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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-03-07
SPENT $50. 900 OVER $500.

After having been dragged through
the courts for sixty years, the law
suits of Andrew Camp against Will
Liam Zimm man was finally decided
in court here today. The litigants
were leading farmers in the upper
end of Lehigh county and the dispute
was over strip of land worth about
SIS. 1t is 1900 feet long and in
width from A to 23 feet.
The suit was over the ownership
of the land and the litigation began
when Zimmerman cut down a chest
nut tree on the property. The men
and their families although neigh
bors have not spoken to each other
for over half a century. The case
has been in the supreme court at least
three times, mad no less than$30.-
600 mas been spent in lawyers fees
and other costs in the litigation.
Since the last suit was brought
Zimmerman has died. as also have
hislawyer John Rupp and the princi-
pal witness. Peter Kunkle. The Wild
ow fought the case to a finish but to-
day she lost, the jury deciding tnat
the property belongs to Camp. When
the suits involving the question OF
damages were tried the verdict never
exceeded SG.-N Y World.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-03-07
FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS-.
Some of the Important Bills II
Enacted.

Washington, March Important
acts passed by the Fifty-Ninth con-
gress:
The railway rate law.
Lock canal at Panama; supplies to
be domestic
Oklahoma (ncluding Indian Ter
ritory) admitted to the union
Pure food law
Meat inspection.
Alcohol, for use in arts, freed of
tax.
Consular. service recognized on
merit basis.
Quarantine against yellow fever
Mathematical.
National bank liabilities limited to
80 per cent. of capital.
Alaska: Delegate allowed; aliens
prohibited fishing.
Taxation of pure domestic sweet
wines reduced.
Affairs of the five civilized Indian
tribes finally settled.
Niagara Falls and historic antiqui-
ties preserved.
Graves of Confederate soldiers
marked.
Santo Domingo, Morocco, Mexican
boundary and American pecuniary
Gains arbitration treaties approved.
immigration law revised.
Expatriation law, defining citizen
ship and status of Americans married
to foreigners.
General service pension law, en-
bracing all soldiers GO years of age.
National banks and corporations
prohibited from contributing to po-
litical campaign funds.
Salary increases: Fifty per cent to
vice president. Speaker, congressman
and cabinet members; all salaries OF
ministers abroad formerly $500
raised to 10000; postal clerks and
carriers Increased.
Railway employees working hours
limited.
Army: Artillery recognized and
enlarged; field batteries combined
in six regiments, and coast batteries
constituted a corps; nearly $780,
100000 appropriated for waterways
improvement.
Navy: Two 10000 ton battleships.
two destroyers. 100000 for sub
marines.
Bills introduced; House. 25,91O:
senate. S,655.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-03-07
Senator BaiIey.

Said Senator Bailey in his recent
outburst before the Texas
legislature:
81 have letters from other states
saying that If Texas was tired of me
/ could come among them and they
would send ME TO the senate"
1t is too bad that Mr.. Bailey did
not name these states. Probably he
left them nameless so as not to offend
the susceptibilities Of Democratic col
leagues in the senate now holding on
ad interim. Texas ought to feel the
implied rebuke and strain herself to
Go proper honor to a statesman 50
widely honored in sister common
wealths.-New York Tribune
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-03-07
Tears OF Widows Cleanse Money
Though It Be Ever So Tainted

ways aimed quite in the right ditec-
ton"
would you accept money from
Mr.. Rockefeller" General Booth was
asked. "or do you look upon his
money as tainted?"
"Why, of course 1 would take 1t If
It came my way" he replied. 1T
will be just as good as anybody else's
money so far as | can see. Some
years ago ! met thhe Marquis of
Queensberry, who made the prize
ring rules, and he gave me $500
Then We had prayer together. He
had just lost his wife, as l had mine,
and We had common bond of SYM
pathy. Some people saw this and
came to me and said: Are you
going to take that dirty money of
that Marquis OF Queensberry?' Ger
tainly | am, said. and they de-
nounced me right away.
To Cleanse IL With Tears.
81 would take anything and |
would wash it in the tears of the
widows and orphans. would lay il
on the altar Of benevolent effort for
the good of the cause.
81 never have seen Mr.. Carnegie.
never have approached him in any
way. | should have thought that the
work of the Salvation Army would
have commended itself to Mr.. Car
negie. But Mr.. Carnegie says: 4
cannot spend my money on peopl"
who are down. l will help those who
want to get up.
81 hold that the time to help a
man is when he is going down. Yon
would be surprised at the beautiful
people who are down.
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are clear and cold at all seasons. and
the fish are unusually game. 'se =
''The other two chains TEEN with
game fish. but in no instance has a
muskal'onge ever been caught in
either. Pickerel are so plentiful that
they drive the bass away from all
bait and it is almost impossible to
catch bass, although there are some
fine ones in botn chains. There has
never been a satisfactory explarfa-
tlon of the presence of muskallonge
only in one chain. and every other
game fish common to the region in
other lakes without the muskies. -
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-03-07

