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Taking Caro of Forests
Congress has appropriated 300000
for the preservation of our forest
lands The salaries of those to be em
ployed are fixed at 3 per day with
3 additional for livery and traveling
expenses
Fund for Education of Boys
The German Emperor has assigned
the sum of 100000 marks collected by
East Prussians at the bicentenary of
the kingdom of Prussia as a fund for
the education of boys who are no lon
ger under the care of their parents
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Extracts from W J Bryans Paper
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THE PORTO RICO CASE
By a vote of five to four the supreme
court has declared President McKln
ley emperor of Porto Rico and accord
ing to the press dispatches the emperor
has gladly and gratefully accepted the
title and authority thus conferred upon
him by the highest judicial tribunal
of the land
As the last issue of The Commoner
was going to press Justice Brown be
gan reading the opinion of the court in
the De Lima case and as the decision
was against the government in that
case it was at first thought that the
inhabitants of Porto Rico had been
brought under the protection of the
constitution But those who were en
couraged to believe that the constitu
tion had caught up with the flag were
doomed to disappointment In the
Downes case decided immediately af
terwards a majority of the court com
posed of Justices Brown Gray White
Shiras and McKenna held that con
gress could deal with Porto Rico and
the same logic applies to the Philip
pines without regard to the limita
tions of the constitution Chief Jus
tice Fuller and Associate Justices Har
lan Peckham and Brewer dissented in
strong and vigorous language but the
opinion of the majority even a ma
parity of one stands until it is re
versed This is one of the most im
portant decisions if not the most im
portant ever rendered by the court
it not only declares that congress is
greater than the constitution which
created it the creature greater than
the creator but it denies tne necessity
for a written constitution The posi
tion taken by the court is defended
or rather excused by reasoning which
if followed out will destroy constitu
tional liberty in the United States
Every reason given by Justice Brown
could be used with even more force to
support a decision all limita
tions placed by the constitution on
congress when dealing with the citi
zens of the several states If the Porto
Ricans can trust the wisdom and jus
tice of a congress which cey do not
elect and cannot remove why do the
people of the United States need a con
stitution to protect them from a con
gress which they do elect and can re
move The decision in effect declares
that the people are not the source of
power it defends taxation witii mil-
representation and denies that
ernments derive their just powers
from the consent of the governed
It assails the foundations of the re
public and does so on the ground of
expediency
The dissenting opinions bristle with
precedents and burn with patriotism
they ought to awaken conscientious
republicans to a realization of ihe
meaning of imperialism
This decision like the Dred Scott
decision raises a political issue which
must be settled by the people The
supreme court has joined with the
president and congress in an attempt
to change the form of our government
but there yet remains an appeal to the
people
The election of 1900 did not decide
this question for the republicans de
nied that they favored imperialism
but they can deny it no longer They
must now admit their repudiation of
the constitution as well as the Declar
ation of Independence
So much space is given to the ma
jority and minority opinicns that ex
tended comment is impossible at this
time but the discussion of the subject
will be continued in future issues
A STATEMENT OF THE CASE
The opinions delivered by the United
States supreme court in the Porto
Rican cases are so important not only
for the present but for the future that
it behooves every American citizen to
thoroughly understand their purport
In these opinions
three separate per
iods were treated and it will be well
to consider them in proper order
Between the time when General
Miles took possession of Porto Rico
and the time of the ratification of the
peace treaty the military authorities
established certain military tariff du
ties The court sustained these duties
on the broad ground of military au
thority and necessity
After the ratification of the peace
treaty and prior to the enactment of
the Foraker law fn which law the
present Porto Rican tariff dutips are
set forth tariff duties were levied on
goods coming from Porto Rico to the
United States under the terms and
rates of the DIngley law On this point
the court held that the Dingley law
contemplated the ipwimr of ah
foreign goods from foreign countries
that after the ratification of the peace
treaty Porto Rico became domestic
territory and therefore the Dingley
duties could not prevail
In the Downes case the court took
up that feature of the Foraker law
which established tariff duties on
goods coming from Porto Rico to the
United States The court held these
duties to be lawful on the ground that
congress had full authority to make
rules regulations and laws for the gov
ernment of domestic territory other
than states
