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THE NEWS AND FARMER.
J. W. WHITE, Editor and Proprietor.
VOLUME XXVI.
THE PROHI CANDIDATES
Eugene Cliafin for President; A.
S. Watkins for Vice-President.
SHORT PLATFORM ADOPTED
Rev. Palmore of St. Louis Was Nominat
ed Vice-President by Acclamation
But Declined the Honor.
Columbus, Ohio.—For president,
| Eugene W. Cliafin of Chicago, 111.; for
vice president, Aaron S. Watkins of
Ada, Ohio.
1 his ticket was nominated by the
Prohibitionists' liaiionai convention,
and both nominations were made
unanimous. The full indorsement of
me convention was not, however, giv
en to Mr. Chafin, until alter three ual
tots had been taken.
On the first two ballots Mr. Chafin
did not show a great amount of
-irength, receiving but 195 out of
■1.083 votes on the first, and 370 out
ot 1,087 on the second.
However, when the third ballot was
taken he received 636 votes and his
was made unanimous, llis
strongest competitor was Rev. \\ ll
liam ii. Palmore of St. Louis.
Reverend Palmore was nominated
tor vice president by acclamation, but
lefused to accept the nomination.
This involved the convention in a
parliamentary tangle. The rules were
several times suspended and the su
pension immediately revoked.
Three men were named for vice
.president, A. S. Watktns of Ohio, T.
R. Demaree of Kentucky and C. S.
' iHoller of Indiana.
f Watkins of Ohio received an over
whelming majority on the first bal
lot and his nomination was made
unanimous.
platform adopted by the pro-
I Tjtion party is tile shortest on rec-
S* imd is as follows:
m'ho prohibition party of the Unit
x States, assembled in convention at
" Celumbus, Oho, expressing gratitude
to Almighty God for the vistories of
our principles in the past, for encour
agement at present, and for confi
dence of early and triumphant suc
cess in the future, makes the follow
ing declaration of principles and
pledges Jheir enactment into law
when placed in power:
..One,' The submission by congress
to. the several states of an amendment
to the federal constitution prohibiting
the manufacture, sale, importation,
exportation or transportation of alco
holic -liquors for beverage purposes.
“Two. The immediate prohibition
of th% liquoyLtraffic for beverage pur
. poses in ilys' District of Columuia, in
territories and all places over
Kvtiicii the. national government has
the repeal of the inter
im! revenue tax oil alcoholic liquors
the prohibition of the interstate
therein.
The election of United
seveTttj-nators by direct vote of the
againjtt
graduated income
Mrs. Ujee taxes.
Establishment of postal
time in the guaranty of
X
“Six. ' v ..e re 0 ,Jn of all corpora
tions doing an interstate commerce
business.
Seven. The creation of a perma
nent tariff commission. ' -.
“Eight. The strict enforcement of
law instead of the official tolerance
and practical license of the social
evil which prevails in many of our cit
ies, with its unspeakable traffic in
girls.
“Nnine. Uniform marriage and di
vorce leTws.
“Ten. An equitable and constitu
tional employers’ liability act.
"Eleven. Court reviews of postof
fice department decisions.
“Twelve. The prohibition of child
Haber in mines, workshops and fac-
Bkiies.
Legislation basing suf-
Mge only upon intelligence and abil-
read and write the English lan-
lurteen. Preservation of the min-
Hjul forest resources of the coun
j|Bthe improvement of the high
waterways.
in ilie righteousness of
■j||Hhul in the tinal triumph of
ami. convinced of tile
of the republican and
BBSKrtics to (leal With these
gagraMie lo full party fellow
■■All who are with us
sßEffipShttion. wlin represent-
folumiiia at the
■fcgjPPteKe a si in which
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e to iai iii as well
She named no
finally called to
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Vtcyens
j&7 C_Crop destroying
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shrift of with a reliable,
unerring STEVENS.
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STEVENS RIFLES—
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W\\ are unsurpassed.
U \V \ high in quality
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FORCONTEMPTOFCOURT
Compere and Mitchell are Sum
moned to Appear.
VIOLATION Or INJUNCTION
Order Was Issued in the P'amous Boy
cott Case of the Buck Stove
Comp iny.
