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WORLD'S GREATt
Washington, D. C.?Two important
decisions have been reached by the
Navy Department concerning the announced
program for the dispatch of
the Atlantic fleet to the Pacific?first,
only the newest and most modern
ships will be sent", and, secondly, the
average of captains of the ships will
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In addition it is planned to send
along a flotilla of torpedo boat destroyers.
It is figured here that, -without the
ships now 09 the Asiatic station,
there.will be thirty-two warships in
sight of San Francisco by January 1.
This number will include the torpedo
boat destroyers.
It also is proposed to bring over
the Asiatic forces. Those which are
considered real fighting craft are the
four armored cruisers, West Virginia,
Maryland, Pennsylvania and
Colorado, and the monitors Monterey
and Monadnock. These, added, will
give a total of thirty-eight. It also is
probable that when the plans for the
greatest of all navy reviews are perfected
even the smaller cruisers and
the gunboats will come over from
Asia, and the total force will amount
to fifty fighting vessels, great and
small.
Announcement was made at the
Navy Department that the proposed
voyage of the battleship fleet to the
Pacific would in noway interfere with
the plan already arranged for the
summer maneuvres of the Atlantic
fleet. The decision has been made
that Rear-Admiral Evans, commanding
the fleet, shall assemble his vessels
for midsummer operations at
some point on the New England coast
on August 25. The place has not yet 1
been determined, as there is no great J
haste in the matter.
In the meantime the ships which
may need repairs will be docked and
put in condition. Repairs are being
rushed oh the Connecticut, which is
Admiral Evans' flagship, but this is
being done so that other ships may
be sent to the Brooklyn yard for spe
cial work upon them as may De neces-1
sary and for the further reason that1
the ship has not completed her for-;
mal trials. ,
The plan of docking the vessels for I
repairs was mapped out months ago
and is now being carried out without
regard to the intended movement of
the fleet to the Pacific. These repairs
* would have been made had there
been no decision reached for the
movement to the Pacific.
The New England maneuvres will
be completed some time in October.
THE CRIME C
New Tork City.?The population of i
Japan is less than 48,000,000. The.
population of the United States is
nearly 85,000,000.
, The debt of Japan ? taking the
Statesman's Year - Book figures
throughout to insure uniformity of
comparison?is about $935,000,000.
The net debt of the.United States is
$964,435,657. Japan is paying from i
four to sir per cent, interest on its .<
foreign loans and from five to seven
per cent, on its internal loans. One
fourth of the debt of the United j <
States is at four per cent, ana tne
rest at two and three per cent.
Japan's revenue is less than $250,000,000,
while the revenue of the
United States is $762,000,000. Japan's
total imports and exports for
the year 1905-1906 were only $420,000,000
while those of the United
States were nearly $3,000,000,000.
Against twenty first - class mod- I
Chicago Bank Wrecker Discharged.
The jury 'Tying two members of
the Steel Ball Company for complicity
in wrecking the Milwaukee Avenue
State Bank, of Chicago, disagreed
and was discharged.
> Minimum of Failures.
In failures the number is down to
the lowest minimum of the past twenty-five
years, but the liabilities aro <
the largest, with one exception, for
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K.L.Russell, in the Washington Post.
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ships to the Pacific
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.ry First.
ST NAVAL REVIEW
Then, following the usual custom,
the fleet would move southward toward
Guantanamo for drill operations
and target practice, but instead of
doing so this fall they will go on the
cruise to the Pacific. The proposition
to send the fleet to the Pacific at an
early date, that is, '.his summer, has
not been considered and will not be
considered unless there is danger of
an immediate outbreak of hostilities
on the part of Japan, which officers
do not believe is at all likely.
Much greater difficulty would be
experienced in getting the big ships
around to the Pacific now than five
or six months later. The South Atlantic
is now in midwinter, the weather
is unfavorable and much danger
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it is argued, there is no pressing need
for their presence there at this time.
Whatever good effect may he had by
sending the ships there, it is contended,
will be produced by the announcement
of the decision that they are to
go later.