In order to fully understand these
opinions it must be known that in rul
ing that the Dingley tariff rates could
not prevail against Porto Rico the
court did not act on the theory that
the constitution followed the
flag dur
ing any of the3e periods under con
sideration This ruling was made be
cause in the opinion of the court a
law enacted for the purpose of levying
tariff duties against a foreign country
could not be applied in levying tariff
duties against a country that was not
foreign In other words if imme
diately after the ratification of the
peace treaty congress had enacted a
law levying the Dingley rates special
ly against Porto Rico those rates
would have prevailed In the courts
opinion the legality of any tariff rate
between Porto Rico and the United
States simply waited upon a formal
act of congress establishing those rates
as applying to Porto Rico
The logic of this opinion as it applies
to the right of congress to levy tariff
customs would make it possible for
congress to levy tariff duties on ar
ticles coming from any territory of the
United States
With respect to our new possessions
the decision is an unfair one because it
denies to them equal trade privileges
with other portions of the United
States whose sovereignty has been es
tablished over them and the pur
pose of the constitution in providing
for equal trade privileges was that no
section subject to United States sov
ereignty should ever become the vic
tim of discrimination This principle
is in line with the very foundation
principles of this government which
contemplated that all the people of the
United States should have equal priv
ileges should be exempt from discrim
inations and should enjoy the immuni
ties which the constitution makers
conceived to be essential to the per
petuity of free institutions
THE ATTITUDE OF ALIENS
In the opinion delivered by Justice
Brown in the Downes case the su
preme court went much farther than
the consideration of the right to levy
tariff duties Justice Brown contend
ed that power to acquire territory by
treaty implies not only the power to
govern such territory but to prescribe
on what terms the United States will
receive its inhabitants and what their
status shall be in what Chief Justice
Marshall termed the American em
pire
Justice Brown then distinctly de
clared that the annexation of territory
did not make the inhabitants of that
territory citizens of the United States
He admitted however that whatever
may be finally decided as to the status
of these islands and their inhabitants
it does not follow that in the mean
time the people are in the matter of
ruclic rights unprotected by the pro
visions of our constitution and sub
jected to the mere arbitrary control of
congress Even if regarded as aliens
they are entitled under the principles
of the constitution to be protected in
life liberty and property
Here we find the supreme courts dec
laration of the status of the people of
these islands Although the constitu
tion does not follow the flag under
the principles of the constitution the
people of our new possessions are en
titled to be protected in life liberty
and property In other words al
though cut away from all former al
legiance although taken away from
former sovereigns and denied the right
of building a sovereignty for them
selves and although required to render
allegiance to this country yet they are
In the attitude of aliens they are
to be taxed without representation
and to be governed without having a
voice in the government This is im
perialism pure and simple
DELEGATED POWERS
Throughout the majority opinion de
livered by Justice Brown runs the
theory that the American congress
may do anything not forbidden in the
constitution This is one of the most
repugnant features of this opinion
Justice Brown seems to have searched
the constitution for prohibitions rath
er than for that grant of power which
the American people have always con
ceived to be the true office of that in
strument In one place Justice Brown
said If in limiting the power which
congress was to exercise within the
United States it was also intended to
limit it with regard to such territories
as the people of the United States
should thereafter acquire such limita
tions should have been expressed In
another place he refers to a constitu
tional clause as suggestive of no limi
tations upon the power of congress in
dealing with territories In another
place he says that no construction of
the constitution should be adopted
which would prevent congress from
considering each case upon Its merits
unless the language of the instrument
imperatively demands it And in his
conclusion Justice Brown referring to
the right or authority of congress to do
what ever it sees fit to do said We
decline to hold that there is anything
in the constitution to forbid such ac
tion
The American system of government
is not a complicated one Indeed its
strength and success have depended
in a marked degree upon its very sim
plicity For years we have been taught
to look in the constitution for power
delegated to the United States and for
powers prohibited by the constitution
to the states For years we have been
taught that the federal constitution
was a grant of power while the state
constitution was a limitation of power
yet the opinion delivered by Mr Jus
tice Brown encourages the notion that
