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The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-09-15
HIeRER TARIFF TOOFFSET .CHEAPER
TRANSPORTATION.

The campaign book begins It's dis
sussion of the tariff question by show
ing the necessity for increasing tariff,
OK artificial protection. as natural pro.
iection." or the cost OF transporting
goods from one country to another de-
ereases It says that:
"The nations Of the world have one
by one found II necessary to establish
fariff protection to take the place OF
that protection which distance and
high cost Of transportation formerly
Afforded"
This demonstrates that in the minds
of the stand pstters" the tariff is the
enemy Of science and progress and that
Il is a great mistake to cheaper the
cost Of transportation. And yet these
Jane Republicans boast of the fact
that they have authorized an expen-
diture Of from S2OO,OO0,OOO to 100000
900 to construct the Panama Canal.
Why? Is It simply to furnish them
with another excuse for lacking the
tariff up several points? Why spend
money to shorten water routes and
cheaper transportation costs, II we
must proceed promptly to Offset these
benefits by higher tariff duties?
These "stand-patters" belong to the
old school Of extreme protectionists who
wished that the oceans were walls OF
Gre and who we're sorry that each
country was not separated from every
other country by impossible BARRIERS
They show their Inconsistency and
lack Of faith in their own theories by
printing pages of statistics in their
campaign book to show the wonderful
growth Of our foreign commerce under
and in spite of Dingleylsm.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-09-15
ROOSEVELT AND NAPOLEON,

Hon. Edward NJ. Shepard In speech
made August 81, at Bennington, W.,
aroused a great deal of enthusiasm.
After quoting from ex-GoV Blacks
euIogy Of Theodore Roosevelt he said:
was not Gov. Black right? For
did he not speak Of a president who
has declared his contempt for that
mock humanitarianism which would
prevent the great ltberty-loving nations
of the world from going to war, who
despises, as he himself has told us,
the 'cloistered virtue which dare not
9o down into the hurly-burly where
the men Of might contendT
'Was he not speaking Of President
who. in a hundred speeches, has talked
Of the craven and the 'weakling' and
the coward who babbles Of peace who
has preached the Just man armed as
his dearest gospel. who would have
great army, although, as he said' we
do not need It in the least for police
purposes at home but because we need
10 use it abroad; who, three years be-
Gore our marauding venture at Pan
INA. declared that we must build the
Isthmian canal and must grasp the
points of vantage meaning that we
must violate the territory of another
nation: who has talked in season and
ont Of season Of the cant about lib
erty' and the consent Of the governed,
who. speaking as the Chief Magistrate
OF a republic Of law and order and
peace, which in its meH and resources
IS the most powerful of nations, de-
elared that its maxim should be.
Sneak softly and carry a big stick
and WHO has OF late in plain terms
threatened our neighbors at the South
that unless-in their relations not with
The United States but with others, for
whom we are in no way called upon
TO act-they acted with decency In In
dustrial and political matters, unless
they kept order and paid their obliga-
ton unless the governed themselves
WELL they might expect our forcible
interventionG
"Where is the parallel for utterances
like these by the ruler Of great coun'
try since Moscow and Waterloo
brought to an end the lnsoient addresses
Of the first Napoleon to the monarchs
Il EUROPE and the terrified ENJOYS at
4.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-09-15

During the battle Of Waterloo there
was a frightful panic In Brussels. II
was reported that the allies were. beat
en-. and people were dying in all di.
rcctions. The Duke Of Wellington's
cook went on quietly with his duties.
He was begged 10 save himself. but re
Piled. Il have served my master while
he fought hundred battles. and be
never yet failed to come to his dlnuer,s
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-09-15

The name "blazer" was originally
applied to the bright red uniform Of
the Lady Margaret Boat club of St
Johns college, Cambridge. The bril-
liant scarlet which was the lnvarlable
characteristic of the Johnlan "blazer'
doubtless suggested the name. and as
an expressive slang epithet 1t proved a
hit. In course of time the application
of the term widened and Is now ex-
tended to any bright or pale colored
flannel jacket. striped or plain, wheth-
er for cricket. football. tennis. boating
or seaside wear:-London Standard.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-29
SERIOUS CHARGE TO ANSWER
Planter, Indicted for Attempted
Criminal Assault.

