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The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1904-07-14
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The Saint Paul globe., 1904-03-29
GEN. MILES SPEAKS ON
DUTY OF DEMOCRATS
Calls Their Opportunity and Response
biIity Greater Than Ever Before.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. March 2S.-
A letter of Gen. Miles, which was to
have been read at the banquet of the
Democratic club tonight, abandoned on
account of floods, was given out today.
The general was to have responded to
the toast Patriotism" He said:
: The perpetuity of Democratic govern
ment depends, not upon great armies, the
will of despots or dictation of any ruler,
but entirely upon the patriotism of our
citizens. Naught but universal intelli-
gence, integrity and patriotism will con-
tinue to maintain those institutions vouch-
Safed to us by our fathers. Take warn
ingS betimes, guard with sacred care
that which was priceless to our fathers,
and is so to us and to our children. You
have the opportunity during the coming
individual acts or marring its prosperity
by Indifference to or disregard of it's true
interests. 80
The opportunity and responsibility of
the Democratic citizens of the whole
Union are now greater and more lmpor-
tant than they have been at any former
period of our history. There are many
veXed questions and problems in which
there may be an honest difference of
opinion, but there is one transcendent
principle, far above all other questions,
whether of economics or of individuals
and that is whether the spirit of the
constitutional brief, a pure democracy
shall prevail Or perish. The change from
oppression to liberty is wrought by vio-
lence. but the change from democracy to
despotism Is quiet, insidious, subtle and
fatal.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-03-29
SWEETS TO THE SWEET.

One of those busybodies who have
nothing better to do than to tabulate
our weaknesses announces that $780,
100000 worth of candy is consumed in
the United States every. year. and a
German publicist makes capital out of
the alleged fact to demonstrate that
we are sickly lot. We have not
much confidence in the report of the
statistieian and no regard for the con-
clusions of the German person.
But if the statistician should happen
to be right 1t is rather cause for
congratulation. If the American peo-
pie can accomplish what they have
brought about on a diet of candy let
us stick to the sweets and abolish
pickles altogether. When this coun-
try was in the waiting stage the moth
ers of the present generation ate
pickles and the fathers chewed slip
perry elm gum. And the country was
getting ready to do something. The
present generation eats enormous
amounts of. candy. for the estimate of
the statistician does not reckon with
fudge-which is consumed in squanti-
ties that would paralyze the beer
drinking person. And the present gem
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-03-29
What the Editors Say

Gov. Van SAINT, in his address before
the late Republican state convention
said Reciprocity, revision (of the tar
iff) and Roosevelt shall be the battle
cry" and he predicted the election of
Roosevelt and the continuance of good
times for another four years. All of
which goes to show that the governor
was not ION to the deal;" for when
Grimshaw, Teddy's United States mar
shaI, brought in the platform it was
the same old thing-"our home protec-
tion (roberry by the trusts must not
be impaired.'-Wasec County Herald.
One of the noteworthy features Of
the political history of Northern Min
nesota has been the recent growth of
socialism. The socialists have not yet
become formidable as political party,
yet their growth has been steady and
sure though slow. Even now in some
localities their strength is not to be
despised, but is anxiously sought after
where the contest for political suprem-
acy is close.-Bemidji Pioneer.
Congressman McCleary has started
in on his prediction campaign of
tickling the voters of the district un-
der the chin. Several sacks of per
sonar letters, sent on the congress-
mans frank, were received at the local
postoffice this week and were distrib-
uted to every man having his name
on the poll lists.-Brown County Jour-
nal.
Now that it is settled that Mime
sofa officials can no longer regulate
merger affairs, what will become of so
many of our great men? They will
evidently have to reach OUT to find
something Just as good. d."-Wadena
Tribune.
A Kansas woman sued a man for
breach of promise and when he pro-
posed marriage as the easier way she
accepted. Now she is suing him for
divorce and alimony. 1t is difficult
to satisfy some women. When they
get what they want then they do not
want it.-Duluth Herald.
The government spends many mil
lions of dollars every year to improve
navigation. A few millions used to i'm
prove wagon roads would certainly be
of more public beneft.-Buffalo Jour-
nal.
Minnesota is not among the stand
patters," but believes in reciprocity
and reasonable tariff revision as con-
dition demands it.-Presten Repub-
lican.
Chairmen of Republican conventions
in Ohio and Iowa this year are being
provided with slung- -shots.-St. Cloud
Times.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-03-29
A GALLANT FIGHTER

