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VOLUME 7; NUMBER 4
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Fifty persons wore killed as llio re
sult of nit explosion in (ho .Stewart
mine nonr Fnyellevilie, West Virginia.
The house of representatives in (lie
KoliniHka legislature passed (he child
In hoi law which limits (lie hours or
child labor and protects (hem from
vicious forms of employment.
A Conslantinoplo cablegram car
ried by (he Associated Press follows:
"Kohinl I'asha, chief of (he secret po
lice of (he palace, and a great con
fidant and favorite of (he sultan, has
come into serious conflict willi (he
German embassy owing (o his action
In causing (Ik seizure recently of a
fillip's cargo destined for Hamburg.
The snKan tried lo pacify (he embassy
ofllclals by iininedialely ordering the
release of the cargo, but CJermany, hi
a forcible note lo (he por(o, now de
mands (he punishment of Fohmi
Pasha, pointing out Hint- In the step
taken lie was guilty of an Infraction
of (lie penal code, rendering him liable
to life imprisonment. 'Hie diplomats
here are watching wilh great Interest
tills struggle between the Uermau em
bassy and Clio sultan's protege."
ganl.atlon, J. W. McClellan secretary,
and Win. II. Zell treasurer. After
adopting a constitution and by-laws,
all of which are in full accord with
Joffersoninn teachings, including the
adoption of the primary pledge plan.
The South Carolina house of repre
sentatives, by a vole of 74 to 48 passed
a liill to abolish the state liquor dis
pensary. The state senate is com
mitted lo the same policy.
Eighty-four Inmates of the military
prison at Fort Lea von worth, most of
thorn men who had been convicted for
deserting from the army, were released
in one day on an order from the sec
retary of wnr.
The socialists lost heavily in the elec
tion throughout Germany, many of
their leaders being defeated. A Ber
lin cablegram estimated the socialist
loss at sixteen. The loss Is attributed
to the slay-at-homo vote.
Henry M. Field, one of the famoas
Field brothers, is dead.
A New York World cablegram fol
lows: "The Income tax of Prussia to
tals $l,(iK(),ui)(), paid on a gross income
ol 2(U)S,...,000. In Great Britain
there are only twonty-rour Individuals
whose tnconie exceeds $2r0,()00 a year.
The total Income tax paid was on a
gross Income of $2,JU7,70S,U-10."
The house of representatives by a
vote of KM to 85 refused to approve of
the recommendation of the committee
to strike out the appropriation for free
distribution of garden seed.
The Ann
been
Arbor railroad lms
fined $10,000 by Federal .Judge Xi. W
Taylor at Toledo, Ohio, on the charge
ol reuaung.
General Tails Mala y Mas, governor
of Caracas, Venezuela, was assassinated.
mJJs' KVRRen SaS Una given" one
million dollars to the Henssolaor
Polytechnic institute.
The annual report of the steel trust
nnnnnnn0t oarn,1,es for 1000 of $150,-
vv,VVV.
The Matthews Indiana democrats
met as early as December 8, 1000, aiul
mg W. P. Allen president of their or-
mmf
Relieve inflammation of the
throat caused by cold or
catarrh. Contain no opiates.
Cablegrams from China say
Chinese otllciais are unable to
with famine.
that
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The California state senate has
adopted a resolution protesting against
unwarranted interference with con
stitutional rights of the state and "re
questing the governor and attorney
general to do all things necessary to
protect and save the rights of the
stale of California."
S. C. T. Dodtl, solicitor for the
Standard Oil company, died at Pine
Hurst, North Carolina, no was the
most famous of the Staudard Oil attorneys.
Senator Drydon has withdrawn
from the senatorial contest in New
Jersey.
A New York grand jury has re
turned Indictments against the theat
rical trust.
WASHINGTON NEWS
The California delegation in con
gress had a conference with the pres
ident regarding the Japanese question
on the Pacific coast and later issued
a statement saying they were satisfied
that a solution of the difficulty satis-
aetory to all would soon lie reached.
I he president of the San Francisco
Board of Education and the superin
tendent of schools will go to Wash
ington to confer with the president.
Senator Ilovbnrn nf Tiii r,n,i,.,wi
the senate on Senator Carter's resolu
tion milllfyinir tho nnim. ft , ,.
letary of the interior, providing that
no patent to public lands should be
issued without an examination first
being made on the ground by a spe
cial agent of the interior department.
Mr lleyburn took the position that tile
order was legally an order of the pres
ident. Ho said the president in a
Snt,lL "m 8,lg0 V118 sai(1 Poetically
mt he the president) had ordered
the secretary of the interior not to
execute the public land laws.
Representative Wadsworth of New
ork, who retires with the close of
his session delivered a speech in the
house m which he took the preside it
to task bneniiRn nc i. ' T...1.
last June relating to the moat inspec
tion. Mr. Wadsworth asked (1,1
ot the house to read the letter and
claiming credit for the bill said if
after seven months' study of it's nro-
iYmSsVt0? TGre stisflC(1 $Si
it just as I (Wadsworth) nromfoen
you gentlemen last June-o i behalf of
the committco on agriculture whW
without reading it you pisSS i m-'
del-suspension of the ruV-lt woidd
regulations governing the construc
tion and filing of freight and passen
ger tariffs and classifications effective
March 1 next. The regulations cover
joint tariffs and joint rates, through
tariffs and through rates, and also In
dividual rates of the various carriers.
