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Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-10-25
MUCH TALENT, LITTLE ceNiUA
Justin Mecarthy's Idea Of the English
literary World

Justin Mccarthy. whose own actiyi.
ties as writer have extended over
more than half century. does not
agree with the despondent note often
heard in the discussion OF English III
erature. ut Is true" he says. that
we have not the old giants with 10.
We have much fine talent, but not,
perhaps, much real genius. It Is the
quiet sea after the billows. What ]
mean is that in literary history you
have times Of great minds and then
again times Of merely gifted minds.
The present time is one of high ave.
age talent rather than one Of geniua
-he average quality OF English literA
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-10-25

A. the EvolutIonIst Figures H.
Impudence becomes sang froid sfsss
IT, possessor has about 100000.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-10-25

Product Of 0ritish Mills.
British mills turn out daily more
than 10000 miles Of cotton cloth.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-10-27
EXTRA SESSION NOW CERTAIN.
Alabama Legislature to Deal With the
Railroad Question.

Mnt;goncly, Ala, Oct. 6.-With
the practical certainty of an extra
session of the legislature to deal with
the question of railroad control, prep.
aratiOn Is being MADE at the capitol
for the reception OF tne members.
Clerk Of the House Cyrus Brown Is
assembling his documents 50 that
Ihere may be no delay, and Score.
tary Of the Senate j. A. Kyle will be
early on the ground 20 have ready the
more sedate side OF the nouse. The
Governor and his many advisors are
getting mental line on what will be
suggested in The way OF legislation
and be prepared 10 give advice and
counsel to those who Will make the
laws.
The attitude Of ~ recalcitrant raj.
roads, headed In the main, by the
prCsldcn, Of the / louisville and Nah
Vile, Is well known now. and II
seems not 80 much d desire to re-
sist the rates and the laws a, the
principle that the state has a rignt
to legislate on alleged reduction in
incomes ami provide what shall be
charged for certain service for Civ
.en length Of time.
Milton Il! Smith. head OF the Louis.
Vile and Nashville, makes this very
plain. He insists that II the state
can make laws that will In a sense
be conhscatory Of the property OF the
railroads, 1t Is a bad day for all cor
porate interests. He prevers to let
the matter SO through the courts and
have IL settled for all time.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-10-27
PETITION FOR RECEIVER.
Application 10 Made for the Southern
Steel Company.


Birmingham, Ala, Oct. &c. -Appli-
cation for a receiver for, the South
erD Steel company was flied in tie
federal court here. the application
being signed. by the Sayer Mining and
Manufacturing company, the Birming.
ham Coal and Iron company and the
Star Cahaba Coal company. 1t Is
understood taat Kriss Valer and Ed.
gar Adler, of this city, win be named
as receivers by Judge Huntley, wio
is now In Huntsville.
The Southern Steel company Is cap.
i,alized at S25, 100000. It's principal
plants consist Of four furnaces, one
each at Gadsdcn and Truesdale Ala;
Chattanooga, Tenn. and Rising Fawn,
Ga. a siX.furnace steel mill at Gads.
den, Ala, a wire and nail mill at
Ensey and the conpany's ray m rial
embraces extensive coal AMI ore MINES
In Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia.
Among the principal stockholders in
the company are Oakleirh Thorne. j,
A. Van Cortiant and Moses Taylor. of
New York; j. p. Lacey of New Or
leans; G. f. Black and Il. 7. Schiller,
of Birmingham
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-10-27
SHERIFF ARRESTED GIRL.
Charged with Being implicated In a
HIGHWAY Robbery.

Raleigh, y. C., Cc,. 20. The
sheriff of Caldwell county has taken
to Jail at Lenoir a 1G.yearold eirI,
Maggie Lewis, who is charged with
being implicated In highway robbery
and murder in that county last
spring, For this crime two men were
tried last summer at Lenoir, were
convicted, and were sentenced each
to the penitentiary for twenty years.
II Is now claimed that the Lewis
girl has made confession TO some
friends and perhaps to a number OF
her family that she was concerned in
the double crime. aud that she got
part of the money.
The girl was found in Asheville. 1t
turns out that she had been there
aocat mOntn, and with two compan.
ions. giving Ia enames OF Mary Rog
ers and Vance Moody, had been ar
restei and sent to the house of cor
retiior, which is in the suburbs OF
ASkeVillS.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-10-27
YARD CONDUCTOR KILLED.
Foot Slipped from Break Beam and
He Was TroMn Under Train,

atlanta. Oct. % .--Chas. A. Walk.
ar, yard conductor OF the Southern
railway. was run down and almost
Instantly killed by freight train III
the Imam yards OF the Soutnern rail-
way Thursday afternoon at O'Clock
Walker Was in the act OF catching n
moving train OF cars when his foot
slipped from the brake beam, throw
tug him under the wheels lie was
tearfully manglsd and died before
medical assistance could reach the
scene ot the accident.
Walker vas S6 years Of age H'
had ben In the empioy OF the South.
Urn duT some years, having come
go Nt'ar.a from Virginia
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-10-27
Finances to Froteet Banks,

