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ARRIVAL OF BRYAN
Steamer Bearing Nebraskan
Reaches New York.
GREETED BY THOUSANDS
Inspection Regulations Ordered Suspended
by Roosevelt, Thus Allowing
Party to Land at Once,
Night Conference Held.
Under gray skies, but in exuberant
spirits and oronzea oy me suu& ui
many climes during a year of travel,
completely around the world, William
Jennings Bryan ol Nebraska, twice
the nominee of the democratic party
for president of the United States,
and already indorsed for president
as the candidate of 1908, steamed up
New York bay Wednesday afternoon
on the steamer Prtizess Irene and
received a hearty reception from welcoming
parties which went down to
quarantine to meet the incoming vessel
and its distinguished passengers.
Mr. Bryan did not enjoy his usual
health during the voyage, but was
much better on his arrival, and said
that he felt sure he would be able
to carry out the plans made for him
during the next few days, lie was
much fatigued when he boarded the
steamer and during the entire voyage
suffered from indigestion and severe
headache. His illness was not seri
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however, and he devoted a large part
of the nine days at sea in preparing
his speeches and M keeping up his
correspondence.
He was taken off the Prinzess
Irene by special permission of President
Roosevelt, shortly after the vessel
anchored in quarantine. First, ne.
went aboard two tugs which had been
chartered by "Bryan's Nebraska
home folks," where he was exultantly
greeted and hailed as the next president.
He then went aboard the yacht
Illini, owned by his friend and schoolmate,
Edward Goltra, of <St. Louis, and
where such well known democrats a3
Norman E. Mack, national committeeman
from New York, and D. J.
Campau, national committeeman from
Michigan were awaiting him. In the
Jllini Mr. Bryan was taken to the
landing of the Ocean Yacht Club at
Stapleton, Staten Island, where he
landed, and was whirled away in an
automobile to the home of Lewis Nixon,
on the heights cf Tompkinsville.
Here Mr. Bryan spent the night,
the evening being devoted to a conference
with intimate personal
friends and men of prominence in his
party, to leant-,
Mr. Bryan was accompanied by his j
wife and daughter, Miss Grace Bryan.
Mrs. Bryan went with him on the
Ulini and to Mr. NJxon's home. Miss
Bryan remained on the steamer.
Mr. Bryan could not be drawn into
a discussion of the political questions
by the newspaper reporters.
"What I have to say of politics at
this time and with my incomplete
knowledge of affairs at home, will be
said tomorrow night at the Madison
Square Garden reception. Probably
then you will find that I shall dis
cuss subjects I have spoken of before."
At Wednesday night's conference
at the heme of Mr. Nixon were Major
Johnson of Cleveland; National
Committeemen Campau of Michigan;
Mack of New York and Baughman
of Maryland; William Hoge, president
of the Commercial Travelers' AntiTrust
League, Wi.o discussed the
plans for Thursday nightTs reception;
Alexander Troup of Connecticut, who j
explained the program arranged for '
Sr. Brvan's welcome to New Haven I
Friday night; Robert Davis of Jer- j
sey City, who explained the arrangements
for the Jersey City welcome
Saturday evening; H. W. Walker of
the reception committee for NewYork;
Augustus Thomas and Edward
F. Goltra,?all these, together with
Mrs. Bryan and Mrs. Goltra, were
guests of Mr. Nixon at dinner.
AN EXPRESSION OF OPiNION.
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Hon. W. J. Bryan Explains Part of
His Speech That is Criticized.
In answer to criticism of that part
of his speech relating to government
. ownership of railroads, Hon. W. J.
Bryan said: "My declaration for government
ownership was only the ex
pression 01 my opivion. i mtru |
make that clear at the time. I have
not talked with any democrats cn the
' ^question and do not know what they
Ithink. I firmly believe in federal com
<trol of railroads, and am sure time
'will justify me in tne position taken.
II have no desire to comment on what
^others have said now."
CHILE IS APPRECIATIVE.
"Thanks Nations for Aid and Sympathy
Because of Earthquake.
A great demonstration was held in
Santiago, Chile. Monday, in order to
express to foreign nations the thanks
of the republic lor the sympathy and
aid given Chile because of the recent
earthquake. Thirty thousands persons
inarched in review past President Ri.esco
and the diplomatic corps.
