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The Adair County news., 1905-06-07

The Elizabethtown News of re-
cent date contained quite an in
teresting editorial, which was re-
produced in our paper, touching
both sides of voting-the secret
ballot and the viva voce way.
This proposition will be submitted
to the voters of Kentucky next
November, and it is one in which
the people are fairly we'll ac-
quainted. Under the old system
there were buyers and sellers,
and under the secret ballot this
same unrighteous practice of cor
ruption has flourished. The peo-
pie know what the old way was !;
they know what the present one
is. They met the f1oater in poll
tics long ago. They meet more
of them now. The intimidator
was on the alert then and he
still plies his nefarious work,
though the voter is behind the
screen. 1t took money to elect a
man under the viva voce system,
but it takes more now. The bal
lots may be changed, mutilated
or destroyed and a fraudulent re-
port made, but the old way, hon
est and open, knocks such meth
DDS out. There are objections,
and justly so, to some parts of
both systems, but the people are
fairly well acquainted with the
merits and dement's of both, and
an intelligent expression will
be given. We have never been
an admirer Of the viva voce sys-
tenn and have had less admira-
ton for the present foreign i'm
pOrtation of using the curtain.
The truth is we believe in the
ballot system that prevailed long
ago, in the Old Dominion, giving
the voter the high prerogative to
vote as he pleased secretly or
openly, but this is not to be sub
mitted. 1t is for a return to the
viva voce system or retain the
present, and while we are not in
love with either, yet it seems to
us that this Australian system
has fathered and fostered too
many frauds to entitle it to a Sc
rious consideration when pitted
against the old, open, plain, hon
est way. The fioater, under the
old way, was openly known, be-
cause he could not hide his acts.
Under the curtain he now sells
and haunts responsibility in the
open. His number has increased
so rapidly as to be alarming, and
all because there is a screen he
hind which he can hide. Under
the old way fraudulent returns,
contests and modern troubles
were not experienced. Choosing
between the two, as surely we
must do next November, we trust
that the old way will be sustain
ed and we believe it will.
The Adair County news., 1905-06-07

The Glasgow Times puts it
right when it says, the wealthy
Nebraskan who celebrated his
first trip in his new automobile
by taking his aged father to the
poor-house ought to be branded.
Gentlemen who steal umbrellas
at funerals, or appropriate the
nickels on dead mems eyes,
should not be compelled to ignor-
antly associate with the wretch. !"
The Adair County news., 1905-06-07

A bomb was exploded in the
palace of the Governor General
of Barcelona, doing damage. Sew
eral arrests were made.
The Adair County news., 1905-06-07

John R. Allen, the Common
weath's attorney, will make an
effort to have James and Alexan-
der Hargis indicted for perjury.
The Adair County news., 1905-06-07

Miss Alice Roosevelt witnessed
the Derby race at Latonia last
Saturday.
The Adair County news., 1905-06-07

Johan Hoch, the wife murderer,
is to be hanged in Chicogo June
%.
The Adair County news., 1905-06-07

Thirty men have been indicted
in the beef trust" investigation
at Chicago.
The Adair County news., 1905-06-07
WE'D. JUNE 7, 1905.

It is not surprising how much
interest has been manifested by
some of Columbia citizens within
the last few days concerning the
proposed railroad now nearing it's
beginning of construction or it's
verging on the Threshold of it's
grave. Neither is it surprising
how Indifferent many of our citi-
zens have been toward securing
this great enterprise. On the
one hand the proposition is con-
sidered reasonable and within
the limits of a reasonable and
united effort of our people, while
on the other it is viewed as rain
bow chasing.sand far beyond the
limits of expectation. The for
mer have Hsstudied it's bearings
and possibilities, while the latter
have pursued the even tenor of
their own business strangers to
proposition if carried out that
will transform the business in
terests ofsthis entire section and
modernize its transportation ia
cilities. The. one sees happy
hunting ground, the other Crap
ping with the inconvenience of
present environments one is
willing to risk a few dollars to
better conditions, while the other
holds his sheckles to prevent a
reduction Of his assets one sees
a bright, prosperous future for
our common interests, the other
takes the Daniel Boone route
fight your own battles and hold
the fort regardless Of surround
ings or outlets. All are willing
to have raiload and all say it
would make the country bloom
as a rose-give values a great i'm
petus and open up opportunities
to the rising generations as trnly
as enjoyments and profits to the
present, but some, too many, are
not willing to & give aid. True,
our country has grown since Dan
lei and Davy blazed the way
through the forests, but it has
not reached that degree Of devel-
Opment that comes to a progress
i've section. Times have chang
ed, narrow views of life have
passed, a broad understanding
of the blessings of civilization
prevails and the simple notions
OF a bygone age must disappear
before the onward move of the
present in every department Of
life. The length and breadth Of
this territory, rich in agricultur-
al, forests and mineral resources
and favored with a climate invit-
ing in every particular should
arouse such efforts of our people
as to do that which is necessary
to secure the building of a rail
road. Outsiders have been at
tracted to the opportunity of de-
veloping this country and their
demands are not burdensome if
all would unite in giving aid.
They ask the right of way, free
and unincumbered, together with
a correct survey of the entire
line, and if these are given and
come within the limit of the ap-
proximate cost of construction of
their expert, who recently report
ed on the resources to feed such
an Enterprise, they say it will
prove an attractive investment
and within their ability to finance
it. What more could be expect
ed from outsiders I? While we
need the road and a general
shaking up of our energies, we
can not expect capitalists to take
"cat in a poke,'' so to speak.
They have fully investigated the
resources of this section and say,
The Adair County news., 1905-06-07
NOTICE.

