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Smyrna times., 1906-08-01
THAW AND HIS MOTHER BREAK
Slayer of Stanford White won't Con.
sent to Plea of Insanity,


New York. July 19.-The chaotic
conditions surrounding the prepare.
ton of a defense for Harry K Thaw
accused of the murder of Stanford
White, were accentuated, and appar
emily the breach between the prisoner
and his mother, Mrs. William Thaw,
OF Pittsburg, as to the character of the
defense is wider than ever.
The rumor that the young man had
at last bowed to his mothers will un.
doubtedly had its origin in the fact
that Mrs. William Thaw and Mrs
Harry Thaw. who were in conference
with Thaw at the same time. emerged
from the prison arm in arm. 1t was
the first time they had been seen to
gether. Thaw's wife has all al0ne
supported him in his demand for a
trial on the issues Of the case and has
opposed the insanity plea She has
thus been arrayed against the elder
Mrs. Thaw, who seems to feel that the
only hope Of saving her son from
death in the electric chair is to de.
pend upon a defense of insanity. This
plea would avoid the further publicity
and ignominy of a trial. and has been
insistently urged upon the prisoner
who however, apparently remains oh.
durate
Smyrna times., 1906-08-01
sNoweALLED IN MIDSUMMER
Marching Elks In Denver Greeted Wi.r
Flowers and SrcWbalIa.

Marching ElI<s in Denver Greeted Wi.h
Flowers and SroWbalIg.
Denver. July 20.-Festivities in con.
nectiOn with the goth reunion Of the
Benevolent Protective Order Of El&s
eliminated in the annual parade.whicb
was the finest pageant Denver has
ever Witnessed. There were in line
nearly 1900 Elks, representing about
100 lodges. Many magnificent fl0ats
illustrative of the cities whose lodges
provided them were also in the pa.
rade. Interspersed in the procession
were 90 bands.
Along 10th street the marchers were
showered with flowers and snowballs.
several carloads of snow having been
brought from the continental divide
to show the diversity of Colorado's eli.
mate. The temperature on the street
while the snowballing was in progress
was S5 degrees.
1t is always we'll to have box of
salve in the house. Sunburn, cuts.
bruises, piles aud boils yield TO De
Wits Witch Hazel Salve. Should
keep box on hand at all times to pro-
vide for emergencies. For years the
standard, but followed by many imita-
tors: Be sure you get the genuine
Wits Witch Hazel Salve.
Smyrna times., 1906-08-01

then that Robert NJ. La Toilette began
his great fight to have nominations
made by the direct vote of the people.
Two years later he was once more
defeated for the gubernatorial nrize.
but in 1900 he won out and was elect
ed. But the victory was only partial.
as he failed to have the legislature
adopt his principles. In 1902 he was
reelected and succeeded in having part
of his measures adopted. In is a he
was candidate for a third term and
had majority of the convention with
him, but his opponents bOlted and NOM
mated another ticket Both factions
went before the Republican national
committee, and the enemies of La Fol
lette won. Nothing daunted, the gov
ernor carried the fight into the courts
and was successful. In the ensuing
election he beat both the bolters' can
didate and the Democratic nominee bv
immense pluralitieS and carried the
legislature by a sufficient majority to
insure the adoption of all his princinles
and his own election to the limited
States senate. He did not Immediate
ly take his seat, however but remained
governor long enough to force through
all the measures he advocated. even
threatening to give up the senatorship
if they were not enacted. When all
his pet ideas were on the statute books
and his twelve year state fight was
completely won he turned to the larger
field of the nation.
Smyrna times., 1906-08-01

have accepted half a loaf. or none, he
has been content with nothing less than
the full measure of reform. He never
minces his words. He calls Rockefel-
Ter 'the greatest criminal of the age"
Breadwinner of the Family.
La Toilette is fifty-one years of age
and has many good fights in him vet.
His fathers early death and his moth
er's straitened circumstances left Bob
the breadwinner of the family. Yet
poverty did not deter him from taking
Il college course. The problem, how
ever, was Il most difficult one, for he
had not only to pay his own way, but
to keep the family as well. He accom-
plished both by buying the college pa
per and running it with such ability
and energy that it netted him enough
for his own and his family's need. The
enterprise required not little addition
al work, but La Toilette never stopped
in the face of work. He not only edit
ed the paper, but solicited advertising
and set type with his own hands. This
did not prevent him from keeping
abreast of the class leaders in his
studies, nor did it keep him from tax
ing the state and interstate prizes in
an oratOrical contest. The subject Of
his Grafton in both efforts was "Tago."
and the light that he threw on that ma
liSn character is said to have aided Ed
win Booth in his Interpretation of the
Smyrna times., 1906-08-01
LABOR UNIC = III POLITICS
American Federation Exhorts Mem.
bers to Elect Their Friends.