Washington, D. C. ln the Buck
Stove and Range case, Justice Ander
son of the distiict supreme court,
summoned Samuel Oompers, presi
dent of the American Federation of
Labor; Secretary Frank Morrison of
that organization and John Mitchell
of the executive council and former
president of the United Mine Workers
of America to appear in court on Sep
tember 6th next, to show cause why
they should not be punished for con
tempt of the court’s injunction order.
The citation is based on a petition
of the Buck Stove and Range com
pany of St. Louis, which alleges that
an order issued by Justice Gould for
bidding an alleged boycott by the
American Federation of Labor has
been violated by the public utterances
and addresses of the three labor lead
ers named. It is ulso stated that
Gompers caused to be published in
The Federationist, the official organ
of the federation, a certain article re
flecting on the court’s decision, and
in alleged open defiance printing the
name of the Buck Stove and Range
company on the “we don’t patronize
list.’’
Gompers is quoted as saying to sev
eral newspaper men: “So far as 1 am
concerned, I wish to state this: When
it comes to a choice between surren
dering my rights as a free American
citizen or violating the injunction of
the court, I do not hesitate to say that
I shall exercise my rights as between
the two.”
Other utterances are quoted which
it is alleged Gompers and Morrison,
in furtherance of an alleged plan to
nullify the court’s orders, have pub
lished editorially and which are oth
erwise offensive to the court's decis
ion, including the name of the Buck
company. The references, it is claim
ed, were made for the purpose of
keeping alive the idea of the boycott
as it existed before the order of the
court, and were so framed as to affect
the sale of the company’s products.
John Mitchell, at a meeting of the
United Mine Workers last January,
put to a vote a resolution imposing a
fine of $5 on any member of that or
ganization who purchased a stove or
range of that company’s make. The
resolution also provides for the expul
sion of a member in default of pay
ment of the fine.
WORKINGMAN FEEDS UNEMPLOYED.
Scores of Hungry Men Are- Given
Bread and Soup Each Day.
New York City.—One hundrefl men
a day are being fed free of cost by
John Morgan,, himself a poor work
ingman, at No. 102 Christopher street,
and so quietly that not even residents
of the neighborhood have known
what was going on. Every morning
at 7 o'clock scores of huungry men
out of employment appear in groups
of eight or ten and for a full hour
they come and go, crowding the
small room to its full capacity.
.Every man helps himself to soup and
br*ead and coffee without stint, and
he at liberty to obtain his break
fast aniJ. dinner there for a reason
able time’-xtintil he shall have a
chance to gset work.
Mr. Morgan ; has been carrying on
the work on a"'-spall scale for the
last two or three jvears, hut the de
mands on him have-increased so that
his accommodations Fare now taxed
to their full capacity.-..He has no
money and has found Cyo-operation in
his work from his daughter, who
helps him to pay the rent, while he
collects food for his proteges' as best
he can. ' i
The expense of renting suitable ac
commodations is divided between
them, and for their provisions, they
largely depend on the bounty of byt-.
kers, butchers and grocers, among
whom Mr. Morgan makes his rounds
at 5 o’clock every morning.
WORK TO BE RESUMED.
Railway Will Finish Double-Tracking
Between Washington and Atlanta.
Greensboro, N. C.—The Southern
railroad will soon begin double-track
ing the line from Danville, Va., to
Greensboro.
A thousand men are to be employed
on the improvements. The cost of
the work will be about $12,000,000,
and it will probably take two years
to complete it.
This will he an important link in
the double track work between Atlan
ta and Washington.
MOST PRECIOUS OF METALS.
American Finds Uranium in Mexico.
Large Deposit.
Mexico City, Mex. —William Niven,
an American explorer and antiqua
rian, has returned from a trip to the
wilds of the state of Guerrero with
samples of uranium, the most preci
ous of all metals. An analysis of the
samples has .been made by the direc
tor of the geological institute here,
and he declares that Mexico is des
tined to be one of the radium produc
ers of the world. Samples have also
been spent to the Smithsonian insti
tute at Washington. Mr. Niven claims
the deposit is a large one.
