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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-07-20
Continue 10 STAND Pat "

The Republicans Of Maine-that is.
| the oligarchy that controls that party
| in the Pine Tree state, have deter
mined TO stand pat" Senator Frye.
| Republican leader In the United
| States senate. was chairman of the
state convention, and referring in
his speech to the attitude of the Re-
publican party on the tariff, said:
1T will continue TO stand pat" This
| official announcement OF the future
action Of the Republican party on the
tariff question is not unexpected, for
1t has been evident since Congress
met last December that the stand
patters had complete control, and
that President Roosevelt had Joined
in letting well enough alone" This
shows the power of the protected mo.
nopolies. which is so great that even
our strenuous president fears TO take
up the cudgcIs against them, although
some Of his friends declare he is at
heart a tariff reformer.
For a president and a party that
boasts of doing things" they will
nv" HhNe W Huu, u We uaTe 10 DUCK
the real monopolists."
All the spectacular trust busting Is
comparatively worthless, unless the
foundation OF the monopoly, that le-
agllzes the plundering of the people
through the tariff, is knocked from
under the tariff protected trusts and
combines. The fact that the iron
and steel production of the country
is controlled by the steel trust, and
the sugar trust controls sugar, and
the beef trust controls meats. and
the hundreds OF other trusts and COM
bines control nearly all the necessi-
ties and Injuries Of life, would not
be Of such consequence If their pro-
lection was withdrawn and competi-
ton from other countries protected
the people from their monopoly
prices. Everyone knows that the
cost Of living has advanced ~ per
cent. since the present Republican
tarn law was enacted and that enor-
nous inroad on the incomes OF the
people Is mostly caused by the pro-
lection granted the trusts, which the
Republican leaders so glibly declare
they will stand pat upon.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-07-20

ness lie was known as a cigarette
fiend, heavy absinthe drinker, an ad-
mirer of chorus girls and reckless
spendthrlft. He gave dinners costing
tens Of thousands of dollars, and like
the general run of Pittsburg million
aires he always had one or more "af-
fairs" on hand with women Of the foot
lights.
II is a strange fact that chorus girls
and actresses seem to appeal TO the
Plttsburg millionaire past all power OF
resistance. Four of them who have
made New York their home during the
past few years, and whose wealth
amounts to s50.000,000 in the aggre-
gate, have become infatuated with stage
beauties more or less widely known
throughout the country, according Is
the World Of that city.
Three of them have married &C.
tresses, and the infatuation OF the
fourth for beauty Of the footlight is
being used against him In divorce pro-
ceedings. Although Harry Thaw was
probably the widest among the Pitts
burg high rollers who have sowed in
the wild winds of the Tenderloin,
young Hart Mckee was almost rs well
known, but In different way.
Forgot Marital Obligations.
His father, E. Sellers Mckee, a null
t-millionaire glass manufacturer OF
Plttsburg, supplied him with practical
ly limltless funds, with which the
young man proceeded to cut wide
sweth. He was handsome, dapper and
fastidlous, with the red and white COM
plexion of healthy girl. Soon after
leaving college he married Miss SUIT
ton, from whom he separated n year
or two afterward. giving her $1,000
outright In lieu of alimony.
In Mrs. McKee's allegations against
her husband she testified that he was
not with her much during the two
years of their married life. and that he
became more neglected. as time pro-
ceeded. Finally Mrs. Mckee left him.
lowing to his entire neglect" She
made affidavit that he cut off her per-
sonal allowance and household allow
ance and put at the head Of the house.
hold butler, who was Objectionable
and very insolent, and over whom she
had no control. He was given the
money TO pay the servants, and was
empowered to hire and discharge them.
Mrs. Mckee protested, but was told
that she had no power to discharge
him.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-07-20
K. Thaw the Only One
of Gay CroDd That Has
Essayed the Nouei Sensa.
ton of Murder But All
Have Sought in Startling
Manner to Dissipate Theiy
Easily Earned Millions.

