The Nebraska Independent
JANUARY 17, 1907
Summary f Plews
Senator LaKolette cites train hor
rors caused by men being overwork
ed as argument .in favor of his bill
- and charges that opposition of men to
measure is forced by their superiors.
Congressman Mann secures the pas
sage of a resolution calling for sta
tistics of resignations from the Chi
cago postofflce as a basis for urging
increases of pay for clerks and car
riers. Representative Kahn of California,
in the house, declares, that Increase in
army desertions is the direct result
of the abolishment of the canteen.
Congressman Madden heads an in
surrection in effort to induce Chair
man Burton to delay the report on
river and harbor bill until Mr. Lori
ir.er returns to Washington.
General Vladimir Pavliff, known as
"the hangman," was slain by a ter
rorist in St. Petersburg, and the court
is in a panic lest the czar be the
next victim of the campaign of as
sassination. Enthronement of new shah of Per
sia is fixed for February 2. Great
Britain and Russia agree to support
the new ruler.
Attorney General Hadley of Mis
souri, supposedly backed by former
President Ramsey of the Wabash files
suit in the supreme court to dissolve
the alleged merger of the Gould roads
and oust several subsidiary corpora
tions. The police refuse to permit the pro
posed Wall Street prayer meeting in
New York, and Mrs. J. Alden Gaylord;
woman broker, and Rev. Henry Marsh
Warren hold long distance prayers
over the phone.
A New York judge sent a reckless
chaffeur to jail for five days for his
second offense of fast driving, and
promised to give a jail sentence to
every case of a second offense that
comes before him.
Chicago officials of the National
League of Commission Merchants, in
session at Pittsburg, declare that the
railroads are ruining their business.
The president of the Wisconsin
Cheesemakers' Association scored the
members at the annual meeting in
Milwaukee for using unclean milk in
the manufacture of one of the chief
products of the state.
Congressman William Alden Smith
of Grand Rapids was nominated by the
republican caucus in Lansing, Mich.,
to succeed Russell A. Alger in the
senate after a hard fight in which the
machine was smashed.
Governor Deneen in a special mes
sage to the legislature declares the
Jlliuois Central Railroad company jug-
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gled its accounts to avoid payment of
a large part of the taxes due the
state.
Governor Davidson in his message
to the legislature at Madison, Wis.,
says the public service corporations
arc the masters instead of servants
of the people, and that strict laws
must be passed.
Friends of Senator Bailey of Texas
fighting for time, succeeded in delay
ing the legislative resolution calling
for an investigation of his relations
with the Waters-Pierce Oil company
for a few days.
The city council of Milwaukee pas
ses an ordinance authorizing the pur
chase and slaughtering of cattle and
the sale of meat by the city.
The Charles City, Iowa, lynchers
are likely to escape prosecution, as
none of the members of the mob has
been identified, and state officials say
they can do nothing.
The McAndrews & Forbes company
and the J. S. Young company were
convicted in New York of combining
illegally to monopolize the licorice
paste trade.
Mrs. Russell Sage is being besieged
by beggars in her country home. ,
The senate, by a vote of 70 to 1
adopts a substitute for the LaFollette
bill providing for the safety of em
ployers and travelers by limiting the
hours of service of railroad employes.
A personal encounter in the house
between Mr. Gaines of Tennessee and
Mr. Mahon of Pennsylvania was pre
vented by the interference of other
members.
Earthquake shocks have been felt
in widely separated points in the
United States, in Europe and in the
Hawaiian Islands, but no damage was
done.
The march of progress is shown by
a new rule of the Waldorf-Astoria ho
tel in New York which permits women
unescorted to eat in its cafe.
Governor Cummins of Iowa is taking
no steps to bring to justice the Charles
City lynchers who are said to have
killed onem urderer because he com
muted the death sentence of another.
Former Governor Odell of New
York was put through an embarras
sing quiz by Edward J. Russell, an
alleged lunatic who is fighting for
his release from the insane asylum.
Governor Deneen prepares to follow
his special message relating to the
Illinois Central Railroad company with
quick action in the courts. A Bill to
recover about $1,500,000 may be filed
soon.
Congressman Charles Curtis of Kan
sas won the republican nomination for
United States senator to succeed Al
fred W. Benson in the caucus at
Topeka.
A resolution is introduced in the Col
orado legislature at Denver calling
for an Investigation of Simon Gugsen
hein's alleged purchase of the nomin
ation as United State senator.
The house democrats aro Bee!.i:i
to depose John Sharp William as mi
norlty loader and claim to huve 'tiouih
members pledged to elevate Champ
CUrk to the posltien.
Friend! of hike to gulf water w.tv
propose to filbuster to defeat the river
and harbor bill unless it contains an
appropriation for the project.
Insurance Superintendent Drake o
the District of Columbia has issued a
statement explaining the president's
letter opposing the limit on salaries
of life presidents.
Senator Hopkins defended Reed
Snioot in a speech in the senate, and
declares that senators are not federa
officers and therefore not liable to im
peachment by the senate.
Germany's colonial director in an
address before the chambers of com
merce in Berlin, talks of importance
of development of empire's colonies
and tells of the progress and increas
ing influence of the United States..
Pope Pius has issued an encyclical
addressed to the clergy of France, urg
ing further resistance to the separa
tion law, characterizing it as an effort
on the part of the government to de
stroy all religion.
New York churches are making
plans to hold daily prayer meetings in
the big factories of the city.
The departure from New York of
the big ocean liner Koenig Albert was
delayed half an hour by a shower of
rice and old shoes which fell around
a newly married couple.
The Iowa legislature plans to pass
radical reform measures for the peo
pie despite attempts to block them
by the railroads, new laws providing
for a primary and a two-cent fare.
Wisconsin politicians are on the
anxious seat over the continued de
lay of LaFollette in filling federal
offices.
Citizens of Ix)gansport, Ind, may
take action against the city officials
and common council, who refuse to
grant franchises to electric light and
power companies, although the munici
pal plant is unable to furnish the ser
vice. A spectacular celebration will be
held in India on the occasion of the
visit of the Ameer of Arghanistan,
whom it is hoped to wean from Russia.
Saint-Saens, the composer, on reach
ing Paris after his American tour,
says it is absurd to suppose that this
country is not musical, and declares
he was delighted with his reception in
the United States.
A girl virtually was raised from the
dead in a London hospital, being re
vived after she ceased breathing and
her heart stopped beating.
The opposition in France declares
that the cabinet is shaky, but Premier
Clemenceau is believed firmly in
trenched, being regarded as the chief
mainstay during the troubles over the
separation law and ruling the minis
try with an iron hand.
The Canadian government has
passed a bill imposing a duty on the
export of all electricity, natural gas
and petroleum from that country to
this.
Senator Tillman in. a speech In the
senate, blames the pros Jut1 nt for con
ditions making I he Brownsville affair
possible, but denies the power of the
executive to summarily dismiss
soldier.
Jauns I.. IVrsMh of Milwaukee,
after spending ten months in J. til fur
ft fusing alimony tw Iwh wife who had
married a&aln. lub been released and
.-.capes payment.
A remarkable change is taking place
in China as a result of the recent de
cree reorganizing v the government is
shown in a report to the state depart
ment at Washington from Peking.
Charles Curtis' rise from a jockey
to United States senator from Kansas
is the culmination of a life of battle
against tremendous odds.
Western railroads have decided to
grant increased pay to their engineers
which will reach $6,000,000.
Hoke Smith, speaking at Atlanta,
declared that railroad, officials look
after the interests of the stockholders
alone, and that the state and nation
must look after the interests of the
public.
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