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Political Potpourri

Secretary Taft soon found out who
was the popular candidate in the South
when he mentioned the name OF Mr..
Bryan, although he was talking to Re
publicans. Other Republican orators
should take warning.
Has anyone heard peep" from
Chandler, the chairman of the Spanish
war claims commission, since that warm
hour at the White House, when the
President charged nearly everyone with
lying except himself?
1t made Republican Congressman
green with envy when they were com.
PEELED to vote $4,000 a year for the
travelling expenses Of the President and
his friends and did not dare to add a
| dollar to their own salaries
In view of the fact that Republican
Congressmea by their action defeated
Mr.. Taft's proposition to reduce the
Philippine tariff at the recent session.
it would appear that Mr. Taft was in
sincere either in his praise Of the work
of Congress. or In his professions re.
garding the Philippine tariff. His re-
marks at Greensboro contradict his
representations TO Congress.
Dreyfus, the French scapegoat, has at
last been indicated and restored to his
| old position. Now, let Bowen take heart
and try again. Recent disclosures in
the lawsuits brought by Venezuela
against the New York and Bermudez
Asphalt Company show that Bowen
took the proper view Of the Venezuelan
situation, and lead to the conclusion
that he was the victim Of an odious con
/ spiracy.
The people Of the United States have
had a big job Of political house clean
| ing and the Republican housekeeper
that allowed things to get into such a
rotten mess viii have to be dismissed
before a thorough reformation can be
expected. The scandals. corruption and
grating are a stencil IN the nostrIls Of
tie nation. and there Is nothing else to
DO but to turn the rascais out"
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Tuesday, July 10, 1906 This had also
been the starting point of the Lewis
and Clark expedition. and Clark's re-
mains lie buried in the little cemetery
beside the town. In Pixies party were
Lieut. James p. Wilkinson, of the Uni
ted States army, three non-commission-
ed officers, sixteen privates and fifty
one Indian scouts. and DR. John II.
Robinson, volunteer surgeon, and A.
Il. Baronet Vasquez, an interpreter. The
Missouri River was followed to the
mouth Of the Usage, and the latter to
the villages of the Indians of that
name. Then, turning westward, the
party proceeded overland through Kan
sas and along the valley of the Arkan-
sas as far as the present site Of the
City of Pueblo. where Pike erected a
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f. Doheln. German naturalist, has
recently seen in Ceylon a species of ant
the Oecophylla smaragdina, in the act
of sewing" two leaves together for
the purpose of forming a nest. This
observation confirms the report of the
English naturalist, Ridley, made In
1890, Dofein saw a row of the insects
pulling the edges of the leaves togeth-
er: then others trimmed and fitted the
edges. and finally a seam was made
by fastening the edges with a silky
thread. yielded by larvae of the same
species which the workers carried in
their mandibleS. He made drawing
illustrating the method of working.
According to Ridley. the sewing ants
pass the thread giving larvae like shut.
ties through holes In the edges Of rhs
leaves.
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RUSSELL SAGE is DEAD.
End Comes Suddenly to Aged Mes
tor of Wall Street.

