rrt' l,lPli!4,Wl,'SpfW!S?ii!pp7 I nnIWI" V -TjWWY vw. lusi- The Commoner. VQLXJME 5, NUMBER 10 ' 11 T Condensed News of the Week In tho joint (lomocrjitic caucus for -United SUtcs somitor for Tennessee, Governor James 13. Fra.icr was nomi nated by acclamation to succeed the lato Senator Hate. Mr. Frazlor has served two months of his second term us governor of Tennessee. Ho was born in Tennessee forty-nine years ago, and is a lawyer. His great-grandfather was a member of the first con Htitutional convention of Tennessee in 179G. His father was appointed judge of tho criminal court at Nashville by Andrew Johnson, and was impeached by the Brownlow legislature. He was, howevor, restored to his civil rights by tho constitutional conven tion of JS70, and elected to his old position. Daniel J. Sully and Edward Hadlcy of the failed firm of cotton brokers of D. J. Sully & Co., received dis charges in bankruptcy from Judge Adams in the United States district court at Now York. Tho discharges were granted without opposition on the part of many of the firm's creditors. This discharge wipes out all of Mr. Sully's indebtedness. sorted, begin in Chicago Marcu u, whon tho special federal grand jury be gins its investigation or the affairs of tho beef combination. A fund of Wr 000,000 has been raised to carry on the fight against the beef combine and sot the claims of independent pack ers squarely before the public." The attorneys for Mrs. Cassie Chad wick have filed a motion for a new trial on the erounds. of errors in ad mitting Incompetent testimony and er rors of law in the trial. One of the attorneys for Mrs. Chadwick intimated that He believed the jurors wore prejudiced. An interesting character died at El Paso, 111., March 14. Ho was David Strother, the first negro who ever voted in tho United States. Strother was a respected citizen of El Paso for forty-one years. . !t J-Viltttra her. The attending pnyiumu w that the soothing influence of the mu sic will eventually restore her to health. The dining car of the Missouri Pa cific passenger train No. 11, was over turned and ten persons were injured, in a collision with the Denver & Rio Grando passenger train No. 14 near Colorado Springs. An earthquake shock sufficient to shake houses was felt Sunday night nr. MpnomliiGe. Mich. Several loud rumbling reports were heard and were followed by a violent shaking of the houses. Tho Glass block, one of the largest buildings in Mankato, Minn., was en tirely destroyed by fire and a number of adjacent buildings damaged. Only tho strenuous efforts of the fire de partment and a fall of wet snow pre vented a much greater conflagration. The total loss is estimated at $150,000, partly covered by insurance. In tho lower house of tho Illinois stato legislature, Representative Mc- Kinley of Chicago has introduced an anti-trust bill drawn by tho attorney general and indorsed by Governor De noon. The definition of a trust is enlarged to include both life insur ance companies and underwriters. An Associated Press dispatch, dated San Francisco, Cal., March 14, says: "The law departments of the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe have reached an agreement respecting the orange rates. They have decided to ignore the re cent decision of the Interstate com merce commission, which decided that the rate of $1.26 on oranges from Cal ifornia to all eastern points was un reasonable and should be reduced to $1.15. In other words, the railroads purpose to require the payment of the existing rate unless the orange shippers can find relief through the courts, which means that the shippers will not obtain any of the fruits of their big victory before the interstate commerce commission for a year or two." An Associated Press dispatch, dated St. Louis, Mo., March 14, says: "After having been pronounced dead by two physicians and a nurse, Mrs. Charles A. Sweet, wife of a provision merchant, was restored by the infusion of a salt solution into her veins and is riow be lieved to be recovering her health. Five weeks ago Mrs. Sweet, suffering from gastritis, went to Hot Springs, Ark., in the hope of recovery. On the night of February 13 she seemed to be dying and eventually her he'art ceased beating and respiration stopped. She was pronounced dead. A third physician, however, decided to try a salt solution infusion, and there followed signs of animation. The operation was continued and Mrs. Sweet revived. She has returned to her home in St. Louis and is now ap parently recovering her health." a national bank, convicting her the seven . counts in the indictment The maximum penalty for her crime is fourteen years iri prison and a heaw fine. Mrs. Chadwick, when informed of the result, burst into tears whilo her faithful son, Emil, who has been in attendance upon his mother during all her trouble, tried to comfort her It required the efforts of two deputies to control her when she was taken from the court room. She cried out continually that she was not guilty, The, next step in the case will doubt' less be the trial of ' Dr. Leroy Chad wick, her husband, on the charge oi forging the name of Andrew Carnegie to $5,uuu,uuu notes ana it is likely that Mrs. Chadwick will be a witness. President Roosevelt has signified his willingness that government workmen join labor unions. The workmen them selves are to decide whether or not they will join, and no compulsion on the part of the unions will be tolerated. On March 11, the jury sitting in the case of Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick found her guilty of conspiring to wreck Joseph C. Wingate, who for nearly twenty-five, years was- United States consul in China, died at the residence of his nephew in Winchester, Mass., aged 74. Mr. Wingate's grandfather, Paine Wingate, was the representative from New Hampshire in the first con gress under the confederation, and United- States senator in the con gresses under the federal government. BACKACHE Delicate women who are subject to nervous spells, backache, bearintrdown and periodical pains, take Anti-Pain Pills and And in them a pleasant and sure relief. They cure by their soothing Influence upon the nervous system. They do not affect the bowels in the slightest degree, and are perfectly harmless. 