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ROOSEVELT DENOUNCES |i
WAITS COBIWr;
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Warns "Unfriendly Interests" in j
Speech at Provincetown. :
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Contest is Now On, He Declares, to. <
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mense Fortunes Invested in Busi- '
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ne*s Xeed Curbing. ,
Provincetown. Mass. ? Before a
gathering of 30,000 persons, who ,
filled the old fishing village to over- <
flowing. President Roosevelt discussed
questions of the hour. His j
presence was due to the laying of the ]
cornerstone of the monument to i
commemorate the landing of the Pil- '<
griins on New England soil. J
The President arrived on the May- j
Cower at JO o'clock a. m., and was ]
greeted with a salute from the assem- ,
bled warships. As the President
landed a committee composed of ]
Governor Guild of Massachusetts, the j
president of the Pilgrim Society, and ,
the chairman of the Selectmen of j
Provincetown, met him at the pier ,
and formally welcomed him to Massa- ,
chusetts. The carriages carrying
these officers, members of the Presi- :
dent's family and of the committee. ,
formed a procession and drove di- ^
rectly to the hill where the ceremo- .
nies attendant upon the laying of the j
cornerstone of the monumerit were
held.
Prayer opened the exercises at the j
monument, followed by brief Masonic
ceremonies. The president of the j
Pilgrim Society thereupon introduced ;
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the President.
James Bryce, British Ambassador, 1
was on the program, and followed the
President with an address, as did .
also Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and ]
Representative William C. Lovering.
President Roosevelt in his address '
asserted his belief that the "particu- j
larly severe" disturbance on the New '
York^ Stock Exchange was for the i
most part "due to matters not particularly
confined to-the United States
and to matters wholly unconnected
with any Governmental action." The 1
startling feature of this portion of
the speech was, however, his sugges- ]
tion of another "rich men's consDiraev"
contained in this declara
tion:
"It may well be that the determination
of the Government, in which,
gentlemen, it will not waver, to punish
certain malefactors of great
wealth has been responsible for something
of the troubles, at least to the
extent of having caused these men to
combine to bring about as much
financial stress as they possibly can
in order to discredit the policy of the
Government and thereby to secure a
reversal of that policy so that they
may enjoy the fruits of their own
evil doings."
He asserted ' that it is necessary
to exercise a far more efficient control
than at present over the business
use of those vast fortunes, chiefly
. corporate, which are used in interstate
business." State action, he
declared, could not produce "wholet
some results," and he advocated national
incorporation for corporations
engaged in interstate commerce,
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avowing m&i uie must, {jicssiug uccu -*
was for a more complete control by t
the Federal Government over the
railroads "under the interstate com- (
merce clause, and, if necessary, under, <
the post road clause of the Constitu- ]
tion." i
The President spoke of the inter- t
state commerce law and the anti- ;
trust law as experiments which had '
disclosed the necessity of improve- i
ment or modification. He went at
length into the difficulties of convict- j
ing individuals for violations of busi- s
ness regulation enactments compared 1
with the relative ease of procuring i
verdicts against corporations, but as- 1
serted that the administration proposed
to punish rich men wherever
prosecutions looked promising. sHe i
also took occasion to advocate once I
more a national employers' liability |1
law of increased extent and stringency.
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President Roosevelt spoke for forty
minutes. His entire speech was one <
of vigor and directness and cn mat- <
ters of national importance. <
In the following unequivocal lan- <
guage the President answered the i
law-defying corporations which have ;
been creating Wall Street "panics" \
and through their special agencies 1
have been attempting to make it ap- 1
pear that the prosecution of monopolies
is hurting business and under- 1
mining the Nation's prosperity: l
"During the present trouble with ]
the stock market I have, of course, i
received countless requests and sug- l
gestions, public and private, that I
should say or do something to ease ;
the situation. There is a world-wide <
financial disturbance. It is felt in
the bourses of Paris and Berlin, and ]
British consols are lower than for a
generation, while British railway securities
have also depreciated. On '
the New- York Stock Exchange the i
disturbance, has been peculiarly se- <
vere.
"Most of it I believe to be due to 1
matters not peculiar to ihe United
States, and the most of the remainder <
to matters wholly unconnected with <
any Governmental action; but it may
well be that the determination of the
Government, in which, gentlemen, it ]
will not waver, to punish certain malefactors
of great wealth has been responsible
for something of the trouble,
I believe to the extent ?.f having
Dies Buttoning Wife's Waist.
Willie Duiioniag a. waist iur uis
wife. Patrick J. Egan, of No. 610 <
West Fourth street, Cincinnati,
dropped dead. Mrs. Egan did not
know what had happened until she
heard her husband fall.
