'AUGUST 6, 1910
The Commoner.
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boon removed and that the bill will
survive the committee Btage and bo
accepted by the house of lords with
out other trouble."
An Associated Press dispatch from
Father Point, Quebec, says: Dr.
Hawley Harvey Crippen and Ethel
Clara Leneve, his stenographer, who
fled from London, after the disap
pearance of Belle Elmore the doctor's
wife were arrested aboard the Ca
nadian Pacific liner Montrose, at the
command of Inspector Dew of Scot
land yard. The identification of the
long-sought fugitives on board the
fqg-shrouded steamer by the English
detective, who had raced across the
Atlantic ahead of tho Montrose,
m'arked the culmination of one of the
most sensational flights in recent
criminal annals. Accompanied by
two Canadian officers, ho boarded
the vessel at 8:30 o'clock in the
morning and fifteen minutes later
both man and girl were locked in
their state rooms, Crippen," broken
in spirit but mentally relieved by the
relaxed tension; tho girl, garbed in
boy's clothing sobbing hysterically.
They were no longer the 'Rev. John
Robinson and son,' as booked at Ant
werp July 20. After a brief delay
the Montrose continued her 160-mile
journey up the river towards Quebec,
where jail awaited the pair. Crippen
Is charged with the murder of an
unknown woman, believed to have
been his actress wife. The girl is
held as an accessory. In charge of
Inspector Dew, they will be taken
back to England for trial on the
Royal line steamship, Royal George,
leaving Quebec on Thursday next."
' Joseph A. Wendling, accused of
the murder of eight-year-old Alma
Kelner in Louisville, Ky., was arrest
ed at San Francisco.
The republican congressional com
mittee is doing active missionary
work in the southern states in the
hope of picking up a few congress
men there.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Washington says: "Counsellors for
the Madriz government acting on in
structions from Managua, filed for
mal protests with this government
against the sailing of the yacht Hor
net, commonly reported to have been
bought for the Estrada revolution
ists at Norfolk last week and de
manded an examination of the ves
sel, which is now en route to New
Orleans. The department of justice
has Instructed United States Attor
ney Beattie at New Orleans to take
whatever steps may appear to be
necessary for the protection of the
neutrality laws, before clearance pa
pers are issued to the Hornet. The
department of commerce and labor in
the same protest has been asked not
to clear the ship, and the state de
partment has been reminded of the
case of the Alabama, of civil war
fame. The Madriz war counsellors
maintain that the Bhip has been
adapted to warlike use within tho
jurisdiction of the United States and
has forfeited her character of a mer
chant vessel, and can not sail from
any port in the United States with
out violating tho neutrality laws.
When Estrada men heard of the pro
test they pointed to the fact that the
navy department "removed tho guns
from the Hornet before she was sold,
and by that action they claim the
Hornet returned to her character of
a yacht, peaceable and harmless."
ain, Franco and Germany to appoint
a representative, each to join with a
representative of this country, in
managing tho customs receipts. Ow
ing to its interest in Liberia since
its establishment tho United States
reserved a predominating influence in
this country. It was stated at the
state department that tho United
States has made no departure from
its time-honored attitude toward tho
republic, and docs not have in mind
such a step. Any intention to get
a foothold in Africa was denied by
prominent officials. The refunding
calls for the loan of about $1,500,000
to the republic. A prominent New
York firm of bankers has undertaken
tho project, and its representative,
Paul Warbury, is now in Europe to
associate with his firm in the loan
to British, German and French
bankers."
Hero is a pretty story told by tho
Amarillo, Texas, correspondent for
Fort Worth Record: "Eddio Wal-
ung, tho ten-year-old Bon of F. A.
Walling of Canyon City, who is visit
ing m Amarillo, escaped almost in
stant death this forenoon In n. no.
culiar manner when attacked by a
vicious dog and borne to the ground.
rne oruto horribly lacerated the
child's face, neck, head and should
ers In quick succession and was con
tinuing in Its deadly work when a
shepherd dog belonging to Mrs. J.
E. Montgomery, attracted by the
child's Bcreams. daBhed into tho
thick Of the flcllt. Tho nhnnlinivl
seized the other dog by the throat
and in the meantime the neighbors
thronged the street and rescued tho
child."
near Gettysburg, Pa., after a sham
battle.
Tho directors of tho United States
Steel corporation doclared the regu
lar quarterly dividends on tho com
mon and preferred Btock. The net
earnings for tho quarter ending Juno
30 wore $33,880,755.
The body of John G. Carlisle, who
died in New York City, arrived in
Washington and tho burial took place
at Covington, Ky. Mr. Carlisle died
of heart failure, and an Associated
Press dispatch says: "An intestinal
complaint of long standing, which
wore down his vitality, lay-behind
tho technical fact of heart failure.
He was attacked last spring by the
samo trouble, complicated by an ail
ment of the kidneys, and for a timo
hovered near death. John Griffin
Carlisle was born in Kenton, Ky., on
September 5, 1835. He was educat
ed in the public schools, later studied
law and was admitted to tho bar.
Always a consistent democrat and in
terested in public affairs as a young
man, he rose from tho Kentucky
house of representatives to tho state
senate, served as lieutenant governor
and finally graduated into national
affairs. From 1877 to 1890 ho was
a member of the national house, and
from 1883 to 1889 was Its speaker.
