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Omaha daily bee., 1907-08-27
PACIFIC STEAMER SINKS
Acapulco Turns Turtle I'm San Fran
cisco Harbor ana Cargo is
Ruined.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2e.-The Pacific
Coast Steamship company's steamer Aca-
pulco, which was to sail today for Panama
and wayports. turned turtle and sank at
its dock just before its time for departure
1t is believed no lives were lost. but the
vessel was heavily laden and much Of the
cargo viii be ruined by water
Omaha daily bee., 1907-08-27
HARTMAN HAS CONFIDENCE
Says Business Outlook I'm the West
Was Never In Better
shape.

NEW YORK. Aug. S.-(special)-In a
dispatch TO a friend IN New York from the
Pacific coast, Z. II. Hartman said:
"The business outlook in the west was
never better than Il is today. Union Pacific
present time"
Omaha daily bee., 1907-08-27
BELT REslSTS EXTRADITIoN
Omaha Man h Accused of Disposinw
OF Hemp I'm Lexington,
Kentucky,
R'rom q SIAN CorrespondentN !

LINCOLN Aug. ss.-(special Telegram.)-
W. n DeBord of Omaha, representing d.
o. Belt also OF Omaha, and employed bv
lumber firm there. was before Governor
sneiaon this morning resisting an extra
dition from Lexington. Ky. 1t is alleged in
the charge preferred that Belt sold some
hemp the title to which did not lie in his
name. Belt denies the charge.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-08-27
NEW MARRIAGE LAW PASSED
Union with Deceased wires
VIII soon BE Per"
in England.

LONDON, Aug 8.-Marriage win oe-
ceased wife's sister has finally become le-
ralized in Great Britain. the House OF
: ords this evening having by TO o.
votes passed the bill sancaonins such
unions.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-08-27
DOMESTIC.

Secretary of War Taft put in a busy
day near Joplin, Mo, addressing the
miners Of that district. Page 1
d. o. Belt Of Omaha resists extradition
at the hands of Kentucky authorities.
Page 1
An American syndicate is said to be
about to boom oil lands in Mexico.
Page /
Train on the Southern railroad, operated
by the same crew that was in the wreck
IN which President Spencer was killed.,
is wrecked at Red Hill, Va. Page i
NEBRASKA.
Residents living near Bancroft, Neb..
took Loris Higgins, the murderer of
Farmer w. l.. Copple and his wife, from
the hands of Sheriff Young of Thurston
county at Bancroft and lynched him
from bridge near that place. Page 1
Representatives of the oil companies
OF the state appeared before the Nebraska
Railway commission to protest against
the rates charged on transportation of
oil. Page
Commercial travellers protest to the
railway commission about the recent
der of the Union Pacific road prohibiting
Interstate travel on the limited trains.
Page 3
Irene Hickel kills an attendant, while
crazed, at the Bailey sanitarium at Lin
coin by throwing acid in his face while
sleeping. Page .
FOREIGN.
Elwood Meade has been appointed by
the British government to take charge of
| irrigation Investigations in Australia.
Page
British House of Commons accepts
| some changes made by lords in Irish
evicted tenants bill and nationalists leave
| house in anger. Page /
LOCAL
The ordinance to submit to the people
the question OF bonds to buy the gas
plant is held up by Mayor Dahlman's de-
lay in attaching his signature. Page s
Congressman j. Adam Bede of Minnesota
| says Omaha may get appropriations for
| the Improvement of the Missouri If 1t
will only hustle for them. Page Q
Arrangements are completed for the
Icelebratfon of the anniversary of Bee.h-
ers island to be held at Haigler on Sep
| tember H. Page 8
Omaha daily bee., 1907-08-27
SUMMARY OF THE BEE
Tuesday, August ~, 1907.
THE WEATHER.

Hour. Deg. Hour. Deg.
| FORECAST FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
fair and cooler.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-08-27
Page 1

Train on the Southern railroad, operated
by the same crew that was in the wreck
IN which President Spencer was killed.,
is wrecked at Red Hill, Va. Page /
Omaha daily bee., 1907-08-27

LINCOLN.
Bryan's repl
Taft at &C
tonight. Sc
a "straddle
issues, and
vahced gre
plains, all
been misr :
Bryan sa
.ars
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-03-08
Good1for.Depew.