To Withdraw Eddy Complaint.
At the close of the hearing in the
Eddy case at Concord, N. H., it was
reported that the complaint would be
withdrawn and new proceedings begun.
About Noted People.
Peary has abandoned his search for
Pnlp for another vear.
John D. Rockefeller says he is harnessoi
to the cart in which the people
ride.
The death is announced of Professor
Berthelot, the famous French
che:-.'st.
Cardinal Gibbons preached at
Southampton, England, on the misery
of the wealthy who have no friends.
Admiral Baron Yamamoto is one of
the few Japanese who wear a full
heard trimmed in .Vandyke fashion. <
caused these men to contrive to bring
is much financial 3trife as possible in
jrder to discredit the policy o? the
Government and thereby secure a reversal
of t";at policy so that they may
jnjoy unmolested the fruits of tneir
jwn evil doings.
"They have misled many good people
into believing that ihere should
be such reversal of policy possible,
[f so I am sorry, but it will not alter
ray attitude. Once for all let it be
said that as far as I am concerned and
Cor the eighteen months of my Pres'
Jency that remain there will be u
change in the policy we have steadily
pursued* cr let-up in the efforts to
sepure the honest observance of the
:*w, for I regard this contest as one
:o determine who shall rule this free
country?the people through their
Governmental agents or a few ruthless.
domineering men, whose wealth
makes them peculiarly Jormidable because
they hide behind breastworks
pf corporate organization.
"I wish there to be no mistake on
:ms point; 11 is mie 10 ass. uic um i
prosecute criminals, rich or poor, but
[ desire no le3s emphatically to have
t understood that we have sanctioned
and will sanction no action of a viniicti^e
type, and above all no action
which stmll inflict great and unmerited
suffering u?on innocent stockholders
and upon the public as i
whole.
"Our purpose is to act with minimum
harshness compatible with attaining
our end. In the man of great
wealth who has earned his wealth
honestly and ^uses it wisely we recognize
a good citizen of the best type,
worthy of all praice and respect."Business
can only be done under
modern conditions through corporations,
and our purpose is heartily to
favor the corporations that do well.
The Administration appreciates that
liberal but honest profits for legitimate
promoting, good salaries for
able and right management, and dividends
for capital employed, either in
founding or continuing wholesome
business ventures, are the factors
necessary for successful corporate activity,
and, therefore, for generally
prosperous business conditipn.
"All these are compatible with fair
lealings as between man and man
and rigid obedience to the law. Our
aim is to help every honest man,
every honest corporation, and our
policy means, in the ultimate, healthy
and prosperous expansion of business
activity,- honest business methods and
honest corporations." 1
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[7. S. MAIL ROBBED OF $350,000.
Registered Pouches Missed From
Bnrlington Train, i- ; y
Omaha,' Neb.?The biggest robbery
in the history of the United States
mails took place between Denver and
Dmaha last Thursday night, when
three . through 'registered pouches
which contained $250,000 were stolen
:rom the Burlington fast mail train
:hat runs between Denver and Chi:ago.
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The robbery took place on Thurslay
night, but the news of it did not
lome out for several days, although
postal inspectors of Salt Lake City, i
Denver, Kansas City, Omaha, St.
u.ouis and Chicago have been at work
)ince the robbery.
Every postal inspector and Secret
Service man in the West is working j
)n the case.
On Thursday night seven through J
tsgisieieu yuutuca ncie ccm uuiu,
;he Denver postofflce to the depot for
;he Burlington fast mail train.
These were receipted for by the
nail clerk. When the train reached
McCook. Neb.,. it was . .found that j
;hree of the pouches were missing.
One of the missing pouches was
lestined for Omaha, another for Chicago
and the third was an empty foi
Lincoln. Although the Omaha pouch
was valuable, that to Chicago confined
a heavy shipment of cash from
i Denver bank to one in Chicago,
rhe shipment is said to aggregate
nore than $250,000.
As soon as the loss was discovered
:he inspectors were notified and a
search begun. At first it was thought
.he missing pouches had .been sent to
i wrong train, but it is now known
:hey were stolen.
\R$ON TO COVER TWO MURDERS.
iVomen Killed While a Barn Was
Burning.
Philadelphia.?While the attention
Df Edward Horner, a farmer between
Collingswood and Merchantville, neai
Camden, was diverted by a fire startid
in his barn at 4 o'clock a. m., an
issassin entered his house and with
in axe murdered Mrs. Horner and
the hired girl, an Italian named Vit
toria Natoli. Mrs. Horner was sixty
three years old.