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B~lytheville, Ark, Dec. 21.-Thos. H.
Musgrave, a planter residing near Bar.
field. was indicted by the grand jury
here on a charge of attempted criminal
assault.
Miss Adeline Witt will be the prose-
cutting witness. Musgrave has been
arrested and the case docketed. Allen
Hughes, of the circuit bench, will be
the trial judge. The state will be rep
resented by Prosecuting Attorney I.
c. Going and his assistant, s. L. Gla-
dish. Attorneys Simpson and w. ].
Driver are representing Musgrave.
A true bill was returned after the
grand jury had heard the stories of
Misses Marion Emmons and Adeline
Witt. OF st. Louis. two young women
who had been enticed to Musgrave's
southern home on the representation
that they were to act as companions for
Musgrave's wife.
il convicted under the charge in the
indictment. Musgrave's least penalty
will be n sentence of three years in the
penitentiary. A 21-year sentence is the
maximum penalty for the ~offense.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-29
NO NEW TAGGART TRIAL
and Fines Three Of Mrs. TnEgart's
Lawyers for Contempt.

Wooster, o.. Dec. 23.--The motion
fer q new trial in the Taggart divorce
case was overrruled by Judge Eason
Friday afternoon. Mrs. Taggart's at
torneys. who made the motion, took
exceptions to the ruling with the an
nounced intention of carrying the Ease
to the circuit court. The court took
four hours to give the decision. He
paid particular attention to the afi-
davits against himself, some of which
declared that he was prejudiced and
biased in giving the decree of divorce
to Maj. Taggart. He pronounced these
affidavits unfair. unjust and unusual
for lawyers to make, and that all other
affidavits were a mass Of trash. The
attorneys who swore to the afidavits
of prejudice were clearly in contempt.
and he imposed a fine of SIS each upon
Judge Lyman Critchfeld, Capt. James
B. Taylor and Judge NJ. l.. Smyser. He
su, pended collection of the fines until
the circuit court could pass upon his
decision in the case.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-29
W 0EN0UNCEs NAzlNe
4 Condition That Calls For q rro~pe
= Vigorous Remedy Unhesi.
tating1y Applied. !

!, washington, Dec. 22.-Admiral Dewey
mas taken an emphatic stand against
tine hazing practices which prevail ae
the naval academy at Annapolis.
1T Is a disgraceful condition Of AZ.
fairs," he says. ut calls for prompt
and vigorous remedy. The secretary Of
tile navy should be empowered to dis
miss instantly any cadet caught in the
action OF hazing, and the culprit should
be deprived Of all hope Of getting back.
he should be dismissed and excluded
forever"
The naval academy is the cradle Of
the navy, and there, in the opinion Of
the admiral, should begin the inculca-
ton OF principles Of obedience to law
and regulation which are essential to
the maintenance Of an efficient service.
"Of course. boys are the same alt
over the world: they will be boys" said
Admiral Dewey. l am not opposed to
fair fighting when circumstances are
such that 1t Is the proper thing to re-
sort to. We do not want in our navy
men who hesitate to resent an insult.
But we do not want prize fights"
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-29
WRECKED BY BANK ROBBERS
The Bank at Baldwin, ILL.,, Com
pletely Wrecked.
Citizens Of BALDWIN,, ILL.,, Fight
Bank burglars at Night, ana
Drive Them Away.

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st. Louis, Dec. 20.-A gang OF four
burglars blew open the safe Of the
bank at Baldwin, H., As miles south
cast of st. Louis, on the Mobile & Ohio
railroad, at 2 a. m. Wednesday. They
discharged three blasts of ritroglyc-
crime, blew the front out OF the build
Ing and shattered the outer doors Of
the safe, but were frightened away
before they got much booty. While
they were at work on the safe they
were attacked by citizens, who were
aroused by the noise. They opened fire
on the citizens, and for half an hour a
lively battle ragged in the street. No
one was hurt during the fight.
Cashier Preston headed a posse that
started after the burglars as soon as
horses and arms could be obtained.
About $4,000 in paper money was
torn into shreds, but it can probably
be sorted out and saved.
About $1,000 in silver was found in
the debris of the safe. Until the ruins
OF the safe are searched, and the torn
money Is sorted out and counted it will
be impossible to say how much the
burglars got. II they got anything.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-29
WALL STREET RUM0R
The Standard OIL Co. Said to he In.
tending to Increase It's Capital /
Stock t. 5000, OOO,O ZOO. :