bers to Elect Their Friends.
Washington, July 23.-The execu-
tive council of the American Fedora
tion of Labor made good its declara-
ton of several months ago to enter the
field of politics in the interest tf tbs
trade union movement, and to eXhort
all members and friends of organized
labor to work for the election to po-
litical office of men known to be favor
able to labor's cause. From the head
quarters of the federation the council
issued its campaign program" ad-
dressed to all organized labor and
friends in the United iatates. 1t sets
out that the trade union movement has
kept and proposes to keep pace with
the rapid changes in industrial af-
fairs, and that the working people
cannot hope to maintain their rights or
a progressive position in the varying
phases of modern society unless they
organize 'and exercise all those func-
tions which. as workmen and citizens.
it is their privilege and their duty to
exercise"
1t is declared that labor makes no
demand upon government or society
which is not equally accorded to all
the people of this country, and that
lit can and will be satisfied with moth
ing less"
The proposed campaign is based upon
the allegation that little attention has
been paid to the enactment of laws
prepared by organized labor and pre-
sented to congress, 'for the relief
of those wrongs and the attainment
OF those rights of which labor and the
common people are justly entitled and
which are essentially necessary for
their welfare.
The council issues a word of caution
that the movement must not degener-
ate into a scramble for office, but lit
should be determined effort, free alb
solutely from partisanship of every
name and character, to secure the leg
islation we deem necessary and essen
tial to the welfare and happiness of all
our people" 1t is expressly stated
that where a congressman or state
legislator has proven himself a true
friend to the rights of labor, he should
be supported and no candidate nomi-
mated against him."
Smyrna times., 1906-08-01

his vocabulary. Like Jackson, he be-
lieves in a clean victory or a clean de-
feat Like Jackson also. he fought
some of his greatest battles while suf-
fering intense physical pain-pain that
confined him to his bed considera BILE
portion of the time. Sickness could not
daunt a will like that Of La Toilette
in fact, the man seems an incarnation
of sheer will force.
Robert Marion La Toilette he was
christened by his parents, but Bob he
is called by the world, for, iron though
he Is, in his personality rests the charm
that makes others call him by his front
name. One of his political opponents
recently said of him: la Follette's enc
mics have been made by his measures.
not by his manners. 1t is possible to
dislike Bob La Toilette only at a dis
tance."
Three Cardinal Issues.
What were these measures? Here
are the three cardinal issues on which
he made his fights in Wisconsin: NOM
ination of all candidates by district
vote of the people, taxation of rail
ways and other corporations at the
same rate as that charged to others
and the regulation of freight and other
transportation charges.
What is there about these to make
enemies? Out of their own mouths
are his foes condemned. To admit
that their only opposition to him is
due to measures like these is to stamp
themselves at once as friends of the
trusts and foes of the people. La Fol
lette has dared TO stand for the truth
that he saw, and the enemies of truth
have hated him for its sake. The time
has come to speak of these matters as
they are.
This man has stood by his guns as
has no other in the country. While
other reformers have compromised ans
Smyrna times., 1906-08-01
Ice Squeeze In Harrisburo.

Harrisburg, Pa. July 19.-,Ice is sell
ing here for So per ton and a higher
prices for smaller quantities. Agita-
tion has resulted in much feeling and
select council adopted a resolution re-
questing the board. of public works to
obtain an estimate Immediately on the
cost OF erecting a municipal ice plant,
with sufficient output for all demands.
Common council will consider the
matter next Monday.
Smyrna times., 1906-08-01