The Italian woman. Vittoria, was
working on the farm with her husband,
Tornaso, to whom she had been
married a year ago. The detectives
suspected a neMfln&jjivhand who had
jeen discharged by Horper two weeks
before. His name is Charles Gibson,
and he is now in custody in Camden
charged with the murder.
It was found that the fiend who
killed the women had also robbed the
Horner home, carrying away two revolvers,
some money and two gold
watches. When Gibson was arrested
one of the revolvers was in his basket
and so were two pawn tickets, each
for a gold watch. The tickets were
taken to the pawnbroker, Joseph
Rieder, of 12S Market street. Philadelphia,
and the watches were recovered.
Rieder was taken to Ca~nden,
where he picked Gibson out of a long
line of prisoners and identified him
positively as me person wno naa
pledged the watches. When Gibson's
pockets were searched $14 was found
in them.
To Refund War Taxes.
A ruling relative to the war revenue
tax on bequests and legacies
was made by the Commissioners of
Internal Revenue which will cause
the refunding of at least $1,000,000
of taxes collected.
Ohio's Beautiful Woman Convict.
Mabel Hall, one of the most beautiful
women ever in the Ohio Penitentiary,
was released after serving
h6r second term for obtaining property
on false pretences.
The World of Sport.
a. k. Day, wno cans nimseit tne
world's champion runner, has sent a
challenge from Seattle, Wash., for a
mile race with Alfred Slirubb for
$5000.
John W. Gates is to make his home
in England, where, like Richard
Croker, he will live the life of a country
squire, with a large racing establishment.
W. J. Clothier and W. A. Larned
defeated Beals C. Wright und R. D.
Little in the lawn tennig tournament
at Longwood for the E&stera doubles
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SEEK FINAL TEST GF THE
Action Begun at Washing
Federation
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Washington, D. C.?A significant
legal action was begun in the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia by
James W. Van Cleave, president of
the National Association of Manufacturers,
to enjoin Samuel Gompers,
John Mitchell and the other officers
and the 2,000,000 members of the
American Federation of Labor and
several of its subsidiary organizations
from using the boycott and socalled
"unfair list." Van Cleave
starts the suit on behalf of a large
manufacturing company in St. Louis
of which he is president, it having
been-declared "unfair," so it is said,
by the labor unions, but the significance
of thp action lies in its being a
test case, wherein Mr. Van Cleave, as
head of the Manufacturers' Association,
seeks to permanently enjoin organized
labor from using the "unfair"
or "we don't patronize" lists in
its fight against firms and individ
uals. 1W papers were niea nere m
order that personal service might be
immediately obtained against a large
number of the labor leaders named in
complaint, who are in Washington.
The bill asks for a permanent injunction
against Samuel Gompers
.and Frank Morrison, of Washington;
John V. Lennon, of "Bloomington,
111.; James Duncan, of Quincy,
Mass.; John Mitchell, of Indianapolis
? James O'Connell, of Washington;
'Max Morris, of Denver; Denis A.
Hayes, of Philadelphia; Daniel J.
Keefe, of Detroit; William D. Huber,
of Indianapolis; Joseph P. Valentine,
'of Cincinnati, all of the American
Federation of Labor; also R. L.
Thixton, C. O. Buckington, H. C.
Poppe, A. J. Cooper and E. L. Hickman,
as individuals and as officers of
the Blectrotype Molders and Finishers'
Union No. 17 and members of
the International Stereotypers and
EJectrotypers* Union. The complainant
is the - Bucks Stove and
Range Company, of St. Louis.
Alleges a Conspiracy.
| The plaintiff asks that the defendants
be enjoined on nine special
points, first'alleging a conspiracy unlawfully
to injure its business. It is
asked that the unions be enjoined
from carrying on a conspiracy to restrain
and destroy the business of
the plaintiff; from agreeing or combining
to interfere with its business
or that of any other person, firm or
corporation, or from boycotting or
attempting to boycott or threatening
to boycott the Dlaintiff or the plain
tiff's business or attempting to interfere
with the regular shipment, sale
or trade in its goods. It is also
sought to enjoin the unions from
printing, publishing or distributing
by mail any paper which contains the
name of the plaintiff corporation un|
der a "We Don't Patronize" or "Un'
fair" heading or which contains any
| statement that the plaintiff is or has
! been unfair; from publishing or cir[
culating in any way, in writing or orj
ally, any statement to the injury of
I the product of the plaintiff, or from
representing to dealers or the public
that the plaintiff's factory has been
boycotted, and that its goods should
not be dealt in. Safeguard is also
asked from any threatening or intimidating
of customers of the plaintiff;
I from any giving of orders to committees,
associations or agents for any
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with the plaintiff's business, or from
the carrying on of the alleged conspiracy
against the plaintiff's proper
business.
