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VSPTsyn- r'. The Commoner. 12 VOLUME 3, NUMBER H, r'ir"r-'rf' " 11 a "r ' Ufel IZ3 ii f, F ? j vi -" r 4sr . m .. r u jprr v ,TH "jr ,m i" v U It was reported from Albany, Ore., on April 11, that A. B. Reams oC Jacksonville was today "nominated lor congress by the democratic party of the First district, to nil the vacancy caused by tho death of Congressman Thomas II. Tongue. Tho election will take place Juno 1. Brlgham Young, president of tho council of twelve apostles of the Mor mon church, died in Salt Lake City, Utah, on April 11 at tho ago of 67 years. Ho was tho oldest sou of 1-resident Brlgham Young. At an urgent session of tho first chamber of tho Netherlands parlia ment at Tho Hague on April 11 the nnti-striko bills previously adopted by tho second chamber woro passed unanimously and Queen Wilhelmina immediately sanctioned the bills, ren dering them at onco effective. The atriko disturbances still continue and tho situation seems to grow worse. Assistant Attorney General Beck tendered his resignation to President Koosevolt before tho departure of tho president on his western trip, accord ing to a report of April 12. Mr. Beck was appointed by President McKin loy in July, 1900,,and has argued a number of important government cases, one of the more recent being tho Northern Securities morger case at St. Paul, Minn. Ho resigned 1i1b position in order to becomo a member of a New York law firm. t Tho flvo Missouri packing compa nies which were lined ?5,000 each on March 20 for violation of tho anti trust law, on April 12, were reported to have sent that amount together with tho costs incident to the action against them, to tho sato supreme court. ' On April 12 President Loubot of Franco, accompanied by soveral other government officials, left Paris on a visit to tho African possessions of France. It is expocted that tho presir dent will Btay in Algiers until April 2G, visiting important points In tho colony. Great political significance is said to bo attached to his trip, this being tho first time slnco Napoleon III.'s visit that a ruler of France has visited Algorla. oxport taxes and excise oil Chinese manufactures; fourth, salt and opium to bo treated as at present; fifth, ex ciso only leviable at place of produc tion; sixth, foreigners to be allowed to buy land for mining; seventh, all lawful monopolies, trade marks and copyrights to bo adequately protected. On April 12 the names of 3,000 cor porations which have failed to comply with the provisions of the Illinois anti-trust act recently upheld by tho supremo court, requiring an annual aflldavit to tho effect that the corpora tions have not entered into a pool, trust or combine, were submitted to tho state attorney of Cook county, with instructions to proceed against them. On April 13 it was reported from Jackson, Cal., that nearly 1,000 min ers of this district struck today for shorter hours and tho recognition of their union. So far only two mineB are closed down, but several others will be compelled to close down to night or tomorrow. Should the min ors win out, it is believed that many properties will bo permanently closed. Tho warship Reina Christina, flag ship of Admiral Montejo, which was sunk by Admiral Dewey in Manila harbor Bomo years ago, was floated and beached on April 12. The skele tons of about eighty of her crew were found In tho vessel. A wrecking com pany is at work endeavoring to raise all the sunken Spanish warships. It was recently reported from Wash ington that the landing and success ful operation of a government cable connecting San Francisco and the Far allone Islands, thirty miles outside of the Golden Gate, had been announced In an official message to Chief Willis L. Mooro of the weather bureau. clination is based on tho unsatisfac tory condition of his health, as well as pressure of private business. It is announced that 'forty-six Ger man agriculturists, among them being scientists in the employ of the Ger man government, will make a tour of tho United States and are expected to arrive in New York on May 1. The party will travel by a southern route to California, up the Pacific coast and return to the Atlantid through the northern tier of states. A cablegram from Tokio, Japan, under date of April 15, says: A re volt against Marquis Ito and the mod erate party has occurred. Eighty members of the diet have seceded from him, denouncing the blind obed ience to leaders who pursue a policy of endless waiting upon events, and demanding that all the officials of the party henceforth shall be elected and the party consulted on grave questions. It is proposed by the Methodist book concerns throughout the coun try to form a merger. This will take in tho publishing houses in New York, Cincinnati and Chicago and it is also proposed to have but one gen eral agent instead of four as at pres ent The proposition has been sub mitted to tho membership of the church. It was reported from London on April 15 that the Times correspon dent at Constantinople, in a dispatch dated April 11, says tho latest Bulgar ian achievement is the total destruc tion of a small village of exclusively Mussulman population. One hundred and sixty-five persons, with the ex ception of a very few who escaped by flight, were massacred. A disastrous fire took place near