striking miners of tho anthracite coal
fields to return to work and submit to
a commission of Inquiry afterwards,
but so far as known this request will
not bo acceded to by the miners' union.
President Mitchell and his district
presidents are very much opposed to
the men returning to work without
some concessions, and despite the
president's wishes, it is announced that
tho strike will bo carried on until
their demands are granted.
It is reported from France that 36,000
miners have ceased work in tho Pas de
Calais region and that the national
committee of the French miners' fed
eration is debating the question of an
immediate general strike which would
involve about 70,000 out of 100,000
miners.
It is announced from Havana, under
date of October 7, that an order has
been published in the Official Gazette,
pardoning all persons now under sen
tence for election frauds committed
prior to May 20, when the Cuban re
public was established and suspending
their prosecution in the courts.
On October 7 tho lower branch of the
Ohio legislature adopted the following
resolution: Resolved, That we most
heartily commend the patriotic and
manly efforts which President Roose
velt has already taken to bring about
a settlement of the anthracite coal
strike and restore business; and to
the thousands of miners and their ca
pable and efficient officers, headed by
President John Mitchell, we express
congratulations to them upon their
law-abiding and patriotic conduct dur
ing the entire strike; and believing
that their cause is just and right and
ought to prevail, we extend to them
our sympathy and best wishes for
success. A substitute offered de
nouncing the "Pennsylvania coal
trust" was defeated.
Another destructive fire Is Teported
to have swept over tho oil fields of
Beaumont, Tex., causing a property,
loss of $100,000 at least. This is the
second fire in the last month. One
man is reported to have been burned
to death.
A cablegram from Lima, Peru, dated
October 7, says: The Peruvian min
istry resigned in consequence of a
joint motion of censure of the govern
ment adopted October 3 by both the
upper and lower houses of congress.
Governor Stone of Pennsylvania has
ordered the entire national guard of
nine thousand soldiers to be distri
buted through tho regions of tho
Etrlke. This order ho justifies by tho
claim that the local authorities are
unable to maintain order. This action
has caused the strikers to declare
that their determination to hold out
is firmer than ever, the leaders say
ing that tho struggle has "now be-
Sir Thomas Lipton signed his third
challenge for a series of races for the
America's cup at Belfast, Ireland, on
October 7, and the challenge was
straightway posted to New York.
On October 6 the mayor of New Or
leans ordered the Street Railway com
pany to run its cars. The railway
company met with violence in at
tempting to carry out this order, the
streets being blockaded, wires cut,
and tho cars were stopped and im
ported non-union men were beaten.
Officers of the state-militia are pre-
CONMJMPTION CURED.
An old physician, retired from practice had placed
In his hands by au East India missionary tho formula
of a slrnplo vegetable remedy for tho speedy and per
manent euro or Consumption, Uronchltla, Catarrh.
Asthma and all Throat and Lung Aifcctlons: also a
posltlvo and radical euro for Nervous Debility and
all Nervous Complaints. Having teetod its wonderful
curative powers is thousands of cases, and desiring to
relievo human suffering, I will send froo of chargo to
all who wish it, this recipe, in Gorman, French, or
English, with fuU directions for preparing and using.
Sent by mall, by addressing, with stamp, naming this
papor, W A. None, 87 Powers Block, Uochetfer, N.Y.
paring for action in the event of a
call for tho troops.
It is said that Glen Falls, N. Y.
is still under, martial law on account
of the strike of the motormeii of the
Hudson Valley Electric railway, tho
militia serving to guard the road after
dark.
It is reported from Washington that
a change has been decided upon in tho
Havana general consulate. General
Bragg, who hasrbeen in that position,
has been obnoxious to the Cubans for
some timo owing to the somewhat con
temptuous opinion he expressed of the
Cuban people in a letter written to
his wife soon after he was appointed
to Cuba. He has therefore been ap
pointed consul general at Hong Kong,
China, taking the place of William A.
Rubles, who has been transferred to
the consulate at Havana.
Later reports regarding the situa
tion in New Orleans, La., give details
of the riot that occurred there on Oc
tober 8 as the Tesult of the attempt
of the company to run their cars.
Sixteen men were injured by shots
and missiles thrown, and Governor
Heard has called out the troops for
immediate duty. It is said that com
pany C of the First regiment resigned
in a body because of sympathy with
tho stridors and to evade serving
against them.
A --.ondon cablegram, under date of
October 28, says: The North German
Lloyd -steamer Kron Prinz Wilhelm,
which sailed from Southampfon today,
for New York, ran into and sank the
British . steamer Robert Ingham, dur
ing a dense fog off Beachy Head, this
morning. The Robert Ingham went
down about four minutes after the
collision, but the Kron Prinz Wilhelm
saved all her crew of thirteen men,
With the exception of the mate and
the only passenger Bhe had on board.
On October 8 it was reported from
South America that Bolivian troops
had invaded Brazilian territory and at
tacked several villages. Brazilian mer
chants have been arrested on tho
charge of having been concerned in the
Acre insurrection.
A bill ratifying the cession of the
Danish West Indies to tho United
States and urging a speedy settle
ment of the matter was submitted in
the Danish landstag by tho foreign
minister on October 8. The first reading
of the bill is for October 15, and the
second reading will occur October 22.
A San. Francisco, Cal.,. dispatch of
Octoher 8 reports the departure of the
Colombian gunboat Bogota to Panama
to encounter the insurgents' war ves
sel, the Padilla. The Bogota has an all
American crew, twelve of them being
men who served under Dewey, and all
have had practical training in tho
science of modern warfare.
It was announced from New, York on
October 9 that a conference pf coal op
erators had been held at the office of
Senator Piatt and without result. Tele
grams have passed between the offi
cials of the western federation of min
ers and President Mitchell looking to a
complete tie-up of all bituminous coal
mines in the United States and Canada.
This move is regarded as highly im
portant, meaning as it does that if
President Mitchell so desires he may
call out every man in the bituminous'
coal fields of tho west, northwest and
Canada.
The much talked-of coal conference
was held at Detrplt, Mich., on October
9, and 186 delegates, representing elev
en states, were present After much
debate, resolutions were adopted urg
ing tho president to institute civil pro
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