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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-12-05
Richmond, FrederickSb'g& Potomac
Railroad.

Railroad.
Trains Leave Observation-Disclosures
$40 A. M.-Daily. Byrd st. Through.
$40 A. M.-Daily. Main ST. Through
1870 A. M.-Week days. Elba, Ashland ar
OmmOda ton.
$40 A. M.-Daily. Byrd st. Through. Local
1905 Noon.-Week days. Byrd ST. Through
400 p. M.-Week days. ByrdSt. Freder.
ickSburg accommo dation.
5:O5 Z. M.-Daily. Main ST. Through.
o:5O T. M.-Week days Elba. Ashland 40.
commodation.
S:zo F. M.-Daily. Byrd st. Through.
Trains Arrive Richmond-Southwa
$40 A. M.-Week days. Elba Ashland ac
commodation.
S:20 A. M.-Week days. Byrd st. Frede.
ricksburg accommodation.
S:35 A. M.-Daily. Byrd st. Through.
H'oo A. M.-Week days. Byrd st. Through
Local stops.
1:23 p. M-Daily. Main st. Through
6:4O A. M.-Week days. Elba, Ashland ac-
commodation.
EI5 Z. M-Daily. Bryd st. Through.
s;oO +. M.-Daily. Byrd st. Through. Local
stops.
$3.50 p M-Daily. Main st. Through.
Note-Pullman, Sleeping or Parlor Cars on
all above trains except train arriving Rich
mond II:60 A. M. week days and local ac-
commodations.
Time of arrivals and departures and con-
nections not guaranteed
w. d. DUKE C. W. CULP, WE TAYLOR
Asst to Pres't Gen'l Supt. Traf. Mgr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-24
STOLEN TELEGRAMS
 ARE IN EVIDENCE
COMMERCE COMMIS-
 SION WILL REOPEN INVESTIGA- TON OF STANDARD OIL THIS
 NG-WITNESSES ABSENT.

Cleveland, May 2S.-The Leader tomor- row will say:
 That the Standard Oil company is fur nshed with copies of pilfered telegrams sent by competitors is one of the charges slated for investigation during the inter- state commerce commissions hearings in this city
 While officials and witnesses were gath cred in Cleveland yesterday preparing for the inquiry. which opens today, dis patches came from Lima telling of an accusation by independent men against employees of the telegraph department of the Buckeye Pipe Line company one of the Standards subsidiary corporations. In brief, the charges which the commission is asked to investigate are: That own ership, leasing of contractural right in 196,000 of track enables the companys employees to transmit to 26 Broadway, the headquarters of the Standard oil, of all messages going to or from independent men. That daily oil runs of the inde- pendents are sent to 26 Broadway in ample time for consideration at the daily meet lnSS or the standard OHlclalS
 That the pilfered telegrams are not only of q business nature but that in numerous cases secret political information of the highest importance, has been transmitted to headquarters It developed during to- day that the two men whose presence was especially desired by the commission, have not been seen by the subpoena servers. The principle is Henry Atherop, named as the local publicity agent of the Stand ard. A report today had 1t that he was taking a vacation at Hot Springs. Ark. The other man not found is c. C. Taplin, manager of the refined oil and naptha departments of the Standard Oil com pany of Ohio. Notification was given j.. T. Marchand, chief counsel of the com mission, that Mir. Taplin could not be located
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-24
CHAMP CLARK SPEAKS.
Immense Crowd Attends MeckIenburg
 Celebration.

Charlotte, N. C.. May 23-Another immense crowd filled the city to par ticipate in the Mecluenburg exercises. A floral parade of magnificent design and length was the feature of the morn ing. Hon. Champ Clark of Missouri addressed large crowd at Vance Park at noon. This was the principal speech. His su.Ject was, "The United States of America In ,ne Twentieth Century" The speaker deplored the fact that the south and southeast had paid so little attenLIon to recording the eventful deeds of their citizens. and he then reviewed the country's growth since 1900.
 A drill by the United States troops and marine corps closed the day, and a fireworks display was given tonight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-24

