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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-22
BAIL FOR ThAW
Will Be Ready In Any
Amount # Court Accepts.
Attempt to Influence Member
Of Recent Jury Reported.
Eleven Jurors Dine Together But
Do Not Discuss Case.

New York, April 2l.-Dr. Smith Ely
Jeliffe, one Of the alienists who tes-
titled for Harry X. ThaW in his recent
trial. called on Thaw in the Tombs Sat-
urday and as a result there were i'm
mediate rumors that Thaw had broken
down.
This point was positively denied by
Daniel O'Riclly. How acting as the
prisoners chief counsel. Thaw, he said
was in the lest OF condition, both ply
aic.iiy ana mentally, and that there
Has Been absolutely no change in his
condition since TIE case was ended.
Thaw and Or. Jelifte. Mr.. ORielly eX-
planned, had become very close personal
friends AMI The Doctors visit was q
personal rather than 4 professional one.
HIr. C'Rirlly also took occasion to
;rny tie rulnors that Mrs. William
Thaw W2e in financial straits and
4ight not be able to raise bail for her
srn, even j the court admits him to
N1u.
NTs. ThaW was ready. he said. to Of
~ bail in any amount. The application
or BAIL. however. he did not expect
v-oul' be made until the middle of next
week.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-12-06
Sunday School Association.

Mr.. W. c Wilson. president Of
the Fulton County Sunday School
Association. desires as many as pos.
sibie Of the Sunday School workers
20 mlet Sunday, Dec. sth, at Cayce,
at $3.50 p. M.
Our president will tell Us some
thing We should strive 20 accomplish
before the great International Con-
vention 10 Louisville, next June, and
some other things We ought 10 know.
+. T. Randle. Of Hickman, will
tell Us Some Of the needs Of The
Sunday School"
John Sigman, superintendent OF
Union City Sunday School, will be
there with some OF his workers 10
help the cause along.
Let every district join In the rally.
JENNIE K. HILL, Sec'y.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-12-06
For Contempt

Attorney samuel II. Grassland
and Mr. Art Brand. Of Mayfeld
we're sent 20 the county jail at Pa
ducah tor three hours Saturday. by
Circuit Judge BggR, for contempt OF
court. They we're locked IN sep
arate cells 90 prevent an alteration
inside.
A will contest case vas being tried
10 the court. Lawyer Grassland rep
resenting one side Brand vas
leaning against the railing sur
rounding the box inside which sat the
Jurors vho we're 10 decide The case
Lawyer Crossland accused Brand Of
talking 10 the end Jurors about the
litigation. and Brand called Cross
land a liar The compliment vas
returned. and many cuss words In
dulged in by both sides in the open
court room, from which women and
others Eel. expecting trouble
Judge Bugg quickly brought the
controversy 70 a close and directed
the sheriff 20 lock both men Ia Jail,
where they we're kept Grassland
wanted a revolver 20 protect himseli
while ia JAIL, but the Judge bad both
men searched 10 see that no hrearmi
were around with which 90 DO harm.
Both men we're released from
durance az the end OF an hour
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-12-06
Board in Session.

The city Board Of Equalization
consisting Of r. NJ Metheny. W. c.
Johnson and Sam Luten, are going
over the tax books this week and
hearing the complaints Of those who
think their assessment is too high.
Up 10 this date none have complain
ed Of their assessment being too
small, but 10 some cases the board
finds this TO be a fact and are rails.
ing them accordingly.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-12-06

opinion that vc need 10 close up our
ranks and prepare Tor The next bat.
he. 30 doubt the hnanciers arc
ready 20 throv a isv of our brick
back 40 us. therefore 10 behooves
the farmers % make a hrmer stand
than they have ever made before.
shall Dee glad 20 meet any local un-
ion as soon as % can be called TO
geiher
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-12-06