our federal authorities may do what
ever they think necessary to be done
when the same is not specifically for
bidden in the federal constitution
The dangers arising from such an
irrational un American notion will
depend entirely upon the character and
disposition of men in authority A
written constitution has been the safe
guard of American institutions and
once it shall be fully established that
that constitution is a limitation rather
than a grant of power this govern
ment and its people are completely at
Game of Pins Pong
Ping pong a society amusement
started in England has found its way
to this side and is increasingly popu
lar It is a table version of lawn ten
nis with celluloid balls parchment
racquets and a six inch net
Driving Out British Made Goods
American made boots and shots are
driving British made goods out of Aus
tralia and the British colonies in the
East and West Indies and Africa
where they have always had a mo
nopoly
the mercy of the men who hapftea to
be in authority
The mischievous character OP Justice
Browns decision on this poial is indi
cated In one paragraph wherein he
said The states could only delegate
to congress such powers as they them
selves possess and as they have no
power to acquire new territory they
have none to delegate in that connec
tion This was Justice Browns apol
ogy for the absence from the constitu
tion of a delegation of power to con
gress to deal with newly acquired ter
ritory He would then hold that con
gress the creature of the constitution
had greater powers than te body that
created the constitution Itself In or
der to avoid the well established the
ory that the constitution is a grant of
power we have according to Justice
Browns opinion only to ascertain that
the grantors of power were without
authority in a certain respect in order
to give to the creatures of the constitu
tion whatever authority and power
those creatures see fit to exercise
A RADICAL CHANGE
Justice Harlan discusses this point
at considerable length and his words
are quoted here that the reader may
note the contrast between his views
and those expressed by the majority of
the court through Justice Brown Jus
tice Harlan says
I take leave to say that if the
principles now announced should ever
receive the sanction of a majority of
this court the result will be a radical
and mischievous change in our system
of government We will in that event
pass from the era of constitutional lib
erty guarded and protected by a writ
ten constitution into an era of legisla
tive absolutism in respect of many
rights that are dear to all peoples who
love freedom
In my opinion congress has no ex
istence and can exercise no authority
outside of the constitution Still less
is it true that congress can deal with
new territories just as other nations
have done or may do with their new
territories This nation is Hinder the
control of a written constitutionwhich
is the supreme law of the land and the
only source of the powers which our
government or any branch or officer
of it may exercise at any time or at
any place Monarchical and despotic
governments unrestrained In their
powers by written constitutions may
do with newly acquired territories
what this government may not do con
sistently with our fundamental law
The idea that this country may ac
quire territory anywhere upon the
earth by conquest or treaty and hold
them as mere colonies or provinces is
wholly inconsistent with the spirit and
genius as well as with the words of the
constitution The glory of our Amer
ican system of government is that it
was created by a written constitution
which protects the people against the
exercise of arbitrary unlimited power
and the limits of which may not be
passed by the government it created
or by any branch of it or even by the
people who ordained it except by
amendment
It will be an evil day for American
liberty if the theory of a government
outside of the supreme law of the land
finds lodgment in our constitutional
jurisprudence
THE AMERICAN EMPIRE
The courts decision was based upon
expediency In the opinion tPwhiaa
justice Harlan referred as an effort to
establish two governments in this
country one resting on the constitu
tion for Americans the other carried
on in the national capital by the same
people without the constitution for a
subject people Justice Brown said
A false step at this time might be
fatal to the development of what Chief
Justice Marshall called tlie American
empire
It would seem that this phrase was
employed by way of apology or de
fense for the American empire which
Justice Brown and his colleagues were
seeking to erect upon the ruins ot the
American constitution When the
great Marshall used the term the Am
erican empire he referred to an em
pire of love an empire of perfect re
publicanism an empire of hearts an
empire in which the people reigned su
preme and the congress the executive
and the courts were the servants rath
er than the masters of the people He
referred to the American empire as
expressing the perfect reign of Ameri
can principles on every foot of Ameri
can territory and the enjoyment of
American rights privileges and im
munities on every foot of soil within
the American domain
It was in 1820 that Chief Justice
Marshall used this term The court
at that time had under consideration
the constitutional provision that all
duties imports and excises shall be
