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It was recently reported that Attor
ney Goneral E. R. Hicks had rondorod
an opinion that women in Wisconsin
are eligible to voto on the constitu
tional amendmont relating to the 'term
of the state superintendent of- schools.
On October 18 it was roporled from
Voriezuola' that aftor seven days of
terrible fighting tho revolutionary
troops had abandoned the field. Tho
numbor of hilled and wounded is esti
mated at 3,000. In conclusion the re
port says: The victory of tho govern
ment troops, which is said to bo duo
to the personal courage of President
Castro, who twice, with a Mauser rifle
in his hand, charged at tho head of his
soldiers, is considered a serious set
back to the causo of tho revolutionists.
As regards the Insurrection in Hayti
a dispatch from Kingston under date
of October 18 says: Word has been
received here confirming previous re
ports that tho provisional government
of Hayti has crushed tho Firmist revo
lution and adding that the election of
Senoque -.erre to the presidency is
assured. Hundreds of refugees are ex
pected here during tho course of the
coming weolc
Kentucky against several railroads of
that portion of tho country alleging un
lawful combination. Tho charge is
made that this combination was ef
fected for tho purpose of benefiting a
few men as against the general public.
Tho object," the complaint contin
ues, "is to placo all tho railways un
der the control of a single firm or of a
few individuals; to control and manip
ulate railroad traffic and practically
pool all tho business of all the rail
roads in all this territory, to .produce
enormous profits, etc., and to place all
tno business and products of over 16,
000,000 people in 422,000 square miles
of territory under tho control and
domination 'of a single individual."
Tho combination, the commission
charges, Is in violation of both tho let
ter and spirit of the laws of the Unit
ed States and of the several states in
volved. Tho interstate commerce com
mission will immediately notify all
concerned of tho complaint and prob
ably will arrange for a hearing not
earlier than December.
The tenth annual congress of the
Free Labor association opened in
Leeds, England, on October 20. The
delegates present represented 400,000
workmen. In tho course of his address
President John Chandler attacked
trades unionism, declaring that such
organizations were a disgrace to tho
country, and denouncing tho offer of
aid which was recently voted in Eng
land for tho benefit of the striking
miners in America.
On October 18 delegates were dected
by tho miners to attend tho confer-
once on October 20 in regard to ter
minating tho coal strike. It was gen
erally conceded that the offer of arbi
tration will be accepted. It is also
given out that the soldiers in tho field
will be recalled and this action will
prove of benefit to the state as it
costs about $30,000 a day to keep tho
national guard in the coal fields.
On October 20 a nationalist leader
Introduced a hill in tho chamber of
deputies in Paris providing for the
.separation of church and state, tho
abolition of the budget of public wor
ship and the suppression of the French
embassy at the Vatican. It is said that
this bill was presented as a challenge
to tho government to carry out its
radical program and although tho
chamber rejected this bill it has re-
ferrcd all such bills to a special com
' mission.
A serious acclclent was narrowly
averted on October 19 at Omaha, Neb.,
only by the coolness of Rev. Harry"
G. Hill of tho First Christian church.
As already mentioned tho Christian
church convention was in session and
a meeting was in progress at tho
church with an audience of 800 peo
ple. Tho church edifice is old and
proved to be unequal to the strain and
it was soon seen that the floor was
about to give way. Rev. Hill came to
tho front and by his presence of mind
succeeded in averting a panic and led
the people out of tho church in safety.
count of tho Marsh family's doings for
several weeks, thus showing perfect
espionage. The family is keeping in
doors after nightfall and the house is
guarded by police Thero are thirty
other American board missionaries in
tho Bulgarian field. Tho Marshes
havo been engaged in mission work
thero for thirty years. -
which ho was plainly making to reacli
the Country club before the carriage,
met with the 'approval of 'passengers.
including a prominent director of the
company.
As a result of tho miners' conven
tion held at WilKesbarre, Pat, on 'Oc
tober 21 the strike has been declared
off and this action was taken by a
unanimous vote. It is said that work
in tho mines will be resumed October
23, but that the men needed to re
pair tho mines will begin work imme
diately. President Mitchell will rep
resent the miners before the arbitra
tion board.
The strike in France Is still under
way. It was reported on October 18
that the general confederation of la
bor was considering the question of a
strike of all the trades unions in favor
of eight hours work per day and old
ago pensions, etc. Tho leaders of thd
miners' strike declare that 160,000
men are out
Recent reports from Constantinople
confirm the rumors of trouble with the
Bulgarian troops in tho Kresna valloy.
A battle occurred along the Kara Sur
river and it is said that several hun
dred men have been killed or wounded.
A Topeka, Kas., dispatch of October
22 says: J. B. Billard, a wealthy mil
ler of this city, has brought suit
against the board of education to com
pel the removal of tho Biblo reading
from tho public schools. Billard's son
was expelled from school because he
refused to give propor attention dur
ing tho opening exercises when tho
Bible was being read. Leading attor
neys are, on -both sides of the case, anU
it is causing much interest in legal circles.
Charles S. Lobinger of Omaha has
been appointed commissioner of tho
Nebraska supremo court to fill a, va
cancy caused by the resignation of
former Commissioner George A. Day
of Omaha, who resigned in Order to ac
cept an appointment as judge of tho
district court
A London report of October 2b says:
Negotiations looking to the combina
tion of British, German and American
. companies owning linotype patents
are afoot, but havo not been completed.
The opening of tho first convention
of tho United Irish league in Boston,
Mass., on October 20, was mado me
morable by the presence of such noted
Irish leaders as John E. Redmond,
M. P., Michael Davitt and John Dil
lon, M. P., envoys from Ireland, Hon.
