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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-09-28

No one can give anything and keep II
Except promise.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-22
The Turkish Troubles.

Violent outbreaks have occurred in
Beirut, resulting in the murder of a
number of Christians, and the pill
laying of shops and houses. The vail
of Beirut has proved himself too
weak and incompetent to deal with
the situation, and Nazim Pacha, vail
of Damascus, has been ordered to as
sumo direction of affairs. He has
arrived, and displays great energy.
The consuls have decided to call on
Rear-Admiral Cotton for eventual
protection of the foreign consulates,
which he has agreed to furnish. The
American ships are cleared for &C.
ton. After the severe criticisms he
has received from the South, Presi-
dent Roosevelt must be pleased with
the praise from the same quarter for
ordering our war vessels to Turkish
waters. The Macedonian memoran-
dunn to be presented to the Powers
declares that $4,000 men, women and
children have been slaughtered, and
100 villages burned: that the bands
can no longer be restrained from re-
taliation, and that henceforth the re-
sponsibility will rest with the Powers.
Turkish authorities in the Adrianople
vilayet have ordered destruction of
mills and granaries. Thousands of
women and children in the district
are hiding in the mountains, and are
starving. Eight thousand Turkish
troops have gone to the Bulgarian
frontier.-Selected
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-22

The Colombian Senate passed the
Isthmian Canal bill on first reading.
Unless it is modified substantially it
will not be accepted by the United
States.
The report of army engineers OIL
GERS is said to estimate the cost of an
inland water route from New York
to Beaufort Inlet, N. O., to be $15,-
100000.
Charles Joseph Bonaparte, of Bal
timore, has been selected by Secre-
tary Hitchcock to take charge of the
investigation of affairs and officials
in Indian Territory that come under
the Jurisdiction of the Interior De-
partment.
It is announced that the wireless
telegraphy station at Cape Henry is
completed and that the first tests will
be between the cape and the Norfolk
Navy Yard, where there is also a new
wireless station. Later the weather
bureau will attempt to communicate
storm warnings to vessels at sea
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-22
The Lesser Events of Last Week.


Anthracite miners gained conces-
sions from the board of Cancellation
in session in Philadelphia.
Early frost did considerable dam
age to the corn crop in Nebraska,
Kansas, Iowa and the Dakotas.
Of the 10000 textile workers in
Philadelphia who went on strike June
1, all but 300 have returned to
work.
Although martial law cannot be de-
clared, militia officers at Cripple
Greek, Col, say they will ignore the
civil authorities.
It least nine lives were lost in the
Florida hurricane, many vessels were
wrecked and the property loss may
reach millions of dollars.
Postofice Inspector J. W. Erwin,
who was indicted in Washington in
connection with the postal scandals,
was arrested in San Francisco.
The second anniversary of the
death of President Mckinley was OBJ
served in different sections of the
country, a heroic statue being un.
yelled at Toledo, Ohio.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-22
Peonage ConviCts Pardoned.

Washington, Sept. 16.-The Presi-
dent has granted full and uncondi-
tional pardons to George Davis and
Barancas f. Cosby, convicted at
Montgomery, Ala, Of violation of the
peonage law. These men were IN
dicted for holding Pike Swanson IN
a condition of peonage, pleaded
guilty on June 80, 1908, and on the
same day we're sentenced to imprison-
ment for a year and a day IN the
United States ~penitentiary at At
lanta, Ga. They have been imprlsOn-
ed ever since, and to-day were re-
leased on t~elegraphic instructions
from the Department of Justice
During the month Of June more than
eighty indictments against a number
of individuals, for violation OF the
peonage law, we're returned by the
grand jury at Montgomery, and sew
eral convictions we're secured, In0
sentences imposed ranging from the
minimum, one year, to the maximum
five years. The President granted
the pardons in the above cases upon
the earnest recommendations u
Judge Jones, who sentenced the prlS-
oners. In his letter to the President
Judge Jones says:
"The favorable recommendation
now made proceeds on no idea tna'
the sentences were unjust, but solely
from the conviction that the pun
ishment already undergone by tn0
prisoners has accomplished all us
real ends of the law in these cases.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-22