Goldncld Ney Oct &C. George
winfield has authorized the statement
that be and Senator Nixon were
using ,'elr entire finances for the pc
lection of tae banks in which they are
Interested t., banks ara AZ Reno.
Touopah Go.dha'd ans Rnvolite. The
Goliteh Consolidated va forced 10
Law ori '..-" uuUnr- at MIXERS on
Thursday reason o. the refu.a a, OF
tHe Samp.iTg works 20 accept ore.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-10-27
GRABBED 50 600

rhl'7J,lp. IA Oct Two men
walked iu,y &c suh-trcSsury here on
SNtdAN wuu.e. grabbed 50 o0O that
was belaS pad uu, to a national bank
csher SID Jared 20 run from the
Anuding
CleJk, and Others gave chase ana
che two ne. Nee 20 holy pursued
ina, ,hey threw IAetr more, under a
street car Hu,h men We. captured
aud are u1t .. ,Ic CITY .A.
one q, then ,rucd = revolver The
money v.' B.. .,.A NOTES arI Was all
TScoNCrt'
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-10-27
Msal,,ra,e Victim q Etua.

Montgomery Ala o,i -r sam.
uel johnson. magistrate eft Fillmore
county. Vas shot ant A'.vd TAurs
dSy a. ne R'jghJcd from train AZ
Rollins switch, aaou. H. mikes aorta
Of he0c. by. a MAJ gsucd oStcs Nho
escaped T. Is AID \ lclt existed be-
sween the men. R.cOIAOunds serc
eat tron rae siais pehiieHtiatl d.
which Is close ~ /. 10 pssae ostss.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-10-27
ROCKEFELLER REUNION.
Third Annual Dinner 10 Given at Bret
ton Hall.

miro Annual Dinner ls Given at Bret.
ton HALL.
Nav York. oct 29--The Rookefel
.cr family association had It's third
annual dinner az BRETON hall Thurs
day uISlt WITH ABOUT huP!-ed Nom.
bers from all parts OF ne country
present
The ucare.; kin ~ the great chief
" The Gao AZ the baRQHS, aas Mrs
carrie Bbndlvy OF Phelps y. Y. 4
cousin ~ John d. Rockefeller Aaron
X. Lewis. a distant relative ~ NO spsu,
son t'ne DO rs into the family
gersslog, 1as found the Rockefsllers
Originated 10 France. the name Deiug
originally RoOusfeHiile MAJ. Of them
even IN the Rft~cuth century were
hnancis. men ooiuE Eold am silver
smithS and issuius coins ~ 'Aslr own
Ni,h their name stamped upon taem.
There 10 RSroa RoQuefea.,e SuE
AvtnE a. ReBres Nho adu,l., ne -
lNtonship
Mr. lNNls said ,he cerr~r 81 The
south German, ROeketslrrs Nas 10 The
village 81 Ssan Nhrre he found sim.
con AID Carris, ISock~ts.er running
The old Ws'e, Will Of he town. a.
their fAtser, hsd done fut saS years.
~Unaonh,en, ~ are Aiasmen Of
sAe American WHkousirs. said SIN.
aaa 70 Mr.. Laufx
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-10-27
ONE KILLED, EIGHT HURT.
ESpIo'ion at Purifying Plant OF the
Chattanooga Gas Company.

Chattanooga Gas Company.
Chattanooga, Tenn. Oct &c, One
man was fatally hurt and eight others
were more or less seriously injured
by an explosion OF gas which destroy.
ed the purifying plant OF the Chatta.
nOoga Gas company Thursday after
noon Following the explosion the
plant was almost instantly enveloped
in flames. and for some time the large
retort was in danger Instant and
heroic work on the part OF the Are
department confined the flames to the
purifying department.
The loss to the gas company will
reacn $40 900.
The cause Of the explosion Is
thought 10 have been the lighting OF
a match near one of the large mains
while the cap was on II is not known
certainly who is responsible for the
accident. IN investigation will b.
made
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-10-27
WILL CLOSE SATURDAY.
Final Day Of Georgia state Fair viii
Be ENentfuI.