startling. Counsel kept at the witness until he admitted that he had agreed to use the name of Jackson" because he thought there might be something criminal in this business"
 ''All the shippers here are in the same box with me!' Freyschlag exclaimed, de- f1antly 'Instead of four years this thing has been going on for twenty-five years not at a 25 per cent rebate but at 40 per cent"
 Witness admitted he had sent his son to New York to see Thomas.
 'Why?' attorney for the government asked.
 Well" replied MT. Freyschlag, T had paid Thomas $500 salary for the year of 1905 and I had received nothing thought if the railroads had paid Thomas I wanted it'
 Sent Packages.
 W. B. Kelby. former clerk for Thomas said that he had sent express packages of envelopes to firms in Kansas City. He did not know what they contained. Once he brought money to Kansas City himself for Robert Keith Furniture company, but did not know why.
 George Barton of Barton Bros, told of contracts with Thomas to route freight and to attend to claims. His firm, he said. never received money from Thomas but did receive from w. B. Kelby. Thomas clerk, and more through the mails and by express. The witness said that after paying his freight bills in Kansas City he sent them to Thomas in New York city The firm paid Thomas 21a cents a hundred pounds commission on all of it's shipments. about $500 in two years, in ad- dition to $500 yearly salary.
 George w. Taylor of Robert Furniture and Carpet company told of conditions and transactions between his firm and Thomas. He said that George IT. Crosby had admitted to him that the Burlington l paid Thomas a salary because "of the l tonnage he controlled" F. P Klrkendall, a wholesale shoe l dealer of Omaha, paid Thomas S5O0 q year to Hook after his freight shipments '' He said that he received money two or three times from Thomas but had kept no record of 1t.
 The hearing will be resumed tomorrow morning
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-24
ADMITS RECEIVING
 FREIGHT REBATES Interesting Testimony Adduced
 in Noted Trial LARGE SUMS RECEIVED
Packages Came From Mysterious Sources, Always Just After Pay ment of Freight Bils-Sev-
 eral Witnesses Testify.

Kansas City, May 23.--Testmony of un- usual interest was brought out this after noon in the United States court in the trial of George H. Crosby, traffic man ager of the Burlington Railway; George L. Thomas of New York. a freight broker, and L. B. Taggart, his clerk, on a charge of conspiracy in relating rail road rates.
 The principal wltnesse today were G. A. Barton of Barton Bros. Shoe company G. w. Taylor of the Robert Keith Furni- ture and Carpet company, D. w. Freisch- lag of the Freischlag Mercantile com pany. all of this city. and Walter B. Kelby of New York, clerk in 1904 and 1905 for Thomas
 The testimony shows that the firms mentioned received large sums of money from mysterious sources after freight bills had been paid some times in express packages, always from New York, but no one knew who sent it. On the stand Freischlag frankly referred to an agree ment with Thomas whereby his firm was to receive 20 per cent rebates on freight bills, and told how the money was de- posted in New York to the firms credit Dy one JdChSoH, pelSoi Whoii ho did not know. He could not remember whether he or Thomas had suggested the use of the name. At first he said that the Idea was his, but on cross-examination he changed and said that he could not re- member. He admitted that the name was used to hide this business" a term all the witnesses today employed.
 Thomas was to look after our freight business and take care of our claims, said MT Freschlag in his testimony "and We were to receive rebates on all freight destined to all points of the Miss issippi river. This was 25"
 Three Years Rebate.
 "Dd you receive those rebates?' was asked
 "Yes, the total amount in three years of our contracts with Thomas was about s75OO. We did not receive the rebates for 1905 shipments. We got about $lI05 in re- bates for good shipped in 1904. The money came in currency mostly. Some one Thomas Taggart or w. B. Kelby of Thomas clerks sent it. l may have sent it. don't know"
 Freysehlag said that the rebates fol 1905 shipments were still due, He did no know who owed it to him. Taggart ha' told him he said, that the railroads haC not paid up. Freyschlag said his freigh bills amounted to about $30,000 q year The cross-eXamination by the govern ment of MT. Freyschlag was somewha
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-24


 public. just enriched by S1O,00O.000 from the United States also as it's fiscal agent in New York. controlling the investment of most of these millions of money and also as counsel for the Panama legation at Washington and yet Secretary Taft permits himself to speak of MT. Crom- well as receiving nothing but a meagre compensation as counsel for the Panama railroad. calmly ignoring all his other probably more remunerative and appar- ently incompatible professional relations. These facts have not been mentioned out of ill will to MT. Cromwell but to show an apparent bias on the part of Secretary Taft when dealing with facts he prefers not to recognize and with which he must be perfectly familiar
 MT. Wallace concluded with a quota tion from President Roosevelts muck rake" speech in which he spoke of gross and reckless assaults on character.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-24
"In Good Old Andy's Day.

