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ZSvT?rimrmrw jr' The Commoner. VOLUME 9, NUMBER 49 10 I r I'- $ ;""V lHTm v VTA aika 1 Kill J N f lt Sir Charlos Tuppor," former pro-1 son had entered a strong plea of not nnrin T,flc wHtfon n. latter iruilty. Judge Commack fixed the to R. M. Borden, leader of the op position in the dominion houBe, In which the former premier says: ."I do not forget that all parties in the United Statos agree In the desire to obtain possssion of Canada. Under existing circumstances it was of im mense importance to have Sir Wil frid Laurier and his party commit ted to the policy which secured the unanimous consent of tho house of commons on a question of which vital importance, and a .great respon sibility will reBt upon those who dis turb that compact." Tlo United States supreme court has refused to consider the case of Charlos W. Morse the New York banker convicted of embezzlement. Judge Edward F. Dunne, former mayor of Chicago, is being urged to be a candidate for the democratic nomination for another term in that office. - Governor Deneen called the Illi nois legislature in extra session for Tuesday, December 14. The gov ernor specifies twenty-four subjects upon which the legislature may act,, among them being a primary elec tion law, a corrupt practices act deep waterway legislation and legis lation authorizing cities, and villages to1 adopt tho commission .form of government. --' George P. Sheldon, president of tho Phoenix Insurance Company of Brooklyn, has been removed from office by the directors of the com pany. He is charged with irregu larities. E. W. T. Gray succeeds him as president. Governor Deneen of Illinois hav ing removed Frank E. Davis, a sheriff at Cairo 111., fdr failure to prevent the lynching of two prison ers, has refused to reinstate him. The people of Cairo are very indig nant but the governor says this mob law has no place in Illinois apd he has. made an example of the sheriff. JA LaPorte, Ind., dispatch to' the Chicago Record-Herald says: "The Statement that John E. Lamb of Terre Haute, E. Ert Slack of Frank lin, Judge Shea of Seymour and Major Menzies of Mount Vernon will be democratic candidates fdr United States senator was made public. This announcement means that a bitter fight will be waged by the democrats and republicans for the control of the next legislature. hanging' for January 7 next. In the United States circuit court at St. Louis Costs amounting to $42,060 were assessed against the Standard Oil company as a result of tho recent prosecution by the gov ernment. This does not Include $40,000 which tho Standard paid some time ago. The oil company was relieved of paying $15,526, the costs of the records furnished to the government's attorneys. 1 1 Fourteen men, members of a com pany of native constabulary In the Philippines, have been sentenced to death. They mutined and are charged with the killing of Roy Libby. In the house of representatives on the first day Representative Sul zer, democrat of New York, intro duced a resolution relating to Presi dent Zelaya of the Nicaraguan gov ernment. The resolution was re ferred to the committee on foreign affairs. It was as follows: "That it is the duty of the United States to demand and the government of the United States does hereby demand the arrest, trial and punishment of Zelaya by an im partial tribunal in Nicaragua for, the wilful murder of citizens of the United States, an ample apology from Nicaragua and such damages and reparation as may be just. That there be established in Nicaragua a responsible government, republican irt form. That the president of the United States be and he hereby is directed and empowered to use the entire land and naval forces of the United States to such an extent as may be necessary to carry these reso lutions into effect." Urging the agreement to his resolution, Mr. Sul zer said: "Zelaya' Is a despot. He is the "trouble-maker In Central America and has for years been car rying things on with a high hand under a virtual dictatorship. There will never be any peace in Central America' until he is shorn of power. He must be deposed. In this con nection 1 want to say I am In hearty accord with the policy of Secretary Knox. It deserves the commenda tion of every patriotic oitlzen in the land." bardy poplars will lino the banks of the navigable streams in the future if the woman's auxilliary of the na tional rivers .and harbors congress now in session can bring it about. The woman's national congress held a five hours session to map out plans for making the banks of rivers take on tho grace of carefully kept gardens and for the transformation of the unsightly sides of canals into spots elyslan. The work of the women Is being done in conjunction with that of the national rivers and harbors congress." ' The monument to be erected at Gettysburg to the Virginia troops who fell in that battle will "stand if the secretary of war approves on West Confederate avenue at the point whore the extreme right of the confederate line rested and from which point General Lee watched the charge of Pickett's brigade. This spot was selected at a meeting of the commission appointed by the Vir ginia assembly to arrange for the erection of the monument. The Nicaraguan legation has closed up headquarters at Washington. . Word has been received from France that that government will 'not dispaich, as reported, a warship to Nicaragua. "Two drinks of beer, the first in hla experience, started Russell Howard, a 17-year-old chauffeur, upon a wild 'joy -ride' last night that ended in the death of a pedestrian and tho arrest of Howard and three com panions early today. 