Let it be recorded for ISenator tDepew,
at time when perhaps the kindly word
may mean more to him than once it
would have meant, that he was alto
gether himself and at his best when he
talked about forest reserve policies the
other day He made quite the....best the
broadcast, the most sensible speech that
has been contributed to this weary dis
cussion. And it was effective.
Mr.. Depew protested against letting
any petty quarrel, any dissatisfaction
over details, drag the country away
from the splendid scheme of forest pro-
lection and propagation on which lit has
entered. And he was right. There may
be injustices and worse in thel operation
of present forest administration. But
they should not overweight the great
benefits already assured. The policy
ought not to be changed certainly il
ought not to be discontinued. Washing
ton Times.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-03-08

matorv. and tending to subvert and over
throw prosperity, has been highly con-
sentative. The President had become
fully aware of the reckless lawlessness
and greed with which many Of the great
corporations were being administered.
and foresaw that unless those who were
responsible were curbed under the law
there would ensue state of feeling
dangerous not only to them, but to the
maintenance of the rights of those who
had been without otfense, and to good
order. Tie country fully realizes Thu.
and the necessity of carrying forward
the reforms which have been begun
to completion, and it is the conviction
that courage aud persistency of the
stamp Mr. Roosevelt has so signaly man
ifested so far are essential 10 complete
success that has caused the insistent and
widespread demand that he shall run
again.
If the Presidents influence is to be
gagged Ivy the success of the measures
he has advocated during the session of
Congress, Just terminated, there is no
reason TO think it has diminished; on
the contrary, when the pressure of con-
hicting Interests is considered, and the
difficulty of accomplishing anything in
such an unwieldy body as the House,
and the shortness of the. session allowed
for, ii is remarkable that so many inn
portant bills which he urged got through,
and it was largely due to the fact that
Congress reaized;that herhad the coun-
try behind him. When a new Congress
fresh from the people assemblies in De
cember with:a year ahead, if need he, in
which to consider and pass measures. it
will doubtless be found that many of the
recommendations which failed this time
to be given effect will be renewed and
pressed with fresh vigor and determine
ton, and thatia large proportion of them
will be enacted Into laws, not because
the President is an autocrat, and exer'
cises autocrat power, but because he is
an astute and experienced politician, and
vocies what the people really believe ir
and want.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-03-08
The President And The Country

Under the above heading the Washing
ton Post of March 5th in an editorial
says;
There has been a great deal of mutter.
ing and murmuring among limited class
to the effect that the Presidents influence
and prestige with the people have been
steadily waning of late, on account of
his attitude toward the corporations, the
character of some of the measures he has
advocated, and his method of securing
their adoption. There is nothing what
ever to indicate that this view is widely
prevalent, or that it is held to any con-
siderable extent outside some few circles
in touch with what has come to be known
as high finance. More and more, as the
revelations which have resulted from the
investigations of the commission which
he set on foot are coming to be seen in
their naked turpitude, and their bearing
and effect to be understood, it is felt that
what the President has done has grown
out of a broader and wiser view of the
whole situation. and of the imperative
needs of the time, than any of his critics
have been capable of, and that judged as
whole his action instead Of having
been, as frequently asserted, infiam
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-03-08
Farms For Sale.

The so called Riley Hull Farm. situated one
mile northeast Of Brandon village. Said
farm contains about l65 acres OF land-about
40 acres OF mowing-the rest being wood and
pasture. Estimated 10 be thousand cords
of wood standing on the farm. Running
water to both house and barns. Buildings in
fair condition. Owing 10 Location and pro
ductiveness, 1t Is very desirable piece of
property.
Also the Ellis Farm, situated on the high.
way leading past Albert Summers, contain
ing about 80 acres OF good land. About IL
acres OF wood land, well covered, the rest
being meadow and pasture. Running water
TO barn. Well at house. Large two story
white house in good repair. slated roof
Large barn well covered with slate and
shingles. Not an acre of waste land on the
farm. About two miles northeast OF Bran
don village. Good neighborhood. Every
thing desirable for pleasant home. At a
low price. The above property belongs to
the estate OF the late Or. f. A. Smith and
must be sold. Possession given April LIST
ROLLIS C. SMITH,
GEO II. YOUNG, yExecutors,
q. FRANK HENDEE,
Brandon, VT, Jan. %. 1907.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-03-08
National Wealth.