another railroad. This method vas
kept up until a few men owned and
controlled most OF the railroads in
the country. Railroad bonds had
been selling az or above par before
The stock was watercd. bat % rail-
road bad issued twenty million dol
lars 10 bonds and paid ten per cent
when 10 issued twenty million more
ID could pay only i've per cent.
Banks and bank officers had invest
ca heavily Boz these bonds at or a lit
he below par When the dividends
fell from ten 20 five per cent, The
price of The bonds tell from one
hundred TO atty.
The honest hard-vorking mechan-
les, farmers and other common peo-
pie knew but little OF these things
until the 6nanciers began 90 draw al
their deposits out OF the banks. This
alarmed the common people aud
they made a rush on the banks also.
AS banks usually have from five 20
ten times, often twenty times as
much money on deposit as they have
IN their safes they were compelled
90 limit the size OF checks they paid
or close their doors. The people
who had studied but little about these
things censure an the banks alike
They abuse the honest bankers as
those who had been gambling in
stocks and bonds Many news pap
ers had been subsidized By the stock
+ gamblers, so that If they knew the
truth they did rot publish il. But
while al the people can be fooled
part Of the time and part can be
fooled all the time, u is impossible "a
fool an oi the people an Of the time,
Some magazines, papers and speak
ers began 10 tell the truth. Rural
tree delivery and farmers organiza,
tions spread these truths. Mr.,
Roosevelt began 10 throw brick al
these corporations. He sent bis cab.
met Cffcers 10 different places 10
make speeches and show up the
/ practices Of these high fnanciers.
Several governors and state lsPis.a.
lures began to throw brick also.
They passed laws restricting the
power OF these corporations, indict
cd some hned some, put some Ia
prison and drove some out Of th,
state. When the President, his cab.
met. the governors and the state
legislatures began 20 throw brick the
farmers thought il vas a free fight
and took a hand 10 tossing brick. Il
may be that in the excitement W,
threw a brick or Two too many. Bot
nov that the battle is over what az,
We going 10 dor There has been
little furry IN the A. S. Of + an,
perhaps a small part Of the society
has flown off. But we must expec
/ some casualties IN every battle. Thi
should make Us stand hrmer AMI
stronger for the next Having real
carefully both sides OF the history o
. our national convention, ! am Of %
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-12-06
Our New Sister. okIaho ma.

Oklahoma Is larger IN area than
Indiana ard Ohio combined.
Oklahoma will be the 23d State in
the Union IN point Of population.
Oklahoma has S. 500 miles Of rail-
read. 100 blnss and so daily news
papers.
Oklahoma's metropolis. Oklahoma
City has forty miles OF asphalt pave.
menis.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-12-06
THE A. S. of E. COLUMN
by JAS. u. SAUNDERS

by JAS. p. SAUNDERS
Many people have been asking
what caused the money panic, and
perhaps almost as many have tired 20
tell what they thought caused it.
some tell us that President R0ose-
welt caused 70, some say the fear
of Bryan and the coming presidential
election Others yet tell us that it
vas ne farmers Organizations. the
a. $. OF F., the F. 7. and Z. W,
the Tobacco Growers. etc, while
Others set say that il was Wall
Street, John D. Rockefeller, J. p.
Morgan, Hartman and Carnegie
We are apt 10 get cause and effect
mixed up sometimes just as We DO
supply and demand. ] think the
courts have brought out pretty clear
ly how John ID. amassed his fortune.
By shrewd trading he got possession
of many oil wells. he would then
offer 10 buy others. II the parties
sold 10 him, al right. Il gave him
more power II they refused be sent
oil into that part of the country and
sold IL at or below cost and raised
the price IN other sections 10 make
up the deficiency. The poor owner
OF the oil wells was soon glad 20 sell
al John DIS price. As he shipped a
great deal of on over the railroads
he soon dictated 10 them what price
they must charge him on freight
bills, and the railroads raised IA,
prices on freight 10 make up iol
what they lost on John DIS oil. Thus
his millions grew until he could die
tate his own terms 10 the railroad
officials, the steam boats and steam
ships, the well b.rers and slmos
everyone with whom he had fnancia
dealings.
The railroads played the sam,
game. They bought a railroad
watered the stock, /. e. issued more
railroad bonds on the company anc
bought another railroad, watered Ia
stock, !. G.. issued more railroad
bonds on that company and bought
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-12-06

