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The Commoner.
.VOLUME S, NUMBER 2,
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On July 25 it was reported from
Washington that tho determination of
tho question whether seal life shall be
protected in the Bering sea and to
what extent, or whether all the seals
on tho rookeries shall bo destroyed at
once, as proposed by tho commission,
is to be referred to tho high joint
commission, if that body convenes
next fall. The debates in congress
showed a strong sentiment in favor of
extermination or tho seals as the only
means of stopping poaching and an ap
plication was made for an investiga
tion of that question, but it has been
decided to defer the inquiry on ac
count of the brightening chances of
the reassembling of the joint commission.
tor General Smith was made public.
This letter concerns tho report of Mr.
Smith on the investigation of the
Washington postofflce and also to an
editorial article in the Philadelphia
Press. In his letter Mr. Proctor seeks
to prove that Mr. Smith has misstated
some matters in controversy and even
goes so far as to intimate that the
former postmaster general has vio
lated some of the regulations of the
service.
many Russian civilians and officers'
families aro moving into Manchuria
in tho attempt, it is believed, to col
onize the province. It is said that at
the present rate there will bo almost
200,000 Russian civilians in Manchuria,
including Port Arthur and Dalny, be
fore the date fixed for the final evacua
tion next fall.
Captain H. M. Chittenden of the
United States corps of engineers and
who is in charge of the improvement
of tho Missouri river, recently sub
mitted a report on the subject to the
secretary of war. In this report he
recommends an appropriation of ?3,
000,000 for improving the river from
its mouth to the head of navigation,
and he also declares that it is one of
the most navigable rivers in tho United
States.
It was announced from Berlin on
July 25 that tho Prussian ministry had
decided to devote $2,500,000 to the re
lief of tho sufferers from tho Silesian
floods.. An epidemic of typhus fever
is feared, as the floods have caused the
grain in tho fields to rot
, A collision between two cars on the
street railway near Worcester, Mass.,
on July 25, caused the death of two
passengers and the injury of about 48
others. Some of the injured will die.
The state department at Washington
is in receipt of tho first consignment of
claims adjudicated by the American
Venezuelan claims commission, now in
cession at Caracas. It is claimed that
the work of this commission cannot be
finished until October.
A cablegram from Berlin under date
of July 25 says that in the recent
man ouvers, at Kiel tho American ships
used more powder in the firing of
salutes than was burned throughout
tho entire Spanish-American war. The
cablegram concludes that it is calcu
lated that tho Gorman and American
warships during the visit fired alto
gether 3,000 guns in salutes, and as
each shot cost about $1.25 this repre
sents a total expenditure of about
$4,500.
The Turkish cruiser Medlja, tho first
warship over built for a foreign gov
ernment, was launched in Philadel
phia, Pa., in Cramp's shipyard on
July 25. Several Turkish officials were
present and many other distinguished
visitors witnessed the launching.
A panic occurred In Panama on July
25 occasioned by a raid made by offi
cers of the general staff of the army
upon the office of the newspaper of the
liberal party on tho isthmus. Tho edi
tion of the issue of the paper for July
25 was taken and destroyed. This
served to stir the liberals of the city,
but no action was taken until on the
remonstrance of several prominent offi
cials to such a course, several civil
officers were arrested and the gov
ernor himself had to seek refuge in
tho English consulate.
On July 26 tho answer of Chairman
Proctor of tho civil service commission
to the recent letter of former Postmas-
On July 25 it was reported that tho
city of Danville, 111., was in the midst
of a raco war. A riot took place on
that day, resulting in the death of two
and the wounding of 22 others. The
city was placed in the hands of the
state troops.
A cablegram from Stockholm, Swe
den, under date of July 27, says: Dele
gates appointed by the employers and
workmen, representing tho two sides
to the controversy over wages which
resulted in a lockout of about 15,000
machinists and foundrymen in Swe
den July 6, have reached an agree
ment to terminate tho lockout. Aug
ust 3.
e United States, at Cairo, Egypt
died at Dunbar, Scotland, whereho
has been visiting friends, on July 28
Mr. Long, whoso homo is in St Aug
ust Jne, Pla., was appointed consul gen
eral at Cairo in October, 1900. Ha
d astb! years old' at the timo ot hla
Two trains met In a collision on the
Chicago Great Western railroad near
St Paul, Minn., on July 26 and as a
result four people were killed and 25
injured. It is said that the cause of
the collision was the misunderstanding
on the part of the crew as to the time
of the other train.
It was reported from Denver, Colo.,
on July 26 that the general assembly
had adjourned that morning after hav
ing passed a general appropriation bill,
for which the session was called.
Tho work of taking out bodies of the
victims of the mine explosion at Han
na, Wyo., some time ago still prog
resses, 22 bodies being taken from the
mine on Friday, July 24. Up to that
date 52 bodies had been recovered of
which three had not been identified.
