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The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-30
KANSAS FOR TAFT.
Republican State Central Committee
Unanimous for War Chief.

TOPEKA. Kan, Dec. S0.-The Repuh-
lican State central committee, at Its meet
ing here unanimously adopted a res
olution indorsing William H. Taft
for the Republican nomination for Presl-
dent. The State convention was called for
March 4.
A delegation with ironclad Instructions
for Taft will be selected at the convention.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-30
BABE CHOKED
COTTON STUFFED DOWN ITS
THROAT.
Body Found in Paramount Avenue,
County Physician Calls on Po-
lice to Hunt Slayer.

County Physician Elliott today de-
manded an investigation by the police
in the case of an infant found under
the porch of a vacant house at 357
Paramount avenue by Policeman Beg
ley, of the Fourth Precinct Station.
The county physician performed an
autopsy today in Holes morgue and
1t showed that the child had been MUIR
dered. A quantity of~cotton was stuffed
in its throat and it was thus strangled
to death.
The little victim was a male child
and was one day old. The police hope
to make an arrest in the case.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-30
SOCIETY MAKES NEGRO CRIMINAL

CHICAGO. Dec. 9O.-"There are a few
negro criminals by instinct, but the over
whelming number are made criminals by
society," said Professor w. S. Scarbor-
ough. OF Wilberforce University, In an al
dress last night in Bethel A. NJ. 10. Church
on "Crime and the Negro" He declared
thae the race is Disseminated against
and forced out Of the best industrial fields.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-30
DRIVER HURT IN CAR CRASH.

Samuel wasserman. OF 49, Court street.
employed as fdriver, on the bakery wago
of Samuel Preiser, OF 219 Court street, was
thrown from the seat of the wagon early
this morning when a Broad street car
north bound struck the wagon at Broad
and Cedar streets. The man fell between
the shafts and was injured about the head.
He Yves removed to his home In the First
Precinct station ambulance.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-30
DRAINAGE DELEGATES MEET.

T0pNVIdT 10 ET9 ENtHIHB oIHT,l
TRENTON, Dee. 30.-The delegates APP
pointed by Governor Stokes to attend the
National Drainage Association convention
met in the State House today. A perma-
nent organization VIII be effected late this
afternoon. The National body met in Bal
timore recently.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-30

"Ah! you've heard her, then? She GER
tainly has the gift of song
"Well, ] hope that's what 1t Is. l should
hate 10 think she paid anything for II. "
-Phlladelphia Press.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1907-12-04

of having the fortunes of the country
bear in proportion to their increase
in size a corresponding incSeaee I'D
burden of taxation. The Government
has the absolute right to decide as to
the terms upon which a man shall re-
eeiye a bequest or devise from anoth-
CT, and this point in the devolutiou OF
property is especially appropriate FOR
the imposition of a tav Laws i'm
posing such taxes have repeatedly
been placed upon the National statute
books and as repeatedly declared
constitutional by the courts; and
these laws contained the progressive
principle, that IS. after a certain
amount is reached che Dequess or gift
in life or death is increasingly bur
dened and the rate Of taxation Is in
creased in proportion to the T'mote-
ness of blood of the man receiving
the bequest. These principles are rec
ognized already in the leading civil
lied nations of tae world In Great
Britain all the estates worth $1,000
or less are practically exempt from
death duties, while the increase Is
such that when an estate exceeds Tive
millions of dollars in value aad pass
eS TO distant klnsm2n OF stranger
IN blood the Government receives all
told an amount equivalent to nearly
fifth OF the whole estate. In France
so much Of an inheritance As exceeds
$40 100000 pays over a fifth to the
State II It passes to distant relative.
The German law is especially inter
esting to us because 1t makes the in
heritance tax an imperial measure
while alioting to the Individual States
Of the Empire a portion Of the pro-
| ceeds and permitting them to impose
taxes in addition to those imposed
| by the Imperial Government Small
| inheritances are exempt. but the tax
| Is so sharply progressive that when
the inheritance Is still not very large,
| provided 1t is not an agricultural OF
forest land. It is taxed at tae rate
Of Is per cent II 1t goes 20 distant
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1907-12-04
GENERALIZATION EXISTS; SIMPLY MAKE 1T
EFFECTIVE THEODORE ROOSEVELT


