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KAY 25, 1906
The Commoner.
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W. W. Rose was re-elected mayor of
Kansas City, Kans., after having been
removed from the office for failure
to enforco the law. Later the supreme
court of Kansas issued an order citing
Mr. Rose to appear before the court
June 4th and show cause why ho
should not he adjudged in contempt
for holding office after he had been
removed.
Startling revelations have been
made showing the management of the
State Asylum for the insane located
at Norfolk, Neb. The governor has
already demanded the resignations
of the superintendent and his assistant.
Robert L. Taylor, former governor
of Tennessee, defeated present Sen
ator Edward W. Carmack in the con
test for the democratic nomination
for Senator.
delphia. moving later to Wisconsin.
He attached himself to the republican
party and made German speeches in
behalf of Fremont in the campaign of
1856. He also participated- in the
senatorial contest in Illinois between
Lincoln and Douglas. After Mr. Lin
coln became president he appointed
Schurz United States minister to
Spain. He served in that position
five months and returned to America,
entering the "Union army as brigadier-
general. Since the close of the war,
Mr. Schurz has been conspicuous in
public life. In 1869 the legislature of
Missouri elected him to the United
States senate, Schurz having in 1867
removed to St. Louia to become editor
of the Westliche Post. He served as
secretary of the interior under Presi
dent Hayes, and retiring to private
life, he made his home in New York.
Representative Champ Clark of
Missouri declares that the next Demo
cratic nominee for president must be
a southern man. Mr. Clark says that
if no one else will run, he will do
so himself.
New York dispatches says that Wil
liam R. Hearst will be a candidate for
governor,
The JSccesiastical court in New York
hag sentenced Rev. Dr. t Crapsey to
suspension from the Episcopal v min
istry. ' ' . . , -
Michael Davitt, the-Irish -letfd.er, Js
seriously ill with blood poison at Dublin.
A mortgage loan company has" been
organized at New York with a capital
of $100,000,000. It is to advance mon
ey for the rebuilding of San Francisco.
Insurance Commissioner Host of
Wisconsin, testifying before a legis
lative committee, said that Secretary
of State Houser, acting as the" agent
of the Equitable Assurance society,
attempted to influence a favorable de
cision by offering Host a $2,000 cam
paign contribution.
The famous Ferris Wheel that "was
built for the Chicago World's Fair
was blown up with dynamite at St.
Louis recently. This was the method
used to reduce the structure to strap
iron. Two explosions were required.
Two Chicago citizens have present
ed plans for a new city hall, the same
to cost $4,000,000, and to be erected
by a private company and rented to
the municipality.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis is seriously ill.
The committee of the New York
Bar association appointed at the re-
niipqf- nf fnfmpr Senator David B. Hill
to investigate his relations as attorney & were at home
for the Equitable Life Assurance so
ciety, has reported that Mr. Hill's em
ployment was not improper. Mr. Hill
appeared before the committed and
said that he never doubted that he had
the right to practice in the courts of
any state or territory. An Associated
Press dispatch gives some of the pro
ceedings before the committee as fol
lows: "Asked as to when the subject of
the Equitable retaining him as counsel
first came up, "Mr. Hill said:
"'I first met James H. Hyde and
the elder Alexander In Washington In
1889. I did not see either of them
again until I was elected United States
senator in 1892. Mr. Hyde came to see
me then and stated that he aad been
informed that I was going to resume
the practice of law when my time
was not occupied in coigress. I told
him that was the fact, as I believed
I would spend not more than half of
my time in Washington. The result
of the interview was that T accepted
Lan offer of $5,000 a yeor to become
consulting counsel of Hie TCquitame.'
"Were you ever ooaiu'ted by the
company in relation to matters per
taining to the insurance department?'
"I never was that I can remem
ber of."
Governor Frank S. Black, General
B. F. Tracy, former Judge J. F. Dil
lon, Delancey Nlcoll and others testi
fied, all declaring that they had known
Mr. Hill many years, that he ranked
among the first men of his profession,
and that the $5,000 retainer paid him
by the Equitable was a reasonable
compensation.
hour everybody was busy. As soon
after dinner as possible the nnnual
ball game began, C. W. Bryan manag
ing one team and R. L. Metcalfo the
other. The excitement was intense,
and the exhibition of ball playing
worth going miles to see. Tho wrang
ling over tho umpire's decisions was
one of tho features of tho game. The
team captained by Mr. Metcalfo won
by a score of 4 to 3, five Innings being
played. The winning battery was
composed of W. B. Metcalfe and Linn
Fitch; tho losing battery was com
posed of Silas Bryan and Leland Em
mert. The running of C. W. Bryan
and Mrs. Maupin and tho frantic but
futile efforts of Messrs. Metcalfe,
Maupin, Walters and Farris to hit
tho ball brought out loud annlause.
After the game the party visited tho
soldiers' home and all woro loud in
their praises of the conditions exist
ing there. Everything was found spot
lessly clean, commodious and well fur
nished, and the hospital arrangements
exceptionally fine. Features of the
visit were the phonograph concert by
a veteran and the thrilling "shoot"
down the sliding fire escape by a
number of The Commoner's young
ladies. The day was perfect, and the
only regret was at the enforced ab
sence of W. J. Bryan, whose presence
had heretofore been enjoyed. The re
turn trip began at 5 p. m., and by 6:30
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tempt to kill H. 0. Frick during the
Homestead strike, has been released.
The friends of Governor Koch of
Kansas are circulating a report that
W. A. Harris, democratic nominee for
governor, is not a legal resident of
Kansas and is therefore disqualified.
A movement is on foot among "West
Virginia Republicans looking to the
retirement of Senator Blkins.
Carl Schurz died at his home in
New York. He was born March 2,
1859, in the village of Liblar, near Co
logne. In 1852.. he came to America.
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ANNUAL PICNIC
The fifth annual picnic of The Com
moner force was held upon the
grounds of General J. H. Culver, near
the beautiful soldiers' home at Mil
ford, on Saturday, May 19. The force,
numbering nearly fifty, together with
relatives, met at The Commoner office
in the morning and proceeded to the
Burlington depot, where a special
train of two cars was. in waiting. The
run to Milford, twenty-two miles, was
made in good time. On arrival 'at the
picnic grounds everybody .started in
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springs were visited and the waters
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