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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-06
THEY STOOD AsToUNDED AT THE DOOR.

THEY STOOD AsToUNDED AT THE DOOR
marble slab next the caskets of his
father and aunt in the family's tightly
closed vault.
For four months Mr. Harvey lay ID
the camp of his dead ancestors until
Miss Godfrey, crazed by the feeling
which grew upon her that her beloved
was not dead, returned to Kansas City
and begged Harvey's family to accom-
pany her to the vault. The mother,
who was devoted to her son, eagerly
agreed, and the two went together to
the family plot. Entering the vault Tor
the first time since the burial, they
stood astounded at the door. The cas-
ket was open. Sinister fears crept over
them.
That a tragedy had occurred neither
doubted, but the puzzIing question was
who had opened the casket. Trembling,
Miss Godfrey approached it to learn
the worst. AstOnished beyond EXPIRES
sion, she found Mr.. Harvey just as ne
was on the day of the burial The lips
and finger nails were still pink, the
body was still timber, and there was
not sign of decay in the entire Dody'
Later the fact developed that the IN
dertaker understood the pallbearers
We're to have put the lid on and that
the paIlbearers thought the undertaken
would attend to it.
Mrs. Harvey and Miss Godfrey had
the body taken to the family home
where they visited it daily from May
until Sept. 4, when Harvey came to
life and the wedding followed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-06
Radium carnations seem to ha

marked and widely varying effects
upon precious stones. Some cOlorleSs
diamonds exposed to the influence Of
radium turn yellow, while others re-
main white. One pale blue sapphire
was colored dark yellow after two
weeks exposure to radium rays.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-06

In London the other day a Miss
Zollemache was married to a Mr.. Hun
nesley. When the clergyman men
toned the brides name in the course
of the ceremony he had to call her
Iyonella Fredegunda Cuthberga Ethels-
wytha Ideth Ysabel Grace Monica de
Orellana Plantagenet.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-06

a S6d1nleutOr set
thing indicatesan
unhealthy con-
dition of the kid
lleys; if it stains
your linen it is
evidence Of kid
ney trouble ; too
frequent desire
to pass it or pain
in the back is
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-06
also convincing proof that the kldne
and bladder are out of order.
What To Do.

also convincing pIOOI A44elA e4AS 1NA~AAA~J =
and bladder are out of order.
What To Do.
There is comfort III the knowledge so
often expressed, that Dr. K1lmer' 5
Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy,
fulflls every wish i'll curing rheumatism,
main in the back, kidneys, liver, bladder
and every part of the urinary passage.
II corrects inability to hold water
and scaIding pain in passing it, or bad
effects following use of liquor, wine or
beer. and overcones that unpleasant ne
cessitv of being compelled to 60 often
during the day, and to get up many
times during the night. The mild and
the extraordinary effect Of Swamp-ROot
is soon realized. It stands the highest
for its wonderful cures of the most dis
tressing cases. If you need a medicine
YOU should have the best. Sold by drug
gists in fiftv-cent and one-dollar sizes.
You may have a sample bottle and
book that tells all S1f~
about it, both sent free sI
by mail Address DR..
Kilmer & Co., Bing- =44=zEZ
hamton, n. Y. When Home Of swamp-RoOt
writing mention this paper and don't
make any mistake, but remember the
name, DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and
the address, BinghamtOn, n. \.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-06
Thousands Have Kidney
Trouble and Never Suspect it
How TO Find Out

Fill bottle or common glass with your
water and let it stand twenty-four hours ;
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-06
TIE MIDWAY.
Blewett Bros, Props.
.sJIM & TOM y