Of course, if there should be an
outbreak on the part of Japan the
plan to delay the sending of the ships
until next winter would be changed
immediately. The impression, however,
which officers seek to convey is
that the fleet is not to be sent to" the
PaciSc as a menace to Japan or because
there is any danger of war,
which is scouted, but rather to demonstrate
our ability to make a dash
around the Horn in the event of an
emergency. Whether or not the ships
will be brought back to the Atlantic
is a matter for determination after
further developments. Next December
will be midsummer in the South
Atlantic and conditions will then be
favorable for the long cruise.
In some naval quarters the opinion
is held still that the battleship fleet
will never go to the Pacific, and the
impression is given that the proposition
is largely bluff for the purpose
of showing Japan what we would do
in case'it became necessary to have a
large fleet in Pacific waters.
These same officers believe that it
would be a dangerous thing to leave
the Atlantic coast unprotected, as it
would be in the event of the withdrawal
of the entire battleship fleet.
At the same time they point out that
the transfer of the fleet to the Pacific
and the abandonment-of the Atlantic
coast would be an argument for a
large increase in the navy and the
building of a corresponding battleship
fleet for the Atlantic, in order
that the country might be adequately
protected in both oceans.
)F JINGOISM.
ern American battleships Japan has
only ten. Against our eight first;class
and five second-class armored
cruisers Japan has nine. Against
our nineteen protected cruisers Japan
has seventeen.
In effective fighting force the
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ponderant. This fact is known to
every Japanese statesman and to
every intelligent Japanese citizen.
Yet American jingoes are asking us
to believe that Japan, in some fashion
or another, is secretly menacing the
peace of the United States.
The plain and obvious truth is that
Japan is exhausted financially, that
her population is struggling under
burdens imposed by the war with
Russia, and that her resources are so
far inferior to those of the United
States that no responsible Japanese
statesman would think of war except
as a last resort.
Chinese Appeal to Roosevelt.
An appeal has been made to the
President by the leader of the Chinese
reform movement for modification
of the law excluding Chinese
from this country.
Chattanooga Bonds "Go."
At Chattanooga, Tenn., five banks
took the entire issue of $1,000,000
city improvement bonds, each bank
taking an equal portion and paying
cash therefor. ______ ] i
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By ALBERT S. ASHMEAD, Bf. D.
Aljow me a word about the "Calm
of the Japanese." The writer of the
article in the Sun of Sunday is in error
in thinking that the Japanese
sailors expressed no surprise or astonishment
while visiting New York
in the "sightseeing" automobiles. He
does not understand Japanese facial
expression. What appeared to him
as "calm" was quite the opposite.
Darwin in 1S67 presented the anthropological
world with a formula
for physiognomical researches, using
sixteen questions for "expression of the
emotions in man and animals." Pro
fessor Wernich, of the Tokio Surgical
Academy, in 1874 put these questions
to the Japanese and obtained a
set of answers, some of which, in ac- !
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cordance with Japanese peculiarity,
are tinged with Occidental colorings,
as some of the Japanese questioned
were already in contract with foreign
ideals.
Astonishment in the Japanese is
expressed by widely opening the eyes,
slight raising of the head, stretching
it up and drawing up of the eyebrows.
I watched those "rubberneck"
sailors as they passed me on
Cathedral Parkway and recognized
this expression on many of the faces.
While deeply meditating on the
sights they saw or trying to understand
some surprising fact bawled
out to them through the megaphone
by their Japanese guide many of
them put their heads slightly asideand
shook them at intervals, and
while conversing with those beside
them drew the air between their
teeth (a la Malay) with an "F"
sound; they wrinkled their foreheads
and held their mouths open. These j
signs showed that they were struck
with astonishment and were not 3o
calm as American observers sup- j
posed they were. Complete (obstinate)
silence would imply not calmness
but contempt in a Japanese.
