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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-12
The Curtis Art Co.
 135 BANK ST.
-PENMANSHIP- Prof, Holleys

Teaches every pupil to write fine, rapid, business hand, in course of l6 private lessons, and no failures. All kinds of pen work executed in the highest degree of art.
 167 BANK STREET.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-12

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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-12
Third Floor Suggestions.

the home will be third floor.
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Graham guardian., 1907-06-07
Local News

Will and Arthur Welker have
leased Y G. Prina's farm.
S. II. Britton went to Douglas
last week to accept q position with
the Copper Queen Co.
Rev. Doris, a minister of the
Christian church, is holding meet
ings in the Baptist church build
ing.
]. N. Porter passed through
Stafford from his eastern trip last
Tuesday. The ordeal OF hob
nobbing with the president seems
to have improved our old friend
Mrs. G. r. Freeman and Mrs
lump Freeman left for Huachuca
Thursday by way Of Tombetone,
where they will visit with Mrs
Wallace Stark.
Mrs. Rice, of Nelson, Nebraska,
passed through Safford last Fri
day on her way to San Carlos,
where she will visit her daughter,
Mrs. Harley Martin.
Graham guardian., 1907-06-07

As we predicted u few weeks
ago, at the time the professional
knockers were advising the farm
ers to sell their hay as it would
decline in price, the very opposite
has occurred. Hay has gone from
$3.50 to 5000, with every indica-
tion of further advances. A word
to the farmer will not be amlss at
this time: You are getting good
prices for your hay; there is big
demand for it, because the hay
raised in this valley cannot be ex
celled. OF course some hay gets
spoiled. Do not try to mix this
sort of hay in with firstclass, for
when you do you are not only dis
honest. but you give your dealer
and the entire valley bad name,
as we'll as to injure yourself.
Graham guardian., 1907-06-07

Attorney William Dial was in
Clifton this week on business.
Billy Haywood has bought the
remnant of Mike Leaby's cattle at
low figure.
A. Il. White, the Talklai con-
tractor, was in town yesterday to
biro carpenters.
The Sahpara Club was enter
tertalned ia charming manner
by Mrs. Dunlap Wednesday,
H. B. st. Claire, the genial rep
resentative of the McNiel Co. of
Phoenix. was in Stafford this week,
County Supt. Lynch has moved
his Office to the old bank building
on X street. Mr., Lynch is in
Ciinon TN business tbts week,
Graham guardian., 1907-06-07
THATCHER

Tweuty.seven re id en- is of
Thatcher left for Salt Lake last
Monday.
Mrs. Cynthia Layton, Mrs, Lee
and Miss Zina Lee left for Los
Angeles for an extended visit
Monday.
Among the visitors to Salt Lake
are Mr.. and Mrs. Geo II. Crosby,
Jr,, and Mrs. Coleman.
President Andrew Kimball and
Mrs. Josephine Cluff left for Salt
Lake Tuesday where they will be
married in the temple. Their
many friends join with the GUAR.
DIAN in wishing them world OF
happiness and prosperity in their
welded life. Both are well known,
genial and popular, and are active
in every movement that pertains
to the public welfare and progress.
Graham guardian., 1907-06-07

Threshing has already begun in
the GIla valley.
Miss N"rah Scrogham, of Globe
was the guest Of Mrs. Geo. Jacob
son last week.
A fine son was bonn to Mr.. and
Mrs. V. Crawford of Layton We'd
nesday.
Children in the families Of Mr..
Heiner, Mr.. Crawford and Mr..
Corliss are afflicted with measles.
Mrs. NJ. Simon entertained the
Whist Club very pleasantly yester-
day atternooR.
The LADIES' Aid Society held
their meeting NJ the residence OF
Mrs Thompson Tuesday.
Graham guardian., 1907-06-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Matthew Q'Bryan
and children will leave for Calitor-
mia next week on an extended visit
Mrs. Eva Wetzler of Los Ange-
les is the guest of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. |. u. Solomon OF Solo
knoxville.
IN. Robertson has purchased
the Westermau restaurant and is
running an eating house on the
corner of the bowling alley stand
Prof. Yeomaus, the new princl-
pal of the Stafford schools, was in
this city and visited with the trus,
tees Saturday, when it was decided
to establish ninth grade. Prof
Yeomans was on bis way to the
Nbrthwtst for "A Va2atiOh.
Graham guardian., 1907-06-07