~ ENATOR Ia FOLLETTE'S most
marked characteristics are pug
A nacity and persistence. He never
quits fighting. 1t took him more
than ten years to win out in Wisconsin,
but If it had required twenty it would
have been the same. He would have
been there at the end, jabbing away
with as much vigOr and determination
as at the beginning.
Not Gutter.
When La Toilette was told of the
choice bunch of names that had been
applied to him by his enemies he
smiled and quizzically replied. They
did not call me Quitter. did they?''
No. They did not That was the trou-
BILE. 1t was the fact that he was not a
quitter that made his foes adopt such
reckless and burning adjectives when
they spoke of him
The Wisconsin fight was against tre-
mendOus obstacles. The Republican
machine, the railroads and the corpora
tiOns generally all had to be overcome.
La Toilette was equal to the task.
Defeat only Spurred him to harder
fighting Partial victory did not ap-
pease him. He was satisfied only with
complete triumph, and complete tri-
umph he won in the end. To reach it
he had to disrupt his party, but he new
er wavered for that. The words CON
ciliatiOn and compromise are not in
Smyrna times., 1906-08-01
Beginning of His Great Fight.

In 1896 La Toilette himself was a
candidate for the Republican nomina-
ton for governor and had a majority
OF the convention with him, but his enc
mics secured an adjournment and br
purchase or otherwise won over enougr
OF his delegates to defeat him. 1t was
Smyrna times., 1906-08-01

difficult role. Young Bob had no little
histrionic ability himself and at one
time contemplated going on the stage.
but, fortunately for the country, chang
ed hi$mind and studied law.
An Instance of His Determination.
1t was not long after his admission
to the bar that he was elected district
attorney of his county. -Four wears
later. at the age Of twenty-nine, he en-
tered congress, where he served for six
years. During his last term he was
Il member Of the important ways and
means committee and framed the agri-
cultural schedule Of the Mckinley bill
In 1880 he was defeated in the great
Democratic landslide. Four years later
lie re-entered the political arena, this
time as the opponent of the Republic
an machine. He was not fighting for
himself. but for another, and made an
unsuccessful attempt to secure the
nomination of Nils Haugen for gov
ernor. One incident of this canvass
reveals La Follette's nature I'm all its
unconquerable strength. The machine
had carried half of the primaries of
La Follette's own county, and to con
troll the delegation he had to carry all
the remainder. His lieutenants were
ready to give up in despair
Gentlemen" said La Toilette, "you
can do as you please, but am going
to carry all the remaining primaries in
Dane county if have to crawl to them
on my knees"
He carried them.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1906-11-09
Mrs. Craigie'S Wit.

The late Mrs. Craigie, the noted
novelist, was invited to address a
meeting whit in New York City last
year. She accepted the inven-
ton. but her name though some
oversight, and was put far down on
the programme. and, worse than
that the chairman. a rather stupid
person, introduced before her some
speakers who were not on the pro-
gramme at all. In short, it was close
on to IL o'clock when the chairman
with a pleasant smile, bowed and
said: Mrs. Craigie the eminent
author,will now give us her address. "
Mrs. Craigie rose and said, calmly:
my address is No. Sc Lancaster
Gate, Hyde Park. w. London, and i
now wish you all goodnight. for
am far from home"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1906-11-09
No Call TO Watch His.

An engineer from Sundaland was
spending a few days in London with
a friend, and after a busy morning
sight seeing the Londoner chose
large restaurant for luncheon, think
ing it would be a novel experience
for the man form the north. The
visitor appeared to enjoy his lunch
con, but kept looking in the direction
of the door. What are you watch
ing?" asked his friend. rather an
noyed."
well" was the quiet reply. "A's
keepin' an eye on ma topcoat."
"Oh. doon't brother about that"
said the other; you don't see me
watching mine"
NO" observed the guileless en-
gineer; thee has no call tots ten
minutes sin thine went"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1906-11-09

the i'm perfect manner in which a
large percentage ofthe package are
pat up, IN many cases being SO poor
Iy tried that they come apart long
before they reach their destination.
Speaking of it the other day, a
nnA clerk said if people would take
tine trou bic to put the article in a
box 4 would save a great deal of un-
necessary worry and labor at time
whsa the clerks are badly overwork-
ed aud the present would reach the
person for whom it Is intended in
much better shape than it usually
does A shoe or corset box or a
breakfast food carton makes a pack
ageof convenient size for handling in
the mails. Glass, china or fragile
articles, of any description should be
packed in wooded boxes.
Packages should be securely tied
and plainly marked with the address
Of the sender in the upper left hand
corner Postage should be fully
pre- paied l cent for two ounces for
merchandise and / cent for two
Ounces en- printed matter, including
books, photographs, pictures, etc.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1906-11-09
A Lesson on Inc Cow.

