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Riots broko out in all parts of Rus
sia following the dissolution of the
parliamont. Many leaders of the op
position to the government were ar
rested in St. Petersburg and the Rus
sian premier Goromylciii has been re
tired and M. Stolypln has been ap
pointed in his place. All the cabinet
members have resigned and a new
ministry has been formed.
The American Federation of Labor
has issued an appeal to wage earners
to unite in an offort to drive out of
offlco all foes of labor and to elect
men pledged to legislate in the inter
ests of the working people.
Before -adjourning the Russian dou
ma adopted a revolutionary manifesto
calling on the Russian people to re
sist tyranny by withholding all taxes
and recruits for .the army until a rep
resentative government is again established.
. The western division of the demo
cratic congressional 'campaign com
mittee has opened headquarters in
Chicago.
The funeral of Russell Sage took
place at New York July 24.
the railroads have agreed to give a
half rate fare, plus $2.00, for round
trip tickets to New York from all
over the country. Various names
were added to the reception commit
tee including that of Adlai J3. Steven
son. On motion of Josiah Quincy of
Massachusetts, the committee from
the anti-imperialist league of that
state was added to that committee.
William- Watson, assistant sergeant-at-arms
of the house of representa
tives, was made sergeant-at-arms for
the reception. Mr. Bryan Is sched
uled to arrive in port on August 29,
but he will go abpard a yacht and
will not land until August 30,
at 4 p. m., when he will be driven
up Broadway to Central park and
back to the Victoria hotel. A series
of receptions is to follow the one at
Madison Square Garden. Mr. Bryan's
first out-of-town trip will be to New
Haven, and it is said he NwilK speak
from the identical spot where he was
interrupted by Yale students on one
occasion."
The executive committee having' in
charge the arrangements for the New
York reception for Mr. Bryan has
made nubile a portion of a letter writ
ten by Mr. Bryan to Alexander Troup
of "New Haven, who is treasurer of
Charles T. Murnhy. leader of Tarn- tne committee of arrangements. Mr.
many hall, in a newspaper Interview, Bryan wrote in part as follows:
intimates that the' democratic state "There will be some expense, and the
.convention will nominate William R.
T. B. Burton of Ohio and Rockwood
Hoar of Massachusetts, representing
the American group. Mr. Bryan ac
companied his three compatriots at
this function, which was somewhat
in the nature of a levee. King Ed
ward, who wore plain clothes, stood
in front of the throne while the visi
tors filed past. As each person was
introduced the king shook hands with
him, making occasional brief remarks
to the most prominent members of
the party. At the formal sitting of the
inter-parliamentary union Mr. Bryan
moved a vote of thanks to King Ed
ward, Premier Campbell-Bannerman,
the government, the house of com
mons, the house of lords, the members
of the British group of the union, and
Lord Weardale for their general hos
pitality, constant attention and courtesies-
It was enthusiastically car
ried. The members of the union -went
to the Crystal palace this afternoon
in automobiles, over one hundred of
which were required to accommodate
the party. In the evening the mem
bers were guests at a dinner at the
Crystal palace. Among ' the Ameri
cans present were W. J. Bryan and
Representative Burton of -Ohio. The
latter replied to the toast to the visitors."
court in the Zion City case, instead
Judge Landis dedlared Zion City i
trust estate, named John G. Hately
member of the Chicago board of trade'
rSceIJ?of tbe Propel, and ordered
the holding of an election , September
18, when the people of the Christian
Catholic Apostolic church in Zion City
shall choose their overseer. Judge
Landis will decide later what compen
sation Dowie; will be allowed for his
past service. The nub of the court's
decision is" in the ruling that contribu
tions of property and money given
Dowie was in trust."
Hearst for governor.