Domestic and Imported Ii.
qUors and Cigars. Only one
beer on draught here and
that's the brand that made
POtosi famous. Other beers
In bottle. Same treatment
to all. Just call.
&&&BL FWETT BROS.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-27
REV. DIR. stage TALKS
OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY

distinctive movements was the election or
a secretary of education, George Cornell
son being chosen, with headquarters at
Atlanta. This was a distinctive advance
movement. The educational board CO.
ordinates with foreign missions, home
missions and the ministerial relief. 1t
means that the southern Presbyterian
church from now on viii make strenuous
efforts to maintain the historic standard
of leadership in education. The whole
time of the secretary viii be devoted TO
increasing endowments of educational in
situations. Possibly no more important
step has been taken since the war for
UNCONVENTIONAL propaganda
"The -Caldwell4eoase has two salient
points, Illegally on the part of the synod
against the man., which denied him the
chance to be heard, the merits of the
case-justice or Injustice on the part of
the synod to the man. The case was tried
before the assembly solely on legality,
the assembly Sustaining the legality put
Caldwell back where he was before the
trial making it impossible now for the
presbytery or synod of Texas to bring
charges unless he 'industriously" seeks TO
propagate heretical views.
THE younger men are not concerned
so much in mere technically, a mere
statement of principle as they are with
the principles themselves and the effects
they will have in building the Kingdom
of God They seemed to feel that the
world needs the bread of life and their
anxiety was to give them the bread rather
than to lose too much time discussing
modus operandi.
Reports show that the work of the
church is in a most healthful condition.
Contributions to home and foreign mis-
sions both exceed that OF any former
year by many thousand dollars. Increase
of endowments of colleges and semin-
aries show that the wealth of the south
is rapidly growing and that cores
bonding liberality is in evidence. The best
illustration of this is seen in the senlin-
arv of Louisville which Is only few
years old. 1t is completing one OF the
handsomest educational institutions In the
United States
Next year the assembly will meet in
birmingham. | told them the only thing
in the way of 1t meeting here was that
fine glare of these furnaces might make
them think they were close to the in
fernal region"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-27
MINES AFIRE FOR
AGES IN FAR WEST
TWO COAL BEDS ON THE FIRE.
MONT RIVER BURNING TODAY
AS THEY DID MANY DECADES
AGO.
From the New York Herald.


Through long line of cliffs from Col
orado to central Utah, and then south
! west toward Arizona, extensive beds of
coal are found, and recent geological in
vestigaUon into this coal formation of the
far west has developed what may be
termed burning mountains, or coal beds
afire, with surface indications Of constant
combustion for ages past.
The coal fields of Utah are somewhat
widely separated, and even the known
fields have been comparatively little ex-
plored; therefore very little is known of
their productive area.
The edges of these beds come to the
surface in these cliffs nearly 1000 feet
above the bordering desert, and in ages
past this coal has burned into the noun
tain cliffs until smothered by the accumu-
lations of ashes and covering of superin-
cumbent rocks In places the heat of this
burning coal has been so intense as to
melt the rocks.
From surface appearances the fires have
gone out in these cliffs, but at one point
in the canyon of Prince river. where the
coal is being mined. the rocks are found
to be uncomfortaby hot and the miners
We're compelled to retire for fear the fires
would again break out.
Other coal fields lie in the desert west
of Green river At two places near tribu-
taries of Fremont river the Goals are
burning and have been burning without
cessation since they were discovered by
the earliest explorer. The origin of these
fires has been the subject of much specu-
lation.
Three expfa nations are commonly heard
among the Mormons who inhabit this pc
culiar country where the mountains burn.
One explanation Is that lightning has by
chance struck the edges of these coal
beds at various times since these noun
tains were lifted up.
Another is that forest fires in the noun
tains came in contact with exposed coal
The more thoughtful point out that the
forests in this desert region are too sparse
for forest fires to occur.
Still another and more common eXplana-
ton is that the Indians built their camp
fires under the protecting lodges of the
mountains against the coal. and it was
thus ignted. They point to the fact that
there are ruins of the ha citations of cliff
dwellers here, and that in their day the
Goals began to burn.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-27