hay an automobile he invites disas-
ter; and when wealthy men, or men
zho pose as suca, or are unserupu-
lousy or foolishly eager to become
such, indulge in reckless speculation
especially If it is accompanied by
iishonesty-they jeopardize not only
their own future but the future OF all
their innocent fellow-citizens. FOR they
expose the whole business community
to panic and distress.
The Tariff.
This country Is definitely commit
ssz to the protective system and any
effort TO uproot It could not but
enuse widespread industrial disaster.
N other words, the principle of the
eresent tariff law could not>Tith wis
dom be changed. But IN country
~ such phenomenal growth as ours
II Is probably well that every dozen
years or so the tariff laws should be
carefully scrutinized 80 as to see that
no excessive or improper benefits are
conferred thereby, that proper reye-
sue is provided. and that our foreign
trade Is encouraged There must al
ways be as q minimum tariff which
viii not only allow for the collection
a an ample revenue but which viii
at least make good the difference IN
she labor cost here and abroad, for
the wesibeing OF the wage-woTker
must ever be a cardinal point OF
American policy. The question should
be approached purely from business
standpoint, both the time and the
manner Of the change being such as
Ia arouse the minimum Of agitation
md disturbance in the business
world. and to give the ieast play fcF
reafish ana factionsi motives. The
zol1 consideration should he to see
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1907-12-04

that the sum total of changes repre-
sents the public good. This means
that the subject can not with wisdom
be dealt with in the year preceding
a Presidential election, because as a
matter of fact experience has conclu-
siyeiy shown that at such a time it is
impossible to get men to treat 1t from
the standpoint of the public good. In
my Judgment the wise time to deal
with the matter is Immediately after
such election.
Income Tax and inheritance Tax.
When our tax laws are revised the
question q an income tax and an in
aeritanee tax should receive the care
full attention Of our legislators. In
my judgment both OF these taxes
should be part of our system of Fed
eral taxation. I speak diffidently
about the income tax because one
scheme for an income tax was de-
clared unconstitutional by the Su-
! preme Court; while in addition Il Is
| difficult tax to administer In its prac-
| teal working. and great care wol.n
T, have to be exercised to see eha- 1t
was not evaded by the very men
whom it was most desirable to have
taxed. for If SO evaded It would, Of
course, be worse than no tax at all.
as the least desirable Of al taxes Is
the tax which bears heavily upon the
honest as compared with the dishon.
est man. Nevertheless. graduated
income tax of the proper type would
be a desirable feature OF Federal LAX
alton, and it is TO be hoped that one
may be devised which the Supreme
Court will declare constitutional The
| Inheritance tax. however, is both a
! far better method Of taxation. and
far more important for the pul p5s-
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1907-12-04
law in the classified service.
Minjnc.


Mining.
A bureau of mines should be
created under the control and direc-
ton of the Secretary of the Interior;
the bureau to have power to collect
statistics and make investigations in
all matters pertaining to mining and
particularly to the accidents and dan
gers Of the industry. If this can not
now be done, at least additional APP
preparations should be given the In
terror Department to be used for tne
study of mining conditions, for the
prevention of fraudulent mining
schemes, for carrying on the work OF
mapping the mining districts, for
studying methods for minimizing the
accidents and dangers in the indus
try; in short, to aid in all proper
avs the development of the mining in
dustry.
Presidential Campaign Expenses.
Under our form Of government
voting is not merely right but a
duty, and, moreover, a fundamental
and necessary duty il a man is to be
good citizen. 1t is well to provide
that corporations shall not contribute
to Presidential or National cam
paigns, aud furthermore to provide
for the publication of both contribu-
lions and expenditures There is,
however, always danger in laws OF
this kind, which from their very ma
ture are difficult of enforcement; the
danger being lest they be obeyed only
by the honest, and disobeyed by the
INSCRIPTIONS, so as TO act only as
penalty upon honest men Moreover,
no such Law would hamper an unscru-
pulous man of unlimited means from
buying his own way into office. There
is q very radical measure which
would, l believe, work a substantial
improvement in our system OF con-
Quoting a campaign, although am
wen aware that it will take some time
FOR people so to familiarize them
selves with such proposal as to be
willing to consider its adoption. The
need FOR collecting large campaign
funds would vanish If Congress pIo-
vided an appropriation for the proper
and legitimate expenses of each of
the great national parties, an appro-
priation ample enough to meet. the
necessity for thorough organization
and machinery, which requires a
large expenditure of money. Then
the stipulation should be made tat
no party receiving campaign funds
from the Treasury should accept more
than a fixed amount from an individ-
ual subscriber or donor; and the nee
essary publicity for receipts and ex-
penditures could without difficulty be
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1907-12-04

