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The Commoner.
.VOLUME 5, NUMBER 15
All the bollormakors of tho Santa
,Fo railroad havo struck for higher
wages. Inoxi)erlenced men aro taking
tliolr places, but no violence has been
reported.
Misfl Anna Johnson of Mt. Sterling,
Ky., was chosen maid of honor for
tho entire south at the Confederate
rounion to bo held in Juno.
J. Plerpont Morgan will ho present
ed with a medal to commemorate tho
returning of tho copt, which was stolen
and sold to him, to tho Italian government.
Insanity exports from Germany aro
reportod to bo on thoir way to examine
the mind of tho czar of Russia, who, it
is believed is lightly dorangod. It is
said that if approached by frlonds or
talked to by advisers ho flies into a
loarful rago. Only a few days ago he
is reported to havo interrupted M.
"Witto while the latter was urging
tho necessity for peace, with tho com
mand: "Stop your noise, it hurts my
head," to which M. Wltto Is said to
liavo replied: "Under these circum
stances it will bo very hard for your
majesty's ministers to discharge their
dutios."
Judge Stephen Noal, author of tho
fourteenth amendment to the consti
tution of tho United States, is criti
cally ill at Lebanon, Pa. Judge Neal
is over 80 years old.
Tho Mexican mints havo now been
definitely closed to tho free coinage
of silver.
Mayor Dunne of Chicago, who has
been diligently at work on the strike
of the teamsters In that city, has given
up hope of being able to arbitrate the
difficulty.
ets which were being given for a thea
ter show, when someone cried "Fire."
In the rush that followed and in which
the boys were killed, there were sev
eral others badly injured.
Tho supremo court of the United
States affirmed the decision of tho
United States circuit court April 17,
in tho caso of tho city of Covington
vs. the National Bank of Covington,
holding to bo invalid the Kentucky
law requiring national banks of Ken
tucky to mako return of all shares for
taxation purposes. The opinion, which
was delivered by Justice Day, was
based on the ground' of discrimination
against national banks.
Kalieff, the Russian who assassi
nated Grand Duke Sergius, has been
tried, found guilty and condemned to
death.
It is reported that tho once mighty
Winnebago tribe of Indians, is slowly
but surely succumbing to consumption,
with which disease these Indians aro
afflicted. This tribe has a fund of
$900,000 hold in trust by the national
government.
An Associated Press dispatch, dated
Logansport, Ind., April 17, says: "In
broad daylight C. D. Billman, a sculp
tor, today removed from its pedestal
in City park a heroic statue of William
McKinloy, which had been erected by
citizens ,ns a memorial' to the mar
tyred president. Billman alleges that
tho statue had not been paid for. Tak
ing advantage of the absence of all
city officials at a municipal league
meeting this afternoon, Billman
backed a wagon against the base of
the monument and with a block and
tackle transferred tho monument to
tlfe back yard of his home. Tho mon
ument was arranged for by a commit
tee of citizens shortly after McKinley's
assassination. Subscription papers
were circulated to raise funds, but
through some mistake, Billman al
leges, he was never compensated."
By the end of May 200 French
priests who had to leave France are
expected to arrjve at Mexico City,
among them being many Jesuit fa
thers. They expect to remain there
permanently. -
An Associated Press dispatch, dated
Norfolk, Va., April 17, says: "Thomas
Yandaw, a conspicuous figure in Nor
folk for over fifty years, claimed up
to the time of his death that he was
entitled to a large fortune in Califor
nia. Five years ago he was adjudged
a lunatic and sent to the Eastern
Virginia asylum at Williamsburg. Two
years ago he died and was buried in a
pauper's grave at the asylum. A let
ter has just been received here by a
local attorney from the Pacific coast
stating that Yandaw was entitled to a
large portion of an estate in Califor
nia worth upwards of $1,500,000. Yan
daw's wife is dead and he left no
heirs."
n cnotf ir.. has been tendered his
old place as a'clcrk in the registry
division of the Kansas City postofflce.
Scott, whose father was postmaster
at Kansas City, was removed in 1901
on charges that he was guilty of the
loss of a registered package containing
$8,000. The theft of the money was
never traced to Scott, but the suspi
cions of the inspectors were such as
to cause his removal. After four years
of work the inspectors have secured,
the conviction of John A. Fagg, a reg
istry clerk in the same office, for the
embezzlement."
The iurv in the case of Nan Patter
son, the Floradora show girl, has been
completed, in accoruance wiui miaa
Patterson's wishes, nearly all of the
jurymen aro married men.
Arthur Philip Stanhope, better
laowji as tho Earl of Stanhppe, one
of the prominent British peers, is
dead. He was nearly 70 years old.
Secretary Loeb has started for
President Roosevelt's camp with a
load of documents which require the
president's signature.
A note signed by Parson Thomas A.
Uzzell of the Tabernacle of Denver,
Colo., and "most heartily" endorsed by
Adjutant General Sherman M. Bell of
martial law fame, has been sent to
President Roosevelt requesting that
the carchsses of the bears killed dur
ing the president's hunt be sent for
distribution among the poor of Denver.
been made, showing that certain of
fleers of the company have made largo
sums of money by purchasing various
bonds and selling them to the company
for investment purposes at a libera
profit. It seems likely that a whole
sale investigation by public officiate
will follow and there is also a disposi
tion to extend this investigation to
other insurance companies.