New York, Dec. 23.-The report that
the Standard Oil Co. intends to in
crease its capital stock from 500. 000.-
900 to $780, 600, 900 by what, in effect,
would be q stock dividend of 500 per
cent, was revived in Wall street FRI
day.
There was no official confirmation,
but that there has been some discus
sion in Standard Oil circles in regard
to such a step was admitted in quar-
ters where information in regard to
such a change was likely to be had.
The effect of such an increase stock
would be to reduce the market price to
the neighborhood Of par, and the divi-
dend rate would be reduced probably
from the 40 to so per cent which the
company has paid in recent years. to
a Z or 8 per cen rate. Such ar ar
rangement, 1t was pointed out. would
serve to lessen the prominence of the
stock in the market, as compared with
the command it has had with the price
ranging about CT.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-29
The beef TRUST" TRIALS
The Trial of the Defendants in Chi.
cago or Their Immunity Plea to j.. +
Begin January o., 1000.

Chicago, Dec. 23.-The 21 persons
and corporations indicted on charges Of
conspiracy in restraint Of trade in the
meat business will 60 to trial January
8, 1906, on their ten special pleas for
immunity. The jury which was final
ly accepted, Friday, after 50 venire-
men had been questioned, consists Of
five farmers, three real estate dealers,
two carpenters, one stock raiser and one
printer. After a long charge by the
court, the ~ men were allowed to go
to their homes until the date of the
trial. The verdict of this jury will de-
eide only whether the packers are to
be tried later on the main charge in
the case or 60 free altogether because,
under the law, they are entitled to
immunity from prosecution, If, as they
assert, they furnished evidence against
themselves during the Garfield investi-
cation, and which evidence, it Is be-
lieved by the defendants, was used
against them to bring the indictments.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-29
TACKLED THE WRONG WOMAN
lucky Farmer, Killed by Mrs. Ella
GhOlsOn Near Paducah.

Paducah, KY. Dec. PA sensation
al killing occurred at 9 o'clock Thurs
day morning on the Pryor farm lea
this city on the Benton road. Mrs. Ell
Ia Gholson. widow Of VIII Gholson,
about 80 years old shot and killed Will
lam Pryor, aged 81, a prominent farm
er. The widow wanted a big tree cut
down and Pryor ordered her not to
have 1t cut.
Wednesday he drove two men away.
claiming that the tree was on his land.
Thursday morning she sent the men
back and went with them. Pryor again
interfered and she drew a pistol,
placed it to his heart and fired. He
lived Is minutes. She Immediately
gave herself up.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-29
PRACTICALLY A HURRICANE
Will eshnrr Conceivable and 9th
er Pennsylvnnia Towns Suf-
fered Severely.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Dec. PA heavy
rain and wind storm, which practically
reached the dimensions of a hurricane,
swept the Wyoming valley Thursday.
One man was killed and property worth
thousands Of dollars was destroyed in
this city and surrounding towns. Teie-
graph and telephone wires we're brOk-
en- down in all directions, and for sew
eral hours communication was cut of.
The traction company's wires also suf-
fered and the system was seriously
crippled.
Connellsville and the entire coke
region reports serious damage.
At Latin, north Of this city, a large
trestling leading to the Delaware &
Hudson Latin colliery was overturned,
and a Hungarian laborer was crushed to
death by the falling timbers. The tres
Ting was 400 feet long and rs feet
high.
At Plymouth, Pittston, Nanticoke and
other towns in the valley the storm
also wrought considerable damage.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-29
A FORTUNE AWAITED HIM
"A Sick Hnd Pennii-ss Wandcrer
stumbics Accidentally On to
Friends and Fortune.

Cass Lake, Mimi, Dec. 23.--Wm.
Grow. penniless and i'll from exposure,
wandered into Bemidii and told a story
of hardship that secured sympathy. He
was given medical treatment. A letter
he had in his possession led to the dis
covery of relatives in Des Moines. who
were notified. DR.. p. G. Grow, of that
city. went to Bemidji and took his
brother home, where he came into pos
session of $4,000 left him by a relative
as his share OF an estate.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-29
FIRE At SALT LAKE CITY
Plant Destroyed, At u Loss Of,
Perhaps, $2OO,OOO.

Salt Lake City, Utah, Dec. 21.-The
extensive repair shops of the Rio
Grande were found to be on fire at
1890 "Wednesday night. All the fire
apparatus in the city was called out,
but the flames wee beyond control
AMI threatened to extend to the freight
yards.
Although the firemen could not make
Roadway against the blaze, they sue
cecded in confiing 1t to its original To-
cality. The power house and main car
shop were burned to the grounud, but
the great machine shop, paint shop and
other buildings standing at n distance
were unframed. The loss is estimated
at from $3.50, coo to 100000 and 200
men will be thrown out of work.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-29
VIM. G. CRAWFORD CONVICTED
Found Guilty of Computing to de-
fraud the G~Overnmcnt on Ger
tain supply Contracts.