relatives. There is no reason why in
the United States the National Gov
ernmenI should not impose inherit
ance taxes in addition to those i'm
posed by the States, and when we
last had an Inheritance tax about
one-half of the States levied such tax
es conccurrently with the National
Government, making a combined max
imum rate, in some cases as aigh as
20 per cent. The French Law has
one feature which is to be heartily
commended. The progressive princi-
pie is SO applied that each higher
rate is imposed only on the excess
above the amount subject to the next
lower rate; SO that each increase Of
rate will apply only to a certain
amount above a certain maximum.
The tax should II possible be made to
bear more heavily upon those resid-
ing without the country than within
1t. A heavy progressive tax upon a
very large fortune is in no way such
. tax upon thrift or Industry as a
Ike tax would be on a small fortune.
No advantage comes either to the
country as whole or to the individ-
uals inheriting the money by permit
ting the transmission IN their en-
tirety OF the enormous fortunes which
would Be affected by such tax; and
as an incident to its function of rev
enue raising, such a tax would help
10 preserve measurable equality OF
opportunity for the people of the gen
erations growing to manhood. We have
not the slightest sympathy with that
socialistic idea which would try to
put laziness, thrifticssness and incl
ficiency on par with industry. thrifl
and efficiency, which would strive to
break up not merely private proper
ty, but what Is far more important,
the home, the chief prop upon which
our whole civilization stands Such a
theory, IL ever adopted. would mean
the ruin of the entire county, ruin
which would bear heaviest upon the
weakest, upon those least able to shift
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-10
Author of I'm FuRTHEsT INDIA 1.-THE HEIR" Etc)

"There g no harm done.
Ono harm? when we have all but
An indignant sob followed, which was
turned into cough.
ttWell, nothing irrevocable has been
said, after ALL
"Said! AS if words signiGed! It's
you. -
"But / haven't done anything-ex-
cept try to keep off dangerous ground -
"But there had no business to be
any dangerous ground. Why should
you suddenly begin to talk about break
have let me know you were going to
be so horrid."
.' But really, | have. been most aw.
fully careful Haven't warded off
the danger three times at least in this
very walki Did you expect me not
ment7 How was / to know that with
next day7'
"It's not that Nothing is bit
like what i expected. You re quite diff
ferent-I never thought
don't quite know where I have gone
TEe9g;; likeYgS;; "na' a'o you 'n'nA was
ooh, don t know" She could not
very well say, 81 was sorry for you,
and l knew you were nice, and 1
some, and would let me do just what L
liked ~ Even GLADYS saw that this
would not do, and the fact that she
recognized it before speaking marked a
stage in her mental growth. 81 never
expected you to be a tyrant,' she said
lamely.
81 IN sure never expected to be one,
either, But happily there's no chance
Of it.
"But you are one, you know-a
! frightful tyrant And you re prond of
| it, that s the worst,
"Now / know you re joking" with
! stand that
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-10