GEORGIA'S TAX RATE
Fixed at 4.8 Mil's, Which is Reduction
of One-Tenth of Mill from tho
Rate of Last Year.
After a conference lasting all the j
forenoon, Governor Terrell and Comptroller
General W. a. Wright Wednesday
fixed the eGorgia state tax rate
at $4.80 on $1,000, or 4.8 mills per
Cent. This is 10 cents less on the
$1,000 than was fixed last year, and
it took hard work to get the figure
down.
Of the 4.8 mills on the dollar, 1.7
mills are for school purposes. This
will raise $1,000,000. Then .17 mill
is for the sinking fund. This will
raise $100,000 to pay off bonds maturing
next year. Finally 2.93 mills
are for general purposes, including
pensions.
The legislature, recently adojurned,
made additional appropriations of
$324,000 available- in 190-6 and 1907.
There was $105,000 appropriated last
year and paid out, which is not repeated
in this year-s appropriations,
so that leaves a net additional sum
to be raised over last year of $229,000.
It has been ascertained that even at
the reduced rate rlxed Wednesday,
which is .20 below the constitutional
rate of 5 mills, the increase of more
than $46,000 in property valuations
will net the state about $170,000.
This leaves about $60,000 still to be
raised to meet all the state's appropriations
and expends, and the governor
and comptroller general count
on increased specific taxes to do this.
In the same way double that amount
was raisea ias.t year, ana it is considered
there will be no doubt about
the state treasury meeting every obligation
at the reduced rate, and without
the necessity o.. borrowing.
Had it not been for the increased
appropriations mentfoned, the rate
would have been considerably lower
than 4.80.
ORPHANS ARE LANDED.
Jewish Children from Russia Allowed
to Enter United States.
"Land Sarah Perlman, aged 34, and
twenty-eight chiTdren."
This was the text of a laconic
telegram which was sent Wpdnesday
evening by Acting Secretary Lawrence
0. Murray of the department
of commerce and labor to Acting Immigration
Commissioner Murray at
New York. On th'e face of it, the
telegram was peculfar particularly as
Sarah Perlman has the prefix "Miss"
attached to her name.
The dispatch had reference to twenty-eight
Jewish children who have
been brought to TtiTs country from
Russia to be given homes by the
United Hebrew Societies. Their parents
in each case had been killed in
the massacre of Jews at Kishinef.
AN INVOLUNTARY BALLOONIST.
Anchor Caught Woman's Dress and
Carried Her High in Air.
Caught by the anchor of a balloon
and whirled 500 feet in tne air over
the heads of 5,000 spectators, Mrs.
Roper of Brooklyn was seriously but
not fatally hurt Wednesday at the
Ulster county fair at Ellenville, N. Y.
A professional woman aeronaut,
who has been rnakfng daily ascensions
at the fair grounds in a hot-air
balloon, had just entered the car and
was about to give the order to cast
off, when the balloon broke lpose and
sailed upward with the anchor trailing.
Before the bystanders could scatter,
the anchor caught in the dress
of Mrs. Roper and she was jerked
up into the air, screaming.
As soon as the woman in the balloon
caught sight of her involuntary
fellow voyager far below at the end
of the rope, she at once pulled the
safety cord. The balloon, which by
that time had reached an altitude of
5$0 feet, quickly descended and reached
ground a quarter of a mile from
the point of ascension. The woman
struck the ground heavily, and when
picked up was found to be unconscious
and to have sustained fractures
of the shoulder, ankle and several
fingers.
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Bloody Free-for-Ai! Fight.
In a fight at a holiness camp meeting
at Wiimer, Ky., Richard Spalding
insulted Miss Clara Cornman and was
fatally sta'obed by the irlrl's brother,
Newton Cornman. Frank Doyle attempted
to separate the combatants
and was also fatally stabbed by Cornman.
The clothing of Dr. Thomas
Martin, who attempted to separate the
men, was slashed by Cornman. Newton
and Sheiman Cornman were ar
res tea
MINING COMPANY COLLAPSES.
Receiver is Appointed for $5,000,000
Colorado Corporation.
