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Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-07-05
MADAME FANNIE MOTIN.

AT hlsHt III lHe suIllDer liine ID Ho
small task; to get them in hot July,
especially on the night before the
Fourth, when so many other allure
ments are offered seems like a great
er task. but TO get them out TO hear
some high-class actor and musical
performers in which there is only the
highest sense OF love and apprecia-
tlon of art, literature and music to be
shown, certainly speaks well of the
audience as lovers OF fine art. Be
ginning with the Invocation by Rev
c. ID. Douglass, who inspired The au-
dicnce with noble thoughts and amOi-
tions and invoked the Divine aid for
the GROWING of their efforts. Inter
sperscd between the presentations by
Madame Motn were songs sung by
Mrs. Lillian Jones, who sang d sweet
solo that demonstrated the wonderful
range Of the depth of her voice in
profuudity: by Mrs. c. ID. Douglas,
who displayed the pathos In her song
by her voice so well suited to that
line. and by Miss frankie Buchanan.
who was cncored because OF the feel
ing expression and touching manner
she sang her song full of love and
romance.
Madame Motln. garbed in a dra.
matte costume of white with arms
barred 10 suit every word TO the ac-
tion. showed her skill in the charac-
ter impersonations by her graceful
gestures. smiling eountenances and
frowning gances coupled with her pc
culiar manner OF forcing hrmness.
The dialect reading cyinced her
clever manner OF changing from the
ridiculous to the sublime when she
rode the mule and told Sue to get up.
The rising and falling infection Of
her voice and then her conversational
manner pleased the audience. Her
Romeo and Juliet parlor scene. and
the Julius Caesar scenes were diff
cult TO portray. and more so II the
audience lacked appreciation. because
of their classical nature. She demon.
started by her interpretations of
Shakespeare her power to quickly
change from JOY 10 sorrow, from de.
ccit to friendship and from cowardicc
TO couragcousucss and then picturing
the profound love and then pity OF
Brutus and Mark Anthony. Her in.
Imperial Valley press., 1907-11-28
no,s ,n Cure Cold

Be as careful as you can you will oc- casionally take cold, and when you do, get medicine of known reliability, one that has an established reputation and that is certain to effect a quick cure. Such a medicine is Chamber lain's Cough Remedy. It has gained a world wide reputation by it's remark able cures of this most common ail- ment, and can always be depended upon.
 1t acts on natures plan, relieves the lungs, aids eXpectoration, opens the se- cretions and aids nature in restoring the system to a healthy condition. During the many years in which it has been in general use we have yet to learn of a single case of cold or attack of the grip having resulted in pneu- monia when this remedy was used, which shows conclusively that it IS a certain preventative of that dangerous disease. Chamberlain s Cough Remedy contains no opium or other narcotic and may be given as confidently to baby as to an adult. For sale by Fl Centro Dr1lp Store.
Imperial Valley press., 1907-11-28

Goldfeld proposes to use gold bars as money, and can turn out $500, ,OO0 a month. The old fifty dollar slug of California may be again in circulation.
Imperial Valley press., 1907-11-28
Fashion Millinery

Come and see the pretty winter hats, orders taken from latest patterns. Rea- dy to wear hats. Chick and up-to-date childrens' hats, sailors and caps. Also see our samples for suits made to order. Lowest prices. 4th door West of Hotel. Franklin, Fl Centro. U. R. Welcome.
 MISS TOUT, Milliner.
Imperial Valley press., 1907-11-28
How Treat a Sprain

Sprains, swellings and lameness are promptly relieved by Chamberlain s Pain Balm. This liniment reduces in flamation and soreness so that spraiu may be cured in about One-third the time required by the usual treatment. For sale by Fl 4entro Drug Store.
Imperial Valley press., 1907-11-28
DISCORD BREEDERS