Oklahoma constitution is the bag.
gest IN the Union. being made up
Of sixty thousand words.
State vide prohibition is provided
Ia the constitution.
The initiative and referendum
are IN the state constitution and en-.
tend 10 municipalities.
Oklahoma has "a. 90 foil blood.
ed Indians aud 5000 part Indians
Many Of them are highly civilized.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-12-06

The Colored Young Mems Repub-
lican Club Of Louisville will attend
the Inauguration Of Gov. Wilson In
a special train. Many Louisville
negroes are seeking positions under
the new administrator.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-12-06

Rev. Freeman requests US 10 an.
nounce that there will be preaching
at West Hickman Chapel Sunday
morning and evening. Everybody
invited.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-12-06
Friday, December 6, 1907

The James 10 Exposition closed
Saturday mig Features Of the
closing day y military spectacle,
a chndren's c.r ival, a baby show
and ball
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-12-06

Beginning Monday, the FIRST rural
route cut Of Cairo will be put m op-
GRAFTON. William !. Kinnison. the
young colored man who stood the
highest civil service examination for
the place. will begin delivering mail
10 the people in the drainage district.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-12-06

Those who have been taking the
advertised letter lists from the post
Office should remember that Il is a
violation Of the Law TO do so.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-12-06

"ln bend issues ~ trust -
be engraved on The nee f1ssr-I
certificates. We vili have e A
on trusting in them 900 vs 90 a
adequate currency leg.t.a,.11
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-12-06

Oklahoma Is "a "crm rl'.
having raised 100000 5t'
last year
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-12-06

The dark ages anywhere
tween tventy-eighi and forty
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-12-06

Gasoline at the Courier Office.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-12-06

Ladies' Christmas Handkerchiefs
at Sc % 7Sc-in our show window
Balizcf q Dodts.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1907-12-06
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-28
DEATH.
~ rs Not AnnIIlation but MereI, u s1ansc
Of Energy.
From lhe North American Rsric,c.

From fhe North American Rspicr.
What we call death IL not annihilation, il
IL only a chnnge of energy. Decay is simply
the breaking up Of life into new aud more
multiplied forms OF life.
The latest science recognizes at least nihc
different forms Of energy into which a single
force may pass and repass without diminution
or loss. That OF course In the great dis
covery OF modern science, that energy may
be transformed from one form into another.
may be transferred from one body TO another,
but cannot be destroyed.
Not Immediately was the bearing of this
scientific law on the doctrine OF immortality
recognized. And yet. as the mind adjusted
itself to the almost protean forms Of energy.
10 became apparent that life itself. which In
the highest form OF energy we know. must
inevitably become subject to this law.
Death. when 1t touches a human life. Is not
destruction OF energy, 1t is simply a change
through which life passes into some new
form Of activity.
Your candle. for instance, burns down TO
the socket. and after q flicker or two goes out.
To the eye Of sense that is the end Of your
candle. and IL has been used over and over
again as the image Of death. But according
to the law Of the conser walton Of energy the
light and heat Of that candle are not lost.
They have passed into other forms of energy
more subtle but not less real.
A log Is slowly consumed upon the hearth
until nothing remains but a heap Of flmy
ash. but the light and energies OF that log
are not lost. The life which was In the
tree deposited In that log certain forces. and
the fire has liberated these forces in other
modes Of activity. The whole universe is a
vast area Of ceaseless. understandable energy.
OF which life Ia the highest type.
Within the last half dozen years science
has emphasized still another fact. namely.
that the more powerful q force is the less
visible 1t Is TO human light. the less susceptible
of recognition. The energy Of radium, for
example, Is 40 tremendous that the hun
dredth part OF a grain of radium dropped into
its own weight of water will change the tenn
perature OF that water from the freezing point
to the boiling point in a single hour.
IL Ia Of course admitted that this does not
prove the Immortality OF the individual soul
by any means. but it does prove the indie
structibility of life. Religion has surely
gained a magnificent trophy from science
when science tells her that life is an indie
structible element in the universe.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-28
NEW ENGLANDS historic TREES.
Havoc wrought by Recent storms Ameug
Cherished Antiquities.

