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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-03-25

State senator John G. Mckinley,
of Putnam county, Is being doomed
for governor. He enjoys the
unique distinction Of having been
related either by blood or marriage
to three republican presidents
Grant, Garfield ana Mckinley.
lie surely comes from good stock,
and then he has shown himself TO
be the posscssor Of numerous per-
sonal and intellectual qualities
which give him n claim to the
respect and confidence Of the re-
publicans OF Missouri. lie has
made n line record as state senator
and IL m of the few who has
entirely escaped from the faint ct
scandal. lie comes from the part
of the state where they roll up big
republican majoritics, Those
who know him best feel sure he
would make a good governor
and 10 deserving of that honor.
And then there might be somc-
thing In n name.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-12-09

COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
u Staunton, Va, Nov. q, 1901.
The Western State Hospital, a Corporation
J. G. s. s. Myers, ct ais.
All parties interested in the above enti-
tied cause, now pending in the Circuit
Court of Augusta county, Virginia, Take
Notice. that, pursuant to decree of said
court, there entered of date November 10,
1904, / shall, at my Office in Staunton, Vir-
ginla, on
December the 22nd, 1904,
proceed to ascertain and report:
+. An account showing the true amount
of the debt asserted by the plaintiff in this
cause;
An account of the transactions of N.
C. Watts, late Sheriff OF Augusta county,
and as such administrator of Jacob My
ers. deceased. and particularly the facts
in connection with the release made by
him of the Vendors Lien mentioned in
the Bill
3. An account showing the transactions
of J. G.. s. Myers. Committee OF jacob
Myers, with the estate OF his ward;
4, An account of the property to which
Jacob Myers was entitled at the time OF
his death :.
s, An account showing the rights. if
any, of the plaintiff as creditor OF JACOB
Myers deceased, in the farm known as
POPLAR Grove Farm, and an account of the
rents and profits of said farm during the
time Jacob Myers was in the western
State Hospital; ...
6. Anv other matters deemed pertinent,
etc HENRY w. HOLT,
Commissioner in Chancery.
Timberlake & Nelson. p.a. ,ouoz A.
John N. Opie. hoV2' II
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-12-09
Quincy Aanms Sawyer Coming.

1t seems odd to characterize rura'
drama as thoroughly wholesome for
that is supposed to be one of its strong
points, but stop and think of most
rural plays that you have seen. Didn t
they all, with hardly an exception.
contain an element that you wished
had been left out because it marred
the sweetness and purity of the coun-
try atmosphere?
There is nothing of this kind in
Quincy Adams Sawyer" to wish re-
moved. No wroDged girl wandering
in the ST ow looking for her wedding
certificate. There is snowstorm in
the play and rousing good old New
England snOwstorm it is, too, but it
does not fall on a suffering woman or
AL erring boy. In fact, there is very
little In the dramitization of the pop
ular New England story to cause tear s
or signs. The only pathos lies in few
genuine sentimental passages between
the title hero and Alice the blind girl.
The play is built on comedy lines main
ly and the ludicrous sayings and doings
of the folks at MasOn's Corner keeI
an audience in continuous roar.
Another thing most rural plays con-
tain characters that are caricature of
country types, and while they amuss
they do not satisfy. In Quincy Adams
Sawyer" the characters are drawn sc
near to life that it requires an effor
to become convinced that they are no
real, the remarkable realistic scener,
adding to the illusion. The play will
all its elaborate equipment will be seel
here Tuesday, January "a, 1905, at tn
Staunton opera house.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-12-09
To The PInehu rst Golf Links.

