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TOSSES! "? C"" The Commoner. VOLUME 10, 'NUMBER 34 "P"WWWE 10 . j & tr& W rn. pfe -j&L W ki : 4 Denvor's population is 213,381, a ton yonrs' incrouBo of 59.4 per cent. Tho Associatod Press has made tho following revised tabulation in tho ropprt of tho dead in tho north western forest fires: United States fire fighters in and near Idaho, 8G; Montana deaths, including Bullion mine, 13; at Newport, WaBh., 3; at Wallace, Idaho, 4 ; near Avery, Tdaho, probably sottlers, 47; at Mullen, Idaho, 2; at Spokane, 1; one Big creek, Idaho, 47; total, 203. seas. A passenger booked as Fred Thomas, assassinated Captain E. B. Wood, jumped into tho sea and was lost. An accomplice was arrested and taken to San Francisco in irons. An unsuccessful attempt was made to hold up tho steamship Buckman, a Pacific coast vessel, on the high Governor Hadley of Missouri de clares that ho is not a candidate for tho republican nomination for United States senator. Chicago, according to the 1910 census, has a population of 2,135,000 a gain of nearly 25 per cent in ten years. -Tho Pennsylvania railroad has granted a further increase of 6 per NEW BOOK A New, Complete Edition of Mr. Bryan s Speeches Containing All of His Important Public Utterances In two handy volumes. You; cau follow Mr. Bryan practically through his entire career, from hia valedictory oration at Illinois College in 1881, through his early public life, his presidential campaigns, his world tours, his platform experiences, and his participation in meetings of organizations devoted to national progress, as well as international congresses for tho promotion of the world's peace. Tho subject matter of these speeches covers a wide range of topics, from the fundamental and vital problems of national and world life to the highest ideals of human endeavor. A handy means of reference to the student of social problems of tho present and future. 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Send all orders and make remit tances payable to Tho Commoner, Lincoln, Neb. Name P. O. - KX m nil. i cent in wages toits telegraphers, making a total raise of 12 per cent since the first of tho year. Korea has been formally annexed to Japan. Dr. J. J. Rucker, for fifty-three years professor of mathematics at Georgetown College, died. Robert Hunter, author and settle ment worker has been nominated for governor by the socialist party of Connecticut. John K. Hendrick of Paducah is a candidate for" the democratic nom ination for governor of Kentucky. Ho was at one time a member of congress. Senator Warner, of Missouri, in a formal statement at Washington an nounced that he would not be a can didate for re-election. Hff gave ill health as the reason. Gustave Moynter, president of the international committee of the Red Cross since the foreign foundation of the committee in 1863, died at Geneva. Tho Colorado legislature in its lower house passed the initiative and referendum and the Oregon law. In the Sixth Nebraska congres sional district former Supreme Court Judge J. R. Dean received the demo cratic nomination for congress by a plurality of five, while W. J. Taylor received the populist nomination by a plurality of something more than one hundred. They will both be candidates before the general election. tillories or saloons, as wnll no .. any person whom I know to bo pecu niarily or prejudicially interested in securing or defeating WiRinHnn t have been recklessly attacked as the candidate or tne brewers, but every man who knows me knows that t nm fighting prohibition, not because the brewers aro also fighting it, but be cause of my lovo for personal liberty and the rights of the humblest citi zen to enjoy tho privileges which our form of government intended him to have. I am opposed to county op tion, first, last and all the time. I should veto a county option bill if the legislature passed it." An Associated Press dispatch from New Orleans says: "With the un written law as her plea, Mamie Mc Laughlin, 18 years old, charged with tho murder of Hugh Smith, was de clared not guilty by a jury which returned a verdict a short time after it retired. According to the girl, she killed Smith because he betrayed her. Smith was a politician and a saloon keeper. The girl is an orphan and was supported in her trial by the Era club, an organization made up of representative New Orleans women." Theodore Roosevelt has been asked to arbitrate the coal strike in Illinois. Professor William James of Har vard University is dead. Mayor Gaynor is now up and rap idly recovering from his wound. James J. uaiiagner, the mayor's as sailant, issued a statement through counsel. The statement, in Gallag her's own spelling, follows: "I, James J. Gallagher, red in Fridav's morning paper that I said I was glad I shot Mayor Gaynor and that I was sorry I did not kill him. This asser cion is not only a fabrication but a deep-dyed lie as was ever told on any person. I have been praying night and day ever since the occur rence. If the prayer of the sinner is heard, God in his goodness has heard my prayer and is all merciful and goodness to the pinner, for he said to tho thief on the. cross, this oay win tnou ue in paradice with me." - Jas. S. Dahlman. democratic nom inee for governor of Nebraska has issued the following statement: "I was opposed to the daylight saloon law at the time of its passage as a aeniai oi tne rignt of home rulo and local self-government. I think now exactly as I did then. If any effort should be made In the legislature to repeal this law I should lend it not the slightest encouragement or sup port, either personal or officially. For myself I realize that this law has given satisfaction in many communi ties, though it has failed to give sat isfaction in others. If the legislature should, of its own motion and with out any assistance on mv nnrt rnnoni this law, I would sign tho bill 'repeal ing it. I stand squarely for strict enrorcement of our present laws, in cluding the daylight saloon law. I am in favor of the initiative and referendum. As a candidate for gov ernor I will refuse to accept any contributions from any railroads, corporations, trusts, breweries, dis- An Associated Press dispatch from Sulphur, Okla., says: "The name of United States Senator Robert L. Owen entered into the land investi gation today. E. P. Hill, an attor ney for the Choctaw n'ation, testified before the snecial congressional com mittee which is investigating the Gore bribery charges that Senator Owen is the principal In a suit in which are involved contracts with the In dians calling for a 50 per cent fee. Mr. Owen, however, testified Attor ney Hill, entered into the contracts with the Indians some years before he became a senator and is not now trying to secure 50 per cent, but has left it to the United States court of claims to determine how much he should be paid. It was also said that since his election as senator Mr. Owen had shown no activity in the matter except to testify in behalf of his claim. The value of the nronertv which, it was asserted in Mr. Owen's suit was restored to the .Indians, is fixed bv the denartment of iustice at from $12,000,000 to $14,000,000. As attorney for the Choctaws, Mr. Hill said he was resisting, the suit. 'In 1906, said Mr. Hill, '-Mr. Owen entered into an arrangement with Charjes F. Winton to attempt to se cure for Choctaw Indians living east of the Mississippi river citizenship in what was then Indian Territory. Winton went to Mississippi and got many individual contracts, the num ber being ultimately 1,500. In these contracts the claimants agreed to give to Winton and Owen 50 per cent of all nrhnfirtv -which t.hmr would become possessed if they were admit ted to citizenship. Winton, after ob taining many contracts, died and nis rights reverted to Mr. Owen. After thft Indiana wpro admitted to citizen ship, congress referred Owen's claim to tne court of claims, . where it is now pending. Since he became sen ator, I do not believe Mr. Owen has shown any activity In his case ex cept to testify aB ho was required.' Senator Owen based his claim, the witness said, on legal services he al leges ho rendered at Washington and in Oklahoma, prior to his election to the senate. 'Now,' asked Represent ative Campbell of Kansas, 'suppose Senator Owen should be allowed by the court of claims all that his ; con tracts call for, how much would he of $12,000,000 or $14,000,000, ac cording to the value of the property. 'Is he secured in any way?' The omnibus appropriation bill passed by congress In 1908 provides that the Owen fee shall be a lien on tho prop erty of the Indians.' 'What would