WE ARE NOW READY TO DO ANY KIND
'" of Blacksmithing, horseshoeing and wood
work. all kinds of Bugsy4 Carriage and Wagon
Repairing. We are also prepared to apply all
kinds of new
RUBBER TIRE.
We keep a stock of the best material And re-
pairs. Work done at our shopYis guaranteed in
workmanship and prices. Shop located on depot
street. near Main. Give us . call.
CLARK 3 PARSON.
campbellsvills. y. - Mar. 30. ~.
Nearly all the wheat in Adair county
will be cut next week. The crop is
genel ally good.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-18
PLUCkENG THE TURK
Great Powers Expect Ultimately to
Reap Some Very Material
ADVANTAGES.

Vienna. Nov. 17.-Spe@kinG OF the nl-
val demonstrat lions against Tul key
which a combined fleet of the powe-s
will make i'm the event of the sultan
continued refusal 10 accept Tho ulti-
matum of the powers on Mace tCni D
reforms. a prominent diDl ymat said d
the Associated Press TODAY:
The giving to an Austrian mi al
(Admiral Ritter Won Ie9ir"N the m
Mand OF the combined feet is a can
gerous honor. because Austria is beng
jealousy watched by the powers, VIII
will not permit her 10 reaD any Of tie
benefits, ana nobody doubts that ii is
the ultimate intent On OF The overs to
secure material advantages at the eN-
pense of TUrkeV.
Germany would never for IN instant
permit Austrian ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. be-
cause italy in retaliation Won q take
steps leading TO the breaking up Of
the triple alliance, ard W.tcO-t the
triple alliance Germany would be TrlC-
tically Isolated ia Europe. Germany
and italy are willing for Austria to
bear the onus of the action ggail 81
Turkey, bu' they are unan IN us in
the determination that she suaU oao
no reward. while Great E; itdm Won d
gladly look upon any action tend
10 weaken the triple al an
Turkey undoubted y 1u1y Iea ICES
the weakness Of the prep Sc demo -
STATION owing 10 the jaal usie5 IF The
powers. and jhel efOre she is likely TO
prove ODdurate."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-18
PLENTY OF MISTAKES
Prohibition Candidate Got Credit for
Hearst's Vote in One Tam
many District.

New York. Nov. 17-Alderman Tim
othy p. Sullivan. Tammany leader of
the sixth assembly district. appeared
before the board of canvassers today
when it came time 10 examine the tally
sheets Of his district. He said that he
felt sure no errors would be found, and
that he would fight all protests. The
first sheet examined showed that
Hearst had not been credited with SO
votes which were cast for him.
In the third election district The re-
turns Of election night showed no votes
for Hearst and 35 for Crawford. the Pro-
hibitiOn candidate. but the tally sheet
showed that these 80 votes were east
for Hearst while the Prohibition can
didate received none.
Minor errors. apparently clerical or
resulting from the plumbers of the cleo
ton officers, were found in a large
number of the additional election dis
tricts. In one instance no return was
made by the ballot clerk. The exam
nation viii be continued on Monday.
The grand jury today handed down
six more indictments in the election
fraud cases which they have been in
ves,igatjng for the past week.
II was announced today by counsel
for William Il. Hearst that an applica-
ton would be made TO the supreme
court either Monday or Tuesday Of next
week for an order to have the ballot
boxes opened ara counted,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-18
BEAUTIFUL SCHEME TO ROB A
WAREHOUSE WENT FOR NAUGHT

