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The Commoner.
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Vol. a, No. a8.
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THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.
On July 10th tho convention of the
united mine workers adjourned at Ind
ianapolis after declaring against a
general striko that would involve tho
soft coal minors, providing for tho
raising of a fund with -which to aid tlio
striking anthracite miners, and Is
suing an appeal to tho American peo
ple for support. The resolutions
adopted to this effect set forth in do
tall tho hardships and injustice undpr
which coal diggers labor and esti
mated tho number to bo taken caro of
as 150,000 mon and their families. On
July 21 tho first financial assistance
was sent to tho strikers, when $50,000
was forwarded to tho secretaries of the
threo anthracito districts to bo ap
plied to the relief of tho sufferers.
As regards tho status of Filipinos
abroad, a dispatch from Washington
says: Gradually tho status of the
Filipino In his relation to foreign
countries Is being established. Tho
state department has Anally decided
how it shall take caro of Filipinos
outside of their archipelago. Ambas
sador "White has established a pre
cedent in tho case of Edward Fan-'
claxo, a native of Manila, a record or
which has just reached the state de
partment. This man applied to tho
ambassador in Berlin July 2 for a
passport, or protection papers. Tho
ambassador's certificate says: "Satis
factory proof having been furnished
me that Edward Fjranciaxo.ls a nativo
of the Philippines and loyal to the
United States, he is entitled to be ac
corded a protection by the diplomatic
and- consular officers of tho United
States. As, however, ho Is not a citi
zen of the United States ho is not en
titled to a passport.
8part$ from towns along the Mls-
sis3ippi river indicate a greater ex-
ft tant nf domntrn Ann r flnnrl PnTifll-
tions than was at first anticipated.
For Beventy-fivo miles below Keokuk
the Mississippi river Is from two Lo
ten miles wide and the loss between
"Keokuk and Hannibal. Mo., will ex
ceed $4,000,000. Iowa, Missouri, and
Illinois counties along the river are
suffering severely and the damage to
farm lands in this section will be al
most unparalleled, it being stated that
700 square miles of Missouri farms
alone are submerged.
A dispatch from Santiago, Cuba,
dated July 19, says': Vassili Verest
chagln, the Russian painter, who was
commissioned to paint a picture of the
battle of San Juan for President
Roosevelt, left here today for New
York. He has completed a study of
the San Juan battlefield and the sceoa
of tho battle with Admiral Cervera's
fleet.
nancial agent of Russia, said to a rep
resentative of the Associated press,
with reforenco to tho interest of tho
United States In the project: "Wo
have no fears of your American trusts.
They do not effect Russia in any de
gree whatover. What wo do fear are
the great German manufacturing
trusts. So far as our country alone is
concerned, this movement Is mainly
directed against German trusts, but all
countries aro interested broadly in
finding means for protecting commerce
against artificial depression. The
signatories of tho Brussols sugar con
vention have agreed to bo represented
at tho proposed conference. There is
no doubt tho United States will bo invited."
A dispatch dated San Francisco,
July 19, says: The United States trans
port Sheridan arrived this morning
from Manila with 612 mon of tho
Thirteenth infantry, 154 men of the
Third cavalry, 554 casuals and 16 sick.
The cavalry will join the headquar
ters of their regiment at Fort Assinl
bolne, Mont., and the Thirteenth in
fantry will be assigned to duty at An
gel island and Alcatraz, Cal.
A tornado that awept over Balti
more, Md., on July 20 caused the death
of eleven persons. The damage done
was comparatively slight, being con
fined to the blowing down of signs and
Injuries to roofs. Of those wno per
ished, nine were drowned in the har
bor from open boats, one was killed
by a falling tree, and one by a live
wire,
John W. Mackay of San Francisco
died in London on July 20. Mr. Mac
kay, who was president of the Com
mercial Cable company, was born in
Dublin, Ireland, in 1842, came to this
country in 1840 and became rich by
his dealings in mines. At the time of
his death, he was a prominent mem
ber of many, important concerns and
was reckoned as one of the richest men
in America.
