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The Commoner,
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Y1. a, No. 3a.
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THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.
King Edward completed tlio pro
gram of tho coronation festivities on
August 10 by roviowing tho fleet for
tho first time since his accession. Over
a hundred war vessels wore assombled
off tho coast of Portsmouth; and tho
scouo was characterized by one writer
as "a display showing tho progress
of naval construction in tho Victorian
era, from tho timo of tho early woodon
vessels."
A great deal of comment has beon
occasioned by Emperor William's
telegraphic offer to Prince Luitpold,
rogent of Bavaria, to donate $25,000
from his private purse for buying
works of art This act is treated as a
constitutional question involving too
right of tho emperor to intervene in
local questions of tho confederate
states.
It Is reported from Berlin that the
United States war department has
bought of Herr Ehrhardt, a gunmaker
of Dussoldorf, tho right to rearm the
American field artillery with his new
piece. This gun is understood to be an
improvement on those now in use,
being lighter and of longer range.
It s caid that tho strike in the an
thracite region is as firm as ever and
the conclusion of tho fourteenth week
of tho struggle finds the men as de
termined as ever to hold oyt. A total
of 179,000 men are involved, and tho
minora' organization aro caring for
885,000 men, womon and children. On
August 1G Samuel Gompors, president
of tho American federation of labor,
delivered an address before tho Chau
tauqua assembly at Mountain Lake
Park, Md., defending the position of
tho laboring class in tho controversies
now going on.
A Cleveland report says that the
.yfiresentatlves of J. Pierpont Morgan
have mado an offer for the American
Ship Building company which has its
headquarters at Cleveland and con
trols the traffic of tho great lakes. Its
general of Australia, is on his way
homo to England. Ho declares that he
has hot resigned, but was recalled by
the imperial government.
Col. William A. Hemphill, former
mayor of Atlanta and the founder of
tho Atlanta Constitution, died in that
city on August 17.
It is announced tliat President J. J.
Hill of the Great Northern Railway
company has purchased interests in
some Iron mines in Montana, and will
put in smelters along the Great North
ern road.
A London cablegram under date of
August 18 says: In a dispatch from
Shanghai the correspondent of the
Times says the protocol of the tariff
treaty was signed yesterday (Satur
day) by tho British, American, Ger
man and Japanese representatives
without reservation and by the Aus
trian, Belgian and Dutch representa
tives ad referendum.
A disastrous wreck took place on the
Burlington road near Holdrege, Neb.,
on August 18, as a result of which
four ongines wore ruined, and one
engineer is dead and two others badly
Injured.
Mr. Sargent, commissioner of immi
gration, has received information that
largo numbers of Chinese are arriving
in Mexico for the purpose of crossing
tho border into the United States. A
dispatch says: Some time ago the
treasury department ruled that Chi
nese arriving at San Francisco, en
route to Mexico, who could not estab
lish their good faith in going there,
vere not to be permitted to land.
Since that time a scheme, it is said,
has been evolved, looking to the es
tablishment of a steamship lino to
run directly from China to Mexico,
landing its passengers not far below
the American border. Positive infor
mation in regard to this movement of
Chinese in Mexico is lacking, but Mr.
Sargent deems it wise to take precau-
It is announced from Washington
that General Chaffco is to bo allowed
to use his own discretion as regards
an aggressive movement against the
insurgent Moros in the Philippines. It
is understood that General Chaffee, has
sufficient troops to make an active
campaign.
As regards the cholera situation in
the Philippine islands, a recent report
says that tho total number of cases
reported to date is 23,636, with 17,596
deaths. Estimating tho cases which
have not been reported to the authori
ties, tho total number is believed to
have reached 30,000.
A report is in circulation that Justice
Shiras of tho United States supreme
court is contemplating leaving the
bench early in the coming year.
The annual meeting of tho united
association of journeymen plumbers,
gas fitters, steam fitters and steam
fitters' helpers of the United States and
larla was held in Omaha, beginning
its sessions on August 18.