A writer in:one of the popular maya
zines comments at length on the immen-
sity of governmental expenditures in the
United States, showing how the millions
are poured out by the nation. and by the
States and the cities, aggregating an
amountsthat would havel staggered the
financiers of generation.ago, and, paus-
ing to survey hislrhapsody in figures, he
exclaims "And!yet, strange to lsay, the
nations wealth increases asIit lnever did
before.!"
Why should it not'increase? 1Expendi-
lures, however great. if the money be ex-
pended at home or for foreign products
of value, do not lessen the nations wealth.
They take money from all the people and
give it sometimes for value received and
sometimes as a special favor to Lsome of
the people. But it stays here. Even the
vast amount which is expended in en-
forcemont of criminal laws is not an i'm
povershment of the nation, for it goes
into circulation at home. So with our
pcIoioh vi
the army and navy, and all departments
of the national and local governments.
But there are two important exceptions
to this rule, to wit, the Philippines and
the Panama Canal The experiment of
taking over the sovereignty of the 200
Oriental islands, with their 100000 to
5000, 900 of inhabitants, has cost us hun
dreds of millions of dollars and bids fail
to run the bills up to billions, aud Their
is nothing on the other side of the ac-
count. 1t must go on, however, until an
honorable exit is open, and that consum-
mation-is not looming up in the near
future. We wentiinto the Panama enter
prise after fifty years of refiection.-went
with our eyes open-and we shall stay
and finish the work ,.but it cannot bring
any return for many years and may never
be other than a losing investment This
is one of the reasonsiwhy it is expe6ient
to buy at home all the material required
in the Panama enterprise, if that can be
done without submitting to extortion
The net outlay will be sufficiently i'm.
mense without increasing it by discrim
mating against our own industrial in,
terests. Washington Times.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-03-08
THE OLD SOUTH.
Quaint Customs Still in Vogue In
Conservative Charleston.

The South is very conservative, and
Charleston most of all. In many respects
Southerners are like the English. Fam
iy protraits are cherished part of their
possessions. Mary is pronounced Marry.
A dress waist is called body, and the
man that waits on table the butler. His
other duties may include milking and
cooking; still, he is the butler. By the
old school married woman is spoken of
and to as mistress. Many members of
the aristocracy (?) live in the country
on large estates, to which they assign
names; they employ governesses and
tutors, ride horseback, have house par
ties, and go long distances to attend
balls. Hedges are in general favor.
Around the old churches are burial
grounds or churchyards; but, as a rule.
burial in them is no longer permitted.
Ancestry is of much consequence in
Charleston. 1t is the sole basis of social
distinction. After having been there, one
understands perfectly how literature was
preserved by tradition. No college of
heraldry is necessary; the memory is an
infallibe repository. The point of story
is sometimes lost sight of in genealogical
digressions. In loyalty to State and in
rigid social distinctions Virginia and
South Carolina claim precedence.
Large families have not gone out of
fashion in the South. Usually the num-
Der of children in family is from six to
ten.
Family ties are rendered complex by
the not unusual intermarriage of cousins,
and thus the members of the aristocracy
are more or less closely related to one an
other.
The breakfast hour is from to 8, an
earlier hour being hardly possible, even
if desired, owing to the fact that negro
servants go home at night. They prefer
to go, even when they live several miles
away. Until late hour in the night
they indulge in social and religious DEM
constructions and do not arrive very early
in the morning. Dinner is whenever il
is ready, which is any Time from 10 t.
Dinner is hardly over before tea is an
nounced at : 80 or s. This division OF
time makes the days all morning, the
period between dinner and tea being by
some included in the word evening.
Calls are made from ~ to and from
to 7, but in hot weather only from g to
in the evening.
Labor is very cheap but it takes sever
al negroes to accomplish as much as on'
Swede or German, who is paid from fiv'
to seven dollars week for genera
housework. In small towns So month
; is paid for domestic service;in Charleston
seven or eight. A very competent cool
and laundress commands ten. Fifteel
dollars is big price. dollar and
half or two dollars for making dress
even though it is much trimmed, is
nor uncommon charge by dressmakers il
small wns.-Rosary Magazine.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-03-08
PRACTICES MEDICINE AT SO.
Dr.. E. o. WhippIe of Dandy Never
Refused Midnight Call