A heavy naval battle is reported to
have been fought off the Panama har
bor on July 19, between the Insurgent
gunboats Padllle and Darlen and the
government gunboats Chuciuto and
Clapet. Tho engagement lasted lx
hours and was precipitated by tho re
bels to prevent Colombia from help
ing General Berti's troops at Agua
Dulce. A cablegram from Consul Gen
eral Gudger at Panama to the state de
partment at Washington reports that,
ho very serious damage was done.
A London cablegram dated July 19,
reports: Russia's project for an inter
national anti-trust conference contin
ues to repose in the commercial de
partment of the foreign ofllce, The
proposition has excited no great in
terest here, because It is generally
held to bo rather incredible that the
varying interests of European coun
tries could permit of their getting to
gether with tho object of controlling
production. Serge d Tatischetf, . fl-
During Secretary of War Root's ab
sence in Europe for a period of six
weeks, the assistant secretary of war.
Colonel William Cary Sanger, will
take his place at Washington.
A Chicago dispatch dated July 20
reports: There will not be a renewal
of tho freight handlers' strike in Chi
cago. This decision was reached at a
special meeting of the freight hand
lers' union tonight, called by Presi
dent Curran, to consider a report that
four of the roads are discriminating
against the old employes who wont
on a strike two weeks ago. After a
careful Investigation committees ap
pointed to investigate the supposed
grievances reported that all the rail
roads, with the exception of the Pan
handle, are living up to tneir agree
ments, and that, In some Instances.
the men had been accorded better
terms than had been demanded while
they wore on a strike. While the Pan
handle people have been unable t.j
place all the strikers it was reported
that all the old mon would be bnclc
at work in the course of a few days or
as soon as the contracts of the non
union men, who had been engaged
during the striko, should expire. This
state of affairs met with the approval
of the union, and it was decided that
there was no cause for any future con
troversy with the railroads.
A report from Hamburg, July 21, an
nounces the collision of an excursion
steamer with a tug on the river Elbe.,
and the. drowning pf about a hundred'
passengers- Another disaster of sim
ilar character took place at Beresniki,
Russia, on the. same ,day when ferry
boat crossing the Volga river sank
and 58 harvesters were drowned.
A Washington dispatch, dated July
21, says: Announcement was made
this afternoon of tho arbitrators,
chosen respectively by the United
States and by Mexico to try at The
Hague what is known as the Plus fund
claims case, being a claim by the
Catholic archbishop of California, to
recover a largo amount of money al
leged to be due the church by Mexico.
Tho United States selected Sir Ed
ward Fye of England, formerly chief
justice of tho court or appeals of Eng
land, but now retired from the bench,
and Mr. F. do Martens of Russia, the
well-Jcnown international law writer?
a Mexican named Pagans Gualnas
Chelli, a judge of the court of cassa
tion of Italy, and Savornln Lohman, a
judge of the highest court in Holland.
These four will name a fifth of the ar
bitration tribunal, which will assem
ble at The Hague on the 1st of Sep
tember. Mr. Jackson H. Ralson oi
this city has been appointed o repre
sent tho United States before the com
mittee. Mexico's representative will
probably bo Senor Pardo.
Advices from Dublin aro to the effect
that Irish land owners have formed a
combination with capital of 100,000
to protect themselves against the
United Irish league. The prospectus
of the combination makes complaint
that the government has failed to af
ford the land owners aaequate assist
ance and, therefore, united action on
their part is necessary. Among tho
leading members of the combine, are
Hugh Arthur Smith Barry and Lord
Clonbrock.
Senator John L. McLaurln of South
Carolina was Tecently offered an ap
pointment to the vacancy on the
United. States court of claims, but
refused the position and bases his
action on the newspaper criticism to
which he has been subjected.
A Port au Prince, Hayti, dispatch
under date of July 21 says: The sit
uation in Hayti has become worse.
General Jean Jumeau, who supports
the candidacy for the presidency of M.
Firminfi is on his way to the capital,
and General Salnave, with a consid
erable force, has started for Cape Hay
tien, in order to attack General Nord,
the "war minister. The provisional
government here is divided into four
parts one FIrminist and three antl
Firminlst groups, ana is without any
authority. The population Is also .di
vided and It is generally believed that
M. Firmin will not meet with any
serious resistance in his advance on
the capital.
