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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-03-23
Telephone In office connects with all City
and County Lines.
Entered at the Postoffice al Staunton, Va,
as second class mail matter.
Friday. March %, 1906.
THE 8. & 0. CAUGHT IN THE ACT.

The Maryland Legislature has been
Investigating the conduct of the b. d
o. Ry. with reference to the Washing.
ton branch. They have reported facts
which are In themselves frauds OF
criminal character, because the stock
of that branch Was depressed purpose
ly by the B. & o. in order that it might
buy it. Other crooked work is also
reported by the investigating com.
mittee.
In this connection it is called to
mind that the conduct of the Is. & D.
with reference to the Valley Branch
has been remarkable. 1t would be d
good thing to investigate that manage
ment. The stock has. been bought up.
IG has been bought by the B. & D. also.
If the conditions found to exist in the
management of the Washington branch
have taken place it may be conjectured
that the same conditions exist With
reference to the Valley branch. 1t has
been the belief of most everybody that
that branch has practically been stolen
by the b. & o. We know that the
stock owned by Stanton was bought
not long since for 10 cents In the dol
lar. If such conditions exist as have
been found to exist with the Washing.
ton branch, the b. & o. ought to be
sued on account of the fraud and the
sale annulied. The deal has always
shocked our conscience, and we never
have been able to think Of it 10 calm
ness.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-03-23
HUMANE WAR.

Gen. Leonard Woods treatment of
Moros has some elements of humanity
in it. They were not allowed to suffer
long. Weyler would throw his enemies
into prison and bring out certain
number every morning and have them
shot. He also put them in reconcen.
trado camps and starved them. This
is not the good old fashioned American
way, the Wood way. His way is short
but effective. The Moro is subdued.
he is never any more trouble, he is
left up near the crater of a volcano
where there is nothing but ashes and
barren rocks, and no one Is thereafter
disturbed by him. His bones can
bleach and the vultures can feed. W
wonder if this war for humanity g sake
would please the late VIM. Mckinley
were he alive to behold it. The Wash
lDgtOn Post treats it thus:
We call it war for humanity. We
drove and bought the Spaniard out of
the Orient. We did that for humanity.
We proclaimed to the world that we
intended to civilize our new subjects
for whom wehave Spain 8 bill of saIe.
duly receipted-On the American plan.
We sent an eminent prOconsul over
there, Saxon Weyler, Hell roaring
Jake" Smith by name. He proceeded
to administer humanity-oD the Amer
lean plan. He only succeeded, however,
III staggering humanity throughout
ChristendOm. We opologiZed to clvi
Hzttion-ln Spain and else whereby
explaining that Hell roaring Jake'sn
bal TX was worse than his bite. We re
called him, not SO much for his bloody
deeds as for his bloodthirsty words.
Judging by recent events, If our hell
roaring" hero had given us deeds in
stead OF words We would have sent
him congratulations instead of order
lug his recall.
We sent another hero, Gen. Leonard
Wood. There is no nonsense about
this hero; be does things. He gained
more signal victory than the Next.
cans at the Alamo, for one woman
escaped there. No woman or child
escaped Gen. Wood. at was a famous
victory" Not only did he eclipse
Weyler, but be made Alva pacific in
comparison. AS battle it WAS as q
naked peasant opposed to Richard
occur de Lion armed cap-a-pie.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-03-23

In Ohio the 2-cent rate went into
effect Immediately after its passage.
Ohio is impetuous and dogmatio. The
railroads in that State have announced
that they will cut off trains, that thew
will not have any more excursions. and
that ministers and everybody else will
be compelled to pay full fare These
threats, says the OHIO press, do not
alarm any one. When the travel de
mands the trains. they will be furnish
ed. When the railroads want to make
money they will run excursions. and
as for the ministers they can get about
somehow Their privileges have not
been So great as to render their rail-
way fare much below two cents here
tofore, and what makes their congre-
cations happy, delights them, so thew
are not expected to wear fresh creme
on this account, or SHED any large or
cOpious tears.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-03-23
HERR MOST DEAD.