The steps leading up to this action
are set forth in the complaint to be
the outcome of a strike. The complaint
says that on August 29, 1906.
without previous notice, the members
Lords Pass Dead Wife's Sister Bill. {
After a prolonged and animated
debate the House of Lords in London
passed the second reading of the Deceased
Wife's Sister bill by 111 votes
to 79. The minority included every
one of the seventeen Bishops who are
members of the House.
Steel Plant Burned.
The plant or tne uumoeriana oieei
Company, at Cumberland, Md., was
destroyed by fire of unknown origin.
Loss, $350,000; insurance, $100,000.
Feminine Notes,
Pauline Spender Clay, granddaughter
of William Waldorf Astor, is heiress
to $100,000,000.
Mrs. Catherine Gilligan, oldest
woman in the Bronx, died in New
York City July 30, aged 107.
Mrs. Dick-Waaler, a newspaper
woman of Christiania, Norway, is
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VlSlllUg IlMCllUa ILL xuiuugn^iviiw.
There is but one Indian voman in
the world who is r. lawyer, viz., Miss
Lyda Conley, of Kansas City, Kan.
Mrs. Eddy has demonstrated that
she is in astonishing physical health
for a woman nearly ninety year? <?ld.
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BOYCOTT IN BIG LAWSUfT
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ton Against the American
of Labor. "
fee of the "Unfair" and the
tronize" Lists.
of the Metal Polishers' Union, No.
13, of St. Louis, in the employ of the
stove c.oirinanv ntrnrlr a hnHv nnil
without notice to the company, which
action is said to have been in violation
of an agreement between the In,
ternational Union of Metal Polishers
and the Stove Founders' National Defense
Association, of which the
Bucks company is a member, under
which all differences have for fourteen
years been successfully adjusted
by a conference committee.
Stirs St. Loais Unions.
On the failure of the strike the International
Union of Metal Polishers
declared a boycott against the Bucks
company and its product, inserted
the company's name in its "unfair"
list and published it in the union paper.
The local union, No. 13, also
joined in the boycott and gained its
indorsement by the Central Trades
and Labor Union, of St. Louis, and
the Metal Trades Council, also of St.
Louis, both subordinate unions of the
American Federation.
In November, 1905, at the annual
convention of the American Federation
in Minneapolis, the products of
the company were placed on the "we
aont-patronize list 01 tne reaeration,
and its name was published in
this list in the American Federationist
in the June and July, 1907, issues.
The complaint sets forth that by
reason of the federation's great membership
and wide distribution and its
extraordinarily complete and powerful
organization, the placing of the
company's products on its "we-don'tpatronize"
list injured greatly the
complainant's business.
LABOR TO FIGHT.
Gompers Says Manufacturers Sought
to Delay Criminal Action.
Washington, D. C.?The injunction
proceeding brought in the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia
against the officers of the American
Federation of Labor by the National
Manufacturers' Association will be
answered hv a rnnsniranv suit from
the labor organizations against the
Manufacturers' Association. The authority
for this statement is President
Samuel Gompers, of the American
Federation of Labor, who said
that he was authorized to instruct the
attorneys of hi4 organization to prepare
the papers in the action.
Another development in the corftest
between organized labor and the
Manufacturers' Association is likely
to be an application to the Postoffice
Department for a fraud order against
the American Federationist. This is
the organ of the American Federation
of Labor that prints the "unfair list"
against which an injunction is sought
by the Manufacturers' Association.
Daniel Davenport, of Bridgeport,
Conn., one of the attorneys of the
Manufacturers' Association, took
steps to bring the complaint to the
attention of the Postoffice Department.
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. Prenident Gompers declares that
the officers of the Manufacturers' Association
began their suit hurriedly
to forestall the criminal prosecution
of themselves by the American Federation
of Labor. He insisted that
the American Federation has had
under consideration plans for the
prosecution of the Manufacturers'
Association for some time, and that
by some means President Van Cleave,
of the Manufacturers' Association,
learned of the Federation's purpose
and brought the injunction proceeding
to counteract the effect of the
contemplated suit.
Hanged For Assault on Stepchild.
James Rucker, a negro, was hanged
in jail at Asheville, N. C. Rucker
was convicted of criminal assault on
bis stepdaughter. It is said that this
is the first time in the history of
North Carolina that a negro has been
hanged for such a crime against bne
of his own race.
