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The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-24
Former Governor Taylor, 1.-THE Man Without State"

" WING IN indianapolis, which is
not really his home. Ia O man
whose status is even more
exceptional than was that Of
The fcuonal character IN the famous
story OF Edward Everett Hale, THE
Nan Without a Country" The man In
indianapolis Nigh. be called "The Man
without state" lie has a nation he
IA citizen Of the United states. but
he is an exile from his own state, For
more than seven years this man has
been In enforced exile. II is not the
policy OF the United States, nor Of any
Of the commemorative comprising the
United States, to resort 10 exile as q
form Of punishment Yet this man in
Indianapolis, through a peculiar state
OF circumstances Is indefinitely an OK
iie. The indications are that he will
remain so 10 the end OF his life His
q. o Is unique.
william Sylvester Taylor IL the man.
the only American exile For brief
while he was governor OF Kentucky his
native state, the state he loves with
hilal devotion Then suddenly Ia
crossed the border into Indiana. and
from thai day 10 this he has not sSs
foot upon the soil OF old Kentucky
Not only is he an exile, but he is CON
fired 10 the one state Of Indiana, and
an that sense he is IA prisoner. Though
his prison Is vast and beautiful It's
bofiders confne him. Should he pas,
beyond those borders in all probability
he would cease TO be an exile, but he
would become real prisoner at once.
and his jail would be a small building
in q Kentucky county town, his imme-
diato domiclle narrow cell.
En- Governor Taylor is under indict-
meht for alleged completely in tho MUIR
Der OF William Goebel, his opponent in
the Grace for the governorshin. After
the Legislature had declared Goebel
elected instead OF Taylor Goebel was
shot down. on his deathbed, Jan. 81,
1890, he was sworn IN as governor. SUI
gerseding Taylor. Shortly afterward
the ex- governor was indicted with sew
ernI others, on accusation ofSbelng con-
rerrsed In the plot 20 kill Goebel Since
then Taylor has been In the state OF
Indiana, the successive governors Of
which have refused 10 honor a requi-
nlticn from the governor Of Kentucky
TOR bis return 20 that state TO stand
triaL
Only once In these seven and q half
years has Mt. Taylor ventured outside
bf Indiana That was in 1900, whom
Va attended the Republican natloa.
canvention az Philadelphia His fiiom
discovered a plot 10 kidnap him IN
phlIadelphia and carry him TO Ken
lucky. BY adroit maneuvelfns they
iSiied the scheme MIR Taylor return
81 10 indiana, and he dares not leave
That state because Of the fear that the
kovefner Of any other state may honor
aeQuisltion from the governor OF
Ktntucty This IS . ccurtssy which is
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-24

decline. There is no goii. hohind tic
returns. Unless Indiana elect IA
governor who shall honor 80, =. cntucky
governors requisition. Nts oN-gov-
ernor may remain in mdinna until his
body shall be taken across the river
TO be buried In his native soil.
william s. Taylor Attorney" is the
wording Of sign az the entrance to
IN ONCE In Indianapolis. Mr. Taylor
has been practielng his profession there
Tor years, though II is said that few
clients come. He sits In his lonely
once brooding over the past He dc.
elares that he is altogether innocent
OF completely In the murder OF Goebel,
his successor, who was governor but
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-24