(ANDREW JACKSON TIME)
 FOLD HICKORY Furniture was used almost exclusively. It is now the exclusive
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-24
Union Mills Sold,

Union, s. C., May 23.-The Union cotton mills plant was sold here today to the Union Buffalo Mills company for $1, ,239 400, few dollars more than the upset price. The property will be merged wit. the Union Buffalo mills and the combined properties will be kept running without any intermis- SiOn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-24
OFFICERS ELECTED.
Southern Saengerfest Will Meet at
 Birmingham in 1908.

Chattanooga, Tenn, May 23-The Southern Saengerfest. at an extra ses- sion held on Lookout mountain, elected the following officers:
 President, Emil Lesser: secretary, P. H. Diets; treasurer, J. Jacobs. They are all from Birmingham, Ala, as that city was selected as the place for hold ing the next biennial convention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-24
Horses Are Sold.

Readville. Mass, May 29.-The bay horse Ward, sired by the Baron dam horse Ward, sired by The Baron. dam at the special sale here today. He was bought by Horace Wilson of Lexing
 ton, Ky. The bay gelding George Hack, trotter, sired by Redwood, 2:23A, dam by L. H., 2:30, went for $1325 to James Carpenter of Louisville
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-24
To Prevent Lynching.

Wichita. Kas., May 2S.-To avoid the possible lynching of three negroes. Bud Gibbs. Leonard King and Peter Dunn they were hastily removed from the po- lice station this afternoon to the county jail and placed under a strong guard
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-13
VISIT AMONG CANNIBALS.

