1 Cleanses thn oy.stcm Eff cct-
\ \ "n'i .v i i via J
ually ; JLJispJ'ls Lolas iindileaa-
aclioft Juf } to Constipation ;
Acts naturally , acts truly GS
T j. . 7 - /
n.Utmipn ( ma. Uula-
ana uici.
IT ) g.t & Hcnpfie-ial Effects
j&lwnys Luv tlie ( immune uliicli
Kas' tlio tii.ll . nemu1 oH'ne Lom-
$ $ ? IWPM ! A
IjMLiF uAMM
MoS jrB.up Co.
byuhrini tt : imiimfactm-od\pnnteil. on the
SOLD BY ALL LEAOlriS DRUGGISTS ,
one i7i ti.- ' . , regular pi i"i' GO-per boll Ie.
The bishop eif Li l ui. nt a dinner
fa Washivran.to.i ! a story , as the
cigars oaaic on , about one of his pre
decessors ,
"When Pr CrcijJitoii was bishop of
'London. " he smel , "he rode on a train
one < lay with a small , meek curate.
Or. Creighton. an ardent lover of to
bacco. MK'ii took out his Hgar case
and \vith a smile , said : " 'You don't
(
inind my smokinc. .1 suppose" : "
"The njeck. pale Mttle curate bowed
and : iisv < " ! - , { Iriu-ii' : 'Not if yo r
ir . . ' - ] v i- : nsick / "
of MriiiiK : ( " : tr.
On th" 'MM' of the New York
H.--t- : R > 'iail a new style of
i-eii adopted for the
' . _ . ' i .iit-H * . It wis used for Hie
; - : ' -i t < * w nights : i o on tlie ix-
j- - - : : r. ir.g the city at inidniglit , si3-s
t - N"W York Times.
nisread of the berths being separated
: - > ui the rest of the car by curtains.
v.icli passenger will be .able to obtain
IL compartment which approaches in
Hie airage si-ie single rooms of
l , and fittefl with toilet eon veil 5-
TItere will be ten of these in
each compartment with two berths in
each room. The rooms will open out
na. a corridor running the length of the
car. and may be taken in suites. Dooiv
goes from one compartment to another
so tliat members of the same party will
not be separated.
in the new cars rare woods hav
used. In one apartment the linish-
is in tigerwood. which resembles
markincs of a tiger , lu anutfier
a wood from the Philippines is use.l.
of which the experts at Washington
not yet determined the origin ami
cpecies. Jigue wood. Spanish mahog-
and gotibanl are other of the un-
finishings which have been em
ployed to make these cars luxurious
comfortable.
'TeacherMrs. . Clubber , your little
V Clarence frr.juenily conies to school with
bis face unwashed.
Mrs. Clubber Why. good gracious ,
iliss Lipsicmr. what do you keep a school
Janitor for ! --Clii < ago Tribune.
PEIENDS HELP
St. Paul rui-k lueiiloiit.
"After drinking coiTee for breakfast
always felt languid and dull , having
ambition to get to my morning du-
s. Then in about an hour or so a
nervous derangement of the
iteart and stomach would come over me
with such force I would frequently
. -liave to lie down.
"At other times I had severe head-
-sches ; stomach finally became affected
-and digestion so impaired that I had
serious chronic dyspepsia and constipa
tion. A lady , for many years State
il'resident of the W. C. T. U. , told me
K she had been greatly benefited by quit
ting coffee and using Postum Food
Coffee ; she was troubled for years with
. asthma. She said it was no cross to
vjuit coffee when she found she could
have as delicious an article as Postum.
"Another lady , who had been trou-
.bled with chronic dyspepsia for years ,
found immediate relief ou ceasing cof-
iee aud beginning Postum twice a day.
-She was wholly cured. Still another
I'rieml told me that Postum Food Coffee
% vas a Godsend to her , her heart trouble
-iiaving been relieved after leaving off
-coffee and taking on Postum.
"So many such eases came to my nr-
tice that I concluded coffee was the
cause of my trouble aud I quit and took
up Postum. I am more than pleased to
say that my days of trouble have dis-
.appeared. I am well and happy. "
"There's a Reason. " Read "The Road
to Wellville , " in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter ? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine , tr and full of
< &uman inter-
FROM THE COMMONER
IVIR.
SeereJjiry Ttfl on TSMS ( . .
