The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-29
"What's The News?"
NHEY HAVE been having strike of railway
employees over in France, where the rail

YTYHEY HAVE been having a strike of railway
employees over in France, where the rail-
- roads are owned by the government. When
the strikers were ordered to go back to work.
they refused, and some of them began rioting
This was of course, practically Instruction. and
the troops were called out. Then the strike end
ed, the government taking into consideration the
grievances of the employees, and adjusting mat
tiers with them. 1t is difficult to conceive of
such state of things in this country; but the
whole affair shows again the stability and the wis
dom and moderation of the French Republic.
The sudden death last Saturday of Senator
Jonathan P. Dolliver. of Iowa, removes one of the
ablest and most influential members of the Sem
ate. Promoted from the House after distin-
guished service there, he regarded as one of
the Republican 'wheel-horses" until the question
of tariff revision came up He at once sided with
such insurgents as La Toilette and Cummins and,
by reason of his oratorical ability and his wide
range of learning, soon became the real leader Of
the Senate insurgents. A speech last spring in
which he attacked President Taft almost of
classic strength and style. His place will be hard
to fill.
Julia Ward Howe author and philanthropist,
died last week at the age of 81. Her life was
one of service to humanity; and her Battle Hymn
of the Republic took rank with Maryland, My
Maryland" song of real literary worth
distinction these two share with few, if any 9TH
ers, of the period William Vaughn Moody poet
and playwright, is also dead. He was born in
1869, and wrote some of the finest American verse
of recent years.
The New York Investigation into the Adiron-
dock land purchase scandal goes on, and many
prominent men are being involved The Empire
State did not get Governor Hughes before it need
ed him. What he discovered had been going on
under the administrations of all his predecessors
for do
Louisiana will vote on November 9Th on fifteen
amendments to the Constitution. Some Of them
seem specially worthy of adoption, notably those
providing for increased taxes for roads and
schools and the one permitting school boards to
issue bonds to build schoolhouses
Edgar Allan Poe. the most original and pos
sibly the greatest, of American writer's, has at
length been admitted to the New York Hall OF
Fame" Andrew Jackson also goes in after sew
eral reflections by the committee.
Last week a severe storm swept across Cuba
and Florida and part of Georgia. Much
damage was done to the orange crop and to farEa-
ing interests generally but the early reports OF
the storms severity were much exaggerated.
D. B. Hill, once the leader of the New York
Democracy, Governor. U. S. Senator, and can
didate for President, is dead. He was pot-
clan of the now discredited machine type.
The forty-thrd general conference Of the Epis-
copal Church has just closed in Cincinnati. The
church refused to drop the word Protestant
from it's name or to sanction divine healing"
Walter Wellman, who started to cross the At
lantic in airship. rescued" by steam
ship about 400 miles from Cape Hatteras.