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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-23
MADE IT LIVELY AT WALDORF.
"Uncle Joe" Cannon Lost His Satchel
and Statistics,

A dispatch from New York last night
says: Uncle Joe" Cannon came in on the
Dolphin yesterday morning with Secretary
Morton and the Secretary's party.
The Speaker was anxious to get ashore
and shouted to a good-looking fellow: Hi,
there, son. take that up to my hoteI.'
The young man disappeared and Uncle
joe went up to the Waldorf. He intended
to leave for Illinois this afternoon at 4:3O.
About 3 o'clock he went to the desk and
said: my boy where Is my grip:'
The clerk at the desk looked Uncle joe
over. He was new clerk and he did not
know the Speaker.
II am sure 1 can't tell you'' he replied.
uncle joe sauntered around a bit and
then came back and asked another clerk
about the grip. That clerk knew the Speak
er, but he had not seen the grip. Then
Uncle Joe" began to get excited.
Find it," he shouted, issuing orders to
everybody in sight. II want that grip,
young man, and want you to find it"
There was a scurrying of pages and por-
Uncle joe stood in the center of the
lobby and directed operations.
Every person who went out on the search
came back empty-handed.
used another word-"I want that grip
There's all the statistics about the repubIi-
can campaign In 1t and / am taking it to
the headquarters in Illinois If anybody
be fatal and / will have homicide added
to my other crimes. I know how to put
them out in instalments, but they'll xiii a
stranger sure"
The house detective came along and osk
ed Uncle joe questions. The Speaker an
swered few and then took hold of things
himself again. The police were notified and
the house detective turned up everything In
the house.
Just as the Speaker was beginning to
think the bright-looking young man had
taken him for countryman the grip was
found standing In a corner of the bapga Ue
room. The young man had brought Il in
and porter who was of in the afternoon
had taken 1t In charge.
uncle Joe" rummaged over his statistics.
They're all here" he announced, jubilant-
ly, land nobody has suffered"
The Speaker has been out on the Dolphin
for a week. He repeated his assertion that
Vermont will give good republican ma
jority and said Maine Is SO sure that there
was no need Of his ''foolin' around there %
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-23

opinion that the republican business men
Of the country would be opposed to a
senator also expressed himself as confident
that Rhode Island would vote for the re.
publican ticket.
Secretary Of the Navy Morton and his
family arrived here today on tho United
States ship Dolphin. Secretary Morton hah
been along the New England coast inspect
ing navy yards. Shortly after landing In
New York Secretary Morton called on
Chairman Cortelyou of the republican ma
tional committee. Mr.. Morton was accom-.
panied by Speaker Cannon. and q short
conference was held.
Wilson Opens In Vermont.
dispatch from Manchester. Vt. last
night says: -Four speakers Of national
prominence opered the republican presiden-
tial campaign in this state tonight
Robert T. Lincoln, former minister to
England. presided. In his Introductory re-
the gubernatorial election in Vermont was
watched by the entire country, and the vote
polled at that time would be taken as an
index OF the vote to be cast later at the
presidential election. He urged a heavy
vote.
Secretary Of Agriculture Wilson was the
chief speaker of the evening. He reviewed
the past history and the present purpose
of the republican party, and discussed the
Philippine question and the tariff.
Referring to the statement made that
American manufactured articles are SOLD
cheaper abroad than they are at home. the
Secretary said that he had received letters
from nearly all the manufacturers Of agri-
cultural machinery In this country inform
Ing him that their products were sold
cheaper in the United States than they
were abroad. Implements that were not OF
the latest pattern, he said. would bring
higher price abroad than they did In the
United States. Secretary Wilson closed his
address with a resume of the work done by
the Department OF Agriculture.
Brief addresses were made by Senators
Redfeld Proctor and William p. Dilling-
ham.
Stanchfield Candidate.
A dispatch from Rochester. n. Y, last
night says: J. B. Stanchfield of Elmira, for
mer candidate for governor. has written
a letter to Charles J. Bssell of this city.
in which he announces that he will accept
the democratic nomination for chief execu-
tive Of this state If 1t is offered him. Mr..
Stanchfield has been prominently mentioned
as a candidate but has not heretofore ex-
pressed willingness to accept nomina-
ton.
Urge W. F. Villas for Governor.
A dispatch from GAINESVILLE, Wis, last
night says: William F. Villas of Madison.
the former senator and member of Cleve-
lands cabinet Is being doomed for gov
ernor. 1t is said he can have the sofia
southern Wisconsin delegation at the state
convention in Oshkosh next Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-23
Three Drowned in Boston Harbor