A cablegram from Constantinople,
dated August 18, says: The non-execution
by the Turkish government of
agreements reached long ago on ques
tions affecting the interests of Ameri
can citizens has led to somewhat
strained -relations between the United
States legation and the porte. The
United States minister, John G. A.
Leishman, has informed the latter that
he will not discuss other matters un
til the terms of the settlements already
agreed upon are carried out. Diplo
matic circles anticipate further undue
delay and that this may possibly lead
to a sharp reminder by the United
States.
property is valued at $15,000,000, and
the company has shops in eight lake lions against any scheme of this char
coast towns. acter being carried out, and he will in
crease largely the force of inspectors
at tho crossing points on tho Mexican
border.
Generals Botha, Dewet and Delarey
xrom South Africa arrived in South
hampton, England, on August 16, and
met with a reception both from gov
ernment officials and the public. They
will proceed to Holland at once to be
present at the funeral of General Lu
cas Meyer, who died on August 8. It
Is reported that they will visit the
United States before returning to
South Africa.
It is reported that President Charles
M. Schwab of the United States steel
corporation has accepted the advice of
his physicians and decided to retire
indefinitely from an active business
life, and will shortly leave for some
foreign clime where he will seek to
regain his health.
A dispatch from Shanghai, under
date of August 17, says: Liu Kun Yi,
Chang Chin Tung and Yuan Shal Kau,
viceroys, respectively, of Nan Kin,
Han Kow and governor of Pe Chi Li,
in separate conferences with T. S.
SharrettB, tariff commissioner for the
United States, have concurred in mak
ing two' significant and unequivocal
declarations. The first is that the crit
ical time has arrived when China must
make a supreme effort for tho promo
tion of commerce and friendly inter
course with America and Europo, and
the second declaration is that as an
evidence of her good faith In this In
tention and her appreciation of the
generous policy of tho United States
toward her, China will make an unpre
cedented exhibit at the St. Louis exposition.
An Associated press cablegram from
Yokohama, dated August 18, says: Tho
little island of Torlshima was over
whelmed by a volcanic eruption be
tween August 13 and August 15 and all
the inhabitants, numbering 150 per
sons, were undoubtedly killed. The
island is covered with volcanic, debris
and all the houses on it have disap
peared. The eruption is still proceed
ing and is accompanied by submarine
eruptions in the vicinity which make
it dangerous for vessels to approach
the island. Torlshlma is one of a
chain of Islands extending between
the Bonin islands and Hondo, the big
gest island of Japan.
George M. Hopkins of New York
died in that city on August 17 at tho
age of 60 years. Mr. Hopkins was a
member of the staff of the Scientific
American, and a well-known writer
o,n scientific subjects.
.
Lo.'d Hopetoun,- former governor
On August 18 the state department
made public a report from United
States Consul Winter showing the
commerce of the world for 1901 ac
cording to Gorman statistics. The tQ
tal Import and export trade of all
countries is given as about $23,800,
000,000. Great Britain and her col
onies head tho list with the great to
tal of nearly $7,000,000,000. Germany
is placed second with $2,618,000,000,
and the United States third, with $2.
118,200,000. According to United
States treasury figures, the United
States' share was $2,340,000,000.
In a clash between striking mine
workers and deputies at Nesquehoning,
Pa., on August 18, one striker wa3
killed. Considerable excitement was
caused, but order-was soon restored.
On August 18, 185 employes of the
Union Pacific car shops at Omaha,
struck because of the introduction of
piece work. This action came as a
surprise to most people, as the car
builders have hitherto refused to join
the boiler-makers and blacksmiths in
their strike against the company.
Tha volume containing statements
of appropriations, new offices, etc., re
quired by law to be prepared and pub
lished at the end of each session of
congress, has been completed for tho
first session of the Fifty-seventh con
gress. A summarv of the armronrla-
tlons shows the grand total of $800,
624,496.55, detailed as follows: Agri
cultural, $5,208,960; army, $91,750,
136.41; diplomatic, $1,957,925.69; Dis
trict of Columbia, $8,544,469.97; forti
fications, $7,298,955; Indian, $8,986,
028.10; legislative, $25,396,681.50; mili
tary academy, $2,627,324.42; naval,
$78,856,363.13; pensions, $139,842,230;
postofilce, $138,416,598.75; river and
harbor, $26,771,442; sundry civil, $60,
163,359.13; deficiencies, $28,050,007.32;
miscellaneous, $2,772,795.13; isthmian
canal act ,$50,130,000; permanent ap
propriations, $123,921,220.