Herr Johann Most the noted anarch-
ist is dead. He served three different
terms in the penltentiary of one year
each on account of his views and ex-
pressions on political affects He was
very bitter and denunciatory OF
speech, but be may be regarded as
about the only man who ever went to
the penitentIary in this country for nc
greater otfeuse than talking. He was
never accused of actual crime. He
was only accused of teaching doctrines
which might lead to crime. His life
was bitter one; like Esau his hand
seemed to be against every man, and
every mans hand ngainst him. He
became soured in his youth on account
of i'll treatment and his whole life was
turned to vinegar. Nature seemed to
have made him her victim and punish.
ed him through life.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-03-23
A HUGE JOKE.

We would like to write short edito.
rial On what happened on yesterday in
the first class city proceedings. We have
s1me things to say on that subject. but
lt may be premature to say them.
They will be better said by the Su.
preme Court, but not in the same VEN.
That august body will treat the sub
1ect seriously, it is impossible for us
TO do so. 1t is, and all along has been.
such comedy we cannot refrain from
smiling every time we think of it. We
know it is wrong. but We have often
slnned. We have done SO by omission
and by commission. We have been
lrreverent too, when solemnity should
have prevailed. We have actually
smiled when many about US were in
tears. We blush to acknowledge it,.
We may even do so again. This may
De an occasion where there is, or should
De, solemnity, because we know some
are grief stricken, and they are our
friends and companions. 1t is not be.
cause we do not feel sorry for them
mat we do not mourn with those who
mourn, it is simply because the whole
thing has been SO absolutely ridiculous
that we cannot control our face, and
1t just has to be wreathed in smiles.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-03-23

VIRGINIA In the Circuit Court OF Au-
gusta county. tue 18th day of March,
1906.
A. H. Baylor. Plaintiff,
W. Arthur Wilson, Sheriff of An-
gusta county, and as such admin
istrator of William d. Rippetoe.
decd, ct ais, Defendants.
In ChanoeIy.
The object of this suit is to enforce or
resclGd an agreement of date August 28th,
1894. between complainant and William
D. Rippetoe and F G. Fricke. and to sub.
ject any assets of the estates of SAID Rip
petoe and said Frcke, in the hands of
their administr atorS, or in the State of
Virginia, or elsewhere, to the payment of
such smount as may be found due to COM
plainant under SAID agreement And tn
have all necessary accounting therefor
And it appearing by affidavit filed that
the defendants, Heury Miller Rippetoe,
William Carroll Rippetoe, Ida l.. Ripple
toe Short. Robert din Rippetoe, Cha rles
+. V Rippetoe, Gertrude Rippetoe Cor
don, Mary Rippetb e, and Kate Rippetoe
Curtis children and heirs at law of Will
liam D. Rippetoe decd and Scott Short,
husband of SAID Ida, and - Gordon,
husband of said Gertrude, whose full
name is unknown; and - Curtis, huS-
band of said Kate whose full name is I'M
known; Laird S Lang. the home'exPcutor
OF F. q. Fricke, decd, and the brothers
and sisters of the wife of said F. G Fricke,
decd who are also the devisees and leg
atees of said decedent, and whose names
are unknown. are non residents of the
State OF Virginia. and that the full names
of said -- Gordon. husband of said
Gertrude, and of said - Curtis, hus-
baud of said Kate, and the names of said
brothers ana sisters OF the wife of +. G..
Fricke, decd, are unknown 1t is there
fore OF dered that they do severally appear
here within fifteen Gays after due publi-
cation of this order and do what is neces-
essary to protect their interests in this
suit Teste-
JOS. B. WOODWARD.
Dep Clerk
IhOs. D. Ransom,
Bumgardner & Bumgardner, q
mar'94t
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-03-23