A dispatch from Boston, Mass last night
says: By the capsizing Of a small catboat
off Boston light this afternoon three per-
sons lost their lives. The drowned, all Of
whom lived in Cambridge. were Carl Lind
quist, thirty-nine years old; Mary Ancor-
son. nineteen years old. stepdaughter Of
Lindquist: Ralph Jacobson, fifteen years
old.
The Gloucester fishing schooner William
H Cross rescued Harriet Ancorson Of Cam
bridge and Carl Umbert Of Quincy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-23

Two Norfolk and Western freight trains
colidsd yesterddayI AZ liver ,n hsa Ohio en-
two cars were wrecked and one engine.
Two tTamps were killed and buried under
the wreckage Engineer Staten was ia
tally and Conductor Hensley seriously
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-23
Suicide From a High Bridee.

A dispatch from Cleveland, Ohio, last
night says: An unknown girl about twenty
years of age committed suicide today by
jumping from the central viaduct draw to
the river, a distance Of 100 feet She was
still alive when q boa&man picked her up,
but shortly aftsrward died In q hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-23
washingtonian III at Louisville.

A dispatch from Louisville, KY. last night
says: w. H. Thompson Of Washington, u.
c.. supreme outer guard Of the Supreme
Lodge. Knights Of Pythias, is seriously i'll
at the Louisville Hotel Of heart trouble ana
nervous prostration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-23

Rev. NJ A. Wilson. veteran pastor Of the
Baptist Church at Norton. Va. is reported
to be dying. He was chaplain OF stone
WALL Jackson's brigade In the civil war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-23
Victims of a Flooded Mine.

A dispatch from Salisbury last night says:
In addition to the three bodies recovered
Saturday from the Barringer gold mine, by
the flooding OF which eight men were
drowned on August IL. four more were
taken from the pit Sunday. The latter
we're about 600 feet under ground and were
found floating in the water.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-23
SPEAKERS ASSIGNED.
Secretary Taft to Speak in the West
Other Assignments.

A dispatch from New York last night
says: Senator Scott of the speakers bu-
reau Of the republican national committee
announces that Secretary of War Taft dur
Ing the present campaign will speak at
South Bend, Ind, October 8: Wheeling, w.
Va, October 10; Grafton, w. Va, October
IL; Martinsburg. w. Va, October r. and
Baltimore, October 15
Former Senator Thurston of Nebraska
will speak in West Virginia during the
week of October 3.
Senator Fairbanks will speak in some
cities in Maine September 9 and 7, and in
Connecticut September and 8.
Attorney General Moody will speak in
Vermont August %, and at Bar Harbor,
Me-, August 81.
Representatives Dayton OF West Virginia
and Biedler of Ohio and Charles B. Lands
Of Indiana were political visitors at the re-
publican headquarters today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-23
Funds for Republicans.

Senator Aldrich Of Rhode Island was at
republican headquarters today. and had a
long conference with Chairman Cortelyou.
II "A understood that finances Of the cam
naien was one Of the important features
under discussion, as 1t is known that the
Rhode Island senator Is In closer touch
with business interests than most OF the
prominent republicans.
Senator Aldrich told Mr.. Cortelyou that
az many people were away no one could
tell what would be done, but expressed the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-23

Fire, the result of lightning. caused a
loss of $4,000 to the plant of the Nubian
Paint and Varnish Co. at Chicago Sunday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-23
Urge w. F. Villas for Governor

A dispatch from GAINESVILLE. Wis, last
night says: William F. Villas of Madison.
the former senator and member of Cleve-
lands cabinet Is being doomed for gov
ernor. 1t is said he can have the SOLD
southern Wisconsin delegation a the state
convention in Oshkosh next Monday.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-08-31
Enough Said.