among the dead horses, Fhrre "a
shooting going on around me and
could not tell whether We were lwhlIH
ping the Confcdorates or they vera
whipping ". General Pope was send 1
ing dispatches an day stating that hel
was beating the enemy while In fact
he was really heing defeated
MIR RoscWater tells q story NJ tho
frst battle of Bull Run which shows
something ~ the difflculties surmount-
Cd by the operators At the front The
operator he states, was a man named
Rosc. "Tho wire was not carried to tho
battle itself, but the news w9h drought
FOR ten miles 10 Fairfax SlstiNh and
then sent to Washington ON the day
Of tho battle the telegraph oql(e desk,
chair etc consisted N a ralithad tie,
upon which the instrument was
placed"
For a considerable time Mr. Rose
water belonged 10 the corps OF leleg
rsphers on duty az the war depart
ment, among his associates heing Al
bert n Chandler, now president Of the
Postal Telegraph company and
David Homer Bates, who was man
agcr Of the war department telegraph
officc and cipher operator and who now
Is publishing 2 series ~ "reminiscences
Of Lincoln In tho telegraph Office. Mr
RoscWatcr recently told tho story ~
the removal Of General Mcclellan from
command of the Army Of the Potomac.
After Antictam the president and Sec
rotary Stanton had urged Mcclellan IN
move forward against Lee. Mcclellan
had sent messages giving various pre-
tcNts for delay Finally, according 10
Nh RoscwaIcr, the following telegraph
came
President Lincoln;
We are sim delayed, Cavalry horses
tongues are sore.
GEORGE r. MCCLELLAN.
"Thc idea Of stopping a great army"
remarks the OLD tclcglapher because
Of the soreness Of tho tongues NJ the
horses was more than Lincoln could
stand within an hour after The tole-
gram arrived McClelan's head was
off"
These veteran war tclegraphcrs, per-
haps more intimately than any other
men living or dead, knew the relations
existing between Lincoln and stanton
for both tho president and his grim
secretary Of war were in tho telegraph
Office from time 10 time at any and all
hours, reading and sending messages
Of highest importance in the conduct
Of tho war Mr. Carnegie also has
"reminiscences Of war biography which
arc highly interesting, for he assisted
in establishing tho government tole-
graph service He can handle key
today as easily as he can give away u
library.
In the carly days of tclcgraphy mes
sascs were received by the tape method.
the dots and dashcs being printed
ON thin ribbon of tape unwindingI
from a coil. Receiving by sound had
become an art before the war howN
ever, and the best operators scorned
the tape. A tape operator in the field
was called a plug"
RoBERTUS LOVE
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-24

leaped into the engine cab and began
pulling the whistle cord Toots were
evoked In q most astonishing style.
Long toots were followed by series
OF short ones, or vice versa, The en-
glneer and fireman feared that Clowry
had gone crazy But presently from
across The river came an answering
series Of similarly insane toots. The
teltsra pher with tho other, force had
heard the footed dots and dashes and
was responding Thus the two opera
tors carried on their toot talk at will.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-24

universal fame aud use with which his
name Is connected for az time to come.
Thus has telcgraphy vastly widcned it's
field of usefulness In lines beyond it.
self. Edison. like others of the noted
teltgrapAers invented many improve
ments In the system before he turned
his attention 10 the electric light, the
phcnogra pin and his other marvels, and
even now he at times enjoys clicking
a telegraph key as In the old days
All these men forcsaw very early a
wonderful future for telegrsphy. but
not all Of them cyinCcd a like onthusi-
asm for other electrical devices II Is
matter Of record that in 1877 Alex
ander Graham Bell, inventor Of the
telephone, offered General Eckert for
$40, 900 the telephone rights for radius
Of fifty miles around New York city
The telegrapher declined the proposi-
ton. He couldn't see IT," Tho same
proposition is worth millions today and
will be worth more millions tomorrow.
These old time tclcgraphers stu take
delight In telling stories Of their war
time experiences Edward Rosewater
editor OF the Omaha Bee and a stand
ing candidate for United states IA
tor, belonged to the military tel ph
corps during the war. He did all the
telegraphing for the Union army at the
second battle of Bull Run. when Cen
eral Pope was so soundly thrashed by
General Lee
Il thought our army was going to
move right on to Richmond at that
titsan ~ nd 4 AL.
cd that I he made one Of the teleg-
raphcrs in order that | might he one
Of the first to arrive AZ the Confod-
crate capital. At Bull Run | had my
instruments placed on the ground
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-24

hood Then he taught school In the
rural regions, studied law and became
a country lawyer He entered politics.
His first Office was that Of county
clerk in his native county of Butler
He became county Judge. He was sent
to the Republican national convention
Of 1883 as n delegate Again he served
as county Judge, Then he was elected
attorney general of his state, where ne
made notably able record II is
said, however that when he first went
TO Frankfort as attorney general he
was one of the greenest lawyers in tho
business But Taylor set himself to
work, studying hard. and In time be-
came master OF his position. 1t was
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-24
TEMPERANCE CHIEF.