The oldest active professional man in
Vermont to-day is DR.. E. o. Whipple of
Dandy, who, although in his S7th year,
practises medicine in the village where
for nearly 60 consecutive years he has
cared for the sick
Hale and hearty as man 30 years his
junior. he never refuses to answer mid
night call. He drives scores of miles
every day over rough mountain roads,
whether the weather be mild or cold.
Since DR.. Whipple first put out his
shingle he has always had all the patients
he could minister to, Notwithstanding
that he still adheres to the old school
methods.
DR.. Whipple's history is interesting.
Born on farm, he had taste of the
life which came to all the early Yer.
monters. Later he prepared himself for
his profession, acquiring with his medi
cal knowledge smattering of dentistry
which he even now turns to good ac-
count. He is good mechanic, and du-
|
bors' clocks and watches. He is an ex-
pert fisherman, and brings in many a
string of trout from the mountain
streams near his home.
DIR. Whipple was born in Athens, VT,
1920 At the age of 16 he set out to learn
dentistry, to help his father pay debt
on the home farm. Having succeeded
in this, he left home with 10 cents in his
pocket, going to Hyde Park, where he
earned $40 by dentistry. Then he went
to Milwaukee, landing there with a cap
ital of six cents. But here again he
brought his dental kit into use. Taking
it under his arm, he started for Rock
Island, pulling teeth as he went, and in
month reached his destination. He
came East the next Gpring with enough
money to study medicine, finally gradu.
ating from the Castleton (Vt.) Medica
College in 1S47. Settling in Dandy, he
has remained there most of the time ex
when he took a course at Bellevue hos
pital
DIR. Whipple was married in Yves
Townshend, September %. 1S4S, to Mis-
Augusta Sawyer, who died in 1892, leav
ing one son, DR.. Frank E. Whipple, {
graduate of Middlebury College anc
Bellevue hospital medical school, now
practicing in San Diego, Cal.
DIR. Whipple married April %, 1896
Mrs. Katherine Pierce.
DIR. Whipple is strong republican, I
Mason, an Odd Fellow and a member o
the Rutland County Medical and Surgi
cal society.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-03-08
Estate of Samuel NJ. Clark.
Commissioners Notice.

The undersigned, having been appointed
by the Hon. Probate Court for the District OF
Addison, commissioners, to receive, examine
Samuel M. Clark, late OF Salisbury, in said
District, deceased, and all claims exhibited in
Offset thereto, hereby give notice that we will
OF Darwin Grant, in said town OF Salisbury,
on the 96th day OF March and the 27th
day OF August next, from O'Clock p. IN. until 5
O'Clock p. m. each OF said days. and that six
months from the I'd day OF March A. D.
1907, Is the time limited by said Court for said
creditors to present their claims to us for ex-
animation and allowance.
Dated at Middlebury this % day OF
December. A. ID. 1906
GEO 60 f. BEL ELDnIDeE' Commissioners.
EDGAR Ross, Executor. 10
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-03-08
Estate of John II. New.
Commissioners Notice.

The Undersigned, having been appoint Cd
by the Hon. Probate Court for the District OF
Addison. commissioners, to receive, examine
and adjust all claims against the estate of
John X. New. late OF Cornwall, in said
district. deceased, and all claims exhibited In
OFF ct thereto, hereby give notice that we will
meet for the purposes aforesaid at the dwell
ling house OF n. ID. Morse, in said town Of
Cornwall. on the 18th day OF March and
10Th day OF August next, from two O'Clock p. m
until four O'Clock pm, each of said days, anC,
that six months from the 25th day OF teb
ruary, A. d. 1907, is the time limited by said
court for said creditors to present their
claims to us for examination and allowance.
Dated at Cornwall, this 25th day OF Feb.
ruary, A. ID 1907
IRA l.. HAMBLIN, Ic.,
j. W. ATWOOD, commissioners o.
y. ID. MORSE. Administrator.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-03-08
FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1907.
COULD 1T BE WORSE Z?