lantern. The other box was used for
packing his plumber.
Schmidt emerged last night and plum
dered the place, and at : O'Clock this
morning was safely repacked with his
plumber. But an emplOye saw one Of
the boxes move unaccountably as II
stood alone on the floor and. peepng
through a knOthole i'm the top, saw the
burglars hat. He Immediately smashed
the packing case open.
Five minutes later an eXpressman
called asking TO remove the two boxes
which contained the burglar and his
plumber. The police went with the eX-
pressman to meet the man who sent
him after the boxes. This man. who
gave the name Of Robert Arnold, was
found waiting at the BoWery and Sec
oud avenue, and was arrested.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-18

New York. Nov. IA thief who en-
tered the Security Storage company
warehouse in an express package yes
terday was caught today as he was
about to leave the warehouse hidden in
the same package, along with SIOo
worth of stolen goods. Last night he
climbed out of his package and, after
rifiing the warehouse. again repacked
himself and his plumber. When caught
today he said his name was John
Schmidt, and told the story Of his rob
berry. Yesterday afternoon at 1
O'clock two packing cases We're taken
TO the cOmpanys warehouse at 212
Spring street. Schmidt was in one OF
them. which was fitted with spring
locks so as to be opened from the in
side. With him was d bottle of Whis-
Ky. a set of burglars tools and dark
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-18
UNITED STATES SENATOR INVOLVED
Richard KasOr Son of ST. Louis Millionaire Arrested
indictment Charging Scheme to Defraud-
Senator Used Influence.

Q T. LOUIS. Nov. 17.-RiChard Kas-
y tor son of II. W. Kaslor, a mill
lionaire, was arrested today by =
deputy United States marshal at the
federal building on an Indictment re-
turned by the federal grand jury charg
ing him with conducting a scheme to
defraud in connection with the Mer-
chants Brokerage & Commission COM
pany OF ST. Louis.
Senator Is involved.
The postoftice inspectors allege that
Kastor acted as the go-between be-
tween the Merchants Brokerage &
Commission compa,Ey and a United
States senator; that the company paid
KastOr TO prevent the issuance, Of a
postal fraud order against it. and that
Kastor worked through the United
States senator.
The indictment. which was returned
this afternoon. was voted after the
grand jury had heard testimony from
u number of men who have either been
convicted or charges Of conducting
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-18
SOCIAL OBLIGATIONS ovER.

New York. Nov E.-Prmcc Louis of
Battenbcrg wound up his social ubiga-
lions here tonight by attending a sup
per at the New York Yacht club The
prince went t. the club house from The
Ast0r residence, where he had been the
Jacob Astor.
At the supper the original America 8
cup was exhibited. When the function
was over the prince left for the Drake.
Many American and British naval Off
GERS were among the guests.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-18
SALOON IS HELD UP
George Bess' Place at Twelfth South
and West TEMPLE Streets
Robbed

Three highwaymen entered George
Bess' saloon at Twelfth South and West
Temple streets, about o'clock last
night and firled the cash register Of its
contents. which amounted to but a few
dollars.
Two of The f-bbars had guns and the
other did The wovi. There were two
behind the bar. The three We're lined up
against the wall without any trouble ard
robbed
The men were IN the saloCn Only about
a minute and left tHVo9En she rear Ca
traVce. The" wore hald-t-chiefS for
masks. and only "a meagcr description q
the men was reported 10 the county Of
fiCisls
Deputy Sheriff Axcl Steele was de-
tailed on The ease.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-18
UNKNOWN MAN HANGS
HIMSELF IN IDAHO

Boise. Ida. Nov, IA fey miles
from Marsh on the Pave-te river,
man was found handing In ee,
dead. a cOToneTs jury sat on the
case today and was unable TO determine
the mans identity. il found re com
mitted suicide. 1t IS thought he h
worked on the canyon canal which is
being constructed near the uIace VI e~e
ne was found. but there were 10 mears
or identiiication
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-18
BAD MIxUP FOR sEWELL

4 New York. Nov. l7.-Mrs. julie =
4 Thaye- SeWelI, wife OF Barton =
4 SeweIL vice president Of the =
( American Smelling s; Refining =
4 company, has been granted an ao- :
4 solutc divorce in Suffolk county. =
= Long Island, TO take place Jan. IA. y
= The news became known today,
4 By the decree the verdict OF alb =
4 sOlute divorce granted Sewell by =
< the Tennessee courts last January :
& is set aside, and NiZabeth Ritche. =
4 whom he married in New Jersey =
g. Immediately after the. decree at =
Z Knoxville is declared not to be =
= his wife. =
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-18
Armour Approached.
Reduced Their Demands.