MANY SpPliN BATHING SUITS.
4000(6 People Visit Coney Island and
yd8?5.000 Sleep on the Island.
York City.—lt is estimated
persons were at Coney
hunting a breeze. Rut
Ibihot even at that resort, and
Hk urv went as high as 90 de
■B Some 26,000 persons had
of the night on the sand
-mils, and the attendance
BRre Ill'll,lll along by these
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,A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE MATERIAL AND INTELLECTUAL ADVANCEMENT OF THE COUNTY.
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LOUISVILLE, GA„ THURSDAY. JULY 23, 190,8.
RELEASED AFTER LONG SLAVERY.
Men Were lnticed Aboard Bhip and
Held in Peonage.
San Francisco, Cal. —Nineteen sur
vivors of several hundred South Sea
Islander kidnapped 18 years ago from
their native strand and sold into
slavery among the coffee plantations
of Gueteniala, arrived here on the
steamer City of Para. They are free
and homeward bound and in addition
are traveling as tourists with the Brit
ish government paying expenses.
The natives were kidnapped by Cap
tain Blackburn, who visited" the
islands in his steamer, the Montzeratt
and enticing them aboard, sailed away.,
They were supposed to be contract'
laborers bound to their Guatemalan!
employers for three years.
Ignorant of the language and in aij
strange land, they slaved until their/
plight was made known to the British.J
government. This, however, was now
until 18 years had passed and mosit
of the natives had died.
Captain Blackburn was lost at seaV
in December, 1894, when the Montzer-lj
ratt went down with all hands.
is Muse to rabies.
Man Claims to Have Been Bitten by]
Three Thousand Dogs.
New York City.—Dr. F. R. Jackson',;
cf the Pasteur Institute was caileulj
to Montclair, N. J., to make scientific):
examination of David Steinfeldt, theij
Montclair dog catcher, who, according,''
to the record he has kept during his,
six years’ service, has been bitten):
three thousand times by all manner of*
dogs at least one of which was af-f!
Aided with rabies.
Dr. Jackson made a close examina !)
lion, and Steinfelt, in answer to hisj
questions, said that he Is frequently!:
affected by seme of the
which usualy presage hydrophobia. \
Steinfeldt has not yet decidedt
whether he will visit New York too;
undergo scrutiny at the institute, aslj
he fears “experiments” may be con-j!
ducted by the surgeons if he places),
himself in- their hands. ,• j
RUNNING FOB GOVERNOR.
Texas Blacksmith Making Race for;'
Governorship of ..That State. ;j
Dallas, Texas. —Saturday the demo-i
crats of Texas will decide at theirlj
primary whether to elevate a black-j;
smith to the governorship or to retain;'
Governor Campbell in that office for aj.
second term.
The blacksmith who is opposing/*.
Governor Campbell is 11. R.
of Crumby. Williams served one term'!
in the legislature eight years ago. j
His slogan against Governor Camp-1
bell is that the latter has injured
Texas by his extreme anti-corpora- ‘
lion policy.
Williams is literally hammering
himself along, for as he manages his
campaign he is carrying on his tracte
at the anvil and sjjoes ill-temperetf
mustangs and stubborn mules.
IN TOUCH WITH MINISTRY.
This Country Has Not Yet Recognized
New Government.
Washington, D. C.—- Although the
American government has not official
ly accorded recognition.to the govern
ment of Paraguay formed since the
recent revolution in that country, yet,
following the customary practices in
such cases, Minister O’Brien is in
touch with the ministry. This is de
sirable because a contingency may
arise whereby the United States may
have to call upon the existing provis
ional government for the protection
of American interests or make other
representations. Whether the United
States will recognize the new govern
ment is a question for future settle
ment and will depend upon whether
the new ministry will be able to
maintain-peace and successfully car
ry out treaty relations.
OF POLITICAL INTEREST.
Chairman Hitchcock of the republi
can party is in Colorado Springs,
Col., preparing for a hard fight in the
West.
William H. Taft, who is at Hot
Springs, Va., lias completed the
speech he will deliver in accepting
lhe republican nomination at Cincin
‘ nati, July 28.
