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.wmwjiwijiwyw11 :, The Commoner; VOLUME 7, NUMBER 28 14 4 ' I w H li$! -.,-' i i V ( m J . '( . 'i THE OASUAT1'Y IIMOOKI) Tho Chicago Tribune, wliich has (long specialized in tho collection of orlmo and casualty statlatlcs, an nduncod this wook that in loss than , six months of tho present year tho (total casualty rocord of tho ontlra your 1900 had boon surpassed. "With 273 deaths already and 925 Injuries in railroad accidents, 902 lives' lost tin dteamship and 355 in mino acci dents, 2,240 porsons killed by tidal -waves, 5,100 by earthquakes, and 530 by hurricanes, "there can bo lit tlo doubt," tho paper says, "that 1907 will bo known in history as tho year of djsastor." This unonvlablo pro-om induce would apparently bo secure oven if tho misplaced switch, , tho misunderstood signal, tho care loss x-pilot, tho atmospheric vortox, and all of their allies should go out MR. METCALFE'S BOOK 'OF SUCH IS THE KINGDOM" And Other Stories from Life NOW READY FOR DELIVERY JOHN M. HARLAN. Asiociatc Justice. United Slnlci Supreme Court: ' Your little Look. 'Of Such ji tho Kingdom,' has been read by me with more than ordinary interest. Indeed. I have read it through twice. No one can read the stories from life without both intcreit and profit, or without hav ing a higher conception of hit duty to God and to hiifellowman." Cloth bound, printed from olcnr typo on heavy paper, gilt sldo and back stamps, 200 pages, sent propaia on receipt or 91.00. Address RICHARD L. METCALFE of business from now till December 31. Buttho same authority reports for 1907 a larger total of phllantro plc gifts and bequests, with a smaller total of embezzlements and other de falcations, than for any correspond ing periods in twonty-flvo years. Thus tho apparent visitations of tho last year come at a time when tho hu man race has been behaving particu larly well in respect to both bonevo lenco and honesty. The facts might puzzle a believer in special provi do'nees. But tho common consola tion will bo tho thought that, like tho weather, tho succession of hor rors can not continue much longor, and will bo made up for later by days of exceptional safety." But will pilferings increase and benefactions fall off again wtfon this happens? New York Evening Post. Care The Commoner y- LINCOLN, NEBR. KILLS 1113A.R WIT, II PENKNIFE Jay Bunch, of this city, had an ex perience last week that bids fair to rival Roosevelt's coyote yarn. Bunch is a Iller at Larkln Bros.' logging camp op the Wishkah, and ono day last week with a friend and several dogs started out to find a bee tree. They had not gone far when tho dogs started up a bear. Bruin took refuge in the top of a tree, but was finally dislodged, and one of the dogs managed to got a good hold on the animal's oar and hung there. Bunch had no other weapon than a jack- knife, but he got it in working order and commenced tho hand-to-hand battle. He struck the bear about forty times, finally severing his jug ular vein, and Bruin, weak from loss of blood, gave up the fight. The bear's hide is literally punctured tyithfcholes around tho throat. The animal weighed about 300 pounds. Aberdeen, Wash., Correspondence of Seattle Times. How Municipal Ownership is Misrepresented VOLUME VI "THE COMMONER CONDENSED" WILL SOON BE READY FOR DELIVERY A POLITICAL HISTORY AND REFERENCE- BOOK ( As its title indicates, this book is a condensed copy of The Com moner for one year. It is published annually and the different-issues are designated as Volumes I, II, III, IV, V and VI, corresponding to the volume numbers of The Commoner. The last issue is Volume VI, and contains editorials which discuss questions of a permanent nature. Every important subject in the world's politics is discussed In Tho Commoner at the time that- subject is attracting general atten tion. Because of this Tho Commoner Condensed is valuable as a reference book and should occupy' a place on tho desk of every lawyer, editor, business man and other student of affairs. OCTAVOS OF ABOUT 480 PAGES EACH; BOUND IN HEAVY CLOTH, AND WILL MAKE A HANDSOME AND VALUABLE ADDI TION TO ANY LIBRARY. t TO NEW CJR RENEWING SUBSCRIBERS 1 Ono Ywxr's Subscript1 -.Tho Commoner. , . . , m-v.M. 3.wj-'ril 'X'llO VJtl .