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BWHRlBWn 'V '"-" r t lM,'' 9 ,rr - h. L.T ','. L- K. EA R tl4 Li-ty vi : . tit 4 -4gh -WMltA IIC ID I I " Vr-7 ilA.. i v iiMiny ai The Commoner. , . VOLUME 5, NUMBER 50 rpVx fn.lnonl have been Referring to the liquidation of John R. Walsh's financial institutions, the Chicago Tribune says: and Illinois authorities working hand in hand for the last .three days. It was only by joint in vestigation that the bankruptcy of the institutions was proven. Prior to this, when the federal ' authorities made their investigation of Mr. Walsh's national bank, the securities of the Home Savings bank, wore jug gled and made to appear as assets of the national institution. When tho state sleuths examined' tho Home Savings bank somebody hopped from one side of the room to the other and returned with the stocks and bonds be longing to the federal bank. The au thorities, it is believed, will have the widest latitude in prosecuting Mr. Walsh, as investigation shows that nearly every law on the statute books, placed there for the safe conduct of banking business, has been violated Jay him with reckless impunity. John R. Walsh's banks were not banks. They were simply a huge cash drawer for his side lines of railroads, : mines, "stone quarries and other business in vestments. Out of the ?2G,000,000 de posited in the half-way llnancial sta tion maintained by Mr. Walsh $15, 000,000 was loaned by Mr. Walsh to companies privately himself." the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis railroads each of the3e com panies decided to establish a pension bureau to take care of superannuated employes." Governor ,La Follette of Wisconsin rPHifrnnri ns crovernor and will become United States senator January 1. controlled by Governor Deneen of Illinois is call ing upon former state ofllcials to re turn money to the public treasury. The governor says that for thirty yGiirs ' 'flie state Fas' Been defrauded, and he calls upon them to refund ap proximately $321,000. It is claimed that the state has already obtained $100,000 of this amount, and qjults will be commenced in other cases. that the auditor and treasurer might levy an additional amount to pay. for the clerical and other work required. Since the law was passed the state ofllcials unanimously have adopted one practice, it is charged. They have made the additional levy for the work, have pocketed the proceeds, and hove had the work done by the regular force employed in their ofiices. This practice became time honored and dignified with long, continuous observance. It became the proper thing. The money thus raised was regarded as a part of the legitimate the office, swelling the salary which the law: treasurer and auditor." James L. Hedges, former postmas ter at Little Rock, Ark., died at Den ver December 19. for or against such 'importation u be decided by a South African parlia. mum, eieuLOU uy popular VOtC was greeted with tremendous slasni. This cnthu- Tw.o ' laborers caught' by a tunnel cave-iri in New York ' were rescued by three men who swam to their re lief. ;.: onrl Tom net perquisites of modest $3,500 allows to both Judge Maurice F. Tuley, the veteran, jurist of Chicago, is dead. Leonard Imboden Hill, .-bankers, were found guilty of conspiring to wreck the Denver Sav ings bank. A call for a general political strike throughout Russia was issued Decem ber Id, and cablegrams say. that Rus sia is on the eve of a great, if not a final, struggle between the govern ment and the proletariat. The Young Men's Democratic club of Lyconing county at Williamspost Pa., has opened a new club house The building is estimated to be worth not less than $25,000 and tho interior has been well finished. The club will give its fourteenth animal Jack. son day banquet January 8. A terrible battle between Russian trodps and the people took place at Moscow. Five thousand people were killed and 14,000 were wounded. The New 'Jersey pardon, parolled a woman ' served thirty-four years in the charge of murder.