Atlanta. Oct. 26-The Georgia
State fair, which has established a
new record for a successful season,
viii close It's gates Saturday night at
midnight.
The officials, however, have ar
ranged an interesting program for the
farewel1 day. The chief event OF in
terest vii center about the mammoth
coliseum Saturday afternoon from
until o'clock, which will be the baby
show.
The show outgrew all OF It's eXpec-
tations, and the keenest interest has
been caused by the many entries, Lab.
era prizes have been offered and the
show promises TO be very successful.
An especially fast racing program
has been prepared for the hnal events
and the midway shows will give spe.
cial performances on the last nignt,
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-10-27
FIRE IN MASONIC TEMPLE
General Stampede Followed Among
Three Hundred People

Chicago. Oct. &c Thrive nad.e.
people were enjoying themselves 30
the assembly hall on thr Severn. reo'a
floor of the Masonic Temple T.ur'1ay
midnight when fire started ou ne
fourth floor. spread 10 me seventh
and filled the upper part of ~. oI.'.
ing with SMOKE
A general stampede followed "aeI
smoke reached the hal. wa'r' '..rad'
of the Catholic Knigh.. ae5 Uad'~'
OF America were attending O. ."-'1
ton.
The fire was caused oE ....Nlic
rods which became "ao' |.' -'''
which are at the rear Of '., ... a'-
shaft, ignited the wood part. 2
blaze spread rapidly before '''
discovered. In the ASSEMBLY ...
was excitement and sou.
Quick action and coo. Iu.-... \
the part of employees ~ ...
in operating he 'Ag"g "....
ever, made lae rescue - ~.
easy. but some Of ,aom fame
became excited and ,r.n.
the long niCGts OF s'a.'-
The loss TO she 'cw|.'
about s. ooo
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-10-27
MANY ARE HOMELESS
Result Of Earthshccks In Dis
trictS Of CuIaBria.
POPE SENDS RELIEF MONEY
In Addition Italian Government Sends
Large Sum for'the Sutferers-People
, Fear Repetition Of the Earthquake
Shocks.

Rome, Oct, 2G.-I-ittle additional
news .as received here Friday morn.
ing from ,e districts of Cela0ta
watch were Geya stated by eGTth,hocks
during the evening OF Oct. %. The bad
weather continues in the south and 1t
Is feared taat ,many persons are like
ly to lose their lives as the result OF
exposure, tear of a re9e itiOn Of the
earthquakes p'el enting them from re-.
turning 10 the villages, Many OF
the homeless people nave erected tents
or are living under other temporary
coverings.
The pope mas sent supplies OF
money to jhe clergy Of Ca.aDrIa for
the RELIEF OF their suffering parishion.
ers and has ordered that the churcaes
be kept open day and ni9lt for the
use OF the homeless
In addition 70 the funds sent by
the pontin the eolelnment has for
warded S2d,0OO - the CaldbrIan an
thorities tor use in the relief work.
Details Of he earthquake show that
the shocks were especially severe in
the southern end Of Calabria. The
first shock fortunately brought the
entire population Of the village into
the open, many succeeding in max
ing their escape 10 the hills or open
plaiLs. which accounts for the small
ness OF the list OF fatalities. -
Buried In Ruins.
To add to the desolation caused by
the earthquake 1t was raining In tor
rents In the evening, which greatly
increased the suffering among the
homeless people.
Half the houses at Ferruzzano and
Brancaleone collapsed and many per-
sons were buried in the ruins and at
Slnopoli and ST. TIaria more lives are
said TO have been lost. Panic pre-
walls everywhere.
Bocella, JGnica, Reggie, Cosanza,
Baraodio. Cittanova. Patml Marina
and other towns also suffered from
the SnoCks, but none severely.
Half the houses Of the village OF
GeraCe are in ruins and similar con-
oitions prevail in a number OF other
places
The scientists at the University of
Naples, who study seismitic disturb
anCes, say that the earthquake of 1905
was preceded Jy tue sudden cessa-
ton OF the eruptions of Mount Strom-
boil and EtnA Mount Vesuvius
boil and klna. Mount Nesuvius,
hoy add, was active unit Ia week
ago. out since then the volcano has
no emitted any smoke al al.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-10-27
sr,, r ~,,e' with R.r..

