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u. J 12 The Commoner. YOEPHE; ITOMBBR s$ i'. ; Fir iaN-. rrv Al-. r & &vt I'V Bl' J i f u 'A If"' v, I 41 Mil h tinnr-',''i mi -in m- --' ' - -- --- t-jl A Guthrie, Okla., dispatch says: "The special census of the new state was substantially finished tonight when the population of the two ter ritories with four districts lackfng (one in Cimaron, one in Roger Mills, and two in McCurtaln county) was announced by Consus Supervisor Hunt as follows: Oklahoma terri tory (two districts lacking) 718,705; Indian territory (two districts lack ing) G89,9G7. Total (four districts lacking) 1,408,732." The Amalgamated Copper company announces that it will shut down its mines near Butte, Mont. They say that ovor production is the cause. H. II. Rogers of the Standard Oil company is president of the Amalga mated. Mr. Rogers is reported to he seriously ill. Mrs. Taft, mother of the secretary of war, who has been seriously ill is now much improved and will recover. A Philadelphia dispatch says: "Judges Willson and 'Audenried in common pleas court this afternoon declared unconstitutional the two cent railroad faro law passed by the last legislature. The case upon which the decision was made will at once be taken to the state supreme court. The two-cent fare law was enacted by the legislature as a re sult of agitation during the last po litical campaign, all parties pledging themselves in favor of such legisla tion. The railroads, led by the Penn sylvania and the Reading, made a strong fight against the enactment, but both branches of the legislature passed the bill with practically an unanimous vote. The act was to go into effect October 1." A St. Paul. Minn., disnatch fol lows: "In the hearing before Judge Lochren in the United States -court today E. S. Robert, attorney for the. Northern Pacific Railway company; asked for leave to file an amended petition in the fight of the railroads against the twi-cent fare and re duced freight rates enacted by the Minnesota legislature. Ho had ad mitted that the states had a right to regulate interstate transportation, but argued that in a matter involv ing also transportation beyond the confines of the state the state's au thority ceased. Judgo Lochren heard Mr. Robert through and then in formed him that ho had no case." Charles G, Burton of Nevada, Mo., was elected commander-in-chief of the G. A. R., in session at Saratoga, Now York. A Waterbury, Conn., dispatch car-, ried by t'fce Associated Press follows1: "Representative George JLi. Lilley, .v.n nt fho hmiRfi naval affairs committee, who has been criticised becauso of his outspoicen atutuae ou Charleston harbor, has written an open letter in which he says: "If I had the supreme law-making power in this country the only crime pun ishable with death would be that of grafting. Murder would receive sec ondary consideration. Any man who sits as a member of the committee on naval affairs and uses his efforts to obtain an appropriation for some tumble down navy yard in his dis trict, to the end that he. may provide well paid jobs for his constituents, is grafting. Not a single dollar may touch his hands, but just the same he is grafting grafting out of the United States government which he is promised to serve and sworn to serve.' "" ship, the Lusltania, which arrived here today. The Lusltania .left Queenstown, the nearest trans-Atlantic port to New York, at 12:10 p. m. Sunday, and arrived at the Sandy Hook lightship at 8:05 a. m., today, making the time for the trip five days and fifty-four minutes. This is six hours and twenty-nine minutes better than the previous" Queens-town-New York record of five days, seven hours and twenty-three min utes, held by the Lucania of the same line. While the Lusitania has made a now record for the timo a passen ger is actually on board ship, she has not beaten the average speed per hour recorded both by the Kaiser Wilhelm II., which has made 23.58 knots per hour from New York to Plymouth, and the Deutschland, with a record of 23.51 knots per hour to Plymouth. The Lusitania's speed per hour on hen- maiden voyage is 23.01 knots per hour. The new ship was decked with flairs and buntincr when she made her appearance off bier red funnels lending color to the picture which was marred by the pre vailing haze. A good sight of the beautiful vessel was had from shore for only a short while." The Interstate commission has made pubjlic an abstract of its nine teenth annual statistical report cov ering the year ending June 30, 1906, showing the par value of railway capital outstanding was $14,570, 421,478 or $67,936 per mile of the railways in the United States. Of this, over 33 per cent paid no divi dends. Of the railroad stock ' out standing, $2,257,175,030 were so re ported. The aggregate gross earn ings from the operated mileage of 22,340 miles of lines were $2,32f, 766,1:67, 'Veins $243,282,761 greater than in 1905. Their operating ex penses were $1,536,877,271 or $146, 275,119 more than in 1905. The net earnings aggregated $788,887, 896, an increase of $97,007,642. Tho net earnings per mile of line aver aged $3,548. The income attribut able to other sources than operating reached $256,639,591. Deducting fixed a.nd other charges the report says $385,186,328 is the net income for the year available for dividends or surplus.. There were 977,507,838 passengers carried, an increase of over 60,000,000 and 1,641,374,219 tons of freight carried, an increase of over 202,000,000. The average revenue per passenger per mile was 2.002 cents. The earnings. per train per mile increased, both for passen ger and freight trains and the aver age cost of running a train one mile increased. The ratio of onGrnHn expenses to earnings was over. 66 per cent. The renort shows in.