The Taylor Park Mining company,
a Colorado corporation, capitalized at
$5,000,000, was placed in the hands
of a receiver at Boston Friday. The
receivership is the result of charges
made by Clarence H. Knight, a creditor
for $5,000, who alleged that the
company is hopelessly insolvent, and
owes $213,000.
THIEF IS RUN DOWN
Eank-v'recker Stensland is
Nabbed in Morrocco.
TRAILED FROM CHICAGO
His Objective Point Was Betrayed by
a cmcago woman wnom rie Haa
Scorned ? American Sleuths
Located Him in Tangier.
A cablegram to the Chicago Tribune
from Tangier, Morocco, Monday
announces the capture in that city of
Paul O. Stensland, the president and
manager of the Milwaukee Avenue .
State Bank, which closed Its doors
on August 6.
The arrest was made by a repre- j
sentatiye of The Tribune and Assistant
State's Attorney Olsen of Chicago,
who have been on the trail of Stens- i
land since August 13.
Stensland had many friends among j
certain Chicago women, among whom
he was accustomed to spend much J
money, and one of these, feeling that
she had not been treated by him with
due consideration, visited The Tribune
office a few days after his flight
with information regarding the direction
in which he had gone.
This information was somewhat indefinite,
but investigation proved Its
probable accuracy. A representative
of The Tribune was sent to State's
Attorney Healey, who, at that time,
was in the east, with the information
and the request that a representative j
of the state's attorney's office be nom- j
inated to accompany The Tribune representative
cn the quest.
The request was granted atid Mr.
Olsen..-named to go to Europe with
The Tribune man. It was ascertained
that Stenslandhad fled from Chicago
on July l, gone directly to New "Vork
and sailed in a steamer of the White
Star line, for Liverpool. He remained
In that city for two days and then
took a steamer for Gibraltar, which
lie reached on July 27. From there
he took a boat for Tangier. The Tribune
correspondent and Assistant
State's Attorney arrived in Tangier
about one hour after he had left It
f'>r a trin tn thp past mast nf Afr?ra
It was ascertained that he had depos- |
ited 312,000 in a bank of Tangier and
believed that he would soon return,
the two men decided to await him
there. A dispatch printed in the second
edition of The Tirbune Monday
morning declared that the arrest of
Stensland would be only a matter of
hours and four hours, later a special
edition was issued declaring that the
fugitive was under arrest.
During the period intervening be
tween his flight and his arrest Stensland
has been going under the name
of P. Olsen of Norway. It was learned
before his arrest that he had figured
on spending the month of October in
the Canary Islands, and from there
going to London, as he had ordered
all his mail sent to The Metropole
hotel in that city from Tangier.
A reward of ?5,000 had been offered
for the arrest of Stensland, and
sfnrp his rienarturi from Chicaeo.
many detectives had been on the hunt
for him. Dispatches were received almost
daily from all parts of the world
declaring that the' fugitive had been
seen there, A
difficult.
The closing of the Milwaukee Avenue
State Bank on August 6 proba
bly caused more anguish and suffering
than any similar event in the
west. It was followed by a number
of suicides and infinity.
Stensland lived a fast life, spent
money recklessly, speculated and embezzled
about $1,000,000 of the bank's
money before the crash came. More
than 11,000 families had money In the
bank and the failure came as a crushing
blow to the majority of them.
The vast majority of the depositors
were wage-earners and the money
they had in the bank represented all
that they had been able to save from
the earnings of years.
CHINA TAKES WISE STEP.
Emperor Promulgates Edict Promising
Constitutional Liberty.
The emperor of China has issued
an edict promising constitutional government
when the people are fitted for
it. The edict says:
"Now that China has intercourse
with all nations our laws and political
system have become antiquated,
and our country is always in trouble.
Therefore, it is necessary for us to
gather more knowledge and draw up
a new code of laws, otherwise we
shall be unworthy of the trust of oui
forefathers and the people."
WATERY GRAVE FOR EIGHT.
Largest Passenger and Freight Boat
on Lake Winnipeg Wrecked.
News comes from Manitoba that the
steamer Princess, the largest passenger
and freight boat on Lake Winnipeg,
was wrecked on Georgia's
Island Sunday nighr, Captain Howes
and six members of the crew or passengers
are known to have been
drowned.