To explain further how different
the Japanese expressions are from
ours, I may add that turning the face
to one side with a single bitter laugh
like "ha!" means in Japanese supreme
disdain. So. does a single smile,
such as Mr. Sato used to employ
when interviewed sometimes during
the Portsmouth Peace Conference.
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Jflining (JUL Lilt; lips auu asauuiifuuu
of a falsetto tone of voice, with widely
opened eyes, means scolding or
reproval among the Japanese. The
sputtering forth of words while
speaking to mistress or master means
bad humor when a Japanese servant
in New York so speaks. He need
not use any facial expression at all;
his face is blank. Japanese are too
shy to show expressions of guilt.
Only by the deep sinking of the head
can you tell whether the Japanese
child is guilty or not. Adults do not
sink the head at all and maintain a
blank expression.
Jealousy in a woman is shown only
by the eyes being widely opened, the
mouth being tightly shut. Not a
muscle flickers; yet she is wild
enough to sta? you. Japanese never
nod the head vertically, as we do, to
express the affirmative. A slight bow
expresses it. The negative is expressed
by a single sidewise turn of
the head, so that the right ear comes
to stand a little more forward; or
it is expresed with the hand held
downward, while the wrist is moved
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making the sign.
If a person to be called is at some
distance the arm is lifted forward
at the breast level, the better to be
seen. Lateral motion of the hand,
at breast level, with palm turned outward
and fingers extended, means
forbidding. The Japanese never puts
his thumb to his nose with fingers
extended, as our American boys do j
in derision. The Japanese identical
sign is holding the wrist to the nose
with index finger extended and the
other fingers tightly closed to the
palm. One hand held like this in
front of the other is doubly scornful.
The Japanese never wring their
hands in agony, or do they ever make
use of the muscles of the neck. They
never throw up the head or throw up
the eyes to heaven.
Handshaking is unknown in Japan.
Equals bow to . each other at a
separated distance and only to the
same level. For one to bow lower
than the other party would imply acknowledgement
of inferiority.
Friends stroke each other's backs
with tne naiias.
Deep sinking of the head and flood
of tears mean great sorrow. They
grasp the hands together but never
wring them as we do. They never
"turn to heaven their faces bathed in
tears." The Japanese wjiile crying
sinks his head and does not lift his
eyes but holds the body shrunk together.
He cries "Itai! Itai!" (It
hurts! It hurts!) just as often as
we do, when in pain. In fact, he cannot
stand pain as well as we can. All
the talk of his stoicism in this regard
is stuff and nonsense. When
condemned to death the Japanese
criminal cries out in fear, just as
any other human being would; he
turns pale and his lips tremble. He
ic no hravpr than anv other mortal. In
victory he is extremely "cocky," but
in failure or defeat he' is abject. All
Japanese education is bent toward
abolishing stiffness of backbone and
teaching much bowing and self-depreciation;
but toward an enemy a
Japanese is extremely "chesty" until
the* enemy proves his superiority,
when the Japanese is meek enough.
A pigeon post has been organize,
between the West Indian Islands c.
Antigua and Montserrat, to supplement
the deficiencies of the existing
post and telegraph service.
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Believes in Smooth Highways.
The roads and resorts of the great
White Mountain region of the Granite
State are what make it unsurpassed
for the enjoyment of outdoor
life in the summer season. The lofty
peaks of this New England district,
the extense forests of spruce and balI
sam which clothe their sides, the
many streams pouring irom mountain
springs and lakes, combine to
form a rare attractiveness.
In addition to these natural advantages
there are many miles of the
best of roads for riding, driving and
automobiiing, for since 1792 the
j work of building roads in this region
! has been in progress, until now a network
of good highways extends to
j every town; and in most c^ses there
are not only one but several routes
by which the same town may be
reached.
At Bretton Woods, for instance,
nowhere in New England, aside from
the State highways, is more attention
bestowed upon the thoroughfares,
while the many bridle trails,
paths and mountain walks receive
the same care. Lovers of riding and
automobiiing are equally well provided
for, and Bretton Woods is the
imh from which radiates many
charming drives.