Senator Patterson spoke in favor of
Government ownership of the railroads
at the very hour that E. H. Hartman
was on the witness stand in New York
making his amazing revelations of the
methods of railroad finance under private
ownership.
The speech of the Senator and the test-
mony of the magnate deserve to be
placed side by side, studied, and digested
by every person who would pretend to
intelligent understanding of great public
questions. There has always been one
B.. ready answer to the suggestion of Gov
eminent ownership: namely, that the
Government is incompetent to conduct
great business enterprises, and that its
effort to do 80 would introduce into pub
lie affairs sure incentive to dishonesty
and corruption.
But it may well be inquired if any
more demoralizing conditions could be
developed under public ownership than
are discovered whenever the lid is taken
off corporation methods of management
The Government is doubtless getting
such information as is now developing in
New York, chiefly through the interest
of rival financiers in exposing Hartman
methods. The Hill-Morgan group, the
Illinois Central interests of former Presi
dent Fish, and the Rock Island people
who have had experience with Unior
Pacific methods, have naturally beer
willing that the public should know al
much as possible about the present Unior
Pacific financial processes. They have
been doing a public service in helping
the Government uncover these wonderful
transactions in financial manipulation.
But, it will naturally be asked, how
much better are the interests that are il
this case helping turn on the light Fo
answer it is but necessary to read in an,
manual of railroads the story of the pres
ent organization of the Rock Island sys
met; or to get copy of the special mes
sage of Governor Deneen to the Illinoi
Legislature, in which, few we ks ago
finance under the Fish regime. Eithe
of these inquiries will enforce the con
clusion that the difference between
Union Pacific methods and those of som
other big groups is rather one of degre
than of kind.
We are getting more publicity nova
days; we will get yet more in the nea
future, when the publicity features of tn
new rate law are working completely
People who do not want public owner
ship sentiment to grow stronger than
is now must understand that privat
ownership is on trial for its life and tina
the evidence being introduced from tim
to time is not making good case for tn
defendant. There must be reform, O
there will be revolution. Such has bee
the experience of many other countrie
with their transportation systems, an
it will be the experience of the Unite
States. Washington Post.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-03-08
Estate of Abbic w. Lamb.

STATE OF VERMONT,
- DISTRICT OF ADDISON, IS.
The Probate Court for the District OF Ad.
Olson.
To all persons IN, crested in the estate OF
Abhie w. Lamb, late of Middlebury, in said
district, deceased.
GREETING
By the authority Of the state of Vermont,
said Probate Court. at the Probate Office in
MiddleburY. in said district, on the goth DAY
of March, A. ID. 1907. at 10 O'Clock a. m, to
show cause, II any you have. why the &C
count of Albert A. Fletcher. A darisist, ator OF
the estate of saiu deceased, should not be
allowed, and also why the residue OF said
estate should not be distributed to the parties
entitled therto.
Dated at Middlebury, in said district. this
4th day OF March. A. n. 1907.
10 MABEL A. BLISS, Register.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-03-08
COLLEGE NOTES.

The Mems Glee Club and instrumental
sextette will give concert in Vergennes
this friday evening.
Pres. Brainerd, who went to Boston on
business last Thursday, returned to col
lege Monday.
Hebert E. Boyce Of the class of 1900
lead the meeting of the Y. NJ. c. A. held
in the chapel Tuesday evening
Prof. McGilton has been unable to
meet his classes for over week because
of illness.
Alpha Alpha of Delta Kappa Epsilon
will entertain several friends at a card
party tomorrow evening at the chapter
house.
G. D. MacQuivey, 06, has returned to
New York after brief stay in town.
Miss Bertha Stilson. 'O9. spent Satur.
day and Sunday at her home in Proc.
tor.
The regular meeting of the Y w. G. A
was held Tuesday afternoon at 4 O'Clock
in the association rooms lead by Miss
Inez Cook, '09. The following officers
were elected for the ensuing year Sarah
Ward, '0S, president; Grace Buttolph, '0S
vice-president; Caroline Clark, '09 treas
urer; and Goldia Monroe, 10, secretary
The Ladies Glee Club gives its first con
cert of the season in Bristol this friday
evening.
S. B. Pettingill, 'Os. has returned from
an attended stay in Boston.
The Classical Club met on Saturday
evening with Prof. Sanford in his lecture
room in the chapel. Beside the students {
large number of guests were present
making about fifty in all. After a mos
interesting stereoptician lecture by Prof
Sanford, dainty refreshments wer'
served.
Miss o. f. Getman, 90, is able to b,
out after three weeks illness. Hel
mother, who has been here caring fol-
her, expects to return to her home il
Gloversville, N. ", today.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-03-08
The Club Woman.

Edward Everett Hale contributes an
editorial to the current number of the
Woman's Home Companion on Ameri-
can clubwomen and the great good
they can do in connection with the
charitable and correctional institutions
Of the country. He believes that much
valuable work can be accomplished, and
in his gentle manner describes the way
in which our clubwomen can help in
this class of civic labor.