Miss Lima Valentine of Wilcox
returned home Wednesday, after u
brief visit with friends in this val.
ley.
The excursion rates to Canada
and various other points have been
Cancelled by the Grla Valley Rail
road.
Mr.. Joseph Clutf was in town
from Central yesterday and reports
that crops are exceedingly good in
that region,
W. w. Wild came down from
the saw million Mt, Graham Thurs
day on receipt of the news that
his children were quite i'll with
the meas1e5 at Thatcher.
Graham guardian., 1907-06-07

w. 7. Johnson has secured a
large number of signatures to
petition askingtbat he be appointed d
constable of Stafford iu place of
David Ridgeway, resigned.
John f. Brown, a well known
citizen of Stafford, will leave with
his family NEXT Monday for Mag.
da'ena, New Mexico, where be
will open grocery store. We wish
him every success in his new field
of effort.
Assistant Engineer Howard Sned-
dun with corps of surveyors, is
now located in Stafford They are
engaged upon the work of straigh-
teping the road bed IN this viclnitgs
Graham guardian., 1907-06-07
PIMA

Porter Stimson has returned
from a mission to the southern
states.
mrs. Saline left for Salt Lake
Monpay.
Miss Clarrissa Norton went to
Salt Lake Monday where she will
be married to David Felshaw, who
is returning from a mission.
Graham guardian., 1907-06-07

Mr.. Hartman keeps on doing
business just as if nothing had
happened or was likely to happen.
The other day he acquired the con-
troll of the st. Louis, Brownsville
l. Texas railway.
Graham guardian., 1907-06-07

A Kansas City judge holds that
1t is a violation of law for women
to quarrel over back yard fence.
What does the law require-that
they climb over the fence?
Graham guardian., 1907-06-07

The Clifton Advocate editor says
we gave him "a volley of abuse"
All we did was to ask him to tell
the truth. Perhaps he considered
that was the worst abuse we could
give HIM.
Graham guardian., 1907-06-07

But then if Col. McInery's tun-
mel is fourteen miles long, bell
have to build tramway two miles
long to hold it when it comes out
of the mountain.
Graham guardian., 1907-06-07

And again, when Col. McInery
gets through with that fifty mil
lion horse power out of Chlarson's
creek, he's likely to food the val
lev, if he don't watch out.
Graham guardian., 1907-06-07
JUNE 7, 1907.

OF course, we understand Col,
McInery in going to run Mt. Ora
ham through his smelter, but what
is he going to do with the dirt
when it comes out.
Graham guardian., 1907-06-07

Large stock of silverware,
teaspoons, table spoons, knives,
and forks, guaranteed for good
wear. Souvenir spoons Of every
description.
Graham guardian., 1907-06-07

A fine line Of ladies' and
gents set rings. l call especial
attention to the fact that these
rings are hand made and espec
tally well set. Solid gold rings
sold by weight.
Graham guardian., 1907-06-07

| call special attention to the
fine stock of leather goods
hand satchels, Indian curios, etc.
Beautiful bracelets of all de
scriptions suitable for presents
Graham guardian., 1907-06-07

Even if we are in the west. |
keep an up to date eastern stock
of goods.
Mail orders promptly filled.
Graham guardian., 1907-06-07

Big shipment of clocks, great
variety, just received.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-14

