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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1906-06-22


Meat legislation is doing toll
erably well, but only tolerably,
There is not much real news to
go upon. The whole situation is
now between the White House
and the House and the Senate.
The packing interests are power
full, They we'll deserve the dis
tinction Of being spelled from the
upper case. The President has
given them a jolt from which,
they will not recover for many a
day. But is questionable
whether they are whipped to a
standstill. When the presidents
commissioners found the un-
speakable foul conditions existing
in Chicago, remedial legislation
in the shape of the Beveridge
amendment was put through the
Senate. The packers were
promised that il they made no
kick, the same remedial legisla-
ton would be put through
the House and nothing more
would be said about it. But the
packing interests thought they
were powerful enough to control
the government, andfor more thar
two weeks the matter has beer
pending in the House, tied up ir
committee. On the first day oI
this week there was a conference
at the White House. The Presi.
dent, the Speaker, Senator Bev.
eridge, Hopkins Of Illinois ant
Representative Henry, ,ofConncti'
cut, were all present. Chairman
lWadsworth, who has fought rem,
edial Legislation from the start
was not there. But the packer:
put forth their plea OF what the,
were willing TO accept. The,
have stood out against being bur.
dened with the expense of inspec.
! ton, about which in reality the,
do not care a rap. But to saw
their face, they insisted on put
ting sorce OF the expense on tn,
government in the shape Of al
appropriation and were willing i
, accept the remaining inspector
on the basis OF fee payments fc
the number of cattle slaughtered
itIf they stick to this agreemen
. they have abandoned their posi-
! ton and morally the remedia
legislation viii be intact. The
have powerful friends in th
{ House and Speaker Cannon
! one Of them. But they kno
they must have the approvs
Of The President to any legisla
ton passed for the sake Of re
Q gaining the lost confidence of Ii
Q public. Hence, they have re
tired as gracefully as possibl
and offer what looks on the fac
; Fit like q decent compromise
I which the spirit of the Bevsridg
: amendment is retained. But
!. lis never safe to consider the Bee
trust down and out till it ha
= taken the full count. One ca
. feel more certain Of the charaot'
Iof the meat Legislation after On
has reed the text Of the bil
2 Msanohi]e & i safe 70 say ii
: rsrnedIaI legislation q doing to|
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1906-06-22

Dispatches say that John D..
Rockefeller has quito recovered
from the nervous trouble that
sent him abroad. This Is a test
imonal 10 the water cure when
you can put three thousand miles
of it between yourself and the
district attorney.
An esteemed contemporary
says it fears the leaders Of organ
lied labor are making a mistake
when they threaten to go into
politics. They certainly are.
They ought to go, that is where
all the money Is.
Congress made a mistake
about the Doodle bill. What they
meant was that it was . felony e
contribute to anything but : rep
publican campaign fund.
Kansas has many freaks an<
nov has 4 new one in the pere1r
Iok ) msn Who declined the ap'
! &. =. $3.50 - - = G=~@<zSz
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1906-06-22
. Political Pot-Pourri .

TfaVerS jerome.
II he is executed, it will not be
the first time that Gen. Stoessei
has lost his head.
1t must be whole lot of satis-
faction to Gen. Miles to be able to
say, 81 told you so".
The Packers claim that the
eill-Reynolds report is the wie-
ner-wurst they ever heard.
Admiral Rojestvensky is being
tried for his life, which was about
all Togo and the Japanese left
him.
President Roosevelt regrets the
necessity of holding the big stick
over Congress but the case is ur-
gent.
The way new lumber mills are
going up in the South, shows she
is saying nothing and saving
wood.
That's a queer idea of John
Sharp Williams--that President
should stay at home and attend to
business.
Apparently the Standard Oil
Company minded its own business
and the business Of all of itsneigh-
bors as well.
What a mild hammered thing
steaiing a crop report would now
seem after all the more horrible
things we have read of lately.
Congress has done business for
almost two weeks without anyone
being called liar outside of a
few unimportant committee hear
ings.
From the way returns are al
ready coming In. the admins
tration will have a large and
varied assortment Of lame ducks
to take care of next fall.
When it comes to genuine
undertaking, the Interstate
Commerce Commission can make
the magazine bunch look like a
cheap lot Of parlor gossips.
In other words, the Senate
Committee on Privileges and
Elections, was Of the opinion thai
Mr.. Smoot should be declared out
and Mr.. Burton should be fired
out.
An inquisitive correspondent
wants to know whether all those
Chicago packers are vegetarians
Couldn't answer for the packers
but their employees certainly
ought to be.
Gaekwar of Baroda says h
has cabinet at home, but onl,
takes its advice when he sees fit
AS a student OF American custom
he seems tohave started right q
the White House.
A Texas boy asserts that h
was chased by two big rattle
snakes because he had thrown
store pie at them but his friend
are OF the opinion that he ate th
pie and dreamed the rest.
The person who remarked tha
this is the age Of graft who's
motto is SECT the money" !
wrong. The motto exemplifie
by recent disclosure IS, "Get th
stock . The money win com
later.
When . member Of Congress |
granted an indefinite leave {
absence con account Of 'i.=port
ant business, " are We to infe
that the business for which th
Govsrment pays him a salary
considered unimportant?
ut<ls Delavare has turne
down A{Idicl<r & lat. and elccI
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-16
FIELDS CHANGES
OF LIFE .|:']:'.... LESSEN
Chicago Merchant s Condition In
proves, Then Takes Sudden
Turn for Worse.