Falling plaster In a factory at Kan
sas City, caused a panic in .which five
girls were badly injured.
The main bulldjng of Vanderbilt uni
versityat Nashville, Tenn., was de
stroyed by fire April 20. The loss is
total, only a few fixtures being saved.
Augustus Helnze has won the fa
mous Minnie Healey Mining suit, tho
Montana supreme court affirming tho
decision of the lower courts. This in
volves the title to a mine that is worth
millions of dollars. The plaintiff was
Miles Finlen.
Fiye miners are dead and three
others fatally injured as the result of
an explosion in the mines of the Cabin
Creek Mining company at Kayford, W.
Va.
Lord Kitchener, the famous Eng
lishman, who distinguished himself in
tho Boer war, has threatened to resign
his position, owing to objections on
his part to certain powers vested in
another English officer.
Joseph Jefferson, the famous actor,
died Sunday, April 23.
With full military honors, the fune
ral of Augusta Graeber, was held at
Hirschberg, Silesia. This woman,
whoso courage, tenderness and devo
tion made her respected by all Ger
many, served through the wars of
18G3, 1864, 1870-71, where she minis
tered to the soldiers.
An Associated Press dispatch, ,dated
Chicago, 111., April 20, says: "Judge
Grosscup today made permanent a
temporary injunction restraining the
city of Chicago from enforcing the so
called interchangeable 'transfer ordi
nance. The decision is expected to
materially enhanqe the value of rail
way property in negotiations looking
toward municipal ownership. Judge
Grosscup held that the ordinance is il
legal as affecting contract rights and
that enforcement of the ordinance
would practically result in reducing
tne rate or tare to 2 1-2 cents. Notice
was immediately given that the city
would appeal to the United States cir
cuit court of appeals."
v
pour newsboys voro crushed to
dcth at Indianapolisj Ind., April 17.
The liftlo fellows, with a number of
others were standing waiting for tick-
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On account of the shortage of ap
propriations, Commissioner Richards"
of tho general land office at Washing
ton, has been compelled to dispense
tomporarllywith the services of seven
teen of the eighty special agents of
the bureau.
T. H. Tibbies, former editor of tho
Nebraska Independent, will shortly be
come associated with Tom Watson's
Magazine.
D. W. Emmons, founder of the city
of Huntington, W. V., was stricken
with apoplexy while taking breakfast
and died within a few minutes. He
was 78 years old.
An Associated Press dispatch, dated
Washington, D. C, April 19, says: "In
pursuance of a special executive or
der signed by President Roosevelt, S
Secretary Hitchcock has planted an
oak sapling near the east gate of the
white house grounds. The sapling grew
from an acorn picked up in St. Peters
burg. The oak which produced the
acom was planted in St. Petersburg
many years ago by a prominent Rus
sian who took it from an immense oak
near the door of the Washington home'
at Mount Vernon, Va.
In accordance with his usual' cus
tom, Emperor Francis Joseph of Aus
tria, fed twelve of the oldest nnm Q
in his kingdom, afterward washing1
V icl viui nis own hands, on
Maunday Thursday, April 20. Before
their departure, ho presented each
with a gift.
Senator O. H. Piatt ,of Connecticut
died at his home in Washington, Conn
after a long siege of pneumonia. The
Immediate cause of his death was the
breaking of an abscess in his lung
which produced strangulation. He has
been senator since 1879. He was 78
years old.
The affairs of the Equitable Llfn Tn.
.surance company continue to attract
1'iiunu ulluuuuu. At a meeting of the
general agents of that company held
recently James H. Hyde, vice presi
dent of the company, was requested to
resign. An investigating committed
with H. C. Flick as chairman ?s now
at work and startling revelations have
An Associated Press dispatch, dated
Washington, D. C April 21, says:
"Diplomats in close touch with Euro
pean chancelleries held that Moroc
co, more than the menace to French
neutrality in the far east, is respon
sible for the threatened retirement of
M. Delcasse, Jhe French minister of
foreign affairs. It is learned that
France has informed Germany that
nothing could have' been further from
her intentions than to injure German
interests in Morocco and even has
gone so far as to say that the French
position there not only furnishes a pro
tection to the commerce of other na
tions, but insures rather than threat
ens the integrity of Morocco, and
thereby the maintenance of the status
quo, which. was the especial cause of
concern 10 tne .Berlin government. So
satisfied is Germany, it is stated, with
the attitude of -France, and so different
is that attitude from what Germany
believed, that it is believed here Ber
lin and Paris are approaching com
plete accord on the subject. European
advices indicate that Germany's sus
picions were aroused by the apparent
unwillingness in the past of the French
government to discuss Morocco, even
when the subject was directly brought
up. It is thought here that this change
in conditions may account for the fact
that M. Delcasse has gone so far as to
contemplate retirement. In the diplo
matic corps here M. Delcasse long has
been regarded as one of the few world
diplomats of today."
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