It is stated that Lady Henry Somer-
set has now retired from platform work
and proposes TO devote her time to de-
veloping the work Of her colony for in
ebriate women, 1t lis now twenty-three
years since Lady Henry first took up
temperance work, in which. being a
very able speaker, she has welded
much influence. At one time she took
an interest in league for the suppress
sion OF foot binding in China and was
amused to be told by Chinese lady:
I'VE squeezy foot you squeezy waistl
Same object--both getee husband" Lady
Henry married in 1873 Lord Henry SOM
erset. the song writer.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-24

experience In sending the first wire
less" message years before Marconi
was born Colonel Clowry was al a
point IN Missouri Across the Missis-
sipp was Q detachment OF the army
with which he Wished Ia communicate.
No wire reached across the stream 1t
was highly important that communics-
ton be established Suddsnly the teleg-
raphcr heard from across the river
the toot OF locomotive whistle. His
own force had a locomotive also. 91he
reSourceful commander OF the squad
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-24

e. death ended her exile
ID S,tlc ,si.. no Of the daughters Of
the ex-governor eloped and was mar
ried. thus adding another blow to the
several heavy ones which have fallen
upon William s, Taylor In the course
OF human events.
view OF all these melancholy facts,
the following newspaper dispatch dated
lexington Ky, July IA. 1899, carries
pathetic Interest.
There 10 not happier family in all
kentucky today than that OF Attorney
General william, sylvester TAYLOR, norni-
mated Tor governor BY the Republican
sts,e ssntlen here. General rAyier
had . mt his family with him from
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-24
-RHE telegraph strike s,ryos asat,

TRHE telegraph strike serves as a
reminder of the fact that re-
markably large percentage NJ
the most noted telographera In
the history Of the art are stlll "alvc
and Kicking though not sun ticking
and clicking A. rule, they have
Eono 10 the head OF the class, either
In telegra ply or something lust as good
pr better. General Thomas r. Eckort,
the venerable dean of tho corps, was a
Buckeye youth Of nineteen when s. T.
p Morse, inventor ~ the system aud
the first teloErapher managed after
mighty efforts TO establish the pioneer
telegraph line, between Baltimore and
w ellington, in isH.
y Is not easy for the present gen
c"lfn 10 realize that telegraphy ls
~ J-ihree years old. This world
wiio ldor Of inventive genius IA the
chief advance agent Of civilization. Il
hag reyulutionized human society by
rnnihilating time and space and bring
irg together the ends Of the earth.
That historic FIRST message, "what
hath God wrought" Is vastly moro apt
today than when II was sont over the
wizard wire IN 1874.
Professor Morse, who gave this new
wonder worker to the world has been
lead thirty-fve years. but he lived long
lnoueh TO contemplate a statue NJ lim-
velf raised by grateful people IN New
fork, OF the living telegrRphers whose
lame Ia wide there are General Eckert
Thomas A. Edison, Andrew CARNEGIE
Robert c. Clowry, Albert =. Chandler
Edward Rosewaler end, iDaSld liqmer
Bates The fame Of Edison aud Cas-
aogie Ike the electric spdik, has fash
ID around the world an the others
mentioned. and also Carnegie, were
aoted war teIeglaphers Another dis
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-24

from the friends Of his boyhood, his
youth and the prime Of his manhood,
William S. Taylor longs for the priv
ilege Of returning to his old home. His
career in Kentucky was remarkable.
He is a Republican from the blue grass
district Born and reared on a farm,
he followed the plow until early man
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-24

Frankfort and was with them at the
Phoenix hotel when the news Of his nofni-
nation was brought 70 him. Carriages
were ready, and he drove with his wife
and seven children TO Woodland park, es-
corted by a committee sent 10 inform him
that he had been placed AZ the head NJ
the ticket which is to DO battle against
Goebelism in this state this fall. The chill
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-24

four days, and those days his last on
earth
, Two years ago the ex-governors
wife died II is said that her death
was due to a broken heart She. too,
was eXiled, having remained with her
husband She pinned for the Kentucky
mountains, where she was born and
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-24
ITALIAN KING AS AUTHOR.