Following South Carolina and Mis-
sissippi, Louisiana now adopts the
primary election system In place OF
the old delegate method of party
government. Besides reawakening
the political energies of the Southern
people, this canva of public senti-
ment may lead to a nor direct meth
cd of choosing United States Sena-
tors, as in these States and in Ar
kansas and Florida, Senators r
now nominated by popular poll. An
nouncement is made that Congress
will meet November 8. An October
session was not favored by members.
Exchange.
In 1902 the people of Iowa alone
invested $2O,OOO,OOO in lands in
Manitoba. It is like the first trick
lings of water through a weakening
dam. Steadily it will grow in vol
ume and finally it will overflow the
entire British Dominions north of
us. Historically speaking, the day
is not far distant when the majority
of Canadian voters will be American
immigrants; just as the majority of
active workers and property-holders
in the Transvaal came to be British
instead of Dutch. It may be fifty
or even a hundred years; but we are
now considering ultimate events
Senator Albert J. Beveridge.
Samuel J. Parks, the walking dele
gate of the Houses1nith's and Bridge
mems Union, convicted of extortion
in calling off a strike for money, has
been sentenced by Recorder Golf to
two and a half years in prison. This
will please those employers of labor
who have suffered discomfort and fin
ancial loss through the methods of
the walking delegate, and will assure
the public that tyrannical and crimi-
nal methods will not be tolerated,
though upheld by those prefendingt to
represent organized labor. Honest
labor union men should also rejoice
their efforts for better pay, better
shops and more privileges never con.
t~emplated- the methods of "Sam'
Parks.-Country Gentleman.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-22

pendent position. Accordingly, he
tenders his resignation, with the sug-
gestion that MI. Balfour '1imit the
present policy of the government to
an assertion of our freedom in the
case of all commercial relations with
foreign countries"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-22
GREAT SENSATION IN ENGLAND.

Chamberlain Leaves Cabinet-Thinks He
Can Best Promote the Cause He Has at
Heart in a Perfectly Independent Pc
sition.
London, Sept. 17.-The Iesigna-
tions of Joseph Chamberlain, as Sec
rotary for the Colonies, G. T. Ritchie,
as Chancellor of the E~xchequer, and
Lord George Hamilton, as Secretary
for India, we're officially announced
this evening. It was announced also
that the designations have been ac-
cepted by the King. The official an
nouncement was made at Downing
street in a communication containing
the correspondence between Premier
Balfour and Mr.. Chamberlain. Mr..
Chamberlain's letter is dated Biz
mingham, September 9, and sets
forth the reasons for his resignation.
An extremely interesting feature of
the letter is the following statement,
concerning a preferential tariff:
"For the present, at any rate, a
preferential agreement with our col
onies, involving any new duty, how
ever small, on articles of food hith-
erto undtaxed, even if accompanied
by a reduction of taxation on other
articles of food equally universal in
their consumption, would be unac-
ceptable to the majority of the con
s~ittuencies. How much we may
regret the decision, however mistak-
en- we may think it, no good govern
ment in a democratic country can ig.
more it. I feel, therefore, that as ar
immediate practical policy the ques
ton of preference to the colonies
cannot be pressed with any hope Of
success at the present time, although
there is a strong feeling in favor
of the other branch of fiscal reform
which would give fuller discretion tt
the government in negotiating will
foreign countries for a freer ex
change of commodities, and which
would enable our representatives tx
retaliate if no concession was mad,
to our just demands"
Mr.. Chamberlain expresses his firm
belief in a closer union of the col
onies and the mother country, am
says he can best promote the caus
he has at heart in a perfectly indie
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-22
GENERAL NEWS