My inland journey in New Guinea
began at Vatorata- had been at the
marine village. just off the coast. and
had visited several Of the huts perched
on piles over the water. AS In Venice,
so here the inhabitants go about in
boats, not gaudily decorated in this
case, but followed out Of tree trunks
suppose the marine villages cfme into
being to avoid surprises In wars. The
hygienic conditions are certainly SUI
perlor 10 the land settlements At
Vatorata is college for Papwlns. The
Motu tongue, which Is used for trading
along two hundred miles of the south
coast, has been selected for teaching.
Twenty ex-cannibals were engaged In
their studies when called. The cur
riculum includes farming and associ-
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pie. innocent, I-am-not- afraid-of-can-
nibals sort OF smile. Let me relate.
az this time, one incident OF that men,
orable journey,
We had been ON the march long
time, stopping occasionally TO permit
me TO make scientific observations OF
to write down in my diary an Import
ant happening when, emerging from
a bamboo jungle. we came suddenly
upon a group % cannibals. They were
powerfully built savages, accustomed 10
the taste Of human flesh. But 1t was
such "A surprise to them Ia see us, ana
schlencker said my huge size helped
to scare them, that they ran IKE
frightened antelope
The missionary shouted TO them
Missionary Missionary, whereupoh
TO my amazement, they halted and re-
turned | spent my time studying
them aud keeping conveniently near
Schlencker and our trusty followers
for / did not know when they might
get sudden appetite. They certain
ly had the aspect OF men who know a
good thing when they see 1t. Fine tel
lows when they smiled, but they looked
as have sometimes thought demons
look when they frowned. II was then
that ! seemed 10 see the real soul OF
the savage expressing Itself IN their
faces.
THE cnnnibal oountenance has GER
tatnly been carved by the vicious
thoughts which so often control him.
The cannlbal face in reposc Is most
forbidding; In anger Il Is most devil
ish. have been among Wild beasts
and have visited many different via
men. but Of all savages none IN repos
are so repelllng and suggestive OF muir,
der as annibals.--William Edgar Gen
in New York Tribune.
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the Christian era. II the tarot or gyp-
SEES gospel be referred to II will be
found that the thirteenth card Is rep
resented by skeleton with his scythe.
This symbolism may be traced
through ancient oral tradition to the
thirteenth letter OF that sacred word
of the Hebre Kabbalah. Yod-he-vau-
he, a word never, II Is supposed. ut
tered by the Israelites themselves and
.pnly by the high priest once a year. A
number being attributed to each letter
OF the alphabet every word In due
course gained numerical value, and
so from this ancient conception OF an
occult meaning in numbers certain re-
suits were attained. As the principal
doctrines of the Kabbalah endeavored
to portray not only the nature OF the
Deity. the divine carnations, the cos
mogouy. the creation, the nature OF the
angels and of men, but also their des-
tiny, 1t can be understood how death"
became associated with it's "own" num-
Der.
Sitting down as the thirteenth at
dinner was. we are told IN the odd
Morse mythology deemed ''unlucky"
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ated trades. with book learning. The
students are doing creditable work,
showing that the black PapUan head
is not too thick TO admit light. After
attending service in the Vatorata Mem
orial church, built In memory OF scores
of South Sea Islanders who came to
Christianize the natives. and In the do
ing Of their chosen work lost their lives,
my caravan wound slowly through the
double line OF pupils and other dark
skinned natives, out into the bush to
begin it's journey inland.
II was headed for the Kemp Welsh
river. The first mile was government
road, after which came narrow path
made by sayages In single file tramp
Ing it with their bare feet The Mar
grave river, which we had 10 ford,
nearly cost some of Gus our lives. The
horses got into a hole In the river
bed and were rescued with danger and
difficulty. No sooner were we out OF
that than lawyer vines, suggesting
string of fshhooks, tore off important
portions OF my shirt and flung the
white headgear In which ] had some
pride, into a muddy pool, which neces-
STATED my getting off into the pool to
get IT, Soon we forded deep narrow
brook, humping against submerged
logSand from this the caravan emerged
into n burned tract. The savages set
fire 20 the grass and foliage TO catch
the kangaroo. Thus we passed on,
hour after hour, sometimes on the slight
foothold along the very edge Of a steep
place, where a misstep would mean a
fall Of hundreds OF feet. Not stopping
90 relate further experiences en- route,
l hurry to tell OF meeting schlencker.
Schlencker Is q hero. He Is a great
man He Is the man for the Job. He
II a missionary OF the London Mission
airy society, and was the first to es-
tabllsh work IN inland New Guinea. I
found him on Christmas day, dressed
like a Texas cowboy and having all
the appearance in face and fixtures OF
n vigorous, fearless explorer. He was
spending his Christmas day at work
His mission contains three hundred
acres, lying OH a fertile and rolling
plateau nine hundred feet above and
overlooking the Kemp Welsh river. II
gently slopes toward Mount Douglas,
but is step-to on the other sides. 1t
occupies the top OF the hill Nagurago-
10, and has one OF the most enhancing
views these two eyes have ever seen.
Schlencker gave me hearty greeting
and an invitation 10 food. We sat
down, he said grace and then passed
thick bean soup. | asked for bread, but
he replied: II have no luxurles"' Lat
or ! asked him II he was afraid to ac-
company me into the Mount Douglas
country. And he smiled as II he were
not afraid OF anything. and yet mind
you. this absolutely fearless man did
not give me the impression that he had
pride on the subject. 1t was a sim
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has done remarkably well. Mr.. Ford
is universal favorite wherever he
goes, and born diplomat who Is
bound 10 make big hit In the service.
His father, the late Sir Clare Ford, was
ambassador al Rome, Constantinople
and Madrid, while he himself Is first
secretary Of the British legation at
Constantlnople, where Sir Alan Mac
kenzie. whose wife Is an American, IL
ambassador. Lady Mackenzie is Just
now entertaining the bride-elect anu
Mr. Cavendish- Bentinck. The king mas
promised the brides mother that he
win be present at the wedding
GONE TO PARIS.
Mrs. Marshall Field has gone 10
PariH, but only Go replenlsh her ward
robe. She has probably met her step
mother-ln-law, Mrs Field who is also
there. The latter Is on the best of
terms with her late husbands family.
IL IS said she means 20 take London
fat IN Hill street. II Is rumnred that
she intends 70 do something big ~
philanthropy. Now Ia her time, Tor
never was fashionable pastime SO
much on the wane and the king helng
genuinely interested IN the cult would
be sure 10 pay marked attention TO
anyone who tried 10 resuscitnte II.
HOSTESS PAR EXCELLENCE.
Mrs. Bradley Martin has made up her
mind TO be regarded as the hostess par
excellence of the Scotch season anu
there is no doubt she IL getting wlthln
measurable distance of the mark. she
certainly knows how to do things wei
md filings money about In fine style.
Your social education and experiences
are not considered complete unless you
have been TO one OF the Bradley-Mnr-
ting house parties at Ralmacaan. ON
or wears she brought all her guests Tor
Inc Inverness and Perth meetings IN
four.in-hand coaches whose arrival, an
nnunced by unnecessarily loud blowing
~ trumpets, used TO cause as much eN-
element as the games. TINS season,
tho BaImacaan motor cars, each OF
which is capable OF conveying nine peo-
ME make more noise still. They are
painted and upholstered IN crimson;
have electric lights, electric bells ana
nil the latest Injuries. one hears noun
Ing and many sec nothing Of the most
~ Balrnacaan. lie enjoys the shoot
ing and that Is about all. NJ Nne
balls which are one OF the Breotes'
features of the season IN the norm,
he never puts In an appearance NO,
oven at the famous one when MS WE
pIves al Balmacaan He Is reBafueu
as n shining example Of the model
American husband who IS content WIN
n hack seat himself, and let's ms Wlle
enjoy herself as she pleases.
LADY MARY.
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Thirteen, LUCKY AND
UNLUCky, AND WHY y.