Beaumont, Tex., on April 15 in the oil well district and resulted in a loss of property valued at $1,000,000 and the bankruptcy of twenty or more of According to an Associated press cablegram from London under dato of April 12 an agreement has been con cluded whereby Great Britain, France, arid Germany will participate equally in tho control of the proposed Bag dad railway, tho revenues of which will bo guaranteed by the Turkish customs. i It was recently announced that John D. Rockefoller of New York had uuuxuu two-mirus or tho sum of so- w w vv wa. tuu QUI, SlOO.OOOvl'z! $nn nr.fi R7 fr. n Cial find rnllrHniiH ImflHurr" v. Univorslty of Nobraska on tho con dition that before July 1, 1904, others pay in tho remaining one-third of tho said sum of $100,000 ($33,333.33) for the saino purposo. An Associated press cablegram from Tokio, via Victoria, B. C, dated April 14 says: it is reported that tho draft of the commercial troaty between the United States and China stipulates for, first, the opening of Peking, Feng tien and Takushan as markets for foreign trade; second, Likin barriers to bo abolished; third, no now tax nor any change in tho present import and A dispatch from Guthrie, O. T., dated April 14, says: "A conference of Comanohe Indians has been called ror this week near Lawton, O. T., for the purpose of considering a proposi tion made by citizens of Chihuahua,' Mex., to move tho Indians to that country. They are offered 2,000,000 acres of land free to make the change. Tho captain of a German warship recently arrested four native mission aries in the Caroline islands hoomicn Ithey had been accused by a German trader of impropriety toward the Ger mnn (ymrAKnmnnl mi.. it. uu bwoiuu;ui. xuu matter nas boon taken up by the state department at Washington and an explanation will bo asked from the Gorman govern ment It was reported from Washington on April 14 that tho treasury depart ment had received $3,489,100 in 3 and 4 per cent bonds for exchange into 2 per cent consols, making a total re ceived under the secretary's recent re funding offer of $27,113,400. The treas ury officials regard tho outlook for the refunding of a very large amount of bonds under this offer as extremely encouraging. tho smallest companies. The fire loft only five of tho 175 derricks and pump houses standing In tho burned tract Conflicting reports as to tho progress of the revolutionists in Venezuela continue to' bo received. One report recently had it that the government troops had been defeated with,the loss of many soldiers and quantities- of army ammunition. Another report says that tho government troops have won in several engagements. Tho grand jury in session at Jeffer son City, Mo., returned indictments on April 17 against thr.ee alleged bribers. It Ib believed the indict ments are for perjury and jury brib ing, in connection with the slot ma chine and alum bill legislation. In a trial spin with the Shamrock I. tho new chajlenger of the America's cup, the Shamrock III., was wrecked by a strong breeze off the coast of Weymouth, England, on kpril 17. One man was drowned and the own er, Sir Thomas Lipton, was consid erably bruised. The yacht .was whol ly dismantled. It was recently reported that thero are ready for shipment to the Phil ippine islands two million flvo hun dred thousand pesos which wero coined at the Philadelphia mint in the last twenty-flvo working days. The mint added to the Philippine coinage 9,100,000 . pieces of . bronze, valued at $91,000, and 3,600,000 nickels valued at $180,000. The national convention' convened by the Irish leaguo met on April 16 at Dublin, Ireland About 2,000 dele gates' were present, tho" meeting being held for the purposo of discussing tho Irish land bill. It is reported that a motion to reject Secretary Wynd ham's Irish lan-d bill as not meriting support was defeate'd by an over whelming majority. This insures tho conference approving the bill. Subscribers' Advertising Department Tho rate for advertising in this do partmont is 6 cents per word per inser tion, payment in advance. This depart ment is for the use and benefit of Com- moner subscribers and they aro invited to take advantage of the opportunity af forded. Address all orders to The Com moner, Lincoln, Nebraska. Waqnku'3 Ctocabstan OjtEAM A now wonder Cures plmplcn, lurns, old sorcs.chappcd skin, quickly 25 cents by mall. 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S.MJ, tia of tho richest, for dovolopmeut, In 2nHra.McxlC0, Thorough Investigation solicited, tend for prospectus," orFP o,SuEAn0XtrR eood, alghRradp, black perch AMhnSl i!!??i Kqo.lt' aeo l oar wolgha iOOO pounds. Anthony BuchhDlz, Barada, Neb. !S??.CmplJ0lIPhBUrXace Packer, cost fifty dollars, good as new, tor half prico. L. Brott,,goxtorp, Neb. mWaA.T?1)RoliaD, "ROMs, to sell stock on a com. SlnV or.ia conBorvatlvely managed Wlnlmr Com. nLpCoUn8 1? '""mpter Mlnlrnr District Eastern S- n "atlary tho mosj skoptlcal regarding ths Mtai, L?ur DNWtt. Address, 'iho. Klttannlnjr Mining Company, Seattle, Washington. OiHpuErJniA,r0llrdOBta'r ourod- fafo.sure remedy. u?ffiBti,fle.tt,Be,lt P0flWd -E' roSdP.MAi'n.V(,?r. All kinds. Guthrie, great rail road center. Wrlto T. A. Baggctt. Guthrie, Okla. ANTT.PTT.T. ... ?.. .. packago,i5o to Introduce. Drt Lf wilwnit, Lined ' 1 Ir I 22X333 liw ufodMutdbti& Wiitw, .-ii fluftkjr i -I j. if .1 r