New York, March 7.-General VIII
lliam Booth, commander of the Sal
walton Army, arrived here today on
the liner Minneapolis. He was met
at the pier by delegation from the
Organization and driven directly to
the headquarters in Fourteenth street
There has been some mystery about
the mission of General Booth to
America On his way to Japan, but the
mystery was explained when he an
|nounced that he was anxious to see
Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rookie
Teller. He will not have his wish in
the latter case. for the reason thar
Mr.. Rockefeller has left his Lake
wood home for Augusta, Ca, on ac-
count of the illness of his daughter,
Mrs. Mccormick.
"My mission in New York is TO
raise from 100000 to $4,000, 600"
said General Booth. 81 am seeking
ito get this large fund for the purpose
of establishing What will in the end
be called the University of Human
ity.' I would take tainted money, as
you call It from John d. Rockefeller
Tor anybody else"
To Save Men From Crime.
This proposed humanitarian insti-
tuition Is to have headquarters here
land in London. 1t will be for the
permanent uplifting of humanity. It's
mission will be the saving of men
everywhere from vice, crime and all
the other evils attendant upon pow
Ierty.
Il would like ito see Mr.. Carnegie, +"
said the general. 81 think his phil
anthropy, generous as It Is, is not al
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-03-07

Lloyd Griscom. the new ambassa-
dor to Italy, tells Of baseball game
he saw in Brazil. An Englishman
was catcher for his nine and did fair
ly well until new pitcher was put
in. the twirler sent in hot one. The
failed to hold the ball,
which hit him on the nose and knock
ed him senseless. When he recovered
he asked feebly:
what was it?''
The umpire answered:
1T was a foul. -
20 fowl groaned the poor catch
err, mistaking the word. Il thought
M was a mule"
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Strange Minnesota Lakes.

"There are three remarkable
chains of lakes in Northern Minneso-
ia, among the headwaters of the Mis-
sissippi," said ID. B. Stark of st.
Pau, "These are known respective
ly as the Man Trap. Crows King and
Fish Hook chals, and there are
about forty lakes in the three chains,
In some places they come so close
together that lakes of all three
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chains will be within half a mile of
each other, but there is the widest
possible difference in them.
"The Man Trap chain is almost
fifty feet higher than either of the
two other chains, and the eleven
lakes which comprise it have no inlet
or outlet to any other waters. Still
the AXE is teeming with muskallonge
and there are no other varieties of
fish in any of the lakes. The waters
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-03-07

Poet what do you think of this
little poem of mine. She Would Not
Smile?' Editor 81 think If you
had read the. poem to her she would
have smiled. - Transatlantic Tales
from lie Rire.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-03-07

Most detectives knit their brows
while trying to unravel mystery
Every dog has his day--and the
watch dog also his night.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-03-07

Thomplxins struts around awfully
lately Great Scott, why shouldn I
heg He owns a hennery and doesn't
have to buy eggs"
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-03-07

Never judge man by the com
pany he keeps; Il may be his wife's
folks.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-02-09