The publication has Just been COM
pletcd Of treatise on numiSmatic5
written by King Victor II consists NJ
an enumeta, Ion. and description Of his
collection nj COINS which Is consid-
cred the most complete in the world
The work will not he offered for sale,
hut King Victor viii present copies OF
1t to the principal foreign museums.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-24

seldom refused ~ criminal indlct-
ment Yet the matter lies within the
discretion Of a governor Should a
governor decline TO honor the request
OF a brother executive the person con-
cerned may not be taken out Of the
state. The governors Of Indiana for
the past seven years have seen nj to
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-24
Gen. Thomas T. |
Eckert 1

/ Wireless messages, altogether by ear,
were an accomplished feat
There is also story to the effect
that Edison when youth employed
the same method Of tclcgra phing across
the Ohio river upon an occasion when
the wires were down. lie appro-
priated a switch engine, established
communication by toot and talked half
a day with the operator in the engine
cab across the stream. Edison was
accounted a mawelously rapid sender
ana receiver in those carlY days. 1t
was his connection with biography
that led him into electrical study and
resulted in the various inventions OF
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-01-10
ONLY EIGHT YEARS OLD BUT
KNOWS FOUR LANGUAGES.
10 Already High School Student at
6rookline. Mass, and Well versed
In Higher Mathematics
Comes of Bright Family.

Boston.-Brookline. Mass, thinks It
possesses the youngest high school
pupil in the United States, as well as
the most remarkable, in many ways.
The boy is only eight years old. His
name Is William James Sidis, the only
son of DR.. Boris sidis. prominent
Russian-American physician.
lie is master of four languages. is
an adept in higher mathematics and is
able TO do calculations far in advance
Oh MS classmates. all of whom are
considerably older. The prodigy is re
garded with awe by school associates
and with wonder by his teachers.
More wonderful still is the fact that
this eight-year-old boy is devising a
simpliiied system of advanced English
grammar, and has also devised new
system of doing logarithms.
Under the leadership of Prof. George
l. Aldrich. as superintendent. the
| Brookline schools have attained a high
rank In the educational system of Mas
sachusetts, and the requirements as to
scholarship for admission to the high
school are, as a rule. rlgidly lived up
| to.
So much. however, was known of
the mental development of young
Sidis that rules were waived, after the
matter had been thoroughly discussed
between Superintendent Aldrich, DR..
Sidis, Prof. William James, of Har-
ward, and other prominent educators,
and little William was allowed to en-
ter without many of the prescribed
formalities.
he did, however, undergo a rather
severe private exam" before Superin-
tendent Aldrich and the principal. but
he convinced them in few moments
that he vas eligible, so far as scholar.
ship went. To test the lads quickness
at figures he was asked to multiply ~
by IL by II, and gave the correct
answer in a fash.
Where is my boy going to stop?'
repeated DIR. Sidis, when asked the
question. 81 do not know. He took to
books almost from the cradle Long
before other children are able to mas
ter the alphabet on wooden blocks
he was speaking and reading good
English.
"At first his mother and were
alarmed at his wonderful precocity
but the boy was normal in every re
spect, perfectly sound and healthy and
a child in everything but his mental
development.
"Still, he isn't weakling, physical
1y. by. any means. We have looked tc
that, as well as to his mental develop
ment He exercises regularly, ant
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-01-10

The cut. small as 1t is. conveys a
good idea of the size of the building,
Its length and the number of stories.
The higher portion at the left. Is now
In process OF completion. When II is
occupied. which will be soon. the main
aisle through the store will be 400 feet
In length and twenty feet wide. and
the entire floor space will be seven
and one-third acres. Just imagine Il.
or better, visit and see II, over seven
acres devoted to the sale of valuable
goods OF almost unnumbered kinds.
where nearly 1000 clerks and other
employees are busy every working day
In the year. They and their families
alone would constitute very respec-
table small city
During the recent holiday season,
Just before Christmas, one of the Dem
yer dailies published cut from a pho
tograph, showing the 1886 employees
then at work massed In group in
front of the store. II attracted much
attention. But II would be even more
interesting II cut could be made of
the hundreds of thousand dollars
worth OF goods that were sold over the
counters and sent out to mail order
customers during the holiday period. II
would be hard to estimate the number
OF people who visited the store In the
three weeks preceding Christmas,
and the facilities OF the splendidly
equipped mail order department were
taxed to the limit.
The display windows alone were
worth going far to see. The entire
length OF high plate glass front is $50
feet, and the building has 256 plate
glass windows.
The fact that its capital city can
boast an establishment of this kind,
the peer Of the very best department
stores In the country and a paradise
for shoppers. Is evidence that Colorado
Is no longer the frontier" for It IL
the growth Of Colorado and the Rocky
Mountain region In population and
wealth that has made such store
possible.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-01-10

