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VOLUME 6, NUMBER 44
Pacific ocean. In this great plan the
Illinois Central was the one line mis
sing to complete a line of track from
New York to San Francisco and .Port
land, Oregon, from the great lakes
to the Gulf of Mexico, and from the
Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific again."
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rnVn T?rnrd-Herald follows. "Man
ufa'cturers of plated silverware today
announced new price lists on knives,
forks, and spoons. The International
Silver company, which comprises a
number of affiliated concerns, put up
its prices, one of the officers said,
from 5 to 10 per cent on all plated
ware and all of the large companies
making either sterling or plated flat
ware have announced advances slnctf
the "beginning of the month. Hollow
ware, which includes pitchers, bowls,
and vessels of various kinds, remains
at the old prices. Manufacturers say
the reason for the raise is that they
now pay 5 cents more an ounce for
silver bullion than they did a year
SLgo, when the old prices were an
nounced. The cost of labor also is
said to be higher than a year ago."
Rico; November 22, due to arrive at
San Juan; elaborate reception
planned; November 23, sails for home;
November 27, due to arrive at Washington.
Eleven indictments against different
railroad companies on the charge of
granting rebates will be returned from
the federal court at Minneapolis.
President Roosevelt left for -Panama
November 7. He will go on the battle
ship Louisiana, which will be accom
panied by the armored cruisers, Wash
ington and Tennessee.
Henry W. Hering, former cashier
of the Milwaukee Avenue State bank,
Chicago, pleaded guilty and was sen
tenced to the penitentiary from one
to ten years.
Judge Joseph GaryA..tlie Chicago;
jurist, Is dead.
An -Associated Press dispatch from
.New York follows: "The directors
of the State lank of this city today
declared a dividend of 900 per cent
payable in cosh on the bank's capi1
talization of $100,000. The directors
also declared the usual semi-annual
dividend of 50 per cent The large
surplus the bank amassed became:unr
wieldy because of its small capttaliza
tlon and in ord'dr to obviate this the"
directors decided to distribute -the sur5
plus in the form of a dividend. It
was also decided to increase the capi
talization of the bank from $100,000 to
$1,000,000."
Washington dispatches say that -the
removal of Stuyvesant Fish from the.
presidency of the Illinois Central
railroad is to be "avenged" by the
government .by; an investigation of all
; the Harriman railroad enterprises.
Speaker Cannon was , re-elected to
congress by 10,088 plurality. This
was 2,000 larger than his plurality
four year ago.
Attorney General Moody has been
instructed by the President to begin
proceedings under the anti-trust law
against the Standard Oil company;
A Washington dispatch to the Chi
cago Record-Herald says: "Presi
dent Roosevelt has directed that a
reprimand.be administered to Willis
1m Moore, chief of the weo,ther bureau.
for his action in the case of a printer
named Cooper in his office who had
been expelled from the typographical
union for not paying his strike, assess
ments. Mr. Moore, it is allege'd, urged
Cooper on two occasions to pay his
assessments, but the latter refused
and he was expelled from the union
Following this Cooper was transferred
to New Orleans. -The, civil service
commission held "that Mr. Moore's
action in urging the payment of the
strike assessments was improper.
Conner accordingly will be reinstated
in his former position in the weather
bureau in Washington."
An Associated Press dispatch, un
der date of Washington, November
6, says: "The report of an investiga
tion made by Brigadier General E. A.
Carlington, inspector general of the
army relative to tho riotious disturb
ance that occurred at BrownVille, Tex.,
on the night of August 13, 1906, and
that resulted in the death of one and
the wounding of another citizen of
that city has been considered and act
ed upon by the president. The presi
dent dismissed in disgrace from the
army the entire battalion of negro
troops because of their failure to dis
close the identity of some of their num
ber who had been guilty of violence
and murder. As an evidence, however,
of his intention to be fair to the col
ored troops the president has accom
panied this action by an order which
may amount to the court-martial of a
white" army officer of high grade who
was "charged with having cast slurs
upon the colored troops."
;Robert T. Lincoln has resigned
from the presidency of the Pullman
Palace Car company. He wilf.be suc
ceeded by John S. Runnells of
Chicago.