Edward Blake, 'Irish M. P., United
States Senator Smith of Now Jersey,
' Patrick Egan, former United States
minister to Chili, and Patrick Ford
of tho Irish World. Somo interesting
statistics as to Ireland were contained
In President John Flnerty'a speoch.
Ho declared: "English rulo stands
self-condemned by tho official repre
sentatives of its own servants, which
show that Ireland has today a smaller
population than she had in 1801, and
that within the last sixty years 1,250,
000 of her people starved to death;
rnqre than 2,000,000 were evicted from
their holdings and 4,000,000 at least
sought refuge from. British tyranny in
this and other free countries."
It was reported from London on Oc
tober 19 that the foreign office had re
ceived a dispatch from Colonel Cobb
who is in command of a British force
operating against tho Mad Mullah in
Somaliland. A battle had been fought
in which tho English lost 60 men
killed and 100 were wounded. The na
tives were beaten off, but tho situa
tion is perilous to the British troops
and reinforcements have beon asked
for.
On October 21 it was reported from
Manila by the Associated press that
tho United States Philippine commis
sion has decided to enact a land reg
istry bill, drafted by Commissioner
Ide. The bill adapts the Torrens reg
istry system with modifications to fit;
the local conditions, and creates a land
titles court Land titles throughout
the islands are at present clouded to
sucn an extent tnat sales 01 lanu ana
its improvement are retarded. An
enormous task is involved in the la
bor of clearing titles. Government
lands, which were sold under authori
ties of tho Philippine act after that act
passed the American congress, will bo
recorded under theTorrens system. The
commission has passed a bill defin
ing the terms under which tho Manila
street railway franchise is to bo
granted. This bill provides for tho
award of the franohise by competition.
Bids will bo opened next March, after
advertisement here and in the United
States.
On October 22 it was foported from
Shenandoah, Pa., that when the min
ers "camo to-the mines that morning to
go to work they were told to report
at the company's store and sign a con
tract before being reinstated. This
contract was to tho effect that they
should not in any way interfere with
non-union men or with the men al
ready at work. Many of the miners re
fused to sign this contract and re
turned home.
On October 21 it was reported that
tue second Bombay grenadiers sta
tioned at Mhow (Central India) have
been ordered to Somaliland and that
other troops will probably follow.
The interstate commerce commission
on October 20 made public tho com
plaint of tho railroad commission of
XA cablegram from London, dated Oc
tober 21, says: Trafalgar Day (or
the anniversary of the battle Tra
falgar fought October 21, 1805), was
colebrated today in the customary
manner. Tho Nelson Column of Tra
falgar Square was decked with wreaths
sent from various parts of tho world.
A cablegram from Colon, Colombia,
under date of October 21, says.: It is
believed in certain quarters of the
isthmus that the Colombian govern
ment is negotiating for the purchase
of the Chilean cruiser, Presidento Pin
to, which reached Panama October 17,
from Chili. If this vessel is bought
by Colombia, it is thought she will
put an end to the operations of tho
revolutionary fleet under Goneral Her
rera, as she is considered capable of
sweeping it from the seas.
It was announced from Copenhagen
on October 22 that tho landsthing had
rejected the second reading of the bill
providing fpr" the ratification of tho
treaty ceding the Danish West Indies
to the United States. Tho vote was
taken without any debate and the re
sult was unexpected. The dispatch
says, however, that the public senti
ment in Denmark is undoubtedly
against the proposed sale and it is also
reported that tho home government
will take steps to help the people of
tho islands to a better economic condition.
An Associated press dispatch from
New York under date of. October 22
says: Advices received from Dr.
George D. Marsh, an American board
missionary at PhilipopoHs, Bulgaria,
says that he and his wife havo been
threatened with death by dynamite un
less the sum of $2,400 each is paid at
an early date. The threat was made in
a letter dated September 16. Tho
threatening letter gavo a detailed ac-
On October 21 it was reported from
Chicago, 111., that Northwestern uni
versity installed Edmund Janes James
as president of that institution, the
ceremonies being witnessed by a large
number of the most prominent educa
tors of the United States, while many
delegates were present from leading
institutions of learning of foreign
lands.
A rumor was in circulation recently
to the effect that the international as
sociationi of stationary engineers and
firemen would be ordered to refuse to
handle any anthracite coal until ev
ery member affected by tho anthracite
strike be reinstated on the basis on
which tho miners returned to work. As
this brotherhood has a membership of
14,000 and has local unions in all prom
inent cities of the United States a
strike on their part might be a serious
affair.
An important bit of railroad news
was contained in the announcement
that Edward Dickinson, the general
manager of the Union Pacific railroad
at Omaha, Neb., will shortly leave that
placo and take a position as general
manager of tho Orient line with headV
quarters at Kansas City.
Tho result of the investigation as to
the accident in which President Roose
velt and Secretary Cortelyou were In
jured and tho president's bodyguard,
William Craig, was killed at Pittsfleld,
Mass., last month was given out on Oc
tober 22" and the blame is placed on the
motorman of the electric, car- which
ran into tho president's carriage. The
report also says: "The motorman had
good reason to believe that the effort
A Republican Scarecrow.
In an interview printed in tho Chi
cago Record-Herald Governor Cum
mins, republican of Iowa, referring to
tho prediction that terrible results
would como from tariff agitation, said:
"That is a scare-crow set up in tho
corn fields. It is device always re
sorted to by those who want the tariff
treated as a sacred fetich. Tho men
ace to this country today is not tariff
change, but the temptations to reckless
stock watering, which avaricious men
find in their ability to create monop
olies in production, We cannot avert
disaster by falling on our knees and
worshiping a tariff schedule. The
truth is that men who are enjoying
the fruits of monopoly aro daily
laughing in their sleeves at the fatu
ity with which the people permit them
to plunder under the form of law." .
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