The Southern Railway. effective De
cember 14th, 1904. will inaugurate its
Washington and Pinehurst Sleepin
Car Line, leaving Washington on train
No. 80. 7:3O p. M, tri-weekly, Mondays
Wednesdays and Fridays; returning
leave Pinehurst, first car Dec embel
10Th, and thereafter on Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays, train No
40. This through sleeper will be oper
ated during the winter season, and
until further notice, affording excel
lent Pullman service to Pinehursi
without change of cars
For illustrated pamphlets, etc., or
Pinehurst, rates. schedules and Other
information, write L. 8. Brown, Gen
eral Agent, Southern Ry., Washing
ton. d. G..
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-12-09
WASHINGTON LETTER.

From our Regular Correspondent.)
Washington, D. c., Dec. 3.-Great
preparations are being made for the
Inauguration next March. The Presi-
dent has excited some hostility here
by taking the whole affair into his own
hands, as he did his election, turning
down our most prominent local Re-
publicans and appointing in their
Wilson, with whom he was thrown in
intimate association during his mem.
bership of the Civil Service Commits
sion ten years ago. The appointment
is regarded as an emphatic announce
ment that the inaugural ceremonies
are to be mainly military. 1t will prob
ably be the most snowy and numerous.
ly attended Inauguration of presi-
dent ever held. Already scores of state
officials are here to make arrangements
for regiments, companies, and civic
associations which will take part.
The President will cooperate with his
usual self-assertion to make it "a great
Show" lie has ordered the battalion
of four companies Philippine scouts
mostly Maccabebes) who have been
at the st. Louis Exposition, to remain
in this country and participate in the
honors to their President. New
public buildings and tremendous local
Improvements are going rapidly on
and the city on March will be in it's
most attractive holiday garb.
The Presidents bulletin excluding
Boston paper from news sources is
felt to have been inexpedient because
about as effectual as the Pope's bull
against the comet. The paper will get
the news just the same. perhaps more
abundantly than ever. and the adver-
tisement is worth untold sums. But
its offence was a gross one; for Mr..
Chester A. Snow, president of the HUI
name Society here, says that the Pres
ident is champion of kindness to ami
mails and always gives them abundant
care. The yarn that he encouraged
his children to torment turkey was
very disreputable invention concern
| ing one who in recent message to
Congress appealed for the better pro-
lection of animals. The turkey that
it was said the Roosevelt children
treated with cruelty was never seen by
the children until it was served on the
table.
Washington is not proud to have
been the birthplace OF the woman,
Nancy Patterson. The action of her
admirers in writing to her sympathetic
letters, sending her bouquets. four.
leaf clover, food and wine, and making
passionate appeals to be allowed tC
serve her. is enough to cause doubts
of the value of our judicial system
Why are such things permitted? A
prominent jurist in this city, proposes
that prisoners shall invariably be
tried by juries of their own sex, hold
ing that the masculine element is
what prevents the conviction of young
women charged with capital offences
An alleged murderess would be more
likely to have justice done her if bel
goo-goo eyes found themselves con
fronted by twelve women insensible t.
her physical charms. Ii male assasslns
were tried by juries of women, would
they not have far better chance fe
escape than at present?
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-12-09
Baltimore Suns New Home.

Architects Baldwin and Pennington
have completed plans for the construc-
ton of the new home of the Baltimore
Sun, at the southwest corner of Balti-
more and Charles streets, and they
will be distributed among builders at
once.
The Suns new home will be four
stories high, with a Baltimore street
frontage of 81 feet 9 inches and depth
of lis feet, as compared with So feet
frontage on it, old site and 70 feet s
inches depth. Its former building was
five stories In height, but 10 feet less
in total height than the new building
will be. The construction Of the new
home will be fire proof throughout,
and all machinery will be driven by
electricity generated within the plant.
The chief purposes of the architects,
whose plans were accepted in competi-
ton with three firms, has been to Sc
cure individuality and unique effects
in combination with ample accommo-
dations and convenience of arrange
ment. An alegorical set piece. the de-
sign for which has not been definitely
selected, will surmount the Baltimore
street front, and under it. at a height
of about IS feet, will be a large clock.
The general architectural scheme is in
French renaissance. Thirty foot col
umns, three feet in diameter, will su-
port the upper floors and add to the
picturesque finish; and the building
will be studded with nine-f0ot win.
dOws, affordine ample light aad ven.
tilatlon.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-12-09
Annual Election.