So long as the Molyneux murder
trial is remembered, the name of Gen.
Molyneux will stand as a synonym
for fatherly devotion. The fight which
he undertook when his son was first
accused of murder did not end with the
final acquittal, for the general is now
fathering a bill in the legislature
which, if passed, will make it the duty
of the superintendent of state prisons
to return the photographs and meas
urements of any person taken while
such person was confined in a Jail,
penitentiary or state prison, where the
judgment of conviction of such person
has been reversed and set aside and
the person has been acquitted of the
charge. Gen. Molyneux's object is to
secure permission to remove from the
rogues' gallery of the state of New
York the portrait and the measure
ments of his son Roland.
When man is acquitted of mur-
der or any other charge, the presump-
ton is that he is innocent and it seems
an unnecessary hardship that he
should be made to endure the humilia-
ton Of knowing that his picture and
his measurements are in rogues' gall
Iery with those Of notorious crooks.
OF course, it is with no intention of
fastening odium upon an innocent man
that those states which have adopted
the Bertillon system Of Identification
preserve the measurements and other
records as well as the photographs of
all who have entered states prison.
The collection is record, merely, of
al who have passed the prisons por-
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-03-29
STORMS BRING DEATH
TO ARKANSAS PEOPLE
Six Are Killed in One Town and Many
Others Are Hurt

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. March 2S.-Last
week was a Week of storms in Arkansas.
Wires are still down in the northwestern
part of the state. The casualties thus
far reported are:
J. B. CURTIS, a prominent farmer of
Newton county, killed Friday.
Six persons were killed in and near
Gainesville, as follows:
T. L. WILLIAMS,
MRS. T. M. DALTON,
FRANK ELLINE.
HELEN BYRNES.
CHILD of Whit Crouch.
CHILD of M. Wyatt.
Many people were injured and fifty
houses were destroyed at this place. Two
negro children were killed Thursday night
near Solgasch Chloe Kilburne, a negro
girl. was killed in the wreck Of school
house at Fourche Dam, Pulaski county,
last Tuesday.
The storms began on Tuesday, doing
some damage in Little Rock and much
damage in Pulaski and adjoining coun-
ties Thursday. Friday nights storm
swept through parts of Western and
Northwestern Arkansas and into Okla
homa. The town of Mountain Home suf
fered severely. The damage to property
is large. The death list, it is thought
will be largely increased.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-03-29
DOG LONGS FOR HIS
OLD DAKOTA HOME
Therefore He Walks From Illinois to
His Former Abiding Place.

Special to The Globe.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., March 2S.-A
shepherd dog belonging to S. P. Dow,
who formerly lived on a farm near
Hartford this (Minnehaha) county. but
who last October moved with his family
to point about twelve miles from
Springfield, ILL.,, has just completed the
task of walking alone from Illinois to
South Dakota.
The members Of the Dow family took
the animal with them to Illinois last
October. A few days ago friends of
of the family at Hartford received a
letter from them stating that the dog
had disappeared from their Illinois
home. The animal, much to the sur
prise of the people who now occupy the
farm where the Dows lived during their
residence in South Dakota, has now ap-
peared at their home. The dog evil
IDENTIFY became homesick for it's old
Dakota home, and with an unerring
instinct was able to traverse the sew
eral hundred miles and proceed to the
farm where it's master formerly lived.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-03-29

tails. 1t is valuable, for it affords the
state protection, but the. fact that his
picture and measurements are in the
collection is not in itself a proof of a
mans guilt. The records Of a trial
cannot be destroyed. and therefore
many will argue that it is not fair
that the record of PRISONS population
should be destroyed or made imper-
feet.
But gallant Gen. Molyneux is asham-
ed, of having the name which he him
self kept unsullied written in rogues'
gallery, and many will synpatlize with
him in the fight he is making to have
this record of his sons sojourn in the
New York state prison destroyed He
was a picturesque and pathetic figure
throughout the famous trial. He is
picturesque and pathetic figure still in
the determined fight he is now making
to remove, so far as he can, every
trace of the state prison stigma from
the family name. Good name in
man and woman, dear my lord, is the
immediate jewel Of their souls" Gen.
Molyneux deserves applause for the
earnest effort he is making to protect
this jewel from injury.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-03-29
LAWSON TELLS OF BIG
BUNCH OF PROFIT
Forty six Million Dollars Made With
No Written Agreements.