Secretary Taft is rapidh disclosing his
ignorance on the trust question , for to
believe him ignorant is more charitable
than to believe that he doe not intend to
interfere with tie ! trusts , although his
language would justify even this belief ,
lie takes Mr. P.r.\.m to task for favoring
the extermination of trusts , and says that
to exterminate trusts would be to exter
minate industry. The Secretary desires
to regulate and control the trusts , lint
h : > s his party not been "re'/nlatinc"
"controlling" for some cle.en year.- now ?
And have we not more trusts now than
we had viiien regulating and controll
ing hetran ? The trust family is a family
big enough to satisfy the President's ideas
of the size of a family , and the birth rale
i- greater than the death rare. The ad
ministration has commenced suit against
a few trusts , but not ac.iinst man.A. and
thelruts are still irentle enough to come
up and eat out of the hand of the admin-
is ! rat ion. What has been dime in reirard
to the steel tnM ? Did it not swallow
up the Tennessee Coal and Iron Coin-
pain 'i And was it not given out that the
swallowing was done after the administra
tion had been consulted ? Is the steel
trust fiirhting Secretary TaftV And what
about the International Harvester Com
pany ? Have ih > farmers secured any re
lief yel ? And what about the jnpYr trust ?
The steel trust has something like a bill
ion dollars of water in its stock : it can
afford to contribute ten millions to the
Republican campaign fund , becan.se it can
: ret back many times that out of a Re
publican victory , and this i- only one trust
out of many. How can the people hope
to regulate or control trusts when the
i-is. by the election of their favorite to
o'iie. are able to control the government ?
'Hie extermination of trusts is not the
extermination of business. If , for Jn-
an Democratic J agne candidate won at
the poll.s and even there our candidates
were defeated only by Republican help
for the Donnelly Ryan organization can
didates. The latter , however , are all
pledged to liryan. but will follow the
( Juffey lead.
The delegates to the State convention
are almost all I r.\an men. Bryan's
friends will control convention , will write
platform. seect delegates a ) Lrrge and in
struct them for Brvan. '
Reports spread broadcast from reaction
ary source * to the efl'ect thlt Pennsylva
nia will go to Denver uninstrunted are
absolutely fa'e.
WARRE : : WORTH BAILEY.
Sec. Bryan Democratic League of Penn
sylvania.
' ! 'Ie Wood J' lp ! Io > t ! ? ! < ijtji fj r ! ! ui-
c'S itij e OnJy.
The Spe.iker of the national lions.- has
introduced his resolution for an ir.elepen-
dent investigation of the paper trust .ind
the alienations that ha\e b.-en nude
against i ! by the publishers. The resolu
tion wapasseI ye-t/rday and I lie Speaker -
er appointed an investigating committee.
But if an.of . the standpatters imairine
that they are fooling anyone their cap-i"-
ity for self-deception is extraordinary.
Who takes the resolution , seriou.-\ ! ?
Who will take the investigation seriously
in view of its oriiriu and purpose ? It
will be regarded as an investigation for
"Buncombe county only. " The : > -\v ti-ist
busters are in no hurry. Though there
is "nothing doing" in Congre-s. it j not
< \pccted that the work will be completed
before ail.journn > cni. And then ih.- na
tional conventions vill monopolize atten
tion , and no one will remember wor/'l pulp.
After that the dog days will fnrnMi an
e.\cu > e for a slow pace.
Our standpai frienels intend uj "ex
due power through uninstructed delegates
may suggest to the rank and file ot the
party the importance of making their in
structions to their representatives at Den
ver somewhat explir-it.
An expression of the desire of .lie rank
and lile. through instructions to lele ates ,
may prove to be the stumbling biock in
the way of those who would make tin ;
national convention the master , rather
than the servant of th" pa-'ly a-id win
would make the party th ° plaything of
predatory interests ra'her tnau the" cham
pion of the public welfa'V.
TinKulI : > iuifr S'jjil. * '
The State labor department of Xew
i
York on April 1 ! ) issued a bulletin in |
which it is stated that at the close of lO7i ! )
one out of every three union men in the !
State was idle. The trades union policy J )
is to not only -t. > rteu the working day.1
but to limit 'he number of working da\s
pe - week in order to insure work enough
'or their members to prmide against'
wan ; . For ilist.-.nce. the International ,
Typographical Union has a law prohibit
ing a member working more than six coi -
secutive days if there is any member of
the union looking for work in the local
jurisdiction. Many local unions adopted
a five-day law early last winter in order
to distribute the work among more men.