Thirteen enjoys among numerals
dual position peculiarly it's own. u
is somewhat singular that a NUMBER
regarded by some so sacredly as TO DIS
reverently venerated should have ac-
auired I'm the eyes OF others an unpopu-
larity stlgmatized by all that Is eva,
unlucky and undesirable. r-~. :,
Passing swiftly from the rcynoser
ages of superstition TO more modern.
times Of seemingly sounder xaasoning,.
one finds It typical alike of good and
evil according TO the particuIar GU,
cumstances OF the case. superstition
dies hard, aud while the twentieth CEN
fury with its rlpening intelligence, Is
wonderfully able TO accept with alac-
rity what the revolution OF ages has
brought about In SO many desirable d.
rections one sees II cllnging here and
there, like limpets 10 the rock, some
persons even still going so fat as to re-
fuse TO dine in company OF IL lest
death should thereby claim too soon an
unwilling victim. This notion is pop
ularly supposed to have arisen through
the memorable meal from which Judas
rose to meet his doom.
Nothing Is more surprising than the
Inconsistency and contrariness, at
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-13

By the soandInavians. because at n
banquet In the Valhalla Lokl, tho
scandinavian god OF strife and OWL,
intruded himself on one occasion,
making tho thirteenth" guest and
succeeded In his desire to kill with
an arrow OF mistletoe Balder, the god
OF peace. 1t is noticeable that In this
instance the thirteenth guest was
the emblematic embodiment Of evil
In the case of Pope Gregory the thIr.
tenth geust was the symbolic omen Of
good.
Thirteen" says Wynn Westcott In
his treatise on numbers, was the sa-
cred number OF the Mexicans and the
people of Yucatan. The method OF
computation among Mexican priests"
he continues, was by weeks OF 10 days
their year being rs weeks OF 10 days
and one over. Thirteen years formed
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times, OF the human race. DR.. q. Rus
sell Forbes has recently drawn pass
ing attention to what Is recorded IN
verse on the marble table IN the chapel
OF the Triclinlum Pauperum In Rome,
adjoining the Church OF St. Gregory on
the Caellan Hlll--namely, that Pope
Gregory the Great was In the habit of
entertaining every morning IL poor
men. ION enc occasion Christ APP
peared as the thirteenth, and hence
forth 10 became lucky" for the time
being.
Here, as elsewhere IN the numeral
world, may be observed a strong ten
dency to let fancy take so powerful a
possession of the mind that II appears
TO that abnormal imagination no long
er as fancy but as fact Thirteen,
however. was the symbol Of death con-
siderably earlier than the beginning OF
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barous as the idea IL, many are of the
same mind as one Russian general, who
expressed the opinion that the only way
OF getting rid Of the Black Hundred Is
10 drive them into ono quarter Of the
towns, keep them there by means of
strong outposts with bayonets fixed.
and burn the whole lot by pouring bar
rels OF pitch on to tho houses and set
ting fire to them.
B. c. BASKERVILLE.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-13

Forpet-Baby IL restless, cant sleep
nj night won't eat, cries spasmodically. a
hottie OF whites Cream Vermltugs never
saiis 10 cure. Every mother should give
ber hahv Whites cream Vermifuge, so
many times when the baby Is pale ana
frctiil. the mother does not know VIVA,
10 DO. A bottle OF this medicine would
bring color 10 his cheeks and Laughter 70
I Drug Dept, liz and ia South Man
street