Governor C. M. Floyd, of the Granite
State, is a good roads advocate,
and is also an enthusiastic motorist;
he proposes to have the highways of
his State a welcome rather than a
rebuff to autoists from other parts
of the Union. He is also much interested
in the construction of the
State highway that is to lead from
the Massachusets line up through the
most densely populated part of New
Hampshire toward and finally to the
mountain section. Thirty miles of
this highway are now under construction,
and the work will be pushed.
Aside from this there will be no great
amount of road building in the mountains
this summer, but the roads that
are already built will be improved
and put in first-class order before; the
touring season is fairly started.
There is one particular piece of
work that Governor Floyd is interested
in, and which automobilists
who have toured the mountains
through the Crawford Notch will be
glad to s ~e accomplished. This is the
dynamiting of Tug-of-War Hill, near
the gate of the Notch, one of the
hardest and most dangerous grades
of the mountain roads. It is the
intention to ease the present severe
grade, obyiating the danger of accidents
at this point on the mountain
pass. The ascent of this hill was
the hardest feat in the Crawford
Notch hill climb last summer, and
several machines came to grief in
attempting it.
Governor Floyd not only oversees
this work of improvement, but can
himself, in case of necessity, take an
axe and made the chips fly, as was
shown on a recent tour of inspection
of the State highways. At one place
a large birch tree had been blown
across the road, making an effectual !
barrier. Fortunately, there was a
sharp ax in the wagon, and the Gov- l
ernor, to make himself useful, asked |
the privilege of wielding it himself, j
The butt of the tree still lies beside j
the Bretton Woods road, and shows j
as clean a cut as could have been J
made by an expert from a logging J
camp. From affairs o: State to wood j
chopping is a good example of the j
versatility of New Hampshire's Chief j
Executive.?New York Tribune.
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To Save Roads.
With the increasing adver.t of au- j
tomobilists of all nations attracted j
by the splendid roadways of France, I
the dust question has become a press- !
ing one. Automobiles with their j
large flat wheels fitted with non- !
slipping devices and their low bodies '
churn up about ten times as much j
dust as horse drawn vehicles and j
wear out the road surface twice as !
fast. The nuisance is particularly j
pronounced along the Riveira be-1
cause of the exceptionally dry cli- J
mate,- and committees are at work ;
in all the cities along that coast i
with the object of finding the best i
means of combating this evil. The ;
Minister of Public Works "n-Ssap-i
pointed a committee of road engi- i
neers to examine the methods tried, j
with a view to the general adoption j
of the one they shall deem bes;.
Nothing has been found so far bet- !
ter than giving the road surface a j
coating of coal tar. The only objec- j
tion against it, that of additional j
cost at the outset, has been found j
to be amply compensated for by the j
saving on the upkeep, which amounts j
to about twenty-five per cent., and j
the increased durability of the road- }
way. The latest apparatus will cover j
over a mile of roadway witn me i
necessary coating of tar in an hour,
at a cost of less than tLree cents a
square yard.
The only other method which approached
in practicability the tar
treatment was the system of sprinkling
with petroleum, as practiced in
California, but this is out of the
question in France, since petroleum,
which costs $4 to $6 a ton in the
United States costs $40 here.
The Bridges and Highways BoanJj !
which has charge of the national !
highways of France, is convinced of !
the practical utility of the tar sys- !
tem, and unless something better i? j
found it will probably be gradually
introduced on all the main thorough*
fares.
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! Over Two Thousand People Stricken
! in Great Elks Parade at Philadelphia. |
Only Or.e Death Resulted.
The parade of the Benevolent and
; Pro:ective Order of Elks in Philadelj
phia Thursday W2s marked during its
j progress by the prostration from heat
j of an army of persons estimated by the
j police and hospital authorities at 2,500.
! Never has there been such a wholesale
prostration reported in the Quaker
City. For six hours the police
ambulance surgeons and the Red Cross
j nurses were kept on the run looking
| after persons who collapsed under the
scorching rays of the sun, and largely
because of their excellent service but
j one case resulted totally.
