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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-22

and in your success, but my strong
feeling that you have undertaken one
of the most important public duties
that can befall any man just at pres
ent.
FavOrs Government Control
THE scandal which has been so de-
plorable for the Equitable Life Assur-
ance Society has also had effects far
beyond the society itself. Not only Is
it lamentabIe to think of the condition
of hundreds of thousands of poor peo-
pie all over the country who have
found their confidence shaken in the
provision which they have made for
their families and, for their old age
by putting the savings of years in this
society, but the loss Of confidence there
by created affects the whole insurance
business Of the country and weakens
that great tendency for the promotion
of thrift and providence. Your success
in your new position will mean not
only a great achievement for you, but
only a great achievement for you, but
public. In business conditions as they
are today the head of one of these great
insurance societies should be regarded
as just as emphatically a public SER
want as if he were occupying any office
through the direct vote Of the people.
He should be held to the same strict
accountability if he goes wrong and
he is entitled to the same need Of
praise if, by doing his duty fearlessly,
honestly and intelIigently, he increases
the stability Of the business world.
raises its moral tone and puts a premi-
UNI upon those habits of thrift and
saving which are so essential to the
welfare of the people as a body.
incidentally it seems to me that
what has occurred furnishes another
argument for effective supervision by
the national government, If such sup
ervision can be obtained, over all these
great insurance corporations which do
an interstate business.
with earnest good wishes, faithfully
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-22

equally certain 1 shall not sanction an
attack upon you which I would not
dream of sanctioning if you had not
become a member of my cabinet.
NIortOn's New Equitable Job.
-'Since I accepted your resignation
as member of my cabinet you have
undertaken perhaps the greatest and
most important work now open to any
business man, in assuming control of
the Equitable Life Assurance society.
You do not need to be told again the
confidence I have in you and my be-
lief in your absolute sincerity of pur-
pose and your unfinching courage.
know that the mere fact that you have
consented thus to take control of the
society means that there will be a
genuine attempt to make a new clean
management, a control really and
honestly in the interest of the policy
holders, and one which will make i'm
possible the crooked and Objectionable
practices that have hitherto prevailed
in the society.
"Ex-President Cleveland in consent
ing to act as one of the three trustees
to hold the stock of the society and to
use the voting power of such stock
on the selection of directors, concludes
his letter by saying:
% We shall be safer if we regain our
other habit of looking at the appro-
priation to personal uses of property
and interests held in trust in the same
In other words, you and Mr.. Cleve-
land intend to see that the affairs of
the society are managed not merely
with the honesty requisite in order to
keep clear of criminal proceedings, but
with the fine sense of honor which
recognizes in the trustees that
is what the man responsible for the
management of any great business cor
poration is nowadayS--the duty OF
managing his business affairs with a
high sense of obligation not only to the
stockholders, and the policyholders,
but to the general public. Mr.. Cleve-
land has especially stipulated that he
is to be absolutely free and undiSturb-
ed in the exercise of his Judgment
you have especially stipulated that
YOU are to be absolutely free and un-
disturbed in the exercise of your Judg-
ment. I have faith not only in your
will to do right, but in the judgment
which will enable you to do right AS
I understand it. the majority of the
stock is to be put in the hands of a
board of trustees, of which Mr.. Cleve-
land has accepted the Craftsmanship,
and thew will have absolute control
tors to exercising their own judgment
without control. Your own policy will
be I know, to give the policyholders
a SQUARE deal and to clean house thor
ol1gI1Iv. You would not take such a
position if you did not have a perfect
" free hand and If you were not IN
hampered by commitments to any
body.
Il do not congratulate you upon en-
tering this work, for I do not wish to
congratulate any man when he puts his
harness on, but rather to await until
he takes it off But I do wish to eX-
press to you not only my belief in you
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-22

and in your success, but my strong
feeling that you have undertaken one
of the most important public duties
that can befall any man just at pres
ent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-22

81 am pleased to endorse Peruna
as a splendid medicine for catarrh
and stomach trouble, from which
suffered for several years.
took it for several months and
at the end of that time found my
health was restored and have felt
splendidly ever since
Il now take it when I contract a
cold and it soon Fids the system OF
any catarrhal tendencies
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-22
SUFFERED I EiFH STOMACH CATARRH
Pe-ru-na The Medicine That
Restored Health.
CURE PROVES PERMANENT.

