The Monmouth inquirer., 1907-02-21
News Of
A Week.
Paragtaphic Photographs Of the
Worlds Doings


| Alexis Aladyin. who is known as the
leader OF the group of toll in the Rus
sion douma. came to New York to en-
list American sympathy in the strug-
gle to obtain constitutional govern
ment for Russia Born a peasant, he
speaks English French and Italian as
well as his native tongue. Aladyn
said that within the next three months
| 100000 persons would die from star
walton in Russia Unless the douma
grants the constitutional rights de-
manded he prophesied there would be
one of the greatest strikes the world
has known.
Senator r. c. Knox of Pennsylvania
addressed the senate in opposition to
! the resolution reported from the COM
mittee on privileges and elections that
Reed Smoot is not entitled to seat as
a senator of the United States from
Utah" He commended unalterably that
nothing less than two-thirds of the en-
tire membership of the senate could
unseat the Utah senator and defended
the latters right to his seat. Senator
Smoot addressed the senate in his own
! behalf.
President Roosevelt sent to the SEN
ate the following nomination of mem
beers of the isthmian canal commission:
Theodore r. Shonts, chairman; John
F. Stevens chief engineer; Mordecai
T. EndIcott, U. S. NJ; Brigadier Gen
! eral Peter c. Haines, u. s. A., retired;
Benjamin M. Harrod, Jackson Smith
and Colonel William c. Gorgas, q. s.
A. Mr.. Shonts was renominated as
chairman, although 1t is known that
he will retire March next.
]. B. Jaggers, farmer of Hart coun-
ty. KY. thinks he has the largest fam
/ lily in the United States. Jaggers, who
is eighty-nine years old, is the father
of fourteen children. Two of the chill
dren are parents of eleven children
each and all of them have large fami-
lies. Jaggers has 100 grandchildren.
Many of his grandchildren are mar
ried, and he has 1874 great-grandchil-
dren. His descendants so far num-
Der 24S.
The lower body of the Pennsylvania
legislature unanimously passed the 2
cents mile fare bill, to defeat which
Mr.. Baer sent his protest. The Dins-
more railway commission bill has also
been slated for passage. This meas
ure provides for supervision of the
roads by a commission named by the
governor. The railroads, it is said,
fear this bill more than the two cent
measure.
John Armstrong Chanler, cousin of
the Astors and brother of New York S
lieutenant governor, has decided his
ancestral estate in Virginia to the Uni
versity of Virginia. Mr. Chanler de-
clared that he felt justified in putting
his property out of the reach of his
relatives He alleged as reason that
they conspired to incarcerate him for
life in Bloomingdale Insane asylum.
President Roosevelt sent to congress
message on the public land situation.
He advocates the conservation of coal
and other fuel resources on lands still
belonging to the government, urges
government control of the western
public land pastures and asks for an
appropriation of 100000 in addition to
present estimates to aid in detecting
and preventing land frauds.
Startling testimony concerning alleg-
ed plans to massacre colored soldiers
at Brownsville, Tex. by men from the
town firing over the barracks to STAN
pede the soldiers and challenges to
them to come out of the barracks was
given by former negro soldiers at the
| investigation before the senate commit
tee on military affairs.
After Professor John A. Brashear of
the Allegheny (Pa) observatory an
+, nounced the discovery of a monster
sun spot and predicted an electrical
disturbance Pittsburg and its vicinity
were startled in the midst of heavy
blizzard by vivid fash of lightning
and several loud peals of thunder.
! In Albany, N. Y, Supreme Court
| Justice Fits handed down two deci-
sions sustaining the position Of Attor-
ney General William S. jackson In the
matter Of the proceedings In the inter-
4 est of William r. Hearst to Dust
George B. Mcclellan from the Office of
mayor of New York city.
Mrs. Lottie Wallau. a wealthy wo-
mas Of New York, was committed to
| the Tombs without bail on the charge
OF numbering her mother. Mrs Ida
Binge, by slow poison. Mrs. Binge was
dying from cancer. and the police are
unable to aliege any motive for the
| suspected poisoning.
Governor woodruff of Connecticut Is
said to be planning the biggest poiiti
| cal sensation of recent years namely
the removal of State Tax Commits
sioner Frank Healey. who is alleged
to have accepted $1,000 for helping t
make Howard A. Steele county com
missioner.
The first seriens strike at an anthra
j cite coIlierv since the award of tb'
strike commission went into effect Il
April. 1908. is now in progress at tn
Morea colIiery Of the Dodson Coal com
pany. IN SchuyllsilI county. Pa. Tn
men demand 4 number Of concessions