At meeting of J. f. B. Stuart Chap
ter Daughters of the COnfederacy held
Friday afternoon. the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year:
President, Mrs. W. II. Landes; vice
presidents, Mrs. A. M. Howison, Mrs.
Charles r. McGuffin and Miss Mar
garet McChesney; secretnry, Miss
Mary Berkeley; treasurer, Miss Mary
Haines; custodian, Mrs. &. &. GOOch;
historian, Mrs. j. A. Alexander; reg
istrar, Mrs. N. H. Mccullough.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-12-09
Telephone In office connects with all City
and County Lines.
Entered at the Postoffice al StauntOn, Va.
as second class mall matter.
Friday, December 9, 1904.
THE SALE OF THE C. & 0. CANAL.

There is at last sentiment in Mary
land favoring the sale of the g. Il o.
canal which extends from Cumberland
to Georgetown. The canal has been
pulled and hauled about in Maryland
politics for many years. 1t has not
been of much use as carrier OF freight
on account of ice in winter and wash
outs IN summer, but it could not be
sold because the b. 81 0. Railroad.
which for long time was a factor in
Maryland, would not allow it to be
sold. Years ago Mr.. Henry &. Davis
made an effort to buy it with view
of extending bis railroad to Washing
ton over it. But the B. & o. stepped
in and put it's foot down on such a
thing and the sale was not made.
Sentiment in Maryland has, how
ever, changed, and it looks now as if
the canal would 60. The reason the
B. & D. did not want it sold was be-
cause sale of it to any one but the b.
~ ". WOuIu flGC llHC Va lam OeAN
parallelling that road. This of course
could not be thought of. That road
therefore used its great power against
such a project and thus defeated and
destroyed development in Maryland,
causing that State to hold on to rot
ten and useless as well as an expensive
piece of property, just to crafty the
whims of the B. & o., which, as we
have said, has until recently been the
great political factor in Maryland.
The day and generation of that corpo-
ration as a political factor in that
State is well nigh at an end.
So detrimental has it been to the
general interests of Maryland that the
people of that State have turned on it
and now it is almost impossible for
that corporation to get even decent
treatment when once it was the most
honored and favored creature in the
land. The effort ON the part of the B
Il o. a short time ago to keep the
Wabash out of Baltimore began tc
open the eyes of Maryland people and
the motives of that corporation began
to be made apparent. and it was seen
that Maryland development had actu
ally been made stagnant by it, and
that its management for years in the
hands of the CARROTS and afterwarG
had been systematic robbery of tht
stockholders and those who had in
vested in its securities, and that Will,
it took credit for great things it wal
really menace in many ways to thu
State.
The people having awakened to this
state of facts are demanding the sale
of the canal, and the B. & o. dare moi
longer oppose it. The Wabash will
possibly buy it, and thus build a line
into Baltimore and develop bushes,
which the B. & O.'s dog in the mangel
policy has destroyed or prohibited
1t is another one of those cases wher,
the people have awakened from stat,
of lethargy and are demanding right
which a grasping corporation has Ions
denied them.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-12-09
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE

President Roosevelt sent his annual
message to Congress Tuesday. 1t is a
bulky document and, like all such
state papers, is a resume of much with
which the country is already familiar.
AS may have been expected, he dwells
upon what be terms the prosperous
condition of the country. and appro.
PIRATES all the praise for the harty he
represents, saying that the important
factor in producing such conditions is
the ''long continued government poll
cies" He cautions Congress against
extravaganza, and says 1.-THE cost of
doing government business should be
regulated with the same rigid scrutiny
as the cost of doing a private bust
ness" In another place, however, be
urges the building of large navy, and
makes no protest against the lavish
expenditures 80 patent in every branch
of the government. He calls attention
though to large waste of money in
printing and binding certain docu.
lments in the government printing
Office which are seldom read by any
save the printers and proofreaders.
The President devotes considerable
portion of his message to the issues
incident to the struggle between capital
and labor, and among other things
thinks there should be organized labor
in order to better secure the rights of
the individual laborer, and recognizes
the fact that labor unions, when con-
Quoted upon conservative and sensible
lines, have been effective agents in
working for good citizenship and for
uplifting the condition of those whose
welfare should be closest to our hearts.
The President, however, frOwns upon
such ORGANIZATIONS when they attempt
to achieve proper ends by improper
means. He ssys that wageworkers
have the right to organize and a legal
right to refuse to work in company
with men who decline to join their
unions, but that they have no right to
commit violence agaist those who re-
fuse to support their organizations.
The President makes observations
concerning the employers liability
law, recommends medals of honor to
those who by their heroism endanger
their own lives to save others from the
perils of the sea and recommends GER
tain safeguards for the prevention OF
railroad accidents.
In regard to employees Of the govern.
ment and their obligations to labor
unions the President says the govern
m ent can neither discriminate for moi
discriminate against nOn-union men
who seek employment under the gov
eminent. He also throws out a menace
to rural or municipal letter carriers
who may band themselves together fol
the purpose of defeating Congressmen
who refuse co give promises concern.
ing increase of pay which they may be
conscientiously opposed to.
The Bureau of Labor is given an
extensive review, as are also corpora.
tions, which be thinks should be man.
aged with due regard to the interests
of the public, and adds: when this
can be done under the present laws it
should be done. Where these laws
come short others should be enacted
to supplement them" Much follows
concerning the Bureau of Corporations
and its duties. The remainder of the
message treats of routine matters.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-12-09

G. A. Snow & Co., Patent Lawyers of
Washington, D. G., have sent US a
Handy Vest Pocket Diary Memoran-
DUN and Account Book for 1905. 1t
contains calendars for 1905 and 1906, q
census of cities and states, coupon
business laws. court decisions IN pa
tent cases and other valuable infOrma-
tion. 1t is such book as every man
needs all the time. G.. A. Snow & Co.
will send it to any address on receipt
of actual postage, two cents. This
pocket diary would cost elsewhere
from 10 to 25 cents and is Indispensable
to those who know how to use it.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-12-09

The Boston Herald, not knowing
that there reigned an emperor in the
White House, told a story of how Mr..
RooseVelt's boys treated a turkey at
Thanksgiving time, and the Herald
for this act of les majestic got it in the
neck. The paper was not squelched
nor its editor imprisoned, but the ruler
of the United States ordered that no
weather reports be allowed to the
Herald, and thus it was punished.
Probably the Herald may have other
punishment in store for itself.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-12-09
The Peruna Almanac In 100000
Homes.

The Peruna Lucky Day Almanac has
become a fixture in over eight million
homes. 1t can be obtained from all
druggists free. Be sure to inquire
early. The 1905 Almanac is already
published, and the supply will soon be
exhausted. Do not put it off. Get
one today.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-12-09

Those who feel so happy over their
participation in the work which led to
the destruction of the presidential
aspirations of Mr.. VIM. r. Hearst,
will hardly gather comfort from the
fact that Mr.. Hearst got about 70, OOO
more votes in his district than Mr..
Parker.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-12-09
The COIIlN REPORT.