respect mc' Are you bound to despisc
me if we stay engaged"
1t would be your own fault if 1
broke it off; and besides, of course, we
might make it. up axain-if you were
very, very penitent.o
"It would be too late then -
''Oh no." said Gladys grandly. :! 1 IN
never ashamed to confess if have been
hasty. That makes it all right"
.tFor you, perhaps"
"No, for you. How silly you are,
mistaking everything I sayl"
,s But i.,6f how should 1 know anything
wouldn' i be be- penitenti,, " soy '''
"WhS should I be penitent if ] had
made You respect mef The more peni-
tent I was, the further I should keep
away from, you, lest you should despise
"Not really1" Gladys was half in
credulous, half impressed.
his tone that carries conviction, but
she struggled against it.
That g nothing but pride. Well,
perhaps would write to you, if ] was
feeling very miserable.'
But, what difference would that
makea'
"Do you mean to tell me that you
wouldn t make 1t up II i took the first
step2 If I spoke to you-if well,
wouldn't DO it theni"
"No,o He uttered the word brave
ly, carried away by the ardour of the
moment, but he was conscious of q chill
doubt. It would be very hard indeed
to resist a penitent and entreating
Gladys.
"fhen you would be brute,'' cried
Gladys p?ssionately. and IL the poignant
with her promptly. But to yield now
would be to lose all that had been
gained. He laughed as carelessly as ho
could.
"Don't let us be so tragic he said
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-10
THE JOY OF BATTLE

81 don 7 know she said seriously
''It depends how it done, and who
does it. / think / rather hke-But
feel as if ] had had a tremendous es-
cape rom of veU for oment peeyg " was
shaky."
"Nonsensei take my arm" She
obeyed with more than mcekncss, with
positive alacrity. "Afraid of me, what
stuff! Why should you be afraid Of mo
You know you could knock me down
easily if you tried"
"No, really; don u know anything
Of the kind / shall always think Of
you as about ten feet high in future.
What have you done to yourself-or is
it to me? How did you manage it ?
you Just been pretending?"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-10

"Like what7 There's been no pre-.
tending that | know of. ~
"But it IS so funny. Somehow ] feel
AZ if ] would rather do what you liked
than what L liked"
''I passed Gladys and GeofT in the
ane,' said Gladys's brother TO his
mother, and they never saw me "
why, were they talking 80 hard l'
Going ut it hammer and tongs, |
should say
Gladys Is mother sighed with unutter-
able meaning. s'It ism t our business TO
fight poor Geoffrey's battles for him, -
she said, "but think Gladys is treat
ing him shamefully Still, of course, he
knew what she was like when he asked
her to marry him
Perhaps he'll stand up TO her yet.
TIe has some spirit, though he looks MS
if Gladys could put him comfortably in
her pocket. If she comes back alone
we shall know--Hullo, there's the
gatel' There was a moment of eager
silence, rs mother and son listened in.
tently
"They are both coming in, said the
mother, with deep gloom,
"Little beggar' S knuckled under, then
Well, I thought better Of him. He's
done for himself now. Gladys vii
simply walk over him.
"Mother, you didn It send my letter
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-10
A Hint to Travellers.

"hile IN Suffolk, Va, Henry Croll,
- proprietor of the Beaverton, Mich,
farawaro Co., was taken very sick with
p"ei trouble a travelling salesman
tup' NJ saginaw, Mich, advised him TO
- bottle of Chamberlain s Collie,
80 and Diarrboea Remedy, which
uo. 1t soon cured ME, and / take
'sure IN recommending it, he says,
one should leave home on journey
.'"o"t bottle Of this remedy. 1t is
pnost sure to be needed, and is not OBJ
'oi' while on steamships or cars.
''u oy all leading druggists.
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+ to Cora to the post, did you7'' asked
Gladys, coming in bright-eyed and rosy.
No. dear; / trusted" with sigh
= that you might change your mind -
TO take me-
Copyright in the United States of
America.)
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-10

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rs there pain i'm front OF head?"
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DO you sleep with your mouth
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You can be easily cured now-don't
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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-10
What Weakness |
and How We Cure 1t.

"So-called weakness" in men
Is merely a symptom OF chonlc
Inflammation IN the prostate
gland. brought on by early dis
|sipation or by the improper
treatment OF some contracted
disease. a complete and radical
cure is. therefore. question Of
restoring the prostate gland to
accomplish promptly and com
pletcly without the use of in
ternal remedies Our treatment
is local one entirely, 1t is
original and scientific. and has
been proven absolutely elective
by thousands of tests. We are
convinced that by no other
methods can full and permanent
restoration of strength and vigor
be accomplished,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-10
HUNDREDS WILL BE CURED IN ONE MONTH.
$5.OO-CURES BY MAIL-S5.0O
Contracted Disorders s

