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About The commoner. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-1923 | View Entire Issue (March 2, 1906)
iff-- T ft-.-".. " s ,'te . 12 t wi) u; "s The Commoner. VOLUME -GNukBER 7 Just prior to 1j!s doath John A. Mc Call, former president o the New York Llfo Insurance company, made tho following Btatomont: "I may not Jiavo lived the life of a saint, but as. I look back now I cannot recall that I havo ovor deliberately harmed a man, woman or child. I -have llvod my life as I saw it and as best I could." Mr. McCall's friends say that ho died poor. Commissioner of Corporations Gar flold, testifying in tho beef trust case at Chicago, denied many of tho state ments mado by witnesses for tho packers. Mr. Garfield declared that ho had nover told any of tho packers or their representatives that his de partment had tho power to compel information if they rofused to give it willingly. Ho denied that ho had promised immunity, and said that tho only protection lie had promised was protection for tho Individual packers of thoir confidential figures. He said that although tho average of these cbnfidentlal figures had been used in his reports, tho individuals giving thorn had been respectod and their nameB had not been mado public. Ho donied that ho had at any time said anything regarding an oath in connection with tho investigation. tho Irish people, and I trust that this may conduce to tho maintenance of tranquility and good foeling between the different classes of tho commun ity." Chicago has won the drainage canal case before the United States supremo court. Tho court held that the con tention that St. Louis water was pollutod byv sewage from Chicago was not established. D. E. Storms, secretary of state for4 Indiana, has - promised tho governor that ho will resign April 1. fnnri hHifl in the senate. He found ti-pass feature was striclcen out, it U trT to getwayTom the forms being hdd that thiSJnWsIon should of expression in the house where he served so long, and repeatedly re ferred to Mr. Heyburn as "the gentle man from Idaho," instead of "the sen ator fro the state of Idaho." Some one reminded Mr. Hemenway that he was not in the house of representatives and Mr. Hemenway Bald: 'I apolo gize for speaking of a senator as a gentleman.' 'The apology is worse than the offense laughed Mr. Heyburn.!' Mrs. Julia Ward Howe is seriously ill at hor home in Boston. be made a part of the criminal stat utes. The army appropriation bill pre sented to the house carried a total amount of $69,678,592. Chairman Hull in presenting the bill said that its prompt passage was necessary on account of prospective trouble in tho Orient. The interstate commerce commis sion will investigate the Standard Oil methods in controlling railroad rates at Kansas City. William E. Curtis of the Chicago Record-Herald has been talking with insurance magnates of New York and ho says that ho does not find any in dication that premiums will bo re duced or that commissions . paid to agents will bo cut down. Ho quotes Paul Morton as saying that dividends will bo increased, and in that why tho cost of insuranco will be "decreased." President Roosevelt has submitted to congress the report of engineers recommending" the adoption of the lock plan for the Panama canal. United States supreme court speak ing through Mr. Justice White has decided that railroads cannot law fully deal in tho commodities which they transport. This decision means that railroads cannot own or con trol coal mines, and it is also inter preted to mean that the beef combine must abandon its refrigerating car lines. The Methodist ministers of Chi cago at their weekly meeting adopt ed resolutions criticising Judge Hol dom because of his Injunction against Typographical Union No. 16, and its officers and members. The resolu tions expressed the hope that the in junction will be speedily dissolved, because "it restrains fair argument and persuasive speech." The Heyburn pure food bill has passed the senate with only four votes in the negative. It is said that the house will not pass the bill at this session. The house committee in the Ohio legislature has recommended the pas sage of a bill creating a state rail road commission with power to fix reasonable maximum rates. The an- General Charles H. Grosvenor, one of the representatives from Ohio, and famous as a republican leader, was defeated for nomination in thevrepub lican convention held at Lancaster, Ohio. Albert Douglas of Chillicothe was nominated by a vote of 78 to 20. Even Mr. Grosvenor's home county, Athens, failed to cast a vote in his favor. He is tho acknowl edged reader of the "standpatters" on the tariff question. The Kansas democratic club gave its Washington birthday banquet at Topeka February 22. Every seat wan taken and many were unable to ob tain admission. Governor Folk of Missouri delivered an address deal ing particularly with graft. Senator Knox of Pennsylvania has introduced a railroad rate bill on his own account This bill is disting uished from others by a provision per mitting reviews of the commission's acts by the courts; which is the hot- Your Tongue is Coated! Pat Crowo who was recently ac quitted on the charge of robbery in connection with the Cudahy kidnap ping, and was later taken to Council Bluffs to answer another charge of robbery, has been released on bail. ur d Already trouble has occurred be tween Wilson Mlzner and his bride, who was the widow of Charles Yerkos. Nowspapor reports say that a difference grew up between them on account of the Yerkos estate. Miznor disappeared, and it was re ported that tho couplo had parted for good. The United States supreme court has granted a stay to Senator Pat terson of Colorado in the case where ho was fined $1,000 for contempt by tho Colorado supremo court. Mrs. William J. Florence, widow of "Billy" Florence, died at Now York. Mrs. Florence as well as hor husband were famous years ago on tho Amer ican stage. John B. Stotson, tho liat manufac turer, died recently at Do Land, Florida. Tho now president of Franco, Cloment Armand Fallieres, has been installed in office. Troublo between the United States and tho Chinese government is freely predicted in military circles. Commercial clubs of Nebraska in annual session at Omaha adopted res olutions declaring against passes and in favor of a 2 cent passenger rate. David B. Henderson, former speaker of the house of representatives, died at Dubuque, la. The Hepburn railway rate bill was reported to the senate by a vote of to b. Five of tho affirmative votes were democrats and all ofthe nega tive votes were republicans. Senator Tillman, a democrat, was chosen to manage the fight for the bill in the senate. H. Clay Evans, recently consul gen eral to London and formerly pension commissioner, announces his wliilm. ness to accept the republican nomin- Tho Mutual Life Insuranco com- ation for governor of Tennessee pany lias brought suit against tho George W. Guthrie 1ms h it. ed mayor of Pittsburg, Pa., defeating the republican nominee by 5,000. Representative George A. Castor of Pennsylvania, is dead. has McCurdy family to recover $4,524,120. In his address to parliament, King Edward announced that constitutional government would bo granted to tho Transvaal, and concerning Ireland he said: "My ministers have undor con sideration a plan for imnrovlnc and effecting economics in the system of government for Ireland andfor in troducing thereinto means for asso ciating tho peoplo with tho conduct oc Irish affairs. It is my desire that tho government of the emmtrv i-n reliance on tho ordinary law, should bo .carried on, so far as existing cir cumstances permit, in a spirit regard ful of the wishes and sentiments of won his Senator LaFollotto lmo flerht. hAfnrn Ui T.n , , iIj. c x"umu uuairs com- rnitteo against an attempted fraud in nSpw8!,0' th,e lan(l8 of the e V" ilized tribes in Indian Territory. tiJhQnshlngfcon correspondent for tLl"T 5to3 to on active S TT OOK inside you I I watch cover an 7 5eel '-w That's bad busi ness, Bill! What you been Eating? What were you drinking? What kind of Lazy Chair did you take exercise in? 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