- J cently board re- wlio had prison on Senator-elect La Follett'e . filed a statement to the effect that he was elected to the senate without the ex penditure of a cent. Former Governor Richard Yates has announced his candidacy for Uni ted States senator in opposition -to Senator Cullom. It is said that Yates will have the support of Governor Deneen. 'Referring to "Governor Deneen's ac tion tlje Chicago Trioune say's: "The law which Deneen holds has been vio lated by every state treasurer and state auditor since 1877 was ' passed by the legislature that year, and in providing for the issuance of bonds by municipalities, school districts, counties, and other taxing bodies, stipulated that the registered with the and( ,secured by the state. In this case the state assumed the levying of assessments to pay- the interest and take up the principal as it ma tured. In order .that this work in connection with local bond issues might not be an expense to the state when it should be only to the district issuing tho bonds, the law provided An Associated Press cablegram un der date of London, December 21, says: "Sir Henry Campbell-Banner-man's first speech since he accepted the premiership was delivered at Al bert hall tonight before a mass meet ing under the auspices of the liberal association. The premier was sup ported on the platform by fifteen mem bers of his cabinet. The premier said the fiscal question was the prime is sue of the campaign against a gov ernment whose ministry "made a mid night flitting on a murky December evening.' The feature of Sir Henry's speech was his announcement that e government had decided to stop e importation of coolies'" into South Africa until such tims as the question .... L The friends of the late Mayor Sam uel M. "Jones of Toledo, Known as "Golden Rule Jones," have compiled a series of letters written to the men who worked in Mr. Jones machine shops. Brand Whltlock, major of To ledo, has written the introduction for this book. The proceeds will bo de voted .to the erection kof a memorial to Mayor Jones at Toledo. 1 It is announced that the wedding of the president's daughter will take .place at the White House February 17. This will be the first wedding to take place in the White House since the marriage of President Cleveland to Miss Fblsom. Mary, the daughter of President Monroe; Elizabeth, tho daughter of President Tyler, and Nel lie, the daughter of President Grant, were married in the White House. While all the ceremonies attending these weddings were interesting, it is said that the coming wedding at the White-House will be a gorgeous affair. Abe Hummel; the well known New York criminal lawyer, was convicted nn I10 rhnrpfi nf COllSDiraCV ill tllG Dodge divorce case, and was fenced to one year in jail and a fine. sen-$500 rzrzz i WASHINGTON CITY NEWS After being dead, apparently, for three days and her body arranged for burial, Viola "Andersonj 1 17 years old, of Elizabeth. New Jersey, was found tobe-. alive. A dispatch to the Chi cago Record-Herald says: "A neigh bor who is a- close friend of the fam ily noticed that the body appeared to j be slightly warm., although the girl was supposed to liave'lbee.n dead three days. Finally the family physi- bonds , could be clan, was sent for, and after a tnor- stato. authorities ough examination, and severe tests he said the girl was onjy m a trance. After working over , her .for several hours the doctor managed to revive the young woman land, she began to speak. She expressed, surprise at not finding herself in heaven and was hor,-1 ringed wnen told or ner narrow escape from,, an awful fate." Senator Millard of Nebraska has been made chairman ot the Panama canal committee In the senate December 18 Senator Bailey made a vigorous speech against the men who had brought discredit upon 'the senate. He called attention to the fact that five senators had been convicted in the last ten years on charees imnlvlnc that crimes had liaon nnmiiHorl fnv mnilfiV. .lnn.l 4-1ir4- Vii Mi-n4 Vvorl aittlira1 wll OT ''DO J1UICU until, I.JJV3 uio uuu uii.wv-u ., w the senate ' should . testify that "this ey is no., place to come i to, make money ii dishonestly." . here conn- tation when he supported the presi dent's contentions. After the Jiulson tT..,, -MTnnAir nnvvPRnnnrtence WHS mnHo rmhita Inst June, lawyers ..i... innimQi