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?. M. Gilmore, president of the
tional Mbdel License league, hag
led a statement from Louisville.
i in which he declares that the
ti-saloon league is morally respon-
le for the death of the late Sen-
br Carmack. Tennessee is thor-
Chly aroused over the Carmack
jedy and efforts will be made to
Ing about state-wide prohibition.
St. Paul, Minn., dispatch ear
by the Associated Press follows:
a decision in the suit brought
r, the state against the Minnesota
International railroad to get an
squate definition of the term gross
:nings the state supreme court
rs: 'The gross earnings which
I'm the basis of the three per cent
id under the provision of the spe-
Ll laws of 1873, is not limited to
nings derived from the operation
I trains but include all earnings by
jh railway companies while per-
rming work incidental to, or con-
ited with the business of trans-
rtation, and which may reasonably
i'iCUUMlUUl U YY1U11U IUC BWllO Ul
Sir corporate powers.' "
Fohn Gardner Cqolfdge, the Amer-
minister to Nicaragua, .has re
ined. It is reported he did so be-
ise he disapproved, ofv the United
tes "meddling". with. the internal
lirs of Nicaragua.
Solumbus, Ohio, dispatches say
the Hamilton county republican,
Iresentatives to thelegislature" will
P solid for Charles P, Taft for
uted states senator to succeed
Inator Foraker. This gives Taft
irteen votes from his own county,
le of the fourteen representatives
ling a democrats
committee In the limited time at its
disposal to make an inquiry' which
can furnish an adequato basis for
any such tariff as the country demands.
Madam Stelnhall, arrested in Paris
for the murder of her husband and
a woman companion, is now charged
with having poisoned the late Presi
dent Faure. All France is agitated
over the disclosures.
Judge Milo A. Root of the Wash
ington state supreme court, has resigned.
Vice President Fairbanks upon his
retirement on March 4 will take up
the practice of law at Indianapolis.
President-elect Taft has. caused it
be announced that Frank H.
itchcock, chairman of the republi-
in national committee, will be post-
faster general In the Taft cabinet.
Count Boni de Castellane has
ought suit against his former wife,
rho was Miss Anna Gould and now
le wife of Prince Hello de Sagan,
r the custody of his three children.
me trial is going on at Paris and
full of scandal.
Speaking of his course as United
States senator, Albert B. Cummins
of Iowa said: "I am deeply con
vinced of the justice and the wisdom
of the economic system which im
poses protective duties upon Imports,
and with my voice and vote In the
senate of the United States I shall,
do everything In my power to pre
serve It. To me this established
policy of the republican party means
duties upon competitive products
high enough fully to protect the
American producer in his home mar
ket against the unfair rivalry of
other countries, but, upon the other
hand, low enough to insure to the
American consumer a fair American
price. I am. in absolute harmony
Wlh the definition announced in the
most recent national republican plat
form. I stand, as you all know, for
a revision of the tariff schedules;
an honest revision, keeping the prom
ise to the hope as well as to the
ear; a revision tested by the stand
ard declared in, the platform; and
what little influence I may have will
be exerted to fulfill the pledge upon
which the coming administration waB
intrusted with political power."
Ray Lamphere, on trial at La
Porte, Ind., for the murder of Mrs.
Belle Gunness, was convicted of
arson and given an indeterminate
sentence of from two to twenty-one
years. The verdict was a compromise.
Mr. Roosevelt delivered the prin-
ipal address at the laying of the
rner stone of the new home for
te colored Y. M. C. A. building at
Washington, D. C:
In a letter addressed to Sereno
'ayne, chairman of the ways and
leans committee, James W. Van
31eave, president of the national as-
)ciation of manufacturers, says:
!"We would rather bear the ills of
ie Dingley tariff than to be a party
a tariff revision made in the old
mnner. To annear before you to
lead for certain schedules would be
acquiesce In the Bunerficlal and
mbusinesslike methods -of investi
gation against which you protest. We
iave carefully watched all the state
ments that have been. made by you
md your associates in recent years,
md instead of convincing us of the
Jrror of our ways, we are more than
aver convinced that your present
nans of gathering information, on
ivhich the readjustment is nronosed
to be based, is wrong, radically, ab
surdly, fatally wrong." Mr. Van
eave sets forth his views regard
ing an "expert, -non-partisan tariff
commission" and claims that it is
ipossible for the- ways and means
Representative Joseph G". Cannon
has announced that he is in favor
of a revision of the tariff in accord
ance with platform pledges, and
wants the revision accomplished right
away.
national Typographical Union, has
been appointed to succeed Leech.
Owing to ill health Bishop Fos
has retired from the presidency of
the Methodist Episcopal board of
home missions and church extension.
Representative Charles W. Fow
ler, of New Jersey, has announced
himself. aB a candidate for speaker
to succeed Joseph G. Cannon. The
announcement is said to be tho cause
of Speaker Cannon's present uneasi
ness and sudden conversion from
stondpattism.
