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The Commoner.
A collision on the Rock Island road
--'KH'ty miles from Topeka resulted in
the death of thirty people and the
injury of forty others.
James McRae of Pittsburg has been
chosen president of the Pennsylvania
railroad to succeed the late A. J. Cas-satt.
"The Nebraska house of representa
tives, chose Daniel Nettleton to be
speaker.
The Colorado house of representa
tives chose Robert" G. Breckenrldge to
be "speaker.
In his message to the legislature
Governor Hughes of New York recom
mended a recount of votes cast for
mayor of New York City. He said it
was a matter of grave concern that
the view should be largely, even
though erroneously held, that one who
has been elected to office has been
deprived of his seat through invalid
returns.
to it for transportation. The petition
is the direct outcome of the car short
age, from which the interests repre
sented by the signers of the petition
are still suffering. The petition cites
that the Rock Island is able to handle
tful a small part of the public traffic."
A newspaper dispatch from Mom
phis, Tenn., says: 'Judge McCall of
the federal circuit court today de
clared the LaFollette fellow servants
act unconstitutional. The action was
that of Damselle Howard against the
Illinois Central Railroad company and
a special representative of the depart
ment of justice at Washington argued
the case for the government."
Fifty-three persons were killed and
fifty others were seriously injured in
a wreck on the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad within three miles of Washington.
John D. Rockefeller sent to the
University of Chicago a New Year's
greeting in the form of gifts of cash
aggregating $2,917,000.
Judge Evans in the federal court
at Louisville, Ky., declared the em
ployers' liability act to be unconsti
tutional. The decision was given in
the case .ot the administratrix of N.
C. Brooks vs. the Southern Pacific
ruiiruua, ana it is believed to be the
first handed clown in connection with
this act.
A Manila cablegram carried 'by the
Associated Press follows: "The tenth
anniversary of the execution in 1896
by Spaniards of Dr. Rizal, who was
charged with .fomenting a rebellion,
was .celebrated here today. There was
ai parade and addresses were delivered
on the Luneta at the. spot where Dr.
Rizal was executed. The native
speakers expressed confidence in the
future independence of the Filipinos,
who .were urged to prepare themselves
for the full benefits of self-government.
Governor General Smith in an
address eulogized Rizal."
W. S. Jackson, New York's demo
cratic attorney general, has notified
Mr. Hearst, that he will grant leave
w uiBuiuie quo warranto proceedings
against Mayor McClellan. This priv
ilege was denied by the republican
attorney general.
' Baroness Burdett-Coutts died at Lon
don, aged ninety-two years.
rnl0,11!1 Stutes Senator D. L.
Caffery died at New Orleans.
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Former United States qmf
Thomas M. Bowen aSj"at
The republican caucus in the Colo
rado legislature agreed upon Simon
Guggenheim to succeed Senator Pat
terson. Guggenheim is a millionaire.
Both houses of the Nebraska legis
lature adopted resolutions barring
lobbyists from the floor.
George U. Hendricks, connected with
the Waters-Pierce Oil company, who
is vanted as ji wit-npaa in Vin intraa-.
gation of the trust for the state of
missuun, is missing.
In the investigation by the interstate
commerce commission of the Harri
man lines it was brought out and ad
mitted that the Union Pacific Railroad
company, the Southern Pacific com
pany, the Oregon' Short Line and the
Oregon Railroad ' & Navigation com
pany are practically under the same
administration, Mr. Harriman appear
ing as president of each conlpany,
with only slight variations in the lists
of other officers. It was further shown
that the Southern Pacific company
owns the Pacific Mail Steamship
company; that the Southern Pacific
and the Harriman interests own the
Portland and Orient Steamship Co.