New York, Jan. ;16.-Marshall Field 5
condition has taken. an alarming turn
for the, worse. At 1890 pm. the con-
dition of the Chicago, millionaire was
very critical. The doctors said he
might rally as he did yesterday after
noon or he might pass away within an
hour. ~. ~sy..
Late in the morning it was reported
that both Mr.. Fields lungs have been
affected by the spread Of pneumonia:
Up to this morning the disease had
been confined toe,one lung. Mr.. Field
was holding his strength at II o'clock
well, despite the spread Of the con-
gested area, and was conscious and in
no apparent immediate danger at that
time. .
After noon it was announced that
Mr.. Fields condition had taken an
alarming turn for the worse within an
hour. His temperature rose sudden and
his family physician Dr.. Frank Bill
linps. announced that while he thinks
there is still a chance for Mr.. Field .
recovery, he considers the situation
alarming. 500
The physicians shortly before /
'clock said the condition Of their pa
tient was exceedingly grave. The rise
in temperature was accompanied by q
weakening of the pulse.
It is said that Mr.. Field 3 will and
other business affairs were put in per-
feet order by him when he left Chicago.
business matters since his return from
Europe. sef,r.-
At 2:15 Mr.. Field was very low, ac-
cording to news from the sickroom.
and the physicians were very apprs-
hensiye.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-16
SCENE OF TERROR
IN CROWDED CAFE
Rabid Dog Dashes into Hills
Restaurant on First
Avenue s. q,
Half a Dozen Victims Are Hurried
to Physicians for Treat
~ ment.

Six persons were bitten, some so seri-
six, persons were bitten, some SO seri-
ously that they may be sent to the Pas
teur institute in Chicago for treatment,
by mad dog that ran wild for ten
minutes along First avenue s, near
Third street, at 1870 pm. today.
The huge black mongrel snapped at
every pedestrian on the crowded streets,
and once ran into Hills restaurant,
creating pandemonium and sending the
frightened lunchers upon the counter.
Many Of the persons bitten were
treated by private physicians and hur-
ried away before their names could be
ascertained. John Galogly, an en-
ployee of the Consolidated Milling
company, was bitten in the arm, the
laceration being an ugly one. He and
several others were treated by DR..
U. G. Williams, who will examine the
dog to ascertain the nature Of hts
malady and decide if it is necessary to
use the Pasteur treatment.
Patrolman Ben White killed the dog
It required three bullets to dispatch
the maddened beast. The scene was ont
Of the most exciting ever witnessed OF
the streets, with cries of pedestrian
and revolver shots mingling with tn,
growls Of the dog.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-16
REIGN OF CRIME
ALARMS Y | ]. CHICAGO !,
-Four Divergent Movements to
Make the City Safe and .:F
II Stop Murders. ...a
Special 70 The Journal.