coat Of arms. which the Missouri Poul-
try association has adopted for its own
use and proposes for adoption by the
state at large as the great seal, has
upon it. instead of the antiquated and
anachronistic bears, two chickens.
Otherwise 1t would remain unchanged.
The poultry association seal was the
suggestion Of Charles G. Miller of
Doonville, a poultry grower and officer
of the association.
1t first appeared upon the official
stationery and ribbons of the state
show given at Fayette in Howard
county. where. by curious coincidence.
formerly resided the designer of the
state seal, where his near kinsnian,
Henry T. Burkhartt, is the editor OF a
newspaper. Harry p. Mason. chicken
grower, also is an editor there.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-01-10

the next day. AS might be expected.
they are soon accomplished Then
Master Sidis takes up work on a sys-
TEN of advanced English grammar
which he is arranging. and which his
father and other educators believe has
the merit of greater simplicity than
any present system.
AS side issue. he INDUCES In some
astronomical calculations, or he may
do few logarithms. of which he has
devised new system, or he may take
n shy at something in the study line
equally foreign to the nature OF the
average boy of eight years.
William comes naturally by his
bright mentality. His father was for
seven years assistant in psychology at
the New York Pathological institute.
and for two years director of the
Psycho-Pathologica hospital. of the
New York infirmary, and has made a
study of mentality of all kinds. His
book, Multiple Personality" opened
up new field In medical science and
psychology to popular view. Mrs. Sid
is is highly educated woman.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-01-10
Housework Promotes Health.

A busy woman has made the salts
factory discovery that her housework
provides her with all the physical cul-
ture she needs for securing health and
good looks.
She enlarges her chest and arms by
using a carpet-sweeper. strengthens
her back by bed-making. and improves
the shape of her wrists and hands by
making pastry.
In her opinion, the hardest work
that which makes the worker pant
strengthens the lungs, but to aid this
result it is necessary to breathe deep
ly and inhale pure air. To get the
fullest benefit from her housework
however, a woman should rest for an
hour each day. This is the best rem
edy for Jaded nerves and wrinkles.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-01-10

lively denied, was born in a tent In
Las Vegas. N. NJ. 20 years ago.
Capt. John Manners, of the English
army, now the duke OF Rutland, was
at that time in poor health. He OBJ.
tanned a furlough. and went to the
dry climate of New Mexico to recu.
perate his falling strength. He was
accompanied by his wife. who is re-
membered as a beautiful woman of
most charming and simple ways. I'm
like most English health-seekers.
Capt. and Mrs. Manners did not travel
with retinue of servants. In fact,
they were unaccompanied by any per
son.
The first thing Capt. Manners did
when he arrived at Las Vegas was to
buy an ordinary camping tent, which
he put up with his own hands on a
vacant lot near the old Montezuma
hotel. The tent was furnished with
cots and few rough cooking utensils.
and dry goods box for table. Thus
the couple lived for several months.
1t was in this tent that pretty girl
baby was born. 1t was a cold. stormy
day. December 20, that marked the
event.
In those days Las Vegas still pos
sessed the rough. hospitable spirit OF
the west The Manners baby wan the
talk OF the town. 1t was the pet of the
men, and the adored one of the wom-
en-. She was beautiful little bit Of
humanity. The proud mother and tho
precious infant were shoWered with
attentions.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-01-10
IA REMARKABLE PUPIL.

spends a certain time out in the air
OF course. he has to wear glasses. but
that is to protect his eyesight from
possible harm.
Willie's classmates In the high
school are boys of almost twice his
years and size. His feet do not reach
the floor from his seat. and his child
ish face Is noticeable In the classroom
Physics are second-year study.
but he takes them now with the soph-
omores. and 1t is expected by his
teachers that he will be advanced to
that class in all the studies before
many months of the school term are
over.
But his activities do not end with
the schoolroom. At home. after school
hours, he is busy with his lessons for