Mrs Elizabeth Reuther, 1o7 West
10th street, New York City, member
Board of Directors North End Clio
Association, writes:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-22

If you suffer from Indigestion.
dyspepsia, OF any kind of stomach
trouble, do not neglect it. Take
Peruna at once. Begin taking a
half teaspOonfuI before meals, (Ii-
luted with little water, if neces-
sary, and gradually increase the
dose to two teaspOOnfuIs. Should
you desire medical advice, write to
DR.. Hartman, President of The
Hartman SanitariuIn, Columbus,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-22
? THEODORE ROOSEVELT"

It's a mistake to imagine that itching
piles can't be cured; a mistake to suffer a
cav longer than you can help. Doan'a
Ointment brings instant relief and permas
nent cure At any drug store, 50 cents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-22
SINFUL NEGLECT

How is it possible for a sane man with
good teeth 10 destroy them through careless
neglect SOZODONT is positively bene-
fetal. It has made the toothbrush habit a
real pleasure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-22

the commission. Moreover, having
special reference to the restraining or
der of the circuit court of Missouri,
that report leaves it quite uncertain
what, if any, of such transportation
was between the states. Still further.
the report of the commission and the
testimony taken before it are silent as
to individual responsibility or culpa-
bility dealing, as you say. with facts
which show that the law had been
violated and without attempting to TX
responsibility on any particular OIL
GERS OF the railroad company.
Il had hoped that you would find 1t
PRACTICABLE to elicit further and more
specific information at least in the re-
spects above mentioned before deter
mining on the character of the pro-
ceedings to be taken for the violation
of the law have believed that this
information should precede action,
and that action should be based on it,
rather than on differences to be drawn
from the commissions report or the
presumed responsibility of the officers
of a corporation for its acts.
t'I fully appreciate the weight of the
reasons which, though they have not
convinced me. have led you to a con-
trary conclusion. In accepting your
resignation, permit me to assure you
of my high personal regard.
Very Respectfully.
wv. H. MOODY,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-22
"JUDSON HARMON.
FREDERICK JUDSON
designations Accepted.

The designations were accepted by
the attorney general in a letter to the
counsel dated June IS. In this letter
Mr.. Moody says:
ct regret conclusion. but not
doubling that you have arrived at
it after great consideration, inspired
by a sense of your duty, I must accept
it. I was impressed with the fact that
the investigation Of the subject made
by the interstate commerce commits
sion. while doubtless adequate for its
purposes, was insufficient for the pur-
poses of the department Of justice To
what extent shipments of coal made
under the rate not published, We're
subject to the control of the federal
government and within the provisions
of the interstate commerce law, was
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-12-10
POPULAR GIRL SUICIDES.
Bi Health Causes Woman to Take Her
Life in Her Room.

Life in Her Room.
Montgomery, Ala, Dec 9-The city
was shocked Friday by the news which
rapidly spread in every nook and cor.
ner that Miss Julia Reid, one of the
most popular young women Of the
county, had suicided
1t was soon found that the report
was true, and that the unfortunate girl
had shot herself entirely through the
lead with a small caliber pistol, pur
chased on trip to the city just before
the tragedy.
DR.. j. L. CASTOR, who was called at
once, said that the death had been in.
stantaneous. She was lying at the fooe
of her bed in her own room when dis.
covered by her aunt cold in death.
Miss. Reid left nothing to indicate
why she took her own life, but it is
well known that i'll health was the
cause She became Ill some months
ago and was forced to take a rest from
her duties as an accountant in the of
t1ce OF the Montgomery Advertiser. She
was given a vacation of several weeks
which was spent in North Carolina, but
nothing in the way of permanent bene.
fit was secured.
After returning it was discovered
that she was not able to meet the du
ties of the position held for four years.
and her resignation was sent in. How
ever, she remained in service up to a
few days ago in order that some one
might be trained to take the wor
Since that time she mas done little, be
ing much OF the time confined to her
room.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-12-10
CHINESE BOYCOTT IN FRISCO.
Ships Crew Forbidden to Buy Any OF
the American Goods.