The New York democratic state
committee has adopted a resolution
providing for the investigation of
Senator McQarren of Brooklyn. Mc
Carren bolted the democratic nominee
for governor in the recent election and
he is to be disciplined.
President Roosevelt has issued an
order classifying deputv collectors of
internal revenue under the regulations
of civil service commission. Eleven
hundred men are affected. They were
classified, by pfesident Cleveland, but
were taken out by President. McKin
ley In 1899 The action of President
Roosevelt brings all employes of the
internal revenue service under civil
service, and practically classifies all
employes of the treasury department.
The republican pary was defeated
in Porto Rico, the unionist party se-
uiiufe , vivjLwiiwB m every uitstnct
on the island.
HOW CONGRESS STANDS
In the present congress the repub
lican majority In the house of repre
sentatives is 114. In the next con
eress the republican majority in the
house will be about 60. This changp
suggests the ebb and flow of the politi
cal .tides In recent years as shown by
the following table:
Dem. Rep. Plur
53rd congress ....;-. .220 - 126 D 94
Kith comrress 104 246 R 14?
SKth congress 7...... 134 206 R 7?
RGth congress .......163 185 R 22
57th congress 153 198 R 45
58'h congress 174 206 R 32
59th concress 136 250 R 114
60th congress 163 223 R 60
The present concress is the, 59th
and it goes out of office on March 4.
next, at noon, when, the congressmen
elected a week ago go in.
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General Shafter is dead.
Five stories of the new Blxby hotel
at Long Beach, Cal., collapsed, carry
ing nine men to death, -while, many
others were injured. '".
Federal Judge Carland at Sioux
Falls decided that express companies
doing business in South Dakota are
- common carriers. .;;.
President Roosevelt has announced
the appointment of Attorney General
Moodv to succeed Justice Brown on
the supreme bench. Secretnry of the
Interior Hitchcock will retire March
4 and James R. Garfield, the man who
crnve the rpackers an immunity bath.
will become secretary of the interior.
TTprbert Knox Smith will succeed Gar
field as commissioner of corporations.
H. J. O'Neal, known as the ?'barley
King," aiea at winona, Minn.r ,
The Itinerary of Mr., Roosevelt's
present, trip follows: November .9.
boards battleship Louisiana at Wolf'q
point at mou4h of the RappahannocU
river; November 15, due at Colon,
Isthmus of Panama; crosses isthmus
to Manama same day to bo welcomed
by President Amador; reception and
oau at Ancon m evening; November
16, inspects canal zone, including the
famous Gulebra cut; November 17 in
spects Gutun dams; in evening will
w, ,4 "ivoiiuuu kivuu on ine pier at
Cristobal by canal nnmTntnelrm w
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William A. Richnrds of Wyoming
hns resigned as commissioner, of the
eoneral, land office. He will retire
March 4. Richards has been under
nre for some time.
A battle roval took place between
TC. H. Hnrrlman and Stuyvesant Fish
for the control of the Illinois' Central
railroad. Haiflman won ouv and elect
ed J. T. Harahan president to suc
ceed Fish. Fish openly charged Har
riman with bad faith and questionable
practices in the fight for control. A
newspaper dispatch soys: "Bv to
day's action It Is believed that R H
Hnrrlman has at last realized rh'fni'
fillment of his plan to control a rail-
WHAT HE MADE
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over was to act a.s a witness in an
accident case, and the lawyer was to
question him. The first question put
before him was:
"What do you do?"
"Oh. T is not.-feeling; very veil."
"I didn't ask how you felt, but what
you did."
"Oh! I vork."
"Well, we all know that you work.
but we want to know what kind of
work you do."
"Vy, T do hard ,'vurk."
"Of course, that's true, you do Jiard
work, but what kind of work? t)o
vnu woric in a factory, or store, or
what?"
'?Oh. ja, I vurk in a fac'try4"
"Now, that's very good, we found
out that much; but now we would like
to know what you make in that fac
tory." "You .want to know vut I make?
Veil, T make dollar and half a day."
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