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Vol. 19. No. 944;
LIONIZED IN LONDO
William J. Bryan Guest of British
Premier His Tour of the Con
tinent is Postponed
London William J. Bryan lunched
with Premier Campbell-Bannerman
today at the latter's official residence
in Downing street. Lord Chancellor
Loreburn and Secretary of India Mer
ley were among those present.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan have tempor
arily abandoned their planned con
tinental tour and have decided to re
main in Great Britain until after the
conference of the interparliamentary
union, which will open here July 22.
They will spend some, time in Scot
land, leaving London, July 15. Invi
tations have been pouring in on Mr.
Bryan and he, and Mrs. ryan are kept
busy keeping engagements. " They
.were entertained at dinner by Colonel
C. J. Bills of Nebraska this evening
and will leave London tomorrow to
spend the day at the country place
of Mr. and Mrs. Moreton Frewen, in
Sussex, stopping while on their way
there to lunch with Mrs. George Corn-wallis-West.
They will return here
July 12 in time for a luncheon which
Ambassador Whitelaw Reid and Mrs.
Reid are to give them at Dorchester
house before going to the house of
commons to hear War Secretary Hal
dane speak on army reform.
Secretary Ridgley Carter of the
American embassy and Mrs. Carter
will give a luncheon July 13 in honor
of Mr. and Mrs. Bryan and Mr. Hal
dane will give them a dinner the
same evening, the afternoon being
spent in I he house Gf commons, where
the navy budget will be introduced.
Lord Chancellor Loreburn will close
a week of entertainments with a din
ner to Mr. Bryan.
SOCIALISTS OF IDAHO MEET
Adopt Declaration of Principles and
Nominate Ticket
Boise, Idaho The socialists have
been holding a state convention at
Caldwell for two days and were in
session until late tonight. They adop
ted a long declaration of principles;
also a resolution declaring belief in the
innocence of Moyer, Haywood and
Pettibone, charged with the murder
of former Governor Steunenberg.
; The convention nominated a com
plete ticket including:
For congress E. L. Riggs of Hey
burn. Governor Thomas F. Kelly of Cald
well. Lieutenant governor J. Schenowitz
of Lewiston.
Secretary of state J. F. Hutchin
son of Burke.
There was a sharp contest over
the nomination for governor. Vincent
St. John was the candidate of. the
radical element and came within, a
nv votoo.vf beinw nominated. St John
A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO
POLITICS, AGRICULTURE AND, HOME
Lincoln, Nebraska, July 12, 1906
is the man .who was arrested at Burke
soon after Moyer and Haywood were
taken into custody and was afterward
turned over to the Colorado author
ities, charged with a murder at Tel
luride.
NEW CANAL BOARD IS NAMED
President Takes Action Made Nec
essary by Senate's Stand
Washington Because of the failure
of the senate to confirm the isthmian
canal commission President Roosevelt
has named a new commission consist
ing of Theodore P. Shonts, chairman
John F. Stevens, Governor Charles E
Magoon, Brigadier General Peter C
Haines, U. S. A.' (retired), Mordeca
Endicott, civil engineer, U. S. N., and
Benjamin M. Harrod.
Mr. Stevens replaces General Ernst,
who hereafter will devote practically
all of his time to the Internationa
waterway commission. Joseph Bucklin
Bishop, who was secretary to the old
commission and a member, will be sec
retary to the new body but not one of
its members. 4
The salaries of the members wil
continue the same as heretofore. . Mr,
Stevens will continue - as chief en
gineer, but will not receive any extra
compensation for his services as
member of the commission.
PARIS THRONGED BY AMERICANS
Summer Rush at Its Height and the
Hotels Are Overcrowded
Paris There is no diminution in the
number of Americans visiting Paris
The registers of the principal hotels
seem exceptionally long, even if none
but American names is considered
The summer rush is at its height and
there are instances of hotels being
unable to accommodate those who
have not applied in , advance. Such
tourists belong purely to the trans
cient class, but a considerable class
is making Paris a place of residence
for the entire summer.
BIG FIRES IN CALIFORNIA
Sweep Over Farming Districts, Doing
Heavy Damage
Modesto, Cal. Great fires have
swept over a large area In this vi
cinity during the past two days. Over
fifteen thousand acres of wheat, bur-
ley and pasture have been destroyed
and numerous ranch houses and barns
burned. The damage is estimated at
many thousands of dollars.