It was said the Occidental is in-liquid-ation,
but it stilL operates two steam
ers. On the Atlantic ocean it was
shown that the Southern Pacific owns
the line Of STPfimprH TMirmtncv hotmnAn
New York and New Orloans formerly
known as the Morgan line. The Union
Pacific, by means of an agreement
signed by Mr. Harriman and Senator
William A. Clark, has a traffic ar
rangement with the San Pedro, Los
Angeles & Salt Lake railway lasting
ninety-nine years. This agreement
was entered Into in 1903 and by its
terms the San Pedro can not raise or
lower its rates without the consent
of the Southern Pacific. The Union
Pacific exercises a joint control with
the Rock Island over the Chicago &
"wu ruuroua. me agreement Is that
. ,. , vuu iuiuuuu. ine agreement Is that
A Guthrie nvio ,ii j..-.. , .. tho TTrln roi .t.;i, , ,
ARHnninf -d m uiaimicn Dy tiie " w "w" ,x wuu Huiui nave cnarge
bor ?lf ress says: "A large num- ?Lth rad year and the Rock
her of mill mp. ' .' .iare n.um"
cotonand coaT dealers n VfaE
today sent to President Roosevet a
Petition asking that a receive? bS
appp inted for the Rock Island milroad
alleging inability on the par ; o ' thp
S3K?aSi t0 PrPGrly " Se
freight and passenger business offered
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
E. W. GROVE'S VS 1? oS cS boVS
island the nevr TMa oo-,.,
tered into by Mr. Harriman and W.
a. Leeds, extends for a period of ten
years from 1904. The Union Pacific
2T2S ?28'123'100 worth of stock or
p ? P, cent of the capitalization
of the Illinois Central railroad. The
Union Pacific also owns $5,082,300
worth of stock of the St. Joseph &
Grand Island railroad, which is 37.37
per cent of the whole. The Oregon
Short Line owns $39,540,600 worth of
stock in the Baltimore & Ohio Rail
road company, this being 18.62 per
VOLUME 6, NUMBER 53
cent of the whole. Of Chicago, Mil
waukee & St. Paul stock, the Oregon
Short Line, owns $3,690,000 worth or
3.42 per cent. The company also
owns $2,572,000 or 2.58 per cent of
the stock of the Chicago & North
western; $10,000,000 of the preferred
stock of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe, being 4.28 per cent, and $14,285,745
or 7.97 per cent of the capital stock
of the New York Central & Hudson
River railroad. Of these holdings by
the Harriman companies the stocks
of the Illinois Central, Baltimore &
Ohio, New York Central, Chicago &
Northwestern, Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. Paul, Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe and St. Joseph & Grand Island, ag
gregating in value $103,293,745, have
all been bought since July 1, 1906.
WASHINGTON NEWS
Representative Barthold of Missouri
urges the bond issue of five hundred
million dollars for the purpose of im
proving the water ways.
Charges of fraud were filed with
Postmaster General Cortelyou against
the officials and members of the New
York cotton exchange by Representa
tive Livingston of Georgia, and Harvie
Jordan, president of the Southern Cot
ton association. On the charges they
filed they base a request that the post
office issue a fraud order against the
officials and members of the cotton
exchange in order to bar them from
the use of the United States mails in
conducting what the charges term
fraudulent practices.
In the senate Culberson of Texas
defended the president for the dis
charge of the negro troops. Mr. Cul
berson said that he cared nothing
about Mr. Roosevelt personally in the
matter, but that he was right in this
affair. He added: "My personal re
lationstwith him (the president) are
about as cordial as those of the sena
tor from Ohio." (Foraker).
Speaker Cannon has appointed Rep
resentative Bnglebright of California
to the committee of mines and mining
in the place of Mr. Williamson of Ore
gon, who is under indictment and has
absented himself from the session.
A DREAMER
I am tired of planning and toiling
In the crowded hives of men;
Heart-weary of building and spoiling
And spoiling and building again. '
I long for the dear old river,
Where I dreamed my youth away;
For a dreamer" lives forever,
And a toller dies in a day.
John Boyle O'Riley.
A DREAM WORTH DREAMING
My youth was ever constant to one
dream
That in the ripeness of my days I
might
Something achieve that should the
world requite
For my existence.
Bertram Dobell.
Which is Different
"Miss Quear is exactly like her
father, isn't she?"
"No; not exactly. She's a crank by
inheritance, and he's a crank from
choice."- Chicago Tribune.
- Those Breakfast Concerts
"The chanting strains of music,"
said the man who writes poetry "of
ten cause us to seek the unattainable "
"Right, Indeed !" assented the prac
tical man who lives in an apartment
house. "When that girl in the next
flat begins to play Chopin in ragtime
I seek a bootjack and there is not one
in the neighborhood." Chicago News
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