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Staple by Uncle Sam.
RECORD-BREAKING TRADE
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Abroad, for the First Time in
History, Goes Beyond the Four
Hundred Million Mark.
"Cotton is king in the export record
of the United States for the fiscal
year just ended." This is the introductory
sentence of a statement
just - issued by the department of
: commerce and labor at Washington.
Continuing the statement says: ,
"The total value of raw cotton exported
for the first time crossed the
$400,000,WO line and exceeded by far
the value of any other article of merchandise
sent out of the country. The
exports of breadstuffs of all kinds aggregated
but $186,000,000, those of provisions
but $211,000,000 and those of
iron and steel manufactures but $161,000,000.
"The value of the cotton exported
iias mcreaseu very rapiaiy during me
last five years. It was not until 1901
that it crossed the $390,000,090 line,
and in a short five years period it has
grown to lucre than $400,000,000, or
| <ui increase of about 33 per cent.
Cause of Growth.
"This growth is due in part to an
increase in the Quantity exported, but
in part also to the advance in price
since the quantity exported in 1906
was about 700,000,000 pounds less than
in 1905, while the value was $21,000,000
more than in 1905.
"The exportation of manufactured
cotton was also larger in 1906 than
in any earlier year, aggregating practically
$53,000,000, against $50,000,(X>0 in
1905 and $22,500,000 in 1904. The
growth in manufactured cotton has
been quite as striking as ;that of
raw material.
"Europe is, of course, our principal
customer for raw cotton. The United
Kingdom took last year $177,000,000
worth, Germany $101,000,000, France
$45,000,000 and Italy about $27,000,00b,
while the other countries of Europe
took about $32,000,000 worth. Japan
is also a customer for our raw cotton,
but very irregular in the quantity
bought, since she only buys largely
of American cotton when prices
are low, relying upon India and China
in years when American prices are
high. The value of cotton exported
to Japan in the fiscal year 1906 was,
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M7,000,COO, and in 1904 less than $3,000,000.
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China Good Customer.
'In manufactured cottons China is
l>y far our largest customer. The total
value of all cotton manufactures exported
in the fiscal year 1906 was, as
above indicated, $53,000,000, in round
terms, of which about $30,000,000 went
to China. Practically all of the cottoft^
goods sent to China was in the
form of cloth, the total value of cloths
exported to China in the year being
$29,641.1 Sb, and of other eotton goods
$ J 72,887. The exports of cotton cloths
to China in the fiscal year 1906 exceeded
both in quantity and value those of
any ocher tarlier year, the value in
1306 being about two million dollars
gi eater than in 1905, and the number
ol yards about twenty-four millions
greater than in 1905. China's rank
as a purchaser of Amerioan cottons
is 'ndicated by the fact that of the
"11,000.000 yards of cotton cloths exported
in 3906, 498,000,000 went to
China, while about 133,000,000 yards
went tc the American countries south
of the United States, and twenty-five
millions to Asia other than China and
Oceanic."
DAGOES FIGHT CONSTABULARY.
Bicody Battle V/ith "Black Hand" in
Pennsylvania Town.
In a bloody battle Sunday even-ing
at the Florence mine, near. Punx-.
suiawney, Pa . between foreigners and
the twent> members of Troop D,
state con.-;t:U>u iry, in which fully 500
shots were firea. two troopers were
killed ani one fatally wounded, while
three other persons received bullet
wounds. The murderers were sur
"oimded in a house and lurtner loss 01
life is feared, for the besieged Italians
are well supplied with arms and ammunition.
The trouble began when Sergeant
Logan went to Florence to search for
Leopold Gcariatt, who is charged with
shooting his brother-in-law
NEGRO PREACHERS WHIPPED.
Sermons on Independence of Black
Man Angered Whites.
Two negroes were publicly whipped
with leather straps in the streets of
Newton, Miss., for attempting to
preach about the independence of the
negro.
Both the attempted sermons and
the whippings were the outgrowth
of unsubstantiated reports that a negro
had tried to assault a white woman.
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BARRED BY POLL TAX.
Few Negroes Voted in Arkansas Election,
Which Was Carried by the
Democrats by a Big Majority.