tor of Wall Street.
Russell Sage died at 4 o'clock Sunday
afternoon at his summer home in Law
renee, L. |. Enfeebled for the last few
years by the infiJmities of old age, he
passed away after a rapid final decline
Of several weeks.
He was preparing with great pleasure
for the celebration Of his ninetieth birth
day on Aug. 4. an event which was made
memorable each year by the visits of the
old residents of Lawrence and other in
innate friends, to whom the aged fnan-
cier was always known as Uncle Rus
sell"
Everybody will be very much surpris-
ed to learn what l have done with my
money" Mr., Sage said a year or more ago
to an intimate friend, but they will
never learn until l am dead
Rumors that the $75,000,000 or $780,
100000 which are the generally accepted
figures of the fnanciers fortune, is to be
distributed mostly among charities could
not be confirmed.
Mr.. Sage's death came very peacefully
For six hours preceding his death he was
unconscious and there was no rally in his
final moments. At his bedside were his
wife. her brother, Joseph J. Slocum; DR.
Theodore Janeway of New York, DR.. Carl
T. Schmuck of Lawrence and Rev. Rob
ert G.. Leitch
The principal events of Mr.. Sage's long
life are given in brief as follows:
Aug. 4, 1S16-Born at Shenandoah
n. Y.
1S31-Employed by brother Henry in
grocery store at Troy, \. Y, at salary OF
81 a month.
1S34-Goes into grocery business with
Elisha Sage, a brother.
1S39-Forms wholesale grocery and
grain partnership with John w. Bates.
1S41-Marries Miss Maria Winnie.
1S44-Buys Mr.. Bates out for $780,
600, giving personal check for amount.
1S4J-Elected to first public office, an
Alderman at Troy. Later is elected
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The inducement offered by the State
Department TO Germany to suspend I'M
til March, 1907, the tariff against inn
portations from this country and in the
meantime for Germany to extend to us
her minimum tariff rates has not been
ratified by Congress Two vital changes
were promised to be made, one provid-
ing that goods sent to this country on
consignment shall be treated exactly
as goods actually sold and delivered in
the United States to the purchaser. The
other is that there will be no penalty
imposed when the differentiation of the
goods does not exceed per eentum.
Both of these concessions would be
quite reasonable in return for the ia
vorable treatment by Germany of ex-
ports from this country by admitting
them at the minimum tariff rates, but
the Republican leaders, ruled by the
tariff fed trusts, refused to concede any
thing from their stand pat policy.
AS far as the welfare of our farmers
and stock growers are concerned this
stiff-necked decision TO stand pat and
destroy the trade in foodstuffs between
us and Germany is great misfortune
fer it will certainly disastrously affect
the price of hog products and many
other articles, if persisted in. We can
hardly expect Germans to buy of us
what she needs of our surplus products
if we refuse to allow her ana other
countries to sell to us their surplus
products, which many of our people evil
IDENTIFY require if the tariff did not so
numerically add to the cost.
The selfshness of the protection sys-
TEN will be seen when we know that
the tariff protected trusts and combines
have advanced prices in this country, at
least on an average, A per cent and on
many articles much over 100 per cent
At the same time the trusts are selling
such of their products as cannot be
sold here at these high prices, by eX-
porting them to foreign countries and
underselling the cheaper made products
on their own ground, and in many
cases paying the foreign import duties
to be allowed to do so.
The Republican Congress just adj
journed refused even to allow any tar
if bill to be considered, which shows
that the Protective Tariff League and
its trust supporters are all powerful in
the councils of the Republican party
and are determined to remain so, if
money and work will again fool the
voters to continue to vote for Congress-
men and Senators who support this pol
ity of prOtectionism. One of the ques-
lions to be decided at the coming cleo
ton for Congress is. will the voters en-
dorse this stand pat policy?
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the top is reached, the tourist beholds
a wonderful view. West, south and
north Is mighty army Of mountains,
In companies and battalions, bold, rug
ged and majestic, always standing in
review before the Captain Of Worlds
who seems to have halted his regiment
for inspection before an impending bat
tie. Away to the east spread the fad
ing prairies, losing themselves in the
horizon. Down below lie the cities, and
the superbly beautiful Garden of the
Gods is ever an object Of delight. There
are times when snow storm RACES on
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-07-31