Miss Nellie Boyd February 8, 1906, at
lndianola. by Rev. Thornhrue. a former
pastor. He died Thursday afternoon
Jan. 81, at the age of 20 years, 8 months
and 15 days. The funeral services We're
conducted by his pastor, Rev. A. Fl.
Rusk, from the Russell Methodist Epis-
copal church al II a. M. Saturday, Feb
2. 1nterment was made in Russell GEM
etery.
U. S. Cooper was a Charlton visitor
Monday.
The residence of G.. A. Shields caught
fire Tuesday afternoon. caused by a
defective flue. The alarm was turned in
and the fire department responded very
readily and the fire was put out but
not without a considerable damage to
the house and household goods. The
property is owned by r. r. F'ogg Of
Boulder, Colorado. Mr.. Shields has
moved into the Post property In the
east part Of town.
R. L. Adams was a Melrose business
visitor Tuesday.
Marie Curtis of Ottumwa arrived on
No. Tuesday to attend the Kinsey-
King wedding.
Lloyd Hill and wife and little son of
Canada left Wednesday: on No. 3 for
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William g. Brown.

ly every class of great corporate inter-
ests in this country are commencing to
bear their legitimate and inevitable
fruit, and that already we can begin IL
see the slowing down of the wheels.
Within eighteen months from this time
the chill which the commerce of the
country will have received will make
possible a very substantial reduction
in Mr. Hills figures.
II do not wish to be understood as
justifying any wrong doing on the part
Of railroads or other corporations, but
while the offenses have been local and
occasional. the condemnation has been
universal and indiscriminate; and whilo
I believe such abuses and hurtfnl prac-
tees as did exist have been stopped.
the prejudice and condemnation cons
tinues, and will continue until the
| President makes an. appeal forsfair and
4 reasonable treatment for them. Such
/ an, appeal would clear the atmosphere
and, restore confidence as nothing else
| can.
II do not at the present time own a
share of railroad stock as an invest
ment, and, in fact have never owned
any stock of this character. The only
people who can afford to invest money
in railroad bonds or stocks are those
whose means are large enough to make
an investment attractive which gives a
comparatively low return, but which IS
| reasonably safe.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-02-09
May Deny Pardons
to Murderers
Bill Introduced Affecting Grim
inaI Pr0cedure-Ananlosa to
be Reformdtory
Des Moines Bureau of
The Ottumwa Courier,
Des Moines Feb. 7.

A bill prepared by Representative
Holmes of Kossuth in conference with
Governor Cunlmins, Senator Saunders
and Judge Robinson of the board of
control and number of other leading
penalogists of the state was introduced
in the house today. Senators Saun-
ders will withdraw his senate bill and
Introduce the same measure there.
The new bill does not abolish the pres
ent maximum and minimum terms of
sentence, but creates and determines
the length of term within the legal
limitations of the code.
1t provides that Anamosa shall be a
reformatory and removes from the
legislature the authority to recommend
pardons for first degree murderers. In
all features it is moderate measure.
Health Conventions.
The senate passed the bill intro.
duced by Senator McKiveen to pro-
vide that each year there shall be held
in each of the eight health districts of
the state sanitary convention con-
Quoted by two members of the state
board of health to be attended by all
health officers in the district
These conventions are intended to
be educational in their character.
The senate also passed bill to pro.
vide way to restore lost certificates
of tax sales and the bill to prohibit the
transportation of powder in mines
while the men are at work
The reciprocal demurrage bill in.
troduced in the house by White yes
terday provides simply remedy for
the difficulty in getting cars and NOV
ing freight by charging the railroad
company the same demurrage for each
days delay in furnishing a car or fail
ure to move 1t that the railroad now
charges the shipper for failure to load
or unload. The demurrage in each
instance is fixed at 81 day by the
White bill. 1t is mild and conserva-
tive measure. 1t provides that the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-02-09