a. each of these meetings" said Mr..
Rosenthal. the sum was gradually re-
duced until McSwain agreed to give up
the letters for the sum of Sl5. 600. A
meeting was arranged with him at the
Auditorium hotel. where it was agreed
that $4,000 should be paid him on the
delivery Of the letters and $4,000 a week
later"
When McSwain and Cole appeared at
the hotel this afternoon TO collect the
money they We're arrested by TWO city
detectives. The officials of Armour &
Co. declare that they had no fear that
the letters in the possession Of Me-
Swain could be used against them, but
that they had the two alleged con-
spirators arrested in order to discour-
age other employees who might adopt
a similar course 10 secure money.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-18

give the police a basis to work on
Neither the Huling woman nor LorenZ
seemed to be anxious about the affair,
and were composed and deliberate in
the conversation with the police.
An inquest over the remains of McMa-
hon were held at the Larkin undertake
ing parlors in Ogden yesterday. The
jury was composed of T. W. Jones.
William Moves and James Macbeth.
who found that Mcmahon came to his
death by a bullet wound inflicted By
his own hand with suicidal intent. The
remains Will be shipped TO Ontario.
Ore, today, for burial
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-18
HORN TO RESIGN.

Butte. Mont. Nov. IA NJ 'ner sFee-
al from Missoula says: + ON an un-
official source comes tae in d IN or
that Harry ]. Horn. general m e.
of the Northern Pacific. is 10 reti-e L
accept a position vita q ca tern a
In which J. J. Hill Is 1T stsd Mr.
Horn, ii is said. win be succe aded By
j. T. Slade. former superintendent OF
the Great Northern
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-18
Middle Class Rallyinq.

II is the intelligent middle class. how
ever, which is beginning 10 rally Ia the
support Of The government IN is efforts
10 restore snmething like order and pub
lic tranquility. Many Cf the liberals WHO
fought the government actively before
thc proclamation Of the emperor's MANI
festO are now convinced that their lead
ers Numbered frighfuily by refusing TO
lend their sItupoCt 10 Count Witte ia his
difficult task because ht had declined
10 accept the unqualified conditions lard
dCwn by them. They see now that il IS
TOO late; that they missed the great op-
pOrtunity of becoming the leading irflu-
ence in the government and that by their
nacuOn they have become a negligible
quantity. The leadership which they
fOudiN imagined they exercised has
passed over to the extreme sOcialistic
element With whose eXt-rvagant pro-
gramme for the leveling of all ranks they
Continued on Page 2.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-18
What Mcmahon Wrote.

The letter which Mcmahon wrote and
addressed to the Salt Lake papers, fol-
lows.
When this reaches you viii be no
more. I have taken the Salt Lake pa
peTs and my address was at DEMO,
Hauny county, Oregon, and afterwards
changed TO Diamond, Ore.
IF the chief of police in Salt Lake
would have done his duty this would
not have happened. He was written
to asking the description of a woman
rOoming at 337 South State street, but
he did not answer it. He and his Off
GERS must have got part of the money
the poor unfortunate one had who was
murdered for me.
Myrtle Huling is the name Of the
woman living at 337 South State street
who planned the murder and her lover.
the one that met her at Sacramento,
July Is, 1904, the one that is with her
now at 58 Commercial street, is the
one who did the work. / am the man
who bought her the house where she
now is and the one her lover aimed TO
murder. ] did not know this until /
left Salt Lake last Saturday. l have
defended Myrtle and if this had not
happened it would have cost her
her life
7 met her in Boise. Ida. last Feb
ruary and went with her to Salt Lake
and rOomed in No. is in the Montana
rOOming house. l left her there. but
she persuaded me to come back again
in July and it was at this time that she
and her lover made il up to murder
done me. / am,
HENRY N RF'NTAFJON
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-18
HAD ACCESS TO
ARM0UR'S MAIL
EmplOye Accused of Trying to Black
mail Beef Packer.
DEMANDED A LARGE SUM
DETECTIVES TAKE HIM AND HIS
5RoTHER-lN-LAW.
DEMANDED A LARGE SUM