uniform throughout the United States
On this point Chief Justice Marshall
said Does this term the United
States designate the whole or any por
tion of the American empire Cer
tainly this question can admit of but
one answer It is the name given to
our great republic which is composed
of states and territories The District
of Columbia or the territory west of
the Missouri river is not less within
the United States than Maryland or
Pennsylvania and it is not less neces
sary on the principles of our constitu
tion that uniformity in the imposition
of imposts duties and excises should
be observed in the one than in the
other
What a difference then between
the American empire of the great
Marshall and the American empire of
Mr Justice Brown
Marshalls American empire was
our great republic which is composed
of states and territories The Ameri
can empire of Mr Justice Brown con
templates two governments in this
country one resting on the constitu
tion for Americans the other carried
on in the national capitol by the same
people without the constitution and
for a subject people
Bringing Fruit to Market
A fleet of small schooners is being
fitted out preparatory to leaving for
the Bahamas to load pineapples for
Philadelphia and Baltimore Every
year these vessels leave for the small
islands which comprise the Bahama
group and return with the fruit
Miss Holman a Laboratory Worker
Miss Josephine Bowen Holman an
Indianapolis girl who is to marry Mar
coni is herself an enthusiastic labor
atory worker and has devoted a greal
deal of her attention in thlt line tc
electricity
SOOTHING SYRUP
One of the extraordinary features of
the supreme courts decision delivered
by Justice Brown is the attempt to
assure the people tha the safeguard of
a written constitution can be destroyed
without danger This argument is of
such a remarkable character that it de
serves to be pasted in every American
scrap book On this point Justice
Brown said
Large powers must necessarily be
intrusted to congress in dealing with
these problems and we are bound to
assume that they will be judicially ex
ercised That these powers may be
abused is possible But the same may
be said of its powers under the consti
tution as well as outside of it Human
wisdom has never devised a form ci
government so perfect that it may not
be perverted to bad purposes It ii
never conclusive to argue against the
possession of certain povVers from pos
sible abuses of them It is safe to say
that if congress should venture upon
legislation manifestly dictated by self
ish interests it would receive quick re
buke at the hands of the people
Having been dispossessed of the ad
vantages of a written constitution we
have the right to hope that the men
whom we elect to office will not abuse
the extraordinary power conferred up
on them by the United Stateo supreme
court
It is an amazing bit of logic for a
dignified justice of the highest court in
this land to contend that a fear that
congress might abuse the unlimited
power given it by the supreme court
should be quieted by the reflection that
the same may be said of its powers
under the constitution as well as out
sido of it
Justice Brown says that human wis
dom has never devised a form of gov
ernment so perfect that It may not
be perverted to bad purposes True
indeed and because the statesmen of
this country realized that fact having
had it burned into tnem by the hot iron
of experience they provided limita
tions upon the authority and power of
their public servants They never
dreamed of giving unlimited authority
to their public officials and when they
devised this government and improved
it by placing certain powers with the
states when they denied certain pow
ers to the states and gave federal au
thorities certain powers specifically set
forth in a written constitution resting
the whole frame work upon a founda
tion of justice liberty and equality to
all men and to all sections of this
country they devised the best form of
government yet conceived and their
handiwork was never so much endang
ered as it was by the opinion delivered
by Mr Justice Brown
A SUBLIME REASSURANCE
In his effort to further quiet those
who apprehended danger by reason of
the unlimited power bestowed by the
supreme court on the federal authori
ties Justice Brown said
Grave apprehensions of danger are
feit by many eminent men a fear lest
an unrestrained possession of power
on the part of congress may lead to
unjust and oppressive legislation in
which the natural rights of territories
or their inhabitants may be engulfed
find no justification in the action of
congress in the past century nor in
the conduct of the British parliament
toward its outlying possessions since
the American revolution
iThis is sublime reassurance Those
nthn fear that an unrestrained
siiDij of power on the part of congress
maVi lead to unjust and oppressive leg
islation in which the natural rights
of iraen may be engulfed have only to
look at the action of congress during
thepast century
But if this is not sufficient Mr Jus
tice Brown bids them look at the con
duct Gf the British parliament toward
its outlying possessions since the Am
erican revolution
To what a glorious field for Inspec
tion this justice of the supreme court
has invited the American people
Under this opinion we are about to
embark on Great Britains colonial
policy and to reassure ourselves to