F. G. Moorhead in the World To-
day:
When William Jennings Bryan
first flashed into view, in 1896, one
OF the most interested and attentive
auditors at one of his great political
meetings was a, young and ambitious
country lawyer and banker of Iowa.
He quickly saw through what he be-
l1eved to be the fallacies of the bril-
l1ant Nebraskan and proposed to him
self to riddle them with shot and shell
OF actual facts. But how to secure a
nearing He was not a politician, he
was unknown throughout the state
and nation. Despalring of a better
opportunity, he appeared before a
meeting of business men of the little
Iowa town in viii h he lived and
answered the address they had
recently heard from the presidential
nominee. A correspondent of a
metropolitan newspaper happened to
be present, and the countryman
awoke the next morning to find him
self famou Within week he had
been engaged to deliver a series of
plies Ito Mr.. Bryan. During the
b npaign he spoxe4in his own, state
sixty times, and was sent hithefr. and
thiether in other S ales. Zone week
he, spoke twenty-seven hours, an
average OF four and one-half hours
each day. Week after week he
kept up the pace with never break.
interspersing his address on finance
with homely humor and fitting story
that made comparisons to Abraham
Lincoln inevitable. The speeches made
Leslie M. Shaw of Denison governor
OF Iowa a year latter, although he had
never held public position before
save tnat of school director in a
rural community
When the aged father of the gov
ernor-elect was notified of his sons
success he expressed little surprise,
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or to any campaign political commit
tee. The persons who may give tes-
timony for the prosecution or others
under this law are to be immune from
punishment except for perjury.
The proposed reduction of live stock
rates comes from the application of the
Corn Belt Meat Producers association.
Comparison is made in their petition
with rates in Missouri and Illinois.
and the declaration made that there
has been no reduction in rates on cat.
tie, horses. sheep and mules for great
many years. They call attention to the
fact that formerly Iowa had the lowest
rates on these and other farm prod
ucts, but this is no longer true, and
while the railroads have increased
their earnings $28,000,00O year there
has been no reduction in these rates.
In regard to the cream rates it Is
alleged that the change is in the in
terest Of monopoly, and that the small
diaries and cooperative creameries
will suffer If the change is made The
rates paid now run from 10 cents for
10 miles up to 60tcents for $50 miles.
The change desired would be so that
the rates run from Is cents up to 80
cents. This would give the concen-
trating stations a big advantage. The
state dairy department has protested
in the name of the dairy interests of
the state and strong protest was
filed by the Creamery Journal in be-
half Of the co-operattves of the state.
The state railroad commission will
take these matters under advisement
and render decision later
In the meantime the legislative COM
mittees will take up the general freight
rate problem.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-02-09

