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Mayor Buaso of Chicago domandod
the -resignations o twelve members
of tlio board of education. Four re
sponded and the mayor removed the
others. It is claimed that the dis
missals were made to insure the re
tention of B. G. Cooloy as superin-
' t'ondout.
Abraham Hummel, tho Now York
.lawyer sentenced to Bridewell for a
year on tho charge of perjury, has
been put to work in the prison
J bakory.
Through its attorney, the Chica
go, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
eompany pleaded guilty in tho United
Sjxites district court to two
counts in the indictment charging it
with violations of the Blkins law in
granting rebates to tho American
Sugar Refining company and other
cprporations. A fine of $20,000 was
imposed on each count.
In an explosion in a fireworks fac
tory at Newton .Upper Falls, Mass.,
one employe was killed outfight and
a score seriously Injured. Bight
others aro thought to bo buried in
the ruins of the factory.
owned and controlled by the Stand
ard Oil company, tho rates aro in
creased to a point whore they be
come unjust and discriminatory.
The strike of 200 granite cutters
at Milford, Mass., has been compro
mised. The strikers accepted 42
cents an hour Instead of the 43 cents
demanded. This is an increase of
two cents ah hour.
"Dollar wheat" caused great ex
citement on tho Chicago board of
trade recently. The dollar price was
only temporary.
" The superintendent of police and
two chiefs" of detectives of Odessa
'were killed by the explosion of an
infernal machine in police headquar
ters. Seven other persons were in
jured. The machino was left by
two men and a girl. Tho men wero
captured but tho girl escaped.
. ;A "short circuit" caused an $80,
000 lre in Buffalo, N. Y. A score
of costly automobiles tyere destroyed.
Two thousand freight handlers in
Buffalo struck for an increase of
two and one-half cents an hour.
1 "Rioting markod1 the strike of
-street railway employes at Evans
ylllej Ind.
Recently in Buffalo, at one of the
Central .Railway club meetings, an
English expert read a paper on the
use of vanadium- steel for rails.
Since that time several of the largest
mills, have been experimenting with
tho new metal and tests have shown
it to be particularly adaptable for
rails. One railroad, it is stated, has
already placed an order for some of
tho rails, which will be laid and
given a practical test.
Five men were killed and four
aro in the hospital as a result of
another furnace explosion at the
Eliza furnaces of the Jones &
Laughlin Steel company, Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania.
, At Port Townsend, Wash., the
United States immigration authori
ties discovered six Japanese girls
hidden in boxes on board the steam
ship Canfa. The girls were nearly
suffocated, when the hold was fumi
gated with sulhpur..
Five workmen were killed and a
dozen others seriously injured "when
an ammonia pipe exploded in the
beef killing denartment of Armour
'& Co.'s plant at the stock yards,
unicago. The building was full of
workmen at the time, and the dead
ly ammonia fumes escaping from
under high pressure penetrated
through every department in the
building in such a short time that
twenty of the men were overcome
before they could make their escape
to the fresh air. All but five of
those men. wero dragged from the
piace oy -tneir companions, in such
a serious condition that it was nec
essary to take them to a near-by
hospitaL
The New York Herald says that
Frederick A. Burnharn, president of
the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance
company, has, been asked by the di
rectors of the company to resign.
In the event of his failure to re
,slgn stops will be taken to de
clare his office vacant and also to
elect Archibald C. Hayes to his
place.
Collapsing buildings in the City
of Mexico resulted in the killing of
seven people and the probable fatal
injuring of eight others.
i In a collision of the Buffalo-
Cleveland speoial, west bound from
New York City on the New York
Central rallroad.-aud a pile of wreck
age just outside the limits of Little
Palls, N. Y., one man was killed and
two wereseriously injured,
A series of hearings has been be
gun before the interstate commerce
commission at Washington involv
ing tho freight rates on petroleum
' and its products, particularly in the
territory o tho Central Freight as
sociation. The allegation Is made
by the complainants that they are
discriminated against in favor of the
Standard Oil company. It is charged
, that whenever the railroads come in
to competition ivith the water car
' riera they give reduced rates, but
jwhen their competitor is a pipe line,
The state tax board created by
the recently adjourned Texas legis
lature met and fixed the intangible
asset valuation of forty-seven rail
roads in Texas at j?228, 000,000, this
being the only number out of seventy-five
roads in the state which
the board considered had tangible
assets.
Heavy rains throughout Kansas,
Nebraska and Oklahoma have dissi
pated fears of permanent injury to
the wheat crop.