quiet our conscience we have but to
look at the history of Great Britain to
ward its outlying possessions since
the American revolution
An inspiring spectacle indeed
We may look at South Africa where
Great Britains unrestrained posses
sion of power has destroyed two
promising republics and has drenched
the soil with the blood of patriots
we may look at India whose people
have been dying by starvation for
years at India where on several occa
sions the bounty and generosity of the
American people have been necessary
in order to save human beings living
under the sovereignty of Great Britain
from death by starvation-
We may look at Ireland whose pop
ulation today is 4000000 less than it
was in 1841 at Ireland whose people
have been defrauded of their natural
rights at Ireland whose people have
been denied the highest aspirations
and the purest ambitions at Ireland
Wrhose people have been burdened with
unjust laws with outrageous taxes
with infamous decrees at Ireland
whose people have fled from British
sovereignty or died with broken hearts
and famished bodies Wherever you
go whether you find the Irishman at
home or abroad you will find a hater
of British sovereignty and a living wit
ness to the fact that British rule over
the peoples who are denied equal par
ticipation in British government has
been unjust to the people governed
and discreditable to the governing
power
A Hot Literary Dinner
A Georgia paper has an account of
A hot literary dinner after which
there was a wrestling match to decide
who was the best literary man in town
Mart Tompkins throwed Luke Landers
five times and was afterward declared
head writer and literary president
Suddenly KIch and Generous
George W Carroll of Beaumont
Texas who has become rich through
the discovery of oil in Texas has giv
en 60000 to Baylor University Waco
Texas to erect a science building and
has promised moreeif that sum 1b in
sufficient
Hlgher Mathematics
The story -writer who figures out
that there has -been 121 generations of
the human family beginning with
Adam has done something that ought
to discourage the most enthusiastic
genealogist Boston Globe
IN I COLLISION
Perryboat Horthfield Goes Down With
Hundreds of Pa83engers
LOSS Of LIEE IS NOT YET KNOWN
Jersey Central Express Boat Mauch
Chunk Docs the Mischief As Crash
Came Water Was Instantly Filled with
Struggling Men and Women
NEW YORK June 14 One of the
most frightful ferry collisions in the
history of this city took place at 6
oclock this evening just off the foot of
Whitehall street The Nprthfield of
the Staten Island ferry crowded to
the guards was run into and sunk in
nine minutes by the Jersey Central
railroad express boat Mauch Chunk
A score or more of passengers are
dead but the total drowned may not
be discovered for days
Within three minutes after the col
lision the water was filled with frantic
men and women screaming for help
and struggling to keep above the sur
face Before the Northfield had gone
more than 200 feet from its slip it be
came apparent that a collision was in
evitable
The captains of both vessels rang
furiously to their engineers to stop
and back full speed astern and btoh
boats whistled loudly Then the crash
came A startling cry of fear as if
from one voice was heard then the
shrieks and shouts of the hundreds
packed on the Staten Island ferry
Scores of women fainted Others leap
ed madly into the water The boats
after an instants pause succeeding the
ramming separated Through a great
ragged hole torn in the berryboats side
water streamed in a torrent Many of
the women were hysterical and with
whitened faces and tears running down
their cheeks they clutched to the life
savers which were tightly secured in
a network of wires
With but few exceptions every man
aboard behaved like a hero All knew
the Northfield was mortally hurt It
was rolling heavily and sinking rap
idly But these men some of them
laborers going from their work others
bankers from Wall street returning
to their country houses on the island
thought first of the women and chil
dren Scores of men seized little ones
in their arms or took charge of the
two or three women nearest them and
encouraged them and cheered them
with assurances of safety Many of
the women refused to be quieted seized
life preservers and jumped
Tugs and craft of every sort hearing
the dying siren of the stricken boat
steamed full speed toward her from the
bay and from North and East rivers
The Northfield was just floating a
crippled hulk as the first tug boat
reached it In scores of cases women
climbed over the rail on the saloon
deck and held their hands beseeching
ly to the tug boats almost letting go
their hold before the boats were with
in 100 feet
As fast as the pug nose of a tug
boat bumped against the side of the
Northfield it was black with struggling
men and women grasping in terror at
anything that promised a hand hold to
safety In the front part of the North
field a dozen men passed women and
children to the nearest tugs picking
them off the side guards where they
clung in water to their knees and half
unconscious with terror
1230 a m No bodies have yet been
recovered from the Northfield The
loss of life can only be estimated by
reports to the police from eye wit
nesses There was a full tide flowing
and there is little hope of recovering
any bodies tonight
May Adopt Australian Plan