fimf flip snecial sel had simply made a spectacle of the attorney general in the way tney tore his slender., arguments to shreas. Mr. Moody's administration of ms bffice has not .been marked by any great victories, and mm of hte Ho-'me-'J menus are appreuenaie . ?Stliho remembered simply as the attoi- general who helped the pvesiueu .Vf 4" Worrier .'who have the euro of children, and house hold duties, find tho drain upon their vi tality, so great that they voir often be como nervous wrecks. This loss of vitality causos. headache, backache, sleeplessness, Irritability, anxiety, etc., and frequently results in various forms of female weakness..- "'."When 3'ou feel tirod and worn out, tojco Dr. Miles' Restorative Nervine . ... .which acts directly upon tho nerves, re freshing and strengthening them. It Is a lysrv.e food and tonic, which soothes and relieves the tension of tho tired nerves and brings rest and refreshing sleep. . ,"Your remedies saved my life. They are all you claim thorn to bo. I am now In very good health for n, woman 72 years old, thanks to your remedies. When' I fool nervous or don't feel well. I take a few . doses of Dr. Miles' Nervine and it sots ine right,:' . , ' 'nSA-TH1?IIN.?i Sra. Loland, Iowa. The first bottle will benefit. t nni iu -t... lt ...III ..-i. ' " w, V..W wifis""- w Jt'uirn, yQuixTOoneyj- Francis Hendricks, superintendent of, insurance for -New -York, -testified before the insurance commitiee and during his testimony it was disclosed that the inquiries by New York's de partment of insurance .into the insur ance companies were largely a farce. Governor Wright of the Philippines calls i the opposition to a tariff reduc tion for the Philippines "pig-headed selfishness." ' - It' now law the is said that President Roosevelt favors a new Chinese exclusion admitting all classes freely with exception of coolies. Secretary Twelve 'thousand persons held a mass meeting at- Moscow December 211 It is believed that Ku'ssia is now seriously" threatened- .with civil war. Metcalf opposes this plan. 'Subscribers' Advertising Department & This department is for the exclu sive use of Commoner subscribers, and a special rate of six cents a word per insertion-the lowest rate i,r, unM, -mnria fnv them. Auuiess all communications to The moner, Lincoln, Nebraska. Com ; Nin,e of the ten indicted .persons of the Chicago brlcl trust pleaded .guilty of conspiracy' in jrestramt; of" trade, anu were nnea $z,uuu TEfacn. Fred A. postmaster. Busse 'is Chicago's new j '.?; .1 i . t '"An 'AssnmrirPM Prnso (Hanntoli nnilan" date of New York, December 20, says:. "At respective meetlncs todav of tho board of directors of the New York Central, tho Lake Shore & Michigan g ji j - ".. .9uuww; uje viicnigan uentrai and Befjrring to the correspondence be-, tween - President Roosevelt and Attor ney G.eneral Moody, relative to. the' Paul Morton-Santa Fe case, the Wash ington correspondent for the New York Evening Post, says: "It is fair-l ly established that, the settled convje-j tton of, the best pubVjq,. opinion is. that M.r. Morton was saved from lrosecu tlon by, a direct act "of executive favior.! All,t;lYe letter-writing, in-the world' will not chance that conviction. One of Mr. Roosevelt's most, admirable char! acterisiics is the way he sticks by his, friends when th.ey tara in trouble; and .it is, believed! here by persons; whqs&ibeliefa.must; be. respected, that the president resolved that Morton, .should not 'be "thrown to the wolves" Lawyers say that Mr Moody strupk a heavy blow at his own legal T P YOUWANT INFORMATION ABOUT f Va. farms, write mp. D. F. imnm. Boxwood, Henry Co., Va. . f-iri TfTkT t-tt A TJTTCTi TO A V-ELTNG S A I '''"$ W ,r"r.t.i7. V..A.io.,nfl In cliinn a brnska. Must be of good chraci". able to rurmsu sauau"' - y,,,vjj tne HiT ..rnr In tie n.u."v in Ne. nnu , .w.i.a jviorum--'-"' Wo are recognized as Jobbing quoonswaro nouse in pl and must havo good men Aotlnna I ron f-ffl n StliOt answering give full details territory and annual sales. Co.. St. I,ouia, jvlo. conndeut'p. J" of expn".-. Missouri Glass JL conini i.ftfr.Vfti -Industrial PJ1IS' e. 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