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The Commoner.
VOLUME 7. NUMBER 14
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public .service of the country could
suffer."
THE INSIDE OF THE
PAINT QUESTION
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After yIbUIhk Cuba, Secretary of
War TaL't intimated pretty strongly
that American occupation would con
tlnuo for at least another year and
might go on past tho presidential campaign.
Former United States Senator Olnrlc
of Montana, had a juirow escape
from drowning while crossing a swift
river near Trinidad, Colo.
(jlovornor Folk of Missouri has com
muted to life Imprisonment the death
acnlenco of Mrs. Aggie Myers.
Tho United Slates supreme court
has decided that the laws of Mexico
should he considered In trying a suit
In American courts where tho cause of
action occurred In Mexico.
Twenty-five persons woro killed and
a large number wore Injured by a tor
nado which swept through Louisiana,
Mississippi and Alabama, April 0.
iTames ' H. Hcklcs, former comp
troller of the currency, died In Chicago.
A Now York dispatch says: "Judge
Hough, in tho criminal branch of tho
United States circuit court today im
posed tines aggregating $31,000' against
tho New York Herald Publishing com
pany, .Tames Gordon Bennett, its pro
prietor, and Manloy W. GUlam, adver
tising manager. Mr. Bennett appeared
in person. Tiio lines which wore Im
mediately paid were Imposed as a re
sult of pleas of guilty Interposed to
indictments charging uso of tho United
States mails for improper purposes,"
Tho war in Central America is at
an end.
holding that slock quotations are prop
erty, decided Unit tho case was one in
which It could take cognizance. ' Tho
court also took account of tho fact
that the Tennessee state courts had
the case under consideration, but held
that the circumstances could not pre
vent action by tlio federal courts."
Reports show that the famine in
China is growing In Intensity and that
70,000,000 people are in danger of
starvation.
A St. Louis dispatch says: "A small
package, apparently containing dyna
mite, exploded while It was being1
stamped in tho St Louis postofllce to
day. The explosion blew uway a por
tion of a finger and thumb of John G-.
Bayer, the clerk who was stamping
the package. The explosion destroyed
all trace of the contents and all the
address excepting the words, Inde
pendence, Mo." Bayer was given
medical attention and taken home."
An Associated Tress dispatch from
Washington says: "In an opinion by
Justice McKonna of the supremo court
of the United States today tho decision
of tho United States circuit court for
the Western district of Tennessee was
ntnrmca in tho case of Clarence P.
Hunt, a cotton broker of Memphis, vs
tLo New York Cotton Exchange. The
suit was brought in the circuit court
by the exchange to secure an injunc
tion against Hunt, prohibiting him
from receiving or using quotations
contrary to the regulations of the ex
change, and the injunction was
granted by that court as prayed for.
The principal point of controversy was
that of jurisdiction and the court,
Tho president lias announced the
American delegation to the peace con
ference at The Haguo as follows:
Joseph H. Clioate, former ambassa
dor to Groat Britain.
Gen. Horace Porter, former ambas
sador to Franco.
U. M. Rose of Arkansas, former
president of American Bar association,
and now , president of the Arkansas
Bar association.
David Jayno mil, American min
ister to Tho Netherlands and former
professor of international law at Roch
ester university.
Brigadier General George B. Davis,
judge advocate general, United States
army, and formerly professor for In
ternational law at the United States
military academy.
Rear Admiral Charles'" S. Sperry,
United States navy, president of tho
naval war college.
William I. Buchanan, formerly min
ister to tho Argentine republic and to
raniuna, ana chairman, of the Ameri
can delegation to the Rio conference
Secretary, Chandler Hale of Maine,
formerly secretary at tho American
embassy at Vienna, and the son of
Senator nalo of Maine.
Expert in international law, James
Brown Scott, solicitor of the depart
ment of state.
Expert attache, Charles Henry But
ler, reporter of the United States su
premo court.
Tho delegates will sail from New
York for The Hague about tho middle
of May.
The president has appointed Ralph
W. Tyler, a negro of Columbus, O., to
bo auditor of the treasury for the navy
department. Tyler Is the man who
was talked about for surveyor of cus
toms at Cincinnati as a rebuke to Sen
ator Forakor.
NY. ha BublUhed
one ot ine moit vaiuaoie oooki
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titled,. "The, Iniide of the Paint Queition, and contains
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Denver is after one of the national
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ment today tlmt Lord Cromer, Great
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had resigned. Secretary Grey on mak
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