HAVANA June 15 Senors Brava
Silva Aleman Betancourt and Zayas
have been appointed by the constitu
tional convention a committee to draw
up the electoral law It is probable
that the Australian system will be
adopted
Illinois Keeps Up Pace
NEWPORT NEWS Va June 15
The battleship Illinois arrived at the
shipyard this afternoon at 5 oclock
after a remarkable run down the coast
during which she made an average
speed of fifteen knots under natural
draught
American Banks Abroad
WASHINGTON D C June 15 The
state department has been informed
by Deputy Consul General Hanauer at
Frankfort Germany that steps are be
ing taken for the creation of a federal
bureau of technics in the empire
Conger in Washington
WASHINGTON June 15 Hon E
H Conger United States minister to
China is in Washington for the pur
pose of calling on the president and
Secretary Hay preparatory to his re
turn to Pekin He expects to see
both these officials today Mr Conger
has been kept fully advised by the
state department of Chinese affairs
since his departure from China but
desires a personal interview with tha
president and Secretary Hay
THE UNION PACIFIC DEAL
Reported Control of St Paol Sends Up
Stock of Both Roads
NEW YORK June 14 The rumor
was circulated in Wall street whether
for stock jobbing purposes or not re
mains to be seen that the Union Pa
cific has got control of the St Paul
by the transfer to John D Rockefeller
of 25000000 worth of St Paul stock
by an unnamed holder supposed to be
James Henry Smith known as Si
lent Smith The story was denied by
SL Paul people but as it had the ef
fect of sending Union Pacific up 5 2 8
points and St Paul up over 4 points
both Issues were heavily dealt in
According to the story Smith and
his associates had in their possession
25000000 worth of St Paul stock
which has for years been locked up
Recently J J Hill wanted to control
the road in connection with the Great
Northern and learning that the Smith
coterie controlled nearly a third of the
capital stock which is 881520 shares
or 88152000 he made overtures look
ing toward the acquisition of their
shar2
Smith could not be persuaded to sell
and Hill took the Chicago Burlington
Quincy road Then followed the fight
over the Northern Pacific which re
sulted in the recent panic Mr Rock
efeller is now supposed to have in
duced Mr Smith to sell his shares It
is said that among Smiths associates
were two of the St Paul directors
A LOCOMOTIVE BLOWS UP
r
Engineer and Fireman Killed and An
other Man Injured
COLUMBUS Neb June 14 As a
result of a boiler explosion on a
Union Pacific engine two men are dead
and a third fatally injured
The dead
ENGINEER CHARLES J FULMER
Omaha
FIREMAN DAVID JENKINS of
Omaha
Injured
William Fleming head brakeman
Omaha severely scalded leg broken
may recover
The engine was one of the large
class No 1831 drawing train No 17
in charge of Conductor Wallace and
Engineer Fulmer When about four
miles east of Clarks the boiler explod
ed without a moments warning The
engine is said to be completely de
stroyed One car was derailed and
trafHc delayed about four hours Parts
of the wrecked engine were found 100
yards- from the track The boiler
which was found fifteen feet or more
from the track half buried in the soft
mud and its pipes and sheathing won
derfully twisted has been dug up and
subjected to a careful examination
with a view to determining if possi
ble the cause of the explosion This
however is still a mystery
Iiet Government Buy Corn
MINNEAPOLIS June 14 A num
ber ofmembers of the Farmers Alli
ance listened to an address by George
H Phillips of Chicago at the West
hotel The address dealt principally
with corn and corn corners Let
the government he said tax the
farmer a cent a bushel on his corn
crop and with the money build ele
vators in which to store 100000000
bushels of corn and pay 40 cents
Chicago basis for it
American Coal for France
WASHINGTON June 14 Consul
General Gowdy at Paris in a communi
cation to the department of state ex
presses the opinion that American coal
can be advantageously placed in com
petition with coal imported from other
countries into Europe especially in
view of the recent imposition of the
English export tax on that product
The main obstacle in this regard he
says would be the high rates of ocean
transportation
White Bouse Sick Report
WASHINGTON June 14 After
the usual morning consultation of
Mrs McKinleys physicians the fol
lowing bulleting was issued Mr
McKinley s physicians report that her
condition continues to improve
Former Fairfield Boy Drowns
FAIFFIELD Neb June 14 A tel
egram from Kansas City announces
the death by drowning of Glen
Prickett the youngest son of the late
Hon W S Prickett He was bora
and brought up here
Mrs Pullman Wants Divorce
CHICAGO June 14 Mrs Lyn
Pullman today filed suit in the Cook
county court for divorce from George
M Pullman on the ground of deser
tion
Professional Swine Judges
DES MOINES la June 14 The
Association of Professional Swine
Judges met here in connection with
the annual meeting of the State
Swine Breeders association The as
sociation expressed a serious grievance
against the Iowa
state fair
manage
ment on account of the fair people
having disposed of a building for 50
which had been for many years used
by the judges of swine leaving them
without any place for headquarters
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