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OCTOBER 28, 1910
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yoatorday afternoon. Somewhere In
tho radius' of a hundred miles of
Lake Huron, dispatches indicate that
tho America II,, tho Swiss Helvetia
and Azures, the French Isle do
Franco and tho Gorman Harhurg
III., and Dusseldorf II., aro keeping
close company with tho leader. H.
B. Honeywell, in tho balloon St.
Louis No. 4, is thought to bo well
up in tho front with tho foreign
aeronauts. Nothing deflnito had
been heard at a lato hour from
Colonel Theodore Schaeck in tho
Helvetia or Lieutenant Messner in
tho Azurea and nothing since early
afternoon from Jacques Fauro in tho
Condor. The latter is reported to
have attempted the passage of Lake
Michigan without success and to
have drifted farther north along tho
"Wisconsin shores. Nine of tho ten
balloons are still sailing. Six are
kn,own to havo crossed Lake Michi
gan and others are thought to be
flying across Lake Huron or to have
passed into Canada. S. Louis von
Phul, in tho Million Population club,
one of tho three American entrants,
was forced to descend at a point
six and a half miles north of Racine,
Wis., this morning at 7:25 o'clock
becauso of a lack of ballast. Leav
ing Milwaukee and 'flying at a high
altitude the aeronauts traversed a
perilous stretch of moro than 100
miles of water. Tho America II.
passed over Manistee, Mich., during
the afternoon and others were re
ported over Muskegon, Shelby and
Pentwater. The Million club landed
with eight bags of ballast in sight
of Lake Michigan. The pilot, St.
Louis von Phul, did not think he
had a chance of crossing the water.
Only ono balloon, the Helvetia, a
Swiss entry and winner of the 1908
race from Berlin, has not been seen
or identified up to 12 o'clock noon.
Four unidentified aerostats passed
completely over Lake Michigan be
fore noon. The balloons which
passed into Michigan were more
than 400 miles from St. Louis."
of Dickinson; N. D., was his brother
and co-heir with him to tho $500,000
catato of his father, tho lato Daniol
Russell. Tho acknowledgment was
mado in writing and throws out tho
claims of tho alleged Daniol Blako
Russell, of JEresno, Cal. 'FreBno
Dan' was publicly acknowledged as
tho long lost brother by William
Russell last April at tho conclusion
of a trial in which tho claims of
'Dakota Dan,' the Dakota claimant,
woro thrown out. 'Fresno Dan' had
since lived in Melrose with William
Russell as his brother. Efforts woro
mado at tho recent case, which last
ed 123 trial days to provo that 'Da
kota' Dan' was James D. Rousseau, of
Massona, N. Y. 'Dakota Dan's' at
torney was State Senator Leslio A.
Simpson, of Dickinson, N. D., and
'Fresno Dan's' lawyer was Qcorgo
N. Cartwrlght of Fresno, Cal."
dont Harahan said ho attached no
weight to Edgar's suit. Tho plain
tiff in tho suit is Mrs. Edgar, who
owns two sharos of stock In tho railroad.
Maxwell Edgar, a lawyer, brought
suit against tho Illinois Central
Railroad company for $10,000,000.
Ho seeks to hold the directors of the
road responsible for tho losses to
tho stockholders through tho graft
recently exposed. Mr. Edgar
charged that tho directors of tho Illi
nois Central were "dummy officials,"
who, ho said, were elected by Charles
A. Peabody, a director of tho Union
Pacific. He asked that suit bo
brought against Mr. Peabody and A.
G. Hackstaff to recover bonds for
$50,000" and $100,000 which, ho al
leged, belonged to tho road. Presl-
A Columbus, Ohio, dispatch car
ried by tho Associated Pros says:
"An amendment to tho constitution
of tho church calling for tho estab
lishment of missionary districts
along racial lines was voted down
decisively by tho house of deputies
at tho Episcopal triennial conven
tion Jn session here. Tho negroes
havo long wanted a bishop of their
own. Tho Rov. Joseph Dunn of tho
dioceso of southern Virginia, in
speaking against tho adoption of tho
amendment said: 'Tho emancipa
tion of tho negroes was a diro dis
aster, as the negro at that very timo
was in need of all tho teachings and
help that could bo given to him by
his white brother. They lost all of
this and the church has forty-fivo
years of misguidanco to undo.' "
Tho Rhode Island republican state
convention mot at Providence. It
adopted resolutions giving an en
dorsement of tho administration of
President Taft and of tho Paync-
lAldrich tariff bill and expressions of
regret at tho retirement of United
States Senator Nelson W. Aldrich.
Governor Pothier was renominated
for a third term by acclamation. All
tho other state officers wero unani
mously renominated.
