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The Commoner.
Con den sed News of the Week
Two powder mills at Troy, N, Y., were blown
up, ldlling two-men and injuring snveral others.
,TUe buildings near the mills were completely demolished.
After working for forty long years on tho
farm of his uncle without one cent of remunera
tion, James Bates was not mentioned as an heir
in the will of that relative a few days ago. In
stead, a neighbor was left all that the old man
owned, but refused to take it, saying that ho
believed the- nephew should have it. Bates claims
that at the rate of $20 per month for his ser
vices, there is due him from the estate $23,040.
Henry M. Stanley, the famous explorer, died
at London, England, on May 10, of pleuro-pneu-monia.
Mr. Stanley was 64 years of age.
A party of 100 Japanese are on their way to
the United States to go into the rice farming
business." Two of these enterprising' men have
1100,000 cash, and they will buy the land.
Queen Liliuokalani, who has been visiting
the St. Louis fair, has been, taken very ill and in
tends to return to Honolulu at once.
The golden jubilee of the Y. M. C. A. has been
Held at Buffalo. Representatives from every state
in the' Union rind Canada and Mexico were there
to attend the fiftieth anniversary of the associa
tion. l
An Associated press dispatch, under date of
New York, May 9, says: The collection taken up
at Calvary Methodist church, last night contained
1,400 pennies, which caused the pastor to deliver
a postscript to his sermon with II. Timothy, iv,
14, as text, beginning, "Alexander, the copper
smith, did me much evil."
The old palace in which King Alexander and
Queen Draga of Servia were murdered, is to be
demolished by that government. : '.
In the trial of James Nr-Tj-ner and Harrison
N. Barrett, charged with conspiracy in connection
with their duties as" law officers of the postofllce
department yesterday, the testimony was of a
similar character to that heretofore presented,
tending to show Mr. Barrett's connection with the
leniency alleged to have been shown certain bond
investment companies by the department.
Secretary Taft has left Washington for the
Adirondacks for a stay of ten days or two weeks.
He is suffering from a severe cold and his physi
cian advised him to take a rest in another climate.
President Roosevelt haB approved the sen
tence of dismissal from the army of Lieutenant
Frederick W. Mills of the Seventh infantry, who
was court-martialed for duplicating pay accounts,
making false official statements and refusing to
pay bills he owed to merchants.
Dr. Gomez and Bonaventura Kolbaza have1
been acquitted of the charge ofxinciting an insur
rection in the province of Luzon.
A jury at Sherman, Tex., gave Louis James,
the actor, a -judgment for ?10,000 against the
Oriental Hotel association of Dallas, Tex., for Ji
bel, . It is alleged the hotel people had sent a
telegram to James and wife requesting them to
return, pillow slips said to be missing from the
"hotel.
A warning has been issued by the interior
department against trespassing on th,e portion of
the Crow Indian reservation in Montana, recently
ceded .by the Indians. Reports to the department
are to. the effect that a number of "sooners" have
gone on the lands and selected some of the choic
est portions. The secretary notified them that
they will acquire- no rights by this course.
Twelve tons of gold were reduced to a, molten
state at the United States mint at Philadelphia.
Ak the i, sam'e titna the coinage department began
Jtfidv wo?k': of ''Bonverting the mass into golden
-Vagles. .' Tomorrow twelve more tons will be
.melted and fntnin the next few days about ?12,-
.. ppO.OOQ will' tie, Tcqincd. The melting ,6ftWeiy'e tons
of, gold 'Jn'oheday is said to break all records for
.ntfnj molU&aJ.?; , ; . C.
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1The -Haytfen government openly accords pro
tection to the Dominican government in order to
secure .the protection of President Morales, as tho
entry of Jiminiz's forces would be fatal to
Morales.
Mayor Collins of Boston has written a letter
declining to entertain fifty Philippine representa
tives who will visit the east. Tho chamber of
commerce ot that city, not deeming tho visit of
much commercial importance, also declines.
Tho Louisville, Ky., Post says: Preliminary
steps toward the consolidation of all the indepen
dent telephone lines in the United States will
probably be taken at a conference to bo held in
this city between President J. G. Splainc ot tho
Pittsburg & Allegheny Telephone company and
the officers of the Louisville Home Telephone
company.
In two jeata, the number of beet sugar fac
tories in the United States has increased from
23 to 5G.
A project is under consideration to combine
all the negro .Methodist donomlaaticns in the
United States.
The Lorraine, a French line steamship, lert
New York on May 12, with a' cargo of gold worth
$9,300,000, a general cargo of $1,000,000, which,
together with her own value of $1,000,000, maked
the ship the most valuable that ever sailed from
New York.
Launcelot Collins, .a British subject, was
killed during the fights and riots in Telluride,
Colo., and it is said that the British government
will demand indemnity.
Asked in the house of commons if the gov
ernment would not co-operate with tho Liverpool
cotton exchange in the same way that tho United
States government was co-operating with the
cotton exchanges of America, with the object of
making "corners" impossible, Premier Balfour
said no information had reached the government
that the United States had taken such a step to
deal with the form of gambling.
Dr. Robert Bartholow, the eminent physician
and emeritus professor of materia medica, gen
eral therapeutics and hygiene of Jefferson Medi
cal college, Philadelphia, died after a lingering
illness. Dr. Bartholow was the author of many
medical works.
President Roosevelt has removed the United
States marshal of Georgia.