An Associated Press dispatch under
date of Pittsburg, follows: "At a sen
sational meeting of the stockholders
of the Westinghouse Electric and
Manufacturing company today George
Westinghouse, president of the com
pany, was charged openly -by stock
holders with launching private ven
tures with the company's funds. The
directors were charged with aiding
him in this, but after a bitter squab
ble the slated board of directors were
elected and the official coterie won
Secretary of State Root, arriving
at Rio de Janeiro, was given a cor
dial reception.-
Reports from Austria say that the
ruin of farms Is threatened by swarn s
of locusts.
committee must see to it that no out. James Carrothers, one of the
money 'is accepted from questionable minority stockholders, led the oppo
An Associated Press dispatch under
date of Louisville, Ky., July 27, fol
lows: "John W. Vreeland, of the
democratic state central committee,
today received a cablegram from Wil
liam J. Bryan accepting the invita
tion recently extended Mi. Bryan to
attend a monster reception in his
honor to be given at a date to be se
lected later. It is planned to make
the gathering Mr. Bryan's southern
welcome, and invitations will be ex
tended to the governers, congress
men, senators and prominent politi
cians of all the southern states."
sources; in fact, 1 think it would be
well .to announce that the expense
would be borne by popular subscrlp-
The New York Press says that Jus
tine finvnnr will not nermifc the use
nr h? nnmo n.nrl that Mr. Hearst will tion, dollar subscriptions being pre
unquestionably be nominated for gov- ferablo, but that larger subscriptions
ernor wuum uu ruuuiveu up io $ou, uune ut?
nents of Mr. Westinghouse. The in
cident grew out of the report of the
company. Mr. Carrothers called at
tention to the assets, in which were
stocks and bonds of the Lackawanna
and Wyoming Valley Rapid Transit
intr received over that. Also announce company, $6,300,000. Mr. Carrothers
"A Cleveland, Ohio, dispatch follows: (that subscriptions of $5 or more than wanted to know hqw much was stock
"The Municipal Traction company, re
cently organized to construct and op
erate a number of street car lines in
this city on a 3-cent faro basis began
war, on tho Cleveland Electric railway
today by suddenly putting a force of
50.0.nien at work tearing up the tracks
ofJJ"lhe latter company in Fulton
street. Mayor Johnson was person
ally on the ground and when the writ
was served upon him, ho acknowl
edged service, put the document in
$5 would be entered into a book and
the names given to any one desiring
them. Subscriptions of less than $5
would not be made known without
consent of the subscriber. Say that
the reception will be made as inex
pensive as possible, and that any sur
plus over and above the expenses of
the reception will be used to print
and circulate speeches delivered at
the recoption. I think the publication
of the subscriptions is an important
An Associated Press cablegram
from Kharkov, July 27, follows: "The
staff correspondent here of the Asso
ciated Press finds that the revolution
ists are actively preparing for an
armed uprising and re-proclamation
of the republic of Kharkov in the
autumn. It was determined' in the
meantime to' avoid' conflicts with the
authorities. The ' revolutionists have
the sympathies of a' large proportion
of the population. The French vice
consul here has received very dis
quieting news from French industrial
establishments."
his pocket, but told the workmen to thing. The republicans have failed
procood with their work and ignore
the court's order. Later Mayor John
son was notified to appear and show
cause why he should not be commit
ted for contempt.
W. J. Connors of Buffalo says that
western New York counties will all
support William R. Hearst for governor.
St. Petersburg cablegrams say that
a financial crash there is looked for.
Referring to the committee having
in charge the New York, reception of
Mr. Bryan, an Associated Press dis
patch says: "The executive committee
held Its first meeting today. Norman
lfl. Mack of Buffalo presided. Charles
Murphy and John Fox of Naw
ork, and David R. Francis of Mia.
scWi Were elected members. Alex
ander Troup was elected treasurer to
succeed Nathan Straus, who was un-
fjO0 8erve' Mr B,,yan'8 suggestion
as ttutho method of securing funds
IOr tliV recentiOll wns nrmrnvorl nnA
a su?,mmittee on finance appointed,
vvmwiuiuik: fir A lavnnrlAit
to pass any effective law In regard to
campaign contributions and this will
be a good rebuke to them and will
foreshadow the adoption of such a
policy by our next campaign commit
tee. You can say, If you like, that I
asked to have this plan adopted."