San Francisco, Dec. 9.-Tne anti
American boycott mas reached this
port 1t is the custom of the Pacific
Mail company to allow peddlers and
other small dealers on board their CT
ma liners during the luncheon hour for
the convenience of the Chinese sail.
ors, firemen, cooks and walters, who,
by reason of the exclusion act, may not
do their shopping ashore.
When the Manchuria docked on last
Tuesday notices in Chinese were tack
ed up all over the ship. These no
tices called the attention of the the
Manchuria's crew to the existence OF
boycott against American goods and
forbade them to buy any wares offer
ed for sale on the lines decks during
their stay in the this American port.
SO far the Manchuria's Chinese have
followed the edict Of the boycott no
tice to the letter and have abandoned j
their efforts to trade with them.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-12-10
CONGRESS WILL NOT
ENACT LEGISLATION
Modifying the Chinese Exclu
sion Act.
LEADERS IN DOTH HOUSES SAY
Policy of Chinese Is Based Upon This
Attitude-Emperor Urged People to
Refrain from Boycotting American
Goods Pending Action by Congress.

Chicago, Dec. "a Tribune dis
patch from Washington, D. c., says:
Congress will not enact any legis
lation modifying the Chinese exclu
sion act. AS a result of tne boycott
of American goods will be re-imposed
shortly, and there will be a greater de
Velopment of the anti-foreign feeling
throughout China
The prediction as to the attitude OF
congress was made yesterday by lead
ers of both the house and senate. The
policy of the Chinese people is based
entirely upon this attitude.
In edicts issued by the Chinese can
peror the people were urged to refrain
from boycotting American goods, pend
ing action by congress.
The viceroys of various provinces
proclaimed President Roosevelt ha,
given assurances that congress would
pass remediary measures and that the
Chinese should continue to purchase
American goods as heretofore, until
the purposes of the legislative branch
of the American government developed
1t is understood that the Chinese
legislation here has been making in
quiries as to the prospect of action
congress, and is satisfied there is no
chance whatever of the enactment OF
satisfactory legislation.
Deadlock in Treaty Negotiations.
A deadlock has occurred in treaty
negotiations between Minister Rockhill
and Ma Tung, Of the Chinese foreign af-
faires, in regard to the refusal Of the
former to allow the admission of Chi
nese laborers into the American posses
sions in the Pacific. In exchange for
the privilege Ma Tung was willing to
define tle classes of Chinese which
should be granted, thus authorizing the
United States, thus authorizing his
government to exclude every one who
failed to come directly within those
classes.
Bill to Make All Territories States.
Representative Hamilton, of Michi-
gan, chairman of the house committee
on territories, proposes to push to a
vote as soon as possible his bill for the
admission of Oklahoma and Indiann
Territory and Arizona and New MeXi
co as two states. He hopes to get
1t through before the holidays.
There is a strong desire to wipe out
all the territories on the continent
thus making homogeneous union OF
AZ states, occupying compact terri
tory from the Atlantic to the Pacific
and from Canada to Mexico Thereafter
it will be easy enough to devise a gen
eral territorial sytsem for Alaska, Por-
to Rico, Hawaii and the Philippines. A
territory, representing as the name i'm
plies, an outlying possession of the
United States, not yet ready for state.
hood, will then be the status of these
separated possessions.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-12-10
Run Begun on Government Bank.

Warsaw, Russian Poland, Dec. g.
There is a heavy run on the govern
ment savings banks as a result of the
campaign against them inaugurated by
the radical papers, The depositors
demand their money in gold.
A battalion of military engineers
have mutinied at Cora Kalwarya, gov.
ernment of Warsaw, complaining of
bad food and unsuitable quarters. The
mutineers nave destroyed the barracks
kitchens and have otherwise damaged
the buildings. The military author
tiles have refrained from making ar
rests, fearing that it would provoke
greater disturbances.
The military telegraphers at Kief
have refused to take the place of the
striking civilians. Tne German gov
ernment has asked the government Of
Russia to protect the Warsaw gas
works. which are the property of a
German company.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-12-10
CONTINUE STRIKE
To THE BITTER END
Is The Effort Being Made by
The Leaders.
WHO PROMISE TO PROVIDE FUNDS

