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Vol. 19. No. 958.
MAGOON AT THE HELM
Issues Proclamation Assuring Natives
That Liberty Will Not Be
Violated
Havana Charles E. Magoon as
sumed the governorship of Cuba at
noon today, succeeding War Secretary
Taft.
In his proclamation Governor Ma
goon said:
"The policy adhered and the as
surances given by Secretary Taft will
be strictly adhered to and carried out.
As provisional governor I shall exer
cise the powers and perform the duties
provided for by the third article of
the appendix to the constitution of
Cuba lor the preservation of Cuban
independence and the protection of life
and property.
"As soon as consistent with the at
tainment of these ends I shall seek to
bring about the restoration of the ordi
nary agencies and methods of govern
ment under the other and general pro
visions of the Cuban constitution. All
the provisions of the constitution and
laws which for the time being would
be inconsistent with the exercise of
th powers provided for by the third
article of the appendix must be
deemed to be in abeyance. All the
other provisions of the constitution
and laws continue in full force and
effect."
War Secretary .Taft and Assistant
Secretary of State Bacon will start on
their return to the United States this
afternoon on board the battleship
Louisiana.
BROOKLYN DEMOCRATS IN SPLIT
Five Club Governors Quit When W. R.
Hearst Is Given Indorsement.
New York Af'er the Brooklyn
Democratic Club had at a meeting de
cided by a vote of 21 to 6 to indorse
the platform of the Buffalo convention
and to pledge its support to the candi
dates on the Democratic ticket, five
members of the governing committee
presented their resignations, giving as
their reasons that they would not have
their names connected with that of W.
R. Hearst.
"Many members, including Edward
M. Shepard, J. Edward Swanstrom,
Henry Hentz and A. Augustus Healy,
who had publicly declared their oppo
sition to Mr. Hearst, were not present.
As soon as the vote had "been an
nounced Henry S. Rowland, the secre
tary, resigned his place, declaring that
he believed that Mr. Hearst was a So
cialist and not a Democrat. Francis
tendered their resignations for the
same reasons.
VETERANS DRAW COLOR LINE
Spanish War Soldiers Want Negroes
to Organize Separately
Washington The United Spanish-
A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO
POLITICS, AGRICULTURE AND HOME
Lincoln, Nebraska,
American War Veterans drew the col
or line when it was decided that in
states where there were camps com
posed of negro members of the organi
zation the negro camps should be or
ganized into separate departments
and that hereafter the word "negro"
should be used instead of the word
colored.
Captain Hamilton Ward, Jr., the
newly elected commander-in-chief of
the veterans, accompanied by John
Lewis Smith, the newly elected adjut
ant general, called on President
Roosevelt today and discussed the
proposition to establish rifle clubs
among the veterans of the Spanish
war and to create the veterans into
something like an assembly reserve
al least a nucleus that m'yl r be used
by the United States in case of war.
No conclusion was reached.
NO ELIGIBLE MEN, GIRLS IN POOL
Unmarried Women of Minnesota Town
Issue Declaration of Independ
ence by Organizing Club.
St. Paul, Minn. Unmarried women
of Le Sueur, Minn., hayfe,J.sued a dec
laration of independence as regards the
sterner sex. To the number of six
teen, of whom nine are school teach
ers, they have organized themselves
into a Five Hundred club, and intend
by unfeigned gayety during the long
evenings of the winter to demonstrate
to man he is in nowise indispensable
to their happiness. This was the out
come of a solemn conclave in which
the woman admitted that, through no
fault or failings of their own, but
wholly on account of the scarcity of
eligible men, they were doomed to so
cial celibacy during the coming winter.
SUES BIG HARVESTER COMPANY
Kansas Charges International With
Preventing Competition.
Topeka, Kan. Criminal proceedings
against the International Harvester
Company of America on fifty counts
were begun in the district court of
Shawnee county by the filing of papers
by Fred S. Jackson, assistant attorney
general of Kansas. The charge is
made in each count that the de endant
has entered into a unlawful combina
tion with the International Harvester
company of New Jersey for 'the pur
pose of preventing competition and es
tablishing a monopoly in the trade of
harvesting and " other agricultural im
plements in Kansas. All' of the
counts are based on the exclusive con
tract feature of the contracts Issued to
agents. . ..
THREATENS GREAT LOCKOUT
Fifty Thousand Building Trades Em
ployes May Be Idle.
