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SEPTEMBER 30, lf04
The, Commoner.
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The flag at Rosemount, Judgo Parkor's home,
was at half-mast on September 19, in tribute to
George Bedford, a .flagman on tho West Skoro
railroad.- He has been flagman for eight years
and he and . tho judgo were warm friends, Iho
latter never going to the station without visiting
tho little, flag station.
The total number of admissions to the World's
fair up to September 17 was 11,022,340.
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Fire broke out at tho dock at Halifax, N. S.,
on September 199, destroying several warehouses
and other buildings valued at $2,000,000.
Miss Alice Roosevelt is the recipient of tho
first centennial coin turned out by the mint at
Portland, Ore. These coins aro to be sold for twice
their face value and are mado by the government
as part of its appropriation to tho exposition.
An Associated Press dispatch, under dato of
Warren, O., Sept. 19, says: "Judge E. E. Roberts
today granted an Injunction to the Carnegie Steel
company against Harmony lodge, Amalgamated as
sociation of Iron, Steel & Tin Workers and citizens
of Girard prohibiting strikers and sympathizers
from interfering with the operation of tho Girard
plants of tho above named company."
An Associated Press dispatch, dated Lafayette,
Ind., Sept. 18, says: "George Barr McCutcheon,
the author, who is visiting in this city, today gave
out a statement in which ho admits he is tho
author of 'Brewster's Millions,' a book, the auth
orship of which has hitherto been attributed to ono
Richard Greaves. In explanation of the conceal
ment of the author's Identity, Mr. McCutcheon
says that it is the result of a wager with a pub
lisher to the effectj,that the name of an author has
nothing to do with the sale of a book."
Prince. Herbert Bismardk,. son of the. great
German statesman, died at Frederichsriihe, on Sep- ,
tember 18. ,
ws of the Week
An iAsspqiafed, Press dispatch, under date of.
Bath, Me., Sept. 19 Bays: "Tho Bath Iron works
and the Hyde Windlass works, the local property
of the United States Shipbuilding company, were
sold hero today by order of a decree entered in
the United States district court for New Jersey,
June 30 last.
Tho Iroquois theater, where more than COO
Chicago people lost their lives last December has
been reopened as a vaudeville play house. Tho
building has been Tdfltted at a cost of $100,000.
At Pratteville, Ala., a club of negroes' has
been formed under the name of the "Before. Day
Club," whoso chief object seems to be the destruc
tion of the white people of that vicinity. Tho
body of a young man was found under the bed
in the burning house ,of a negro and it Is thought
this club is responsible for his death.
An' Associated Press dispatch, under date of
The Hague, Sept. 20, says: "Queen Wilhelmina
reopened the states general today. In the speech
from the throne tho queen said the home indus
tries of The Netherlands wore not competing sat
isfactorily with foreign enterprise and that tho
finances of the Dutch Indies and The Netherlands
needed strengthening. The queen anounced also
the forthcoming introduction of bills providing for
old age pensions and higher education."
An Associated Press dispatch under date of
Washington, D. a, Sept. 20, says: "That no army
officer be permitted to marry until he has first
secured the permission of the secretary of war
and satisfied that official that Tils income is suf
ficient to support himself and family; and' that ho
is entirely free from debt is tho recommendation
made by Major Genera! Henry C. Corbltf, adjut
ant general, commanding1 the Atlantic division and
department of the east; which was issued at tho
war department today.
An Associated Presa dispatch, under date of
St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 20, says: "An order has
been issued by United States Commissioner Bab
bitt for tho removal 'of Hippolytus Da Silva, who
was arrested by the federal authorities von a charge
of importing Chinese? to San Francisco for trial."
An Associated fBreffe dispatch, undor date of
London, Sept. 21, says: "E. D. Morel, secretary of
the Congo Reform association, sailed for Now
York from Liverpool todav nn tiw. wMtn ctnt. n
steamer Baltic, with tho double purpoao or pre
senting a memorial to President Roosevelt, urging
him to join in an international movement Tor
bringing about a change in tho conditions of tho
Congo independent states and to participate in
the discussion of this question at Uio Boston peaco
congress."
An Associated Press dispatch, undor dato of
Washington, D. C, Sept. 20, says: "Under an
order signed by tho postmaster general touay an
innovation was mado In tho postal service, by
which identical pieces of mall in the third and
fourth classes may be mailed without stamps af
fixed thereto. Congress, during tho last session
made provision for the transmission In tho malls
of quantities of not less than 2,000 identical pieces
of this character of mail and the present order
is in pursuance of that act."
According to a decision rendered by United
States Commissioner Staden at Portland. Oie.,
Monday, in the case of Doe Gum Yip, a Chinese
woman held for deportation, the doors of Immi
gration to celestial women are thrown open with
out number so long as the woman marries a regu
larly admitted Chinese after arrival.
Charles J. Glidden, who is making a tour of
the world in an automobile, has arrived at Van
couver from Boston via Minneapolis, having mado
an average of twenty-three miles an hour. Ho
was twenty-eight days in making the run from
Minneapolis to Vancouver.
George Washington Bradley, 97 years old, said
to have been the oldest confederate veteran, died
at St. Louis yesterday whilo on a visit to tho
World's fair. Mr. Bradley lived in Houston, Tex.
Two hundred carloads of steel rails have ar
rived at Tacoma, Wash., from Pennsylvania for
shipment to the orient, and 200 or 300 carloads
rhpre are due to arrive in a. few days. It i3 under
stood the destination of the rails is Korea.
