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ShorlfC Thomns E. Barrett died at
"Chicago. JaracH Peao was choson
OB Ills successor.
Tho United Mlno Workers have
called tho coal strike which strike,
it is said, will involve 450,000 men.
Tho representatives of tho workmen
and tho operators met at Indianapolis
but failed to agreo.
Tho Kansas Natural Gas company's
well, noar Canoy, Kan., which was
struck by lightning February 23 and
continued to burn until March 29, has
at last been extinguished.
,- In tho beef trust cases at Chicago
against the corporation, tho govern
ment's attorney asked for an early
hearing. The packors asked for a
lato hearing, and Judge Humphrey
fixed tho date Soptomber 10
- Tho first actual elections to tho
Russian national parliament took
'Tplace March 29. Twelvo members of
' the council of tho empire were chosen
by a congross composed of repre
sentatives of associations of trade and
industry throughout European Russia.
The successful candidates are conservative,
, Tho Ohio legislature has passed a
bill creating a state railroad commis
sion and providing for the regulation
v. of freight rates.
.
Washington dispatches say that tho
rate bill will probably come to a vote
-abbut May 1. Mr. Tillman sought to
fix an earlier dato but Mr. Aldrich
objected to it.
straw and being kicked .by the Demo
cratic donkey.' Tho last ono I saw,'
remarked Tilman, 'represented me as
riding tho donkey with tho republi
can olephant tied to its tail Every
body laughed."
Rev. J. B. Lontz was killed by
lightning while preaching at Carson,
Iowa.
man said Mr. Elklns had expressed
the hope that he would give the sen
ate something on this lino every morn
ing, and he would endeavor to gratify
him in this respect. The letter was a
very long one and began by stating
that the people of West Virginia had
begun to look uppn Mr. Tillman as
their senator. The assertion was
made that tho law of West Virginia
were not sufficient to meet the case."
Trade between tho United States
and Canada in 1905 aggregated $202,
999,213, according to the United States
department of commerce.
Senator Elklns has replied o Gov
ernor Cummins of Iowa, saying that
Cummins does not speak the truth,
and that he (Elklns) is a strong
champion of railway rate legislation.
A New York dispatch to the Chi
cago Record-Herald follows: "Origi
nal manuscripts of 'The Scarlet Let
ter,' 'The Blithdale Romance 'The
Marble Faun,' 'Twice Told Tales and
ether stories written by Nathaniel
Hawthorno, which are of great value,
were damaged in a fire in the home
of Julian Hawthorne at 75 Warbur
ton avenue, at noon today. The fire
partly burned the house. The damage
will amount to from $10,000 to $15,000
Mr. Hawthorne carried no Insurance
on the furnishings or the manupcr-ipts.
Some of his own manuscripts, in a
desk in the library, were damaged by
water. When the fire started no one
was In the house except a servant.
The -building is four stories In front
andsix in the rear. A defective
flue in. the kitchen was' responsible
for the fire."
;, The Now York World says: "Rob
. ort A. Van Wyck, former mayor of
- ow, York, yesterday bade farewell
;to the'-country of his birth. He sailed
on the Kaiser Wllhelm II. for Bre
men, whence ho will go to Paris, to
reside permanently. Ho will not give
up his American citizenship jior his
- membership in tho Democratic club,
but ho hnn nfinr ha lnof iinn
and will return only at times on busi-i
ueas.
The Brooklyn, N. Y., libraries have
barred Mark Twain's "Huckleberry
Finn" arid "Tom Sawyer" from children
considered to be under the age of dis
cretion. The library authorities de
cided that these work of Mark Twain
would have disastrous effect upon
young minus.
John D. Archbold is now said to bo
the real head of the Standard Oil
trust.
Tho Now Jersey legislature has
passed a b;il substituting the electric
chair for tho scaffold in executions.
The Ohio state legislature has
passed a bill substituting the electric
license from $350 to $1,000. Ropre
sontativos of the breweries say that
the bill will drive half tho saloons of
Ohio, or about six thousand, out of
business.
Joseph M. Patterson, son of the edi
tor of the Chicago Tribune, has be
come very active in Chicago socialist
circles. He is delivering many speech
es, attacking his follow millionaires.
The Washington correspondent for
the Now York World prints this story:
Senators Spooner and Tillman got
into ono of those furious for appear
ance sake onlyfights they have ten
or twelvo times a day. A judicial
opinion can not be Impeached" by a
cartoon declared Spooner. 'A car
toon often points out some pertinent
point,' remarked Mr. Tillman. Yea
snapped Spooner; 'the last cartoon I
saw Of thfl fionntnr fvnm aMiii. n
Una represented him a down in ua
Guard J. W. Woods, at the Missouri
penitentiary, was killed by a negro
convict.
Sarah Bernhardt, the actress, Is
giving performances in a large tent
in Texas, because of what she con
siders the exorbitant. itmn-nra n Vio
theatrical trust which controls Texas
tneatres.
Four firemen waro ldllprl nTiiivnn
orty to the value of $400,000 was de-
Dnujcu uy u ure in a inow Yoric fac
tory.
The democratic primaries for Ar
kansas resulted in the nomination for
governor of Congressman John S. Lit
tle. James S. Berrv. tht nrnnfinf TTnl.
ted States senator was defeated by
uuvonior jen juavis in tne contest
for senator.
Mrs. Matilda Suits;, ntra on .
her grandson, Ivy Jones, were, burned
tu ueum ut vvaveriy, onio.
A Washington dispatch to the Chi
cago Records-Herald follows: "At the
beginning of the session of the sen
ate tOdflV Mr. TMllmnn nrfJ
Wetter from Millard F. Snyder of
wusburg, W. Va., relating to the
discrimination in that state against
jncjopondeiit coal operators by the
wollltnnro JB, Ohtn vallrna. Mr Till.
A Washington dispatch describes a
scene in the house in this way: "Mr.
Shackleford (Mo.) with trembling
voice, then read a prepared statement
regarding the language he intended
to uso when taken off the floor last
week by Mr. Tawney (Minn.), who
objected to the tenor of his words, as
they seemed to reflect upon the speak
er, Mr. Shackleford said tho bill pro
posed by his colleague, Mr. Rhodes,
to pension the Missouri volunteers
should pass. Continuing, he said:
'We're here, De Armond, Clark, Lloyd,
Rucker, Hunt, Wood, Shackleford, all
ready and anxious to vote for the
measure. Take your heavy hand off
the old soldier, Mr. Speaker, and let
us vote for the bill As ho sat down,
with this utterance still , ringing
through the hall, Speaker Cannon
arose. Republicans gathered in front
of tho speaker's desk and democrats
crowded the aisles. The speaker
showed deep1 feeling as he replied :i
'Mr. Chairman, just a second, only; i
I have listened to the gentleman from
Missouri, Mr. Shackleford. If it aft
fords .him any consolation to makot.
me a stalking horse on account pi
the quarrel with tho minority leader,"
well and good (Applause.) Mr.
Shackleford, with' deep feeling, re
piled in tho midst of the confusion?"
which ensued owing to the speaker's"
unusual appearance: 'I deny, Mn
Speaker, that my quarrel with you
has any such foundation " - '
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