An Associated Pres3 dispatch under
date of London, July 26, follows:
"William J. Bryan, who was in
troduced by Ambassador Reid, was
received in private audience by
King Edward at Buckingham palace
today. The visit was paid at the
king's special request, his majesty
having notified Mr. Reid that he de
sired to meet Mr. Bryan. The Inter
view was quite informal and was
marked by the pleasing cordiality
which the king is accustomed to show
Americans in whom ho is interested.
Only the king, Mr. Reid and Mr.
Bryan were present. The conversa
tion largely turned on. the .subject
of peace and the conference of the
inter-parliamentary union, with tho
objects of which the king showed him
self thoroughly in accord. Subse
quently the king received some eighty
m n, & oz Alexander Troup,
t "Tls' D- J- Campau of Mich- members of the inter-narliamentarv
TwU Nixirt Trrton Harrison and union in the throne room, Congress-
Twis Nlxoiu T, MVW" -..w o.uu uuiuu iu uio uxrune room, uongress
j wixuin it ag announce(1 that men Richard Bartholdt, of Missouri,
and how much was bonds. There was
a hot discussion and it developed that
the capital stock of the Lackawanna
and Wyoming Valley Rapid Transit
company is $3,000,000 and that' the
road cost about $6,000,000. No one
was sure that those figures, were-correct
and there was more or less con
fusion. Finally Mr. Carrothers said:
'We have $6,000,000 "worth of bonds
and $300,000 worth of stock. Who
has the remainder of the stock? This
company puts up all the money that
is spent on the road and gets only
$300,000 worth of stock. Why should
not this company have all the stock
if it pays for the road?' No one pres
ent was able to explain the report
in detail. The adoption of the report
was moved but John Gregg, one of
tho directors, said: 'Before we close
I want to know from whom the stock
of this rapid transit company was
purchased. I understood that these
stocks were purchased from Mr. West
inghouse, that this is a private cor
poration and that Mr. Westinghouse
unloaded the stock on this company.'
A voice was heard: 'At twice its
value.' After several calls for a Vote
the report was adopted, the old board
of directors was re-elected, with the
exception of James Hazen Hyde, who
is succeeded by T. W. Siemon, and
Frank H. Taylor, whose place is taken
by W. D. Uptegraff."
The will of Russell Sage was filed
for probate at New York July 27. All
of the estate is bequeathed to the
widow after the payment of $25,000
to each of Mr. Sage's nephews and
nieces and $10,000 to his" sister. The
Sage fortune is now estimated to be
between $70,000,000 and $80,000,000,
of which $30,000,000 is outstanding in
loans. Mr. Sage left nothing to
charity.
Representative Blackburn, republi
can of North Carolina, was defeated
-for renominatlon. The labor leaders
say that they brought about Black
burn's defeat because he voted against
certain measures in which organized
labor Is interested.
An Associated Press cablegram from
Manila follows: "The announcement
of the engagement of Miss Annie Ide,
daughter of Governor General Ide and
Bourke Cockran was made today. The
wedding will occur in Washington next
fall."
The following is an extract from a
Chicago Associated Press dispatch:
"Neither John Alexander Dowie,
founder, nor Wilbur Glen Voliva, pres
ent general overseer, is given the
property estimated to be worth from
$12,000,000 to $21,000,000 in the deci
sion handed down today by Judge K
M. Landis of the United States circuit
ETERNAL TIME
After we come to mature years
there is nothing of which we are so
vividly conscious as of the swiftness
of time. - Its brevity and littleness
are tho theme of poets, moralists,,
and preachers. Yet there is nothing
of which there is so much nor day
nor night, ocean nor sky, winter nor
Bummer equal it. It is a perpetual
flow from the inexhaustible 'fountains
of Eternity. And wo have not ade
quate conception of our "earthly life
until we think of it and live in it as
a part of forever. Now is eternity,
and will be, tomorrow and next day,
through the endless years of God.
Horatio Stebbens.
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