At Belgrade, Servia, on September 21, Peter
Karageorgevitch, the chosen successor of Draga
and Alexander, the murdered queen and king of
the Servians, was crowned. Although numerous
threats were made to take the new king's Hfo, tho
affair went off without any hostile demonstration,
although all the powers had instructed their min
isters to attend, except the Russian government,
tho Russian newspapers express the kindliest son
' timents toward Servia and her ruler.
A-n Associated Press dispatch, under date of
St Louis, Mo., Sept. 21, says: "Tho St, Louis
presbytery, by a vote that was unanimous but for
ono negative, today adopted an overture from tho
general assembly, which provides for the estab
lishment of separate presbyteries for the negro
people. Rev. W. Parr, the only negro Presbyterian
minister in St. Louis, opposed tho action."
Mrs Richard Mansfield,' wife of tho ,actor, was
seriously injured by being thrown from her horso
near her summer home, in 'New London, Conn.
An automobile frightened tho horse, it stumbled
and pitched her to the ground, falling on her.
The democratic state convention for tho state
of New York, was held at Saratoga on September
n The following ticket was nominated unani
mously For governor, Justice Daniel Cady HCr
rick, Albany; lieutenant governor, Francis Bur
ton Harrison, New York, now a representative In
confess from the Thirteenth district; secretary
of state, John A. Pallace, jr of Monroe; attorney
General John Cuneen of Brio, the present incumbent-comptroller,
George Hall of St. Lawrence;'
state Surer, William Muench oi Onond;
state engineer and surveyor, Thomas H. Strykcr of
Some-chief judge of the court of appeals, Edgar
M Cuilen, of Kings (dem.3, now an associate judge
nf thS bench and the republican nominee) asso
ciate iudge of the court of appeals, William B.
Werner ogf Monroe (rep.), now on that bench by
desbSiation by Governor Odell, and the republican
nominee.
An Associated Press dispatch under ..date of
Nashvme Tenn, Sept. 21. says: "The state of
Tennessee today at Gallatin, began suit against
Sf Standard 01 1 -company on the" charge of vie
wing law passed by the last leg
islature Tho specific chargo is that tho Standard
Oil company had bribed parties to counleimand
orders to a rival concorn, ono witness testifying
today that tho Standard Oil company gave him 100
gallons of oil to countermand nn order so given."
Tho democratic stato convention for tho state
of Colorado was hold at Denver, September 21.
Alva A. Adams was for tho third timo nominated
for governor, after which tho convention adjourned
until September 22 to nomlnato tho balance of the
ticket.
J. Plerpont Morgan, with other creditors of the
Pacific Packing and Navigation corapnny, will pur
chase tho cntiro properties of that company and
conduct tho business on a now basis. Tho capital
ization of tho company is $25,000,000, and It oper
ates twenty-eight canneries in Alaska and on
Pugot sound. Tho company lias about fifty vessels
in operation.
At Molroso, Mass., a suburb of Boston, an elec
tric car containing thirty-two persons was blown
to pieces by striking a 50-pound box of dynamlto
which had fallen from an cxpross wagon. Nino
persons were killed and tho remaining twenty-,
three persons in tho car wero very badly injured."
Every window in tho Masonic building opposito
was shattered as wore others within a radius of
half a milo.
Port Arthur Is now in a stato of siege. The
Japanese are assaulting tho fort on three different
sides, being determined to finish tho work. It
is said that tho Rusian mines hnvs blown up
wholo battalions. Tho firing and shelling is so
heavy that tho men aro said to fighting in a
veritable furnace. It is hoped that General Kuro
patkin may not seriously contest the advances If
he can make an advantageous retreat. To mako
matters worse, cholera has broken out and whilo
there have been only a few cases, tho authorities
have grave fears that the disease will becomo
epidemic. t
Judge D. C. Herrlok, the democratic flominco
for governor of the stato of Now York, has asked
that another justice be designated to tako hJa
place so that ho may resign. His term cxpirca
January, 190G.
Timbermen who have visited Columbia county,
Oregon, report that recent forest fires in that
section have destroyed timber to tho vaKc of
$7,000,000'. Most of tho timber destroyed was
owned by eastern capitalists.
. Admiral Dewey celebrated tho fiftieth anniver
sary of his entry into tho navy on September 23.
The admiral is C7 years old and is the only one of
tho seventy-threo midshipmen who entered with
him who is now on tho activo list, and oniy seven
of that number aro on tho retired list.
Great apprehension is felt for the safety of
inhabitants around Mount Vesuvius. The vol
cano is again active, great streams of lava Cowing
from its crater and Immense columns of fire rising
from It to a height of 700 feet. Tho eruption In
accompanied by slight earthquakes.
An Associated Press dispatch, under dato of
Edinburgh, Scotland, Sept. 23, says: "In a speech
Sir Thomas Barclay referred at length to agita
tion regarding a treaty of arbitration between
Great Britain and America. He said he hoped as
soon as the election in the United States was
over substintlal progress would be made in this
direction, irrespective of which party wa.s victor
ious. Sir Thomas said there had been doubt re
garding the attitude of Canada regarding this
subject, but he had addressed meetings through
out the dominion and found tho proposal to settle
difficulties with America by arbitration wag
warmly received."
An Associated Press dispatch, under date of
Vancouver, B. C, Sept. 23, says: "The American
steamer Alert of Billingham and two large scowa,
one of them loaded with salmon and $1,000 worth
of nets, wero seized at Oyster Creek, Vancouver
Island, by the Ruth, a dominion government fish
eries protection steamer. Tho value of the prop
erty is about $15,000. Tho authorities al'ego that
the American boat was poaching on fisheries 125
miles from tho American boundary. The oeized
steamer has been brought to this port."
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