Special TO The Journal.
Chicago, Jan. l6.-Demands for the
Immediate ringing down Of the curtain
on Dhicago's reign of crime continue.
Clubmen in session at the Unity build!
inR yesterday gave impetus to- thu
movement for a mass meeting as the
inauguration of a. crusade against law
lessness; police ofAeis 80 add ed TO their
annual estimate snbn,itt s to The con-
troller an amount. suffcisra to secure
1000 additional meni aldermen taking
resolution11in the city council, ordered
an Immediate investigation: and report
on the requirements, and the Methodist
ministers denounced the mayor and the
saloons as responsible for the present
outbreaks,
Each of these movements was in q
different direction in spite Of the fact
that they sought to attain the same
object, and .altho in every instance the
necessity Of haste was emphasized, NO
definite action was taken. :. :.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-16
100000 DEBTS; !.
i. ---- 4 T. i. E..
$l,000,O00 FORGED
Cleveland Brokers Ruined by For
geries and Suicide of Firm
Member.

Cleveland, Jan. s16:-Aecording to an
official statement issued today by the
bankers co1nmittess Investigating the
affairs of Denison, Prior Co. the
bankers and brokers who failed sevs
eral days ago, the liabilities Of the
out by I. W. Prior, will aggregate
$3,O0O,000. The statement, as given
out by the bankers committee is as
follows: .*..'.., -t.....-ss-a g..
"The total liabilities, including all
$500 oe6, ana there are p vaiid assets
either in the hands Of the firm, or up
as collateral, Of about $1,5OO,0OO. This
total Of 100000 includes about
100000 Of assets and liabilities in
the Boston and Cleveland bond depart
ments which have not heretofore been
taken into account, as the bonds in the
bond departments are good and valid
bonds largely hypothecated, and more
than ample to pay obligations against
them. ~ ~. -s... ..,.
"Mr. Denison was in Boston last
Sunday and had shipped on, to be
turned over to the receiver, something
over $4,000 Of good securities, which
was all the property in the possession
of the firm in Boston, ~. ,.-.... =.
Failure Led to Tragedy.
The recent sudden death by heart
disease Of former Mayor Brenton D.
Babcock may have been caused by the
Denison, Prior g. Co. failure. Mr..
Babcock.'s friends assert that he had
his savings, less than $4,000, invested
with Mr.. Prior and that when Mr.. Prior
committed suicide. it so affected Mr..
Babcock that he became victim Of
apoplexy.
Central High school, is said to have
lost $4,000 which she had invested
with the firm Of Denison, Prior & Co.
Miss Keller was teacher to both Mr..
Prior and the girl who In after years
became his wife.
The amount Of bond forgeries were
increased today by 100000 and now
total 81, 100000.
The following are the names and
amounts Of the alleged forged bonds
discovered to date:
Canton (Ohio) waterworks As, $780,
600; Canton (0hio) waterworRs As,
$1O0,OOO; Canton (Ohio) waterworks
4s, 100000; South Sharon (Pa.) sewer
Avs, 100000; South Sharon (Pa.l sew
er 41as $100,000; Alpena (Mich.) wa.
ter and light IS, $25o,00O; Alpena
(Mich.) water and light IS. $3.50 900.
The city Of Canton has stopped pay
ment Of it's bond coupons.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-16
senator Brackett's Arraignment'

Senator Bracket followed ,:..->z. ;.
J., Senator Bracket declared in opening
the. debate that he had introduced the
resolution in obedience to what he be:
Eeved to be "the solemn demand of
the right thinking people Of the state. -
He denied that he had the slightest
wish to humiliate Senator Depew,
"mere than was necessarily implied In
any possible resolution Of the kind. -
He asserted that there was a lack of
confidence in the senator named which
had been caused by recent disclosures,
He denied the assertion that it was
not within the. province of the senate to
pass a. resolution on a subject in refer
ence to which. it had no authority to en-.
force action and; cited resolutions
adopted on the Venezuelan situation and
the coal strike several years ago.
II want to say to you and to the peo-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-16
RUSSIAN WORKMEN'S
COUNCIL ARRESTED

st. Petersburg, Jan. 16-All the
members Of the workmen's council,
numbering twenty-five persons. were
arrested during the night. The police
seized many revolutionary documents
and mass Of correspondence. The gov
ture action of the revolutionists will
be hampered by the capture Of the mem
bers of the council and the revolution
airy documents.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-16
DECLARES DEPEW
D)ISGRACES STATE
Senator Bracket Of New York
Legislature Calls for His
Unseating.
Albany, N. Y, Jan. 16.-The Depew
resolution was defeated by a vote Of
"a to 1. The democrats did not vote.

