The commoner. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-1923, November 14, 1902, Page 12, Image 12
I WMf W WWM'W ii ' i )' BMippWjWI'Wllpi Wi'i!V" '' " wu . BiTTCTiTOffTPPHiiT.,- .. --- - j iT ., SIT' The Commoner. 13 Vol, a, M. 43; - --wr -- tot jgyy ' 'T"JH fT Tj r ' r ., p TT V fcf Ps J e Jews of e Week i mmmmfiM&wmmNmNffNttmfmmwt During the progress of a football game at Chicago, 111., on November 1 ono of the spectators' stands collapsed carrying with It 1,000 .people. Of this number thirty-one wore Injured, but nono of them fatally. ' It has been reported from Franco that tho dispute botwoon the coal op erators and tho strikers will bo sub mitted to arbitration. A movement Is on foot to ostabllsh a system of pensioning by which a minor aged 55 having sorvod tho same company thir ty years, would got a yearly pension of $120, and one having worked with dif ferent companies for the same length of tlmo a pension of $110. For tho third time In Its history, tho town of St Pierre in Newfound land has been burned and the loss Is stiraated at $500,000. Tho main por tion of tho town was destroyed. the union and agreeing to the schedule of wages presented by the men, who will return to work tomorrow. The strike has boon notable for consider able rioting and the consequent call ing out of several companies of the stato national guard., . It has been given out by oil men In the Beaumont oil fields that tho marvelous supply of oil is beginning to, play out A dispatch from Houston, Tex., in regard to this matter, says: The water lino has increased, and many wells that formerly wore not showing any water are now showing from 10 to 75 per cent There aro wells on Spindle Top today as dry as dry can be, and many of these wells will never be operated again. In ad , dltlon to this, there are wells on the hill today drawing oil that will bo dry today or tomorrow, and there are ells on the hill today that may be drawing, oil for fifty years, but never again in the quantities that at one time characterized them as the larg est flowing wells In the world. A cablegram from Victoria, B. 0., under date of November 2, says: An imperial decree Issued by the Chinese government provides for the dispatch of a number of Chinese students to the seats of learnlg In the United States for educational purposes. The students will be sent at government expense to take post graduate courses and upon their return 'those successful In ex aminations will be appointed to gov ernment positions. On Novomber 2 it was roported from Constantinople that in spite of the formal promise given to United States Minister Lelshman last August In tho name of tho sultan, by Izzet, his ma jesty's secretary, to grant Mr. Banks, an American citizen, a permit author izing him to make archaeological re searches at Tol Abraham, Mesopota mie, tho porte has now declared to Spencer Eddy, secretary of legation and acting minister, that It is unable to grand the authorization in ques tion to Mr. Banks as tho place where the American desires to carry on his researches is sacred ground, . and is supposed to contain tho tomb of Ab raham. Tho porte expresses its will ingness to "indemnify Mr. Banks. Tho communication has been forwarded to Washington. It was roported from Wilkesbarre, Pa., on November 3 that all the mines in the Wyoming and Lackawanna re gions wore working with an increased force of men. President Mitchell has concluded his task of collecting sta tistics and other information for the commission and all this is now in the commission's hands. Charles Miller, a landscape engl neer of national reputation, died in Philadelphia, Pa., on November 2 at the ago of 73 yoars. During the con tonnla,! celebration Mr. Miller was In charge of the horticultural exhibit and designed the famous sunken garden in Fairmont park. At the time of his death he was consulting landscape en gineer of Fairmont park. Mr. Miller designed many gardens in various sec tions of the country notably at Now port and Lake Champlain. He was a member of tho Pennsylvania Hortlcul . tural socloty and the Sons of St George. The Cuban congress reconvened at Havana on November 3. In tho ad dress of President Palma to tho con gress, he took a very hopeful view of tlie situation in the island and in re gard to the relations with tho United States, declared that they were most cordial. President Palma said: "The state of the treasury is extremely en couraging. The balance on hand is $1,561,942. This condition gives rea son to hope that by the honest admin istration of the public revenue there will be' sufficient funds to givo im portant courage to agricultural pur suits in &1 parts of the island."- A dispatch from Washington dated November 3 says: "The monthly con struction report of the navy shows that very rapid progress is being-made on four of tho armored cruisers, the Pennsylvania, West Virginia. Colora do and Maryland. These ships are now about a third completed. Tho sixteen torpedo boat destroyers are now all completed and ready for trial or de livery, except the Hopkins, Hull, Law rence and MacDouough. Nome north. Two years ago the de vastation began, and it has continued ever since. When the native began to wear civilized man's clothing and drink whito man's whisky, then began their decline. Diseases unheard of at tacked them, and, not knowing how to care for themselves, the people died rapidly. Pneumonia, rheumatism, grip and every conceivable malady made their spread all along tho coast with appalling results." ! A London cablegram, under date of November 3 announces that Andrew Carnegie has given $75,000 for a public library at Belfast William S. Shallenberger, assistant postmaster general, has recommended parcels post conventions with various European government and a test with other countries of a universal postage stamp plan. Mr. Shallenberger says: "If properly negotiated, these con ventions with other countries of Eu rope might have a year's test in prac tical operation before the universal congress convenes in Rome in 1904, at which time the delegates from this country would be prepared to discuss the subject more intelligently." It was recently reported from Cleve land, O., that J. Pierpont Morgan and Senator Hanna are contemplating the formation of a soft coal trust and that the project has been under considera tion for some time. yoar at $40,000,000. The sum of $15, 000,000 Is to be devoted to grants to burghers, $10,000,000 to British suf ferers by the war and $15,000,000 is to be used for loans promised by tho terms of surrender to aid in resettling the colonies. On November 1 eleven children whose age is 10 years, arrived in New York from Santiago, Cuba, en