BOSTON, Mass, March 28.-When
the equity suit in connection with the
Boston gas combination was resumed
today Thomas w. Lawson gave in de-
tail an account of arrangements which
he said Mr.. Rogers had made for ad-
mitting Kidder Peabody e. Co. into a
partnership with Mr.. Rogers and him.
self in a copper company. This read
justment of the partnership which pre-
viously had been divided between Mr..
Rogers and Mr.. Lawson, involved the
distribution of profits aggregating be-
tween s2,5O0,O0O and $9,O00,0OO. Mr..
Lawson said:
For nine years we (Mr Rogers and
himself) have been continuously on very
intimate terms. Business transactions
aggregating over $1GO, 900 have been
carried on without any writing having
passed between US concerning them. We
had one deal which netted more than
SAG, ,000. 900 Profit, concerning which no
writing ever passed between US.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-03-29
ABEL MUST PAY
THE WHOLE $4,000
Penalty of Engaging to Marry Miss An
derson Under the Name of GoeIet.

NEW YORK, March 2S.-A special
sheriffs jury took testimony tonight
upon which to determine how much of
the $4,000 demanded by Eleanor L.
Anderson from James N. Abeel he can
afford and ought to pay for engaging
to marry her under the name of J.
Ogden Goelet.
Miss Anderson sued him for $75,-
600 for breach of promise of marriage.
The young man failed to answer the
complaint and a default was taken,
upon which Presiding Judge Van
Brunt, of the appellate division of the
supreme court, granted an order to
Sheriff Erlanger to impanel jury and
assess damages.
Testimony was given to show that
Abeel had a contingent interest in a
large estate left by his grandfather
and prospective interest in the estate
Of his father, who is wealthy. The
jury assessed the defendant for the
full amount claimed
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-03-29
CHLOROFORM THE CAT
AND KILL THEMSELVES
Debt Man and Wife Bid
Last Farewell to Life.

ST. LOUIS. Mo-, March 28.-The
dead bodies of John B. Altman, aged
sixty-eight, and his wife Julianna, aged
forty seven, were found in their home
today, both having been asphyxiated by
gas according to their own prear-
rangement.
Burdened by debts, advancing years
and the recollection of fortune van
ished, are supposed to have led them
to commit suicide. They left a note
saying they had taken their own lives.
In the cellar was found the dead body
OF their pet cat, which had been
chloformed
According to papers found Altman
and his wife came to this country fif-
teen years ago, and for several years
resided in New York, where he ac-
cumulated half million dollars
through speculation. He lost most of
his money by signing notes for friends
and then being forced to meet the
notes. The couple then came to ST.
Louis and purchased a home. They
were forced to mortgage it, and fear
that the mortgage was about to be
foreclosed led them to take their lives.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-03-29
PERSONAL MENTION

Windsor-B E. Fayleg, Seattle; William
A. Butler and wife Little Faiilsi S, FL. "a
mont; August W. Wendt, D9land, s. D.;
E. B. Davis. Benson; e. e. Corliss,. Fer
gus Falls; John, Campbell. Philadelphia; Il
Samuel Callahan, Sheldon; F. c. Haynes,
Merchants W. Kennedy St. James;
A. H. Miles, HsonG River, Wis; B: I'll.
Kramp. Owatonna ~ w. c. Mod1sette,
Green Bay, Wis., Fl, w. Leecoss, Bis
marck, N. D.: H w. Misner,, Crookston;
G. w. Holland, Brainerd: Charles Wa
terman. Bozeman;s r. A. Beiyon, Seattle;
Fred C. Gollmar,,. Baraboo; c. P. Nc
CURE, Willow River.
Ryan-F. J. Bell and wife, Winona; A.
H Adams. Sioux City; G. G.. L. Lindsey,
Toronto; w. J. Sehulze and wife, Vlr-
ginia; Morris Earle Philadelphia; P. F.
Reichardt, st. Louis. N. p. McManus,
Duluth; P. r. Vermillion, Wichita; E. T.
Gates, Kansas City; H. S. Houk, Jackson;
George E. Gibson, Duluth.
The Ryan hotel has installed complete
system of room telephones. the $50 rooms
in the hotel being connected with q central
in the office, and which is supplied with
a modern opal system switchboard locat-
ed in the hotel Office.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-03-29
DEATHS OF THE DAY.