This is how the alleged county seat contest impresses the San Diego Union:
 "The report that comes from
Imperial Valley press., 1907-11-28
OUT OF THE PANIC BELT

extent by the hoardlng ot cash in banks throughout the country. The Valley banks have not found it necessary to issue scrip and there is money enough in circu- lation to transact business as usual. Indirectly, however, the peculiar money situation has delayed progress temporarily. Many persons have been here looking for land, but have hesita- ted to buy because of the fear that they could not draw their money from their home banks to make cash payments.
 Some doubtless have notion that by waiting they may be able to buy at lower prices, but there is not the slightest sign of an impending fall in values. There is nothing in the situation to bring about forced sales of Valley land, and it is more likely that prices will advance steadily.
 Persons intending to acquire farms and settle down in this country should remember that water is the first consideration; that the value of land is govern ed by it's location in relation to the irrigation system; that and without water is worthless. Land under the ditches is cheap at $100 an acre; waterless land IS dear at dollar a square mile. There is no vacant government land to which water can be brought in the near future, and home seekers may as we'll dismiss from their minds the notion that they can buy Imperial Valley farms at $1.25 an acre.
 Some day the irrigation system will be extended, high-lne canals will be constructed and more des- ert land will be opened to entry and reclamation, but there is no immediate prospect of such eX- tension. Representations that the government or anyone else IS preparing to carry water to land above the Old Beach line and that the territory north of the Southern Pacific main line is to be irrigated within a year such as have been made to strangers by real estate pirates in Los An geles are ridiculously false and designed to promote sWindles. Getting the land already under ditch into cultivation and profit able use will absorb the energies of the present settlers and a host of newcomers for some time to come.
 An early re-establishment of normal money conditions through out the country is to be expected and with it will come resumption of delayed building operations in Valley towns and renewed de- mand for farm lands and city property. In the meantime the people of Imperial Valley are busy and their affairs are pros pering. The sun always shiues here and we are not in the panic belt.
Imperial Valley press., 1907-11-28

The Colby Real Estate Co. has the agency for the celebrated READY made and PORTABLE HOUSES. Ducker patent. Call and see about them.
Imperial Valley press., 1907-11-28

JllICC yCCtI S. It CCl bciiIlly SCCAAio unfortunate, whatever the facts about the late election, that any considerable number of residents of the valley should invite a recognized discord- breeder to take up its abode for an indefi- nate period among them. How ever the matter is one in which outsiders cannot meddle, be- yond friendly suggestions, and the people of the valley will take their own course. "
 Some lonesome chap, probably so old or so shy on personal pulch- ritude that no girl looks twice at him, has been spreading across the mountains the preposterous report that Imperial Valley is full of young bachelors pining for mates and that any young woman can hop off the train at Fl Centro and rope husband at the first throw. A vigilance committee of Fl Centro maidens is being organized to meet in- coming trains and convince husband hustlers that the re- port is unfounded and that there are no mavericks on the range.
 The Imperial Standard appears to have on it's exchange list a newspaper unknown to anyone else in the valley; the "El Centro Press" No paper of that name is published in Ell Centro and we suspect that it is a journalistic Mrs. Harris of Editor Howe's invention. There ain't no sich paper. :"
 Sheriff Meadows has condensed a sermon on civic morals and good citizenship in sign over the door of the Imperial county bastile. The sign reads: County jail. Keep Out. ' Most of us have managed to keep out so far. and a determination to persevere in well-doing is notice able in Fl Centro.
 Everybody knows that the Greenbackers were all crazy, but what is the basis of the $1OO,000,000 in certificates of indebtedness" which the Govern ment proposes to issue? Is there anything but the credit of Uucle Sam behind those certificates?
 Mr. Bryan is to be commended for unusal self-restraint. The Administrations S relief measures are admissions that there is not enough money in circulation to transact the peoples business, yet MT. Bryan is not shouting T told you so.
 The rumor that the section boss at Mammoth Tank had notified the Supervisors to move the county seat to that town forthwith lacks confirmation. Silsbee also remains to be heard from.
 Depositing government gold in New York banks to loosen the Wall street cinch on the money market proved to be like pouring
Imperial Valley press., 1907-11-28

The rumor that the section boss at Mammoth Tank had notified the Supervisors to move the county seat to that town forthwith lacks confirmation. Silsbee also remains to be heard from.
Imperial Valley press., 1907-11-28

Battleship fleet invited by Japan to make friendly call at Yokohama on voyage around the world. That ends the fool war talk.
Imperial Valley press., 1907-11-28

XVTALTER E. COX, w Attorney at Law Law, Land and Loans Special attention to land litigation and
 corporation law.
 office at FL CENTRO, CALIFORNIA
Imperial Valley press., 1907-11-28

