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On April 18, tlio people of Snn Fran
cisco celebrated the unnlvoraary of the,
great carlhiiuako by appropriate rellg-'
lou i services and commemorative vox
oreises. y
The Nebraska railroad commission
hfiH InhiioiI mi order ubollshtni' free
pusses on
Jill strcot railroads.
Mr. Bryan addressed the Connecti
cut legislature April 18.
The governor of Michigan signed
tho two-cent; passenger faro bill, whieu
becomes effective' in September. It
nppllcs to all lower peninsula roads
earning more than $1,200 per mile on
passenger trains. Upper peninsula
roads are reduced from 4 cents to 3
cents, find lower peninsular roads un
der tho .$1,200 'limit cau charge a
cents.
Grand Master Van Dyke of tho An
cient; Order of United Workmen In Ne
braska, Is dead.
Tho assembly of the New York leg
islature passed, with but one dissent
ing vote, tho bill providing for a flat
rate of two cents a mile on all rail
roads In tho slate.
Regis H. Tost has been Inaugurated
governor of Torto Rico. Post is tho
fourth civil governor of the island
since 1000. . He succeeds Beckman
Winthrop, yho will become assistant
secretary of the treasury at.Vashing-
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"arc stirring tho people to the stern
realities In a greater degrco than they
have been stirred for fifty years or
more, and all this la fruit of seed sown
in 1808 and 1000 and kept alive ovor
since the eloquence of W. J. Bryan, a
grandson of Virginia, und encouraged
by It in voico and mandate, and who
w'U probably be nominated for the
presidency." Mr. Tyler went on to say
that tho people of tho south are prac
tically united for Bryan, and that tho
mention of his name is as potent in
flashing a magic spoil of enthusiasm
us It was in 1808. He believed that
millions of American -voters would
never forsake tho banner of Mr. Bryan.
A message from tho southern de
mocracy was delivered by Representa
tive James of Kentucky, who added a
word In behalf of tho old democratic
failh. "Wo would guard with vigilance
and courage," ho said, "state rights
and local self-government, but the
southern democracy believes the dem
ocratic parly stands as a great divide
between monopolistic greed on the one
hand and socialistic ruin on the other."
Mr. .Tames hailed Mr. Bryan as one
of the pioneers of the democratic party,
and added: "The southern democracy
is tonight gathered about W. J. Bryan
und from the blooming flowers of Flor
ida to tho waving blue grass of Ken
tucky tho democracy of all Dlxio pro
claims that it wants Bryan to lead in
the next great fight. The south says
of Bryan, 'For twelve long years we
have stood all kinds of weather, but
in all those years Bryan never broke
Ids vow and wo would not change for
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Governor Hagerman of Now Mexico
has resigned and Oapt. Goo. Curry had
been appointed by tho president to
succeed him. Capt. Curry was a
rough rider. Hagerman's resignation
was requested.
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The fifth son of the Emperor of Ger
many, Prince Oscar, nineteen years
old, will enter Harvard college next
fall.
Mr. Bryan was the guest of the
Brooklyn democracy on tho evening of
April 10. Referring to this dinner an
Associated Press dispatch says:
Besides Mr. Bryan the speakers in
cluded E. M. Shepard of New York.
George Fred Williams of Massachu
setts, Former Governor Tylor of. Vir
ginia, Colonel John W. Tomllnsoh of
Alabama, Governor Warfleld of Mary
land, August M. Thomas, the play
wright, and Congressman Ollle James
of Kentucky. Other guests were J. IT.
Blount of Georgia, formerly United
States judge of tho Philippines; Chas.
F Murphy, loader of Tammany, and
Lewis Nixon, one of the democratic
leaders In New York.
In extending the welcome to tlie
guests, Mr. Shepard paid a tribute to
Mr. Bryan, whom ho welcomed with,
tho words, "Brooklyn democracy de
clares its strong und loyal hope that
Mr. Bryan would lead the party in
1J08." Cheers followed Mr. Shepard's
announcement.
Mr. Williams of Massachusetts dis
cussed government ownership of rail
roads. Former Governor Tyler of Virginia,
in the course-of a humorous speech,
declared that a revolution new and
'powerful, is pulsating in the nation's
bosom.
issues, or rather the enforce-
old ones," said Mr. T.vlor.
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a iVovr'tendor, even If "wo could.'
This southern sentiment was warmly
applauded.
Govornor Warfleld of Maryland de
livered still another message from the
south. He said the democrats of that
section continued to support Bryan
and that tho south was for Bryan for
the presidency.
It was midnight before Mr. Bryan
began his address. When he arose to
pwi . it . i ; !- ' j i ii-i ii iiiiin
ovation. For several minutes the mem
bers of tho club Btood on their feet
und cheered while the band played
"Hall to the Chief."
Mr. Bryan said his sole desire was
that the democratic party should enter
the next campnign with the strongest
democratic strength it could find, In
order to bring out a triumphant vote.
It was not necessary for him, he
thought, to bo a candidate for any of
fice, as there was joy enough for him
In private life, provided he could got
his Ideas into operation.
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"Of Such Is the Kingdom
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The United States supreme court has
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tho Colorado stnte supreme court
against Thomas M. Prttterson, former
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"New
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At a dinner given in London, Alfred
Deakin, premier of Australia, predicted
that during the next one hundred years
there would bo war for the supremacy
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pan taking part.
London cablegrams say that the
famine in Russia is as serious as that
in China, and that twenty million Rus
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