IN eminent lawyer received Sc
we're reprlmand from witness whom
he was trying to browbeat. 1t was an
important issue, and in order to save
his cause from defeat it was necessary
'nat the lawyer should impeach tie
witness. He endeavored to do it on
the ground of age in the following
manner:
How old are you?" asked the law
yer.
"seventy-two years. replied the
witness.
Your memory, Of course, is not
brilliant and vivid as it vas tyca.
ty years ago, is it?" asked the law
yer.
Il do not know but what it is," an
swered the witness.
State some circumstances which
occurred, say II years ago. said the
lawyer, "and we shall be able to sec
how we'll you can remember"
II appeal to your honor" said the
witness, "if l am to be interrogated
IN this manner; it is insolentI'
You had better answer the oues-
tion,' replied the judge.
Yes, sir; state it!'' said the law
yer.
well, sir, if you compel me to do
it, will. About ~ years ago you
studied in Judge -'s office, did YOU
not?"
eyes," answered the lawyer.
We'll, sir, remember your father
coming into my Office and saying to
me, Mr.. D, my son is to be ex-
amined tomorrow, and I wish you
would lend me $l5 to buy him suit
OF Clothes remember also, sir, that
from that day to this he has never
paid me that sum. That, sir, I re-
member as though it were yesterday"
-Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-08-31
HAD VIRGINIA NOT Seeded.
Vastly Different Conditions That Would
Have Followed, but no Virginian
Regrets.

Whenever public speaker recalls
the fact that Virginia was reluctant
&c withdraw from the Ua;on IL 1851
we fall into meditative state of mind
and try to imagine what would have
been the effect if Virginia had not
seeded, if she had turned her face
away from the South and Joined hands
with the Northern States in making
war upon the Southern Confederacy.
What vast difference it would have
made to the fortunes of the Confed.
eraoy, if it had been, deprived Of the
moral and active support Of Virginia,
If in the armies of the Confederaoy,
there had been no Virginia troops, n o
Lee, no jackson, nops- Others Of
Virginis's military lesders7 What q
vast difference it would have made if
these Virginia troops and their com.
manders had given their guns and
their swords to the North instead Of
to the South!
Without meaning unduly to glorify
the Vi.s:nisns, and in no spirit to
brag, i. may be said at the start, that
In such an event, the duration Of the
war would have been much shorter.
It would have been an enormous ad.
vantage to the North to orr upy Vir.
ginia as friendly territory in that
struggle. The armies Of the North
could easily have been moved to the
southern borders Of Virginia, and
North Carolina world. perhaps, have
been the battle ground. That would
have precluded anything like North.
ern campaign on the part Of tho south,
ern forces and there had been no bat
tie of Gettysburg, no battle anywhere
within eight Of Washington, no threat
Whatever against the national capital.
The mighty armies Of the North.
strengthened by the splendid soldiers
Of Virginia could have horne down
with impelliug aud irrsslstible forse
upon the armier OF tks 1Donfede4rcy,
and the odds wsald have been 90
overwhelmingly in favor Of the N North
tha. the struggle must have been
shortliyed. .' b
N Virginia had pnrsued that course,
II would have made vast difference
g her material fortunes. Her tsrri.
tory would not have been paroslled
and A divided, her soil would NOT have
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-08-31
I'm Trade.

Robert A. VanWyok, the former
mayor Of New York, made 81, 900 600
last year, and in consequence has now
retired from business.
II don't believe in meanness," Mr..
VanWyck asid recently in q talk about
success. 'Meanness is positive
drawback to financial progress.
"The other day took Turkish
bath. The place is not getting ON
well, and I was not surprised when q
rubber told me story Of the mean
ness Of the proprietor.
The proprietor, seeing the man one
day at the butcher shop, where he
then worked, and taking note Of his
huge muscles, told him to resign and
take rubber's position with him.
III give you more than you are
getting now," he said.
so the young butcher, resignipg in
good faith, turned up the next morn
ing at the bath-house.
Well, said the proprietor to him,
/ II put you on at once. What did
you get at the butchers 2
"'Six dollars and my weeks meat
returned7the young man.
What did the meat amount to p
"'About s3.'
Lets see,' said the proprietor.
l offered you more to come here,
didn't II Well, I'll give you Sc and
81 worth Of baths weekly. That is a
dollar more than you got at your old
place. >" ~, .
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-08-31

