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14:, - ' The Commoner. volume b, number 51 1 . tnrv In "NTvrrr Vz-.r.lr nrVirk'rn Sllvf V.plfrhf. JIWM f WMVVVMIim . I The Commoner. I, " y 7 if! lL1. WT iUutions of learning weTerepre- V I AHI'nUITBOOIC 2r (She fimlVKRnESa tf3 sented- KjrsaslKJ w ' " "'.U3W uisiribut nn 1 C5?F?557 ZI : nf &&?' & tV nrnTir , . -r m m-r n -r-rr-- ' . ! TWF Flvo officials of the Carriage and Wagon Workers' Union of Chicago, and two men whom they woro charged with hiring as sluggers, were convicted December 29, on the charge of con spiracy, nnd sentenced to terms in the penitentiary. Judge Webb at Grand Rapids, Mich., lias decided that the Wisconsin anti pass law is constitutional. Charles T. Yer'kesj the railway financier of Chicago and London; died in New York, December 29. He had been ill for ten days. The Now York insurance commit tee concluded Its labors Saturday, De c6mber 30. fa sensation. Menz is not a believer of the Deity, and wrought the statue to symbolize his feeling as to the future. Today a constable with a writ of replevin called at the home of the old German stonecutter and levied on the idol. The owner resisted the de mand ofthe officer, and he and his family tried to save the statue from capture, even going so far as to bring a sledgehammer to smash it to bits. The constable and his assistants were successful in removing the statue, and thus made return on the writ that was sworn out by Warren We3t of Ypsilanti on a claim of $51.40 for labor, part qf which was performed on 'Beelzebub.' " George B. McClellan has received a certificate of election as mayor of New York. Raymond Prefontaine, the Canadian minister- of marines and fisheries, died at Paris December 25. He was at one time mayor of Montreal. Thesltuation in Santo Domingo is becoming serious, and it is believed in Washington,, that the United States government i will soon have its hands full in: that country. The president of J Santos Domingo, Morales, has disap peared and is pursued by troops. The Inter-Borough and Metropolitan traction Interests of New York are to be merged in a holding company, with a capital stock of $150,000,000 and a bond issue of $70,000,000. E. E. Snyder, the Olin, Iowa, bank er who failed one year ago with: lia bilities of $100,0000 in excesslof his .assets,- pleaded guilty of receiving money after he knew the bank was insolvent. Ho was fined $100 and costs. ing in New York, where sixty-eight institutions of learning were represented. The federal grand jury at Chicago December 29, returned an indictment against the Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy railroad, Darius Miller, first vice president, and C. G. Burnha'm, foreign freight agent, on the charge of granting railroad rebates. The in dictment charges that these rebates vere granted to the United States Steel Product company, of New York, at branch of the steel trust. It Is sald that the regular rates wore paid, lut that afterwards a rebate of 30 per cent was allowed. A horizontal reduction of 20 per cent in freight rates within th.e state of Illinois as ordered by" the "state railroad commission has been .modified so as to apply only to classes !0ne to five, pending another investigation. Justice Leventritt, at New 'York, has ruled that a purchaser of a rail road ticket has the right .to sign on the ticket the namo of the person from whom he purchased it. ' Thursday, December 28, call money in New York went to. 125 per cent, the highest since 1899. .Secretary of tho Treasury Shaw says that legiti mate business and not speculation has caused the situation. He says that the money isn)t now demanded on account of manipulations in stock, but is "the natural result of conditions that prevailed last summer and of mis takes made then from lack of fore sight." A special grand jury will be called in New York with the purpose" of probing insurance scandals. An Associated Press dispatch under date of St. Louis, December 29, fol lows: "After a division of almost one hundred years stops were consum mated today in the joint session 'of general committees which, when for mally ratified, will unite the northern Presbyterian church, U. S. A., and tho Cumberland Presbyterian church. Al most two days have been consumed by sub-committees in arranging de tails