Depositing government gold in New York banks to loosen the Wall street cinch on the money market proved to be like pouring water down a gopher hole; it went out of sight and remained hidden.
Imperial Valley press., 1907-11-28

M W. CONKLING, IV1| Attorney at Law
 Land office matters a Speciality FL CENTRO, CALIFORNIA
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-06
Gone to Visit Fort Monroe

Washington, March Ga party of
congressman and army officers left
here ON the army transport Sumner
for the purposeof inspecting the fortifi-
cation at Fort Monroe. Brigadier Gen
eral Murray, chief of artillery, is in
charge of the party. The COMPRESSION
al party includes Senators Warren,
Scott, Pettus and Overman, and Rep
resentatiyes Hill, Fletcher, Dawes,
Miller, Burke. Hay, Slayden, Talbot,
Wiley, Rabcock. Sherley. Gillette,
Gardiner. DeArmond and others.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-06
SAFETY APPLIANCE Law GOES
Supreme Court Reverses a State SUI
preme Court on a Point InvOlv-
ing That Law.

Washington, March 6.-The decision
Of the supreme court of the United
States in the case of Catherine Schlem-
mel against the Buffalo, Rochester and
Pittsburg Railway company, is regard
ed as a very important ruling concern
ing the construction and application of
certain sections of the so-called federal
safety appliance laws, which laws,
among other things, make it unlawful
for railroads engaged in interstate
commerce to haul or use on their lines
cars which cannot be coupled or IN
coupled without the necessity of men
going between their ends.
Mrs. Schlemmer is the widow Of a
brakeman who was killed on the road,
and she brought the suit to recover
damages. Both the trial court and
the Pennsylvania supreme court decid-
ed against the plaintiff on the ground
that the safety appliance laws did not
apply, and that Schlemmer was guilty
of contributory negligence. The SUI
preme court of the United States, by
q majority vote of > to 4, reversed the
! Judgment of the supreme court of
| Pennsylvania, and remanded the case
! for a new trial.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-06
BANDITS WERE DISAPPOINTED
They Expected to Hold Up a Train
Load Of Railway Magnates and
Their Wives.

Fort Smith, Ark, March 6. - That
the bandits who held up the Missouri
Pacific train Monday night at Pitts.
burg, Kan, had planned to raid the
private train of the heads of the Kan.
sas City Southern, is the belief ex-
pressed by l.. +. Loree, chairman of
the executive board of the Kansas
City Southern.
"Our special train of four coaches,
carrying President A. J. Edison. Vice
President r. ]. Mccarthy, General
Manager William Koughlin, Engineer
A. f. Rust, Superintendent of the
northern division ]. G. Wittenberg
and their wives, was sidetracked." said
the official, "at Pittsburg when the
passenger train arrived. L believe the
robbers got the trains mixed and. hav.
ing missed us took what they could
get" The trail of the robbers. who
fed toward the Missouri line, has been
lost
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-06
Railroad Notes
MURPHY BILL
PASSES SENATE
Local Telegraph Operators
Are Jubilant Over It's
Passage.

one of the hardest blows which has
been dealt to the railroad corporations
in years and one which was the sig
nal for every force available to be
brought forward to combat against its
passing, was the Murphy bill limiting
the hours of employment for railroad
telegraphers, which passed the senate
the other day. The following message
was sent to every telegraph operator
In the country that could be reached
by wire:
'sNinehour bill passed by congress
and signed by the president. viii be-
come effective one year from date.
Greatest victory ever accomplished.
Notify the boys
The message was signed by L. D.
Quick, of st. Louis, national secretary
and treasurer of the Brotherhood OF
Railroad photographers. Several days
ago, as the session of congress was
drawing to a close, the bill threatened
to hang fire until the next session
This was prevented. however. by The
thousands of messages sent to con
gress by the operators.
Although the railroads have a years
time to adapt their systems to the
conditions which will be prevaIen
when the bill becomes effective, it viii
mean that they will require thousand
Of additional operators when the mel
are placed on the nine-hour shift. Thi
of course will mean that there will b.
an additional expense of thousands o
dollars in the form of wages for TIL
additional men required.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-06
Found the woman Dead.