In one of the modern schools a
first grade teacher was having a les
son on the COW. She was trying to
impress on the young minds the
various uses of milk. Butter and
cheese had been disposed of and she
wanted some bright genius to tell
how the farmer fed the surplus milk
to the pig. Leading up to this she
asked: Now, children, after the
farmer has made all the butter and
cheese he needs and uses what milk
he wants for his family. what does
he do with the milk that still re-
mains?" Dead silence followed for
a moment and then one little hand
waved frantically. The teacher
smiled and said: well, jim" He
pours it back into the GOVT" piped
James.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1906-11-09

about the bright lamp. There faith
er finds his business magazines. his
farm papers; mother her business
magazines her household papers:
and the children, amusing, enter
tanning, and at the same time in
structive, books and papers. Yes, it
costs something to provide these
things. But as was once said. mo
home should be without its Bible
it Shakespeare" we now know that.
in this age of books, and publica-
tons, printing and reading, no
American can afford to be without
at least few up-to-date periodicals,
wiseley chosen. They furnish
food for drought for conversation;
they are a bond of interest between
the entire family. They do more
than one may at first realize toward
keeping intact the family circle
around the reading table.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1906-11-09
REMARKABLE.
New born Baby Abandoned by It's
Mother Lays 4S Hours
In Cor nfield.

A story from the Bearwalow
country, which has just reached
here, reveals one of the most re.
markable instances of tenacity of
life ever heard of, says the Glasgow
Times.
A week ago last Thursday night
Rosa Hamilton, a white girl en-
ployed as domestic in the family
of Mr.. John Whithall, left home in
the night, went about half mile to
a cornfeld, where she gave birth to
a child, which she wrapped in com
fort and left concealed in the fence
corner.
After giving birth to the child the
woman walked nearly two miles to
the home of Mr.. John Bragg. a kins-
man, carrying a large valise full
Of clothes. She reached Mr.. Bragg's
some time Friday morning and soon
became so i'll that a doctor was sent
for. When the doctor arrived he
discovered what was the matter and
gave the woman the attention she
should have had twelve hours be-
fore. When asked what had be-
come of the child the woman said it
was born dead and that she had left
it in the cornfield.
Magistrate P. l.. Terry was mott
fled and on Saturday morning en-
paneled a jury to hold an inquest
over the child. The jury visited the
spot where the woman said she had
left the child and found the little
body wrapped in comfort with one
of the baby's arms sticking out and
blue from the effects Of the severe
cold of the two nights it had lain
there. Upon unwrapping the COM
fort from the child, however. the
youngster gave yell that startled
the magistrate and jurors and bs-
gan to cry as Justify as the strong
est child ever born.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1906-11-09
Married Men Better KiSserS.

Does a mar ried man know how to
KISS better than a single man. Can
you tell a married man by the way
he kisses?
These two questions were answer
e9 recently by Mrs. katheryn Doelle
the pretty 32.year-Oid widow, of No.
$40 North Central Avenue, Chicago,
who is suing Frank Z Dooling, a
Springfield politician, for $500, which
she claims she lent him, and for kiss
6 which she confesses, blushingly,
she gave him out right.
Few single men know how to
kiss declared the pretty widow. 81
should have known Mr. Dooling was
married by the way he kissed me.
Married men know how to kiss better
than single men. Their kisses are
longer and more heartfelt.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1906-11-09
HUSBAND AND WIFE
Can Not Both Hold Jobs in
The Governmet
Service.

President Roosevelt has decided to
eject from the Government service
the husband of wife where both are
employed. He has called upon the
civil service commission for list of
names of such employees. When
this list has been furnished, under
direction of the President the hus-
band and wife who are both upon
Uncle Sans pay roll will be given
an opportunity to decide which shall
resign. If no agreement is reached
one or the other will be dismissed.
The president will interpose no
objection to the employment of a
woman whose husband are liv-
ing but are not in the Govern
ment service, nor will he attempt to
regulate the number of members of
any family who shall be given Gov
eminent employment further than
to make it impossible for both the
husband and wife to remain upon the
pay rolls.
1t is estimatnd that in Washington
alone there are at least 100 cases
where both husband and wife are in
the government service. In some
instances the marital relations are Sc
cret and the wife appears upon the
pay rolls under her maiden name.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1906-11-09
HENRY L. PREwITT,
Insurance Commissioner.