Virginia State Negro heIormaCoES1
at Broad Neck farm, Hanover COun-
ty, is going to put In on the State
farm a crop of Sumatra tobacco,
which, he believes, can be grown with
just as much profit in Virginia as in
Connecticut.
United States Senator Carmack
explains that this purpose in propos-
ing to introduce a bill at the next
session of Congress for the repeal
of the fifteenth amendment, thus dis
franchising the negro, is simply to
open up a discussion which will con
tribute to a solution of the race
problem.
Rev. DIR. W. h. Roberts, stated
clerk of the General Assembly, has
issued the figures of the. Presbyterian
church for 1908. The most striking
feature is the falling off in the mum
Der or ordinations. The total mem
bership, however, shows steady
growth. It was 975,877 in 1898, and
at present is 1,O67,471.
The color line has been drawn on
board the United States receiving
ship Columbia, at the Brooklyn Navy
Yard. The chief petty officers have
refused to mess with q negro who
has just been sworn as chief car
penter's mate. They have asserted
their unwillingness to associate with
him in any way, or to receive or car
ry on any orders that may come to
them through him in the line of
duty.
Ten men implicated in the riot
ing at Danville, H., have been tried
and sentenced to2the penitentiary.
This is the kind of dealing with mobs
: that will make, men thinktwice be-
fore they join in a hue and cry of
tHang theSniggerl" By thezway, the
common statement that. mebs are
composed of the Abest citizens" is
not borne out in this instance. II
the truth were known, it rarely is
Nashville Advocate.
A woman postmaster in Delaware
has been removed for the reason that
she was personally obnoxious" t.
Senator Alice. This Senator is the
alter ego of Addicks, who has 81
long been trying to buy his way int
the Senate. 1t appears that Thu
fragrant breach of Civil Service rule
would be an excellent occasion fo
President Roosevelt to call for tn,
resignation of Postmaster Genera
Payne.-Exchange.
The story is that the per capit
consumption of wines and liquors i
the United States last year amounte
to 1913 gallons, against 400 gallon
fifty years ago. But there is this fun
Their to be said: The per capita cor
sumption per annum of distille
spirits one hundred years ago We
three gallons, while last year it wa
only 1876. The explanation is tia
the people of to-day take to beer an
wine, of which they drank last yea
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-08-07
Unknown Man Killed.

Lansing Mich, Aug. 3.-An un.
known man, apparently 40 years old.
was killed by an early morning Grand
Trunk Western express in front of the
station here Sunday He was Of dark
complexion, about feet inches tall
and was dressed in working attire, in
cluclng a pair Of lumberman's spiked
boots. On his person was found a
small sum OF money and railroad tick
cts fror, Saginaw TO Flint, and from
Owosso Junction TO Detroit The body
was badly mutilated.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-08-07
DEsERTEk SURRENDERED.
Henry Cochran Gave Himself Up 20
Grand Rapids Police.

Grand Rapids, Mich, Aug 4-Be-
lieveing himself TO be Swallowed by
detectives and living in constant dread
Of arrest, Henry Cochran, a deserter
from the United States navy, gave
himself up to the local police Monday.
According 10 his own story he with
about a dozen others enlisted in this
city last September and were sent TO
the traing ship Alliance He sailed TO
the West Indies and other ports of the
Atlantic. He declared that he could
not bear the strict discipline and that
he and others decided TO desert at the
first opportunity, which he says came
last May, while the ship was at Nor
folk, Va. He says he and fourteen
others secured permission TO spend a
night on shore and then fed.
He has been roaming about the
country since, most of the time in
Indianapolis and Chicago. always with
the fear or being arrested and taken
back TO his ship. He came here about
two months ago and secured employ
ment with the street railway company
He was turned over TO the government
ONCE His parents live in st. Louis,
Mich. He could not or would not tell
the names OF the others who deserted
at the same time
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-08-07
State to Pay Militia.

Detroit, Mich, Aug. 3.-According to
Colonel c. w. Harrah the decision Of
the secretary OF war to allow officers
and privates in state militia the same
pay as that received by officers and
men of the regular army does not
mean a redution in the pay of the pri.
Yates as might be supposed. Colonel
Harrah says the men will be paid at
the rate of s13 per month by the gov.
eminent, and the difference between
that and what the state has been in a
habit Of paying will be made up by
the latter. The state pay is 81 per
day.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-08-07
PROBATE COURT.
HEARING CLAIMS. DETERMINED IN
COMPETENT, LICENSED TO SELL.

july 30 WIS the hearing on the
guardians account ia the tsta'e OF
Caroline Lepley, an incompetent per-
son. Of New Haven. The guardian
was DISCHARGED.
The same day a petition was filed
for the determination Of the lawful
heirs ia the estate OF A bsolom Lepley,
OF New Haven.
Monday in the estate OF Jessie NJ
Salisbury, Of st. Louis, license was
granted to sell real estate.
Monday was the first day OF hearing
on claims in the estate Anna Bogert,
OF Arcadia.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-08-07
ARCADIA FARMERS CLUB
TELEPHONE OWNERSHIP OK RENTAL,
WhlcH2 OTHER TOPICS.