for the union. Their reports were submitted to, the general com mittees renresentlnc each church this afternoon.. Within two hours the two' general committees had met in joint session and agreed upon a basis for the union of the two denominational bodies. This agreement will be re ported to the general assembly of the Presbyterian church meeting at Des Moines, la., on May 17, 1906,' and of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, meeting in Decatui, Ill7 on the same date for iormal ratification by these two executive assemblies, which will be followed Jby the official announce ment that "the union of the two churches has finally been consummated. 'KFRUITEOmr shows in NATURAT. rm n accurately describes 218 varlXLTf ' ixim. oenu ior our terms of dlslributfnn EALTHYJREES ffflm WMTlet Budded Cherries liso ..rhUddoU. WC"S J Concord Orapea. W ,?er lCn L8l0(i varltle Seeds, Plants, Roses, Bulbs.Vines. Shrubs, Fruit and OrnamonhiTr auu uuat oy ira roars tant lftn setter Browii, 41 Kroonhouaei Of lHlnii, Fern. I'Iciia, tier. and othpc thinus too numurons Boscii, Etc., by mall nontpnld aro arrival and BntWncilon Btinrnntccd, laror by oiprcHH or freight. You will bo intur. O8tod In our oxtrnortl nury ononp offers of ovor lmlf a hundred , choico collodions in Hon!. Plnnta 1r.... ' m. .. e .. . . Ji .- ".- f?niN I rtCTi iic uiczHnt jLop.pBgo uniuioguo I! HI2K. Hoi.tl fnr wu Biro ior n uttio mono CIAKIIISON CO.. lttodny and soe what ruluoa vro gTvo for n little- monur 'JL'JttK STOURS & CIAKUISON co." BOX 217, PAINESVILLE, OHIO. New3 dispatches say that Russell Sage was on hand December 28 wheiv call money in New York went to 125 per cent and that he had the money and as a result got rid of about $30, 000.000. Tr 1r PsHmntofl thnf n n ro !a disnatch to the Chicago Record- sult f , thjs transaction Mr. Sage will TWlcl under datfi of Detroit. Decern- out l0 ine extent ?7o,UUU a day iao. or fniimuo t .nfrtrori nwnv in nn lor some time to come. old cart today, Herman Menz's statue of the devil now Is being guarded by a constable. The Image was set up two months ago by Menz and created Grip Psadns It -would bo utterly impossible to Imagine any thing more distressing than La Grippe pains. They aro simply indescribable, and seem to be composed of all the misery sensations known. Yet thoy can be relieved, and in a very short time, by taking Dr. Miles1 Anti-Pain Pills the greatest remedy on earth for pains of any ldnd. Their sootblngjnfluenoo upon the nerves is felt throughout tho entire system, "I had La Grippe pains all over me, and I was in suoh distress I thought I could not endure it, I thought of Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills, nndnf ter taking three doses the pain disappeared, and I slept peacefully. My brother has a swelling on his neck, and uses them, as they ease tho pain, and leave no bad effects like quieting powders."-ADELIA LANE, Portage, Mich. If they fall to help, your druggist The accounts "of the" postmaster of Peoria, Illf,-are being investigated. Governor Hanley of Indiana has de: manded the resignation of Daniel B'. Storms, secretary of state. An Associated Press dispatch under date of Columbus, O., January 3, fol lows: "The seventyrseventh general assembly of Ohio, convened today, the house being organized by the repub licans, who have sixty-two votes against fifty-nine for the democrats, and the senate being organized by the democrats, who have nineteen votes, counting one independent, Senator Lamb of Lucas county, who voted with tVom nfrnlnaf nlrrloon frtr tVio variiV. llcans. Lieutenant Governor Harding presided in the senate. He will be succeeded on January 8 as president of the senate by Andrew L. Harris, the republican lieutenant governor elect. All'the democratic caucus nom inations in the senate and all the re publican nominations in the house were ratified without opposition. Sev eral attempts were made to organize bolts, but all failed." perI TREE PROTECTORS 75c per 100. $5 per 1,000. As valuable in summer acafnst sun-scald, hot winds, etc., sis they are in winter aguinst cold and rabbits, Kecommcndedby all leading orchardists and hor ticultural societies, Send for samples and testi monials. Do not wait until rabbits and mice ruin your trees. WRITE US TODAY Wholesale Nursery Catalogue now ready; send