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About The commoner. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-1923 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 30, 1903)
jlKwfiim,'Wtfc'W&':!mm tf4?y'WE'ff ttr, w frVOHJMH 3. NUMBER w j . T " .. "JMfA -. 'CAn,f$T' i v v ' News Note. As a result of the finaixffj depres sion and recent bank failures t Pitts burg, Fa., .the clearing hous associa tion has raised J2,g00,000 for the pur pose of meeting any emergency that might arise. In addition to this fund, 'one of liie railroads centerlffjg In that city has deposited $800,000, the bulk of which money will be paid out in the Pittsburg district for wages, etc. A monument of gray granite to the memory of Shabbona, the famous chief of the Pottawattamies, was dedicated with notable ceremonies at MorriB, 111., on October 23. Shabbona aided the whites in their contests with the other Indians, and was the orator of the red men in the last great council held east o the Mississippi, and which took place with the agents of the govern ment In 183C. He died in Morris In 1859, greatly respected. The general shut-down of the Amal gamated Copper company properties ii Montana on October 23 thlows over 13,000 men out of employment and will Indirectly affect other industries, it being estimated that by this shut down about $1,000,000 a week will be lost to the wage-earners of Montana alone. The annual report of F. P. Sargent of the bureau of immigration was re cently submitted and shows a large in crease in immigration over that of the preceding year. The excess is nearly 32 per cent. The .greatest number of immigrants have come from Italy. Of the total number of immigrants, 8,769 were rejected, exclusive of those de nied admission et the land boundaries of the United States. In his report, Commissioner Sargent urges that leg ' delation be enacted to improve the ' quality, morally and intellectually, of those admitted. At a recent meeting of the Free Food league, an organization formed lr England in opposition to the views held by Mr. Joseph Chamberlain In regard to England's fiscal policy, the . Duke of Devonshire was elected presl dent of the league and Lord Goschen, chancellor of the exchequer in the sec ond administration of Lord Salisbury. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, and C. T. Ritchie, were elected vice presidents. Morgan Rescued $5, It was a one-act scene on the White Star pier. J. P. Morgan, a newsboy and a $5 gold piece were the attrac tions; And all about a question of values. The millionaire gave a coin . tc a newsboy who opened his cab door. A block away the cab door opened and its inmate excitedly asked a policeman to bring him the newsboy, who was standing staring In a dazed way at the coin in his hand. "What tid I give you, boy?" asked the great banker as the youngster came to the cab. The boy opened his hand. The coin was a-$5 gold piece. "Just as I thought," exclaimed the magnate. Taking the coin and replacing it "with a 25-cent piece he drove away. The newsboy wilted and stood gazing at the cab. So did the policeman, Enpugh said. A bystander, who had V- heard that the great banker's time is worth about $10 a minute, remarked tnat it cost $4U ror tne oanuer to re- .cover $4.75. Kansas City Journal. The Republican Reward for Merit. Time for Action. Though the.Da'ly News is unable to bring itself to believe that the demo cratic party would be guilty of the un speakable folly of nominating Grover Cleveland or any other creature of Wall street, yet it recognizes that it is possible unless the rank and file o? the party arouses Itself and re fuses to be buncoed by those demo crats whose interests" and sympathies Ho with plutocracy. Milwaukee Daily News. p.................. r, ' vw Lord Bacon and the Beef Trust. - The beef trust might erect a votive statue to Lord Bacon as the inventor of the idea of preserving meat by the frozen process. Bacon brought about his own premature death by his en thusiasm in experimenting with his notion. Driving in Highgate one day, he left -his 'carriage to collect some snow with which to stuff a fowl by way of noting the effect of cold on the preservation of its flesh. In doing this he brought on an attack-of bron chitis, from which he died h a few days. Refrigerator cars and ''cold storage" are the same idea. Kansas City Journal. K rr v i r. j a t i I h HirT hfiTT :ie W. J. Bryan. 60 IMPORTED DRAFT STALLIONS . Photographs Ql these stall' ns mailed FREE to Interested partfes. Black PERCHERONB. Bay and Brown EnKHsh SHIFTS. grey and black BELGIANS two to Ave .years old, lGMto 3Q00 pounds at prices that ).i be equalled, quality considered. All horse absolutely ntoVantnftfi. 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