The July meeting vas held at the
home OF tie president, where very
profitable aS well as eujOyaDle time
was had. After short program, the
question box was opened aud the top
is discussed, the telephone system
being first 10 occupy the attic ntiJn Of
those preseht. 1t was asked if IL is
prOtiCanle FOR The farmer TO pay $lj
per year for the U.S. OF one, and ac-
cOrding u maj 1rlty OF those present
II vas thought nor, but ii owned by
farmers H. would be all right. docs
it hurt beans TO work them while In
blossom: It was Thought not il
they had been. worked frequently he
fore that time. (Which does most
for MANKIND, nature or art?" Nature
was conceded 10 do the most.
The club Will he entertained at the
next needing by MIR. aud Mrs. Jas.
Wheaton at their home ia Alma, when
the following program will be gwen:
Song 10y the Cluo.
Reading. Mrs Irish.
Recitation, Lucia Stadl berger.
Paper, Edgar Andrews.
AsscciaLional topic, Living up TO
our Privileges: How Near Do We At.
tain 10 ThiS?' Discussion led by Mr..
Irish and Mr.. Wheaton.
Recitation. Mabel Murphy.
Song by Club.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-08-07
Three Young Men In Trouble.

Albion, Mich, Aug. 3.-Three young
men, about Fl years Of age. were ar
rested here at noon Sunday by Deputy
Sheriff Graham and Constable Tibbitts
and are being held on suspicion Of
stealing chickens from f. G. Fifely a
farmer living few miles west. To
the officers they gave fictitious names
and said they lived a few miles west
OF Allegan. To citizen they gave
their home as near Allegan and names
as William Shaw, Bert Evans and Ny
ron Jones, with the request that an
uncle, Mr.. Burson. who is a mail car
rier in Kalamazoo, be telephoned TO
for the purpose Of helping them out
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-08-07
Both LEGS Crushed.

Battle Creek, Mich. Aug. 3.-Otto
Hawkins, Fl years of age, who lives
with his stepfather. Lewis Broshay, IT
s14 Vinewood avenue, Detroit, WIS
run over by an eastbound Grand Trunk
freight train at SCOTS at / O'Clock
Sunday afternoon. Both legs were
crushed below the knee He was
brought TO this city and taken 10
Nichols hospital. where he expired ut
3 o'clock after telling Chief Earring.
ton bis home and age.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-08-07
DROWNED AT CRYSTAL.
THREE PROMINENT PEOPLE NET
DEATH WHILE BOATING.

Last Friday, for the first time, a
fatal boating and bathing accident
occurred at Crystal. An accident so
sad, SO heartrending in its details
that 1T awakens the most profound
sympathy of the entire community
and cast a gloom over the little sum.
mer resort that time only can dissi-
pate. The capsizing OF rowboat re-
suited in the death OF little Lura
Pike, the only child OF Commissioner
and Mrs. c. f. Pike, OF Ithaca: Miss
Myrtle DebOlt, Of Breckenridge, and
Miss Ethel Debolt, Of Paines, Saginaw
county.
Soon after 4 o'clock, a party consist
Ing Of ten people including Commits
Sioner c. f. Pike, wife and daughter,
Lura, of Ithaca: Mrs. VIM. Debolt and
three year old child, Myrtle Debolt
and Ethel Sabin, girl eleven years Of
age, all Of Breckenridge: Ethel Debolt,
OF Paines; Robert Nc Donald, Of Sagi-
nav, and Mrs. Brumfel, OF Peru, In
diana, all of whom were attending
the thirteenth reunion OF the Barnes
family, at the John Barnes cottage On
the Heights, dressed i'm their bathing
suits and went down 10 the lake to
take bath. A rowboat they had
been using was drawn up on the shore
and in spirit OF sport they all got in
and the two men OF the party rowed
along in the shallow water near the
shore, with no intention OF venturing
into water in which the youngest child
might drown, About four inches
from the top Of the boat there is
seam which, with the boat loaded as
IL was, let in some water. Occasion
ally, some sudden motion also caused
the boat to dip water. until the rear
end OF the boat, which was most heav-
lily loaded, contained considerable
water, but there was absolutely no
danger as long as they remained In
shallow water, Just in front OF
Smiths hotel the deep water line
comes suddenly nearer the shore,
farther out IL is shallow again. This
the fated party did not know and
rowed merrily on. Suddenly Mrs.
Pike noticed the water growing deeper
and called her husbands attention TO
1t, who attempted to turn the boat
toward the shore, but as he had but
one oar and was pushing it, he found
himself making slow progress and, no.
ticing that there was considerable
water in the boat but still thinking
the lake at this point not more than
four or four and half feet deep, with
a warning TO the others to stay in the
boat, he sprang overheard and disap-
peared in seven feet or more Of water
When he came up the boat was still
afioat with all its passengers, but be-
fore he could explain or do anything
toward getting the party TO the shore,
a panic seems to have seized some Of
the party. No one can explain clearly
but In less time than 1T takes to tell
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-08-07
ARE YOU SATISFIED?
" Not, What Better Proof Can Alma
Residents Ask For?