He resigned to fill the unexpired term
of James B. Beck in tho United
States senate, from which he again
resigned in 1893 to become secretary
of tho treasury under President
Cleveland. With tho retirement from
power of the democratic party in
1897, he withdrew from politics and
took up once more the practice of
law, this timo in New York City,
where he continued to live until his
death."
The leading railroads of the coun
try have decided to discontinue after
October 1 the practice of granting
stop-over privileges on limited tick
ets wherever such stop-cvers operate
to extend the original limits of the
ticket.
Charges were made 'before the
Texas legislature that the liquor In
terests are responsible for irregulari
ties in connection with tho recent
primary election.
Eugene V. Debs is seriously ill at
a Rochester, Minn., hospital.
Henry Watterson has written an
editorial for his paper, the Louisville
Courier-Journal, In which he ap
plauds Mr. Bryan's defeat at Grand
Island.
The Chicago Tribune charges that
seventeen democratic votes were
bargained for at $2,000 each to se
cure tho re-election to tho United
States senate of Albert J. Hopkins,
who was defeated last May by Wil
liam Lorlmer. Tho Tribune says
Hopkins was In ignorance of the
plot. Mr. Hopkins denies all knowl
edge of tho matter.
James Richard Cox, law partner
of Wijllam H. Seward when tho lat
ter was governor of New York, and
for many years the intimate friend
and adviser of Lincoln's Hnrrntnrv nf
state, died at Osborn, N. Y., from
an attack of heart disease. He was
In his ninetieth year and only recent
ly retired from practice.
Speaking at Seattle, Wash., Sec
retary Ballinger said: "I was not
born a resigner and never intend to
stand in that class."
T. F. Hennlnger, a Memphis mer
chant, was marched five blocks along
the main street of that city by a
robber who kept him covered with a
pistol. At Henninger's office the
merchant gave the thief $250 for
the return of a diamond stolen from
him, and added $1 "for his trouble."
An inventory of tho estate of
George Cabot Lee, of Newton, Mass.,
who died March 21, shows it to be
valued at $1,662,821, of which $1,
569,821 is personal and $93,000 is
real. Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Long-
worth, who Is a granddaughter of
Mr. Lee, receives one-tenth of the
property.
Tho United States is taking the
lead in the plan to refund the debt
of the little African republic, Liberia,
The Associated Press says: "The
United States has invited Great Brit-
A London cablegram carried by
the Associated Press says: "The
king's accession declaration bill, in
an amended form, passed its second
reading in the house of commons by
a vote of 410 to 84. Tho bill, as it
now stands, provides that the pro
nouncement against Catholicism
shall be eliminated and the clause
'and declare that I am a faithful
Protestant,' substituted. The non
conforists showed strong opposition
to the original substituting clause,
which read, 'and declare that I am
a faithful member of the Protestant
church, as by law established in
England,' and the premier finally ac
cepted their amendment It is be
lieved that all difficulties have now
Congressman John K. Tener, who
was renominated for congress from
the Twenty-fourth Pennsylvania dis
trict and later nominated by the re
publicans for governor of Pennsyl
vania, sent to the state department
his formal withdrawal as a congres
sional candidate.
Professor Samuel Ross Winans,
dean of Princeton University from
1899 to 1903, died at Princeton. Ho
had been actively connected with the
faculty since 1878, and at the time
of his death was professor of Greek
and Instructor of Sanskrit.
Five soldiers of Battery E, Third
United States field artillery, were se
riously injured when their horses
stampeded while returning to the
United States camp of instruction
The last fight against tho ratifica
tion of tho proposed income tax
amendment to tho federal constitu
tion was made in tho Georgia house
in which the antis lost, 129 to 32.
The democratic convention of
North Dakota endorsed John Burko
for the democratic nomination for
tho presidency In 1912.
A cablegram from San Sebastian,
Spain, carried by tho Associated
Press follows: "At tho conclusion
of a conforenco this afternoon be
tween King Alfonso and Promlor
Canalejas It was announced that
Marquis Emilio do OJodo, Spanish
ambassador to tho Vatican, had been
recalled. At tho samo time tho opin
ion was expressed that a rupture
with the Vatican was Inovltablo.
Sonor Canalojas told tho king that
the government could not accept tho
conditions of tho Vatican's note, and
that tho Vatican would bo so in
formed. Premier Canalejas will con
tinue his anti-clerical program,
counting upon tho support of King
Alfonso. The order to Marquis do
Ojedo tojeavo his port signifies that
tho rupture which Sonor Caualojas
deslgnatod as Inevitable Is now an
accomplished fact."
The advocates of state wide pro
hibition in Texas elected at least a
two-thirds majority of tho members
of tho senate and house of repre
sentatives in tho Texas legislature. .
The prohibitory amendment will&
therefore, bo submitted to the
people.
Glfford Pinchot, former chief for
ester, is mentioned as a republican
nominee for governor of New York.
Mr. Roosevelt will be asked to sup
port him.
Erwln Wider, the riissing cashier
of the RusKO-Chlneso bank, was ar
rested in New Fork, charged with
stealing $500,000.
The coroner's jury in Chicago re
turned a verdict declaring that Ira
G. Rawn, lato president of tho Monon
railroad, came to his death through
his own hand, but did not decide
whether tho act was accidental or
intentional.
A government launch was sunk
near Savannah, Ga., and two persons
were drowned.
Three regiments of the Ohio na
tional guards were called into ser
vice at Columbus, O., owing to tho
disturbances growing out of tho rail
way and electric light company
strike. Great disorder prevailed.
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