Tang Shao Yl, special envoy to tho
United States, has arrived and is on
his way to Washington. Ho cornea
to tender to tho American republic
tho deep feeling of appreciation hold
by China for the United States' ac
tion in remitting so large a portion
of tho Boxer Indemnity. H6 is ac
companied by Princo Tsai Fu and
a large retinue.
Andrew Carnogio has announced
himself as favoring a radical reduc
tion of tho tariff, especially in tho
iron and oil schedules, Ho says they
are no longer "infant industries."
Mr. Carnegie, however, refused to
appear before the ways and means
committee now sitting aB a tariff
commission.
James Bryart, editor and published
of the Richmond, Va., Tlmes-DIs-patch,
and well known as a leading
manufacturer in the south, died at
his home in Richmond. Immediate
ly after tho war, In which Mr. Bryan,-
then a mere boy, took an active
part as a member of Forrest's com
mand, ho returned to Richmond and
began his career as an iron manu
facturer. He soon became a leader
in the, "now south" and for many
years has beon an acknowledged
leader in its business growth.
John D. Rockefeller was on the
witness stand for an entire day in,
the Standard Oil hearing now in
progress in New York. Mr. Rocke
feller denied that his brain conceived
the Standard Oil company, and gave
the credit to Mr. Flagler and Mr.
Dodd. Mr. Rockefeller's memory
was exceedingly deficient at times,
but in all matters of little moment
it was in splendid working order.
The, republican national committee
reports that It expended $1,655,518
during the campaign. The largest
single contributor was Charles P.
Taft, brother of the president-elect,
who contributed $110,000.
Public Printer John B. Leech has
tendered his resignation to the pres
ident and asked -to be returned. to
service in the Philippines. The res
ignation Is said to be due to the op-,
position of the president to some of
Mr. Leech's policies. Samuel B.
Donnelly, ex-president of the Inter-
Troops fired upon a body of strik
ers at Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and
killed several, wounding many more.
The strike is against the National
Fireproofing company. Leaders of
the strike declare that tbey were In
no wise connected with tho alleged
attack upon' tho works, which are
being guarded by troops day and
night.
The war against rats In San Fran
cisco is showing results, and' already
it is claimed that the danger of bu
bonic plague Is over.
The official vote of Indiana was as
follows: Taft 348,993, Bryan 338,
262, Chafin 18,045, Watson 1,193,
Debs 13,476, Preston 643, Hisgen
514.
Goal Robbery
STOPPED.
A terrific blow ban at last boon do
Jlvorcd to tho crushing robbery of the
Coal Trust. Every man who reads this
papor ban tho opportunity right now
of defying tho Coal Trust aud buying
hi coal direct from tho coal mines at
a saving of from fl to $3 on ovory
ton of coal. Tho coal which every
ono may buy In this way Is tho boot
coal that can bo mined.
To every ono who wrltoa at onoo
to tho Harmon Coal Company of Chi
cago an opportunity will bo given to
set ono ton of this coal absolutely
free. Every person who reads this
column should not loso ono moment
beforo writing. There will bo found
a coupon at tho bottom, which should
be signed and sent to tho Ilarman Coal
Company. Pull explanation will then
bo mado of how ovory ono may buy
coal direct from tho initio at tho whole
sale price, and how every ono who
writes may have tho opportunity of
getting ono toii of coal absolutely free.
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Two tornadoes sweeping over Ar
kansas resulted In the killing of a
score or more of people and immense
destruction of . property.
Attorney General Bonaparte has
filed a petition in the supreme court
of the United States urging that
court to issue a writ of certiorari to
the circuit court of appeals for the
Seventh circuit, to review the judg
ment of that court reversing the rul
ings of Judge Landls in tho case in
which the Standard Oil company was
fined 129,000,000 on the charge of
violating the anti-trust law.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Port Au Prince says: "Tho revolu
tionists, under command of General
Antoino Simon, the former .coHamaRH
er of the department of .the soutrW,
following up their victory over uie
government Jorces at An?a-Veauxt
aro pushing up to Port Au Prince,
They have driven back the govern
ment troops many miles and have
seized the. towns of Mlragoano and
Petit Goave. It Is believed that Gen
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Every reader of Tho Commonor Is
asked to send for this free book today.
You will recall reading in various pa
pers u story about tho light being
mado by tho Harmon Coal Company
against tho Coal Trust Tho froo book
tells you all about that sensational
light.
Tho book has aroused tho whole,
country. Tho Coal Trust Is preparing
to spend millions of dollars to put
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to send overy reader of this paper a
copy and every reader should tell Mr.
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you havo been compollcd to pay much
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coal. It tcdls you why coal prices havo
been going up up up; why you have
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blacklists, blood money and tribute.
Every man who burns coal should send
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you read this book.
karman Coal Co., Dept. 819,
355 Dearborn St.,
Chicago, III. i
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