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APRIp i'5, 1904; '
The Commoner.
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Condensed News of the Week
The Chicago Journal', tho oldest daily newupa- -per
in Illinois, ha been sold to John C. East
man, formerly business manager of Hearst's
American. " -
Representatives of the Harriman-Rockefell'er
interests and those of the Hill-Morgan interests
have agreed to have the court decide the methods
of distributing the securities held by th& North
ern Securities fcompany.
As a result of the coal strike at Des Moine.,
la., seventy-live churches will close -until the coal
famine is over. It is said that the hotels have
only enough coal to last a few days.
An Associated press dispatch under date of
Springfield, 111., April 3, says: The Illinois mineis
and operators signed the state agreement, effective
for two years. When the joint convention met
today there was riot one dissenting vote against
the agreement reached by the joint scale committee.
The Standard Oil company has brought suit in
the United States supreme court at Sioux Foils,
S: D., in which it attacks the provisions of an at
of the legislature in 1903 requiring that all oil
brought into the state of' South Dakota for com
mercial purposes must stand a test of 46 degrees
beaume and must not contain more than 4 per cent
residue. The company alleges that this power in
the state will render valueless all oil now owned
by the company in the southern, district of South
Dakota or to be shipped into the state and it
seeks to obtain a permanent injunction restrain
ing the oil inspector from enforcing the law.
As a sequel to the failure of the firm of D. T.
Sulley & Co., the firm Of W. B. Mack & Co: has:
suspended business on the cotton exchange. It is
reported that they were creditors of D. J. Suliey
& Co. to the extent of $30,000 to $40,000.
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Fifteen business blocks- were destroyed last
Monday by a fire at West Tampa, Fla., and' as a
result severakhundred, families of cibarmakers are
homeless. .
The Capital National Bank of Guthrie, O. T;,
has closed its doors reporting its assets at $1,255,
000 and its liabilities at $1,033,000.
Charles Mostyn Owen of the Utah-American
bureau of information, of Salt Lake City, made a
visit to the German ambassador to protest against
the appearance at the international school hy
gienic congress to be held in Nuremburg, Ba
varia, of Heber J. Grant. Mr. Owens claims that
Mr. Grant is a Mormon and morally unfitted to
represent the state from which he was appointed.
The ambassador advised Mr. Owen that the em
bassy had no jurisdiction in the matter.
In a petition sent to Washington, the soldiers
at Fort Sheridan have entered a formal protest
against tho quality of food served to them. The
men say they will not re-enlist unless some im
provement is made in this direction.
The St. Louis Humane society has taken steps
to prevent the killing and eating of dogs by the
tribe of Igorrotes now at the fair.
The democrats of Milwaukee re-elected Mayor
Rose by a plurality of 5,912.
The democratic state central committee of
Ohio met at Columbus and elected R. L. Starr, a
supporter of W. R. Hearst, as temporary chair
man of the state convention.
A statement was made by both Don Zqitz of
the New York World and John Norrls of the Ncr
York TimeB, to the1 effect that two companies, the
General Paper company and the International Pa
per company, have- divided the United States be
tween them in the control of news print paper.
The International controls all that territory east
of the Indiana line and the General paper com
pany all the territory west of it. They report
that the price 6j paper'has raised $14 per ton in
the last four ydaTSv an'd $5 during the past year
and that the ptfdductf, is) sold in London at 30 per
cent less than m rew' Ydrlf. ',
Former Sepfaryfeod will, hetembrary
chairman and Speaker Cannon permanent, ghair
jnan of the republican national convention, lto
be held in Chicago.
An Associated press dispatch under date of
Seattle, Wash., April 6, says: Counterfeit half
and quarter dollars are being manufactured In
China and shipped through Seattle into tho United
States. The imitation is very nearly perfect. Tlio
coin is of the standard degree of fineness, the
weight is from one to ten grains short and tho
"'design is almost perfect.
About ten thousand letters' soliciting contri
butions for a Hanna memorial chair have been
sent to nearly every prominent city in tho United
States, Hawaii, Cuba, Mexico and otter countries.
Reports from Berlin announce that swarms
of locusts haye devastated the valloys of German
East Africa and that Jtho most terrible snow
storm would give no Idea of their numbers. They
have completely destroyed everything but the
coffee plant, which they seem to dislike.
Newspaper men to the number of 8,000, rep
resenting "every state in the Union and every
country In the world, will be at the St. Louis fa.r
during the week of May 1G to 21.
In a collision between trains in Chicago, a
number of Indians who were going to join "Biir
falo Bill's" show in England were killdd. Their
chief, with both legs broken and his body crushed,
sat smoking his pipe while dying.
While visiting in Barcelona, Alfonso, king of
Spain, was the victim of an attempt to assassin
ate him. The bomb which was intended to ha e
killed him, however, left him unhaimedi and in
jured two peasants.
Mrs. Susie Gulager, daughter of the late George
Francis Train, isdead at her 'home in New York.
It has been decreed by the Panamagovevn
ment that all the consular representatives of na
tions who have not formally recognized the re
public of Panama will be unable to continue offi
cial relations with the government until such rec
ognition has taken place.