Of Miss Gilman, and at present Mrs
Corey is in the west, where she is re
siding with view to securing a d.
vorce.
During the course of business II
Pittsburg Andrew Carnegie trans
formed Gibson d. Packer from q pool
man into n millionaire. Mr. Packer
| did not miss his chance to get before
the public Mrs. Mary |. Vetter, armed
! 1t is said, with l40 love letters, pre-.
pared to sue Mr.. Packer for 800, 600 fol
breach of promise. There were many
pledges OF affection in the shape OF
| jewelry.
Contemporaneously with the Thaw
murder Mrs. Scott Hartje, the wife OF
Augustus Hartje, Pittsburg millionaire
paper manufacturer, has begun suit
against her husband for divorce. Mrs
Hartje says that her husband wore
paper collars for years; that he would
buy a $500 horse over the telephone
and the next minute refuse Mrs
Hartje's request for three dollars for o
pair of shoes. Some of the charges OF
both Mr.. and Mrs. Hartje cannot be
printed here.
Cooked His Own Meals.
Charles Clarke. son OF Mrs. Eliza
Clarke, cousin of James King Clarke
married Miss Elizabeth Stocking, OF
Atlanta, Ga. Chic" as he was known
was jolly good fellow. Before his
marriage he tried newspaper work In
Pittsburg. He essayed n publication
similar to Town Topics, but the United
States could only stand one such at q
time, and the Pittsburg production died
and the owner was in debt. Times
went hard with him about the time
he married, and he apparently lost all
his money, It being tied up In legal
broils. Either he tired of his wife or
she tired of him.
At any rate, he sued for divorce and
told that he had endeavored TO main.
tain the two by doing the family cook.
ing in n chafing-dish in their little
room over in Allegheny. He got his
divorce. and the next day the wife be.
came the wife of Sport" Donnelly, son
Of a Plttsburg millionaire.
While George Lauder Carnegie has
figured somewhat among the Plttsburg
prodigals, his brother Coleman. or
Cooley" also. high-roller, has de
cided to ''stralghten up" Hitherto he
has been piking along on s125.0OO q
year without saving much of IT, 1t Is
said that If Coleman will continue to
straighten up his uncle Andrew Will
take him to Scotland and make real
laird OF him.
Frank Galley, nephew of John II.
Galley, partner Of Col. James McGufley,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-07-20

States 80 as to provide for The olec-
ton OF United States senator's by d.
rect vote Of the people.
In sins Of omission, the record OF
the Roosevelt congress is greater only
than II is in sins OF commission.
The Democrats won signal victories
during the recent session on three i'm
portant measures. They forced the
admission OF Oklahoma and Indian
territory as a state into the union;
and they defeated the outrageous
scheme of the Roosevelt gang to force
Joint statehood upon New Mexico and
Arizona against the wishes OF the
people of either territory; they forced
through congress the gillespie
resolution for the investigation OF the
relations between the railroads and
corporations engaged in the produc-
tion Of coal and oil. The Democrats,
with the aid OF certain Republicans,
also defeated the Santo Domingo
treaty and several other treaties ne
gotlated by the administration which
were calculated to impair the credit
of the country abroad and overturn
the constitution at home. If they had
been In power they would have enact
ed almost every bill which the Re
made those which congress actually
passed comply with the demands of
the people.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-07-20
Pittsburg Men of Wealth
Unequaied in Furnishing
Sensations for the Louers
of Scandai-Auurements
of Painted Stage Beauties
Fatal to Domestic Peace
and Harmony.

New York.-Now that the crime Of
murder has been added to the eccen-
trio doings of the dozen or more Pitts
burg millionaires, 1t is probable that
the limit of their capacity for sensa-
tionalism has been reached.
Remarkable divorces, remarriages,
breaches of promise, allmony and
chorus girls have hitherto been or
binary features Of their lives. They
seem to have become rich so suddenly
that they have lost their heads. Never
before. however. has any 6ne Of them
been accused of murder.
Years before Harry Thaw ever heard
Of Evelyn Nesblt or Stanford White he
was eccentric to the verge OF crazi-
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orally provided. The walters wore
colonial costumes with powdered wigs.
and the souvenirs were silver card
cases. Previous to this, however. Mr..
Corey had emulated other Pittsburg
rich men by figuring in a swimming
party OF which Miss Maybelle Gilman,
an actress. was member, Tho party
took place at the Pittsburg natatorium.
There were hot birds and cold bottles
and some very pretty exhibitions of
plain and fancy swimming.
At this party an jnfatuation for Miss
Gilman Ia said to have sprung up on
the part Of the millionaire. An es-
arrangement took place between Mr..
and Mrs. Corey supposedly on account
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-07-20

