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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.
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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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way bridgo spanning the Rio Grande
river between El Paso and Jaurez,
known as tho-Corralitos bridge, was
blown up by a terrific dynamite ox
plosion on the night of April 5
The most notable result for the
municipal elections for 1912 was tho
defeat of tho socialists in Milwaukee
Dr. Gerhard A. Balding, non-partisan
candidato for mayor defeated
Mayor Emil Seidel, socialist, by about
17,000. Tho entire non-partisan city
ticket was elected.
In tho Wisconsin statu nrimnrJoa
Senator La Folletto won pronounced
victory over President Taft. Tho La
Folletto delegates being chosen by an
overwhelming majority. in the
democratic primaries in the same
state Woodrow Wilson won by a
large majority very nearly equaling
uiuau ul ja i'oueite.
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In Chicago, democrats wore vic
torious in their election for council
men, and in a fight between Mayor
Harrison and Roger Sullivan forces
among democrats, the Harrison
forces won distinct victories.
At St. Joseph, Mo., Mayor A. P.
Clayton was defeated for a third
term by C. A. Pfeiffor, republican.
At Kansas City Henry L. Jost,
democrat, was elected mayor by a
majority of 3,500. Tho entire deino-
A New York dispatch, carried by
the Associated Press says: New
York, April 1. Six thousand ton?
ui iioiiuues, me largest shipment ever
received in New York arrived from
London today on tho steamship
Minnehaha. Doubtless there are
enough of thorn to supply 24,000
000 meals for an adult. As potatoes
were quoted here today at $3.25 per
bag of 1G8 pounds, tho shipment is
valued at more than $230,000. The
government collected $50,000 in
duties.
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