John W. Kern, democratic candidate
for vice president, made a visit to
Ibis old home at Kokomo, lnd., and
was, given a rousing reception. Later
he Made a short address.
Alabama delegates to the conven
tion of the Independence League,
which will be held in Chicago next
week, have decided to push the name
of M. W. Howard of Alabama for the
nomination of president of the United
States.
Virginia’s Independence League has
stated that John Temple Graves is
their preference for president of the
United States, provided William Ran
dolph Hearst will not run.
Thomas E. Watson opens his cam
paign for president on the populist
ticket Thursday, July 23, in an ad
' dress at Macon, Ga.
William J. Bryan has practically
completed his personal plans for the
campaign. It is his intention to make
ten or a dozen political addresses,
dealing with the vital issues as pre
sented in the democratic platform,
but to deliver no stump speeches.
Mr. Bryan will go to New York
some time in August. It is said he
has determined to wage a tierce bat
tle in that state, believing that, des
pite his failure to get an eastern run
ning mate New York is debatable.
Ollie James of Kentucky has been
selected for the chairmanship of the
democratic national committee.
Hawaii had a candidate for the
democratic vice president nomination
in William A. McKimmev, a leading
lawyer of Honolulu; but didn’t get a
chance to present his name.
The first appeal for campaign con
tributions by the democratic condi
dates for the presidency and vice
residency has been made. In a for
mal message directed to the farmers
of the country, Messrs. Bryan and
Kern urge them to contribute accord
ing to their means and in other ways
assist in restoring democracy to
power.
MEXICO FOR MEXICANS
Policy is Demanded by Editors
of Southern Republic.
FOREIGNERS NOT WANTED
Declares a Leading Newspaper
—Americans Made Object of Contempt
and Told to Stay Away from Mexico.
-
Mexico City, Mexico. —The anti-for
eign fight in Mexico is assuming very
large proportions apd a hitter contro
versy over the question is being
waged by the foreign and native
press.
La Patria recently printed an arti
cle in which it pvpciuiirm mat the
time is ripe for a '.policy whose cry
shall be "Mexico Me Mexicans.”
Most of the tirade is directed
against the “yanket/s,” a term of con
tempt used by Mexican editors in des
ignating Americans]
Among other thijap, La Patria de
clares that if Americans think the
governments of Argentine, Chile or
Brazil more enlightened than that of
Mexico they should/ 1 journey to those
parts; the sooner the better.
After referring to. the efforts on the
part of the foreigners against the pro
posed new mining atw restricting in
corporations in Mexfco, the paper has
this to say;
“We repeat out att itudo towards
foreigners. We are{ not boxers, but
patriots, and when fwe take a given
decision we take it i|ot as against for
eigners, hut for the! benefit of Mex
ico.”
The paper summafczes the anti-for
eign sentiment as fallows and cham
pions all but the railway measure:
“The minister of public works lias
submitted to the executive of the
union the draft of a|new mining law
which incapacitates {foreigners from
acquiring mines in tao frontier states
and foreign companies from acquiring
mines in any part of the republic.”
GROCERS ELECT OFFICERS.
700 Delegates from Southern Sttaes
Close Business Session at Asheville.
Asheville, N. c]—The Southern
Wholesale Grocers’ Association closed
its three days’ convention in this city
with the election of the following of
ficers :
President, J. Van Hoose, Birming
ham, Ala.; first vice president, H. A.
FOl chelmer, Mobile, Ala.; second vice
president, W, B. Mallory, Memphis,
Tenn.; treasurer, S. W. Lee, Birming
* ham, Ala.; secretary, Robert Moore,
Birmingham, Ala.
The following were elected to com
pose tine advisory board: Adolph Sev
er, Arkansas; L. D. Kooper, Florida;
A. S. Pendleton, (iqgri*Ui James Han
dy of Monroe, La); 'L. B. Rogers,
South Carolina; J. K. C. Wulbern,
Charleston; W. J. Dobbs, Tennesee;
J. R. Williams, Lynchburg, Va.
Hot Springs, Ark., was selected as
the next place of meeting.
After the convention adjourned,
about 700 delegates were given a
drive over the Bill more estate.