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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-03-23

Mr. Rodgers and Mr.. Arch bold, the
two Standard OH magnates. who paid
3 mysterious visit to the president re.
Gently, are said to have gone to see
him to ask him to stay radical" leg
islation. They informed him how
"timid" capital is, and t ey expressed
themselves as being alarmed lest 1t
might run away and hide. This would
have been a good thing for the presi.
dent to have done just then The peo-
pie are growing timid, and it is bless
ed thing they are What pity the
people did not grow timid years ago.
The visit from these WORTHLESS would
then not have been necesstated. Mr..
Secretary Root it is said did hide on
that occasion.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-03-23
HONEST CONFESSIONS

There is a statesman over III w. Va
of the name of Jake Say der, memba n
of the Senate from Ohio county, who
has declared himself thus: ''Tnere Is
one thing you can count on, and that
Is an extraordinary session Of the Leg
islature TO pass the Two Cent Fare
Bill The RAILROAD companies have cut
our passes off aud We have either to
walk or pay fare Now it will bring
that cent fare sure pep.
A short time ago the county court
of one of the largest counties In w.
Va. was asked by certain railroad, sc
tue story goes. to look over d piece OF
TO take for a right of way, replacing
the county road by building another
higher up on tue bill sido. The court
very blaD0ly informed the road that
the walking at this time was not good
but when it got better possibly they
would 90 out and look over the propO'
sltl0n, but csuld not now Tx day.
OF course this court used to ride Cn
railroad passes The result is that the
railroad Is tied up and cannot bulge .
wheel until the walking gets better
and it may be late IN tue summer be
fore the walking becomes good enough
for them.
These are homely facts, but they il.
lustrate the principle always found in
human nature. which in modern pal
lance is called by some reciprocity, by
others graft. Many off GERS and states
men would not have been al blunt a,
this court, or as Col. Jake Snyder, bui
they would have acted the same way
whilst talking less Congress has done
it.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-03-23

There are some people who would
hold onto bearse forever, unless their
foot slipped. Others seeing the hearse
approach would move out of it's wav.
Others would never see the hearse till
it was passing over them and prepar.
ing their remains for first class fuue-
raj in first class city. And yet these
last could not be said to be totally
blind,
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-03-23
THE REASON.

Why came that Dawson letter"-when
The mountain State so long had been
Such easy fruit for loyal men.
And railways mastered by The PENN"
Receiving Dawson's loud amen?
And then
Why send it straight to pitch fork
Ben -
One need not really be a wizard,
MOI. Dawson know from A to lizard,
To get this truth within his gizzard,
That Dawson loves, like snake or liz
Zard,
A certain Elkius and Blizzard
Now do YOU ken
Why went that letter straight TO Ben?
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-03-23

The New York Life Insurance Co 8
trustees who helped make the campaign
contributions in 1895 and 1900 which
tended to defeat VIM j. Bryan. will pay
the money back to the com pany. Other
corporations ought to be made do the
same thing. 1t was money, not votes,
that defeated Bryan, and those men
instead of having only to pay back
this money ought to be made wear
stripes.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-03-23

The latest political sensation is that
Charles NJ. Schaw5, the steel trust
magnate, Is going to become a candi.
date for the U. S. Senate, and has
chosen Nevada as the State be will
represent. This is not good year for
steel magnates no matter how the
word Is spelled. Gen. Beavers and
Gen. Machen. two steal magnates, are
now brooding over their past lives At
Moundsville. MIR. Schawb, another
steel magnate. Will have a long time
to brood over his past as well as his
future life before he finds himself in
The Senate, even from so Insignificant
a pocket borough as Nevada.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-03-23

The Churchman 2 cent rate bill will
go into effect so days after its passage,
which will be about the 10th of june
next. Virginia is slow but sure.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-03-23

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them when he got home.
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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-03-23
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK ?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure 10 know of the wonderful
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-03-23

AIRGlNIA-I In the Circuit Court OF Au-
gusta county, tue 18th day of March,
1906
A. H. Baylor, Plaintiff
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-11
CHAPTER XII.
The Unspoken Accusation.