Washington. Dec. 2O.-The jury in the
:ose Of VIM. e. Crawford, the former
deputy auditor for the post office de-
partmer!, who was indicted on a charge
Of conspiracy with August W. Machen
and George e. Lorenz, to defraud the
United States in connection with a
contract for supplying the post office
partmcnt with letter carriers satchels,
returned a verdict of guilty.
The jury also found Crawford guilty
on an indictment charging him with
presenting false vouchers for furnish
ing shoulderstraps for carriers satch-
les.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-29
ALEX. SULLIVAN THE WINNER
Decision Of the Illinois Supreme
Court On the Attempt to Disbar
Wcll-k nOwn Chicago Lawyer.

Springfield. ILL.,, Dec. 21.-The Illinois
supreme court decided the celebrated
case OF Alexander Sullivan, growing out
Of traction litigation In Chicago. The
decision Is In favor of Sullivan. The
question at issue was an attempt to
disbar as an attorney the former presi-
dent Of the Irish National league. and
was the echo Of a conspiracy trial in
which the courts, some time ago, gave
the victory to Sullivan. BY the ruling
of the supreme court, the disbarment
proceedings are dismissed and the de-
PENDANT is made final winner in all the
courts.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-29
NEWS FOR COTTON PLANTERS
Government Investigator Int the
Cotton Boil Worm. '.'F
s'esults Attained So That Planters
Will be Enabled to Control
That luxurious Pest.

washington, Dec. 23.-According to
the annual report of L. c. Howard, in
charge Of the bureau of entomology Of
the department Of agriculture, the
main work Of the bureau for the past
fiscal year ended June 30, 1905, was in
connection with the cotton boil weevil,
the cotton boil worm, importation Of
beneficial insects from abroad, investi.
cations Of insects damaging forests
and deciduous fruit trees, work on in
sects injurious to vegetable crops and
affecting the great staple field crops,
and work in silk and bee culture. The
results as to the cotton boil worm
were such that cotton planters will, it
is stated, be enabled to control that
injurious pest.
Experiments on a large scale, extend
ing over practically the whole of the
wheat-growing area, have been begun
looking toward the e,ucidation of GER
tain as yet unsolved problems in the
propagation of the Hessian fly and
joint worms of wheat, and also to de-
termine the best time to SOW wheat in
the autumn in order to ward off the
autumn attack of the fly, and investiga-
tions of the same insect in the spring
wheat regions have been begun, since
only recently has the Hessian fly
spread into this new country.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-29

Oriental gardeners are adopts, tho
most striking production of one Of
CHER number being a natural arm.
chair. in which the required shape was
attained during the growth of a vine.
almost from its first appearance the
vine had been carefully treated. by
the time it attained full growth it was
formed into a rustic armchair. All Of
the joints were made by grating, so
that the chair is practically in one
solid piece, and after it had attained
a growth of some three feet it was
cut and thoroughly dried.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-29
FOR SOLICITING A BRIBE
Ex-Aldcrman Rudolph, Of Milwau-
kcc, Sentenced to " Year In the
House Of Correction.

Milwaukee. Dec. 22-Ex-AldeIman
Robert l.. Rudolph has been SEN
fenced, to n year in the Milwaukee
house Of correction, being found guilty
of soliciting a bride Of 500, 900 from ex-
City Attorney Charles II. Hamilton, in
1901, to secure the passage of an e
perse bill through the city council. A
stay of execution was granted, pending
the supreme courts decision on certain
questions involved In the case. Ru-
dolph gave 5000 ball
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-29
RECEIVED A PRlNCELY GIFT
SSOO,O Towards salvation Army's
Home Colonization Scheme,

London. Dec. 2o.-Gen. Booth of the
Salvation army has written to King Ed
ward annouS cling that George Herring,
chairman Of the City OF London Elec-
trio Lighting Co. and a promlnet mem
Der Of many other corporations, had
donated $500, coo to the army to be used
In q home colonization scheme, but that
the army had engaged to repay this
sum In Is annual insta!lments to the
kings hospital fund.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-29