TO REMIT BOXES FUND.
United States Returns Money Paid by
China—That Country Grateful.
Peking, China. —In reply to formal
notification that the United States
purposed to remit a portion of what
is known as the "Boxer” indemnity,
China has sent her thanks to the
American government and at the
same time she conveyes a statement
of her intention to send each year
a, considerable number of students for
education in America until the entire
award shall be paid. China further
more will send a high commissioner,
it is understood here, a princely com
mission, to Washington to convey the
special thanks of the government for
this friendly act.
The bulk of the indemnity returned
to China will be devoted to the edu
cation of Chinese students in America.
RETURNS TO FACE CRIME.
Mexico Delivers Walker, the $500,000
Embezzler, to United States.
San Diego, Cal. —When the steam
er St. Denis arrived from Ensenada,
she had on board William P. Walker,
the New Britain, Conn., absconder,
who was in custody of State Superin
tendent of Police Egan of Connecticut
and H. J. Hoffman, a detective.
Walker was rather a pitiable object
as he stepped ashore, stooped and
haggard. The newspaper men who
sought to interview him could get lit
tle more than a shake of the head,
and the remark: “It is a very line
day.” He returned no answer to
many pointed questions that were put
to him. The fugitive and his custodi
ans proceeded at once to the Santa
Pe station, and soon left for Los An
geles.
RUEF TO FACE THIRD TRIAL.
Political Boss of San Francisco Now
Under 78 Indictments.
San Francisco, Cal. —Abraham Ruef,
until two years ago the dominating
political power in municipal affairs in
San Francisco, and who built up the
union labor political organization—
which three limes elected as mayor
Eugene E. Schmitz, formerly orches
tra leader in one of the local thea
tres, will be placed on trial for the
third time for alleged bribery. Ruef
is under seventy-eight indictments,
which charge him with bribing four
teen of the eighteen members of the
last Schmitz board of supervisors to
grant franchises to various public
service corporations.
not thetimeforldvance.
Eastern Railroad Presidents Decline
to Raise Rates.
Philadelphia, Pa. —In a statement
issued with reference to the meeting
of railroad presidents in New York,
at, which was discussed the question
of raising freight rates, President Mc-
Crea of the Pennsylvania Railroad
company, who was present, said that
the conclusion reached was that the
time is not opportune for an advance
in all class rates in the territory rep
resented at the meeting.
FREIGHT RATES GO UP.
An Increase of From Four to Ten Cents
Per Hundred.
Louisville, Ky.—That freight rates
should be advanced in the territory
of the Southeastern Freight Associa
tion and the Southeastern Mississippi
Valley Association, which takes in all
of the territory sotuh of the Ohio
river, was decided on at the meeting
in this city; of tile executive offices
of all of the railroad systems interest
ed.
The advance, it is said, will be from
4 to 10 cents a hundred pounds hori
zontally, to correspond with the ad
vance decided on by the Southeastern
Freight Association recently.
The advance was decided on after
considerable opposition on the part
of railroad executives, who maintain
ed that an advance of rates at the
present time was impolitic, but this
opposition was finally won over by the
argument that in order to meet the
various increased expenses an in
crease in rates was absolutely neces
sary.
The clerical forces of the railroads
interested are quartered in Louisville
temporarily, working out the tariffs.
It is considered probable that the
tariffs will not be in shape for filing
■before August 1, and in accordance
with the requirements of the inter
state commerce commission compell
ing rates to be filed thirty days prior
to becoming effective, the new rates
will not be in force until September
first.
The Southeastern Freight Associa
tion governs all the roads east of a
line from Cincinnati through Chatta
nooga and Birmingham. The territo
ry of the Southeastern Mississippi Val
ley Association is included between
this line and the Mississippi river.
Indianapolis, Ind. it was stated
here by prominent shippers that the
Indiana Manufacturers and Shippers’
Assacoation will resist with persist
ency any attempt by the railroads to
increase freight rates in Central
Freight Association are now in ses
'.sion in Chicago, checking in rates,will
hasten to fruition plans which have
been put on foot for a conference of
representatives of shippers' associa
tions in practically all of the states
This conference, which likely will
be held in Indianapolis, will take up
the question of the proposed increase
in rates ail over the United States
and will adopt plans for fighting the
movement of the railroads.