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, March Is
Most Rev. Pedro Rafael Gonzales Calisto,
archbishop of Quito, is dead.
NEW YORK, March 2S.-Mrs. Timothy
L. Woodruff, wife of former Lieut.. Gov.
Woodruff, died of Bright's disease tonight
at her residence in this city tonight.
MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa, March Is
Mrs. Caroline Robinson, sister of Gen.
M M. Crocker commander of the famous
Crocker brigade, is dead at the soldiers
home She was the only woman ever ad-
mitted to a soldiers home.
HELENA, Mont, March 28.-Maj. H.
B. Hosford, for twenty years connected
with the office of the supervising archi-
tect of the treasury department and for
over two years superintendent of con-
struction of the Helena federal building,
died suddenly here today of Bright's dis
ease aged fifty-Seven. Interment will be
at GeneSeo, Ill.
CHICAGO, March 2S.-Allison B. Stone.
who for twenty years was connected with
the Daily News, of this city, died today.
During his newspaper career Mr.. Stone
invented many devices for saving time
and labor in newspaper plant, among
them being the automatic paper carrier,
an automatic proof press and numerous
appliances for presses.
Morton McMichael, prominent banker Of
this city, died suddenly of heart disease
tonight at his home. Mr. McMichael was
sixty three years of age, and leaves two
children, Morton McMichael Sd, jour-
nalist, now in Europe, and Mrs. Henry
M. Hoyt, wife of the solicitor general of
the United States. Mr.. McMichael was
brother of Postmaster Clayton McMichael.
for many years publisher of the Philadel-
phia North American.
NEW YORK. March 2S.-Col Hiram
Henry F. Carpenter an inventor of cleo
trical devices, died here tonight of
Brights disease. He was one of the sur
vivors of the famous Iron brigade of the
Union army in the Civil war. He served
in it as a captain and afterwards was
promoted to colonel, commanding during
the later years of the rebellion the TWen-
tieth New York cavalry. Col Carpenter
made a notable improvement in electrical
devices by inventing means of tighten
ing the weight of the Faure storage bat
terry, invented by a Frenchman of that
name and long tie best known battery Of
it's kind. He was at work upon and had
partly completed a wireless telephone.
Col Carpenter was born in Wf1liamstown,
Mass. He was second cousin to former
Lord Shrewsbury in England and cousin
of the late United States Senator M. H.
Carpenter, Of Wisconsin.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-03-29
JUDGE SWAYNE MAY
NOT BE IMPEACHED
Committee of the House May Stand
to 8 in His Favor.

WASHINGTON, d. C., March 2s.-
representative Gillett, of California,
has prepared and submitted for the
minority report against the resolu-
ton adopted by the majority Of the
committee on the Judiciary to i'm
peach Judge Swayne, of the Northern
district Of Florida, for high misde-
meanors. Every ground urged by the
committee for impeachment is attacked
in this report
Mr.. Gillett expects that eight mem
bers of the committee beside himself
will sign the minority report, which
will be majority of one against i'm
parchment.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-03-29
"WHEN THAT APRILLE WITH HIS
SHOURES."

The Mrs. Partington who declared
that one was more apt to have "am-
monia on the lungs" in April than in
any of the other months was resident
of Minnesota March's uncertainties
are always certain, but concerning the
character of the month we are ap-
preaching no man may confidently eX-
press himself with any hope that his
representation will prove to be correct.
April may be spring and she may be
winter and she may be combination
of both. A glance over the April wealth
er records for the past thirty years
merely assures US Of the wisdom of
hoping for the best and being prepared
for the worst. It is the wise man or
woman whose spring attire during the
Easter month has a winter lining.
The impulse, of course, is to accept
April with blind faith, to discard our
f1annels and furs in her honor and to
don those garments which suggest the
poets conception of spring. Because
so few are able to control the impulse,
the siren month has been able to boast
of many victims. Man learns wisdom
slowly, and April is lady who delights
in deceiving. Yet if he would only re-
member that there is. much of the cru
city of March in her composition and
but little of the sweetness of May, he
would stand a better chance of dying
full of years.
But man is not to be blamed alto
gether for the trust he puts in April.
Many things conspire to make her
wiIes successful There is the spring
fever which gets into the very bones
and impels him to seek change at all
hazard. There are the shop windows
which are a snare, if not a delusion,
for both sexes. There is that intan-
gible something. in the air that whis-
pers of spring even when spring is
not, and that fmpels man to commit all
sorts of follies in the name of spring.
All these things conspire to place him
at the mercy of April.
Yet if he would change slightly to
fit April that advice concerning widows
which the elder Weller was fond of
impressing on his son, and if he would
act upon the advice, cases of "am-
rnonia on the lungs would be rare dur
ing the coming month. Beware Of
April is not, of course, the warning
poet would give, for his mind must
dwell constantly upon the first robin,
the early crocus and other similar har-
bingers of spring. But it's excellent
prose advice, and however much we
may like poetry, we must admit it is
not practical. h e Glob e hopes that
those of it's readers who insist on go
ing out in search of the first robin
and the early crocus next month will
wear overshoes and furs.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-03-29
TODAY'S WEATHER