story Of he sycamore massacre
VIII .l"c TO bloody one more yape of
guerilla warfare Guautrcl. sen. d.
tailed account of Til, affair to Gcu.
Buell.
After the close Of the war no, moro
than - Of the old guard answered to
roll call. They had been ou,lawcd
and price set upon their heads after
the great Lawrence massacre, but it
seemed this little band bore charmed
lives. Nov for mutual protection
they must separate, each going his
own way. Great treasure taken from
everywhere was partly divided, The
rest hidden in the cave. DcIIart and
Jessie James were detailed to close
the cave and throw away the key,
which was done, DcIIart locking the
great stone doors, while Jessie James
stood guard. Just below the falls are
several swirling pools deep and dark
Dellart numbering off certain mum
Der, threw the key Of this wonderful
cavern into it, where it sank, and it
was mutually agreed that when all Of
the little band had outlived the bloody
chapter in their lives and were per-
mitted to live az honest citizens, they
would return in q body and recover
the treasure. But the great kew is
still at the bottom of the Gasconade
river and the treasure still hcaped up
IN glittering piles, for none save De-
Hart knows its hiding place. Nearly
all the rest are dead, and only four or
tive are living now. DeHart was per-
mitted years ago to live among his
people for whom he did SO much, and
so with Allen Palmer, who lives now
in Wichita, Tex. H. G. Hysmith
lives in Jackson County, Mo-, Frank
James and Cole Younger are in the
show business. Nearly all the rest
are dead, their wearing apparel serving
as their winding sheets.
Lieut.. DeHart is an honored and
much respected citizen OF Arkansas.
lie is now on the lecture platform and
10 doing well in his old age. 1t is
said that tho "old guard" Of 100 men
has slain more than IS men each, in.
cluding the Kansas Jayhawkers, who
were completely annihilated by Guam
tFelrs men. Now they are nearly all
gone. DeHart was nearly killed by
jumping out Of burning building
about four years ago, but he still lives,
vcritable book of information, but
so modest that he seldom calls his own
name when talking Of war times. He
is as straight as an Indian, and he is
seldom still. His clear, deep, blue
eyes are restless, always looking, and
ears keen, ever listening. 1t is second
nature, learned under the strenuous
rules of monarch of the black flag.
They did not ask quarter Of the enemy,
nor did they extend it. Revenge, re-
venge was the battle cry Of their lead
er, who gloated in blood and carnage,
but to-day this grizzled old guerilla
warrior is as gentle as well-trained
child. His days are numbered and
he knows it, but it does not frighten
him. He is ready to welcome il just
as willingly as he ever pulled trigger
in battle.
May he depart in peace.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-08-31

The State Board Of Control has
aeveral thousand daliars =srthh ==sh Of
"unsslable goods" on hand. These
will be marked down and thrown on the
market-something aftsr the style Of
bargains" !.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-08-31

- a woman has an idea that hea.
ven is something like where the men
don't come to breakfast GROSS. !.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-31
Accidentally Killed.

Christmas day was a sad one for
the family of H, S. Hopper, made
so by an accident which caused the
death of their little eight year old
son, SeigeI. g,
Mr.. Hopper lives about six miles
below town and ais family had all
come to town to church except the
grandparents and the two boys,
Drank and Seigel, Frank being
about ID years of, age and Seigel,
nearly eight years old.
The boys had been hunting jack
rabbits and it is supposed that when
Frank went to take the load out,
the gun was accidentally discharged,
the contents entering the abdomen
of Seigel, the younger brother who
was standing near. Just how it
happened Frank could not tell
Emmett-Psarl Record.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-31
No Change Desired.