In the biennial election in Arkansas
.Monday for state and county officers
partial returns indicate that Congressman
John S. Little,democratic nominee
for governor, will ha^e a majority
of 50,000 over John I. Worthington,
republican. The vote for John
G. Adams, prohibitionist nominee for
governor, may not exceed 3,000, and
that for Dan Hogan, socialist, will
probably reach ,000.
Early estimates are that of the 135
members of the senate and house at
least 125 will be democrats. The
democratic state nominees, other thp.n
for governor, had no opposition. j
Advices from the counties, where J
there is a large negro population,
state that but few negroes went to
the polls to vote, in Jefferson county,
A. W. Speer, one of the "negroes
nominated for representative, was not
allowed to vote because he had not
paid his poll tax.
In Little Rock, no less than three
hundred negroes voted, but each had
paid the poll tax. Very generally
the election judges throughout the
state required the exhibition of evidence
that the voters had paid their
poll tax. There had been a question
raised as to the validity of the poll
tax constitutional amendment, but,
as a rule, the election^ officials held
that the amendment is valid, never
naving been passed upon directly by
the supreme court. In cases where
delinquents attempted to vote they
ran the risk of having to pay not
only the tax of $1, but penalties aggregating
$3 as well.
Indications are that the constitutional
amendment, increasing the
school tax levy trom seven mills to
ten mills, received 75 per cent ot
the total vote cast.
NEGRO MARRIED WHITE WOMAN.
Light Complected Mulatto Passed as a
Caucassian.
Claiming that a respectable young
woman of Lee county, Georgia, had
married a mulatto negro, who passed
himself off as a white man, the officials
of that county have petitioned
Governor Terrell for a reward for the
capture of the negro. The governor
promptly offered a reward of $100.
The young . woman who was married
to the mulatto is Miss Eva Green,
the daughter of a well-to-do farmer.
The negro to whom she was married
is A. T. Wilson, who is so bright a
mulatto that he can easily be taken
fo" a white man. Wilson went to
Lee county and associated with white
people. He met Miss Green and married
her early this year. Later he skipped
out.
GEORGIA'S DISPENSARIES.
Twenty-Three Booze Tanks Are Now
Operating in the State.
There are twenty-three dispensaries
in the state of Georgia, to which
the more ardent prohibitionists would
Hi.-? tr. plfmlnate.
Comptroller General Wright received
an inquiry from a prominent railroad
official as *o tne number of dispensaries
now in operation In Georgia,
and General Wright found that
number existing upon examination.
In one county there are four. Thi3
is Terrell county, the home of Railroad
Commissioner O. B. Stevens. For
years, it is said, no county tax has
been levied there, the profits from the
dispensaries meeting all necessities/
There are three in Lee county. In
two other counties there are two each.
General Wright expressed surprise
that there were so many.
POSTOFFICE CLERKS MEET. .
Seventh Annual Convention of National
Association at Savannah.
The seventh annual convention of
the National Association of Postoffice
Clerks convened in Savannah, Ga.,
Monday morning for a four days' session.
1'he attendance was the largest
on record.
Addresses of welcome were made
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by Postmaster Blum and Assistant
Pierce, and the response by Frank
Rodgers of Chicago.
WALSH KICKS OUT OF TRACES.
Prominent Iowa Democrat Resigns
From National Committee.
Charles A. Walsh, the Iowa member
of the democratic national committee,
and who was the secretary ot
the nationaFcommittee during the two
Bryan campaigns, has tendered his
resignation as a member of the national
committee, giving his reasons
for so doing in a communication, in
which he says:
"Tutr the future I intend to be in }
position to support, or not support, as !
I may see fit, the candidates of the |
democratic party."
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BRYAN STARTS FOR LINCOLN.
Escorted by "Home Folks," He Leaves
Jersey City on Special Train.
Escorted by the Nebraska "home
'folks," more than a hundred strong,
William J. Bryan started on the home
stretch of his pi-ogress round the I
world in a special train of five cars,
which left Jersey City over the Lehigh
Valley railroad at 5:30 o'clock
Sunday afternoon.
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RAIMA IS AROUSED j
President-of Cuba Finally Decides
to Fight Insurgents.