DISMISSAL OF JOS. M. BROWN
Governor Hoke Smith Gives His Rea
sons in a Message to Legislature.
Atlanta, Ga.—ln a special message
to the legislature Governor Hoke
Smith gave his reason for dismissing
Honorable Joseph M. Brown from the
Georgia railroad commission.
After stating that during his cam
paign speeches in 1906 he had an
nounced his intention of removing
Mr. Brown In event of his election.
Governor Smith asserts that after the
railroad commission had reduced pas
senger tariff in Georgia, Mr. Brown
had issued a pamphlet, containing ar
guments and statements adverse to
the reduction of passenger- fares as
made by the railroad commission,
also arguments to show that the re
duction was not beneficial to the
masses of the people.
“The pamphlet encouraged litiga
tion by the railroad companies
against the railroad commission and
caused lack of harmony in the com
mission," the message further states,
“and on August 20, 1907, I received a
communication from My. Brown en
closing a ‘card’ sealed in a separate
envelope and a note stating that en
closed in the envelope was a card
which ho had refrained from publish
ing. I was unwilling for Mr. Brown
in this way to force upon my atten
tion offensive matter which he had
refrained from publishing, and, there
fore, on August 21, 1907, I suspended
him and returned the smaller envel
ope to him seal unbroken.”
SHRINERS ELECT OFFICERS.
Louisville, Kentucky, Selected for
1909 Conclave.
St. Paul, Min. —The imperial coun
cil of the Ancient Arabic Order, No
bles of the Mystic Shrine, decided to
hold the conclave of 1909 in Louis
ville and elected the following offi
cers:
Imperial potentate, Edwin I. Aider
man, Marion, Iowa; imperial deputy
potentate, George L. Street, Rich
mond, Va.; imperial chief rabban,
Fred A. Hines, Los Angeles, Cal.; im
perial high priest and prophet, Wil
liam J. Cunningham, Baltimore, Md.,
imperial oriental guide, William W.
Irwin, Wheeling, W. Va.; imperial
first ceremonial master, Jacob T.
Barron, Columbia, S. C.; imperial cap
tain of the guard, Henry F. Niedring
hans, Jr., St. Louis, Mo.; imperial
treasurer, William S. Brown, Pitts
burg, Pa.; imperial recorder, Benja
min F. Rowell, Boston, Moss.
NINE PERSONS BLOWN TO BITS.
By the Explosion of a Powder Maga
zine—Many Others Injured.
Cleolum, Wash. —An explosion in
the powder magazine of the North
western Improvement company, killed
nine persons and seriously injured a
number of others: The dead: George
Mead, manager of Northwestern Im
provement company’s store; Gifford
McDowells, clerk; Andy Grill, clerk;
Mrs. Perry Moffatt, wife of brick
maker; infant child of Mrs. Moffatt;
jJoe Rossi, miner; Joe Pogriappi, min
er, and two miners.
Manager Mead and the two clerks
from the store went to the powder
house to assist in unloading a carload
of powder.
FOR KILLING HIS SISTER
Otis D. Smith, White, Sentenced to
Hang.
Jacksonville, Fla.—Otis D. Smith,
a young white man, must die on the
gallows for the murder of his sis
ter, Cora Belle Smith, a few weeks
ago. This verdict was rendered in the
circuit court after a hard fight for the
young man's life. Witnesses told of
cruel treatment to the girl and of ca
rious threats made against her life.
The date of the execution has not
been set.
LATE NEWS NOTES.
General.
American capitalists contemplate
working a concession of 3,000 acres
of hard wood timber in Honduras.
Twenty miles of railway, with spurs,
are to be constructed. Shipments
will be made to the United States. As
tile land is cleared rubber, banana
and cocoa will be planted
The emperor of China, Tsai Tien,
has been ill for some time past. It is
impossible to ascertain what his mal
ady is because western medicial sci
ence is barreil from the imperial pal
, ace, but the reports indicate that ho
j is suffering from dysentery. His maj
esty is said to be better, but in spite
! of this the dowager empress lias or
dered the various viceroys and gov
ernors to send physicians from the
provinces ,to Pekin.