The Unspoken Accusation. F..
Count Odin had been three days at
Melbourne Hall when the earl returned.
For thirty hours he did not recover con-
restless and but dimly aware Of the
circumstances of his accident; the third
day, however, recorded such an i'm
provement that, as the evening drew
on, he sent the maid. Partigan, to my
Lady Evelyn begging that she would
come to hin.
There had. been wild excitement in
the delight of the servants hall; nor
was it less delightful because memora-
BILE days were few at the manor. His
tory has recorded that Partigan, the
maid, shed tears when she heard that
the young man upstairs was foreigner
and exceedingly handsome. Mr.. Griggs,
peatedly what the earl would think of
it. The maids whispered together in
corners; the. grooms discussed the err
ing horse with straws protruding from
the corners Of their mouths. To these
worthless and to others the daily bull
letin, which the shrewd, side-whiskered
). Dr.. Philips delivered each morning as
as the stidings Of a horseraee OF. Of a
royal wedding. Rumor had said that
the young count was dead when they
carried him to the house., DR.. Philips
declared that he would have him dane
ing before the month was done.
Fracture. pshaw!' exclaimed that
knowing practitioner; they might tell
you that in Harley street, but in Derby
shire we know better. He has skull
as thick as a water butt. Conclusion
sir, that is the matter. You may tell
her ladyship so with my compliments.
Con-cnss-ion. is what DR.. Philips says,
and if there is anyone who disputes his
word, he "a like to see the man.
They carried the news to Evelyn. who
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-11
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.
Had there been footpath, she would
have mounted it and dared the conse-