and the organization of the corps has
been in progress for over a week, and
President j. f. Hanson was in the city
yesterday and discussed the proposed
route with the local officials.
The road will cut some of the most fer
tile sections of the two states, and will
traverse the largest turpentine and saw
mill sections of Georgia. After leaving
Albany tho line will go in a southern
direction to Newton, trayersing Dough-
erty, Baker Mitchell and Decatur coun-
ties, in Georgia After leaving Newton
the line will move south to cambridge,
traversing Decatur county. Leaving Balm
bridge the line will go directly south
through Decatur county, Georgia, into
Gadsden county, Florida, to Quincy.
c. b. Schmidt. for the last twelve years
connected with the Suburban Land and In
vestment company in Pueblo. Col, ha 5
been appointed commissioner of immigra-
ton for the Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific and the ST. Louis and San Fran
cisco, with headquarters in Chicago. On
June Mr.. Schmidt, accompanied by John
Sebastian, passenger traffic manager of
the Rock Island, will sail for Europe and
present the advantages of the southwest
as place for settlement.
j. r. Harahan, second vice president of
the Illinois Central, sailed for Europe last
Wednesday. He will tour Great Britain
| and the continent with the object of bring
| ing to the notice of shippers and railroad
| men of Europe the advantage of New Or
leans as a port of entry
Several hundred employees of the South
ern railway in Birmingham, accompanied
by their families, went to Admission yes
terday on the annual picnic which the
road tenders its employees. The day was
spent at Oxford lake, where preparations
had been made for handling the crowds.
About a dozen coaches were required to
handle the crowd,
Changes were made in the schedule of
Seaboard trains and Central of Georgia
trains today. Central train No. 1 will
arrive at 10 D. IN. instead of $50 D. M.
On the Seaboard train No. SO will arrive
at 1920 p. m. instead of 910 p. M, and
train No. Al will arrive at IL $50 a. m. in
stead of IL 80 a. IN. Train No So will leave
Birmingham at 4:O5 p. m. instead of 2:1O
u. m.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-27
BORROWING Millions.

ellison Willets in Leslie's Weekly.
Our largest debt as a nation is. OF
course, the Understanding debt which
now amounts to $s95.ooo,OOO. Our wisest
flnanciers agree that it is necessary for
a country to pledge the future to charge
another generation with a part of the
burden which 1t is not convenient for us
to bear. So we negotiate loans. We
borrow the money either at home
abroad. Our first loan came from
France and was for the sum of 1881 800.
Since then we have borrowed, of other
nations and of ourselves the enormous
sum of 6,70G, 0O0000-and never once
fallen down. when interest was due.
Imagine the money weshave paid to our
selves or to other nations since the close
OF the Civil war. when our public debt.
amounted to So, $50. 000,000i How ready the
people are to borrow from themselves!
How gladly they will lend their money
to themselves was shown a few years
ago. when s200,O00000 war bonds were is
sued as a popular loan. That loan was
subscribed for over and over again. the
total of applications amounting to $685.
0O0, O00-mostly from small bidders. The
pc ople knew the resources of their ma
tional treasury; they knew that the heart
of the money system was all right.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-27

liar number of new saloons begin busi-
ness however, while the present number
of new applicants for licenses Is but 800
Thus, If all these applicants get licenses,
the net loss in saloons will be 754 This
result affords a striking contrast to the
doleful prophecy of the saloon interests
while the high license ordinance was,
pending. since it shows decrease of butt
10 per cent in the number of saloons.
1t Is reasonable to expect that hence
forth the saloon ordinances will be more
strictly obeyed than they have been in
the past, both saloon interests and the
police having had an impressive lesson in
regard to the sentiment of the citizens on
this subject. Certainly the Authorities
should make short work of any dis
orderly saloon, for the decent resorts, as
we'll as the whole body of the citizens.
are entitled to be relieved of its presence.
Neither can the enlarged police force
successfully plead that 1t is incapable
of giving proper supervision to the de-
creased number of saloons. The situation
is highly encouraging since 1t promises a
more orderly city.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-27
MODEL OF SELFlSHNESS
Is the Man Who Commits Suicide in a
Hotel.