Allies Defeat Moors.
Moorish tribesmen again attacked
Casablanca and were defeated.
Newsy Paragraphs.
England is "pageant mad."
Pittsburg now claims a population
of 600,000.
London is full of Americans unable
to obtain passage home in overcrowded
liners.
Advices received in Washington,
D. C., showed that Russia is changing
her military base in Siberia from
Harbin to Irkutsk.
Heiry C. Ide, former Governor of
the Philippines, expressed the opinion,
in an interview that the newly elected
| Assembly for the islands would prov$
a auccess. ?
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TflfT STATES HIS POLICIES I
Opens Campaign With Praise ol j
Roosevelt's Doctrines.
Advocates Administration's Stand g
Against Railroads, Trusts, \hc Criminal
Rich and Swollen Fortunes.
Columbus, O.?In a 15,000-word
speech before the Buckeye Republican
Club Secretary of War William
Howard Taft outlined the national
policies he advocates. This was his ^
initial utterance on this subject since
he avowedly became a .candidate for
the Presidential nomination.
The Secretary's speech was a re- h
affirmation of all of -the policies of ^
President Roosevelt in all matters of r
the railroads, the trusts, pursuing the t(
criminal rich with prosecutions and g
curbing swollen fortunes. He advo- c
cated a revision of the tariff, but not
until after the next Presidential elec- t
tion, and then' only as regards "ex- ^
ceasive schedules." Free trade, he ?,
3aid, wouid lead to disaster. ' p
Throughout his long speech Sec- ^
retary Taft many time3 referred to
utterances of William Jennings d
Bryan, and took pains to* show at h
great length that the Bryan policies j
had not been taken over by Roosevelt g
and that there were radical differ- v
jnces in the forms of government pro- s
posed by the two men. f
No promise of an abandonment of ;
any part of the Roosevelt anti-cor- a
poration policy was given anywhere t
In the Secretary's speech. Fully 10,300
of the 15,000 words were devoted 8
to explaining and justifying the r
Roosevelt policies on three subjects c
alone?the railroads, the trusts and t
swollen fortunes. The concluding t
paragraph was a eulogy of the Presi- n
dent. Roosevelt's radical policies are t
' accepted by him in their entirety^ i
EPITOME OF NATIONAL POLICIES ?
EXPOUNDED BY SECRETARY TAFT I
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All of the Roosevelt policies'for fi
Government regulation of the rail- <3
roads, controlling the trusts, curbing t
'swollen" fortunes, are reaffirmed by
the Secretary of War. ' c
He favors extending the Rate law r
oy amendments prohibiting over-cap- c
itallzation of railroads, the purchase c
of stock in competing lines and- the a
alection of common directors by com-. (
peting roads, t \
He is opposed to Government ownership
of railroads because it would t
:ost $12,000,000,000toacquire them; (
they would not be managed effective- (
ly or economically, and a reckless s
Dhief executive could use them to (
- control business and politics. (
He favors the criminal prosecution f
and sending to jail of wealthy of- t
fenders against the Rate law and the a
A.nti-Trust law. N ,a
He defends combinations of capl- 1
cal, declaring that, legitimately con- J
ducted, they add to the prosperity of g
fho rnnntrv T
To curb swollen fortunes he would j
not have the Federal Government c
impose a graduated inheritance tax
or an income tax until some exigency ?
requiring additional revenues arose. c
' Roosevelt, instead of being an ad- c
'vocate of socialistic measures, he de- \
clares, would stop the growth of So- w
sialism by demonstrating the Govern- a
ment's ability to stamp out evils t
which have caused social unrest. f
Of the Wall Street slump he asserts,
"it is not true that the Presi
dent is engaged In a raid against all
corporations." j
He denies Roosevelt has "outBryaned"
Bryan, claiming many radical
differences in the policies favored ,
by the two men.
Of the tariff, he says free trade
"will certainly lead only to disaster," *
but that it is the duty of the Repub- ^
lican party to prevent excessive tariff
rates. There are many excessive .
schedules, but no attempt at revision v
j should be made until after the next
Presidential election. ^
- TAFT STARTS ON WOIfLD TOUR.