n HICAGO. NOV. 17.-William S. Nc
IL Swain and William Cole. his
brother-in-law. were arrested here
today charged With attempting 10
blackmaii j, ogden Armour and other
members of Armour 4 CO. for $4,000 III
connection with the beef trust InVesti-
CATION. with letters which they are al
legged to have stolen from the files Of
the company. McSWain was employed
by Armour < Co. FOR four years as a
sUenographer, and in, that way had ac-
cess 10 part of the mail of the pack
ing house. Since the re At beef inves-
tigation was begun it is lrged he has
taken letters from the files of the con-
Germ.
Armour Approached.
Three weeks ago, it is alleged, he ap-
preached Mr. Armour and threatened
10 turn the letters over To the federal
authorities unless he was paid $40, 600.
Mr.. Armour refused to listen TO the
proposition and then McSWain.. il IS
alleged, made similar demands on other
officials Of the Armour company. With
the hope of leading McSWain and his
companion into a trap. several meet
ings were held between McSWain and
Attorney Rosenthal, representative Of
the packing company.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-18
OEPEW LOSING
HIS MEMORY
Mr.. Hughes Puts Hard Questions to
New York Senator.
SOME LETTERS ARE SPRUNG
HAD FORGOTTEN TO WHOM
THEY REFERRED.

AT EW YORK, Nov. 11.-With the end
Of the morning session today SEN
ator Armstrong; committee on in
surance finished a weeks service which
mas not been eclipsed since the investi-
eaIion was inaugurated. The witnesses
nave been the most important, inclC1-
ing the big guns" in the financial
world, as well as in the insurance BUSH
ness. Early in the week James H.
hyde was examined and made charges
against l.. H. Hartman and Former
Governor Odell, who successfully ap-
peared and denied Mr.. Hyde's state
ments. and Mr.. Hyde. being recalled
aflrned his testimony.
Piatt to Be Called.
Then Senator Cha,mrey NJ. Depew
was heard. and when the session
opened today II was expected that be
fore the day was over Senator Plat
would be called. He is wanted To tes-
lily as TO the collection of contribu-
tons 10 political campaign funds by
the insurance companies, MI Odell
having testified yesterday that Senator
Platt collected all such moneys up to
last year. Ii is now expected that the
senator viii be heard early next week,
possibly on Tuesday, when the sessions
VIII be resumed.
More Revelations.
Samuel 5. McCurdy, assistant regis
trar of the Equitable. and not related
10 the McCurdy's of the Mutual Life,
said he had charge of the vouchers for
legal service. From him was CLEANED
"a story of trouble in California i'm 1897
when the Insurance commissioners of
that state demanded an Investigation.
Thousands of dollars were spent by the
Equitable in this matter, as recounted
by Mr.. McCurdy. and he justified the
expenditure on the ground that il
would have cost the Equitable about
$4,000 had no defense been made, hence
the expenditure for counsel. He seemed
10 think the demands of the California
commissioners were eXorbitanL
Depew on Exhibition.
Senator Depew was called to give any
Information he might possess as TO a
number Of vouchers for legal services,
but his knowledge was rather limited.
and many of the expenditures and
signers of these vouchers he had never
heard of.
one voucher 10 John y. Nichols for
legal services was accompanied by a
letter 10 Senator DepeW referring 10
our friend who comes around once
year" and your rambunctiOus friend
Up the river" The senator said he knew
Nichols had been retained at different
times by the Equitable, bat he did not
know i'm what connection. Mr.. Nichols,
ne said, was once quarantine commits
TipOcr. and used To be active i'm politics.
Gage +. Tarbeli was on the stand
when adjournment until Tuesday was
taken.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-18
IOWA TOWN BURNED.

Des Moines. Ia. Nov i7.-Fire today
completely wiped out the business por-
ton of the town Of Woodburn, Clark
county. causing a loss of Sl3001O Every
brick building in the town was destroyed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-18
Alleged Confession.

Alleged Confession.
The first evidence toward this indict-
ment To be given serious consideration
was included in a reported confession
of George n. Su1tZbach. known as G..
Louis Stern, who Is under indictment
on a charge of conducting a scheme to
defraud. For more than week Sultz-
bach has been in daily conference with
Postoffice Inspector w L. Reid.
Thursday Inspector Reid appeared
before the grand jury with the evidence
in his possession. Sultzbach also tes-
tilted Thursday afternoon and again
today.
i. II. KastOr brother of Richard II.
Kastor. said today:
Il understand the indictment of my
brother is the result Of statements to
the federal authorities by George Sultz-
bach in the hope of gaining immunity"
Kastor was released on $4,000 bond.