Albany, Jan. 16.-The debate on Sen
ator Bracket 8 resolution, demanding
the resignation Of United States Sena-
ter Chauncey NJ. Depew, was begun. in
the senate today in the presence Of a
crowded chamber. '~<-% ~. -.
The resolution came up as special
was read Mr.. Grady, the minority lead
er, explained the attitude of the demo:
cratic senators. He said they were in
no wise responsible for sending Mr..
Depew to the United States senate,
and the responsibility Of recalling Mr..
Depew must be on the party that sent
him there The democrats would re.
and ap2 du s member NAV then
be influenced one way .or another. This
course, Senator Grady said, was pur;
sued after due deliberation and would
add to the quiet of the day. ssss 5
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-16
MOVED BY ACTING,
BURGLAR .C0NFESSES
Journal Special Service.

Journal Special Service. s.... ',.s =
New York, Jan. 16.-Moved by pas
sage ina play, where a burglar caught
in the act, tells clergyman that the
whole world is against criminal who
tries to reform, young man who gave
] is name as Albert Emerson, arose
om an orchestra seat in the Garden
eater last night and before the audi.
e e proclaimed himself an expert safe
,ker and robber and declared his ex-
pc s, ,nce proved the words of the stage
cha lcter His interruption, made in
tones loud enough to be heard turnout
the the. ter, stopped the action Of the
play. He was arrested and at the police
station, his statement and record were
verified. Emerson has served several
terms in prison.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-16
ALoER AGAIN A Candidate.

- Washington, Jan. Ex-senator R. A.
Alger Of Michigan, who formally j an
nounced last summer that he would not
be candidate for reelection for the
senate because Of ill-health, got back in
the race again today. He gave out a
statement saying he has decided to be a
candidate and will seek reelection.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-16
MERIWETHER RESIGNS
MIDSHIPMAN'S BERTH

Annapolis, Jan. 16.-Midshipman
Minor Meriwether, Jr., has handed in
his resignation from the naval academy.
It is said that it is not likely that 1t
will be accepted as there are now
charges pending against him and for the
further reason that he is under sentence
for one year on account of his connec-
tion with the fight in which Midshipman
James r. Branch received fatal injuries,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-16
STEVENSON HITS
PRESIDENTS ! S FOES
Eastern Newspapers Misrepresent
Action by Minnesota Con-
gresham and Roosevelt.
By w. W. Jermane.

Washington, Jan. 16.-In line with
the concerted effort to discredit .Presi.
dent Roosevelt and destroy his prestige,
which is now being made, with great
corporations back Of the conspiracy
several eastern newspapers are making
much of the STEVENSON statehood In
terview at the White House Saturday
STEVENSON is represented as acting like
a wild man and as being 80 angry at
the president as to be unable to contain
himself. This is utterly false. s5z..
One New York paper says the presi'
dent in his interview Saturday with Ger
tain members of the Missouri delegation
said that Doodle was being; used at the
capitol to take congressman away from
the Philippine and statehood bills. The
president said nothing of the sort.
am authorized by the White House te
stamp that story as a "wilful and ma:
Hcious lie.'' = -, Nyz}-. -.
So strong has the feeling become that
a s1arge number of organization senators
have called on the president to assure
him Of their hearty support. z r,
Philippine Bill Safe.
As to the Philippine bill, which the
enemies of the president have attempted
to entangle, there is no real hope Of
defeating it.
AS to the statehood bill, there is not
50 much certainty. The speaker feels
that the bill will pass, but It is noticed
that he is delaying in having it reported
and that he has given Representativ,
Watson, the republican whip, doze1
able assistants. Further than this, h,
has asked the president to help him il
bringing the insurgents into line ~
The Steenerson Incident.
It was in line with this request tina,
the president saw the Missouri member
and MI. STEVENSON. Mr.. Stevenson
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-16
PERFECTLY CLEAR NOW.
Chicopn Trih,po

Instructor That. is the meaning Of
the word "confab7o
Shaggy Haired Pupil-It comes from
confidence and "fable.0 It's the
beautiful little story the bunko man
hands you when he g ropir' you in.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-16
TUESDAY EVENING JANUARY 16, 1906.
ELEVEN DEAD By
WEST HOTEL FIRE
Mary Ruker, Overcome by Smoke,
Dies at the City Hos
q pital.