Chicago A lockout of 50,000 build
ing trades employes is threatened as
the . result of numerous sympathetic
strikes in various buildings now being
erected in the down town district: At
a conference between union Represen
tatives and several contractors no' so-
October 18, 1906
lution of the difficulty was reached
and at the close the contractors issued
an ultimatum which was in effect:
"Return, to work or stay away for
ever." i
The strikes are said to have been
caused by rivalry between the steam
fitters' and plumbers' unions as to
which trade shall install pneumatic
tubing. Among the structures affected
are the new county court house, the
Commercial National bank building
and the new Marshall Field structure.
It is said that close to $3,000,000 worth
of contracts are tied up uendinj; a set
tlement of the difficulty.
DEMOCRACY GAINS, SAYS BRYAN
Nebraskan Finds Text in Observations
in Tour of World.
Springfield, Mo. William J. Bryan
addressed several thousand people for
an hour and a half in Central park to
day, saying in part: "At all times and
in all countries there are two parties
the democratic and the aristocratic.
One of these parties is for the people
and the other is against them. In toe
lastyear'I have visited nearly every
country of the world and find these
two parties everywhere. And in ev
ery country the democratic party is
growing stronger and the aristocratic
party growing weaker. Aristocracy is
gradually dying out of the world. In
this country there is one party that
is much nearer to the people than the
other. And that is the Democratic
party."
BURTON TO GO TO PRISON
Senator Burton of Kansas Is Denied a
Rehearing by the United States
Supreme Court
Washington The United States Su
preme Court denied the motion for a
rehearing in the case of Senator Bur
ton of Kansas, convicted of practicing
for pay before the postoffice depart
ment wihle a senator, and must serve
six months in Iron county, Missouri,
jail and pay a $2,000 fine imposed by
the federal court of St. Louis. Bur
ton now has no way of escaping pun
ishment.
...,.. CHAUFFEUR IS FINED
rN&ncyj France The chauffeur of the
automobile of the Duke of Montpenzier
who ran over and killed a railroad
workman near this city, was sentenced
to two months' imprisonment and to
pay. a fine of $120. The duke was not
prosecuted.
DISCUSS CHURCH QUESTION
' Paris The cabinet at the meeting
today again discussed the church and
state separation law, but no final de
cision was reached. The matter will
be taken up pgiin at the next meeting
of the. cabient, October 16. The
rench parliament will be convoked
October 25.
Canton O. Celery growers in this
vicinity- report a loss of $25,000 from
the severe :old spell of the past few
days - - '
LIFE
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ACCEPTS NOMINATION
W. R. Hearst Issues Letter to Demo
crats Asserting Pride in Their
Confidence.
New York William Randolph
Hearst sent a letter to W. J. Conners,
chairman of Democratic state conven
tion accepting the nomination for gov
ernorship as follow:
"I accept the nomination of the Dem
ocratic party, bearing in mind the rec
ord of the great party in the past and
knowing that the membership of the
party is determined still to be ruled by
the principles of Jefferson and Jack
son for the best interests of the whole
citizenship, rather than for the selfish
interests of any party, class or indi
vidual seeking for special privileges.
: "It cannot be denied that certain
individuals and classes have at times
secured control of the machinery of
the Democratic party and attempted1
to use it for their own personal or
class profit. The duty of true Demo
crats is to deprive or all authority with
the party those who represent only
special interests and who seek to pro
mote such interests at the expense of
the general welfare.
Traitors Driven Ou.
"The Democratic convention at Buf
falo did this thing in a most conspicu
ous and effective manner. Democrats,
so-called, but seeking after special pri
vileges in reality, were driven over
into the Republican party, where those
of their class flourish.
"The line is now clearly drawn be
tween special privileges on one hand
and equal opportunity on the other.
The Democratic party, purged in this
state of corporation control and
pledged to end the boss control
through which corporations act, now
has an opportunity to serve the people
as efficiently as it did in the times
of Jefferson and Jackson.
"To serve the people and the party
today as effectively as in the days of
Jefferson and Jackson it is only nec
essary to be sincerely Democratic and
loyal to Democratic principles.
"The attitude that the Democracy
should take toward great capitalisfic
organizations is now precisely that of
Jackson toward the United States bank
which appeared as a menace in his
day.
"The property rights of every man
and of every organization of any kind
must be respected, but today as In the
day of Jackson, it is necessary to de
clare that no power shall rise up great
er than the government, or menacing
to the government.
Wealth Must Not Dominate.
"The Democrats of today must de
clare and they must mean that no
matter how great the wealth of indi
viduals or corporations, that wealth
must not be an Irresponsible dominat
ing power In government. J
"The "people beyond any question de