From the New York World.
"I hear there was a suicide in the house
last night said the steady roomer to
the night clerk.
'"There was" replied the night clerk.
"Another of the meanest men in the world
put the kibosh on his existence, up in
room 245."
whats mean about it?' asked the
steady roomer. "If a gentleman wants to
place a stop order on his life, what's
mean about it?''
Nothing" said the night cler ITS
all right for a person who can't find any
more joy in life to fill his system with il
Illuminating gas at so cents Thousand
feet. don't quarrel with him for that, but
l think the most contemplate man in the
world is the one who comes to a hotel to
do it.
''Its disgraceful, that's what it is He
gets sore on the universe-his girl has
given him the getaway, he's picked the
wrong horse, or done something ne
shouldn't, and he makes up his mind to
say farewell to care. That's all right. It's
his privilege.
Then he ought to go and seek a nice,
wide field, lie down behind the fence and
do the shufflng off act. If it's rat poison.
| let him take II on the grass and struggle
In a good place If he wants to insert a
~ INTO MS system, let MIN 10 II Jul VI
doors. Or if he prefers drowning, all
right.
"But the man who comes oneaSing into
a hotel with little baggage-just enough
to get by me without being made to pay
in advance-takes a nice room and turns
II into suicide parlor, [ have no use for
him. Think of the trouble it causes! There
is the notoriety in the first place. Then
there's the disagreeable part-getting rid
of the gentleman, and all that Further
| more, we're stuck for the price of a room.
whatever he has ordered In the way of
eats and drinks, and worst of all, the gas
bill Think of tit takes two or three
dollars worth of gas to end the exis-
tence of some of our toughest patrons.
And the hotel man has to pay for it. 1t
isn't fair.
"The gas-route man is the best of them.
at that Others do a very coarse Job.
and are mussy in their methods. These
sometimes run up expenses for us OF a
hundred dollars or more. They're disagree
able persons. that's what they are.
"If any friends of yours want to COM
nit suicide tell them not to come around
this house and you'll do me favor. And
when the legislature meets again, II
have any pull, I'm going to get a law
passed making it a felony to use a hotel
room for such purposes.
Making about what the maximum PEN
alty?"
"Life--life Imprisonment for the man
who breaks the law.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-27

The Rev. John w. Stage pastor of the
First Presbyterian church. returned last
night from Greenville. S. c. where he
has been attending the general assembly
of the Southern Presbyterian church.
Speaking of the assembly, DR.. Stage said /:
1T was an assembly represented by
pretty strong men, many not known gen.
orally, many had never before pulled a
bow in an ecclesiastical way. Yet their
work was characterized by earnestness
and Intellectual clearsightedness not often
shown in judicial proceedings
THE Caldwell case marked a change in
the dogmatic attitude of the church. From
a domination of sheer habit of thought
impression upon it by the old men the
attitude will be changed to plumb with
the broader conditions of the present,
and the southern church will never again
be confronted with similar situation.
The question of federation would have
been carried but the young men who gave
the matter their best thought and judg-
ment wanted it brought before the minds
of the presbyterles, and the question was
deferred until next spring, when I have
no uOuDl IL VIII pc duOpleu ihV ihVi VIZ
voted for it were not alone the radicals,
but conservatives as we'll, the latter sig
nifying by their vote a graceful retreat.
a. taclt endorsement.
THE distinctive principals were pub
lished in '65 when the views of such men
as Palmer, James r. Wilson and Stuart
Robinson were colored by the effects of
war. The principals were all right, but
they were set forth in unfortunate IAN
Euage. the Illustrations being borrowed
from the times which makes them mis-
leading.
LAS to the characteristics of the assem-
bly,: Generally there is a good deal OF
heat on such occasions. There was none
in this case The whole proceedings were
characterized by kindness, "Reminiscences
and earnestness 1t was working as
sembly. All causes of the church received
ample time and discussion. One of the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-27
ASSESSMENTS IN ETOWAH.
subcommittee Meets and Arranqes
Details for Coming Primary.

Gadsden, May 26.--(Special.)- THE SUBJ
committee from the county democratic
executive committee, known as the CEN
trail committee, met at the court house
this afternoon for the purpose of fixing
the assessments against candidates sub
ject to the democratic primary on July %.
W. Il. Murphree was made chairman and
a. V. Lee, Jr, secretary of the meet
ing.
The time limit in which candidates are
TO be allowed to pay their assessments in
order to get their names on the ticket
was fixed at June 81. The registration
books open on this date. A motion was
also made and carried that the secre
tary secure list of registered voters and
of poll tax payers, two of which will be
furnished the election managers of each
beat. The election managers and clerks
are to be selected at some future meet
ing. The following is the assessments
against candidates: City judge, S25; state
representative, $40; sheriff, $40; commits
sioner $50
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-27
SENATE AMENDMENTS ARE
DELUSION AND A SNARE

cnct. You can't lick the republican party
reinforced by the railroads He said he
protested against the passage of the Hep
burn bill but voted for it because he
recognized it as the best he could get.
He warned his colleagues that they must
be alert, otherwise even the Hepburn bill
will be made a makeshift
Incident to his consideration of rate
legislation and the necessity for still fur
Their work on the part OF the democracy,
Mr.. Lamar said that the only way the
democrats could win would be to con-
vince the American people that they were
Honest. sincere, fearless to do the right
thing and brace to face every danger.
1t was his judgment that 1t would take
four Broyan defeats to equal the defeat
of the safe and sane candidate of the
democracy at the last election.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-27
Cranes Killing All the Fish.