George Henry Finch, known as
the "father of the house of com
mons," having represented Rutland
in the house for forty years, died in
London.
a loan of 10,000,000 francs for thef
purpose of furnishing these refugees
with tho implements, etc., necessary
to enable them to begin life in their
new homes."
The legislature of Florida has
passed the anti-bucket shop bill and
it now goes to the governor for his
signature.
Mrs. McKinley, widow of Presi
dent William McKinley, died Sunday,
May 36, as a result of a stroke of
paralysis on May 23.
The state department at Wash
ington is in receipt of the following
dispatch, from Athens: "Owing to
great numbers of refugees arriving
in Greece from Bulgaria and else
whore in Turkey, the Greek cham
ber of deputies, before adjourning
for the Easter holidays, authorized
A report comes from Pittsburg to
the effect that Charles M. Schwab
and William E. Corey have agreed
on a move whereby they will unite
to the extent of their holdings in
the Bethlehem Steel Works. This
will mean strong competition for the
steel trust.
The New York senate by a vote of
37 to 9 passed the two-cent fare
bill. As it had already passed the
lower house the bill now goes to
Go.vernor Hughes.
The Presbyterian general assem
bly at Columbus, O., adopted without
a dissenting voice resolutions de
claring that the permanent commit
tee on temperance should not em
bark upon or interfere in political
work, and indorsing the anti-saloon
league as a safe, sane and effective
organization. In the advancement
of temperance "the assembly
pledges to the league the fullest co
operation consistent Syith the con
stitution of the church."
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6i dinneras server T.v,...
ately after dinner the annual b2
hall contest between the buslnZ
,force, captained by C. W. Bryan 3
thfe editorial orc; captained by w
J. Bryan, waji pulled off. The W
re-capturing th trophy lost la,
year. Hon. George Fred William
6i Massachusetts played" third base
for the losing side, upon which foci
no. comment "will be made, none be!
ing necessary.
As soon after the conclusion ol
the ball game as possible, tho score
being 9 to 6, the force' visited the
Soldiers Home, and upon invitation
of CommandantJ?resson Mr. Bryan
u,uu. mr. w imams aaaressea the vet
erans. At 4:45 luncheon was served, and
Immediately preparations were madg
for the return journey. At 7 o'clock
the special reached the station in
Lincoln and the sixth annual picnic
of The Commoner force had become
history. The day, which looked
gloomy and threatening early in tho
morning, turned out to be one of the
best. The sun came out before Mil
ford was reached, and the day was
bright and warm.
The Lake Mohonk conference on
International arbitration has closed
its thirtieth session. The following
officers were elected: President,
Dr. Nicholas ' Murray Butler, New
York; secretary to conference, Clin
ton R. Woodruff-, Philadelphia; per
manent corresponding secretary, H.
C. Phillips, Mohonk Lake; treasurer,
Alexander C. Wood, Camden, N; J.
THE COMMONER PICNIC
The sixth annual picnic of The
Commoner force-was held at Milford,
Neb., on Saturday, May 25. On in
vitation of General J. H. Culver the
picnic was held on his grounds at
Shogo Springs. The working force
of The Commoner, together with
members of families, took a special
train at 9:15,there being nearly sev
enty on board the special. On the
way to Milford the special was
stopped for twenty minutes to afford
me passengers an opportunity to
watch the operations of a huge steam
shovel on some new railroad work.
Milford was reached at 10:30, and
soon after arrival on the beautiful
picnic grounds near the Soldiers'
DIDN'T :NEED A LAWYER
"This man claims you stole his
silk umbrella," "said the judge.
"Nrtf. mnnh. ttmit "hn-nnv " rnnllnil
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the prisoner. "In the first place the
ownership of this umbrella. has not
be'en established. The' 'man says it
belongs to him. T?hal proves noth
ing' -w.hen an umbrella' iB the article
in question. Second, there was no
criminal intent. Forf ' further en
lightenment on that point, see the
decision of the Kew York ctfnrt of
appeals in lJie case of the insurance
officials who gave away other peo
ple's money. And third, there . is
the unwritten law "
"Discharged!" thundered tho
judge, Chicago Daily Journal.
THE INDUSTRIOUS HEN
A billion, two hundred and fifty
million dozen eggs were produced in
this country last year. That means
that the hen, the greatest trust-buster
of the age, took, fifteen billion
whacks at the octopus in 1906. So,
whenyou wax eloquent about the
splendidness" and perinanency of
American institutions, don't forget
one of the mightiest of them all tho
industrious lien. Bristol Courier.
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