25 doses, 25c. Never sold in bulk. OWWWMfBlAJWWU nw'MwyniiwiMwwflVhaww'vwiB Tho confederate war cemetery on Johnson's Island, near Sandusky, O., has boon sold to the Robert Patton chapter, United Daughters of the Con federacy, of Cincinnati for $1,200. The Cincinnati chapter contemplates im proving and beautifying it. A small piece of land adjoining the cemetery was also bought, which will bo con verted into a park. President Roosevelt has refused per-1 mission t.n tho PiiHslnn forworn vn on f 1 to repair the Lena at the Union Ir.on works, San Francisco, and the ship will therefore be repaired at Mare Is land by the regular yard employes. Judgment for $1,050 was obtained against Cassie L. Chadwick of Cleve land, O., by default, yesterday in New York in a suit brought by a .firm of milliners to recover the amount due on a check made by hor on November !16, 1904. It was alleged that the . chock was protested. The Spanish government is consider ing the advisability of giving General Weyler a pension of $2,000 and the grand cross of the Order of San Fer nando, in recognition of his services as governor general of Cuba. Tho military journals are opposing the mea sure but the government press in sist that his record of services prior to the war with the United States has long been overlooked. The impression prevails that the measure will not succeed. UNDER OTHER FLAGS Mr. Bryan's New Book Travels, Speeches, Lectures. " Rev. Dr. John Watson (Ian Mac Larcn) has resigned the pastorship of tho Sefton Park church in Liverpool. Poor health is the cause. Several hundred of the most promi nent passenger officials in the Unitail v States, Canada and Mexico gathered at Pittsburg, Pa., celebrating the founding of tho American association of General Agents in Pittsburfc, fifty years ago. M. J. Burke, United States consul at St. Thomas, Ont., died at that place March 15, of pneumonia. He worked as a journalist on the Chicago Inter Ocean and his consular reports were said to be among tho best received at Washington. He was 48 years old. An Associated Press dispatch, dated Marqh 13, says: "Tho Dally News to- . day says war to the knife betweon the . 'big five' of the beef combine and twen- ty-six firms and corporations classed as Independent packers will, it is as- WABASH IMPROVING With its POllc V Of lmni, THE In lino ment in passenger servi , tuu.,,.,. Line has uniformed its Cafe Car Wai -' era on. the "Banner Blue Limited" be tween St. Louis and Chicago will, white Tuxedo coats and low cut black vests. The new uniform is very srik ing and attractive. y llc The bridge which spans the Los An geles river, at Lps Angeles, Cal., fell into the river carrying with it fifteen persons, two of whom are believed to have been drowned. Throngs of sight seers had gathered to watch tho high water in the river, caused by rains when the bridge supports were sud denly swept away. The city of Pisacua. nhn h a with a population of 20,000, has been abandoned by the inhabitants, owing to fear of bubonic plague from which several hundreds of nnio i. died. hundreds of people there have S IL 2 ,.an f fEurPan tour a year ngo.ho has boon bcslogcd by requests for coplos of lot- tors describing his travels abroad. Thoso lottors togothor with a nnmbor of his locturos ana othor public addresses, have boon gathered togothor and publlshod in book form. Tho Bare- t)Can lottors pnntnln Mr llnnonir 4j....A. . . . J " ",'ttU B "uuin w ffuai no saw ana loarnou whuo in isuropo, anu present Interesting views of Ireland, England, Scotland, Franco, Switzerland, Gormany, ltussla, """"" "u,luin, anu io JNotnorlands, togothor with a description of his visits with Count lolstoynndPopoLoo. His Thanksgiving address, dollvorod boforo tho Araorican Society In London, 003, Is also included. In this volumo appoar Mr. Bryan's ascounts of his visits to Cuba and Mexico, and ho writes entertainingly of tho "Birth of tho Cuban Republic." lie al so Included his lectures on "A Conqnorlng Nation," and "Tho Value of an Ideal," both of which ho has delivered a number of times boforo Chautauquas and othorgathorlngs. umor articles In tho vnlumn nm htc nMHn ir ,., .. ,. . .... -t, ...., of hisnomlna ion in 1900; "Tho attraction of Farming," written for tho'Saturday Evening I ost, I eace, -tho addross dollvorod at tho Holland Society dlnnor in 10M; his St. Louis con vontlon snecch snnnndinrr tiin nnrnini -. . . . ... .....i. ti i Tii . . ""m'uumu Ui oonator uocicrou. "wabotn's Vlnoyara," "iirmsu 1 , .5 . ? aa'lr0S3 at th0 Bmvo of Phll, Sherman Bennett, and an account of his re cent trip to tho Grand Canyon ontltlod "Wonder of tho West." Tho book is illustrated, woll printed on good paper and substantially bound. tun!hnV on Europe," written aftor his re turn from abroad, and giving in brict fo a a rosumo of tho many interesting things ho saw. 5 Thrown into violent hysteria by an encounter on the street with a font pad who robbed hor of $10, Mamie Bowers aged 18 years, lies at he? home in East St. Louis, 111 , nml to recognize thoso about her, anf is quieted only when songs are'simg to NEATLY BOUND IN CLOTH 400 PAGE OCTAVO . r ; 4 .' UNDER 0TIIER FLAGS, Postage Prepaid, $1.35 ' With ME COMMONER, One Year, $1.75 CASH WITH ORDER, Drafts and P. 0. Mony Orders are safest AGENTS WANTED Address, THE COMMONER, WWtaMtrt limh Neb. WWWfrtMnii,,!,), Mm&itifiHf& ii? n ) tWJ m-j,&fi i a j I'U