Other unions do the same thing , and this
served in large measure to tide many nu-n
with families over the winter , lint if one
out of every three union men in Xew
York State is out of employment , what
must be the proportion of jobless men in
th' " unorganized trades and occupationsV
The campaign slogan of "The full dinner
pail" would elicit more jeers than cheers
if ottered 10 the workingjnen of Xew York-
to-day.
The congressional majority will have to
do more than adopt "gat : rules" if it ex
pects to keep the country in ignorance of
the majority's failure to enact beneficial
legislation.
Prince Helie de Sagan. who is to marry
an American woman of great fortune , is
credited by the Associated Press with bav
ins said to a Xew York banker tliat ha
W& \ , ' V i
7 / fie * fa
R P.WiSS-wHAL'iPM/AN ; $ A '
" -/1 LP ! HEU > ! HE'S KlLLttifr ME. ' , '
fOUWJfH. CHKR UP/
When "the shoe is on the other foot"
stance , a single corporation has a monopoly
ely of the production of a necessary of
life , and has ten factories in different
States for the production of this particu
lar article , the extermination of this trust
wou'ld mean the soiling off of enough fac
tories to reduce the production of this one
corporation to a point win-re it would no
longer ba\e a monopoly. But this
would not mean closing up of the fac
tories. The people would still need the
article , and the people at large would uet
to be produced. But \\\f \ \ \ * independent fac
tories coming into competition with the
original corporation now no longer a
monopoly would reduce the price of the
article , an dthe people at large would get
the benefit of the reduction. With a re
duction in price , the people could bux
more of the article produced , and this
would increase the demand for labor , and
new factories would sprinir up or existing
factories would be enlarged. With a num
ber of factories competing for laborers ,
the laborers' chance of employment would
be belter , and his wages would be higher.
Then. too. with a number of factories
competing for raw material , the price of
raw material would increase. In other
words , the extci munition of the trust , in
stead of destroying business , would re
store business to a healthy condition ,
while it reduced the price of the product ,
increased the price of raw material and
improved the condition of the laboring
man. Competition lu the natural condi
tion , and the extermination of the trust
would restore competition. Monopoly is
an unnatural condition , and the Kepnl'li-
can party has fostered monopoly and ( .bus
built industry upon a false basis to the
detriment of : fll of the parties concerned
except the monopolist , and he has been
demoralized by his unearned wealth while
the rest of the people have been victimized
by the practice of monopoly.
Secretary Taft ought to study the trust
question a little more , or discuss it less.
for each speech reveals his lack of fa
miliarity with the subject or his lack of
sympathy with the people at large.
I'rom I'eiinsylvniiiri.
The following telegram concerning the
Pennsylvania Democratic primaries ex
plains itself :
Johnstown. Pa. , April l.Sth. 100S.
The Commoner. Lincoln. Xcb. /
Fifty-one of the sixty-four district del
egates to national convention chosen by
popular vote at the uniform primaries are
for Brvan.
The Br\an Democratic League candi
dates in James M. ( JulTe.\'s district were
SIKH e sful.
Philadelphia neirly every Bry
ploit" the resolution in their "dejstricis. "
to point to it with affected pride as a
statesmanlike substitute for revision.
They will run the risk of hooting and jeVr-
ing. Their little game is too transparent.
Their only serious argument that they
could not touch wood pulp and paper
without reopening the whole fa rill qir
lion was gone when it was shown ihit
the admitted need of forest-saving fu.--
nished a complete and .convincing reas-
for treating the wood pulp and paper du
ties as belonging to a separate and * dis
tinct category. The House minority is
on record as acquiescing in such rea.si.-nt
of these duties. The anxious stvulp-Mr-rs
know that telling quotations fro a . > - !
dential messages and resolutions of manu
facturers and clubs and other organiza
tions were at their disposal to justify to
all minds the singling our of the schedule
in question for revision at this time. They
are reckoning without the common sense
and the humor of their constiMens. :
( The alnne is not a Commoner edito
rial. It was not taken from any Demo
cratic paper. It appeared as an e.lito"5al
in that devoted old Republican : e\vspi-
per. the Chicago Jtecord-IIerald issue of
April ± - ' .
AVIiy Xot Itovl.se ?
The Minnesota Republican State con
vention adopted the platform in which it
declares : "We reaffirm the principal of
protection of American labor and iudus-
trie-- . but we believe the time has come
when there should be a revision of the
tariff schedules by a Republican Con-
gres , . "
If "the time has come when there
should be a revision of the tariff schedules
by a Republican Congress" why does the
Republican Congress , now in session , fail
to act ? Is it difficult for the ordinary
man to understand that the people cannot
expect a revision in the public interest
from a political party that derives its
campaign funds from larifl" beneficiaries ?