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The German balloon, Germania,
starting from St. Louis in the inter
national balloon races, landed 179
miles north of Quebec. This is ap
proximately 1,195 miles and may
mean that all world's records have
been broken. Three balloons, which
started in the race, aro reported
missing in the wilds of Canada, and
relief parties have been sent to their
rescue.
. The Vermont legislature re-efect-ed
unanimously, United States Sen
ator C. S. Page.
The state of Massachusetts has a
population of 3,366,416, according
to the enumeration made in the
thirteenth census as announced by
the director of tho census. This is
an increase of 561,000, or 20 per
cent, over the population of 1900,
when tho total was 2,805,346, The
increase from 1890 to 1900 was
566,403, or 25.3 per cent. The pop
ulation of Clay county, Neb., is 15,
729 as compared with 15,736 in
1900 and 16,310 in 1890. Tho pop
ulation of Rock Rapids, la., Lyon
county, is 2,005, as compared with
1,766 in 1900 and 1,394 in 1890. In
1890 Massachusetts was the sixth
state in the union in point of popu
lation: hut In 1900 Texas forced
Massachusetts into seventh place.
Whether Massachusetts will retain
seventh place in the 1910 census can
not bo determined until tho report
has been completed. Indiana is be
lieved to be pressing close to Massa
chusetts for seventh place.
A Boston dispatch carried by the
Associated Press says: "The long
est contested probate caso in the
world, it is claimed, was settled
when William C. Russell of Melrose,
declared that Daniel Blake Russell
Editor Commoner: I notice that
you havo been publishing progres
sive democratic platforms. I there
fore take leave in sending you a
copy of tho platform adopted by tho
democratic convention of Stanislaus
county held on tho 27th day of
August, 1910. The San Francisco
Star in an editorial devoted to this
platform in its issue of September
3 called it a model. Tho Stockton
Mail in an editorial published Sep
tember 6 called this platform "tho
most comprehensive of any In the
state."
LEON YANCKWICK.
Tho following is a synopsis of tho
platform:
National Affairs
1. We condemn tho tariff adopt
ed by the republican majority in
congress. We assert mat tne tariii
adopted is a burden on tho consum
ers, and that in adopting it tho re
publican party violated Its promise
mado to tho voters of the county.
We repudiate tho high protective sys
tem which fosters privileged mon
opoly and poverty. Wo assert our
belief in free commerce, and de
clare revenue to bo the only justifi
cation for a tariff. Wo are opposed
to the taxation of tho products of
industry and prefer direct taxation
of wealth and existing franchises
and privileges to all other systems
of taxation, and favor the tariff aB a
fiscal measure as an ultimate resort
only.
2. Wo commend tho attitude of
the democratic representatives in
congress, who, under the Intelligent
leadership of Champ Clark, fought
for an honest revision of the tariff.
Wo condemn the California repre
sentatives In congress who voted for
the retention of tho High tariff on
necessaries, and for tho infamous
wool and sugar schedules.
We condemn tho democratic rep
resentatives in congress who voted
for the retention of schedules which
had been condemned by tho party
platform, and condemn tho New
York democratic members of the
house who voted for tho retention
of the autocratic rules of tho house
of representatives.
.3. We assert our belief in the
policy of conservation of tho nation's
resources, and favor tho leasing of
coal and mineral lands on a royalty
basis.
4. Wo oppose tho granting of priv
ileges that would inure to tho bene
fit of a few, and aro opposed to tho
granting of ship or any other sub
sidies. Wo believe in free ships as
ono of tho best means of restoring
our merchant maTine to its ancient
glory.
5. We assert that it was not the
Intention of the framors of the anti
trust law to make it apply to the
labor unions. Tho measure was in
tended to servo as a defense of the
plain people against tho rapacity of
tho trusts and monopolies. We
therefore demand tho amendment of
tho anti-trust law so as to prevent its
application to labor organizations.
6. Wo favor tho election of United
States senators by direct voto of the
people and a graduated incomo and
inheritance tax.
7. Wo favor an employers' liabil
ity law for all employes engaged in
interstate commerce, based on the
principle of assumption of risk by
tho employer.
8. Wo favor strict regulation of
railroads and other common car
riers, and assert that when regula
tion has proved unsuccessful, gov
ernment ownership of interstate rail
roads is tho best solution of the
railroad problem. Wo favor a par
cels post.
9. We favor retrenchment of pub
lic expenditures, so that the expendi
tures may keep pace with tho In
crease of tho wealth of tho nation.
10. Wo believe in international
peace, international arbitration of
disputes between nations, and favor
retrenchment in expenditures for
military purposes.
11. Wo favor the exclusion of all
Asiatic laborers, including Hindoos.
State Affairs
1. We assert tho emancipation of
the state government from corporate
rule and tho restoration of tho gov
ernment to the people, to be the par-
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