route to Point Lima, Cal., to join a society at that place known as "The Universal Brotherhood." The board of special inquiry at Ellis island took up the case and it is said that it will provide an interesting precedent for the guid ance of immigration officials regarding the disposition of children sent to this country to be educated. On November .3 this special board reported that they had voted unanimously In favor of ex cluding the eleven children, and it was reported that the first appeal .taking from the decision of tho board of spe cial inquiry is to Commissioner Will lamB, and the next is to tho treasury department at Washington, 'where tho commissioner expects a decision will be rendered which will establish a precedent. It was reported from Albany, N. Y., on Novomber 4 that thequestlon of ac cepting $165,000 from Andrew Carnegio for the erection of a library building in that city was put to popular voto and was defeated by an overwhelming majority. Reports as to the cost of taking the twelfth census were recently given out from Washington. According to this report, tho cost was $11,854,818 and the total number of persons employed In the taking of this census was 59,373, and 3,910,0U0 bulletins were issued. It Is reported from Victoria, B. C, that tho Bering sea seal catch Is light er this year than over. It will be less than 6,000 skins compared with 10, 000 last year. This falling off is as cribed by sealers to tho stormy weather; Recent advices from Guatemala re port that 200,000 hundred weights of this year's coffee crop were destroyed in the recent eruption of the volcano Santa Mario. On November 4 it was announced from Montreal, Canada, that Special Inspector Walchorn of the United States immigration board leaves for Vancouver. He will appoint fifty spe cial Inspectors between that place and Montreal to prevent undeslrablejmml grants from entering the United States by way of tho western boundaries. According to a dispatch from New York under date of November 4 the Venezuelan consul general here has received the following cablegram from Torres Cardenas, secretary to the pres ident: "Caracas, Nov. 3. Revolution totally crushed by final victory. Matos a fugitive." General Botha, of Boer war fame, has recently addressed a letter to the secretary of the Boor relief fymd In xiils country, expressing tnanks for Hw-ftslMstanca. rendered that cause by Americans and also expressing Tils In tention of. visiting, this country. - A dispatch from Schenectady, N. Y., of November 2, reports that the , strike ,of the.m&ormcn on the Hud son Valley Electrical railway was set tled tonight, the. company recognbtng News comes from Manila on Novem ber 3 that D. C. Montgomery, a resi dent of the United States, but engaged as superintendent of schools In Orien tal Negros, was murdered on Octo ber 31 by ladrones. Mr. Montgomery was formerly a resident of Wayne, Nob., and has beeen in tho Philippines since. 1901. A dispatch from San Francisco, dated Novomber 3 reports that thousands of natives of Herschel island and along the Arctic coast aro dying from mea sles. It is reported that at least 25 per cent of the natives along the Arctic coast have died from measles. They aro dying off like rabbits and there seems to be nothing to check the death rate. The march of pjvlllLt.fnn has increased the death rate from General A. W. Greely, chief signal officer of the army, In his annual re port tells of the efficient work done ly the men under his command In put ting in working order in Alaska 1,121 miles of land lines and sub-marine cables within a period of twenty-four "months. The telegraph lines in Cuba have also been greatly improved as is shown by the fact that when the Amer icans turned over the island to the Cu bans they left 8,600 miles of well equipped lines. In the Philippines the system aggregates 6,434 miles. It was announced from London on November 4 that a civil service esti mate has been issued placing the ad ditional amount required as a grant to aid the Transvaal and Orange River colony during the present., financial A cablegram from Manila under dato of November 4 says: The Philippine commission has taken strong measures to avert the rice famine, which is threatening many provinces. They to day appropriated $2,000,000 (Mexican) for the purchase and transportation of rice to be sold to the sufferers at a cash price covering tho cost. Governor Taft will control the purchases and Bales. The commission has already purchased a large quantity of rice, arid distribution will begin Immediately. A special session of tho Jamaica leg islature convened on November 4 in order to give authority to the govern ment to make loans to sugar planters, supplementary to the imperial grant and thus insure the maintenance of the industry pending the abolition of the bounties. Signs indicate that there is danger of a new civil war in Hayti. During a conflict between tho civil authorities and 100 Fourchardlsts on November 4 in Port au Prince; seven persons were killed and many were- wounded,' Tho entire population is very much, alarmed and tho foreigners- are claim ing protection. It is believed that tho arrival of General Nord with 10,000 which is expected within the next few days, will put an end to tho disturb ances. ' A Madrid cablegram under date of November 5 says: General Toral, who surrendered Santiago de Cuba to tho American forces in July, 1898, has be come insane at Murcia. On November 6 it was announced from London that In a dispatch from Pekln, the correspondent of the Times says Russia has sanctioned the Chi nese request for permission to dis patch 1,000 troops outside the great wall, to protect the tail way and to suppress brigandage. The dowager em press has spontaneously decided, ac cording to the Times to construct a thirty-mile branch railway from tho Pekin-Han-Kau railway to the west ern tombs. The Minnesota 'Harvester company was incorporated in St Paul, Minn., with capital of $6,000,000, with tho object of fighting the big harvester combination. The new company em braces a number of eastern capitalists, but the incorporators are all Minne sota men. An important action has been begun by William Randolph Hearst, of Now York against the anthracite coal-carrying railroads, charging that the lat ter's rate for the transportation of! coal from the anthracite field to Now England, New York, Maryland arid the District of Columbia are unreasonable and unjust This action was filed with the interstate commerce commission on November 5. The commission im mediately Bent notifications of the com plaint to the railroad companies named as defendants as follows: I Philadelphia' & Reading, Lohigh Val- h ' r-