Mary Ruker, listed at the city hos
pital as Mary Rowan, died there this
morning from injuries received in the
West hotel fire last Wednesday. She is
the eleventh victim and there will
probably be no more deaths.
Miss Ruker was one of the hall girls
at the hotel and at the time Of the
fire she was cleaning one Of the bath
rooms on the seventh floor She was
completely overcome by smoke and was
rescued by several men. After one Of
The fremen had applied what restora-
tives were possible she was taken to
the city hospital, whore acute pneu-
monia developed.
Miss Ruker came to Minneapolis
about a year ago from Finland. For
some time she worked at Regan's res
taurant, and she was engaged by the
management, Of the West hotel q few
months ago. Miss Rika Kananer, a maid
at the hotel, is her cousin and she had
an uncle living in Annandale, to which
place her remains were shipped today.
Miss Ruker was about az, years old and
spoke but little English. She was well
liked by her EMPLOYERS and co-workers.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-16
Other Patients Improving,

There is little likelihood that the
death list will now be increased, as
the other patients at the hospitals ap-
pear to be improving. 1T is feared, how.
ever, that B. W. Swisky, at the ,Swed-
ish hospital, will have an attack Of
pneumonia, but his condition is said to
be favorable.
Mrs. B. D. Barlow and Gordon Sapp
are still at st. Barnabas hospital, but
the physicians said today that they
would soon be able to leave. t,
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Continued on I'd Page, 18th Column
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-16
Philippine Bill Safe.
The Steenerson Incident.

It was in line with this request that
the president saw the Missouri members
and Mr.. STEVENSON. Mr.. STEVENSON
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-01
e eacher's Idea Of
!. the Single Z. List i

The members of our Legislature are, by
profession, lawyers, farmers, and occa-
sionally, doctors or business men. What
lawyer In that body would like to43be
confined to one sat OF raw books or COM
mnetaries FOR his information?NV What
farmer would Hike to be required to use
the same seeds year after tyear, to pre-
pare. his soil al. ter the Same manner or
to use the same fertilizer on the same
soil at all times? What doctor would
read only one authority on medicine for
years III succession?
IF these men we're required to conform
to the same law they wish TO make for
teacher II the lawyer and doctor would
soon DO out OF date; the farmers seed
would Degenerate, and his soil become
mpov er shed q the business man would
soon become Il bankrupt. Why expect
more Of teachers than thoy@ themselves
can accomplish?
The men of our Educational Board.
who have committed themselves to the
"single list" arc representatives OF our
different institutions Of learning Are
they confined to a Single list TO select
text books for their institutions? a2s
The public schools furnish the pupils
for these higher institutions OF learning.
DO these institutions desire broad minded.
developed young men and women, or do
they want machinery all cast from the
same mould. Why deprive the graded
schools OF or cities and towns OF the use
OF textbooks that would be elephants ~
the hands OF the average country teacher?
The cost OF all textbooks necessary
~ r1ok, thofv rt,,,nN r,,,I
grammar grades under our present syS-
tom will not exceed twelve dollars, The
average father spends that much In, to-
bacco every year. Tho man who would
!. complain with this comparison before him
Is too ignorant to know what Is bost for
his child and the matter should be do
cided by wiser heads than his,
But this question has been ralsed by the
politician, whose highest motive Ia to gain
favor with tho people; and the people
without serious thought have been per-
s,adrd that they are being robbed BY the
publisher and the dealer.
What do our lawmakers know about
text books and their suitability to our
schools? How strange that those who
know the least about such matters should
attempt to dictate to those who have the
burden to bear! But some one Will say
that the teacher should have a number OF
text books IN his library and teach from
them. a teacher on n twenty-five dollar
salary. six months In the year. own q
library!! And would 1t not be folly to
place book In the hands OF pupils for
study and then teach them mn entirely
different method?
Away with such narrow mlndedness,
Mr.. Legislator! What one Of you would
have Dr. Kent or Professor Bowles mark
out for you to follow path 50 narrow
that YOU could not get both feet N 1t ut
the same tlme2 Why attempt IN Viz
einia what far more progressive states
than SHE is have found to be a failure?
II. D,