'That's what a kid gets for drinking,' said Howard In his cell. Two women and a man were with the boy in the automobile. Howard said that when he drank tho two glasses of beer last night ho Wanted to 'have a big time.' So ho took his employer's machine from a garage at 406 North Twelfth street. Then, reckless of speed or safety, ho drove the big touring car over tho boulevards of the west -end and back to the business district. At Ninth and Market streets Dennis Short, 2950 ClaTk avenue, failed to dodgo Taney county, Missouri, has gone dry by a vote of, 702 to 302. fJ George Preston Sheldon, deposed president of the Phoenix Insurance company, of Brooklyn, was indicted on. the charge- of misappropriating $45,000. Sheldon was nob arrested because of his serious illness. A Louisville. Ky,. disnatch car Tied by the Associated Press says: ',"";"" -" oALiauimimry circum stances of .the trial and sentence to death at Williamstown, Ky., of the negro Earl Thompson, will make the proceedings illegal was a subject of discussion in Kentucky. A mob which had met Thompson at the train when he was broueht hao.k from Lexington to answer a charge of criminal assault virtually exacted a promise from Circuit Judge Com mack that Nhe .would sentence Thompson to hang within thirty days- and keep him meanwhile in the Williamstown jail. Commack deliv ered the pledge from the jail steps. Within tho court house previously Thompson had been tried and found guilty while a mob overran the court chamber and. a member of it lunged at tho negro with a knife. Thorap- Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, pro tested to President Taft in the name of organized labor, against the nom ination, of Circuit Judge Horace H. Lurton of Tennessee to be a justice of the United States supreme court. The objection is based upon certain railroad decisions rendered by Judge juurton. A New York dispatch to the Chi cago Record-Herald says: "The great bank soon to be started in Latin-America, mentioned In the president's message to congress, will be controlled by Morgan-Rockefeller Interests. The scheme, which was Indorsed by the laBt pan-American congress, which has the heartiest support of the administration, has been engaging the attention of Na tional City bank experts for many months. At first it was. intended to join a great pan-American bank in New York, with branches In capitals of all tho v Latin-American republics. This plan was urged strongly by Sen ator Root, but was found to be im possible of realization under the ex isting banking laws. James Stillman, William Rockefeller. George W. Per kins and , Frank A. Vanderlip were mentioned as among the influential financiers who would apply for the charter. The bank now contemplat ed will, it is said, be started in Buenos 'Ayres with possibly a branch In Rio de Janeiro." Three Omaha hotels conducting saloons lost their licenses by a deci sion of Police Judge Crawford for violating the Nebraska 8 o'clock clos ing law. President Taft addreed the sixth convention of the national rivers and harbors congress declaring that he was heartily In favor of waterways Improvements. At the same conven tion Representative Burgess of Texas declared that he was opposed to a bond issue for waterways improvement. Tho senate committee on public expenditures held a meeting and de termined to oppose anything in the way of large appropriations. It was agreed that the strictest economy is necessary in government expenses. ", An Associated Press dispatch says: "Pansy beds. and tall, graceful Lom- Charles Bamford, formerly on the staff of the New York World, com mitted suicide near Savannah, Ga. The steamer, Clarion, burned to the water's edge near Point Pelee in Lake Erie.- Two men' lost their lives. John Drew, the actor, was thrown from his horse in New York City and painfully injured. Somerset, Ky., went rwet at the local option election,' .reversing tho verdict of the election two years ago. An Associated Press dispatch from St. LouIb tells the story about , "one first glass of beer" in this way: Quick and Lasting Cure for Pimples A Remedy Which Has .Met With As- tounding Success in Curing Tills Disease Ache, or pimples, is an. eruption very frequently seen upon the faces of young people in their teens, al though it may occur earlier or later than this period, In fact at almost any age. 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