When asked by newspaper cor
respondent in Washington if he
favored tariff revision Senator Hey
burn said: 1--WE are very well sat-
listed with things as they are. There
is no demand in I laho for
change" The senator cited. the
fact that Idaho had given majority
of almost 10000 to the republican
ticket, which means that practically
three of every four voters had en-
dorsed the republican administra-
ton. No stronger evidence is need.
ed that the people are thoroughly
satisfied. The only ante-election
promise made, and it was oft re-
peated, was that present conditions
would be continued. No state
would be quicker than Idaho to feel
the effects Of any uncertainty on
the tariff question. 1t is distinctly
a producer of raw material. The
tariff of ~ cents per pound on i'm
ported lead is the very basis of
prosperity here in the Occur d.
Alenes, and other sections of the
State which produce other articles
are situated just as we with refer
ence to protective tariff. 1t is a
good time to let the tariff alone.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-31
Fashions Latest Gesture.

I remember a thousand or so
years ago, when every woman
stopped on the front steps before
starting to pull her basque down,
and with forward poke of her
chin, to adjust her short veil. A
little later there was the incredible
hustle to fluff up. Later still, big
sleeves had to be pulled out to
widest extent.
For half dozen years now we've
been pushing our belts down in
front, and this winter every woman
who respects herself properly has a
new gesture. She adjusts her
bracelets from time to time. Push
ing the belt down showed the hanos
at a disadvantage, and fluffing up
hustle was inherently unattrac-
tive, but, barring the playing the
harp. nothing gives a woman such
an opportunity to display curving
fingers and delicately turned wrists
as this settling a bracelet in place.
It is the seasons mannerism of
gesture, and long may it reign. 1t
is pretty, and so many of the things
fashion has made us do with our
hands haven't .been.-Washington
Post
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-31
SpiOelesS Cactus

California's wizard botanist, LII
ther Burbank, has produced an
everlasting flower of exquisite per-
fume and color. It's beauty and
fragrance will last many months
after being plucked. This is not
all. He has developed stoneless
plums, seedless apples, sourless
gooseberries and spineless cactus,
which he says is half as nutritious
as alfalfa. and will yield more for
age to the acre than that great sta
pie of the arid west. The spine
less cactus, it is claimed, will grow
1uxuriantly on the bleakest and
dryest desert. Its leaves and fruit
are food for man and beast, and a
San Francisco correspondent insists
thatit may mean to some districts
what the introduction of the potato
meant to Europe.-Lewiston Trib-
YIrTa .E =
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-31
GOOD FEELING

Thus far little or no opposition
TO the new. court house proposition
has developed. The men who
have circulated petitions in the
several towns bring back most en-
couraging reports. The people of
Canyon county realize the pressing
need of a new court house and are
inclined to take broad, liberal
view of the situation. Though
some Of our neighhorhood towns
have county seat ambitions they
realize that it will be many years
before the county seat of Canyon
county ean8be moved and the like
lihood of dividing or cutting off
pieces is even more remote. a f..
In the meantime the public rec
ords are in danger. The building
is too small AMI is inconveniently
arranged for the business of the
courts. Canyon county is one of
the best, richest and most prosper
Gus in the State. 1t is out of debt.
The tax levy is low. In fact the
times are suspicious for just such a
move. But today the county has
one of the smallest and worse coun-.
ty buildings in Idaho. Under the
circumstances the people of the
county are looking the situation
squarely in the face; laying aside
their personal inclinations ard tax
ing a hold in the right spirit, ...a
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-31
Value of Crops for 1904.

Washington, Dec. 28.-The fol-
lowing bulletin was issued by the
Agricultural department today:
4 ''Final returns to the chief of the
bureau on statistics of the Depart
ment of Agriculture from regular
and special correspondents, supple
mented by reports of special field
agents, show the acreage, produc-
ton and value of the principal farm
crops of the United States in 1904,
to have been as follows:
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-31
Depends on Brain Health

A new theory of brain develop
ment has been propounded by DIR.
Edward Anthony Spitzka of Co.
lumbia university before the Asso-
citation of Anatomists at the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania. It is, in
effect, that the mentality is not de-
pendent on the relative proportion
of white and gray matter so much
as upon the health of the great
bundle of tibers known as the cor
pus callosum, which connects the
two sides of the brain.
In announcing his theory DR..
Spitzka exhibited the brains Of