quences; but of path there was none.
man in her place might have be-
thought him Of stacking speed gradu-
ally and blocking the road to the hy-
ing carriage. But Bates, her chauf-
Ieur, had never been upon horse in
MS life. He thought only of himself
IT could feel his nose down my
back 8 he told the servants hall after
Wards-to which the cook replied.
Lor MI. Bates, how you must have
snffered!o He admitted that he had
"she turned into the field better
than Thery himself could have done,',
ne declared, speaking of the driver of
the Gordon Bennett car. 'sJust when
was asking myself who'd come in for
my Sunday clothes, round she goes like
a TOP ana the carriage went flying by
The kitchen listened in awe.
1 always said as she was thoro-
Bred Williams, the groom, remarked;
and this opinion appeared to be gem
eral. s
excellent Bates described d. It. 9 Losing 10 ing
ground steadily upon the hill, the end
Of it all seemed at hand, when she
espled the open gate of bayfield, upon
her right hand; and taking her courage
touched the car with the footbrake and
then swung it eoldly thru the opening.
A terrible lurch, a great bump over
wagon ruts and they were at stand
still IN grass growing to the height of
their axles. The Ebolting horse mean
while went by like a shot from bow,
straight up the hill which leads to the
Hall. A turn of the road hid him from
their sight. They heard loud crash
and then all was still
Evelyn sat, very. pale and frightened.
and trembling visibly at the thought Of
that which must have happened on the
hillside above them. The engine of her
car had stopped as they ran into the
field and the imperturbable Bates i'm
and made a wild attempt to restart it.
eeThere wasn't a driver on the box,
milady,' he said, as tho it were the
most natural remark in the world to
make
Evelyn answered by ordering him,
almost angrily, to start the engine.
"We must 90 to them,' she said, her
heart beating fast as she spoke. * T am
sure thero has been a 5dreadful accident
Be quick, Bates! Why are you SO fool
: ish? Please start the engine at once. -
II was thinking. of you, milady,'
the man said a little sullenly. "There
was two gents in the carriage. You
mightn It like to see what somebody win
see when they go up there. !" -. I
;: Don It talk nonsense she said firm
. ly. II am not at5child, Bates. You
would make q coward of me. Let. us 90
at once!' -
K Bates said no more, but started the
engine at once. Evelyn backed the car
from the field and drove slowly up the
hill. She was greatly excited and
afraid, but her resolution to proceed
remained mistaken. ~ /
Who had been in the carriage? What
harm had befallen him or thems The
turn Of the road answered her immedi-
ately. For there, white and insensible
by the side Of the shattered brougham,
r lay Count Odin, the Rumanian, and by
him there knelt young Felix Horowitz,
his friend, ready to tell everyone that
the count was dead. Evelyn, however,
knew that he was not dead.
And tragedy; she said, had followed
her even to The gates of Melbourne
Hall. w .4z@ IT,.
Fitzgerald enterprise., 1906-09-20
) RAILROAD GOSSIP ;
~~~~@N~9@@AV@@~@<

Engineer E. E. Blair has re-
signed his position with the F..
o. & B. r. to accept one with the
A. B. & A.
Agent J. E. Crawford for the
Seaboar Air Line hus resigned
on account of illness and. w. O.
Clark, of Savannah, is filing his
place.
We found on our desk this
morning box tied with white
ribbon and filled with roses aud
a card bearing the inscription
with love from Mrs. Wade. :"
This is Mrs. A. B. Wade, the
poetess, and the flowers are for
the railroad boys who have so
little of home.
"We expect to run four trains
a day into Fitzgerald and"--
Just then Mother Enterprise ap-
peared on the scene and J. A. J.
president of the o. & V. railroad
espied her and shut up like a
clam.
The wife and little son, Ed Jr.,
of Ed Stallings, general freight
and passenger agent for the Sea-
board Air Line, are theguests of
Mrs. Sta1ling's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. E. N. Jacobs of Roam
oke Drive. They expect to re-
turn to Americus next, Monday.
The room of the sick fireman,
Tom Turner, is frightened by
bouquet sent in by Mrs. P. Fl.
Russ.
Fitzgerald enterprise., 1906-09-20

DR.. J. E. Dorminy reports a
splendid new Cadillac run.about
which he uti1izes in making pro-
fessional calls and attending to
other business.
Mrs, J. 3. Seanor and little
son, Preston, who spent cou-
pie of months at Cleveland, Ohio,
with the immediate relatives of
Mrs. Seanor have returned home.
Some forty young people as
sembled at the residence of ].
Ratcliff Tuesday eve and gave a
farewell reception to Andy Dor
renbacker who expects to start
for his home in Pennsylvania in
a few days.
Mrs. J. l.. Dupree, on Altama-
ha street is quite i'll.
Fitzgerald enterprise., 1906-09-20

A colored fire man came ia
yesterday morning with a blood
! head the result of poking his
head>out of the cab. A box car
struck him. D.
Conductor Morris, who has
substituted Conductor r. L.
Branham the past sixteen days.
returned home yesterday.
Mr.. Mash, law agent for the
A. B. & A., has moved his head
quarters back to Brunswick.
W. A. Courtney, Supt. of the
sheet metal works at the car
shops, is happy over the ar rival
of his family and they are now at
home on Johnson and Altamaha.
Pump repairer Stiles for the
A. B. & A. shipped boilers and
pipes from Waycross to Dillon
yesterday.
George Waters is the latest res
cruit in the express messenger
route on the Thomasville branch
of the A. B. & A., where he serv-
es as helper.
The first train drawn by cleo
tricity will rush thro the New
York Central tunnel in about six
weeks. It's passage will mark
the first step in the work of COM
pleting the greatest railroad ter
minal in the world. For fully
half a mile two complete railroad
yards, one above the other, will
care for half a million of people
day. Many new locomotives
built only to run by electricity
and nearly two hundred steel
cars have been added to the
stock of the road-the New York
Central.