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Twenty-sevon inombors of tho crow
of a Japanese battleship wore killed
by an explosion in target practice
near Kure, Japan.
Judgo Grosscup in tho federal
court of Chicago -.approved tho ap
poal"b6ud in the 4um of $6,000,000
glvoh by the Standard Oil company
in taking its appeal from the Judge
Landid' line.
At a special election held in Chi
cago September 17, tho proposed now
charter for the city was rejected Dy
a largo majority.
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Major James Carroll, United States
army, died at Washington City.
" George A. Pettibone of the Westr
!ern Federation of Labor, who was
about to go on trial charged with
.the Stbunenberg murder was taken
seriously ill and removed to a hos
pital. ' '
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r' F. G McNally, president of the
fannd-McNally publishing house, is
tlead.
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Rear Admiral John G. Walker, of
th'e United States navy, is dead. '
.Warrants for the arrest of four--teen,
persons involved in the Penn
sylvania state house scandal have
been Issued at tne instance or .renn
sessions, constitute more than forty
per cent of ihe members who have
been willing to- enlist themselves
squarely on one side or Ihe other of
tho proposition. Thirty-six of the
members approached by correspond
ents of the Herald declined to go on
record, excusing themselves on the
plea that the question was fraught
with too great considerations to be
readily answered. If the same pro
portion in favor of a quick disposi
tion of the islands obtains among
these and among those who could
not bo reached for expressions of
opinion, -it is clear that a big ma
jority of the coming congress would
welcome some method of relieving
tho country of its Oriental wards.
The interviews published- are supple
mentary to the 138 which appeared
in tho Herald a week ago today. The
members who were quoted then and
those whose interviews appear this
retention of the islands, even for a
limited time, involves the necessity
of a big increase in the navy. Almost
without exception this alternative
is accepted by the members who
are on record for holding the
islands. Senator Stone Missouri is
one who thinks the Islands should
be got rid of. He returned recently
from the -Philippines and judged the
situation at close range."
constitution, and not to proclaim
statehood,' said Dinwiddy. 'In this
struggle the good people ought to
have, and in my judgment will have,
the support of the best people of all
parties through the land.' "
The democrats of New Jersey have
nominated for governor Frank S.
Katzenbach, Jr., of Trenton.
Tom Johnson has been nominated
by the democrats of Cleveland, O.,
for his fourth term as mayor. In the
platform the three-cent fare is given
a prominent place. The nomination
was unanimous and the convention
was very jenthusiastic. Mr. Johnson
was first elected mayor in 1901 and
was re-elected in 1903 and 1905.
On September 21, at Norfolk, Va.,
Governor Folk was the principal ora
tor at the "Missouri Day" celebra
tion at the Jamestown exposition.
His address was from the standpoint
of liberty to the individual, his sub
ject being "Liberty of the Individ
ual, a right, not a Privilege,"
crease of 19 per cent in gross reve
nue and of 4.6 per cent in net reve
nue for a representative month this
year, it is evidence of the astonish,
ing productive power of the country,
holding up general prosperity in
spite of a system which increase
cost artificially and constantly to
ward tho point where net revenue
vanishes.
The showing the surplus-producing
states are making for themselves,
for the railroads and for the country
this year in spite of all artificial di
advantages is little short of remark -u'i
ie. In dealing with it there nhoul'l
be no. "buts" in fhe wrong plae. -St.
Louis Republic.
Rear Admiral Chadwick addressed
the American League of Municipali-
sylvjanla'a attorney general. Follow- ties at Norfolk, Va., and said
ing is a list or tne men ror wnom mat luurope is rar aneau oi America
warrants were issued: Joseph M.
Huston, architect and his active as
sistant, Stanford Lewis, both of Phil
adelphia; John H, Sanderson, Phil
adelphia, chief contractor for fur
nishings; Congressman H. Burd Cas
sol,r Marietta, Pa., treasurer and exec
utive, Officer of the Pennsylvania Con
struction company, contractors -for
steel filing cases; Jphn II. Shumaker,
Johnstown, Pa., former superintend
in municipal government.
President Roosevelt left Oyster
Bay Wednesday, September 25, for
Washington. On Sunday, September
2 9, he will start on Ms western .and
southern tour. He will be at Keo
kuk, Ia October. 1, St. Louis, Octo
ber 2, Cairo, 111., October 3, and
Memphis, Tenn., October 4. At
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ent oL public grounds and buildings, I Memphis the speechraaking- program
will be interrupted and the president
will start for the camping grounds.
who receipted for the furnlshinKS.