w. G. Brown, formerly general man
ager of the Burlington ana we'll known
In Ottumwa as the brother of Captain
@. P. Brown and ]. d. Brown, ex-
presses his views of the indiscriminate
attacks on capital in the following let
ter given publicity In New York:
New York, Feb. 6.Some very strik-
ing statements regarding the present
anti-corporation agitation and the re-
suits that may grow out of it are made
In a letter published recently in Wall
street from Vice President W.. c.
Brown of the New York Central road
He says that the feeling of distrust is
rapidly spreading, and believes that IT
Is responsible for a slowing down In
trade. He says he never owned "a share
Of railroad stock. The most pertinent
paragraphs in the letter follow:
1.-THE. spirit of hostility against the
railroads, which seems to be felt by
members of both parties and by the
administration, whether real or not, Is
rapidly creating a feeling of distrusl
and is disereditihg the railroads Of the
country to such an extent as to make
1t very difficult at the present, time tc
secure money for needed Improvements
1t promises to make 1t almost impossi-
BILE to do SO in the near future.
Attacks Are Bearing Fruit.
81 believe that tha attacks on near.
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railroad shall have three days begin
ming at a. m. the day following that
on which car is ordered in which
to get the car to the shipper. After
the three days it is to pay the shipper
81 for each days delay and the same
for each days failure to move the
freight after loaded and the same if It
fails to move it 80 miles each "a
hours. The railroads ara given "a
hours in which to transfer freight
from one road to another and the con
signee is charged 81 a day for each
days failure to unload a car in 4S
hours if $4,000 pounds or " hours If
over $4,000 pounds
tot
Representative Clark of Jefferson
proposes that Iowa shall have as low
yesterday provides that If 1t Is repre-
sented to the railroad commission that
any territory adjacent to Iowa has 4
lower freight rate on any commodity
than does Iowa it shall at once fix a
date for hearing and unless at that
hearing it is proven that the rate is
not lower it shall put the rate into
force in this state.
The house and senate COMMITTEES
on agr; tural will have joint SEES.
siors last of this week to consider
thu 4Sewberry pure stock food bill.
The next bills to be taken up and
considered by the insurance commit.
tee of the house will be the bill fix.
ing minimum rates for fraternal in.
surance companies and the bill MAX.
ing uniform fire insurance policy.
The Hughes anti-pass bill is in the
hands of subcommittee of the sen.
ate committee on railroads. In the
discussion of the bill in committee
on Wednesday it was disclosed that
one clause which is going to meet
with much opposition is that which
prevents the railroad attorneys and
railroad physicians from carving
passes. This clause, it is declared,
will have the effect of changing much
of the business of the railroads and
1t would have the affect Of leaving
the employment of doctors and law.
yers open to all in the profession. Or.
ganized opposition to the bill in its
general features has appeared.
The senate will pass the bill to for.
bid campaign contributions by corpora.
tions. 1t was reported favorable to.
day with some amendments. The bill
is drastic in its provisions and would
prohibit the giving of contributors
by any corporation or its officers TO
anyone who is a candidate for Office
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explaining: II knew Leslie was in the
line OF promotion, for he was born
in log cabin
Farm boys of to-day have no idea
OF the work we boys in those days
had to do declared Secretary Shaw
recently, telling the story of the
struggle of his early years. He was
born in Lamoille county, Vermont, in
1S4S At the age of years he
accompanied his parents to farm
near the little town of Stone, and
there he passed the most of the time
until he came west in 1859. 1t was no
easy life, that strenuous work in the
fields all day and far into the night.
AT 5 o'clock in the morning we were
at work. When meal time came our
meal was ready when we reached the
house and, after eating it. we never
thought of sitting back from the table
for a few moments rest, but went 10
tie fields again at once. At night
al.er the cows were MIXED up the
back stairway to bed, and, oh, how
we did not sleep nutil the time came
Tor us to get up al. and go over the. same
program again. p q S
comes To1ioWa
Working on the farm in summer,
teaching country schools and stealing
term now and then to attend the
academy, young Shaw passed the
years until he was 81, when Horace
Greeley's famous advice inspired him
to cast his fortunes with the growing
west. He had heard wonderful tales
OF the ready wealth of the country
adjacent to the Reed River of the
North, and there he headed. But, en-
ROUTE, passing through Iowa, he le-
cided to stop for short visit. Tt
just happened that ! reached the
town of Mt. Vernon when corn
husking was at it's height and men
were scare. Instead of visiting, young
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their home, after visit with friends
and relatives in and around Russell.
The Baptist Benevolent society met
with Mrs. w. L. Curtis Wednesday af-
ternoon.
Il. H. Delano was Charlton visitor
Monday.
Loura McIntire and Ethel King Of
Humeston arrived Tuesday to attend
the wedding of the latter's cousin, Miss
Iva King, south of town.
Mrs. j.. A. Vinsel entertained the
Presbyterian Aid society at her homo
Wednesday afternoon.
w. r. Davis and family of Hotel
Brandon left Monday for a visit at
Corydon, Iowa, Princeton, Mo-, and will
go to Louisiana for an extended visit.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-02-09
Chief Engineer Stevens
Will Resign Unless Gov.
eminent Completes
Work it Began
DEADLOCK ON SANTO
DOMINGO TREATY
Democratic Senate Leaders
Balk and Extra Session
May be Necessary

Washington. D. c., Feb. THE adj
1nfnistraticn has been brought face to
face with the alternative of rejecting
all bids for the construction of the
Panama canal by contract or losing
the serylces of Chief Engineer John
F. Stevens
This IS the reason for the delay of
the President, Secretary Taft and En-
gineer Shonts in acting on the Oliver
bid.
An effort has been made to get
Stevens to change his mind, but he
continues obdurate. The indications
are the administration will accede to
his request and the construction will
be continued by the government.
May Be Extra Session.
Democratic senate leaders reached
the decision today that the republican
senators must take the entire respon-
sfbility if the treaty with Santo Do
mingo continuing the present financial
relations is ratified. This means that
( . ! III ~
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Builds up waste tissue, promotes
appetite, improves digestion, induces
refreshing sleep, giving renewed
strength and health. That's what
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea will
do. 35c, Tea or Tablets. Sargent, the
True Druggist corner Market and
Main,