A Manila cablegram dated August 19,
reports a fierce Moro intertribal fight
near Camp Vickers, Mindanao. Thirty-five
men were killed outright and
many others were wounded. No Amer
icans were concerned in the trouble.
A discovery of a new seal rookery
has been located in the Aloutian El
ands by Captain C, M. McClellan, com
manding the cutter Manning. This dis
covery is regarded as important in
view of the gradual decline of tho fur
seal in other regions.
to Lansford, Pa, Tho towti. of Lansford
id not far from Nesquehoning where
a striker was killed on August 18, by
one of the deputies, and the troops
were brought In by tho request of tho
sheriff of the county, who fears serious
trouble.
A dispatch from Kingston, Jamaica,
dated August 19, says that tho trouble
in Haytl continues, and every day tho
situation is growing worse. Business
has been suspended in nearly all the
towns of Hayti.
It Is reported that a fuel famine is
threatened for tho mills in Pittsburg,
Pa., and vicinity, and that 50,000 men
may bo thrown out of employment
through the lack of coal and coke.
Tho annual report of the auditor for
the war department shows that tho
amounts allowed the several states on
account of the war with Spain aggre
gate $4,057,565. Other accounts set
tled during the year are as follows:
Quartermasters, $51,507,699; engineers,
$20,045,518; subsistence, $10,714,993;
signal service, $560,637; paymasters,
$59,792,474.
A dispatch frdma Jackson, Miss.,
dated August 19, says: The Missis
sippi railroad commission today re
fused to authorize the state attorney
general to attack the alleged merger
of the Southern and the Mobile &
Ohio Railroad companies. The com
mission declares that if the merger is
contrary to the laws of Mississippi,
the attorney general has the power to
bring suit against the roads on his
own violation.
On August 19 the trans-Mississippi
congress began Its sessions at St. Paul,
Minn. A movement is on foot to con
centrate different organizations in the
west, such as the mining congress, tho
live stock, congress, the irrigation con
gress, etc., as it is believed that bet
ter results will be attained by con
centration than by separate activity.
A dispatch from Washington, dated
August 19, says: The Japanese min
ister, Mr. Takahira, said today when
asked as to tho attitude of the Japa
nese government in regard to the Mid
way islands and Wake island, of which
so much has been written about late
ly, that the Japanese have no inten
tion of claiming sovereignty over
them, and that when the United States
government made certain representa
tions in relation to the Midway isl
ands, January, 1901, the Japanese gov
ernment at once officially declared Ho
the same effect. Mr. Takahira further
said that if the United States govern
ment would send a war vessel to the
Islands as reported in the newspapers,
Japan would expect cr.ly that due
protection should be given to Japanese
subjects who may be found there as
long as they are engaged in peaceful
occupations. Aside from the forego
ing statement by tho Japanese min
ister, it can bo added from authorita
tive government sources that the most
satisfactory feeling exists between the
A battalion, of troops, has been sent-
Editor of The Commoner Dear Sir:
Please tell your readers that the new
variety of 'winter wheat, Fultzo-Medit-erranean,
which is a crbss of the old
varieties, Mediterannean and Fultz, is
again surpassing all other varieties in
yield wherever sown by our. customers
of last year. It has yielded 3,309 bush
els on 30 acres, averaged 45 bushels
per acre on one farm for two years,
etc. One crop was so heavy that it re
quired 5 horses on tho binder and 4
mon to shock it as fast as cut. Full
particulars will bo sent to all your
readers who request It and mention
your paper. This wheat is extremely
early and has tho stiffest straw that
grows. Adapted by test to the wheat
belt from Kansas to Pennsylvania.
Yours truly, J. A. EVERITT.
Indianapolis, Ind;