James Rowley, aged 44 years, a citi;
zen, died in a hospital after being j
stricken in the street. The other stricken
persons are said to be in good condition
with no prospect of fatal rei
suits.
The parade ground was on Broad
street for a distance of three miles
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i north, and the same distance south of
j the city hall. The paraders counterj
marched the last three miles back to
! the city hall, so that they traversed
| upwards of nine miles.
Those who succumbed were among
the spectators, jammed all along the
i street in a solid mass from one end j
j of the line to the other, it being estimated
that five hundred thousand people
witnessed the march. The temper- 1
ature hovered around ninety degrees,
! and the humidity was excessive, and
j as a consequence people sweltered. \
WAR ON COLORED ELKS. .
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; Grand Lodge of Order Objects to Negroes
Using Their Emblem.
j During the sessions in Philadelphia
i of the grand lodge o" Elks, it wa9
i trt oet-licit a flncr rlav fnr
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i Elks oil June 14th. A resolution was
! adopted calling for the appointment of
I a commission to devise ways and
means to prosecute outsiders who use
the Elks emblems. A subsequent resj
olution calls for the appointment of a
j commission to confer with congress to
j find means to prevent the use of the j
I emblem.
| The Memphis ledge was authorized j
j to prosecute the negro Elks in that i
[ city. In this connection a resolution j
i was .passed reprianding the Newark, j
i N. J., for electing a man said to be I
| a negro. A further measure instructs I
| passed reprimanding the Newark, N. J., \
\ lodge for electing a man said to be ;
I cedents and if it is found that he is !
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| of negro extraction to expunge hi3
I name from the rolls.
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j GOVERNOR LEFT THE HALL,
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j Alabama Press Association Members ;
j Offended Comer.
After being invited to address the !
! Alabama Press Association at Mont-1
gomery, Thursday night, Governor Co- j
mer became offended at resolutions of- j
fered of a nature not complimentary !
to him, and after expressing his regret {
at the treatment accorded him, left the
hall.
The resolution recited that while
the governor had done much for the
state, he had also done a great deal
he should not have attempted. The
association refused to adopt the resolutions,
and there was a lively session.
DEPOSITORS WILL BE PAID. j
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Receivers of Macon Exchange Bank i
Make Encouraging Report.
The temporary receivers of the Ex- j
change Bank at Macon, Ga., which wa3 i
put in their hands July 7, made a pre- ?
liminary report Thursday to Judge .
Whipple, presiding in Bibb superior j i
court. The receivers say that they are J i
encouraged to believe that by prudent j j
management the assets should realize a i 1
sufficient sum to pay depositors and j
credittrs in full, and leave a dividend ' ;
for stockholders. 1
TELEGRAPHERS ARE OBDURATE.
Those Out on Strike Refuse Conces- j
sions Offered by Companies.
The striking commercial telegraphers,
at a regular union meeting in Oak- 1
land, California, Thursday, refused to 4accept
concessions as framed by their j ^
national executive committee.
The Western Union and Postal Tel-; 1
egrah companies' concessions were de-1 1
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Cimea. liiey u>icieu ?.0 jJti vcuw ?i
crease of pay, and would take back 1
all but three of the strikers. The 1
Postal would reinstate 80 per cent .j
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STATE RESTS ITS CASE.
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The Haywcod Trial Nearing Close at
Boise, Idaho.
A special of Wednesday from Boise ! j
says: The state of Idaho rtsts content i
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with the evidence it has introduced J .
to prove that William D. Haywood, the j
secretary-treasurer cf the Western Fed- '
eration of Miners, consp:r d :o kill and
therefore murdered Frank Steunen.
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berg, a former governor oi the state.
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KOREAN RULER QUITSi
Forced to Abdicate Throne After Reign
of Forty Years?Son Takes the
Hapless Job. . j
Advices from Seoul state that the
emperor of Korea has turned over the
reins of government to his son, the
heir apparent.