for copy. Agents wanted everywhere, Hart Pioneer Nurseries Fort Scott, Kan., Box 139. Ke3 Ex-Governor Franlc Steuenberg of Idaho was assassinated on December 30 by the explosion of a dynamite bomb. It is believed that the assas sination is due to the feud engendered by the strike of miners at Cour D' Alene several years ago, although no trace of the assassin has been found. The bomb was exploded at the ex governor's gate. Joy Morton, son of the late J. Ster ling Morton, and head of the 'salt trust, was thrown from a horse at Nebraska City and seriously injured. Latest reports say that Mr. Morton will recover. J. R. Cady, at one time attorney for Louis F. Payne, while that person was superintendent of insurance for New York, testified before the insurance committee that Richard A. McCurdy, then president of the Mutual Life In surance company, offered Cady a re tainer to use his influence with Mr. Payne in insurance matters. . To Growcra of our Wondorful Now Corn NICHOLS'.GOLDEN CHIEF Record, 372 bai. per acre; alio $100 for tho largo'it yield of our new WHITE COMET OATS. Record, 183 bus per nern. Our IUtr 1000 Garden Guide de scribes and illustrates the above, alio world's Largest Tomato weight, Gibs. nl 9nr. ftnnil voiir name and addrcll today for a Freo PM. of the Seed. Wo .soil " Pure and Sum" SeedB.at whole sale prices direct to tho consumer, uur Catalog and the Tomato Seed la FREE ST. tOUIS SEED CO. G00-602 N. dth St, ST, LOUIS, MO. At a meeting of city superintendents and principals in connection with the lowa state Teachers' association, held will refund your money on first, at Des Moines, a resolution was adopt-Paclcage.- od declaring in favor of-abolishing the 25doses.25o. NociK..iAsanie of football in Iowa. Similar , .-. wv,iU ..t mwv resolutions were. adopted at a eathor- An Associated Press dispatch un der date of Washington, December 20, says: "Final returns to tho bu reau of statistics of the department of agriculture, according to a bulletin issued at" 4 o'clock today, show the acreage and production of the prin cipal farm crops in 1905 to have been as follows: Production Crop Acreage. Bushels. Corn 94,011,369 2,707,993,540 Winter wheat. 29,864,018 428,462,834 Spring wheat. 17,990,061 264,516,655 Oats 28,046,746' 953,216,177 Barley 5,095,528 136,651,020 Ryo 1,662,508 27,616,045 Buckwheat ... 760,118 14,585,082 Flaxseed ..,.;-2,534,836 28,470,753 Rice 460,198- 12,933,436 Potatoes 2,996,757 260,741,294 Hay ; 39,361,960 60,531,611 Tobacco 776,112 633,033,719 Tons. Pound. "The average weight per bushel is shown by reports received by the bu reau to be 56.3 pounds for spring wheat, 58.3 pounds for winter wheat and 32.7 pounds for oats." This department is for the exclu sive use of Commoner subscribers, and a special rate of six cents a word per insertionthe lowest rate has been made for them. Address. all communications to The Com moaer, Lincoln, Nebraska. IF YOU WANT INFORMATION AUOUT I Va. farms, write me. D. F. Dunlop. Jiox- wood. Henry Co.. Va. . T? OR SALE, OHEAF-BEATJTIFUL , PEIIj II slan Kittens, solid colors and black and white. Pedigree furnished. Address, S. w. Shibles, Morrill, Me. . WOn SALE-OHOIOE RAT AND RABm' E Ferrets. Wm. Cook, R, R. No, 1, Almont, Iowa. . . UNEXCELLED OPPORTUNITIES FOB IN u vestment in timber, coal, dairy, stock una fruit lands. Also rapidly advancing city una acre property in sea port town on loos ii- I. S. Kauiman. Marsnueiu. uixkuu.. ROOF-FRAMING CHART TWKNi; slx cents. All cuts and diagonals t a glance. O. M. Osborn, Publisher. Rooms 1& 2, 131 North Twelfth St., Lincoln. Nebr. TEN ACRE FARMS LANE MEKRl'lT, rrvmimjVi. Olrlnhnmn. Tecumseh, Oklahoma. OM3 TO EXCHANGE, BY THE OWNER. ON h Heights: one food work team for good cleai too aores Western land; also 10 acres choice hn.u smooth land adjoining Martin Heights; ; for su very cheap compared with prices of near land. If you want a good farm near Lln'0; $50 to $75 per acre, or have any Property tost.i or exchongc, write mo. Address, I. J. Holinna. Lincoln, Neb. T IFE AND SPEECHES OF W. J-BRYAN. Illustrated, octavo, 405 pages. Pu1 in 1000, nothing" later in print. A few copies, last of publishers' stock, at creaUy reaueeo prices, beautiful cloth blpdlng, $1.00: half mo rocco. $1.35; postage prepaid. G. u. Waiters. 2215 Vine St., Lincoln, Nebraska, fc L Jk