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Island Government Has Plenty of Cash
In Treasury Which Will Be Spent
Liberally in Crushing the
Rebellion.
A special from Havana says: The ^
hopes of those who tentatively suggested
a project of mutual concessions
as a means of ending the rebellion 1
in Cuba we?c shattered Sunday when
President Palma called General Ce- p"?
breco, one of the proposed peace com- i
missioned, to the palace to inform ' *
lJm that the government had no con- J?
cessions to offer or accept and no *
intention other than fighting the matter
through and suppressing the in- :v!
surrection. General Menocal, who $
headed the list of thw proposed com- J
mi&sioners, sent word to the piomot- m
crs of tha project that he would have *J
nothing tc do with it unless he could /. 'rag
approach the Insurgents with a dennite
offer ot some kind from Presi- -M
clent Palma. The promoters, how- v.'Jl
ever, are not entirely* discouraged, \ %
and another meeting may be held.
One of the main reasons why the 41
government feels encouraged to pur- ]-M
sue the fight to the end by forcd is,
as outlined by Font -Sterling, secre- n
tary of the treasury, its abundance of -V:J3
money.
"We have $19,000,000 on hand," said \|g
the secretary of the treasury. "Don't ':M
overlook that. And we have a month- ^
ly income of $2,000,000.' The' August
receipts and customs duties were yV|i
greater than ever before. We will i<&
not need to negotiate loans for some
time to come, at least. Yes, most of
what fre have has been appropriated. v||
by congress, but thosS appropriations ,J|
must wal:. We shall use the money ;'hi
in putting down the rebellion."- v||
The number of daily enlistments is 'M
not known, as the work Is being car- ried
on in so many different places,
but the expectation is to have *8,000
men In the held, inclusive of regulars
and volunteers. s
What li? beginning to disturb bwv
ness intetests more than anything else
is the incicasing evidence that tobacco
planting, sugar cultivation and crop ;>'J|
Kaoin en . ns tfi be
yiAUtiug twu
luinous to the coming winter's crop. s|?
The planters see no prospect either of \v|a
getting men to do their work or of AS
torrowing money for developing the
crops. Much money is being received Js
by the Havana banks from the prov- l'^|i
inces si ace reports have been pubiished
of the looting by the insurgents
of town treasuries. , v??
War preparations fn Havana are un- Ji
ceasing. A machine gun corps Sun- .
day afternoon left Castillo de Lapunta
and four companies are stationed, one >V|j
at La Fuerza castle, in" front of the s|
palace, twa at the arsenal and one "*^3
at the V Ida do shore front.
There was no cheering whatever as |
a corps commanded by Americans
marched through the streets of Ha- '/]?
vana^mday afternoon. The men are M
not yet drilled or disciplined.
'FRISCO HORROR DEATH LIST.
Figures Jus: Compiled Show That 452 J1
Persons Were Killed.
In all 451 persons lost their lives as
a result ot the 'Frisco earthquake dis- 3
aster of April 16. The local health
departmeur so stated in a formal re*
port jest sent to the state hoard of . v
health.
Of these 266 were killed by falling $
w alls, 17? perished by fire, 7 were
shot and two died of ptomaine poison- M
ing^due ro eating "emergency" canned
gooas.
The figures given relate to the
deaths proved to have occurred. Four >
hundred and twenty of the dead were
white, the rest Chinee, Japanese and
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GREEN IS RULED OUt.
Son of Aunt Hetty Barerd from the M
Republican Nomination in Texas.
The attorney general of the state
of Texas Monday rendered an opinion ?
nullifying the nomination of E. H. . .4
R. Green, son of Mrs. Hettie Green
of New York, as the gubernatorial
nominee of the republican party. Because
of a split in the party, separate
conventions were held, one faction be
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ing known as tne reorganized republican
party and the other as the regulars.
Mr. Green was nominated by
the reorganized faction.
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DEPENDS ON THE PUBLIC.
Spelling Reform to Be Dropped if Not
Approved by the People.
in a letter to Charles A. Stillings,
public printer, at Washington, made
public Sunday, President Roosevelt
wrote that if the changes in spelling
advocated by the simplified spelling
board and put into use in official documents
meet popular approval they,
will be made permanent. If not, he
wrote, they will be dropped.
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