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Robert J, Eclchnrdt, a banker at
Tyler, Texas, has boon appointed re
ceiver for tho Wators-PIorco Oil
eompnny in.. Texas. .
Tho railroads of tho country havo
announced tho determination to light
tho two cont faro law in states whero
that law Is In forco.
Secretary Taft says thoro will bo
no war with Japan.
President Roosevelt has taken up
his summer abode at Oyster Bay.
Secretary Taft is making a west
ern tour in his campaign for. the
nomination for president."
High prices of moat resulted in
a streot riot In Clovoland, Ohio.
Diplomats from all countries vls
ltod The Hague to participate in tho
conference Juno 15. - ,; .
Several cloudbursts did ' great
damago in eastern Kentucky.
A newspaper Ulspatch under date
of Juno 9, Cincinnati, 0 follows:
"Miss Durban of this city, while
soarohing in an old bureau today,
found an almanac printed in 1837,
which says: 'There will be no sum
mer hi the year 1907.' "
The federal
has
arid providing for' tho regulation of
railways and insurance companies,
wont into effect today. Tho list ln
flludoH tho followinc: Two-cent pas-
'songor rate. Maximum freight rate
law. Making tho operation or a
buckotshop a felony and taxing all
deals in futures 25 cents. Making
tho forming of a trust or pool a fel
ony and giving tho state tho right
to forfeit tho charter of companies
violating the law, and to confiscate,
their property. Providing for the
lovy of special taxes against rail
roads. Making railroads and insur
ance companies which transfer cases
from stato courts to federal courts
subject to forfoit of charter. Ex
cluding from tho state all life insur
ance Gontymnlcs that pay salaries to
thoir oliieors of more than $50,000 a
year. Providing for nomination of
,Unitod States senators at general
elections. Prohibiting child labor."
The bodies of the eleven sailors
lost from tho battleship Minnesota's
launch have been recovered.
standing tho injunction, tickets were
sold today at the usual three-cent
rato at union station and at the city
ticket offices. , Ticket agents, said
they had no instructions to deviate
from tho usual three-cent fare rate.
Many purchasers of tickets demand
ed receipts, hoping they might ob
tain rebates if the two-cent rate law
is eventually upheld by the courts
and made operative. When Attorney
General Hadley learned today that
the railroads, through Attorney
Frank Hagerman, obtained an in
junction from Federal Judge Mc
pherson at Kansas City, prohibiting
the state officials from enforcing the
two-cent rate and maximum freight
laws he declared they had violated
an agreement 'with him not to file
application for an injunction until
today. He stated that he had no
official knowledge of what action the
railroad companies had taken be
fore Judge McPherson. 'If the rail
roads did obtain an injunction from
Judge McPherson yesterday then I
intend to go to court and charge
them with fraud in their represent
ations to the attorney general's
office he said. 'I understand the
railroad injunction is directed
against myself and the board of rail
road commissioners. We can in no
sense be, made defendants. These
are criminal statutes and must bo
enforced by the prosecuting attor
neys. In every county of this state
the railroads can be indicted if they
fail to comply with., tho provisions
of the two-cent law. They will also
be in contempt of the state courts.
I realize that this is a pretty big
light, but the state is prepared - to
contest it to a finish.' "
WHAT IS A REPUBLICAN?
What is a republican' Will the
New York World kindly tell us? In
these parts it means only. a federal
officeholder. Charleston News.
THE PEACE SENTIMENT
"What is your opinion of disarm
ament?" The diplomat paused to-reflect.
"I favor it," he said at last;' "ex
cepting, of course, for my owa na
tion." Philadelphia Ledger. 7' .
government
brought suit in the - United" States
court .at- jiiauoipnlia.jo,jii8BQivQ.tno i
mergers "'said to oxIbY.. between thdl
leading anthracite coal companies
" and certain railroads in New York
and Pennsylvania.
A lieutenant, five midshipmen and
five members of the crow of the bat
tleship Minnesota met death in the
loss of a launch from the battleship
in Hampton Roads on the night of
Juno 11.
Mayor David S. Grlfllthsof Spring
field, 111-.; was -drowned while ford
ing a stream on horseback.
Governor John S. Little of Arkan
sas is dying.