The Western Maryland express
from Elkins to Baltimore was com-
I pletely wrecked near Keyset - , W. Va.
Eleven passengers were seriously in
jured. Nearly all are West Virgin
lains. Two caskets containing corps
es were broken open and lie in the
wreckage on the river bed.
It has transpired that an American
woman who was traveling through the
wilds of the state of Chiapas, Mexico,
dressed in man’s attire, and who was
suspected cf being Mrs. Bell Guinness,
the notorious LaPorte murderess, is
Mrs. K. M. Cameron, widow of a
preacher of Parkers, W. Va.
The Nashville, Chattanooga and St.
Louis Railway company declared a
semi-annual dividend of'2 1-2 per cent
which is a reduction of 1-2 of 1 per
cent from the regular semi-annual div
idend.
A net income of $449,461,188 availa
ble for dividends or surplus, 873,905,-
133 passengers carried and 1.790,338,-
659 tons of reight hauled, track mile
age of 327,975, employes numbering
1,672,074. equipment including 55,358
locomotives, 43,973 passenger cars
and 1,991,557 freight cars arid 122,855
persons killed or injured, is the show
ing made by the railroads of the Unit
ed States in the inter-sttae commerce
commission’s report for the year end
ing June 30, 1907.
Japan is rapidly making arrange
ments for the building of two new
battleships. The keel of one will he
laid at Yokosuka during July, and the
keel of the other at Kure before the
end of the year. The displacement of
these ships will be 20,800 tons; their
speed, 20 knots; their armor, 12
inches, and their principal armament
12-inch guns.
Following his action of naming one
of the great national forest reserves
“Cleveland National Forest,” Presi
dent Roosevelt has written Mrs.
Cleveland praising former President
Cleveland’s act of establishing forest
reserves.
A St. Louis judge has decided that
a -combination of laundry companies
does not violate the trust laws. His
reason for arriving at this decision
was: “There are many ways of clean
ing soiled clothes ar.d a person does
not necessarily have to have soiled
clothes washed by any company or
companies.”
A pleasure launch bound from Ma
nila, P. 1., to Corregiidia island, car
rying about seventy-five passengers,
was caught in a typhon and foun
dered. Twenty-five of the party, in
cluding three Americans were drown
ed. The rest were picked up by a
British steamer and landed safely.
The lepers located on the island of
Molokia purchased a large quantity
of daylight fireworks which were used
to salute the Atlantic battleship fleet
as it passed the island. A large
piece which on its explosion formed
the woid “welcome,” was placed in a
position of vantage.
H. H. Rodgers, the well-known Wall
street man, in an interviiew declared
that the country has fully recovered
from the effects of the recent panic
and that business along all lines was
in as good, if not better condition,
than before the scare.
Washington.
An examination of the books of the
railroads of the country by the inter
state commerce commission will be
gin soon. The commission desires to
find whether the roads have complied
with prescribed forms of accounts,
records and memoranda showing the
movement of traffic. The commission
asks for 90 men for this work, and
are now swapped with applications
from expert examiners.
About twenty samples of chewing
tobacco are being tested by the chew
ing board at Washington in connec
tion with the proposed purchase of
11)0,000 pounds ol the weed, which it
has been found necessary to obtain In
addition to the regular annual supply
for the navy for the present fiscal
year. The prices range from 36 to
42 cents per pound and the aim is to
obtain a brand of tobacco best adapt
ed for the use of sailors.
The United States government has
filed a petition in the Jamestown ex
position federal court litigation at
Norfolk, Va., asking protection as a
creditor of the exposition on account
of its $1,000,000 loan and claimed
priority payment over everything else
owed by the Exposition company.
The petition sets out that the balance
due the government is $897,953.
According to plans being discussed
at Washington by the signal corps of
fice and the board of ordnance of the
army, one million dollars will be ask
ed of the next congress for fleets of
dirigible airships similar to that of
Count Zeppelin for coast defence. Rap
id progress in aeronautics among for
eign nations makes it imperative
they believe, that the United States
should begin plans for aerial fleets.
