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ijPWws" The Commoner. hi VOLUME 12, NUMBER IB h I commons tho homo rulo bill, 'which practically all the liberals and labor ilea and both sections of tho nation alists, the Hedmondites and the O'Brienites. Tho unionists, of course, opposed It, and the Ulstorites through their Spokesman, Sir Ed ward Oarcon, made it clear that they object to a parliament in any form being set up , inIreland. bears the official title of tho govern ment of Ireland bill. This is tho third attempt of the liberal party to settle tho Irish question, which caused disruption of tho party under Gladstone and kept them out of power for nearly twenty years. Mr. Asquith's bill met with support from vl tW ,s'y&FW$';TW w 16 C y .,. ,- . 7 J Zk? L.rf C SfnTt'V' , til I rxT criry r c K EH& I 1 t !-.' 1 & v V a GHKATKHT MARINE DISASTER More than 1,500 persons, possibly 1,800, it is feared, sank to death early Monday morning, April ICth, whon, within four hours uftor sho crashed Into an Iceberg, tho mam moth Whi to Star lino steamer, Titanic, bound from Liverpool to Now York on hor maiden voyage, wont to tho bottom off tho Newfound land banks. Of tho approximately 2,200 persoiiB on board tho giant liner, somo of them of tho world wido prominence, only C75 aro known to havo been saved. Tho Whito Star ofllccs In Now York, while keeping up hope to tho Inst minute, admitted that thoro had been horrlblo loss of life. Accepting tho early estimates of tho fatality list as accurato tho disaster is tho greatest in the marine history of tho world. Nearest ap proaching it in magnitudo wero tho disasters to Iho steamer, Atlantic, in 187.'!, whon 047 lives wore lost, and to tho LaBourgono in 1808, with a fatality list of 571. A Pittsburgh dispatch, dated April 15th, says: John Dalzoll, a congressman from tho Thirtieth Pennsylvania district, has been de feated for tho congressional nomina tion by M. Clydo Kelley, a progres sive In tho last legislature. The re sult was definitely known when tho official count was being made. With but two county districts missing Dal zell receivod 9,412, Kelley 9,493. Tho voto from tho missing districts Is not sufficient to overcome Kelley's lead. A dispatch to tho Louisville Courior-Journal says: A break oc curred in tho main system of tho St. Francis lovees near Golden Lake, Ark., flooding 2,000 square miles of territory. Tho work of strengthen ing tho lovoes in tho delta section is being carried on night and day by an army of men. Tho water released in tho St. Prancfs basin will bo forced back Into tho main channel of tho Mississippi rlvor through tho St. Francis river, whon tho main danger to tho delta country will bo felt. No loss of lifo has boon reported in Arkansas. Tho situation at Hick man is improving and moro govern ment supplies arrived recently. Governor Wilson said that "tho rob bery was very suspicious." Ho re fused to openly mako charges that political enemies had committed the theft. "Tho robbery will greatly in convenience me," ho said, "but who ever obtained tho papers and corres pondence will bo greatly disap pointed. Whilo tho correspondence Is of a naturo which necessarily Bhould bo considered private between tho writers and myself, thoro is noth ing but that may be published with out doing mo harm." Governor Hooper of Tennessee has appointed Newell Sanders of Chattanooga to succeed the late United States Senator Robert L. Taylor. The Ambridge, Pa., News-Herald says: Tho democratic harmony ban quet at tho Junction park pavillion was a flno affair and attended by about 125 of tho unterrified. Three speakers wero introduced by toast master George Wilson, esq., the first being John Marron, esq., of Pitts burgh, who made an eloquent address on, "Retrospect and Prospect." He was followed by M. J. Caton, of Pitts burgh, whose theme was, "Shall Democracy Retreat." Peter Witt, a Tom Johnson man of Cleveland, was tho last speaker and made a power ful address on "Democracy vs. Plu tocracy." Rev. M. J. Sleppy made tho Invocation. Ambridge was rep resented by George Pardell and H. Leo Goerman, tho latter being a member of the committee on speakers. Roosevelt carried Illinois by a landslide. Champ Clark carried tho same state over Wilson by a majority of 2 to 1. Wilson carried Pennsylvania by a big majority. Roosevelt also car ried it ovor Taft by a landslide. An Associated Press dispatch from St. Louis says: In compliance of an order of the circuit court to make moro specific their charges of con spiracy on the part of the Standard Oil to get control of their company, attorneys for tho Waters-Pierce Oil company filed an amended answer in the election of mandamus suit pend ing before Judge Kinsey. The new answer assorts that in t.hr rpoonf election of directors, representatives of tho Rockefellers, John D. Arch bold, H. M. Flagler and other Stand ard Oil magnates tried to vote by proxies a majority of Waters-Pierce stock with a view to putting Stand ard Oil representatives in charge of tho Waters-Pierce directorate. The answer cnarges that the pretended dissolution of tho Standard Oil trust is a farce, a disguise and a nrfitAxt and that the relations of the parent- uouy wun me subsidiary concerns i3 practically unchanged. A Chicago dispatch to tho Cincin nati Enquirer says: "Roqm work ers," undeniably having political affiliations, broke into Governor Woodrow Wilson's suite of rooms at tho Hotel Sherman recently and stole a suitcase full of private correspon dence and papers belonging to the New Jersoy executive. Tho robbery occurred between 2 and 3 o'clock in the afternoon, while the democratic presidential candidate was at St. Mary's roctory with Rev. P. J. O'Cal laghan and other priests of tho Paul ist order. It was discovered at 2:30 o'clock when tho governor returned to his room. It was then found that the robbers had left valuable silver, toilefc articles and other belongings of pecuniary value. Beforo leaving for Syracuse, N. Y., where he jis sched uled id speak before a non-political dinner of the chamber of commerce, Governor Harmon of Ohio de livered a speech in defense of his presidential boom. His Nebraska sponsor is Senator G. M. Hitchcock. Roosevelt captured the solid Maine delegation. 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