General Barnes died at San Fran
cisco, Cal., on July 21. He was born In
1836 at West Point, N. "Y. In 1860
he "was law partner of Joseph H.
Choate, the present ambassador to
England. During the civil war ho
served on General Fitz John Porter's
staff.
death In eight weeks. This will shoT
tho risk Dr. Garnault is running.
A board of officer consisting of Ma
jors General Corbln and Young, Briga
dier General Ludington, Lieutenant
Colonel J. A. Johnston and Major
Georgo Ruhlen was appointed several
weeks ago by the secretary of war to
consider the question of providing ac
commodations and shelter for troops
returned from Cuba and tho Philip
pines and now posts throughout the'
United States generally, has reported
favorably on tho proposed forts and
improvements and the initlal'construc
tion will bo at Chicamauga, Monterey,
Presldfo and Haines Mission.
A cablogram from Kieff in European
Russia, dated July 21, says! Fifteen
persons were drowned yesterday by
a sudden in-rush of water into tho
basements of various houses in the
lower portions of the town. A tor
rential rain storm, accompanied oy
violent wind and hail, "broke over
Kieff during tho afternoon, flooding
cellars and drowning their occupants
before they were able to escape. x .
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A Chicago dispatch under dato cf
July 21 reports: After a strlkeof.
nearly two months' duration, 1,000
men. and girls employed In the. glove
factories of this city returned to work
today. President P. H. Boe of tho
Glovemakers' union announced that
tho organization had won a victory,
and that the glove factories whose em
ployes had struck had signed the un
ion scale.
A Washington dispatch dated July
21 announces that the president has
designated Col. R. M. OReilly to be
surgeon general, of the army to succeed
General -Forwood, who will retire in
September. Colonel O'Reilly will have
until January, 1909," to serve as surgeon
general1. He was appointed from Penn
sylvania as a medical cadet In 1864.
He ig '.a graduate of the' medical de
partmerit of the university of Pnh?
sylvania.
It is reported from Washington that
Justice Hagner issued a rule ordering
Secretary of War Root to show cause
by July 28 why the peremptory man
damus should not issue, requiring him
to restore Miss Rebecca J. Taylor to a
clerkship in the war department. Miss
Taylor was dismissed last June, and
she alleges the action was unjust treat
ment. The trouble grew out 'of pub
lished statements of Miss Taylor crit
icising the Philippine policy of the
administration.
Tho war department has been In
formed from Manila that between May
9 and June 11 seventy-six enlisted men
of the army died. Of these thirty-two
were caused by Asiatic cholera. .
A Paris cablegram dated July 21
says: Dr. Garnault, who, on June 17,
Inoculated himself with matter taken
from a consumptive cow, in order to
disprove Prof. Koch's 'theory that II.
is Impossible for human beings to
catch tuberculosis from cattle, has
written to the Temps, announcing the
inoculation has produced tuberculosis
tumors. He says this proves that
man is quite as susceptible to bovine
tuberculosis as any other animal. He
again inoculated himself July 15 by
inserting under the skin of his left
arm a fragment of tubucular matter
from the liver of a diseased cow. The
second inoculation was performed be
cause he feared that the tuberculosis
of the skin resulting from the first
would remain too long. The second
form of lnnp.iilation. when . nerf ormed
on a guinea-, pig, - inevitably produces,'
It is announced at the war depart
ment that General Davis, when he as
sumed command of the Philippines,
would have under him, in command of
the various departments in the islands
Brigadier Generals Wade, Sumner,
Wirt, Baldwin, Lee, and. Sanger.
The state democratic convention of
Missouri met at St. Joseph on July. 22
and the resolutions adopted declare
allegiance to the principles of the
Kansas City platform. The govern
ment's Philippine policy is denounced.
Drastic legislation Is proposed pror
hibltlng the existence of all trusts and
combinations that .have a tenaency to
destroy competition. The administra
tion of Governor Alexander M. Dock
ory is Indorsed. Hon. William Jool
Stone was nominated to succeed Sen
ator G. G. Vest.
Under the decision of the supreme
court rendered July 22,, Omaha, Neb,
is to have a new fire and' police com
mission, the court deolaringtthat there;?- ...
ig! nowno legally appointed board?
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