A Harrisburg, Pa., dispatch car
ried by the Associated Press follows:
"How John H. Sanderson of Phila
delphia collected $5,000,000 from
the stato for furnishing and equip
ping the new capital under his 'per
foot' and 'per pound' contract with
the board of public grounds and
buildings was told to the investiga
tion committee today in the report
of the commission's auditors. The
report says that elaborately trimmed
desks' for the heads of departments
wore charged at $368 each, while
plain desks for clerks were billed
as high as $010.20. Sanderson billed
oighty-throe sofas to the state at
$18.40 'per foot,' or $552.05 each,
According to the report the excess
charges on tho sofas was more than
$50,000. The average charge for
the clocks was $225.90 each for 208
clocks of seven different designs, al
though only two designs were fur
nished. It was shown by the report
that tho contract price for carpet was
altered from $2.25 to $3.25 'per
foot' without authority from the
board of public grounds and build
ings, . which had charge of the furnishings."
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The Associated Press elves the fol
lowing as the Oklahoma ticket nom
inated in the demonr-atlo. nrimnrvt 1
"Governor, C. N. Haskell; United
States senators, Thomas P. Gore, R.
L. Owen; supreme judges, J. B. Turn
er, R. L. Williams, M. J. Kane, Sam
uel Hayes, Jesse J. Dunn; congress
men, Third district, James S.vDaven-
port, Fourth district, O. D. Carter;
lieutenant governor, George Bellamy,
secretary of state, William Cross;
superintendent of public instruction,
E. D. Cameron; mine inspector,
Peter Hanratv: commissioner of char
ities, Kate Bernard; labor commis
sioner, J. S, Murray; auditor, Ed
ward Trapp; corporation commis
sioners, Colonel McAlesto'r, J. Y. Cal
lahan, C. H. PtttmanV'
Mayor Schmltz of San Francisco
was declared guilty by a jury in the
case charging Schmitz with extor
tion. A largo crowd in the court
room applauded the verdict. Judg
ment will be pronounced Juno 26.
J. A. Johnson, mayor of Fargo, N.
D., is dead.
The state senate of Wisconsin de
feated the two cent fare bill by a
vote of twenty-one to six.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Kansas City says: "Numerous rad
ical, acts passed by tho last Missouri
legislature, directed against the op
eration of .trusts and bucketshops
There is a clash between the "state
and federal courts in Missouri over
tho enforcement of the two cent pas
senger rate law. An Associated
Press dispatch from St. Louis, fol-.
lows: "A temporary restraining order
operative against seven railroads
centering in St. Louis was obtained
today from Circuit Judge Reynolds
by Attorney General Hadley as part
of a movement instituted by him to
compel the railroads of Missouri to
obey the two-cent rate passenger fare
law and the maximum freight rate
statute, both of which went into ef
fect today. The action in St. Louis
was simultaneous with a similar ac
tion in Kansas City where Assistant
Attorney General Kennish obtained
a temporary restraining or.dor
against other roads of Missouri.
Eighteen roads are concerned in the
matter. The order issued by Judge
Reynolds here is directed against the
Wabash, Iron Mountain, Cotton Belt,;
Missouri facinc, at, juouis, Kansas
City & Colorado, Missouri; Kansas &
Texas and St. Louis & Hannibal
roads. Tho railroad representatives
are cited to appear before Judge,
Reynolds on June 24 to show cause
why the injunction issued -should
not be made permanent, Notwith-
THE PRIMARY PLEDGE
I promise to attend all the primaries of my party to be held between
now and the next Demociatic National Convention, unless unavoidably
prevented, and to use my influence to secure a clear, honest and straight'
forward declaration .of the party's position en every question upon which
the voters of .the party desire to. speak. ,: ". - ' s
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for Young Men
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Good pay $16.00 to $70.00 per month, including
hoard, medical attendance and clothing allowance on
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ratings and higher pay. Vacancies in every
branch of the service. Naval training fits
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Applicants must be American citizens, of
good habits. If accepted, will be assigned
to United States Naval Vessel, or to Naval
Training School. Term of enlistment,, four
years. Special inducements to re -enlistment.
Apply in person at any Navy Recruiting
Station, or write for full information to the
Bureau of Navigation,
Navy Department, Box 7t9
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