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Wn TMnf TTnrn?. Chinnsn mlnis-
tor has boon rocallcd, and his suc
cessor will bo Chang Yin Tang.
Tho cost of the extra session of
congress Is ostlmated at $500,000.
A lono bandit hold up tho Farmers
lind Merchants bank at Franklin, 111.
Covering tho cashier with a revolver
ho secured $2,500.
' Justice Mills of White Plains, N.
Y., has refused to release Harry
Thaw from tho asylum. He holds
that Thaw is not sufficiently sane to
bo at largo.
Samuol R. Van Sant of Minnesota
was elected commander-in-chief of
tho G. A. R., in session at Salt Lake
City. In addition to Commander
Van Sant the following officers were
elected: Senior vice commander, W.
H. Bostaph, Ogden, Utah; junior
vlco commander, Judge Alfred Beers,
Bristol, Conn.; surgeon general, W.
H. Lomon, Emporia, Kan.
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In an interview to tho Chicago
newspapers Senator Cummins of
Iowa said that the fight to be waged
for tariff reform in tho republican
party would bo "war to the limit,
with no quarter asked or given, and
with control of tho republican na
tional organization the one great
prizo at stake."
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Governor Comer of Alabama has
signed tho state-wide prohibition
bill, and Alabama is now dry. Under
this law it is unlawful to sell. or to
store any liquids containing more
than one-half of one per cent of al
cohol, This was the so-called 'near
beer" sold under the old prohibition
law. Locker clubs are illegal, and
the possession of a United States in
ternal revenue liconse shall be con
sidered prima facie evidence of guilt.
At Green Bay, Wis., the 275th an
niversary of Wisconsin's discovery
was celebrated with appropriate ceremonies.
trustworthy testimony. . Searching
for a euro for this evil, he began to
experiment with light. An electric
light, with a etrong reflector, was
brought into use, and as the police
prisoners aro brought to the witness
stand he turns on the impromptu
spaTchlight Its strong rays enable
the judge, sitting In tho shadow, to
follow every facial expression of the
offenders, and it is found that per
jury has been greatly reduced. The
judge, who is a student of criminol
ogy, reads tho faces of his visitors
and, in a way, their thoughts, and
upon tho appearance of an effort to
escape the consequences of the truth
ho promptly checks them."
Sergeant Arthur Todd of the ma
rine corps gave testimony in the Sut
ton case indicating that Lieutenant
Sutton did not commit suicide, but
was murdered as charged, by the
mother. The mother testified that
her son had appeared to her in a
vision and told her that he had been
killed by enemies.
Here is a story of national capitol
life told- by the Washington corre
spondent for the Chicago Record
Herald: "A local police judge has
mounted a searchlight upon his desk
to detect porjury. Long exp'erlence
upon tho bench has taught him that
from the class of prisoners brought
before him it is difficult to obtain
San Benito, Texas, is in the very heart of ihe
Fertile Lower Rio -Grande Valleu. 19 miles
north of Brownsville dti the main line of the
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tivoly cool, beinpr temporcd by constant miles lone, averages 250 feet In width
and refreshing breozes from tho Gulf and 20 foot in depth. Wo can store in
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Irrigation hero is mjconsary, but acro f ct of water'. s ,
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only a Kreutotf varioty of products than Btlon. , ,
that of any other section of tho United Tho products of tho Lower Rio Grande
States but products which excel In Valley include sugar cane, cotton, corn.
quantity as well as quality. alfalfa, .sorghum and other forage
Wc, have twelve montlis of growing ?rPa 'i?,0" as. tcl,c' and fruits. The
season every year. F Lower Rto Grande Valloy is the winter
Tim nnii of on Ti4. i . n garden of tho nation. Tho mild winter
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Jane Germon, an actress who
played with Edwin Forrest, died at
Baltimore, aged 88 years.
Richard Golden, for forty years an
Amorican actor of note, died at New
York.
Royal B. Kabell will succeed John
G. Capers as commissioner of Internal
revenue. Mr. Kabell is a Virginia
republican.
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The neighbors of Senator Dolliver
gave him an enthusiastic reception at
his Fort Dodge, Iowa, home. Dis
patches say that 15,000 people
cheered the senator for public duty
well discharged.
hope that Dea Moines might gome
day be able to welcome Cummins
home as president instead of sen
ator. In response to tho spoeches of
welcome Senator Cummins made a
short address, in which he stated
briefly his reasons for voting against
tho Payne tariff bill. 'We all know
that the protective tariff is the funda
mental doctrine of the republican
party,' he said, 'but I do not believe
that fundamental doctrine was wisely
applied in the law just passed, and
therefore I voted against it. I have
no apology to make.' In conclusion
he declared that more intelligent in
vestigation is needed in order to
frame just and equitable tariff laws,
and promised to Increase his efforts
to bring it about."