R ' .a o. a = n Hnt.
land q n. ..vas faru,,r shou q;
wears q" s. '. aine I mite, north 81
ReSnoids 'yuN.ued suicide Thurs,
1sN BY sh..' hlnse; Nlt5 a Mar
1in rins lie ,It be,u Ia bad heasA
fOT some 'r' 0Fi,' Is s1pp0,ei to
have peeB I6S eAa.s Vi ole rasA act.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-10-27
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE
Madisorvile n.y.. Visited b, ; -
Confauratlc0

Madisonyilie. Ky Co.,
city was visited by a ..-
Friday. wagon factory al.
stables. tobacco tac''..
snop and six ra,idcUces ....
70 the ground
The loss il ~sttT7'"
parry CO,Dl'i 1E .-.
origin Of The fro r"
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-10-27

Baltimore NJ. Oc, "a cable
gam from ,oaarr 20 he Maritime
Exchange sAys "a, Jae Brhlsa YES
sci. Pampioo f.ra Baltimore 10, Rot.
tsrdanI "a abandoned Ia latitads 81
nof'l lcngitsds - vat. TIE ersv
we're ! yea.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-10-27
calm AFTER STORM
Financial Market Has Escaped
Danger of a Pauic.
BELIEF MEASURES TAKEN
~ Pool, Headed by Morgan, Made Up
t25 900, COO, Which It ls Believed
Has Given Permanent Relief to the
n Money Market.

New York, Oct. &c. "A much calm
or tone was apparent In business cir
Giles Friday morning. The success OF
2 the relief measures undertaken by j.
Pierpont Morgan, Jonu ID. Rockefeller
and other prominent finanCiers, TO.
gether with the serenity with which
the officials OF the trust company
OF America met the run OF depositors
ison that institution gave great encour-
Agement to bankers and business men
generally that no further trouble was
20 be feared The $4,000 900 made
up by pool headed by Mr., Morgan
which was sent into the stock market.
THURSDAY afternoon Is believed 10
have given permanent relief to the
brokers who were needing funds with
which TO carry the stocks bought and
held on margins for their customers.
Thursday might passed without any
OF the series Of conferences OF bank
0rs with each other and with Score.
tAry Cortelyou, which were held until
late hours on Tuesday and Wednes.
day nights except for an informal
meeting al MI MOrgans house. Sec.
retary Cortelyou attended the dinner
80 the graduate club OF which he is
Nice president and made an addres
In which after discussing at some
length the objects OF the club and It's
a at IN 1n iaf of n
financial matters The secretary said:
CoIteIyou Talks Of Situation,
I'VE are having trying experience
nut. with all its embarrassment
md my faith In the general stability
OF business strengthened by the ex'
amples | have seen OF both courage
and splendid devotion to public wei.
fare shown by many men OF great In
nuence In the commercial and indus
trial HE Of this city. Weak places
have been fortified; but what is bet.
Ger. those IT bad influence have been
ecOurEed from their positions and
che determination to carry tnis work
forward will have far-reaching In
MuenCe In restoring public confidence"
There were lines OF depositors
waiting FRIDAY morning In front Of the
Trust Company OF America and ~ toe
banking Once OF The Lincoln Trust
COMPANY mp town.
Woman Headed Line.
n
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-06-14
The jamestown Train.

Speaking of the train which Syl
Dixon is preparing to run to the
Jamestown exposition. aud
through the eastern states, the
Lawrence Gazette says in its issue
of June 9th. as follows.
Douglas county ought bv all
means to be represented. Such
an exhibit will be worth many
times the cost to US. aud by 5e.
ginning early arrangements can
be made to secure the very best
products of our farms and factor
les to send east. Mr.. Dixon will
visit the business men this week.
and ask that they give assistance to
the enterprise. The Gazette
wants to say for him that be is
perfectly reliable. and has made
good in every one::of his many un.
dertakings for the glori6cation of
Kansas.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-06-14
Runaway Accident.