DEATHS FROM JULY FOURTH
Chicago Fifty-one lives thrown
away and 3,551 celebrants maimed or
injured, some of them fatally, is the
record of this year's Fourth as com
piled by correspondents of the Chi
cago Tribune. The loss of life almost
equals that of Jast year, when fifty
nine persons were killed, while every
record for the number of Injured wa3
broken. Almost 1,000 more were in
hospitals or swathed in bandages than,
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on the day following the Fourth last
year. n '
That the death list will continue to
grow for several days is indicated by
a large number of dispatches record
ing injuried believed to be fatal. The
deadly toy pistol was responsible for
a big per cent of the. Injuries and six
of the dead. How many of the In
jured are infected with the germs o
tetanus can not be estimated.
INVITE BRYAN AND ROOSEVELT
uenver president , Kooseveit and
William J. Bryan were today invited
to attend the sixth annual convention
of the League of Press clubs, which
meets fn this city from August 27 to
September 1.
The former is invited as an author
and the latter as a newspaper man
and publisher.
Pool Rooms Restrained
Hot Springs, Ark. A temporary
injunction restraining the several poo!
rooms and turf exchanges of this re
sort from operating was granted Mon
day by Chancellor Curl on the grounds
that they - were corruptive to youth
are harboring places of law breakers
and are common nuisances. The poo
rooms have been closed for more than
a week on a peremptory order- of
Sheriff R. L. Williams. The suit was
brought by Prosecuting Attorney W.
T. Scoggins.
May Ship Kansas Flour
Topeka, Kan. Leizaburo Shlmizu,
Japanese consul in Chicago, is here
gathering data regarding Kansas
wheat and flour, and expects to make
an effort to have some Kansas flour
shipped to the Orient. Mr. Shimizu
spent a day with F. D. Coburn, secre
tary of the board of agriculture, study
ing the many documents in Mr. Co
burn's office regarding Kansas wheat
He will remain in the state a week
interviewing grain men, millers and
farmers in the wheat belt.
Relations Are Resumed
London Diplomatic relations be
tween Great Britain and Servia, which
were terminated by Great Britain
three years ago following the assas
sination of King Alexander and Queen
Draga, were formally resumed this
week when King Edward received in
audience Michael Milipchevitch, the
Servian minister.
Planning Big Railway Loan
New York Negotiations for an im
provement railway loan by French
capitalists have been concluded in
Paris. No details of the loan have
been obtainable so far, but it is gen
erally understood that the loan Is for
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul.
The sum is variously stated at from
twenty-five to fifty million dollars.
Made Honorary Admiral
Trondlijem. Norway Emperor Wil
liam has appointed King Haakon an
honorary admiral of the German navy.
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RUSSIA IN REVOLUTION
Rumor That Royal Family Is Planning
Escape in Case of Necessity,
Pitched Battle Fought.
St. Petersburg According to ad
vices received here from Moscow there
are now 20,000 workmen on strike in
the city and conditions are hourly
becoming more threatening. All of
the police and soldiers on duty there
have been notified to use the strictest
measures to prevent crowds gathering
in the streets and to compel all per-,
sons who can not show authority to
keep off the streets after nightfall. "
The situation in the Caucasus is de
cidedly threatening and a large de
tachment of Cossacks, armed with rapid-fire
guns, have been dispatched
there on a special train.
Many Pitched Battles
At Isofka there have been a num
ber of pitched battles fought between
the Cossacks and the striking miners
in which the casualties have been
heavy on both sides.
It is .asserted in official circles In
St. Petersburg that the several grand
dukes are taking the most gloomy
view of the situation. AH are said to
have sent their valuables to Paris and
other European centers and to be
ready to flee the country at an hour's
notice.
The rumor is again afloat that the
czar has asked that one of the powers
send a warship to wait at a conven
ient point to take off the royal family
in case of a revolution and convey
them to a place of safety.
Czar's Anxiety Increases
Chicago The Daily News' corre
spondent at St. Petersburg cables as
follows:
"The douma, the Soviet and the
country at large do iot share in the
optimism' of the ministry but consider
that the revolution has already be
gun and that the only question is
where will it stop. Today Warsaw,
Tibis, Riga, Kiev and Moscow report
strikes, bomb explosions and highway
robberies. Life is safe nowhere. In
the Kiev and Samara districts the
peasants and the administration forces
have met in regular battle, the latter
being defeated.
"The defection In the army Is spread
ing. Yesterday a Cossack officer led
a delegation of his fellow Cossacks to
the douma to protest against interior
police service by their forces. The
government is now obliged to abandon
the mobilization of Cossacks. Even
the gendarmes are unreliable.
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