Shelbyyiile, Ind, March 6. - Isaac
Higgins, noticing that Mrs Matilda
Cherry had not been about her home
since Thursday last, after calling at
tention to the neighbors thereto, forced
his way into the house through a rear
window, and he found the dead body
of the aged woman, partly reclining
on her bed, with her feet resting on
the floor, as il she had died while in
the act of getting up. The body was
rapidly decomposing Mrs. Cherry had
lived alone since the death of her hus-
band, fifteen years ago She was 81
years old.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-06
DONE BY A SUN SPOT
Pittsburg Gets a Blizzard Out of q
CloudIess Sky-Mercury Drops
Fifteen Degrees.

Pittsburg, March 6.-FTom out Of
an apparently eloudless sky and with
out an instant's warning this city was
suddenly enveloped in a snow storm
that resembled blizzard just before
darkness fell at night. and for an hour
all street car service was crippled.
Within half an hour the mercury
dropped fifteen degrees. Miss Sarah
Stewart, whose heart was weak, was
caught in the storm, which exhausted
her and she died later. Professor John
A. BrasheaT, of the Allegheny observa-
tory, said the marvellous disturbance
was caused by the huge sun spots
which he recently discovered.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-06

the defense when Jerome interrupted
with the remark that the argument
did not ''call for a stump speech"
Delmas protested against this "offen-
sive language" by the district attorney.
Justice Fitzgerald interposed in the
discussion and Delmas was soon lost
to view because of the turn affairs
took.
During the course Of his argument
the district attorney placed himself
on record by saying that the legal as
sumption before the court Is that Har
~ X. Thaw is insane. He declared
the alienists for the defense have
shown Ihaw to have been insane as
late as Sept. % last, and in the alb
sence Of proof to the contrary the as
sumption is that he remains insane.
Justice Fitzgerald declared that the
present jury only has to do with the
question Of Thaw's sanity or insanity
on the night that he shot and killed
| Stanford White.
Dr. Wagner was allowed to give his
conversations with Thaw during the
period that he believed the defendant
/ to be of unsound mind. He said Thaw
remembered having approached and
having shot White He protested, how
ever, that he had not intended at any
time to kill the man, but wanted to
have him legally punished. Much of
the day was given over to technical
questions concerning the mental and
physical examinations to which Thaw
was subjected in the Tombs by Drs
Wagner and Evans. During some OF
the long explanations offered by the
alienist Jerome walked restlessly tC
and fro and once sat down near the
newspaper men and entered into con
versation with them.
In answering some of the questions
propounded by the district attorney
DR.. Wagner said he was compelled t.
use long names. go ahead" said tn
prosecutor. The expert proceeded
Tie official stenographer squirmed
and most of the jurors laughed hearth
~. IT can't help it." explained Dr.
Wagner, as If in apology for the long
est name he uttered. 81 know vo7
can't" said Jerome. you go RICH
ahead whenever you feel like it."
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-06
ARTICLE WAS EXPANDED
Rockefeller Does Not Confirm the Rec
port Of Another Big Gift THAT
Was Coming.

Augusta. Ca, March CT guess
the article about the tremendous gift
I am to make was considerably ex-
banded" said John D. Rockefeller, as
he alighted from a train here. 81 guess
l had h~1ser be like the village school
master, and not know much; am too
hungry TO talk, anyway. There is moth
ing Ia the report that came back to
Augusta because Of the illness Of my
daughter. Mrs. Mccormick is much
better than she was when 1 left.
was tired and like the climate. I am
going to stay till the weather gets
warm"
DR.. Bigger was not with Rockefeller
but is expected next week. he is moi
coming to attend Mrs. Mccormick, II
is said
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-06
Refuses to Give His Authority fol
Action and Reflects on
the Jurist.
THAw TRIAL DECIDEDLY DULL
Livened Up, However, by the Clash Of
Bench and Counsel.
Fitzgerald Limits the Time of Thaw's
Insanity So Far as 1t Is on
Trial-Wagner Still
Testifying.