An Elizabeth,. ,N.. J dispatch to,
the Chicago' ,JRcord-Herald says:
"Representative Charles N. Fowler,
who was one of the insurgents on
whom Speaker Cannon inflicted pun
ishment by deposing him as chair
man of the committee on banking
and; currency, declared today that he
Is .preparing an open letter to the
speaker of the house which will be
made public In a day or two. Mr.
Fowler today refused to make known
,any of the contents of the letter. He
declared that it was of national im
portance and would disclose facts
which would go directly to the root
of the trouble which resulted in
Speaker Cannon .meting out punish
ment to the representatives who had
opposed him as speaker of the house
at the beginning of the session.
Speaker Cannon's action in deposing
him as head cf the committee on
banking and currency had made him
stronger politically, Mr. Fowler de
clared, and he will not be swerved,
from his purpose of fighting against
itho injustice with which, every rep
resentative is familiar."
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Address Orders to THE COMMONER, Lincoln, NeK
Senator Cummins was given a re
ception by 5,000 of his Des Moines
neighbors as he stepped from a pas
senger train upon his return from
Washington- A newspaper dispatch
says: "Accompanied by a large re
ception committee in automobiles
and followed by a long procession of
citizens on foot the senator was es
corted to a downtown paTk, where
he was hailed by speakers, who for
mally welcomed him home, as one
of the leaders of tho republican
party. Every mention of Senator
Cummins' brilliant fight for lower
duties brought cheers from tho
tnrong which crowded around tho
speakers' stand. A picture of the
senator bearing the inscription,
'CumminB for President In 1912
was carried through the crowd and
caused much enthusiasm. Mayor A,
J. Mathls created another burst of
enthusiasm when ho expressed th
James Shaw Maxwell senior mag
istrate of the city of Glasgow, Scot
land, is visiting Chicago. Referring
to Mr. Maxwell, the Chicago Record
Herald says: "Mr. Maxwell, who is
an earnest advocate of municipal
ownership and control, did not hesi
tate to express his disapproval of
the utterances of James Dalrymple,
the director of Glasgow's traction
system, who came to Chicago to as
sist In solving the problem of trans
portation here before the settlement
ordinances were adopted, and after
his return to Scotland issued a pessi
mistic report, in which he said that
municipal ownership would bo im
practicable in Chicago on account of
tho corruption existing in political
affairs. 'Mr. Dalrymple, as an em
ploye of tho city of Glasgow, exceed
ed his authority when he gave ut
terance to such views,' said Mr. Max
well yesterday. 'He was loaned to
Chicago, as a traction expert and npt
as a. critic of the city'M political in
stitutions. Can anvone seriously as-
,seri; , th'at Chicago, vftiich' is in many
ways the most vigorous and .progres
sive o;f jour American, municipalities,
can not manage its own affairs? The
mere suggestion, thus baldly put, is
monstrous. Everywhere I see about
me here In Chicago evidences of the
most capable administration of pri
vate industries. In the half century
since the fire your citizens have Iftid
the foundations of what seems to
me destined to bepojne the greatest
city on the American continent. Your
business men are like the business
men of Glasgow Efficient, energetic,
independent and shrewd, To say
that they can not manage their own
affairs is not only grossly unjust; it
is ludicrous in the extreme. I do
not ignore the obvious fact that your
most capable brains are) not now en
gaged with the problems of good
government, but I do, .contend that
municipal ownership and control
would bring this about automatically.
Improvement would be inevitable.
You would make mistakes at first,
of course. Glasgow made mistakes,
but in the end Glasgow evolved one
of the best municipal .governments
in Europe, and the result has been
a tremendous saving in money, with
increased efficiency. In my own city
all of tho public utilities are owned
and operated by the city government.
It never occurs to anyone to ques
tion whether this is desirable. We
haye demonstrated that and w ar
experimenting with an extension of
tho idea'. For instance, Glasgow how
has a municipal milk supply depart-,
ment for Infants. Wo have come to
see that the children must be pro
tected. The city has purchased the
land occupied by unsanitary tene
ments, razed them and removed the
menace. In the thirty years since
these experiments have been going
forward the death rate has been cut
In half. Surely that is an asset
which no enlightened municipality
can afford to ignore.' "
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