George-. I Payne and his partner,
fcharles G.vWettor, both of Philadel
phia, builders of the capltol and con
tractors for the $303,000 attic; Wil
liam P., Snyder, Spring City, Pa.,
former auditor general,, who ap
proved the warrants of th6 contrac
tors; William L. Mathues, Media,
Pa., former state treasurer, who paid
the bills of the contractors; Charles
F. Kinsman, Wallis Boileau, John
G. Nelderer and George K. Storm,
all of Philadelphia, stockholders in
tho Pennsylvania Bronze Co., or
ganized by Sanderson for the manu
facture of the $2,000,000 lighting
fixtures; Frank Irvine, auditor in
the auditor general's office, who "ad
mitted the accounts of the contractors.
He will break camp on October 21,
going directly to Vicksbur, MIbs.,
to make his promised speech there.
The return to Washington will im
mediately after be begun, and the
White House will be reachedon the
afternoon of October 23.
One hundred and sixty-two United
States senators and representatives
answered the New York Herald's
question, "Why not sell the Phil
ippines?" The Herald makes this
abstract of the returns: "Of these
approximately four-fifths are un
equivocally in favor of disposing of
the islands in some manner just as
soon as sucn action can be taken
with honor to the United States and
with justice to the Filipinos. Forty
are for the outright sale of tho Phil
ippines now, and have no hesitation
in saying so. Ten more would de
liver at once into the hands of the
islanders their government and their
national destiny. Those for Immed
iate sale, added to those for the im
mediate surrender of government
jurisdiction over these Insular pos-
The New Jersey republicans have
nominated for governor Supreme
Court Justice John F. Fort,
Eleven men were killed and seven
injured by a cage plunging 750 feet
down the Bhaft of the Jones and
Laughlin Steel company- mine near
Negauuee, Mich.
ROOSEVELT TO THE RESCUE
Congressman Burton will need the
oratorical aid of President Roosevelt
before he gets to the end of hfs tus
sle with Tom Johnson for the may
oralty of Cleveland. To come any
where near winning he must make a
whirlwind campaign and employ the
heaviest artillery he can command.
The contest is of such importance
to the political fortunes of the re
publican party that the president
would be justified, in taking a day or
two off and going over to Cleveland
to say a good word for Burton. The
election of Burton would mean that
Ohio is solid for Taft, and that
means a great deal for Mr. Roose
velt. But if the president's candidate
can not be elected mayor of his own
town, though he can be elected to
congress from it, the presidential in
fluence in Ohio is too weak to be
good for anything, and the republi
can party of the state is in danger
of defeat in next year's election.
The oldest inhabitant never heard
of a purely municipal election that
cut -so deep into national politics as
this one will do. It is, in fact, the
first skirmish of the national contest
to be fought next year. The size of
the Tammany vote polled in the city
of New York has sometimes decided
presidential elections, but that was In
presidential years, and upon national
issues.
The avowed issues in the Cleve
land election are altogether local, but
it is really a contest for control of
the republican organization in a piv
otal state. The stakes are big
enough to make it worth while for
the president to take the stump
strenuously for Burton. St. Louis
Republic.
SHOULD HEED WARNING
The northwest should heed tho
warning of Interstate Commerce
Commissioner Lane and order its
coal in time. The "car famine" of
last winter should not be repeated.
The northwest' is familiar with its
-own climatic conditions. If it keeps
back its grain until snow falls, and
withholds its orders for coal until
that season, it will have itself to
blame if it freezes while its coal is
stuck in snow drifts. New York
Tribune.
PLATFORM
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TEXT BOOK
Federal Judgo Lochren at St. Paul
has issued an injunction prohibiting
the enforcement of the commodity
railroad rates enacted by the last
Minnesota legislature! .
An Oklahoma City dispatch car
ried by the Associated Press under
date of September 20, follows: "The
Rev. E. C. Dinwiddy, national coun
sel for the anti-saloon league, tonight
declared that the Influence of tho
temperance forces of the entire na
tion would be brought to bear upon
President Roosevelt to Secure his ap
proval of the constitution. 'The
j: liquor men, who were defeated in a
fair fight at tho polls, are how join
ing with certain elements of the re
publican party and planning an ap
peal to the president to reject the
"BUT"
The department of commerce and
labor at Washington publishes a bul
letin showing marked increases in
cost -of living and also an advance
In wages just as the Railway Age
unaertair.es to explain the condition
of the country as shown by railroad
returns for July, 1907.
Beginning with the increase in the
cost or operation, which results from
artificial increase in the cost of
everything, it continues that the July
figures of 1907 compared with those
for July, 1906, "show an increase of
nineteen per cent in gross revenue
from operation, ah """"increase of
27.4 per cent in operating expenses
and a gain of but 4.6 per cent in net
revenue from operation."
The only complaint to make of this
Is that the conjunction "but" is mis
applied. When after a "glut" year
such as 1906, there is still an in-
Contalnlng the Declara
tion of Independence,
the Constltutlou of the
United States, and nil
tho National PlatforniH
of. all purlieu slnco the
organization of our
government.
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