New York, March 6. - Interest
aroused in the session of the trial of
Harry X. Thaw by the announcement
that Mrs. William Thaw, the mother Of
the defendant, would take the witness
stand, was quickly dulled by the con-
tinued cross-examination of DR.. Chas.
g. Wagner, who was on the stand the
entire day, and when adjournment was
announced the district attorney seemed
to have much ground yet to cover
with the expert
Judge and Lawyer Clash.
While decidedly dull in the matter
of testimony elected from the witness
the session was made notable by a
clash between District Attorney Jer
ONE and Justice Fitzgerald, at the eli
max of which the prosecuting attorney
refused point blank to cite to the court
the authorities upon which he was
predicating an argument. Jerome was
requested by the presiding judge to
submit to him whatever authorities he
had upon the subject.
II have such a high respect for the
courts of this jurisdiction" retorted
Jerome, that l will not submit au-
thorlties on a question of law which
is so elemental in character, and up
on which the authorities are so album
dant that 1 must presume the learned
court knows of them"
Rules for the Defense.
With flushed face and sharp rap of
his gavel Justice Fitzgerald said that
If the district attorney did not submit
the authorities the court would as
sumo that he did not know of any.
Jerome did not submit the authorities,
and Justice Fitzgerald ruled In favor
Of the defense on the point at issue,
which, briefly stated, was the question
as to whether the state on cross-ex-
animation should be allowed to go fur
Their with an expert witness than coun-
sci for the defense was allowed to 60
upon direct examination.
Defiant in Tone and Words.
Jerome was defiant in his tone as he
was in the words he uttered. Justice
Fitzgerald raped several times with
his gavel. twisted about impatiently
| in his chair. and it was plainly with
much effort that he retained his ju
/ dicfal composure. The storm broke II
/ the midst of an extremely dull morn
/ ing session, when some Of the specta
| tors in the court room actually were
nodding in their chairs.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-06
Both Feet Cut OF.

st. Louis, March 6.-Section men on
the Glover Leaf railroad found Joseph
Hooper, aged 81, of Akron, o., sitting
beside the tracks near Granite City
trying to bandage up the stumps Of
both feet. He had been riding the
bumperss 0 ia freight train, he stated,
and had fallen beneath the wheels,
both feet having been severed. Hooper
was hurriedly taken to the county hos
pitaI and word was telegrahped to his
Akron relatives.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-06
Vice President Is at Home.
TACKLED THE WRONG MAN
Might as Well "Have Something
Out of Legislation.

Indianapolis, March 6-'You might
as well have something out Of this
thing. There is bunch around you
over there getting theirs and you
ought to fare as well as they" State
Senator John W. Parks, of Kosciusko
and Marshall, was the man to whom
this remark was made by a lobbyist
Interested in a bill which he wanted
introduced or added as an amendment
to a bill which the senator had al
ready offered.
Other senators say that Senator
Parks grew very indignant, and that
the lobbyist left the room with a very
distinct impression that he had made
a mistake and had better not repeat
II
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-06
DAYTON De in a Bad War.

Dayton, o.. March 1.-TWO thousand
business men spent the day In an old
fashioned town meeting investigating
municipal corruption. Charges of in
competency and graft were made
against city ceuncilmen and demands
were made for the expulsion Of seven
OF them. Several Of the city council
men were openly charged with treach-
cry and their pictures were thrown up
on a screen by a stereopticon.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-06
CORONER GIVES IT UP, TOO
Cannot Explain What 1t Was That
Blew Up the Big Four Train
at SandfOrd.

Terre Haute. Ind, March 6.-Coro-
ner Leavitt has rendered a verdict on
the Sanford, Ind. train explosion
which occurred near here on the night
of Jan. 10. He found that inasmucb as
the majority of the evidence as to the
cause of the explosion had been de-
stroyed he could not fix the response
bility.
The coroner said: Il do not hold the
railroad responsible in this wreck,
neither do l wish to say the road is not
guilty, as the evidence in hand will
neither convict nor acquit" There
were fifteen passengers killed in the ex-
plosion.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-06
Meeting OF the u, Nj. w.

Brazil, Ind, March g. - The tenth
annual convention of che United Mine
Workers Of district No s met in the
miners hall and elected A. R. Pow
ers, Of Brazil. national board member;
Hugh kirkland. of Diamond, district
president; Patrick Golden, of Brazil,
vice president; John Fogg, of Perth,
secretary-teasurer; James Schiele, Of
Perth, and Homer France. of Asher
vile, district board members.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-06

Terre Haute, Ind, March 6. = A
merger Of companies owning number
Of coal mines in Indiana is closing
some of them because the market de
mand Is light. The winter season is
closing with a smaller output by the
Indiana mines than for q number Of
years and the mines have not worked
over half time