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Bound For Manila to Attend Opening of First (
Philippine Assembly. c
Washington, D. C.?On a pilgrim- *
age that will encircle the globe and *
in fulfillment of a promise to the J
FilipiDos to return to Manila to at- .
tend the opening of their first legls- :
lative assembly, Secretary of War j
William H. Taft left here on the first 1
stage of the journey. W. Michi?p
nf Mr. Taft's office, and an at
tendant accompanied the Secretary. I
Mrs. Taft and son Charles will join 1
the Secretary in the Yellowstone
Park for the remainder of the trip,
and Fred W. Carpenter, secretary to i
Mr. Taft, will join the party at Seat- t
tie. The party will sail from Seattle i
on the steamship Minnesota on Sep- t
tember 10. They will stop several c
days in Japan, from there go to Hong t
Kong and thence to Manila, arriving (
there on October 14. I
After a little more than two weeks j
in the islands they will go to Vladi- c
vostok and there take the Trans-Si- t
berian Railway direct to Moscow,
reaching there on November 23. They g
will visit St. Petersburg and Berlin t
and perhaps two or three other Euro- f
pean cities and sail probably from i
Bremen so as to reach home the mid- <;
die of December. t
Embezzlement Alleged.
On a charge of embezzling JujUO
from the endowment fund of the Peddle
Institute at Hightstown, N. J., F
Samuel V. Hulse, its former treasurer, ?
was arrested. f
Philippine Military Order Election.
At Kansas City, Mo., H. A. Crow,
of Connelsville, Pa., former Captain I
of the Tenth Pennsylvania Volunteer $
Infantry, was elected commander-in- n
chief of the society. Army of the Phil- h
ippines. The meeting next year will A.
be at Galesburg, 111. C
Evangelical Sunday Injured.
At Oskaloosa, Iowa, the Rev. Willlam
Sunday, formerly a baseball player,
now an evangelist, was hurt by
the overturning of a buggy in which
he was riding.
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JDaatruau ui?>uu.
Grimshaw is proving valuable to ^
tbe Boston Americans as utility man. c
There are few first basemen as r
good aa Bob Unglaub, of the Boston t
Americans, at digging up low throws. 2
Lajoie says he will play first base a
for the Clevelands until the club findi D
a better man. He may have to wait 0
for some time.
The Northwestern 'League appears
to have the star base runner of the
country. His name is Rowan, and t
he plays with the Spokane Club. He I
has stolen fit'ty-four bases la eighty- t
loursames. ' I*
DRS. EDDY SUII WITHDRAWN
.handler Files a Motion For Dismissal
in Court at Concord, N. H.
treeter Asks to Hare Woman's Comix.ii*.
Vaw
run) i/iicruuncu
to Avoid a Will Contest.
Uoncord, N. H.?A sudden though
ot wholly unexpected ending of the
aasters* hearing in connection with
he suit in equity brought by relaivea
for an accounting of the proprty
of MJs.' Mary Baiter G. Eddy,
eader of the Christian Science faith,
ame in the Superior Court room
iere when former, Senator William
3. Chandler, senior counsel for the
elatives, or next friends, announced
o the board of masters that they had
lied a motion with the Superior
Jourt to dismiss their action.
The announcement that a petition
or the dismissal of the suit had been
iled with the Superior Court had
ieen anticipated on account of many
irivate conferences which had been
;eld between opposing counsel.
The reason for the petition for
inwiiflnAl #><-? lrnAwn of + V> n
aouiic^ai, uiauv nuunu ov i,uw
learing by Mr. Chandler, was the beief
that success along the lines deired
could not be obti *d and the
mprofltableness of any immediate reult
of a decision in favor of the next
riends in the exact issue as now
ramed, compared with the burdens
,nd disadvantages to be endured
ioth before and after such a decision.
General Frank 4S. Streeter, counel
for Mrs. Eddy, objected to a disnissal
of the cas^before the question
?f competency had been decided by
he masters, in view of t-' ossibility
hat after Mrs, Eddy's de?..u attempts
night be made in behalf of the relaives
to break her will, in which, he
ntimated, provisions had been made
or carrying on the work in which
he is interested. The masters deeded,
however, that under the inductions
given them by the Court
hey could not proceed in view of the
lling of a motion with the Court tc
lismiss the case, and announced that
hey would so report.
With the termination of the proeedings
before the masters the cast
everts to the Superior Court on the
luestion of petition to dismiss tne
>riginal suit. There is little doubl
imong those interested that Judge
Chamberlain, before whom the actior
vas brought, will grant the motion.
The suit withdrawn was brought ir
he Merrimack County Superioi
Court on March 1 last by George W
Jlover, of Lead, S. D., Mrs. Eddy't
ion, and his daughter, Mary Bakei
Jlover, and other relatives of the
Christian Science leader, as nexl
riends, against Calvin A. Frye, secre
ary of Mrs. Eddy; Lewis Strang, assistant
secretary; Herman Herinj
Lnd Irving C. Tomlinson, of Concord;
Alfred Farlow, Ira C. Knapp and
roseph Armstrong, of Boston;
Stephen A. Chase, of Fall River, and
Sdward A. Kimball, of Chicago, al!