-- mw To subsobe. Paxton, a prominent .ha, Neb,, died sud sEsr:- rFui, i n nila, w ' Vfc k -" v only 7,3pu-psrz: Americans, have regtfefoltrlo; JJOminir elpfttinna. ThntiJH atia vrvri Giof&nflaf By Mail, t&tfpS&r These prices aro for cither volume. If more than ono volume is wanted, add to above prices 75conts for each additional one in cloth binding. Volume I is out of print; Volumes LT, in, IV and V are ready for prompt delivery. ) REMITTANCES MUST BE SENT WITH ORDERS !S THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Nebraska. Add ' w f- , 1 1 (From tho Richmond, Va Times Dispatch, June 23, 1907. Wheeling, W. Va., June 22. Municipal Ownership of light and wa ter plants at Martins Ferry, a town of twelve thousand inhabitants ifl eastern Ohio, promised to bo a suc cess in tho early years of the experi ment, but passing events have shown that troubles aro certain to multiply and possibly in the future may result in serious dlsadyantago to tho mu nicipality. With the water works system cost ing half a million dollars and the electric light plant erected at an ex pense of $125,000, the town is bond ed far beyond the indebtedness it can stand, but-this is not the trouble that will eventually prove the undo ing of municipal ownership In the town. The inability of tho municipal au thorities to deal with labor troubles has put tho. water works and the lighting system in jeopardy the past year, and it looks as if the worst was yet to come. Three times in the year the employes of both these plants have gono out on a strike without a- moment's warning, leav ing the valuable machinery and the public service system to run them selves. At present a strike is on and the strikers have been "locked out" of both places. The town authorities claimed they were not permitted under the state laws to deal with' the employes' union, and when the men did not get what thoy wanted through the union they 'laid down ' their tools. Later the board of public service dis charged the leaders and made it so unpleasant for the other union men that they were compelled to quit. The fight has been on now for a year, and union labor, which has the controlling vote in the town, will oust the entire board having charge of the town plants at the coming fall election. Men will be chosen who are known to be friendly to union labor, and this will mean the appointing or men to positions at both plants who are new to the busi ness and who have little or 'no ex perience. Already the machinery has been damaged to the extent of many thou sands of dollars by, inexperienced men employed 'on short notice to fill tho places of the meh discharged, and with two or more changes cer tain to occur within the year there is every reason to believe that the damage will bo infinitely greater. New machinery will then be needed, and tho city will be swamped in debt. With the water works and the eiectric ngnt pianx in control or a private corporation that could deal directly with the unions, or fight them us it saw fit, all trouble could have been avoided and the " two plants could have been running at o reasonable profit and Without ma terial inconvenience tp the public. Tho town has been enabled to run along for years by reason of the rev enue received from the sale of water to Bridgeport and Brookside, two neighboring towns that laid their own pipes and paid something like ten thousand dollars each t year for water rental. Now that there has been so much trouble, Bridgeport is consid ering building Its own water works or securing Its supply from some nrl- vate company, and thus cut. off the extra revenue that has made the Mar tins Ferry plant self- sustaining. (From tho Mayor of Martins Ferry, Ohio.) Tho following has been received by tho Richmond Evening Journal. Marlins - Ferry, Ohio. Executive Department. June 27, lao?. Dear Sir: Yours of the 24th instant, with clipping from Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch enclosed, came duly to hand. In reply would say the whole com munication from beginning to end is a tissue of falsehoods, made from the whole cloth. 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