To protect the little ones and for
the information and satisfaction Of
mothers the contents of each bottle
of that wonderful children rene
dy, Cascasweet, have been placed
on every label. Cascasweet is a
harmless compound of vegetable
extracts that is wonderful in its ben
eficial effects on the stomachs of ba-
bies and children. Recommended
and sold by all Druggists.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1906-11-09
The lasl One.
lMarpera NnAlv.N

Che bishop OF Winchester was
cnqe travelling through Sanbuyy by
raj ard, wishing to try their cele-
brabe3 cakes. summOnd boy and
1al&fd him to procure him one.
lea ming that their price vas three
pence the bishop gave the lad a
~sixpence," telling him, and with
the other threepence buy cake for
yDaIself." The lad shortly returned
eo.aplacently muncin9 his cake and
handling threepeEce back to the
&shqp, exclaimed: There was only
cGs ST.. euv'nor."
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1906-11-09
Insurance Department of Ken
lucky.
Frankfort, Aug. 18th, 1906.

Frankfort, Aug. 18th, 1906.
Whereas, The National Life In
surance Company, located at Mont
pelier, Vt. is possessed of the actual
capital required under the laws of
this Commonwealth, and has COM
piled with all the requirements of
said laws which are applicable to
Life Insurance Companies incorpor-
ated by or doing business in other
States of the United States:
Now therefore, |, Henry X.
Prewitt, Insurance Commissioner for
the State of Kentucky. In pursuanc
of the authority vested in me by the
laws of this Commonwealth, do here
by certify that c. NJ. Barnett and
C. Z. Smith, of Hartford. in the
County of Ohio, are authorized as
Agents of the aforesaid Company to
transact the business Of Insurance
for one year from Aug. /, 1906, in
this State, as provided by the laws
thereof.
In Testimony Whereof, | have
hereunto subscribed mysname, and
caused my official Seal to be affixed
an the day and year first above
written.
HENpy y ppLXyITvr
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1906-11-09
Owl and Chick in Ore.

Mrs Ellen Elliott, of Rockdale, Pa,
is the possessor Of a freak chicken.
which was Matched a few days ago.
The fowl is half chicken, half owl,
and shows little signs of life, except
at night. when it makes a peculiar,
lncessant howl. 1t has the owls
curved head and hooked beak; also
the large. strange eyes. When the
chick walks its feet overstep each
other, as if walking a chalk line.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1906-11-09
SEEN In DREAMS.
Three People in Widely Separated
Parts of tie Country
Pr0pheSieo Wreck.

The Louisville & Nashville railroad
disaster at GAINESVILLE, Tenn, few
weeks ago, when the engine, mail
anG baggage cars plunged into the
river through an open bridge, was
forstold in dreams. A few nights
previous to the disaster Mrs. f. A.
Geyhart had a dream, IN which she
plainly saw the catastrophe, the
leap of the locomotive and the men
struggling for life m the swirling
waters. The dream was so horrify-
ing that it greatly disturbed her
sleep.
Mrs. Dohram. formerly Of Clarks-
vals, now a resident of Covington,
saw in a dream, the night it happen
ed, the same calamity and was so
dist sr bed that she could not sleep.
She told her dream the next morn
ing and was greatly exercised to
hear from home. and had no rest
until the paper reached her record
ing the scene just as it had appeared
10 her in the dream.
Still another, Edgar Fox. a Clarks-
v7le boy, now living at Kerrvllle.
Texas, had a premoni;iOn of the af-
fair and was so alarmed that he
wrote home Immediately describing
his feelings and asking for an i'm
mediate answer as 10 what calamity
had occurred in GAINESVILLE.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1906-11-09
Around the Reading Tables.

Is it true in your home that the
center of all things seems to be the
reading table? You can find moth
er and sister in the kitchen during
most of the day, but in the evening
when the family gathers for a brief
period of recreation after the days
work is done, the spot is the table by
the fireside, where books, papers,
magazines and letters lie scattered
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1906-11-09
CAB TO ExA.
B..~s,. 1In Kind Wv x.w l!x.n kso
a',:.'" &H2ZzM
A Plncky Policeman.

Policeman Jacob Farra, of West
Chester, Pa, who has the reputation
of being afraid of no dog. last week
attacked a dog.which was appearant-
~ mad, dragged it from porch and
shot it. The dog was on the porch
Of W. r. Ottey and had chewed the
legs off a rocking chair when the
policeman arrived. He did not hest
tate, but grasped the animal by the
tail, threw it over the fence and
then shot it in the alley.