Congressman Robert H. Foerderer of
the Fourth Pennsylvania district died
at his home in Torresdale, a suburb of
Philadelphia, on July 26. Mr. Foer
derer was born in 1860 and was elected
to tho Fifty-seventh congress and also
served in the Fifty-eighth.
Thirteen desperate prisoners con
fined in the Folsom penitentiary, Cali
fornia, made a successful break for
liberty on July 27. The prisoners were
armed with knives and razors and
made an assault on the guards, killing
one and wounding several. They then
seized a quantity of arms and'' am
munition and taking the warden and
other officers with them as a shield
irom uieir pursuers, made good their
escape. The state militia has been or
dered to the scene and will pursue the
prisoners.
Arrangements have been completed
for the formation of tho National
Coal and Coke company with $5,000,
000 capital and $2,500,000 in bonds,
which is to practically tako tho place
of the Frick Coke company which has
withdrawn from the market Tho
headquarters of the now concern will
be in Pittsburg, Pa.
At St Louis, Mo., on July 27 Judge
Ryan passed sentence on five former
members of the house of delegates,
four of whom were convicted on
charges of bribery and one of perjury
in connection with municipal fran
chise deals. The terms of sentence
ranged from four to six years and all
the accused filed appeal bonds in the
sum of $10,000.
The body of tho late pope, Lo
XIII., was entombed on July 25 at
Rome, in a niche over tho bronzo
ST8., the let wins of the greatest
t 1 1 ti. iV worm, at, Peter's.
In his will tho dead pontiff leaves the
S?Lfamily Property, approximately,
$120,000, to bo divided among th?
three nephews.
The recent rumor of an impending
Crisis in tho relations between Rus
sia and Japan over tho Manchurian
questions seems to have been amicably
settled, it being announced that Rus
sia has made several concessions to
tho United States and Japan. It was
reported from London on July 29 that
China has consented to grant tho sanrB
open port privileges In Manchuria to
Great Britain and Japan, and confi
dence Is expressed that peace will be
maintained and that Russia will not
interfere with Chinese action in the
n atter.
It was reported from Washington
on July 28 that orders have been giv
en to fit up the triple screw cruiser
Minneapolis, now used as a receiving
ship at the League Island navy yard,
for service as the flagship of Rear Ad
miral Wise, commanding the training
squadron of the North Atlantic fleet
Bidding for the new normal school
to bo erected in Nebraska is very spir
ited, no less than fifteen towns and
cities having entered bids and their
offers will total over $500,000. Mem
bers of the state board of education
will visit all of the locations before
making their decision in the matter.
On July 27 it was announced that
all the cardinals of the conclave to
be held for the purpose of selecting a
successor to Pope Leo XIII., with tho
exception of two, had arrived in
Rome. Workmen were busy prepar
ing quarters for the meeting of tho
conclave, which i3 made up of sixty
four cardinals.
The report of the interstate com
merce commission on railroad acci
dents in the United States for the
three months ending March 31 laSt
shows that during that time 300 per
sons were killed and 2,834 injured in
train accidents. It is also reported
that other kinds of accidents, includ
ing those sustained by employes while
at work and by passengers in getting
on and off cars, make the aggregate
casualties 827 killed and 11,481 in
jured. There were 1,650 collisions and
1,181 derailments, causing $2,491,065
damage to cars, engines and road
ways. It was announced from Peking on
July 27 that the Russian administra
tion had stopped the exportation of
wheat to Japan. Tho exportation of
pain from Chinese ports is Illegal,
but the Russians heretofore have ig
nored the law. This action is taken as
an indication of further warliko pre
parations, as is also the fact that
It was announced from Cynthiana,
Ky., on July 28 that the arrest of B.
J Ewen Is now known to be the re
sult of a complete understanding be
tween the civil and military authori
ties. It will be remembered that Mr.
Ewen is the chief witness for the
prosecution and this course in regard
to him was taken for the purpose of
protecting him from tho feudists and
their friends. The task of securing-a
jury for the second trial of the ac
cused, Jett and White, was completed
on July 28.
John J. Long, consul general for
Two small gunpowder magazines
situated in the residence portion of
Lowell, Mass., exploded on July 29,
killing twenty-two persons and in
juring perhaps fifty others. A num
ber of houses were destroyed by tho
explosion added to which were several
that wero consumed by a fire that
broke out Immediately afterwards.
A conference of populist leaders was
in session at Denver, Colo., recently at
which about fifty leaderB were pres
ent Reports from this conference
seem to Indicate that the differences
between the factions in the populist
party have been settled. The national
executive committee of the united
people's party has been called to
meet at St Louis, February 22, 1904.
A permanent organization was effect
ed with J. A. Edgerton as chairman.
The threatened trouble in the gov
ernment printing office at Washing
ton over the reinstatement of W. A.
Miller, the assistant foreman, who
was dismissed because of his expul
sion -from the union and later ordered
reinstated under an executive order,
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