Presented Address to Emperor, Citing
His Promised Relief and Abjurine
Him to Rely on PEACEFUL Russians
Who Desire Freedom.
st. Petersburg, Friday morning, Dec
8, via Edytkuhnen, East Prussia, Dec
9.-The local leaders of the post and
telegraph strike having received more
encouraging news from Moscow, and
are making a desperate effort to rally
their followers to continue the strike
to the bitter end.
The promise that those without
funds will be provided for, and threat.
ened evils will not occur, The leaders
have succeeded in destroying tele-
graphic communication with Kieff,
Warsaw and Moscow, which was open
ed for time last night.
The executive commission has issued
another appeal to the strikers to stand
firm until all their demands are salts
fed.
The strikers claim that the delegates
who have returned here from Finland
report that the Firms will stand out to
the end.
From Vladivostok, North Caucasia, it
is reported that the telegraphers have
selected man to come to ST. Peters
burg to kill Interior Minister Durno-
vo and NJ. Sevastianoff, superintendent
Of posts and telegrapns
A delegation from the Tula zemstyo
yesterday presented an address to the
emperor as follows:
1--WE abjure your majesty to rely on
the peaceful millions of the Russian
people who desired freedom without
license. Your majesty has removed
burden of $4,000 of roubles from
the peasants, and you have promised
relief in the matter Of land The
Tula peasants expect help, but not
from the senseless promises of the
wicked. Your majesty will near the
truth not from the revolutionists, but
from the douma, which, we pray, your
majesty not to tarry in calling"
The emperor, after thanking the del
egation, said in reply:
For a full realization of the Iiber-
ties accorded, it is necessary primari-
ly to restore order. This is only pos.
sible with the hearty cooperation of
all the sons of Russia. l know that
the needs of the peasants are great and
to relieve them is my constant care
What could be done at present has
been done, but there is still much to be
accomplished, and, therefore, it is nee
essary to return to peaceful pursuits
and to direct all your efforts to the fur
therance of the objects in view If
others follow your good example, the
work of improving the peasants condi
ton and the realization of the reforms
will be greatly simplifed."
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-12-10
CASE BEFORE BoNAPARTE.
MeriWether's Fate Now Rests with
Secretary of the Navy.

Washington, Dec. s.Tsecretary
Bonaparte has received recSrd of the
case of Midshipman Minor Meriwetn,
er, Jr., tried by courtmartial at An
napolis for alleged responsibility for
the death of Midshipman Branch, and
will probably announce mis- action up,
on it in few days.
The Judge advocate general of th
navy has completed his review of the
case, and submitted his report to the
secretary, and the latter is now pre-
pared to discuss the case with the pres.
ident before taking final action
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-12-10
Babe Burned to Death.

Savannah, Ca, Dec. 9.-The a.
months-old child of Mr.. and Mrs. T. T
Gore was burned to death at Mein
hard, near Savannah, Friday afternoon
The mother had left the little one in q
room in which there was a FIRE. Soon
cries were heard. Returning, the moth
er found the child wrapped in flames
Mrs. Gore was severely burned in hei
efforts to extinguish the flames.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-12-10
NOTED EVANGELIST RETURNS.
EaVe Conducted a Four-Year World
Wide Revival,

New York, Dec 9.-Rev. E. A. Tor,
rey, an evangel who had been conduct
ing four years worldwide revival
returned with mis- family yesterday on
the Baltic. His fellow worker, the
Singing Evangelist Alexander, will
soon join him here.
The evangelists have visited China
Japan, Australia and Great Britain.
Il cannot give the number of at.
tendants at our meetings." said DR.
Torrey, "but have just received a ca.
blegram that the number of those reg
}stered in the different churches after
our services is 100000 including $4,000
in Great Britain were converted. The
evangelists will begin revival in To
ronto, Dec. 81, after which they open
a three months campaign at Philadel-
phia, Following that, they will be-
gin meeting at Atlanta, Ga
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-12-10
Dewey Guest of Merchants Club.