-iha liuvs. U"V '""v. v .,v w.., .. -wj.v Kiuwiro iU,J.UO JJtJl- Sandy Hook this morning, her four-pons killed and 97,706 injured. There was a total of 1,521,355 persons on me pay; roil. FORESTRY AND THE TARIFF The forestry question? Judge Ba ker went a long way toward solving it when he introduced at the na tional Irrigation congress the reso lution calling for the repeal of the tariff duties on lumber and timber. The congress may do a public service by adopting that resolution. These duties get nearer every day to the point where moderate people, with no disposition to be emotional or hys terical, can justly, - call them tho crpwning crime of the sacred sched ules. Springfield Republican. Walter Wellman met with a mis hap on his airship flight to the north pole. He returns to this country finrl Vin nnnnnnnoa fl-iof Vi r Ttrlll nornln I make the effort, having demonstrat- ea to nis satisfaction mat it is a feas ible plan. FOUND OUT A. Trained Nurse Made Discovery A great fire took place at Hako date, Japan. A powder magazine exploded, thirteen houses burned and 300 lives lost. were A head-on collision occurred near Canaan' Station, Vt and twenty-four persons were killed and twenty-seven "NTrv nnn (n In ln4-i-nn nUl A know tho value of food and drink others seriously injured. man a tramea nurse. breaking of coffee, a nurse of Wilkes Barre, Pa., writes: "I used to drink strong coffee myself, and suffered greatly from headaches and indigestion. While on a visit to my brothers I had a good chance to try Postum Food Coffee, for they dranlc it altogether in place of ordinary coffee. In two weeks after using Postum I found I was much hno. fited and finally my headaches dis appeared and also the indigestion. "Naturally I have since used Pos tum among my patients, and have noticed a marked benefit where cof fee has boon left off and Postum used. "I observed a curious fact about Postum when used among mothers. It greatly helps the flow of milk In cases where coffee is inclined to dry It up, and where tea causes nervous ness. VI find trouble in getting servants to make Postum properly. They most . always serve it before it has been boiled long enough. It should be bollod 15 to 20 minutes after boil ing bogins and servod with cream, when it is certainly a delicious bev- W! Read "Tho Rad to Woll vllle" in pkgs. "There's a Reason." A cablegram from Paris says: "The increasing Indignation of the masses against the escape from the gullotine of Soleillant, known as the 'monstrous violator and murderer,' whoso sentence to death for the atro cious murder of a twelve-year-old girl was commuted last week by i-resiuent Fallleres to life imprison ment, was expressed today in a ser ies of the most curious public mani festations, that have occurred in Franco in a long time. The demon stration, despite the fact that sev eral arrests were made, was almost entirely an orderly' pne. Many women participated. It was organ ized not so much against Soleillant as to express the voice" of the popu lace against the wave of unspeak able crimes committed on little igrls, which lately has increased to an alarming degree, and which, It is reared, tho commutation ofthe sen tence of Soleillant will only stimulate." ' ' it . 'w- , ir ni7B ft A' aWi Afcv J-fly?TI V rffPSi-&FXlK' tifcfet x TOU JS?w M v, L An interesting dispatch from New York follows: "A new steamship record for time aboard ship between Europe and New Vnrir woo , u.. the Cunard lino's new giant turbine The Making of Men in the Navy The United States Nnw ffra fh Opportunity for finer tminincr. Tnrnfn1 otirl nllVCIOol ntlA ...., ,. i-.2 .. .1 rj .w., uu, mwc v-ciluiu promotion, man any other occunationr It ia Micv-fnrTi ,,,M, man of good habits and ability to secure a warrant position by promotion through the petty officer 0" -..vi U;ug u icosuiiuuie examination. A warrant officer. 'hicyinnitir of 4 .... i $1800 after twelve years' service, ,and can retire at 62 years of age with independent trnv for life' Tho V.S.Navy SSf2Sn5ff Sf n f g health ,and cctcr, who can be SKSLfto U va6aiacies Applicants must be American citizens between 17 and 35 years of age. m JSrm-fieUi.istm?nt four years' Pay.$i6oo to I70.00 per month, including board, medical attendance and clotting allowance at first enlistment. No experience necessary, but -electricians, machinists or skilled mechanics can enlist at hicher ratings and secure more rapid promotion. Personal application can be made at Navy Recruiting Sta- X!8 1 n Xan0US Clt,?s' or ful1 information of how and whlre to 30m the Navy may be had by writing BUREAU OF NAVKGATKON NAVY DEPARTMENT, Box Z, WASHINGTON, Di C. . .'I v-1 .a-.-4--,.,,K jJJfcfiHAtt X, L"?