>rominent in Christian Science cir
:les.
Alfred Farlow, of the Christiar
Science Publication Committee, one
>f the defendants, after the dismissal
>f the suit, gave out a statement ii
vhich he characterized the suit as s
gigantic farce, an effort to annoj
ind discredit Mrs. Eddy and stigmaize
the religion of which she is the
ounder."
POSTAL LIGHTS SHOT OUT.
Tour Employes Dodge Bullets bj
Hiding at Ash Fork, Ariz.
Los Angeles, Cal.?Breaking winlows
and firing bullets into the buildng,
an armed mob attacked the relating
station of the Postal Telegraph
Cable Company in Ash Fork
^riz. Four employes in the office
vere in great danger of being killed
>ut managed to dodge the bullets bj
liding. The shooting began at ]
('clock, and as the Postal employe:
vere unarmed they^ made no resist
mce.
Superintendent Lewis, in charge ol
his district, wired the following tc
Jovernor Gibney:
"Last night an armed n ob attackec
>ur .office at Ash Fork, shooting int<
he office with revolvers and endan
jering the lives of our employes
rhey threatened to renew the attacl
n_ni<rVit i mil unnn vnu to rirotec
he lives of our employes and th<
)roperty of the company at Ash Fork
'lease act promptly."
LANNING GETS SEVEN YEARS.
Penalty For Postmaster, of Florham
Who Uttered Forged Checks.
Florham Park, N. J.?Seven years
n the New Jersey State prison was
he sentence given to George M. Lan
ling, ex-postmaster and president o;
he Board of Education of the bor
"?r\f PlArhnm "Do rlr \fr?rri<a P.nilTV
VI 1V1 UUtU J. Ml n, AIAWA av ?
y, N. J., by Judge Ten Eyck in th<
2ourt of Special Sessions at Newark
canning pleaded guilty on two com
)laints of uttering two forged boriugh
notes aggregating $11,000, or
he Federal Trust Co., of Newark.
In imposing sentence the Courl
aid that while it was undoubtedl)
rue that Lanning had been a faithul
husband and father and had losi
lis money in speculative schemes, as
leclared by his counsel, justice de
Qanded that the maximum penalty bt
nflicted.
Japan Orders Battleship.
The * Japanese Government has
ilaced an order with the Fairfield
ihipbuilding Company, of Scotland;
or an 18,000-ton battleship.
Shoe Trade Immense.
The wholesale shoe trade of
iOuis this year Is expected to reach
66,000,000, or about $11,000,000
Qore than last year. The companies
lave trade with Mexico, Central
imerica. South America, Philippines,
!hina and Japan.
French Drove Back Moors.
Four thousand Moors attacked Caablanca,
Morocco, but French shrapel
drove them back with great
laughter.
Animal Receipts Increased.
Receipts of animals at seven large
Vestern cities during the first six
aonths show a slight gain over.coresponding
1906 and 1905 returns,
he respective figures being 20,052,42
head, comoared with 20,027,094
nd 19,339,215 received at the same
aarkets during the first six months
? 1906 and 1905.
Name For Governor's Baby.
Elizabeth is the name chosen for
he baby born to Governor and Mrs.
lughes at Albany, N. Y. It was said
hat the name is as desired by Mrs.
J linrh AO
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Tree's Lost Bet.
At a big luncheon Beerbohm Tre?
9at next to the Dean of Manchester.
Said a guest: "Well, Mr. Tree, what
have you been doing to-day?" "Oh,"
replied the actor-manager, "I went
for a long motor ride this morning
and' lost a bet." "Indeed," remarked ^
the Dean. "May I ask what the bet
was?" "Certainly," said Mr. Tree*
"I made a bet that we should pass
through 400 different odors and we
only encoutered 399." "Ah," was the
quick reply, "you missed the odor oil v
sanctity."?Argonaut.
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Antiquity of Tennis. * # ?
Among all the popular gam&s of today
none perhaps is of greater antiquity
than tennis, for it is'said to hare
originated in the ball games of the ^
ancient Greeks and Romans.
In the first place the ball was
struck by the hand, later on heavy
gloves were worn or corda strapped
round, the palm, and the racquet was
contrived during the fifteenth cen- J
tury in France, where the game was ;-\\
very popular, and thence introduced
into England.?The Captain. : ^
Consolation Somewhere.
They bad been husband and wife,
for three months, only when the
young wne commenced to snow signs of
disappointment with the bargain ~
she had made.