Just why the government gathers
statistics of crops, especially the cot
ton crop, and holds those statistics
sacred $50 say the officials who have
charge of them until a certain day,
then flash them On the country, is in
conceivable. A few days ago the re-
statistics it has gathered, was flashed
over the wires, aid the result was that
the cotton market went off fifty
points, that is it went all to pieces
and many people were bankrupted,
the financial circles of the country
shaken, and the poor cotton raiser in
the South who expected about 10 cts.
per pound for bis cotton, could hardly
get seven after the government report
was published. There may be wisdom
III this conduct, but we fail to see it.
The report is not kept absolutely
sacred we fear. We believe there are
leaks, and that somebody who should
not profit by these figures does profit
by them. Why does not the govern
ment issue some advance sheet telling
that the probabilities are that the crop
will be larger than last year, or will
compare favorably with some other
year, or will be tine largest or smallest
as the case may be since such another
year? Then when The report IS fully
ready have its contents printed. This
would serve the purposes of the gov
eminent inst as we'll, and avoid this
Internal STAN pede of prices, and ruin
and disappointment of the people who
make their living out of cotton. The
present mode of handling these reports
is an outrage and should be changed.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-12-09

PLEASE YOUR FAMILY and preserve
our house by painting with L. & NJ.
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F. Hughes. Staunton; N. 1. Kagey,
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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-12-09
OFFICE,
" Staunton, Va, Nov. o, 1904.

COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
" Staunton, Va, Nov. q, 1904.
Geo. w. Armentrout's Creditors,
VS.
Geo. w. Armentrout.
All parties interested in the above enti-
tied cause. now pending in the Circuit
Court of Augusta county, Virginia, Take
Notice. that, pursuant to decree of said
court, there entered, of date November IL,
1904, l shall, at my Office in Staunton, Vir-
ginia, on
December the 29th. 1904,
proceed to ascertain and report an account
showing the liens binding the real estate
of the defendant, Geo. W. Armentrout,
together with any other matters deemed
pertinent, etc.
HENRY W. HOLT,
Commissioner in Chancery.
Patrick & Gordon, p.q. nov25-4t
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-12-09

Mr.. Platt says he is pleased with the
appointment of Mr., Wilcox as post
master of New York, though Mr.. Platt
preferred Mr.. Gilman. Once upon a
time Mr.. Platt wanted certain party
appointed to an office in New York,
but the then president appointed an
other person, thereupon Mr.. Platt,
who was then U. s. Senator, resign
ed. Mr.. Platt is too SLY fox to be
caught in the same trap twice. Mr..
Platt will not resign On this occasion.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-12-09
NOW LISTEN.

I'm sure it Will phase you what, mad ?
Then rll swear to appease you.
If hardened. II warrant twill ease you.
This w. Bllaci ley's Magnesla Alkali
5p-iHg Waite
| have used it al therefore know,
The proof of tn pudding's in the eating,
of the water tine drinking signed.
Ora, EFUL POET PATRON.
oct 30 If
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-12-09

Mr.. Roosevelt woul d not allow his
train to s tart from st. Louis until one
minute ter the II o'clock hour so as
to avoid travelling on Sunday. This is
about the silliest bit Of hypocracy we
have known him to be guilty of. It
may satisfy a few as great hypocrits
as himself, but is too thin to go through
the general wash.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-12-09
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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-12-09
The McCue Murder.

Complete story of the crime and the
famous trial of the ex-Mayor of Char
lottesville, Va. This is the most CON-
plete book on the market. On sale at
the CASH CIGAR STORE, Main ST.,
opposite Masonic Temple. 1t
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-12-09

In Augusta there were seventeen
hundred registered voters who did not
go to the polls at the last election. In
Lynchburg out of thirty-three hundred
registered voters only twelve hundred
went to the polls. We are told that
these were generally Democrats, but
not OF the Safe and Sane variety.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-12-09

We are furnishing war munitions
to Japan and Russia cheaper than our
own government could buy them if
we were at war. This is one of the
great beauties of our protective tariff.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-12-09

Our good friends the Gold Bugs, are
not entirely omniscient. They could
tell us all about what was going to
happen should free silver be adopted.
but on questions regarding election
results Ghey were blank idiots.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-12-09

Germany sees a longing on the part
of Japan to establish an empire in
Asia. Is Germany jealous of the es-
Establishment of an empire, or is the
trouble caused by Germany's not being
at the head OF the empire