The census bureau has prepared a bulletin on
irrigation in Oklahoma, showing that in 1902 there
were 3,382 acros under irrigation. The water Is
supplied from 113 systems, the eost of construc
tion of which averaged about ?11 per acre.
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King Edward, in a letter to Lady Stanley, in
timating that he will send a representative to the
funeral of her husband, alludes gracefully to the
great service rendered by Sir Henry through his
explorations in South Africa.
Tho government has been officially notified
of tho coming visit of a number of German postal
officials, who will inquire into the workings of
the postal service and other means of communication.
Mrs. Elizabeth Harrison Eaton, a sister of the
late President Benjamin Harrison, died at North
Bend, a suburb of Cincinnati, She is a grand
daughter of President William Henry Harrison,
who was a pioneer in this part of Ohio.
Alfred Bissel, a veteran of the Mexican and
civil wars, died at Oregpn City, Ore. Mr. Bissel
was a delegate from Illinois to the convention
that first nominated Lincoln for the presidency
and was a friend of Lincoln's. He built the first
flour mill in Santa Fe, N. M.
Mrs. Katherine Bullard, 78 years old, and a
"Sister-in-law of Henry Ward Beecner, is dead in
Indianapolis, Ind. iShe lived in Helena, Mont,
for Several years. - "" '
'' Democratic1 primaries were held In Florida
' on' May 11. A 'hot fight between rival aspirants
f6rTibnors in the" way of state offices and" the sen
atorial toga took place. The friends of William
R. Hearst claim that so far as concerns national
politics, tho Florida primaries resulted in
Hearst victory.
In Peru three days of national mourning hag
been proclaimed in' honor of the late President
Candamo.
ThQ Indiana democratic state convention met
at Indianapolis, May 12. W. H. O'Brien, John W.
Kern, B. F. Slielvoly, and O. V. Menzes wcro
chosen as dolegatcs at large. Tho Twelfth con
gressional district was carried by tho friends of
William R. tfnarst. The state convention, How
ever, instructed all Indiana delegates to cast their
votes for Alton IS. Parker. Tho delegates were
also instructed to vote for Thomas Taggart for a
membor of the national committee and Mr. Tag
gart was also suggested as chairman of that com
mittee. Although the delegates were chosen for
Parker, there was little enthusiasm displayed for
tho New Yorker, and it seems to be generally un
derstood that a strong sentiment prevails among
the Indiana delegates in lavor of Home one other
than Mr. Parker. Tho Associated press rqport of
the Indiana convention says: A featuro of ttio
convention was tho demonstration that followe-1
tho mention of tho name of Georgo B. McClellan
of Now York. Tho cheering lasted for sovoral
minutes, several hundred delegates and spectators
rising and saving hats and handkerchiefs.
Judge George Gray has been chosen by tho
nominating committee of the National Civic Fed
eration to succeed the late Senator Hanna as
president of the federation
The democratic convention for tho District
of Columbia met on May 12 and elected James
L. Norriss, Edwin B. Hay, J. Fred Kelly, W.
Cranch Mclntyro, John F. Monahan, and John G'.
Campbell as delegates to the St. Louis convention.
These delegates were not instructed.. The Asso
ciated press report of this convention says: Al
most at tne beginning of tho proceedings of tho
convention there was a split following a deter
mined buL unsuccessful effort on the port of tho
followers of William R. Hearst to enforce a cer
tain rule "of th tlcsion commission which tho
chairman uahl had keen altered after the recent
primarie0 had oen fceld. . Tho entire, Hearst con
tingent led by Harry W. Sherman, the president
of the central labor union, thereupon bolted. A
rump convention was held and six delegates and
alternates to tho St. Louis convention were
elected and Instructed for Hearst. A platform
was adopted declaring for anti-trust legislation
and condemning the republican party and' the
present administration. The delegates selected
were: W. E. Carr, Herman J. Schultles, Harry
W. Sherman, Ward Savage, Con Kenealy and T.
F. Ryan. The full membership of the convention
is sixty-six, of which number forty-five remained
wjth the regular body.
An Associated press dispatch, under date of
Cincinnati, May 12, says: Andrew HIckenlooper,
aged sixty-seven years, died here today. He rose
from captain to be brigadier general In the civil
war and was a famous commander of artillery in
tho union army. After tho war he was civil en
gineer of Cincinnati and for the past thirty years
president of the Cincinnati Gas and Electric com
pany. Ho was lieutenant governov of Ohio from
1880 to 1882.
As the conventions are held throughout tho
country, it becomes apparent that the believers in
the-Kansas City platform are more numerous than
tho reorganizing papers have represented. County
after county is indorsing tho Kansas City plat
form; The state of Washington is the last state
to indorse that platform, and among the coun
ties recently acting is Green county, Wisconsin.
The rank and file of the voters are not so easily
frightened as some of the professional politicians.
Captain Peary, the Arctic explorer, Is nego
tiating at St. Johns, N. F., for the Eagle to accom
pany him on an expedition to tho Greenland seas
during the present summer, where he will ar
range for his large polar expedition next season.
Captain Peary contemplates a sojourn of four
years in. the Arctic regions.
In the presence of relations and yt riends, Dr.
Crayke Priestly, a great great 'grandson -of' Dr.
Joseph Triestly, who discovered oxygon, counted
the moments before his death'. Dr. Priestly was
suffering with pneumonia, and as ho lay dying he
counted one, two, three, and then expired.
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