"I am so unhappy," she confided
\o a girl friend who paid her a visit. "Why,
dear?" inquired the other.
"I am beginning to think that my.
husband married me for my money?" '
"Well," remarked the philosophi-.
cal confidante, "it ought to be sokne
consolation to know that he isn't 3
such a big fool as he looks."?Tatla*." .
Ma*j Ideas. y
i "The average woman," said Grum
bell, "has but one Idea, and that'*
! dress."
"Huh!" snorted Marryat, "my wif6
; usually has at least a dozen ideas,
and they're dressers!"?Catholic
Standard and Times. ,V. ^
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| TEN YEARS OF PAIN.
' '
Unable to Do Even Housework" Be,
cause of Kidney Troubles.
?
? Mrs. Margaret Emmerich, at Clin- V
s ton St., Napoleon, 0., says: ."For
: fifteen years I was a great sufferer
!' from kidney., trou
M>, Dies^ my oacKpainea
L me terribly. Every
iPf^^ tumor move cauBed
4 h a r p , shooting
j Pains. My eyesight J|
was poor, dark spota>
> appeared before me,
' ' and I had dizzy
* " spells For, ten years
" I could not do housework', and for
' two years did not get out bf the '
[ house. The kidney secretions were
irregular, and doctors were not heJp1
ing me. Doan's Kidney Pills brought
1 me quick relief, and finally cured me.
' They saved my life." Hj
Solct by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Jj
j Foster-Milburn Co., BnffaTor, N. Y. fl
| New Law on Trading Hojies.- - I
i The last Indiana Legislature passed B
' a law on horse-trading which con- H
tains the following feature: .fl
5 "Whoever shall sell or offer to seB fl
or exchange any horse or mnl6,
knowing the same to be afflicted with ,H
'glanders' or any infections or con- H
r tagious disease, or knowing It to be I
afflicted with the 'heayes' or to be H
'broken winded' or a" 'cribber' and H
. shall conceal the existence of such 9
. disease frbm the person to whom
is offering the animal, shall be fined H
> not more than $500, to whi<$ may be
! added Imprisonment in the jail/ or H
workhouse not longer than six H
months." H
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Oil From Shale. B
It may surprise many readers to H
j learn that naphtha, Illuminating, oil,
gas oil and lubricating oil are obI
tained in considerable Quantities. fl
> from certain varieties of shale rock.
"Oil shales abound in the Scotch BH
Lothians. A recent memoir of the
1 British Geological Surrey records the
; discovery of an important new field M
* of shale near Duddingston. ' In the H|
year 1901-'02 332,000 . tonr of oil
shale were mined in Scotland, and H|
yielded 62,932,00.0 gallons of crude |B
oil. The Scotch oil shales wore* first7
, made generally known to geologists H
in 1885.?Youth's Companion.
:
Jacob Lumbers, while riding on a
f bicycle in a suburb of London, (ell,
and the stem of a pipe he was smoking
pierced the roof of hie mouth. M
and, entering his brain, killed him.
WHAT'S THE USE? Sj
1 To Pour in Coffee When It Acts m a flB
. Vicious Enemy. - KB
Masters have gone without food for
many days at a time, bat no one cam
go without sleep. "For & long time II flfl
have not been sleeping well, often j^H
' lying awake for two or three hours
during the night, but now I sleep iH
sound every night and wake up refreshed
and vigorous," says a Calif. 19
woman.
"Do you know why? It's because
1 used 10 ariu& cuuee, uut x uuauj
cut it out and began using Postum.
Twice since then 1 have drank coffee,
and both times 1 passed a sleepless
night, and so I am doubly convinced HH
' coffee caused the trouble and Postum^H|
removed it. BH|
"My brother was in the habit of^^|
drinking coffee three times & day.|HB
He was troubled wjth sour stomach,B|H
and I would often notice him gettlng^^B
I snHa from the can to relieve the dis-^^H
tress in his stomach; lately hardly
day passed without a dose of soda^fll
for
"Finally be tried a cup of -Postum^^H
and liked it so well he gave up coffee,H^E
and since then has been drinking Pos-^^H
turn in its place, and says he has notH^J
once been troubled with sour stom-^^IH
ach." Rg^K
Even after this lady's experienc^^^B
with coffee her brother did not sus^^Efl
pect for a time that coffee was caus^^^H
ing his'sour stomach, but /easil^^H
proved
Coffee is not suspected in thou^Hfl
sands of cases just like this, but
easily proved, a ieu uays
works wonders. "There's a Reason.H^H
Read the famous little boolf,
Road to Wellville," in pkgs. HH|
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