the millionaire oil producer. Of Pitts
burg, distinguished himself by COM
hitting a burglary.
The suicide of young +. OC. Jones,
the only son of the millionaire steel
mai of Pittsburg. few weeks ago, fit
tingly rounds out the record of the
young Smoky City high rollers. He
had lost his mind because of his love
for his first cousin, a charming Pitts
burg girl. He killed himself when she
married another.
This almost exhausts the crop of
Pittsburg's gilded youths, but there is
n new crowd growing up. They arr a
yet in knickerbockers.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-07-20

folding q roll OF bills as large az an
| elephant trunk. The run broke all
records. Fifteen engines were used
There were eight passengers, and to
transport them In lower berths instead
of upper cost s1.13 minute for So
hours, or nearly two dollars n mile
But Mr.. Peacock was from Pittsburg
and did not care.
When some Englishmen sent over
Sl50,000 to back Shamrock H. Mr. Pea
cock headed a syndicate who covered
1t with s25O,0OO He played In a poker
game on the steamship Deutschland In
which 100000 changed hands, Pea
cock won, although there were nine
other Pittsburg millionaires at times
in the game. There was a $4,000 jack
pot.
They tell how when Mrs. Carnegie
was buying her wedding trousseau In
this city years ago she was waited
upon by handsome young saleswom-
an TO whom she told her secret
I'm to be married, too" confessed
the young woman. THAT is my In
tended over there-Mr. Peacock"
That's n Scotch name" said the
future Mrs. Carnegie. Where does he
come from?"
From Dunfermllne, ma'am," replied
the salesglrl Andrew Carnegie
learned about the incident, and in due
time the ironnaster brought Peacock
to Pittsburg and made the iloorwalker
a millionaire.
At the Waldorf one morning Mr.
Peacock was discovered scrlbbling on
sheet OF paper in the wrIting-room. A
friend asked Him what he was doing.
"Oh, my wife at breakfast ust now
insisted that | was worth $4,000, 900.
think 1t is only s7,0OO,OOO. She is
usually right, but can't find the other
100000 this morning
Married Mothers Maid.
John Aston Moorhead is one OF the
latest. He was n heavy man on the
Yale football team and also pulled in
the crew. He never did anything else
to deserve particular distinction. Only
a few weeks ago he eloped with his
mothers French maid. They have
not been entirely forgiven yet, but 1t
is understood that John Aston Is be-
ing treated in New York sanitarium,
his father paying the bills. and II is
said the little French maid is crying
her way back to sunny France, well
paid, II cash can make It good, but
with her foolish little heart broken.
More recently the limelight of noto-
riety has been turned upon W. +.
Corey, one OF the best known of the
Carnegie group of Plttsburg million
aires. He dawned upon New York sew
eral years ago on n special train con-
sisting Of one dining car, four sleeping
cars and two baggage cars, which car
ried the entire Office forces OF the Ma
tional Steel company ana the National
Hoop company In the baggage cars
were 80 trunks filled with ledgers and
account books and IL typewriter girls
who took down dictation as the train
rolled along.
Corey's Lurid Exploits.
Some time afterward Mr.. Corey gave
Mr.. Schwab a Luculllan feast The
costliest wines, the dalntiest hot-house
fruits and the rarest flowers were lib
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-07-20