Contracted Disorders
Be sure your cure
is thorough. Not
ono OF our patients
has ever had n r0-
lapse after being
discharged IS cur.
ed. and VIC cure in
less time than the
ordinary forms of
treatment require
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-07-11
aA9r,..-.ts ss--''af s.
! BL.AKEY'S 5
| TELEPHONE
By ROSCOE GILMORE srorr
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
~ ~, rosanh q ROWleS.)
BY ROSCOE GILMORE srorr
(copyrlgnt, by Joseph B. Bowles.)

| n was lust year ago that the Pipe
lille Telephone company put III d
| .narty-Iine" out through Union town
hin. and though it came after repeat
ID petitions, it proved a more surprls-
ng benefit than any Of us dared nope
" dream.
Indeed, It never got so far as my
,wn farm, but almost every day nap
zen up to Blakey's for my mall, anu
is we sit around we learn lots about
| 'party-lines," and Owen Peters, the
! ARMAND over at Pendleton's, says he
| never did have so blamed much run.
It takes just nine quick rings to get
I'D Blakey, himself, to answer, Tor ne
,urns in pride to red-covered direc-
DRY, which announces in bold type:
"Blakey;, J. s.. general merchandise
ings on Al"
But any less number will arouse one
If us-there is a certain fascination
n not being expected as an audience
But this brief story has only to do
With young Sibert, who comes to
breach in Union church every Sunday,
and the fateful code of SO on Al" And
low, if you happen into Blakey's and
ask for genial story around his big,
lnblacked stove, no doubt one of US
would rehearse once more the tele-
ohonic episode in the courtship OF
preacher" Sibert.
One day, after Ed Smiley had gener-
ously passed around his plug, our
eager ears heard three rings, and we
we're at once attention. Owen Peters
stepped to the telephone, and it is my
honest conviction that some six or
eight in Union did likewise.
Its Preacher Sibert," whispered
Peters, and we hurriedly gathered
around the phone, for Blakeys is the
best on the line.
"You looked like a blushing rose
indeed, you did" we heard minis
terial voice grandly assert.
81 always like to look pretty for you,
Brother Sibert," came soft feminine
voice.
"Mush!" whispered doc" Farley,
and we strained our ears the more as
Peters held the receiver in midair.
Next Sunday l have chosen Love-
for my theme"
ooh, how nice!" again the feminine
rnsnonsa "Dn nlan fO cfav IN dinner
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-07-11
sPolLs OF AN OLD cAskET.
Carefully Hidden Dowry Of a Mohan,-
r,1edan Bride.

Carefully Hidden Dowry Of Mohan,-
medan Bride.
A true fairy tale concerning an ORR
entail casket sold by an antiquary to
a Partisan amateur is related by the
correspondent of the London Tele-
graph
The casket is of beautiful artistic
workmanship of olive wood, with In
crustations. 1t was evidently we'd
ding present, such as it is the custom
to give bride in Mohammedan coun-
tries.
There is perfume of rose leaves,
a delicate far away fragrance OF the
distant East, when the cover is lifted
The antiquary bought it at a general
sale long ago, and offered it to pur-
chasers amid Louis XVI. clocks, old
ribbons and out-of-date decorations.
A lover of quaint antiques, M. Maui
rice saw the casket and bought it
AS it had been knocked about a
good deal in its long Journey it stood
in need of repairs, and M. Maurice
gave it to an expert workman to re-
store The workman tapped 1T and
was surprised to notice a metallic
sound inside. He found that the jew
ell box had a double bottom, and when
opened there were rows Of old and
odd coins, which glittered family, but
enough to show at once that they
were of pure gold.
A numismatist declared they were
gold sequins and worth about 100
pounds. 1t was a sum which to a
young bride a hundred or two hun
bred years ago represented perhaps a
fortune. The workman Informed M
Maurice, and the latter told the an
tiquary. AS they were all three hon
est men, each wished that the other
claim the brides treasure
They referred the matter to the po-
lice commissary, who gave a decision
worthy of Solomon. He divided the
gold coins into two equal piles and
told NJ Maurice and the antiquary to
take each pile and then left it to
their combined generosity to reward
the honest workman. This they did,
each giving him few of the gold
sequins, so that all had about an even
share in the treasure of the bride.