APANS extraordinary success of the
last decade is the result of faith
full imitation of another wonderfully
successful nation.
Germany is Japan's model.
Thrty-five years ago. when the mikados
land began to feel the first thrill of the
new life. the counselors of the ruler
sought model whish could be followed in
the effort for a new and progressive ma
tional existence.
Germany. at that time in full flush of the
wonderful triumph over the French. a VIC
tory that gave the fatherland an impetus
that has carried II forward in leaps and
bounds. attracted Nippon.
The German empire had just been newly
formed out of heterogeneous collection OF
states that hitherto had had little in COM
mon and between whom only dscord had
reigned. Yet so perfect was the system
evolved by the genius of Emperor William,
Count Won Moltke AID Bismarck that the
new nation that had been able to overwhelm
the French, the nation that produced Ma
polean. greatest soldier OF the country, and
which only a few years before the outbreak
of the FranCo-Prussian war had emerged
a victor in the struggle for the freedom OF
Italy.
Here was the country whose career Japan
wished to emulate. The initiative orientals
made a study of the fatherland its govern
errmental systems.
And so faithful has been the imitation
that n a few years japan has emerged
from almost harbarity INTO one of the
worlds first h&'f dozen powers.
Japan's Choice.
The story Of now Janan elected to fol-
low II the footsteps of Germany was told
recently by Cen. Baron Nishi. inspector
geae.ai Of military instruction in the Jap
au,se army. who has spent many years in
Germany studying the military system of
thu var lord S domain.
Ha Grsw many parallels to prove his
cas-.
Just as GERMANY had a war of prepara-
ton to get ready for the main struggle that
waS to MAKE or break the nation, had
Jar&n.
Germany. or that part of 1t then known
Prussia first tested the efficiency of Its
military system against Austria in 1896 and
scored speedy victory. In this conflict the
hes. military minds of the nation were en-
gagged in q close study of thu art of war
fare. The strength and weakness of the
army were inspected with minutcst care.
This war meant nothing but preparation for
the greater conflict soon to come And
when Germany met France she was ready
for that because the equipment used
against Austria four years before had been
developed and prepared improved and in
creased.
So with Japan. The quarrel with China
afforded a convenient preteXt for a struggle
that would give data, would enable Oyama
and other foremost military authorities to
see just how formidable was the military
and naval engine they had been building
up.
The triumph was quick and complete
What faults were discovered were remedied
in time for the war with Russia. and in
that struggle 1t is well known that the giant
of the north was caught mapping, and lost
to the foe that had been alert.
Germany was ready France was not.
So anxious was Bismarck for war in 1870
that the famous forged telegram of Ems
was made to afford pretext for an instant
declara ton.
Taking a lesson from this subterfuge, the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-14
Report Of the Investigating
Committee Recommends
Civil and Criminal
Lawsuits.

ENNSYLVANIA is soon to begin in
the civil and criminal courts a bat
tie against the state capitol graft
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-14
Men Named Include Two State
Treasures, Two Auditors
General, Congressman
and Other Big 'Uns.

Work was done twice, then taken out and
done over again and the state charged
three times. Half dozen times as much
of various supplies as were needed were
ordered and paid for. Substitutions of
cheap for good material marked every step
Of the way, putty in some cases actually
taking the place of mahogany Six hundred
dollars was charged for a bootblack chair
and cuspidors and other equally trifling
items in accordance.
Attorney General Todd will be in charge
of the civil and criminal prosecutions soon
to be started. and he will be assisted by
James Scarlet attorney for the commits
sion, and David T. Watson, a well-known
Pittsburg attorney.
Pennsylvania hopes that not only will the
return of millions be forced, but that some
of the guilty will go to jail.
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places the temporary structure which was
burned down ahaut ten XearS

places the temporary structure which was
burned down about ten years ago.
Every effort was made to safeguard the
state when the commission was appointed
to erect the new structure. Philadelphia
in its city hall, a job that lasted some
twenty-five years. and made a fortune for
those who had 1t In hand, served as a
warning. and a commission was formed,
which included men of honesty and keen
ness.
Former Gov. Stone whose record as
public official had been somewhat dimmed
by his subservency to the Quay regime,
seemed to develop a public-spirited sense
Of independence after Pennsylvania's arch
corruptionist died. and he announced that
being out of politics he was going to see
that not one cent of graft should attach to
the new building. And Gov. Stone made
good, for not a breath Of scandal attaches
to that part of the work in which he fig
| ured. 1t was all done honestly and we'll.
With Gov. Stone on the commission were
included such men as E. II. Bailey. a mil
lionaire business man of Harrisburg; Rob-
ert X. Young Of Tioga county, E. B. Har-
denburg and John Y. Graham.
Four million dollars were set apart for
the work. The sum was small, but the
commission announced that by spending the
| money properly, building could be erected
that would be a credit to the state.
People Were Fooled.
The completed capitol justified the predic-
| tons, and at it's dedication President Roose-
welt termed 1t the finest state capitol he had
ever seen.
Panegyrics were pronounced on the new
building by all who: saw it. and the Joy OF
! the people was supreme when 1t was an
nounced that the building had been put up
| at less than the 100000 appropriated and
that a balance Of some $4,000 would be
turned back into the state treasury.
But just at this time the snake began to
| uncoil itself and issue from the superb new
pillars of the massive pile.
Mr.. Berry, elected state treasurer unex-
pectedly by the reform wave of 1905 had
been doing some work on his books and
| was astounded to find that the money spent
| by the commission appointed to build the
/ capitol was only small part of what had
| actually been expended.
| While the capitol commission had been
| dealing out with economical care another
| body had been lavishing millions with no
| thought whatever but for private, illegal
] gain.
| This is the standing body, provided for in
; the state constitution, and known as the
public grounds and buildings committee"
The functions of this committee were
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realized four and a half million dollars
worth Of profits.
Mr.. CasseI Implicated.