It is reported that a change in a
tariff shall bo known as an amend
ment and shall bo printed in the sup
plement to the tariff which it amende.
No rule shall be included, the circulars
Minfo which in nnv wii'v or in any
terms authorizes substituting for any
rate named in the tariff. Every car
rier shall publish, post and file sep
arate tariffs containing in plain and
specific form and terms all of the ter
minal charges and allowances, together
with all other charges and rules which
in any way increase or decrease the
amount to be paid on any shipment as
stated in the regular tariff. If a car
rier refuses to participate in through
or joint rates to or from its territory
the commission will give early hearing
on the complaint against such action
and render decisions under the law
which confers authority to establish
through routes and joint rates. Such
complaining carriers may, the commis
sion rules, use such through.
rates over ihor linos of the ohinetlnff
carrier or carriers as may have been
lawfully published and filed, pending a
decision by the commission. The pas
senger tariff regulations contain gen
eral rules regarding stop-overs, bag
gage and excess baggage weights,
and special provision is made for the
arrangement for points in local and
intcruivisional tariffs and for state
ments showing the routing."
In a recent letter addressed to Sen
ator Allison from Ilia chairman of the
committee on" appropriations, Secre
tary of War Taft says "there is every
reason why the fortification at Hawaii
should now bo made ready." The sec
rotary wants an appropriation of
f350,000 instead of $100,000 for Pearl
harbor.
New Cure
For Rupture
Now Scientific Appliance, Al
ways a Perfect Fit Adjust
able to Any Size Person
Easy, Comfortable, Never
Slips Costs Less Than
Many Common Trusses
Made for Men, Women and
Children.
I
Send it on Approval You
Wear it If You Are Not
Satisfied, I Refund Your
Money.
I havo invontod a rupturo arpllanco that I enji
Bafoly Bay, by 30 years' oxporlonco In tho rupturo
business, Is tho only ono that will absolutely hold tho
rupturo and novor Blip and yot Is cool, comfortable,
conforms to overy movomont of tho body without
chafing or hurting and costs lots thin many ordinary
trusses. X havo put tho prlco bo low that any person
Mr. Uaynor of Maryland addressed
he senate in critical review of wine
he termed the "president' T usurpaHon
t governmental function, not coS-
rcd on htm by the constitution.''
An Associated Tress dispatch from
Washington follows: 'Tho intersta o
commerce commission today promui
satad two tariff circulars onS
Senator Perkins of California de
livered an address before the National
ideographical society in which he ox
presed fear of the danger of war with
Japan He expressed the hope that
serious trouble would be avoided but
said great ca.re must be exercised.
It is now announced tho tho nnHw
board of education of San Francisco
has gone to Washington to confer with
President Roosevelt on the Japanese
question. The board was accom
panied by Mayor Schmitz.
C. E. Brooks, the Inventor.
rich or poor, can buy, and I absolutely guarantoo It.
,0i1ft,toy0V5orJ!0f-80n(1 " t0 you-you wear It,
and if it doesn't satisfy you send It back to me and 1
will refund yourmonoy. That la Uio fairest proposi
tion ever mado by a rupturo specialist, Tho bankB or
any responsible citizen In MarshaU wUl toll you that
it tho way I do business always absolutoly on the
square
If you havo Irlod most ovcrythlngr olso, come to mo.
Whorp otht w fall is whoro I havo my crrpatost success.
wrlto mo today and I will sond you my book on
itupturo and Its Curo. showing my appliance and civ
luR : you prices and names of pooplo who havo trlou It
and boon curod. it is instaut rollof when all othora
fall. Konicmbor I uso no salves, no harness, no lies.
Just a straight business doal at a roasonabio prico.
C. E. BUOOKS, 3550 Brooks Bide., Marshall, Mich.
FREE IlS, MAGNIFICENT PICTURE
Thl3 picturo should bo in ovoryhomo.
An Associated Tress dispatch from
Washington follows: "The sub-committee
of the military affairs commit
tee of the house by a strict party vote
laid on the table the resolution of
Representative Sims of Tennessee,
commending tho president for his ac
tion in discharging the colored soldiers
engaged in "shooting up" the town oe
Brownsville, Tex. The democrats
voted solidly against the motion. Mr.
binis w 11 now bring the resolution
before the house on a motion to dis
charge the military committee from
further consideration and have the
resolution considered by tho house,
providing the speaker will recocniQ
him for that purpose." iec-S"e
Senator Carter delivered a speech
?SnoCckS SeCTetary oC m InSS
The interstate commerce commission
has made a report concerning tho
Standard Oil company which is a se
ero arraignment on the trust, show
ing that the Standard has built una
monopoly by violating the lnw wlti
impunity and become guilty of all
manner of crimes.
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entire action in collection with l fg
controversy with Governor Sweoten
ham at Kingston, Jamaica. It is vl
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