1ne old form Of the name OF the new
king of his country Is Haakon. The
name is made up Of two ~roots--ha, the
rOot Of har, high. and kon or konr. Of
the kin, family or race. Thus Haakon
means the high one OF the kin" The
modern Norwegian spelling Is Haakon.
The IA" sound like Jaw" in hawk.
and the on like the English word
'on." The accent is on the first syl
able.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-29
In Colorado City there is a 1s-year

In Colorado City there is q 13-year
old girl who 10 rapidly becoming
known to persons from all parts Of
the United States. Her name Is Jen.
ME Barr, and her father owns a livery
stable nea the entrance Of the Garden
of the Gods. During the busy season
little Miss Barr acts as q guide to
parties taking trips on burros through
that wonderful park. Sho manages
these stubborn little animals to per-
lection, and can tighten a saddle.
girth or adjust stirrups with the
greatest ease. Her manner Is grace
eul.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-29

Since the ending OF the peace nego.
tiations between Russia and Japan,
America and Americans have been in
Even the selection of the first Russian
minister to Japan after the war vas
made as a compliment to this country.
The new incumbent OF that Office.
George Bakhmetieff. owes his ap
pointment to the fact that his wife 10
an American.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-29
The Cape Cod country, in Massachu.

The Cape Cod country, in Massachu.
sets, produces the greater part of the
Cranberries grown. New Jersey comes
next, and then Wisconsin. Long Island
producers raise fine cranberries, and
this year have done better than usual.
Michigan grows Granberries, and so do
Ohio and Illinois, while Pennsylvania,
North Carolina and the state Of Wash.
ingtOn contribute to the total. New
York is the principal shipping point,
but the cranberry interests Of Boston,
Philadelphia. Chicago and Kansas City
are large.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-29

Sir Peter Lumsden read a paper be-
fore the Royal Geographical society
IN which he describes a lake in Asia
Gbout six miles long, the bed Of which
IS n solid mass Of hard salt, per-
Iectly level, and covered by only an
inch or two Of water. To ride over it
was like riding over ice or cement.
The bottom was covered with a slight
sediment: but when that was scraped
away, the pure white salt shone out
below. How deep the deposit may be
1t is impossible 10 say. for no one has
yet get to the bottom of it.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-29

A gift was made recently to the
Presbyterian college, at Bennettsville,
S. c., under somewhat peculiar condi-
tons. The donor was a woman, Mrs.
$4,000 and IL acres OF land, and the
conditions were that Mrs. Beckwith
should be made an active life mem.
Der of the college board OF trustees,
end also a life member of the local
public-school board.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-29

The richest mine of sulphur in tho
world occurs in southwest Louisiana,
at Sulphur City, in Calcasieu parish.
1t is now shipping over 500 IONS OF
sulphur daily, and will, 1t is said, in.
crease this output in the neal future
to 1900 tons. From borings made by
It least 10000, 600 tons of sulphur
undcrlie their lands.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-29

For the coming season the presi.
dents aids will be five in number,
each the son of a man whom history
honors. The favored quintette com.
Trise3 Capt. Guy V. Henry, Capt. Fitz.
hugh Lee, Lieut.. Ulysses S. Grant, Sd.
and Lieut.. Philip II. Sheridan, all OF
the army, and Licutelant-Commander
Albert r. Key, of the navy.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-29
DR.. John Warner Dead,

Clinton. H.. DR.. John Warner died
suddenly Thursday afternoon, aged Sc.
He was horn in Virginia, in 1919, and
came to Clinton 60 years ago. He is
the father of Commissioner OF Pensions
Vespasian Warner. DR.. Warner was a
major in the civil war, and was wound
cd at the battla at Shiloh.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-29
Two Girls burned to Death,

Eaton, Ind, Dec. 23.-Two young
girls named Biggs. aged 7 and 0 years.
were burned to death near Rayterton,
The father and mother were seriously
burned while attempting to rescue the
children. The family lived In a tent on
an oil lease.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-29
WHAT N HAVE DONE
Acreage and Production Of the Prin.
cipnl Farm Crops In the
Country In 1OOS.

Washington, Dec. 2l.-Final returns
to the bureau of statistics of the de-
partment of agriculture, according to a
bulletin issued Wednesday. show the
acreage and production of the principal
farm crops in 1905 to have been as fol-
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-12-29

The japanese cigarette has made its
appearance in London. 1t consists Of
half an inch of broad strips of choco.
late-colored tobacco, TO which is at
tached q cardboard tube an inch long.