Chicago, Dec 9.-Admiral George
Dewey arrived in this city today to
attend the banquet of the Merchants
club tonight, where he and General
Horace Porter will be the guests of
honor. General Porter will deliver
an address on THE Old and the New
Navy" and Admiral Dewey will speak
on some subject which has not yet
been announced, but which will relate
TO the navy
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-12-10
Editor Will Be Held Responsible.

st. Petersburg, Dec. 8, via Eydtku-
nnen, Sast Prussia, Dec. 9-Seyeral
officers of the Semiinonovsky, regi-
ment, stationed at Tsarskoe-Selo,
which, on Monday was addressed by
the emperor who commented on it's
tried loyalty and expressed the hope
that 1t would always show itself as
firmly united as it is at present
have called on the editor of the Russ
and declared that they will hold him
personally accountable hereafter for
articles printed against the regiment
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-12-10
* Cents Demanded for Cotton.

Lagrange, Ca, Dec. 9,-George W
Truitt brought to Lagrange Friday 20
bales of cotton loaded on several Wag-
ons. 1t made an imposing parade as
it wound around the square Written II
large letters at the head OF the process
sion were the words: "15 cents or to
the warehouse we 60" Cotton was
bringing 12 cents, SO Mr.. Truitt's cot
ton went to, the warehouse.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-12-10
CHARGES AGAINST
INSPECTOR DISMISSED
By Secretary Department Com
merce and Labor.
SEVERAL CHARGES PREFERRED
The investigating Committee Stated
that the Inspectors Conduct Did Not
Merit Even Censure, Much Less Re-
moVal and Charges Were Frivolous.


Merit Even Censure, Much Less Re.
movaI and Charges Were Frivolous.
Washington, Dec. 9.-Secretary
Metcalf, secretary of the department
Of commerce and labor, today dis
missed the charges made by t1e
worlds fair navigation company of St.
Louis against Archibald Gordon, local
inspector of the United States naviga-
ton bureau at that post.
The investigation was conducted by
Assistant Secretary Murray and Depu-
ty Commissioner Of Corporations
Smith. Seventeen charges in all were
preferred in general, alleging official
misconduct and i'm
proper discrimination between steam
boat owners as we'll as acts of oppres
sion against particular owners.
Both parties were represented by
counsel and number of witnesses
as we'll as the records of the office
were examined.
The report of the committee stated
that they found nothing in Inspector
Gordon's conduct, or his office, which
would merit even censure, much less
removal; that while he made certain
mistakes they were either errors of
law in the Interpretation of some le-
gal questions, or were due to an earn
est and conscientious desire to bring
about proper condition of affairs on
the steamboats, in his jurisdiction.
The charges were declared to be
wholly frivolous and without merit,
and it was stated that in the making
of them and in the effort to sustain
them, there was not indicated a genu-
inc desire on the part of complainants
to improve the efficiency of the boat
inspection service, but some other mo-
tive having nothing propriety to do
with the efficiency or integrity of the
inspectors work.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-12-10
Fell Dead on Way to Train.

Atlanta, Dec. 9-Anseim Leigh
dropped dead Friday afternoon while
running to catch a, train with ais
grandson, Howell Brewster, at the
Georgia railroad depot Five minutes
before he died Mr. Leigh was in per-
feet health, although he was "a years
Of age. On reaching the depot he
found the train just pulling out. Mr..
Leigh ran only few yards in the at
tempt to overtake the train, when he
fell dead
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-12-10
JURY FAILED TO INDicT LAWSON
Had Been Held for that Body on Grim
inal Libel Charne-

Boston, Dec. 9.-The Suffolk coun-
ty grand jury failed today to return an
indictment against Thomas w. Law
son, who had been held for that body
by the municipal court on the charge
of criminal libel.
The charges were preferred by Clar
ence w. Barron, the proprietor of the
Boston News bureau. A mo bill" was
reported by the jurors The grand
jury returned no indictment against
Mr.. Barron against whom it was un-
derstood Mr.. Lawson had offered evil
dence before the grand jury in connec-
ton with a criminal libel complaint
The action of the jury puts an end
to the controversy between Messrs.
Lawson and Barron, so far as the Grim
inal courts are concerned