divorce was granted on the ground
Of desertion. Then almost before thelI
friends had ceased talking about theil
case Mr.. and Mrs. Phipps made up
and 1t Is said that they will be re-
married. This seems to have finished
the calendar of sensations as far as tho
Phipps and Mckee millionaires are
concerned.
Another Pittsburg millionaire who
had a varied and noteworthy career
was James King Clarke, known to his
friends as jamie"
Young Clarke Inherited part OF
the millions OF his father, Charles ]
Clarke, of pittsburg. He was in the
habit OF spending part of his time
in Washington, and II was there that
he met Miss Esther Bartlett They
were married on April 20. 1899, In
Washington, and with the best man
Macintosh Kellogg. journeyed to New
York, where they took rooms at one
OF the big hotels.
AS related by Clarke In the suit for
divorce, which began month later
upon their arrival in this city he left
his bride In his room with Mr.. Kellogg
while he went downstairs to look after
some baggage. He was detained for
some time. On his return he found the
door locked, and when It was finally
opened Mr.. Kellogg's shirt front was
stained with the violets which Mrs.
Clarke wore as corsage bouquet,
That settled 1t. Mr.. Clarke waxed
wroth and left his bride.
Mrs. Clarke afterward sued for and
obtained divorce, after which she be-
came the wife of l.. r. Whitehead, OF
Erie. Pa. Mr.. Clark then married a
Miss Katherine Willoughby, of st.
Augustine, Fla, thus closing another
chapter of Pittsburg millionaire sensa-
tionalism.
Career of A. r. Peacock.
Mr.. Alexander Rowland Peacock is
another Smoky City candidate for
fame. Mr.. Peacock is worth many mil
lions of dollars. When he came to
New York he evidently made up his
mind to live up to the traditions and
habits of the lively Pittsburgers who
had preceded him. To perpetuate his
name he had $4,000 peacock made
of genuine diamonds. sapphires and
emeralds and gave 1t to his wife. He
also had peacock put on the livery of
his servants.
Once Mr.. Peacock was in Los An
scles. There were only upper berths
left In the train to Chicago. GIVE mo
a special train, then" he ordered.
"ft'lI cost $4,000" said the passenger
agent.
i'll take It," replied Peacock. IN
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-09-17
Cummings, Weekly Report.

The Cummings Commission Co. re-
port: Wheat--The market has been
more active during the past week.
Prices started off at around the low
point for the week and have since rail-
lied over 2 cents from the low point.
1t was difficult to find bull early in
the week, the professional crowd and
big operators were bearish to a man
and sold the market into hole, prices
got down to such low point that they
proved attractive to some of the spec
ulative element and they began to
pick uo little zoe for December and
74c for May.
This buying absorbed offerings in
pretty good shape and as the buying
power increased, prices developed con-
siderable strength. Threshing returns
are bearing out our predictions in re-
cent letters that the crop would not
turn out nearly as well as the bears
thought 1t would.
e. j. Murphy wired from Winnipeg
that authentic reports of threshing
turned out very disappointing. Also of
wheat that was expected to grade No.
"a northern turning out only No 2
northern with an average of twelve
bushels per acre where twenty bush
els was expected, but as newspapers
are not over anxious to have such re-
ports get abroad they refrain from
publishing them.
1t is said that Minneapolis has sold
over 100000 durum wheat for export
this week and that sales of this class
of wheat at Duluth for export are es-
timated at 3,000,0 900 to 100000. An
other noticeable feature is that the
receipts of spring wheat at Minneapo-
lis are way under those of year ago,
a large percentage of receipts being
durum and winter wheat.
We do not look for any run away
bull market at this time and it might
be well to take profits on long wheat
on any further rally and wait for q
setback to get in again. 1t will be a
scalping market for some time to
come with fair range in prices SO
that profitable turns on the market
can be made by the careful specula-
tor.
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interesting Exhibition.

Middleburg, Holland, Sept. IL The
interesting exhibition of Dutch gold
and silver objects of value which is
held here is attracting a great deal
of attention in widest circles. Among
the objects exhibited are the smallest
book ever printed and the smallest
medal in the world.
The Liliputian volume is the size of a
bean 1t contains a poem, entitled
Bloemhofje, or The Little Flower Gar
den, and was printed in 1874 by G.
Van, Tango. Its binding Is of red mo-
rocco, fooled in gold, and it is adorned
with two Of the tiriest of silver clasps,
This curiosity is the property of IA
Paris connoisseur who possesses al If
brary Of 400 diminutive booklets, which
find ample room in a case the size. of
cigar box. But Bloemhofje is the
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-09-17
Strategic Mar.