That a household servant, when
traveling with a member of a fam
ily entitled to a pass is lawfully in
cluded within the term "family,” as
used in the act to regulate commerce,
is one of the interesting rulings made
public fay the interstate commerce
commission.
A young man who gave his name as
Juan Herzgeld was arrested in New
York City at the request of the Mexi
can authorities at Washington on the
charge of having stolen $5,065 from
the Mexican Sugar Refining company
at El Potrero Cordora, in the state of
Vera Cruz.
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INBRED HORSES.
In breeding is the method by which
the highest possible percental ■ of the
blood of an exceptional Individual, or
of a particularly fortunate nick, ca t
be preserved, fused into, and ultimate
ly made to characterize, an enlir ■ lirt;
of descent on both sides. If persisted
in the outside blood disappears by the
same law that governs grading, and
the. pedigree is speedily enriched tot
an almost unlimited extent by the
choice cf a single animal—in practice
generally that of the sire. It, is a
method not so much of originating ex
cellence, as of making the most of ex
cellence when it does appear, and id
is not too much to say that a large
proportion of the really great sires
have been strongly inbred.
An inbred animal is of course enor
mously prepotent over everything else.
Its half of the ancestry, being largely
of identical blood, is almost certain to
dominate the offspring. Inbreeding is
therefore recogniz' and as the strongest
of all breeding, giving rise to the sim
plest of pedigrees, an advantage quick
ly recognized when we recall the law
of ajieestral heredity. All things con
sidered. no other known imqhbijuf
breeding equals this foi'iim
blood lines, doubling up existing com
binations, and making the most of ex
ceptional individuals, or of unusually
valuable strains.
Manj who have tried the experi
ment of inbreeding have found that in
their cases it did not produce satis
factory results. The sire and data
wore animals quite closely related.
They were of desirable conformation,
of good size, strong and vigorous, free
from physical defects, so far as the
eye could detect, and also free from
infirmities of temper. It would seem
that the produce of the union of such
animals must bear a close resemb
lance to the parents themselves, in all
respects, but, much to the surprise
and disgust of the breeder, the pro
due- ;:• been cf an undesirable char
acter, end those breeders who liavii
been so unfortunate as to obtain such
results will always strongly condemn
the practice of inbreeding.
The resul; \ in such cases have In on
due largely to the influence of atavJ
ism. If those breeders who have tec ni
nnfortun&te could have learned -the
character of every cue of the ances
tors ; f the stallions and marcs on
both sides for several generation J
back, they would undoubtedly -have
for.: i seme ancestor common to belli
sire and dam that exhibited in a str n ;
dcgrc' the same undesirable quality!
or qi: its that were apparent in thd
produce of that sire and dam, both of
which, so far as could be detected by
outward appearances, were free from
the undesirable qualities plainly mani
fested by their offspring.—Homo
Breeder.
THE INVENTION OF ARMOR
The idea of the invention of armor
for the •protection of the holy front
weapons came from the ancients,
who, noticing the natural armor of
various kinds of animals, particularly
Ihe armadillo, imitated it. In early
times before metal was used in arm
or making the warriors used rough
hides of several thicknesses, and the
first armor ever worn was made from
slices taken from the hoofs of horses
and fastened together wi'h pegs. Fish
scales and the scales of large snakes
were also gathered and fastened to
gether until they formed a thick lay
er and were used as armor. The ar-.
mor of the middle ages was a continu
ation of the ancient kind, made in the
form of scales of iron or steel. Cer
tain kinds of mail used In earlv times
tin 'England were copied from the
shells of crabs and lobsters. —Minne-
apolis Journal.
Peach Mousse.—To each cup.peach
pulp, fresh or canned, allow a heaping
teaspoonful gelatine, softened in one
third cup cold water, then dissolve ov
er steam. Strain into the peach pulp.
Sweeten well, and for two cupfuls of
the pulti add a tablespocnful yellow
grated rind of lemon. Stir well, then
add a pint of cream whipped to a stiff
froth, flavor slightly with almond and
pack in a mold. If preferred, this may
be used as a filling for a mold lined
with vanilla ice cream.—Washington
Star.