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The Commoner.
VOLUME 6, NUMBER U
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B. H. Harriman has rotlrod as chair
man of tho Illinois Central finance
commltteo. He Is succeedod by Wal
ter Luttgen.
The sonato has passod the Mallory
bill providing for federal control of
Interstate quarantine regulations
T. P. Shonts has been ro-blected
president of the Panama railroad.
Tho Iowa legislature has enacted a
child labor law prohibiting the em
ployment of chlldron under 16 years
of ago In occupations of a harmful
nature or under conditions which are
not porfoctly sanitary.
The report of tho Panama railroad
officials for tho ton months of tho
yoar 1905 up to October 31 showed that
tho total earnings oxceedod by $302,
204, or 18.77 per cent those of the ten
months of tho previous year. The
total railroad earnings were $1,912,
552, and expenses $1,213,610 leaving
net earnings of $689,952. The net
learnings of tho steamship line were
$58,730, compared with $103,517 dur
ing the previous year.
"William Loob, Jr., socrotary of the
president, was injured by being
thrown from a horse at Washington
City.
Representative Davidsonof Wiscon
sin Mr lntncluced a resolution which
- provides that tho ways and 'means
committee shall sit during the recess
of congress to ascertain trade condi
tions with a view to tariff revision.
uo, tho decision is of great value to
Wisconsin and other states that have
cnactod or may enact similar measures."
A dispatch to the Chicago Record
Herald from English, Ind., follows:
"Hiram Delanoy, a bachelor farmer
living near hero, received eight babies
ranging in age between two weeks
and one year old as a present from un
known persons last night. Delaney
answored a call at his door and found
tho .children sleeping sweetly on a
comfort spread on tho porch. On them
was a scrawl reading: 'These are
your own; care for tnem.' Delaney
donles ownership and will turn the
babies over to the county. -Delaney
lives with his mother, who thinks the
case blackmail." .
Mrs. Melinda Williams died recent
ly at Baraboo, Wis. She is said to
have been 117 years of age. It is
claimed that Mrs. .Williams' mother
lived to bo 120 years old, and that
her mother's sister lived to be 115.
Now Hampshire, C. A. Sulloway; New
Jersey, J. H. C. Loudenslager; New
York, J. S. Sherman; North Carolina,
E. S. Blackburn; Ohio, Nicholas Long
worth; Oregon, C. W. Fulton; Penn
sylvania, H. B. Cassel; Rhode Island,
A. B. Capron; South. Dakota, C. H.
Burke, Tennessee, N. W. Hale; Utah,
Joseph Howell; Vermont, Kittredge
Haskins; Virginia, Campbell Flent;
Washington, F. W. Cushman; West
Virginia, B. B. Dovener; Wis
consin, J. H. Davidson; Wyoming,
F. W. Mondell; Hawaii, Jonap K. Kal
anlanaole; New Mexico, W. H. An
drews; Oklahoma, B. S. McGuire; Por
to Rico, Julio Larrenga. No members
have been selected for the states and
territories not named.
The Nebraska republican state con
vention will be held at Lincoln, Aug
ust 22, at 2 p. m. The convention
will nominate a candidate for United
States senator, also candidates for
governor and other state officers.
Representative Towne of New York
delivered an address in the house,
in which he denounced the present
rules. Referring to the petition made
recently by the labor leaders, he said
it was the most significant utterance
of the sort in recent economic his
tory. Mr. Towne added: "The po
litical party in power is an organiza
tion, the agent of the dominant eco
nomic force of the age. Those force
tend to capitalistic combination and
consolidation. If unrestrained and
unregulated they threaten the sta
bility of the social order, and work
Lngmen of the country may Justly feel
an especial interest in curbing tho
rapacity of these organized appetites
which exist either by the warrant or
the permission of the laws. In this
enterprise these petitioners become
allies of all members of society not
immediately associated in the scheme
of spoliation and plunder. When thus
engaged they-cease to be a faction,
but become the representatives of the
general .welfare. Instead of meriting
the appellation of agitators and dis
turbers they range themselves among
the conservative element of our in
stitutions in furtherance of what has
become the great, patriotic political
duty of the hour, the restoration in
the republic of the ancient standards
of justice and equality under the law,
tho mingled safety aiid progress that
constitute the goal and the sanction
of democratic government." Washing
ton dlspatchps say that Mr. Towne'
was given a great ovation at the close
of his speech.
