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e,r.-p"57 The Commoner, VOLUME 12, NUMBER 14 16 I i, t I i t i t ,Y ft 'I, m .'' S i i t r i 'Ji- W Mb (: I! I r j - xs .. f V It f , -" M - ..... -: i i ' I" ""?)ni'"" Disastrous floods along tho Missis sippi and Ohio rivers, nffectlng tho Btatea of Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee, caused untold damago last week. Thousands of pcoplo wero driven from their homes, and tho estimated damage to property will run into tho millions. Tho breaking of levees all along tho rivors has caused tho in undation of thousands of acres of farming land. Congress has been appealed to for assistance. An Associated Press dispatch from Boston, dated April 4 th, says: Governor Eugono Foss withdrew his namo from tho presidential primary ballot. In n letter accompanying tho withdrawal, addressed to Chairman Kiloy, of tho democratic state com mittee, ho asked that delegates and candidates pledged to him consider themselves as unpledged. In explanation of his action Gov ernor Foss says ho had learned with regret that representatives of ono or moro avowed candidates for presi dent wero preparing to withdraw their names from tho primary ballot out of courtesy to him. He asks that theso representatives bo urged to permit tho names of their candidates to romain, as If only one namo ap peared no chanco would bo givon for an exprcoalott of popular preference which would defeat tho purpose of" tho preferential primary. The with drawal of tho names of Governor Foss leaves two candidates, Woodrow Wilson and Champ Clark, on the democratic presidential preference ballot. Mrs. J. A. Thalgraph of Guthrlo, Okla., gave birth to four boys. The babies aro all alive and vigorous. The father of tho children is a third cousin of Governor Judson Harmon of Ohio. Calbraith P. Rogers, tho first man to cross tho American prmHrmnf in an aeroplane, was killed 'almost in stantly when his Wright biplane, in which ho had been soaring over the ocean at Long Beach, Cal., fell from a height of 200 feet and buried him In the wreck. His neck was broken and his body badly mangled by tho engine of his machine. Ho lived but a few moments. cratic ticket was elected. Jost is assistant prosecuting attorney for Jackson county. Tho Panama Pacific exposition at San Francisco will open February 20, 1915, and close December 4, 1915, a season of 41 weeks. Judgo Kennedy of tho juvenile court of Omaha has organized a movement to parole delinquents to young men and others having no children. Tho organization will be called "Big Brothers." Richardson of the Eighth wero nomi nated. Tho contest for congress-man-at-largo is close between John W. Abercombio and V. B. Atkins. In tho Second district tho congressmen 'were unopposed. The electors re turned practicaly unanimous instruc tions to state delegates to support Congressman Underwood for the presidential nomination. UNSCRAMBLED EGGS The persecution of wealth pro ceeds. Recently the stock of the Standard Oil company of Kentucky rose to $900 a share, or 450 points A few days ago it was selling at $320, or 580 points below its present level. If these be tho pangs of. dissolu tion, then, Grave, where is thy sting and, Death, where is thy victory? if this be the effect of Competition re stored by due rocess of law the hey dey of combination is over indeed. Scrambling eggs pays well but un scrambling seems to pay even better. Chicago Tribune. WHY INCUBATOR CHICKS DIE The book, entitled, 'The History of White Diarrhoea or Why Incubator Chick Die," will bo sent absolutely free by return mall to any ono sending us tho names of 5 to 8 of their friends that use incubators. This book can save you $100 this summer, it describes White Diarrhoea, or bowel trouble, tho cause, and tells of a cure. Book absolutely free for tho names. RAISALL REMEDY CO., BLACKWELL, OKLA. Woman's suffrage was defeated in tho lower house of the Massachusetts legislature by a voto of 127 to 85. Tho Lincoln, Neb., Journal of April 3, says: W. J. Bryan left for the east at midnight last night, planinng to carry the fight against Governor Harmon's presidential ambitions into tho latter's own state. Mr. Bryan will spend eight days in Indiana and Ohio from April 4 to April 12. He will return to Columbus. Ohio. Anril 15, for a Jefferson banquet and will mako political speeches in Ohio April 15 and 16. In his Ohio speeches, Mr. Bryan will not hesitate to speak his mind as to the Harmon candidacy. He will assail tho gover nor's record as a progressive demo crat in tuuoh tho s.imo manner as he did in various recent speeches in Nebraska and elsewhere. Mr. Bryan's first sneech of the present tour will be at Des Moines this evening. The state-wide ban quet of Iowa democracy, although arranged as a Jefferson day affair, was set ahead several days in order that Mr. Bryan might bo present. Thursday Mr. Bryan will speak to a teachers' association in Chicago. He will theu embark for an eight-day tour through Indiana and Ohio, clos ing with tho Jefferson banquet at Indianapolis Anril 12. alsn ant nhnnri of Jefferson's birthday anniversary in order to permit of his presence. Mr. Bryan will go to New York for a Jefferson banquet April 13 and then back to Columbus for a similar affair April 15. Ho will then spend two days in Ohio before going to New York city for addresses April 19 and 20 in tho interests of the men and religion forward movement. 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