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The Commoner.
Coridensed News of the Week
A party of tourists travelling through Yel
lowstone Park had a very narrow escape from a
terrible death a. few days ago. The stage in which
they were driving slipped over the side of a
precipice, but its downward progress was stayed
for a moment by its- being caught in some thick
brush, giving the occupants, time to get out. In
another moment it was dashed to the bottom of
the canon 700 feet below.
Postmaster General Payne, acting chairman
of the republican national committee, and Sec
retary Dover, have called a meeting of the na
tional committee to be held at Chicago, June 15,
to hear arguments on questions to be" considered
and to prepare the temporary roll of delegates.
A deputation from the board of trade at
Winnepeg called upon William Whyte, the sec
ond vice-president of the Canadian road, to re
monstrate with him on account of letting the con
tract for the new western j-oads to American
Arms. They declare that the action of the
road was neither patriotic nor for the general
benefit of the country. Mr. Whyte replied that
when prices of Canadian contractors are near
those of American contractors and their work as
efficient, he would 'consider their propositions.
Mrs. Eva A. Ingersoll, who is suing Andrew
J. Davis of Montana for $95,000 for legal services
by her husband, has been granted an injunction
restraining the present holder of the property
involved from transferring the funds from Mon
tana to Massachusetts.
E. V. Debbs has been nominated by the social
ists as candidate for president of the United
States.
The Panaman government has decided to
appoint Don Jose Domingo Obaldia as minister
from that government to the United States.
The city council of Philadelphia passed a
resolution appointing a special Joint committee
of twenty-four to escort the old Liberty Bell to
the St Louis fair -and have appropriated .$51,000
to defray expenses,
While Charles Noyes, an old time Missouri
river wrecker, was rafting among some logs near
the old Indian mission in Nebraska, he uncov
ered two cases of lard weighing 300 pounds.
It is supposed that it was part of a cargo that
went down with a Missouri river steamer in
1888. The lard is in good condition and is now
in use by Mrs. Noyes and her neighbors.
The court of inquiry appointed to investi
gate the explosion on the Missouri finds that the
explosion was due to a "flare back," caused by an
inexplicable combination of oxygen with certain
latent gases in smokeless powder. The officers
and crew of the Missouri not only are relieved
from all responsibility for the accident, but are,
warmly commended for the bravery they showed
after its occurrence in rescuing the victims. It
is learned that a change in the form in which
smokeless powder ,is now made in the navy has
been determined on and that hereafter it will be
produced in sticks with a hole through the center.
This new form, it is believed, will decrease the
danger of explosions caused by the uneven burn
ing of the powder.
tfere H. Murray, a democratic candidate for
attorney general of Missouri, died at Columbia,
Mo., of pneumonia, contracted on a campaign
trip, aged 37 years. He was prominent In Mis
souri politics.
Announcement is made at the navy depart
ment of tbe profits of the matinee performance,
of the society play, "Queen Elizabeth's Dream,""
amounting to' $1,200 and $3,714 received by volun
tary subscription for the benfit of the, families of
the victims of the Missouri disaster have been
turned over to the navy relief society for distri
bution. The census bureau, in a report on Irrigation
in Nebraska in 1902, says that water was arti
ficially applied to 245,000 acres, an increase of al
most GG per cent since 1899. There were 2,952
farms irrigated and the 527 systems emjjyd
were constructed at an initial cost of $2,463,748.
This sum included" the cost of the necessary hy
draulic works and the 1,801 miles of main canals
and ditches. The increase since 1899 in number of
farms Is 52.8 per cent, and in total construction
cost 88.0 per cent. The average first cost per
Irrigated acre increased from $8.82 in 1899 to
The secretary of the treasury has Issued a call
directing the national bank depositories to trans
fer to the assistant treasurer at New York city
on or before May 10, 1904, an aggregate amount of
$12,000,000.
The president of Brazil has signed a decree
by which that government grants tarin conces
sions to the United States on Hour, rubber manu
factures, paints, and varnishes, condensed milk,
clocks and watches.
Elmer J. Burkett called at the White house on
last Monday and had a long conference with
President Roosevelt in regard to Nebraska poli
tics. While the president will not take a hand in
the Nebraska senatorial contest, it is well known
that he favors Burkqt.
United States Attorney Grigsby, of the district
of Nome, Alaska, has presented his resignation to
the president? The resignation has been accepted
and will take effect Jujy 1st. Some time ago
Grigsby was accused of leaving his post without
permission. It is also said that Grigsby received
money from the Pioneer Mining company of Nome
for the purpose of securing its immunity from
United States prosecution. Grigsby avers that
this was paid him as attorney's fees. W. F. Gur
ley of Omaha is named aS a possible successor
of Grigsby.
The United States supreme court has decided
that railroads running through the state of Texas
must not permit a noxious plant known as John
son grass to grow on their lines. This course is
taken for the protection of the people of- the
state.