None OF our antiquities are more cherished
by healthy natures than our ancient and his
torc trees.
When the Did Elm on the Common blew
down. about thirty years ago. there was a
genuine grief among the older residents and
there was a general scramble for souvenirs
Of this patriarch Of our oldest park. even
Town to the smallest twig.
The Charter Oak at Hartford has given
its name TO numerous institutions and its
remains have been scattered in various forms.
a~rtistic or otherwise. through the homes OF
Connecticut and even other States.
The Old Elm in Cambridge. under which
Washington received his commission from
the Cont mental Congress. but now fast tot
tering to its fall. has been the shrine OF hun
dreds of thousands Of patriotic pilgrims.
The severe storm of Saturday night was al
most fatal to two more remarkable sentine!s
of az many towns. The Revolutionary tree
at Arlington was two-thi DIS destroyed and
probably the remainder has sustained mortal
injury.
But Lancaster mourns an even greater oss.
Her chief native distinction IL practically
q stroyed. Her Queen Elm. which has been
declared the largest In Massachusetts, In "a
wreck. For years II has been braced with
rods and bound with ir n bands, but the
force. Of the lncipieDt tornado was too strong
even for these. The diamete: Of It's spread
was 35 feet. and the ground circumference
OF It's trunk nearly thirt y-seven. To thess
two towns the storm brought general be-
., Ayement.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-28
GYROSCOPE AS COMPASS.
IT'S Use In steering steel Vessels and war.
ships.
From the Chicago Tribune,

From The Chicago Tribune.
The mariners compass occasionally fails
Of its purpose in these days Of iron ships and
csrsoes OF a magnetic nature. This especially
/. the case in warships, where the huge ma sses
OF iron and steel in guns and gun %turrets.
Sc.. are liable to affect the reading OF the
compass
II IL the usual practice 20 make all possible
corrections. but gun turrets have to be moved
around. and the corrections cannot Away
be trusted.
Aunin, the shock due 20 the firing Of big
guns il bad for the compass. DR.. u. An
schdtz- Karnpfe has Invented u new form Of
steering standard. dependent for It's opera.
tlon upoi the principle Of the gyrost Ole
hi. APPARATUS has been subjected tn
exhaustive tests on u battleship. where amid
the firing OF great guns, the movement OF III"
tnrre,s and such other disturbing influences
as would erectually have disposed OF the
ordinary compass IL behaved with remark.
able precision and came ont Of the trials quite
uninjured. The apparatus consists essen
toIlv OF an electrically operated gyroscope
carving On indicating needle and rivoied
within an arc similar to that OF the ordinf ~
compass.
The instrument does not necessarily point
north and south. but II tends continually to
,,o,ut In any direction In which u Is set. and
thus 10 indicate any change Of direction ~
the ship. u Is not proposed to displace the
nm riner's compass by means OF this instru-
ucut. for It's readin ~ would tend TO become
inaccurate after long periods OF use without
r.settina Nv some standard. II will serve
as "A useful supplement to the compass.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-28
MEXICO INTEROCEANIC ROUTE
The New Tehusntepec Railway and Its In
fuence on Commerce.