Russia's first experiment in parlia-
mentary government came to an igno-
minious end Saturday night with the
PRONUNCIATION of two imperial ukases
the first dissolving the present parlia-
ment and providing for the conyocation
of its successor on March ), 1907, more
than six months hence, and the second
proclaiming the capital of Russia and
the surrounding province to be in a
state of extraordinary security, which
is only infinitesimally different from
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This gigantic bowlder will be set upon
t. pedestal four feet high, and four
bronze tablets with suitable inscrip-
tons will be riveted to its sides.
1t Is also proposed to erect tablet
OF bronze four feet by seven feet in
size at the very summit of the peak,
the unwilling ceremonies being intrust-
Ell to the faculty of Colorado College.
At the feet Of Pixies Peak now. lie
the twin cities of Colorado Springs and
Manitou. Here the tourist pauSes In a
spell of mighty wonderment before the
amazing prodigieS Of a riotouSly eccen-
trlc nature. which manifcsts itself in
dashing cascades. lofty mountains
gruesome formations. mouolithic spires
and magnetic springs. Here are acres
Of tumulmous stone, grand and chaotic
Rising like giant specter above lis
lesser brothers and dipping Its hoary
head into the baldric OF the heavens
stands Pixies Peak. the grand old sen
tinel OF the ages. crowned with snow
and its sides gashed with tumbling
cataracts. So lofty Is Il that the stars
can almost whisper TO il and the cloud,
seem TO rest upon its peak, The peaE
is l4.114 feet above sea level.
The Ascent.
In 1852 a rough foot trail was estab
iished 70 the summit and twenty years
later this was enlarged 10 accommodate
vehicles. In 1884 the building OF a rail-
road was undertaken, but was aban
doned because Of lack of capital. anC
four years later another project Of tht
came kind was set on foot. the cog
wheel system OF mountain climbing be
ing adopted. AS the higher altitude:
were reached the air became SO rar,
that labor was extremely difficult anC
the strongest men were able TO exer
themselves only a little at time Ii
plSoe OF wagons. hurroS were employee,
20 carry on their sturdy backs all III
nee,i3ul material OF ties, rails, spike
and tools. In 1890 the last spike va
drlv n. and thereafter special locomO
tives and cars carried the passenger
up the summit. The road is nine ant
one-Quarter miles long, and at som
points the grade is - per cent. tn
coaches run over great powders. M
der overhanging browS Of threatenin
stones. over daShing waterfalls. throug
forests OF silver pines and dwarf as
pens, and into the very clouds them
selves. 1t is a fascinating ride, tw
hours Ia length, full OF seeming danger
but freer from accidents than the raj
reaa lines down on the plains One
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treasurer of Rensselaer, county, New York.
1S52-Elected to Thirty-third Congress.
1S54-Re-elected to Thirty-fourth Con-
gress.
1S61-Begins operations in Wall street.
1S69-Marries Margaret Slocum, the
first Mrs. Sage having died.
1S70-Originates system of puts and
calls and spreads and straddles and fire.
guently makes $4,000 a day from sale
of privileges.
1SS4-Losss S6,00O,0OO by failure of
Grant & Ward on Wall street.
July %, 1906-Dies worth about $780,
COO. 900
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1t Can't stand Prosperity.

In New Jersey they have new idea
Republicans; in Pennsylvania and
New Hampshire they have Lincoln Re.
publicans;" in Wisconsin they have la
Toilette Republicans ;" in West Virginia
they have Dawson Republicans :" in
Iowa they have 'Cummins Republl.
cans" in North Carolina they have
Roosevelt Republicans" and in New
York Bracket Republicans" All OF
these different varieties are for reforms
of one kind or another except the North
Carolina variety. The Republican par.
ty can't stand prosperity. It's appetite
is far better than its digestion; and il
is gradually slipping into it's grave MS
a result of Over-feeding.
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Open Confession .