The suit of the Postoflice Department vs. J. N.
Tyner and Harrison J. Barret charged with con
spiracy against the government, has begun. Mr.
Tyner had to be brought into the court room in
an invalid's chair owing to his ill health. It is
said that he will not reappear during the re
mainder of the trial on account of his feebleness.
Judge Goodwin of Aurora, 111., has been se
lected assistant attorney general for the post
office department.
It Is said that the United Cloth Hat and Cap
Makers of America have won 110 strikes in dif
ferent parts of the United States during the past
year.
Sam Parks, tho New York labor loader, who
was sent to Sing Sing prison some months ago
after his conviction on a charge of extortion, died
in the prison. Ho had consumption at the time
of his conviction and failed rapidly after he was
sent to Sing Sing.
Morris K. Jessup was re-elected president of
the New York chamber of commorco.
It is estimated that one million Catholics
will be represented at the annual convention of
the American Federation of Catholic Societies In
Detroit, Michigan, August 2-5.
The City of Boston is facing a bread famine
At nf thp strike of 1,400 bakers which
SLucaUy cfts off tta supp.y ot 300,000 to 350,000
loaves of bread per day.
The total attendance at the Louisiana Pur
nhnqfi ovnositioii on the opening day, April 30,
?904 was offlcuilly announced as 187 793 persons.
Of tiiirnumber 178,423 were recorded admissions.
The Venezuelan congress, after having de-
i n, Llif a constitutional assembly, conterred
Clarnd S rastro full dictatorial powers for a
on -General Castro lull president. Gen-
SFwta waVappolnfed second vice president.
- The United States E2to .
formal Ptaa Canal company.
?f th5,nPSrafter tho tracer the United States
ffiTwas listed 'over the legation and over the
canal offices.
a frike which Is expected to. extend to an
A strike wnicu o arainBt the American
international movement aginw
Bridge company , was XlZf aLmMsemen at
&SSg oTr K? that district will
go out today.
Indiana has all along been claimed for Park
er, and consequently, a dispatch to the Chicago
Chronicle under date of May 4 is significant. Tho
dispatch is as follows: "Democratic leaders in tho
anti-Hearst movement In Indiana hnd a long
conference today. Afterward tne conferees said
there were strong expressions against instruc
tions in the stato convention in view of the turn
taken in the Parker-Hearst fight. Two distinct
factors in the party have aligned themselves be
hind Hearst and Parker, and some leaders are
beginning to say that it will be good policy to
nominate a third man, on whom notn factions
can unite. Indiana leaders wish to have a hand
in the selection of this thir.l man."
Two prominent Chinese officials who had in
tended to visit the United States to buj machin
ery for their government arsenal, will now go to
England to make their purchases on account of
the restrictions enforced at San Francisco upon
incoming Chinese.
The hurricane deck of a steamer- which was
crowded with sightseers collapsed and Injured
thirty-one people at St. Louis, Mo.
It is said that an effort will be made to
exhibit the original Harp of Tara at the St.
Louis Exposition.
An Associated, .press dispatcn under date of
Detroit, Michigan, 4May 4, says: James H. Stone,
Who today was selected for one of the assistant
reading clerks of the republican national conven
tion, has been dead for a number of months. Ho
was a prominent citizen of this crty.
Judge Carlan of the United States court of
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, has rendered a de
cision against the Standard Oi'i company In tho
suit brought by it against Emil Branch, the state
oil inspector. The purpose of the suit was to
restrain the inspector from enforcing the pro
visions of a law establishing the gravity and
residue test of oil sold in the state.
A report from Havana, Cuba, dated May 4,
says: "The anti-clerical party in the senate
returned to the charge with a new bill against
the religious organizations, providing, among
other things, for the prevention of the lauding
in Cuba of priests who are not natives of tho
island, and that the property of the churches and
religious orders shall be assessed ana taxed.
Daniel J. Sully in an answer filed in tho
United States court admits that his firm Daniel
J Sullv & Co, is bankrupt. He expressed a
willingness to be so adjudged.
A
Circuit Judge Gray has designated' Judge Ed
ward G. Bradford of the United States district
court of Delaware to hear the Northern Se-1
..; rtoon rfif fronton In nlann of Jtiden Kirk '
Patrick, deceased.
mt,n Annratraf omnrnc nf filllna lias Consented
to sit for her photograph in order that the peo
plemay be able to worship the Imperial image,
as Is done in Japan, ,j
A writ of mandamus has been Issued in the
case of United States Judge Wing of Ohio direct
ing him to file with the clerk of his court tho
papers in the Chinese extradition case. Judge
Wing dismissed this case some time ago asserting
that he acted as a judge and not as a court, and
refused toflle the record in the case, which pre
vented an appeal being taken.
Rev. S. A. Saegesser, an aged minister;; of
Sari Jose, Cal., died of heart failure, caused by.iho
joy of meeting his two sons whom he had not
seen for years.- '
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