A horse being driven by Mrs.
Drew a sister of Andy Boyd. be.
came frightened at some thing
Tues dayafternoon causing him to
jump, breaking the harness, and
permitting the buggy to run up
on him. thereby soaring him some
more and causing him to start to
run away. Mrs. Drew was in
the buggy alone and held to the
reins trying her best to stop the
animal. He was headed north on
Main street and got away from
the Carnival trappiags all right,
and cleared a lot of wagons and
vehicles in front of the Heller
barn. until he met the last one.
The buggy struck one of the hind
wheels of a wagon belonging to
. Ben Baxter, which had just been
driven up. The lady was tossed
into the air by the jolt and struck
the ground with a terrific force,
the buggy and contents coming
down at the same time. 1t
seemed to the eye witnesses that
she must have been instantly
killed. She was knocked uncon-
scious but in a few minutes re-.
covered, and an examination by
DR.. Mcpherson revealed the fact
that aside from a severe shake up
and some bruises, she was not SER
= iously injured. She was immed-
lately taken to Andy Boyd's
= home where she was resting easy.
Willie, the ten We ars old son of j.
c. Carr, whose father works at
the creamery, was knocked down
by the horse in his trip. and re-
ceived a scalp wound in the back
of his head about two inches long,
which was sewed up by DR.. But
ston, and he was taken to his home.
With the number of children on
the street it is remarkable that no
one was hurt any worse.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-06-14
Missouri Pacific Wreck,

Missour Pacific train No. 3.
west bound, went off the track
Monday night about two miles
east OF McCracken, caused by a
mishap to the tender. No one
was injured but the track was torn
up considerably which delayed
traffic so that No. four could get
iu, and the branch got back here
Tuesday ahead of time, for the
first time since the road was
built, 50 Engineer Goodwin says.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-06-14
6sysrnnsnt Crop Report.

The average condition of the win-
ter wheat on June / was IA as com
pared with S2.s on May J, 1907;
S2.7 on June l, 1906; S5.5 on June l,
1905, and ten-year average of Sl.l.
The average condition Of spring
wheat on June l was SS.7 as compar-
ed with 1874 at the corresponding
date last year SS.7 On June l, 1905,
and a ten-year average of 1913.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-06-14

Jake Gustin was down from the
northwest Wednesday to take in
the street fair.
John Kelley came down from
Pawnee Rock Tuesday evening to
attend the street fair.
Normal closes this week. Exam.
ination for teachers certificates
will be conducted Friday and
Saturday.
Mrs. c. A. Strong left
Thursday morning for Burlln.
game where Prof.. Srtong is en-
gagged in normal work.
A. 6. Adams dropped off here
Wednesday for a few hours visit.
While here he purchased a fire
driver from Pete Maus.
There are still a lot of nice
articles left in our IL cents semi.
porcelain china. Buy what you
want now before it is too late.
E. R. Mosei Mere. Co.
Mrs. Jeanette Cuthbertson and
daughter, who nave been visiting
A. B. Cuthbertson of the water
plant, returned to their home at
Pittsburg Monday evening. Mrs.
A. B. Cuthbertson accompanied
them for a visit with home folks.
General Manager Hurley of the
Santa Fe has informed the
Stafford people that his company
is so busy providing facilities for
handling business that they could
not get to the new depot for
Stafford for smother year anyway.
We hope the handsome brick
veneered structure Great Bend
expects will not 90 the same route.
The hack team driven by Ca
Keenan, took a Lotion Wednesday
while going down to No. si1
that they we're not going fast
enough and undertook to drive
themselves. They did. With thu
aid of the driver however. they
made the turn at the depot, but il
a way that made the eye wit
nesses' hair sort of stand up fol-
the safety of the occupant of thu
vehicle. a lady.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-06-14

Mrs. Mary Palmer Gunnell left
Tuesday for St. Joe to attend
the funeral of her mother.
G. n, r. H., E. R. Moses. and
Robert Merton, made their regu-
lar visit to Hoisington Tuesday.
= Mrs. Glenn Martin and sister.
Miss Vannatta, have gone to
Cottonwood Falls for a visit.
Miss Irene Hooper has gone to
Wichita to attend the commence
'ment exercises at Mount Carmel.
Miss Ulanda, who has been at
tending the school the past year.
will return home with her.
D. Claude Luse, F. I. Belt. and
j. Anel, Ellinwood, called Monday
and renewed their Democrat sub
scription, The boys thought VT
needed some money for the stree
fair. We do.
Everything about the carnival
shows looks clean and new. an(
the entire outfit beats in appear
.aince the previous ones shown her
by two to one. We doubt not bu
what their shows are all right too
We are going to find out.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-06-14
Some Amusement.

As the carnival people did not
get squared away in time to have
anything doing Monday nj ght, it
was getting a trihe lonesome for
the boys, so they found a badger
and a dog and a man to hold the
badger, and they had a badger
fight. A large crowd gathered
to witness the scrap, much inter.
est was manifested. and consider.
ably money was being wagered as
to the result of the tournament.
1t did not last very long. the
badger Of course lost, as he was
outclassed in weight and height.
He was a game loser though, and
took it all in good spirit.