Washington, Sept. II. -, Reports re-
ceived from various military sources
this year show that substantial prog
ress is being made with what is known
as the progressive military map of this
country. This is big compilation
made by the army engineers, and is
intended ultimately to provide an ac-
curate and detailed map of strategic
value of the entire country. For a
time it was considered by some officers
that the map should be made in secret,
and that no information of the work
should be divulged, but 1t has now
come to be pretty well known that
such a map is in course of prepara-
ton, especially as all the commanding
generals IL departments and divisions
have referred to the matter and re-
ported the advancement made The
maps are In sections. of course, and
will be copied and filed at various
headquarters, besides being kept in
Washington 1t will be possible to tell
of the character of the country, even
to the location of barns, buildings,
etc. together with the state of the
roads and the character of the fields
so far as relates to military occupa-
ton. The French, likewise, have SIM
liar information of Germany. Probably
the idea was adopted from the Euro
peans. to the end that the government
might be prepared to meet any emer-
gency which might arise at home, al
least. When completed, the map will
be guarded against reproduction FOL
the benefit of the unfriendly.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-09-17
French View.

Paris, Sept 17.Liyely interest is
manifested here over President Roose-
.velt's decision to send Secretary of
War Taft and Acting Secretary Of
State Bacon to Cuba, and many of the
newspapers jump to the conclusion
that this will sound the knell of Gu
ban independence. In responsible cir.
cles, however. the right of the United
States, under the treaty with Cuba, to
restore order, is recognized, but there
is no disposition to impute to the
Washington government a desire to
seize the occasion to annex the island.
Nevertheless it is thought by some
that even If the wise counsel Of Pres
ident Roosevelt is followed and the
rival factions temporarily bury the
Ratchet. there will be an early recur-
renee Of the insurrection which will
compel ultimate annexation.
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for which the Russian government is
noted.
On March 81, 1902, Trepoff made his
declaration that he led a charmed life.
That day he stood on the threshold.
Of death. A woman named Allart had
gained admission to his private Office
She carried revolver concealed be-
meath a long cloak 1t was but the
work of a second to draw the weapon,
place 1t against the breast of the hated
man and pull the trigger The revolt
yer, however, missed Gre 9at
fs Hated by His Employees.
Hatred of Trepoff was not confined
to those who suffered under his tyr
annical rule, for 1t is said that even
the palace clique, who employed him,
loathed him for his despicable meth
DDS. Trepoff came of good family
and conducted himself with distinc-
ton in the Turkish war, but always
displayed brutality toward the soldiers
under him that caused the men to hate
him.
TTepoff's blopdthirsty nature secured
better vent in new position when he
became chief of police of Moscow,
where he had ununiformed people to
Cypress. His reputation for brutality
leaped in a short time and when the
bloody riots of January, 1905, broke
forth in st. Petersburg, Trepoff was
called to stamp out the rebellion. He
succeeded by resort to slaughter
Trepoff then was elevated to the po-
sition he held at the time of his death.
The crushing of the revolutionary
movement of only a few months ago
was the work of Trepoff and his brut-
ish tactics. Massacres of the Jews are
blamed to Trepoff in many cases. 1t
being said that he incites the butchery
to detract attention from the revolu-
tionary efforts.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-09-17
Pershins Promoted.

Washington, Sept IT.. President
Roosevelt promoted Capt. John PERISH
ing to the rank of brigadier general.
Jumping him over the heads OF S62
officers. This is the first time in the
history of the army that SO many of
ficers have been jumped
General Pershing is the son-in-law
of Senator Warren of Wyoming.
chairman of the senate military af-
fairs committee. General Pershing is
now military attachee of the American
embassy in Japan. His promotion Is
based on his gallant and efficient SER
vices In the Philippines during the
insurrection. He stood NO 25S in the
relative list of captains. He was there
fore promoted over the heads Of 257
captains, 1854 majors, 131 lieutenant
coloneIs and 10 colonies, q total Of
S62 officers.
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cal account the markets turned very
weak closing at the bottom. There is
not feature In the situation which
suggests any peT1nanency in the cur
rent level of values. The crop in the
northwest is just coming to market
and the movement, as far as we can
learn will only be limited by the capa-
city of the railroads to handle offer
ings. This means pressure on the
speculative market and the bulls will
not carry such a load long. Worlds
shipments were liberal, but as only a
small proportion went to the United
Kingdom there was a speculative COW
cerning at Liverpool which advanced
ering at Liverpool which advanced
the market half. Aside from a fair
milling demand there is no INJURY
proportionate to the supply we have
to sell Europe continues Indifferent.
Estimated for tomorrow ninety one
cars. b1S H