An Associated Press-dispatch under
date of Pittsburg, April 6, follows:
"Peace is now assured in the miners
The Iowa legislature has passed an
anti-pass bill. The bill prohibits all
public oillclals in the state, including
federal officers, from accepting free
passes. Delegates to political con
ventions and members and employes
of politcal committees areIsc in
cluded in the probM:rfi:"r'
Judge Pollard, a police magistrate
in St. Louis, fined Harry Cherry $25
for tramping on William McDonnald's
corn in a stroet caj
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
expresses the opinion that crop fail
ures are things of the past. He de
clares that science haB triumphed over
Nature to such an extent that all
-variations of weather, such as are usu
ally experienced can be sot at naught.
New York dispatches say that a
number of Now York merchants are
interested in a plan for a revolution
in Venezuela, by which it is hoped
to overthrow Castro and open tho
country to American capital.
I'he followers of John Alexander
Dowie, for many years the head of
what is known as Zion City, revolted
and declared that Dowle was no long
er their leader. All manner of
charges have been made against
Dowie, some of them decidedly sen
sational in their character. The prop
erty in Zion City Is estimated to be
worth 20,000,000. Dowie who, at the
time was visiting in Mexico, sent word
that he would fight his opponents,
and he hastened to Chicago for the
purpose of defending his positon.
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Attorney General Hadley' of
souri is ill at Jefferson City.
Mis-
A fire occurred In the office of the
Buffalo Times, causing a loss esti
mated at $200,000.
B. C, Swift of Chicago, a member
of the "packing firm of Swift & Co.,
died at Boston. While visiting in
that city he was stricken with pneumonia.
Tho United States supreme court
has decided in the favor of the state
of Michigan a suit against tho rail
roads. The state sought to compel
railroads to pay taxes at the rate at
which othor property is assessed. The
supreme court upholds the Michigan
law of 1901 and the state will receive
a largo sum of money. A dispatch to
tho Chicago Record-Herald from Lan
sing, Mich., referring to this decision
explains: "By the decision the state
will receive from the railroad com
panies in unpaid taxes for the vears
1902, 1903 and 1904 the sum of $5,
060,608. In addition the companies
must pay the tax levied last Febru
ary for the year 1905 in the sum of
$3,527,059.61, and are subject also to
tho penalty of 1 per cent a month pro
vided by the statute for non-payment
of taxes. Altogether the amount of
taxes and penalties remaining due is
approximately $10,500,000. This sum
must be paid at once or tho property
may be seized; As sustaining the
principle or uirect taxation of mil
General Von Mack has returned to
Moscow from Japan, and says the
Japanese are actively engaged in war
preparations. He adds: "It Is evi
dent that the enemy in view is Amer
ica, and that operations are being
planned against the Philippine Islands."
It is reported that 121 persons were
drowned during the hurricane In the
Hawaiian islands.
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The republicans held a congres
sional caucus at Washington and were
addressed by Speaker Cannon, who
told them that they would have their
hands full in the coming congressional
fight. A congressional committee was
chosen as follows: California. J. C.
Needham; Colorado, H. M. Hogg;
Connecticut, George L. Lilley; Dela
ware, Hiram R. Burton; Idaho, B. L.
French; Illinois. J. R. Mann: Indiana.
Charles B. Lewis; Iowa, A. F. Daw
son; Kansas, J. M. Miller; Kentucky,
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South
Dakota
Before planning your trip to South Dakota it
would be worth your while to look through the
booklet describing the State, its resources and S
opportunities, just issued by the
Chicago, Milwaukee and
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Recent railroad 'extensions thmimi, i-.-.
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