This is the statement of an Alma
citizen.
The testimony of a neighbor.
You can readily investigate it.
The proof should convince you.
Mr.. Ira Robinson, of Grant street.
says: Il had slight attacks of kidney
trouble for three or four years. | really
did not know whether the pain in
my back was caused from kidney
complaint or from rheumatism until
trouble with the kidney secretions
set in. They were discolored and
looked more like milky water than
anything | can compare them to: and
they acted much too frequent. espe-
cially if | caught the least cold. My
daughter was visiting us this last
summer from Vassar, and as | was
complaining of backache and feeling
miserable at the time she said to me:
Why don't you get Doan's Kidney
Pills? It's your kidneys that cause
all the trouble She said she knew
OF several parties living in Vassar
who had been cured by their use. and
was so determined that | should try
them she went to Bivins Rhodes
drug store and got me a box. | be-
gan to improve from the start. and
continued to do so. Now feel strong
er than | have for a long time. The
credit is all due to Doan's Kidney
Pills, and | am glad to recommend
them to all sufferers of kidney trou-
BILE"
For sale by all dealers. Price, so
cents. FosterMilburn Co, Buffalo. N.
Y, sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-an
take no substitute.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-08-07

ported last evening by Or. Fred J..
Clippert as being exceedingly critical
THE child is suffering great pain, -
said DR.. Clippert, land / am afraid Of
the appearance Of peritontis. If she
passes through Monday without any
symptoms she may recover But am
fearful that she will not do So"
The two men who are locked up at
the jail protest their innocence.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-08-07
Boy Cured of Collie After Physicians
Treatment Had Failed

My boy when four years old was TAX
en- with collie and cramps in his stom-
ach. ! sent for the doctor and he in
jected morphine. but the child kept
getting worse. | then gave him half a
teaspoonful Of Chamberlain Collie.
Cholera and DiarrhPa Remedy. and in
half an hour he was sleeping and soon
recovered.-F. l.. wilkins. Shell Lake,
Wis. Mr.. wilkins is book-keeper for
the Shell Lake Lumber Co. For sale
by Bivens & Roades.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-08-07

Mrs. Mollie Allen. of South Fork,
Ky, says she has prevented attacks
of cholera morbus by taking Cham
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets
when she felt an attack coming on.
Such attacks are usually caused by in
digestion and these Tablets are just
what is needed to cleanse the stom-
ach and ward off the approaching at
tack. Attacks of bilious collie may
be prevented in the same way. For
sale by Bivens a. Roades.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-08-07
Two Miners Killed.

Calumet, Mich, Aug. 4.-Richard
Curnow, miner at the Champion
mine. fell out Of a bucket while de.
scending a shaft Monday and was
killed. Reallo Ticopetto a trammer
at the Quincy mine, fell so feet in No.
6 shaft also. and died soon afterward.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-08-07
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Furnished by Register A. II. Lowry.

Ann Downer TO G. NJ. Brown pt lot blk
A'iiaS"' ..'.''..'..........f tn
Anna L. Patterson To Isabella +. Dills-
worth lots in Sickels. 80. .... ......... 10,
Caroline Sebring TO Elizabeth Everett
pt e1s Of nel4 sec u Fulton ............ 40
Mamie J. Scott 20 Emma Reichard lot
DIX upper Ithaca. &C.. 100
Simon keichard 10 w. l.. Hoxie &w swI4
OF ne34 sec IL North shade ........... 800
&. q. Rhodes 10 +. A. Bivins pt lot blk
- Alma........... .............. ......... 2Ot
r.; II. Biggs 20 sarah T.. Smith pt lot IL
DIX 81 IT. Louis. go. ............... 70
Geo Mcclellan 10 Sylvester Heron lot
blk Cases add Alma -. 7O(