After much tribulation most of the
Republican politicians of note admit
that the trusts and combines sell cheap
er abroad than here. The Iowa stand
patters, such as Secretary Shaw and
Congressman Hepburn, still persist in
claiming that the trusts sell as cheap
ly here as abroad, except occasionally
q job lot that it is impossible to sell
at home ON account of being out of
fashion or out of condition.
Congressman Dalzell, however, has
acknowledged that the trusts are sell
ing their surplus products cheaper
abroad than here and is rather boast
full of it. 1t need hardly be said he
used to deny it as a Democratic fabri-
cation of the most ethereal kind.
Senator Aldrich, the boss standpat-
ter and stuffed prophet of the trusts,
which "are the spirit of his political
life" has also acknowledged the fact
that the trusts sell cheaper abroad
than here. for ON June 2. speaking in
the Senate, he made this statement:
cit is a well-known fact about which
there is no dispute, that producers in
the United States and in every one of
the great industrial nations, sell por-
tons of their products from time to
time at a less price to people of other
countries than to their regular custom
ers at home"
l. hardly r,pgcfb1a m, axraa+
tary Shaw and Congressman Hepburn
to change front on this issue. They
have too lately made the most deter
mined denials that their friends, the
trusts. are 20 wicked 1t can also hard
" be expected that the Republican
spellbinders and many Of the newspa-
per organs of the G. o. F. will take
back what they have learned and stated
with the precision of photograph. and
now their mendacity being disclosed,
they should be covereG with shame and
acknowledge the Democratic contention
has all along been the correct one.
They will either have to admit they
were wrong. or still stick to deluding
the plundered taxpayers, who are pay
ing Al per cent higher on the average
for all they buy then they did before
the present Republican tariff law was
enacted, and 50 much higher than the
foreigner pays for the same articles.
Is this a square deal for the Ameri-
can taxpayer and viii he vote TO con-
time It?
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The World.

They tell us in our childhood days
The world is round and W.,
With youthful heedlessness, sccept
The doctrine easily.
When we are grown to mans estate
We are so overwrought
With constant struggling we've no tim,
To give its shape a thought.
AZ last when we approach the end
And see how small Z los
pf stuff we've gathered sc ccmpared
With what some folks have got.
What we were told comes back and we
Are quite prepared TO swesr
Whatever other shape Il has.
Il surely isn't SQUARE.
w. ]. Lampton in Judge.
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Il seem TO remember that lady-who
Is she2"
''She was my stenographer last year. =
"She's charming. Why did she leave
your"
"She was too conscientious for me.
One day l proposed marriage to her
and what DO you think she did? She
took all that said down in shorthand
and brought it, nicely typewriter. for
me to sign. Fliegende Blaetter.
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ITO what do you attribute your
wealths"
TO industry. frugality and good as
sOclations." the great man replied.
And then With the air Of one wishing
70 tell the whole truth. he added: The
secret rebate also helped some. Phil
adelPaia Bulletin
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confessions-these are some of the
fruits of our world-power policy. The
crop is increasing in variety. and will.
no doubt, yield in the end as many
curses as Pandora's box. Yet the flag
must stay put, curse, or no curse, and
Taft must be President of the United
States because he is the only man who
understands Philippine curses.
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CAR ENDS DONNA
Russian Ruler PeremptOrily Dis.
solves Parliament.
NATION NEAR TO WAR
Great Empire Now Seems on the Verge
OF Bloody Revolution.

Nicholas Invites Strife by Surren-
Members of the Disbanded Douma
Flee to Viborg, Finland, Where
Parliament Assemblies and Plans
RebeIIion-Troops Are Massed Mt
Danger Points and Martial Law
Is in Force.
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coyery of Pixies
Peak. A monument
will be erected tC
Gen. Zebulon NJ
Pike, who led the
first military expe.
dition ever sent out
by our government.
and whose name the
world famous eleva.
ton bears. Pike left
Bellefontaine, a lit,
tie village in the
suburbs Of Ct Ta,,iS
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ferred with General
Trepoff, "the most
hated man in Rus
sia," and the bitter
est of the ministers,
When the confer
ence ended Nicho-
las had fully made
up his mind to
seize the bull by the
horns and plunge
the country into
blOOdShed. All the
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According to statistics complied by the
bureau Of labor, the average price Of the
necessities OF life last year was higher
than during any other year definitely re-
corded, 1913 per cent above the average
Of the ten years from 1890 to 1900 29.2
per cent higher than the low level Of 1897,
and 20 per cent higher than in 1904. This
rapid rise in prices affects farm products,
food. clothes. fuel. metals and implements,
lumber and building materials. drugs and
chemicals. house furnishing goods, etc.
This virtually means that fortunes have
shrunk 30 per cent, and that people whose
incomes are the same as in 1896 are 30
per cent poorer.
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full martial law This measure of
safety is to provide fer the outbursts
which undoubtedly will be provoked by
this daring measure. 1t is now but a
step to dictatorship. A large part of
the Province of Kiev. where armed up
risings are expected in consequence of
the dissolution of parliament, was
placed under martial law.
The Emperor has surrendered com
pletely to the grand dukes. For hours
Saturday night at Peterhof he con-
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better Wages for 45.noo.