Representative H. Burd Cassel president
of the Pennsylvania Construction Com
pany, which supplied some two million dol
lars worth Of filing cases at an enormous
profit, the amount of cases being SO far In
excess Of the number needed that today
they are crowded into cellars and spare
rooms all over the building. it being I'M
possible to find room enough for the absurd
number for which the state paid exorbtant
prices.
James NJ Shumaker. former superin-
tendent Of public grounds and buildings.
who is accused Of issuing false statements
with intention to defraud the state.
William p. Snyder, auditor general of
Pennsylvania, who might have prevented
| the thefts, but who passed all the question
able bills without protest.
Frank G. Harris. state treasurer, who
permitted bills to be paid without taking
action to dispute them, though he was in a
position to have full knowledge of what
was going on.
f. B. Hardenbergh, former auditor gen.
eral and host of smaller fry-Charles G.
Wetter, contractor; William NJ Mathues.
former state treasurer; Stamford B. Lewis,
| George F. Payne. Charles F. Kinsman.
Wallis Boileu, John G. Neiderer, George X.
Storm. Frank Irvine. George c. Keim and
| the International Manufacturing and Sup
| ply Company.
In addition to these Samuel w. Penny
packer, governor of the state while the
crimes were being committed. is censured
| for not having prevented their commission.
| These are the men at whom the capitol
commission has pointed an accusing finger.
but 1t is said that even this is not the end,
and that before the cases have gone
| through the courts others will be involved
! in the immense scandal.
The story of how the state was robbed
would be amusing but for the hugeness OF
| the cost to the people.
How Job Was Discovered.
The job was so skillfully done that per-
haps it would never have been discovered
| but for the accident that put a democrat
William II. Berry. in the state treasurer
office In fact, Pennsylvania, ignorant OF
how it had been defrauded, was extolline
| those who built the capital at the very time
| that Mr.. Berry was getting together his
] facts for the exposure that shook the state
The preseas capitol at Harrisburg re-
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Keeping Up the Garden This Fall.

rTOm Inc SIcle
Plenty Of fall-fowering plants should be
in every garden. There can be no doubt
about that. And there are plenty of them,
too, ready to meet winter face to face and
not to yield until he actually annihlates
them with his icy breath. Yet they are not
very much in evidence in the average gar
den possibly because they are not SO well
known as they deserve to be.
First on the list. l think, 1 should place
the japanese windfower. or anemone-
Anemone Japonica-in several varieties.
Their exquisite beauty would distinguish
them at any season of the year. They be-
gin to blossom in August, and are not there
fore strictly speaking. only fall boomers
but summer and fall, which is better yet
They continue until severe frosts cut them
down. Their colors are extremely delicate
and yet clear, ranging from rosy red to
purest white. Probably the best selection
would comprise Anemone Japonica. Ane-
none Japonica, variety Alba, and Anemone
Japonica, variety Queen Charlotte. The
usual height of the plants is about two feet.
They should always be massed, whether
planted in a border by themselves or in
front of shrubbery. Fifty of them are not
too many to plant together for the best eff
feet,
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small. 1t was never intended to do any
thing more than care for the structures
| owned by the state.
Yet on the shadow of authority it took
possession of the building when finished by
| the capitol commission. and on the plea of
trimming" it, spent more than twice what
the original building had cost.
This trimming was the joker.
The people Of Pennsylvania imagined that
the 100000 they had spent would furnish
the building complete. They would not have
objected seriously had another million, %
per cent Of the cost of construction, been
required for preparing the building in a
manner worthy a structure Of such impos-
ing lines.
But four millions to build and nine mil
lions more to furnish formed figures that
could not be credited.
Berry's Disclosures.
State Treasurer Berry first made his dis
closures during the campaign that resulted
in the election of Edwin 8. Stuart for gov
ernor over Lewis Emery, jr.
The revelations of the state treasurer
| were somewhat discounted by the general
| belief that he was playing politics. but
| though Emery, who was Berrys candidate.
| lost the victor, Gov. Stuart, did not remain
| idle. He at once ordered rigid investiga-
| ton. obtained IN investigating committee,
non-partisan in character and composed Of
| men Of the highest integrity.
In compliance with the governors mes
sage these members of the capitol investi-
cation commission were appointed: Sena-
| tor John s. Fisher of Indiana county,
chairman; A. E. Sisson of Erie and Sena-
! tor Arthur G. Dewalt Of Lehigh. Represen-
| tative R. Willis Fair of Westmoreland. Rep
| resentative Moses Shields, jr., of Wyoming;
| Representative Robert R. Dearden of Phila-
| delphia and Representative r. Scott Am
| norman Of Montour.
| Dewalt and zimmerman are democrats.
Dearden is independent republican and
| the others represent the organization in
their counties.
! James Scarlet. a propinent Danville
| lawyer. known throughout the state for
his integrity and ability fighter, was
| appointed chief counsel. eX-Deputy Attor-
| ney General James A. Stranahan, a demo-
| crat assistant. Harry S. Calvert and
! Frank Bell were appointed as secretaries.
| For six months the commission continued
| it's investigation holding many public hear
ings of suhcontractors present and former
\ state officers. The opportunity was given
but rejected by Sapderson, Huston and
! Representative Cassel to appear before the
inquisitors.
The hearings developed fraud after fraud.
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The sensational disclosures Of