Briefly, the emperer in the imperial ' %
rescript of abdication, expresses his
regret that during the forty-four yeara 41
of his reign national calamities have
followed in rapid succession, and the I
people's distress has become so aggra- . ||
vated that he deemed it now time to
transfer the crown to the heir appar- '
ent in conformity with ancestral
usages.
The throne, tottering with forty-four . $
years of misrule, toppled Friday. Upon .'>!
hi3 arival, Viscoun; Hayashi, the foreign
minister of Japan, was grieeted
by 15,000 Japanese, who were expect- :
ing the anexation of Korea.
A London special says: The emper
or of Korea is without a friend among . '2
the governments of Europe sufficient- ^
iy interested in the status of the ancient
Korean empire to interpose a 3
word in his behalf. His majesty had J
always been friendy with Russia, and
the outcome of the Russo-Japanese war
was a great blow to him. He even look- vaj
ed to the United States for support. %
When Edwin V. Morgan, who was
American minister to Korea from July -Jj
26 until November 29; 1905, when the
legation was abolished, refused the request
of the emperor that he take ref- . jj
uge at the legation at the time the v||
Japanese were pressing the emperor
to sign a treaty giving Japan control
of the foreign affairs of Korea, the
emperor of Korea was greatly disap- ^
pointed, and the final removal of the M
American legation was a great blow
and disappointment to him. Almost all
foreigners who know the emperor con- ||j
sidered him as a well meaning but IS
weak man, and his son, the present
crown prince, is not regarded as an |
improvement on his father.
A special from Tokio, Japan, says:
Speculation is rife among the foreign- ;|1
ers in the city as to the origin of
the idea of pressing the abdication of
the retired governor of Korea.
It is definitely known, however, that -M
Marquis Ito, was only a silent spectator
of the event, and that the idea <||
originated with the premier, Marquis
Saienji, strongly supported by the ministers
of agriculture and justice, botb sJ
of whom are strongly in favor of & ' ^|
life of exile in Japan for the retired
emperor. Some thought that blood must
be. shed before the abdication of the
throne could be effected, but fortun- ^
ately that expectation was not fulfilled
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prove les sserlous than present, occur- rences
at Seoul might Indicate.
It is believed that the wisdom and A
resourcefulness of Marquis Ito will pre- .
vent the spread of any agitation designed
to menace the general peace of 'pj
Korea.
RULING AGAINST DEFENSE.
Testimony Anent Conspiracy Against Jl
Mine Owners Eliminated.
The field for argument, both for tto.'VjH
prosecution and defense of William D.
Haywood, has been limited by Judge
Wood, who, in a decision, handed down
in court at Boise, Friday, removed from f
consideration by the jury all evidence *ja
bearing on the alleged conspiracy by $
mine owners and others against the
Western Federation of Miners. Judge /-I
Wood decided that the defense had
made no legal connection of the Mine
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liance of' Colorado and the Pinkerton
detective agency as laying a founda- -..=S
tion for the evidence introduced by M
the defense to show that the charge J
against Haywood and his co-defendants
is the outcome of a conspiracy to ex- jM
terminate the federation.
Immediately following the anouncement
of this decision argument cornfenced.
BRYAN STATES HIS POSITION.
Relegates to the Rear Government
Ownership of Railroads.
William Jennings Bryan does not
favor government ownership as a paramount
issue in the next campaign. He vsj
relieves first in rigid regulation and
irges the states to stand fast for their
isms ill uui uiug, ui uic uuijjviauuua - <
md to leave regulation solely in the 4.
lands of the federal government. This,
le says, is the current issue of his
>aper, The Commoner.
OUTRAGE BY NIGHT-RIDERS.
rarmer's Threshing Machine Dynamited
Because of His Independence.
A threshing machine owned by John 1
'ields, a non-associalion farmer, was
lestroyed Thursday morning on the |
arm of Dr. Word at Oak Grove, Ky.,
>y dynamite that was concealed in the
vheat. Two laborers were badly injur
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