An advance of , per cent in wages in
cotton mills in thirty or more cities,
towns and villages Of southern Massa-
chusetts and Rhode Island went into eff
feet Monday, benefting 5000 operatives.
Since the beginning Of the upward move
ment, early in the year, 10000 textile
wsrkers have had their pay advanced
from , 10 IA per cent. The Fall River
Iron Company, which was already pay
ing the highest wages in that city, again
raised wages so that they are still the
best-paid works in that section.
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Plans are being made ia Chicago to
establish a union ceme'cry. % operate in
conjunction with tie U1.on Burial Asso-
citation, an institution vbirh guarantees
10 bury members Of laboi unions and fhei-
families in uniou-made collins bearing the
label Of the Amalelmated Woodwoykers'
Association. with decent funeral con-
Carriage Drivers l'1ion and alI Tor $50
for adults aud 50 for children.
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Ahle and uulsnr 10 TelI

Wigg-Can your wife always tell
when you've been drinking2
Wagg--She not only can but she
Philadelphia Record.
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Nabel-Going TO the theater again
But you've seen the piece Maude-
Yes. but not In my new dress.-Judy.
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years Harry
slight difference
and double chin So had White Both had heavy ow the lips
and twill
brother
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- only ReeosanlendatIon.

bA2t o3iF recon - 81 usttAoas
Cholera of the most yirulent type
has again appeared at Manila, for the
third time since the conquest Of the
Philippines The bubonic plague. The
cholera. the worst form Of immortality.
Taft iunket scandals. rice scandals
hemp scandals. tobacco scandals. judi
cjaI scandals. press censorships, the
torture Of Innocent witnesses TO force
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PIERCES THE CLOUDS.
AWEsoME SPLENDoR OF LOFTY
PIXIES PEAK.
In Honor Of the Famous Mountains
Discoverer Colorado VIII Erect a
Monumcnt-PIace Where Storms
and Sunshine Meet.

Elaborate preparations ere being
made by the state of Colorado to cele-
brate the Tooth anniversary of the dis
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The Unbasted Caiidren's jacket Max
srs' Union Of New York has suuck, 5000
operatives being Affected.
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The ant which attacks the cotton
boil weeyil IS also said to be deadly
70 tie centipede.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-07
NO CHANGE NEEDED

A building contractor of large ex-
perience says "it has been proven con-
clusively that a tall steel frame build
ing is practically earthquake proof, and
the same may be said of frame dwell
ing house with proper underpinning."
Applying that opinion to conditions
in Los Angeles it is evident at once
that even such shock as San Fran
cisco experienced would cause COMPARE
lively little damage in this city. Even
the old brick buildings in the business
section would not suffer from earth
quake to the extent that the same class
suffered in San Francisco. This be-
cause Los Angeles rests upon a solid
geological foundation, while San Fran
cisco is over a geological "fault"; and
its business section, in addition, is
built on comparatively unstable made
ground"
In view of these facts we fail to
see that any structural lesson OF bene-
Mt to Los Angeles is revealed by the
catastrophe at San Francisco. II the
conditions i'm this city were similar to
those which prevailed in San Fran
cisco there would be manifest cause
for some change in the general method
Of construction. 1t was not strange,
In fact, that thoughts of certain
changes occurred to some citizens di-
rectly after the northern disaster.
1t would be entirely feasible, as lead
ing architects have demonstrated. to
construct concrete dwellings, here that
would be absolutely safe in case Of
such a quake as the San Francisco
visitor. and the cost would not greatly
exceed that Of modern structures. But
there is no need for any such change
All strangers in Los Angeles admire
the beauty and homelke attractions Of
the wooden structures in which fully
nine-tenths OF our people dwell
With such testimonials as the one