~ ers
The sensational disclosures Of
fraud that startled the nation in the recent
San Francisco upheaval that sent Mayor
Schmitz to Jail and pulled down from high
places other prominent citizens is likely to
be repeated in the Keystone state.
The new state capitol, which was to have
cost 100000 was so manipulated in the
interests of private persons that it cost
s13 900, and an investigating committee
appointed in Difference to the angered de-
mand of the people has just in a lengthy
report determined that the $1,000, 900 repre-
sents the amount of which the common
wealth was defrauded through most as
founding system of jugglery and misrepre-
sentation.
Officials of hitherto unimpeachable repu-
tation, leading business men, one United
States representative and a number of con-
tracing firms, never before suspected of
completely in anything crooked, are pointed
out in the report as the conspirators from
whom the state has a right to demand sat-
lsfaction.
The principals include:
Joseph NJ. Huston, skilled young archi-
tect never before mixed up with any deal
of dubious character. He is credited with
having been the handspring of the present
conspiracy He collected, It Is reported,
more than half million dollars on the deal.
He originated, 1t Is alleged, the false
systems of specifications by which honest
bidders found 1t impossible to bid on the
work. and 1t was made easy to monopolize
the contracts for the conspirators. He is
also accused by the investigating commits
sion of having issued false certificates for
the purpose of defrauding the state.
John II. Sanderson, a Philadelphia deco
rator, who secured nearly six millions dol
lars worth of contracts, put about one and
a half million dollars worth on them, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-14
Cane Whitfield by Lincoln.
From the Kansas City Times.

From the Kansas City Times.
Ira H. Haworth. who was a friend Of
Abraham Lincoln. celebrated his eighticth
birthday anniversary yesterday
Mr.. Haworth has a cane and gavel
given to him by President Lincoln in 1860.
They are made from the wood of a black
walnut tree which was cut down by Lin
coin. The cane was whitfield by Lincoln
and around the top of 1t is band OF Ger
man silver. which Is engraved: ITO Ira
yes Abe gave them to met said Mr..
Haworth yesterday, when 1 was chair
man of the township committee IN his
home county. used them in the campaign
of 1860. When he gave them TO me he said:
This gavel is to keep order. The cane
is to use when you get old. l know you
will live to be old because the good die
young"
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Japs similarly preciptated the struggle with
Russia by attacking the Russian ships at
Port Arthur and Chemulpo before war had
been formally declared This initial victory
of Admiral Togo crippled the Muscovites at
the very start of the conflict, being a blow
from which they never fully recovered.
The prize for which Germany fought was
the rich one of Alsace and Lorraine, and
Japan, not to miss an opportunity of living
up to the model, appropriated Korea for its