< > ' Stumbling
The Richmond ( Ya.J Times-Dispatch
concludes an editorial relating to the
"anti-Bryan movement' ' in these words :
"If e\ ; ' there was a convention where
the power of the uninstructed delegate
will be great , not only in the choice of
the candidate , but in writing the plat
form. it will be at Denver. The appre
ciation of this fact is the stumbling block
in the way of those who want no delibera
tion bthe representatives of the people
in convention assembled. "
But the appreciation of the fact that
certain special interests are seeking un-
would leave this country very soon and
hoped he would never sec America again. {
This prejudice against American soil I
seems not. however , to extend to American - i
can monev.
The proposed plan to have a commis
sion revise the tariff is not nearly so good
as the plan of letting the people elect a
Congrc.-s that will revise it in the interests - J
ests of the people. t
The rnited States Steel Corporation's '
1U07 earnings were the greatest in its his
tory. You would look a long while for a '
tariff revisionist among the managers of >
that corporation.
Several representatives of public interests - ;
ests at Washington no doubt wish some .
of the American newspaper reporters
would go on strike like those German
newspaper men. I
A Republican exchange says that Sena
tor La Follette would he more of a Re
publican if he voted less often with the '
Democrats. True , but he wouldn't be
right nearly so often.
The Pennsylvania man who has just
completed a patchwork quilt containing
11.7(50 ( pieces ought to be sent to Con
gress aud assigned to the task of drafting
a Republican financial bill.
"Indiana Republicans have warmed up
to Mr. Fairbanks. " declares a contempo-
rary. Yes. And what is warming up to j
Mr. Fairbanks would be a red hot cam
paign for almost any other man.
John Smith aud others went to Yirginia
something like three hundred years ago
expecting to find gold. The Duke of
Abruzzi followed up a few days ago and
seems to have located the mine.
A Chicago gentleman who was very
prominent in his "defense of the national ( ,
honor" about eight years airo is now look
ing to the Supreme Court to save him
from a penitentiary sentence.
The Xe\v York Evening Post insists , '
that organized labor demands the legaJ-
izing of the boycott. The Post is unable
to see what organized labor demands is
merely that a member of a union may le- j
gaily 'do what he might legally do if not
a member of the union. In other words. ' ,
organized labor demands that the posses- (
sioii of a union card shall not deprive a |
man of his rights as an individual under
the law and the constitution.
CHICAGO.
It. Ci. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of
trade in the Chicago district says :
"jJussiness activity , while recovering
slowly , is seen to be upon a steadier basis.
Liquidation remains but causes less ap-
pr.rheii.sion as to results , and the commer-
defaults , although yet seemingly nu
merous , include none , of conspicuous in-
fluence upon credits. Lower co. t of ac
commodation is accom.a iied l > \ a he.uier
mmeuieut of money anil preparations in-
die-ate prompt settlements of the May in
terest payments , a considerable portion
of which will rest here. A very satisfac
tory volume appears in the distribution
of general merchandise. , and interior buy
ers not only make frequent calls for re-
assortments , but also place liberal ad-
\ance orders for fall and winter lines.
"Railroad traffic returns suffer from a
limited marketing of crops and restricted
shipments from the factories. Weakness
* n pig iron discourages large buyers , and
ore supplies carried over show an unusual
surplus , which may be slow of reduction ,
unless additional furnaces resume. Fac
tory work in the iron branches runs more
steadily , especially in machinery , heavy
hardware and farm implements , but the
forges and foundries have little forward
work and resumption of normal opera
tions is not yet discerned. /
"Ilestriction yet appears in wcod-J ork-
ing branches , but not so severe as a
month ago. there being more activity in
furniture and boxmaking. while planing
mills obtain increasing orders from the
extension of building enterprises.
"Mercantile collections throughout the
near by Stales exhibit more promptness
with the growing ease in money. Farm
advices are uniformly good as to pro
gress in spring work and condition of win
ter wheat.
"Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number . " .1. against 21 last week and
H > a year ago. Those with liabilities
over ? . ) .0t)0 ) number 10. against 0 last
week and 7 in 11(07. ( "
i
NEW YOSK.
