Connecticut western news., 1907-01-03
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which he said. 'I am not seeking tho presidential nomination and do not ex- pect to be the Republican candidate, but am not foolish enough to say that in the improbable event that the op- portunity to run for the great office of president were to come to me should decline it, for this would not be true" In an interview William ]. Bryan vir- tually admitted that he would be a candidate for the presidential nomina- tion before the next Democratic na- tional convention. "Such high honor as the presidential nomination is some thing that no American citizen should decline" said Mir Bryan.
 The December New York grand jury indicted George w. Perkins and Charles s. Fairchild, former officials of the New York Life, for forgery in the third degree, charging them with hay ing concealed. under the shelter of a subsidiary company's name, the own ership of stocks by the New York Life This was done in order to get around the Prussian governments objection to stock ownership by an insurance com pany doing business in Prussia. The grand jury eXonerated AIr. Perkins and MT. Fairchild of dishonest intention. With the charge that the Interna- tional Powder company, known as the powder trust, has offered to betray inn portant secrets to Germany and alleg- ing that the International is a conspir- acy in restraint of trade, Robert &. Waddell, president of the Buckeye Powder company of Peoria, H., has sent to all members of congress copies of circular attacking the trust and charging Senator Henry X. Du Pont of Delaware with having m interest in 1t. The government has taken the first steps in the direction of driving the Standard oil company out of the southwestern field by promulgating l regulations under the terms of which the biggest independent oil pipe line in the world will be constructed, part. ly over Indian lands. Under the reg ulations 1t will be impossible for the proposed pipe line ever to fall into the hands of any monopoly.
 In communication to William k. Hearst New York states new attorney general, w $. Jackson, said that if Mr. Hearst should see fit to ask leave to institute quo warranto proceedings in connection with the 1905 mayoralty election in New York city a rehearng of the case would be granted. The first paper served on MT. Jackson was an application by MT. Hearst for re- argument of the case.
 The offer of F. H. Hartman to trans. port on his steamship lines all supplies delivered at San Francisco and intend ed to relieve famine sufferers in China has opened the way for the American Red Cross to make an appeal direct to the farmers of the country to provide corn and wheat. The government is fit. | ting out the transport Warren at, San | Francisco for the same purpose.
 Frederick Starr, professor of an thropology at the University of Chica | go, returned from visit to the Kongo Free State. He reports that the most wonderful discovery he made was that the natives play ''cat's cradle" game known to all the boys and girls of this country. Professor Starr regards the game as showing the stage of develop. ment the natives have reached
 Americans who are desirous of get | ting some of the trade in the orient | South America and other countries now enjoyed by foreign manufacturers says report of the bureau of manu factures of the department of com merce and labor, should apply to that bureau for its varied lines of samples of goods which find Il ready market in those countries.
 The San Francisco Chronicle, owned by M Fl. De Young, a Republican of national prominence, printed an edito rial headed National Loyalty" iI which warning was virtually giveL | that if President Roosevelt's attitude with regard to the Japanese question were indorsed by congress California would become rebelious.
 All is now quiet at Scooba and Wah alak, Miss, where fighting between whites and negroes took place. an6 there is no likelihood of further rioting ! It Is said that white men protected in nocent negroes and that every effor, will be made by the whites to punish those white men who are responsible | for the riots.
 l The three defendant oil companie. against which Attorney General Ellis of Ohio filed custer suits in Lima, O. acknowledged that the Standard OL | Company of New Jersey owned all bu, five shares of the capital stock of tn, Buckeye Pipe Line company, the Solar Refining company and the Ohio Oi company.
 In her first authorized statement since the death of her husband on July 22 Mrs. Russell Sage served notice to all who have been importuning her by mail and in many other ways that she | will give out no money until after MT Sage's estate is finally settled, which will not be within a year.
 Barbara Jaques of St. Louis Is able to talk plainly, although she is but nine months old. Every word is dis tinctly understood, and few are mis.