The New T~ehuantepec Railway Its In
nuence on Commerce.
Deep interest is felt in the probable effect
upon interoceanic Of tho new
Tehuantepec railway across the Mexican
isthmus.
According to the Geographical Journal,
the work on the harbors will probably
not be finally concluded till 1909. Yet,
like ths railway. apparently of the most
solid workmanship. they are 30 far ad-
vanced as to admit Of the entrance Of large
ships and the speedy handling OF freight.
From port to port it is only 1875 miles in
a bee line. but the route followed by the
railway covers 100 miles. From the mouth
of the Coatzacoalcos the railway gradually
ascends till at seventy nine miles il shoots
over the steel bridge. $50 feet long. spanning
the Jaltepec River. Thence by a sleeper
gradient It runs thirty-eight miles to Mala-
tengo Canon.
Here the route is through rock cuts and
bridged chasms climbing TO Rinoon Antonio,
900 feet high. a healthy spot. where the
oompauy's yard and shops are established.
Next the Chevela pass, 1856 feet high, il
crossed by gradients reaching 1l8 feet
to the mile. The descent thence TO the
Pacific includes the steepest gradients.
Following for some distance h course
of the Tehuantepec River the route leaves
it before its terminus at Salina Cruz.
Connected Vera Cruz and the Pacific
Railroad the railway gives access to all
parts OF the republic and TO the United
States, while It's junction with the Pan
American line will give direct railway
access to the Central American republics.
The magnitude Of the influence likely to
be exerted by the new railway on the high
ways OF the worlds commerce may be
gathered from a table embodied in the
report OF comparative distances OF the
various routes from the principal ports Of
Europe and the United States to ports or
the Pacific. The distance, q. e.. from New
York TO Hongkong is I .35i miles and to San
Francisco 1000 miles shorter by the new
railway than by way Of Panama.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-28
BEAR HUNT IN ID
Din Made by Beaters Drives the Quarry
to s~portsmAn's Rine.

The beaters arrived at camp the following
morning. They began to come In twos and
threes, then in hves and SKIES. and finally in
dozens. so that by the time breakfast was
over the entire male population of some three
village were grouped about my tent.
With the help Of the shikaris fifty OF these
we're selected and each receiveda slip Of paper
bearing my signature, for when they came for
their wages at the end OF the day did not
wish the friends and relatives OF the heaters
as well as the heaters themselves turning UP
for payment.
The din these ffty souls succeed in making
as they move in a long line up the base and
two sides Of q wooded nullsh shrieking, howl
ing. catcallins. setting on hrecrackers and
beating tumtums. is enough to drive any
self respecting bea- out OF his senses.
An army OF battleshouting dervishes could
hardly create a greater amount OF uproar,
nor IL Il at all surprising that the bear should
find a pressing enga gement elsewhere ut the
earliest possible moment after finding his
nuilah thus rudely invaded. II he turns down
the nullah he encounters the invading army:
II he tries 10 escape by the sides he Ia met and
driven back by heaters already posted. There
fore he does the most natural thing In the
world by fleeing up the centre Of the nullah,
directly away from the oncoming din.
A. the top Of the cleft stands the sports
man. The underground probably prevents
the Sportsman seeing the bear or the bear
sssins HIM untl they actually meet.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-28
The I~ncounpleat Angler.

I've often spun q nshin' yarn which wasn't avail
Tered down
BY any Of the other chaps who loaf around the town;
They allus seemed TO doubt my word, when I'm
known everywhere.
In tellin' OF the nsh I've ketched. a. bsin' fair and
square.
Now Ill admit some tales I've told have seemed .
little strong.
An folks have sometimes thought perhaps inc
weights an measures wrong.
But I have got a story here that's absolutely true.
An | could prove IL II l had the nsh to show 20 you.
One day I went way up the crick to reach the other
side
An where ] stopped to git scrost warn't more than
eight feet wide;
There warn't no bridge or boat In sight, but by an
by I found
A log which went from shore to shore, nigh thirty
inches round.
| took my pole to balance with an stepped upon
An 20, about half way acrOst when somethin'
slipped. by jingi
That log went out from under me an l went In inc
crick
As neat as anything alive, an forty times as quick.
An now the strangest part Of sll-that log got free.
an say,
It jumped from out the crick a yard an throwed
the mud an spray
All over me, an everywhere. an with q mighty
sweep
/, started lk. a lghtnin' bolt down where the cricR
was deep.
That log was Jest a pickerel who'd tried to turn
around.
An as the crick wsrn't wide enough he'd gone an
run aground.
Now. as / said. this yarn is true. an ! could prove
IL, too.
II only l had ketchcd that nsh an brought him
home to you.