Improved weather conditions aud ex-
. client crop reports throughout the great
er part of the country , coupled with the
favorable construction put upon recent
financial developments , have made for
the growth of a better feeling as regards
the outlook , but the actual effect upon
distributive trade and industry is as yet
of the slightest. Some gain is reported in
a few sections , notably the South and
central West , in retail trade , but at the j
South retail business since Easter is
rather quitter , and Easter trade as a
whole was not up to expectations. Some
enlargements in filling-in orders by job
bers is noted , and a few western points
report slightly more buying for fall de
livery , but hesitancy and conservatism
rule operations to an extent not approached - i
ed in recent years. Textiles are \ery
much depressed , though veather and crop .
reports are harbingers of hope for the
future and short time is w H-nigh univer
sal. Xorth and South. The shoe trade
reports more orders , especially ar le.uling
western markets , but business is hardly j
up to expectations.
Business failures in the I'nited States
for the week ending April 2. . number
2. > 1. against 2(51 ( last week. l-7 in the
like week of 11107 , 177 in IflOti. IIX'I in
300. and 11)7 ) in 1004. Canadian fail
ures for the week number MO. as against
21) ) last week and 23 in this week a year .
ago.
Chicago Cattle , common to prime ,
$4.00 to 7.1ir : boss , prime heavy. $1.00
to $ . " ) . . " ) ! ; sheep , fair to choice. $ o.OO
to $ U.OO ; wheat. Xo. 2. ! )7c ) to ! > ! > e ;
corn , Xo. 2. GDc to ( > i > c : oats , standard ,
r > lc to Ti2c : rye. Xo. L' . SOc to Sic ; hay ,
timothy. ? ! ) .oU to $1(1.00 ( : prairie. $ S.OO
to SKUM ) ; butter , choice creamery. IMc
1o Hoc : eggs , fresh , lie to l.3c : potatoes ,
per bushel , ( MC to 7Sc.
Indianapolis Cattle , shipping. $ . ' 1.00
to $ i > . ! )0 ) : hogs , good to choice heavy ,
& . . 0 to 5i.HO : sheep , common to prime ,
S:5.00 to ? . " . .riO : wheat. Xo. 2. DCc to
07 : corn. Xo. - white. OCc to G5c ; oats ,
Xo. 2 white , . " lc to . " 2c.
. St. Louis Cattle. $ l.r ( f to $7.00 : hogs ,
SI.00 to $5.00 ; sheep , $3.00 to $ ( ; .2.1 ;
wheat , Xo. 2 , $1.01 to $1.02 ; corn. Xo. 2 ,
C.'c to GGc : oats , Xo. 2 , 4Sc to 40c ; rye ,
Xo. 2 , 7Gc to 77c.
Cincinnati Cattle. $4.00 to ? 0. . 0 ;
hots , $4.00 to $ . " ( .93 ; sheep , S.'J.oO to
$ . " , .00 : wheat , Xo. 2 , OSc to ! > ! ) < ; corn ,
Xo. 2 mixed , G7c to GSc ; oats , Xo. 2
mixed , f > lc to .r > 2c ; rye , Xo. 2. S2c to S-lc.
Detroit Cattle , $1.00 to $ G..jO ; hogs ,
$1.00 to $ . " .G.J : sheep. $2.30 to $ .VJ5j ;
wheat , Xo. 2 , 07c to ! l'e ) ; corn. X o. 3
yellow. GOc to 70c ; oats , Xo. JJ white ,
> ic to f .jc ; rye , Xo. 2. Sic to S2c.
Milwaukee Wheat. Xp. 2 northern ,
'
$1.07 to $1.00 ; corn. Xo. ? . Goc'to ( MJc. ;
oats , standard , . " 2c to . > : ; e ; rye. Xo. 1 ,
70c to SOc : barley , Xo. 2. SGc to S7e ;
pork , mess , $13..13.
Buffalo Cattle , choice shipping steers ,
$4.00 to $ G.S3 ; hoirs. fair to choice. $1.00
to $ . .S. > : sheej ) . common to good mixed ,
$4.00 to $ G.73 ; lambs , fair to choice ,
$3.00 to $8.10.
Toledo Wheat. Xo. 2 mixed. 07c to
OOe : corn. Xo. 2 mixed. G7c to GSc ;
oats. Xo. 2 mixed. JE5c to"Vic ; rye. Xo.
2. SOc to Sic : clover seed , prime , $12.00.
Xew York Cattle. $1.00 to $7.12 ;
hogs. $3.30 to $ G.10 ; sheep. $ : i.OO to
$ (5.00 ( ; wheat. Xo. 2 red. $1.03 to $ t.OC ;
corn.'Xo. 2 , 7lc to 73c : oats , natural
white. 53c to 37c : butter , creamery. 23c
vo 27c : eggs , western , l.'Ic to 17 < - .
INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS.
Samuel Instill , president of the Chicago
cage Edison Company , was appointed re
ceiver of the Consumers * Electric Com
pany , Xew Orleans , on application of the
National fconduit and Cable Company of
New York , a creditor.
1332 Council of Trent prorogued.
1G07 Hudson sailed on his first voyage
of discovery-
1704 First issue of the Boston Xew9
Letter , the first American newspaper ,
1707 Allied English. Dutch and Portu-
gncse forces defeated by the French
and Spanish at battle of Almanza.
179G Demerara taken by Great Britain.
1S03 Derne. Tripoli , captured by Ameri
can marines.
1S21 The Gr ? k Patriarch put to deatb
at Constantinople. ,
1S.'J4 The Quadruple treaty established
the right of Isabella to the throne of
Spain.
1SJG : Battle of San .Tacinto.
1S4G Earl of Cathcart appointed gor
ernor of Canada.
1S31 First Canadian postage stamps is
sued.
IS30 The French army defeated tha
Annain troops. 10,000 strong.
1SG. Mail steamer Anglo-Saxon wrecked
off Cape Race , with loss of 237 lives.
1SGS Charles Dickens left the United
States for home United States
government concluded a treaty of
peace with the Sioux Indians.
1S7G Queen Victoria declared Empress
of India.
1S97 CIrant's tomb. Riverside Park. Xev *
York , dedicated.
1SOS Matanzas. Cuba ) bombarded by
American squadron under Admiral
Sampson Spain declared a stata
of war existed with the United
State.- Beginning of the Spanish'
American War Vmerican squad
ron under Dewey defeats Spaniard
at Manila.
1000 Attempt to blow up the gales oi
the Welland canal.
1007 Treaty of peace between Salvador
and Xira-airuu signed at Amafala.
- ; ? \ i
r-i \ fi iis i i i / ; i 11 > JI " f !
In the Canadian Senate at Ottawa ,
Senator McDonald of British Columbia
offered a resolution declaring the immi
gration of Hindoos should be limited aj
much as possible , and the Canadian gov
ernment should invite the aid of the im
perial government to limit the influx ,
Senator Scott said the Canadian govern *
ment sent Mackenzie King , deputy min
ister of labor , to England for that pur
pose. This satisfied Senator McDonald ,
and he withdrew his resolution.
The London Times , in an editorial oa
President Koosevelt's message on anarch
ism , says that the President has entered
upon a campaign that will command th
sympathy and moral support of the civil *
ized world. Fuller particulars of his pro
posal ? , says the Times , will be awaited
with the deepest interest in all the citiea
of the world , and whatever may be
thought of the prospects of the struggla
with this terrible evil honest men every
where will wish him victory in the fray.
The Chinese money changers of Hong
kong are supporting the existing boycott
against the Japanese which has come into
existence as a result of the Tatsu Maru
incident by refusing to accept Japanese )
bank notes e\en at a discount. The drug-
trists" guile ! also has joined in the move
ment and members are making deposits
of money as security of their good faith.
The deposits of members who do not hold
to the boycott are to be forfeited to tha
self-government society.
A Manila dispatch reports
an engagement -
ment between American
troops and con
stabulary , and Moro outlaws near Lanao ,
a town on the island of Mindano. Two
members of the constabulary are report
ed killed and three soldiers wounded. A
column composed of a battalion o tha
Eighteenth infantry and constabulary un
der command of Col. Davis has been fol
lowing a baud of outlaws and it is pre *
sumed that they overtook them and atf
engagement ensued.
Australia's apprehension in the matte
of possible aggression on the part of
Japan was voiced at the meeting held in
London of the Australasian chamber o2
commerce by Thomas Price , premier oi
South Australia. Mr. Price was empha
sizing the necessi/y o Great Britain giv
ing a more tangible proof of her interesC
in the colonies and favored the organiza
tion of a large federal citizen army in
Australia.
The French cruiser Cassard has been
ordered to the coast of Morocco to tr ?
to rescue the crew of the French fishing
vessel Baleine. who were recently captur
ed by Moors near Cape Juby.
Ac the trial of the nine members of tha
sect known as "dreamers" for burning
down John L hr's home south of Med
cine Hat , Can. , it was revealed that the
members of the order had to obey tha
instructions of their leader , who. because
Lehr refused to join the congregation , or
dered his followers to destroy Lehr's
home an * slay his family at "midnight
"because he was neretic. ' '