Minnesota-Partly cloudy Tuesday,
rain in south portion Wednesday; variable
winds.
Montana-Rain or snow Tuesday and
probably Wednesday.
North Dakota-Increasing cloudiness
Tuesday; rain or snow by night; We'd
South Dakota-Rain or snow Tuesday
and probably Wednesday
Iowa-Rain Tuesday, warmer In cen
trail and east portions; Wednesday fair
in east, rain in west portion
Upper Michigan-Partly cloudy Tues
day and Wednesday; fresh shifting winds
becoming northerly.
Wisconsin Partly cloudy Tuesday, rain
in south portion; Wednesday. partly
cloudy; rain in west portion; fresh to
brisk shifting winds becoming. northerly.
ST. Paul = Yesterdays observations
taken by the United States weather bu-
reau, St. Paul, w. E. Oliver. observer, for
the twenty four hours ended at Z o'clock
last night-Barometer corrected for tenn
perature and elevation. Highest tempera-
ture. Sc; lowest Temperature, 30; average
temperature, 32;;s daily range, q; barom-
eter, 30 90; humidity, u; precipitation.
trace; p. M Temperature, 36; p, m.
wind, east; weather, cloudy.
Yesterdays TemperatureS-
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-03-29
Bryan Back at New Haven.

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, March 2S.-
William ]. Bryan will appear in the
superior court tomorrow to prosecute
his appeal from the decree of the pro-
bate court excluding as part of the.
will "the sealed letter. in which Mrs.
Grace Imogen Bennett, the widow, is
directed to pay to Mr.. Bryan $50,000
mentioned in the will of Philo S. Ben
nett. Bryan is an executor under the
will, and the objection to the sealed
letter" on the part of Mrs. Bennett is
based on the allegation that Mr.. Ben
nett was unduly Influenced by the
drawing up Of the document by Mr..
and Mrs. Bryan. Mrs. Bryan came
here with her husband. She is to be
a witness, having copied the will at
Lincoln for Bennett.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-03-29
1HE coNvIcIloN OF BURTON.

United States Senator Joseph X.
Burton, of Kansas, has been found
guilty of using his official position to
protect a concern carrying on an il
legitimate business through the post
office He may be sent to the peniten-
tiary and deprived Of his civil rights.
He may possibly escape direct punish
ment for his acts. But whatever pen
atty the court might infiict in accord
ance with the verdict of the jury would
be as nothing compared to the degra-
dation the man has already suffered.
Burton rose rapidly in Kansas. He
had certain elements that go to make
a man popular before people that
have no ideals and who are constantly
making and breaking idols. His cleo
ton was brought about by hurrah
campaign and the favor of the ma
tional administration. He had some
means, but a senatorial campaign is
expensive, and it is very likely true
that he found himself in need of more
money than he received as the stipend
of his office. He admitted having acted
for the company for which he secured
protection, but declared that he needed
the money. He justified his accept
ance of fee as lawyer for doing that
which he could not have brought about
had he not been a senator of the Unit
ed States.
The conviction of Burton should have
q salutary effect upon those represent
atfves of the people who are afflicted
with obliquity of moral vision to such an
extent that they see only such lines Of
conduct as fit best with their material
interests. That such men are numer-
Gus is not to be doubted. The ex-
posures made in the investigation of
postoffice affairs clearly show that
senators and representatives who are
regarded as honest men in their private
affairs have not been above exerting
their political influence in the interest
of schemes from which they benefited.
It is not true that men in high sta
tion are altogether lost to high ideals.
Many of them feel the same prompt
ings that made for the imperishable
fame of the fathers of this republic.
But it is also too true that many are
mere spoilsmen with whom political
ambition is but lust for pelf.
The prosecutions should not stop
with Burton. 1t has been shown in his
case that the corrupting influences of
such a powerful organization as the
Republican party cannot always pro-
tect even it's chief when they fall into
the clutches Of the criminal law. If
the law can reach into and pluck forth
a CRATER from the senate, it can do as
much with other men not so exalted
but quite as perniciously active. Let
us have less of investi2 and more
of criminal prosecution Ii. - postofice
scandal.