From the st. Paul Dispatch.
The state game and fish commission
would like to see Crane island, one of the
sights of Minnetonka. depopulated The
board claims the cranes are a menace tc
the fish in the lake.
On the island 1t is said 900 crane.
have their homes, and the commission es.
Inmates that they consume $4,000 fish a
day. Herons are unusually ravenous in thi.
respect. and stories. were told of owners
of private ponds who pay a bounty fol
their destruction.
But public sentiment, the commission
admitted. was against such slaughter
and 1t would be useless to start a crusade
1t was agreed. however. that the state
would wake up some day to the fact that
the crane must go IL the fsh OF the state
are to be increased.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-27
REV. j R. TROTTER IS
KILLED in RUNAWAY
Prominent Baptist Minister OF Etowah
County Meets Instant Death BY
Falling on Head.

Gadsden, May 26.--(Special)--Th Rev.
J. r. Trotter. a prominent Baptist minis
ter and a candidate for the state egis-
lature. was instantly killed in a runaway
accident about four miles east of this city
this afternoon between 1880 and o'clock
Mr.. Trotter left this city shortly after
noon in a buggy with Robert Reed, and
was on his way to his home at Glencoe.
The horse became frightened and ram
away and Mr.. Trotter jumped from the
buggy and it is reported that he fell on
his head and broke his neck. The full
details could not be learned. He was
perhaps one of the best known men in the
county and his untimely death came as Il
great shock to his friends in this city and
throughout this section of the state.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-27

Washington, May 2S.-There was rel
erence to the rate bill in the House to-
day when Mr.. Lamar of Florida SAID
that the Hepburn bill with the Senate
amendments was a delusion and snare
..when the Hepburn bill becomes a
law" said Mr.. Lamar, 'leaving out the
subject of classification. 1t will be found
that a great wrong has been done to
shippers and consumers.
Mr.. Lamar said he had written letter
to the governor Of Nebraska asking In
regard to the classification OF railroad
rates by the state railroad commission
and had secured a reply to his inquiry
that there was no railroad commission
in Nebraska He added;
mo wonder w. j. Bryan was defeated
in his own county and in his own pre-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-27
SENTENCES TO COME
EARLY NEXT MONTH
JUDGE MCPHERSON WILL PRO-
NoUNCE PUNISHMENT FOR MEN
FOUND GUILTY OF CONSPIRACY
TO OBTAIN REBATES.

Kansas City, May 26-Sentence will not
be pronounced until early in June upon
b. Taggart, his clerk, found guilty in
the United States district court here
yesterday of conspiring with a Kansas
City shipper to obtain rebates on freight
shipments from railroads.
This announcement was made today
when court opened by Judge Smith Nc
Pherson. Counsel for the defendants will
file notice of appeals on Monday. This
ended the hearing in the rebate cases at
Kansas City for the present, Judge Nc
Pherson having reset the dates OF the
trials of the other defendants.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-27

lowing to the strain and worry of bus
mess my nerves were in a bad shape. I
tried many so-called nerve toncs with
out. result.
Hearing so much said In praise of Pc
runa, I decided to give it a trial. | could
feel benefit from the first Dose
six bottles made a marked improve
ment in my condition. I have remained
we'll ever since.'
Revised Formula.
For a number of years requests have
come to me from a multitude of grateful
friends, urging that Peruna be given a
slight laxative quality. I have been ex-
perimenting with a laxative addition for
quite length of time, and now feel graft
fed to announce to the friends of Peruna
thai have Incorporated such a quality in
the medicine which. In my opinion. can
only enhance its well known beneficial
character.
IS. -. HARTMAN, NJ. d."