- The secretary of war has directed tha;, per
mission be granted to the army Young Men's
Christian association to establish its work at the
various posts of the army in the United States
and in the Philippine islands.
Friends, of, Alton B. Parker claim that, as a
result of. the primaries it is certain that the New
York democratic convention will instruct for Judge
Parker.
Friends of William R. Hearst claim that the
results of the Arkansas primaries are sure to re
suit in a Hearst delegation from that state.
The Oklahoma republican convention has nom
inated B. S. Maguire for delegate to congress. C.
S. Kade was chosen a member of the national
committee. The delegates to the national con
vention were instructed for Roosevelt. The plat
form points out that the republican party has de
clared for twelve years for immediate statehood
for Oklahoma and' Indorses the statehood bill re
ported by the committee on territories.
The Tennessee republican convention has in
dorsed the Roosevelt administration and instructed
for Mr. Roosevelt's nomination. Jsse Littleton
was nominated for governor.
J. R. Burton, United States senator from
Kansas, appeared before Judge Adams In the .ed
eral court of St. Louis and was sentenced to tho
Iron county, Missouri, jail for the term of six
months and a fine of $2,500. Senator Burton an
nounced that he will appeal fche case.
A charter for the Kansas City & Topeka Rail
way company, capitalized at $2,500,000, to bund a
trolley line between those cities, was filed -at
Toyeka,
Former Secretary of .the Navy John D,,Long
will serve as president of the new $3,000,000 trade
school made possible by the will of the late
Arloch Wentworth.
The steel shops, mounting, room and offices
of the Wehrie Stove Works at Newaik, p., burned.
Loss, $100,0P0, "' ' " - '
At a meeting of the directors ofe the National
Bank of Commerce of New York, -Harry Payne
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Whitney was elected a 'director to fill 'the vacaiicy
caused by the death of his fathor, William 'C.
Whitney.
John A. Whclan, vice president of th"e;,SL
Louis Advertising Men's League, aged 45, died
unexpectedly at his homo after an illness of ohly
three dayB.
Samuel M. Lindsay, commissioner of educa
tion, of Porto Rico, is In this country making ar
rangements for GOO Porto Rlcan toachers to take a
normal course In tho United States next summer.
The republic of Colombia has not yet filed its
appeal against tho French courts decision in favor
of tho sale of the concession of the Panama Canal
company to the United States.
Natchez, Miss., was visited by a severe wind
storm which almost amounted to a tornado. The
wind was accompanied by a torriflc rain and hail
storm. Part of the city hall was unroofed.
Dissatisfied with the award of a board of ar
bitration on the wages of thirty-two vampers; So0
employes of the shoe factory of Selz, Schwab &
.Co., Chicago, struck.
The back water flood Btlll afflicts the people
at Glass Ridge In the Wabash bottoms near
Vlncennes, Tnd., and the funerals of three poi
sons, whose deaths are indirectly due to the flood,
were conducted in skiffs.
Coal minors at Des Moines have been served
with notice that the "open shop" will become ef
fective with their craft after April 15.
In a collision on the Chicago Metropolitan
elevated railway two women were fatally hurt
and many others injured.
A tornado struck the country five miles west
of Calvert, Tex., unroofing the residence of E. -8.
Peters, president of tho Texas Cotton Growers'
association, and wrecking a number of houses on
his plantation; .Great damage was. done to crops.
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Elihu Root, ox-secretary of war, will represent
the ; Northern Securities company in its fight
against E. H. Harriman, who is seeking to ob
tain control of the Northern Pacific, railroad as
the result of the distribution of the Northern Se
curities assets.
The delegates at largo chosen from Utah to
attend the republican national convention were
instructed for Roosevelt.
Dr. Charles Baskerville, professor of chemistry
and director of the laboratory in the University J
of North Carolina, announced before the -Chemists'
club in New York city his discovery that
thorium, hitherto known as one of the soventy
primary elements, is complex in its nature. ;
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Tho four children of Mr. and Mrs. Burke 'of
Sebastopol, Pa., were burned to death in a fire
which destroyed their home last Friday.
The English government has long been a
stranger to such a chorus of universal approval
and congratulation as that exhibited editorially in
all the London newspapers because of the happy
conclusion of the Anglo-French negotiations for
a colonial treaty.
The delegation of deported miners who were
driven from Tellurlde, Colo., to Ouray, returnad'
to their, homes, but on hearing of their return the
entire, military force was ordered out. and they
were again sent out of the city;
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D. Richer, United States district attorney and
prominent in republican politics, died suddenly
. .at Salt Lake, aged C5 years. -
General Cronje and Commandant Van Dam of
Boer war fame, accompanied by 450 Boer soldiers,
arrived In S't, Louis to participate In the World's
fair. After the fair is oyer they will, go to Mex-
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.An Associated press dfspaifcji,, under date of
St. Louis, April; 8, says: Pass NprXto, the WorkTa
fair grounds f6rtjie regular exposition period, was
made out'Ih the name of Theodore Roosevelt
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