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Milford chronicle., 1907-04-05
HARRIMAN'S STATEMENT
Reiterates That President Asked Him
to Raise Campaign Fund.

New York, April BE. H. Hartman
gave out the following statement in
response to the statement made public
by President Roosevelt at Washing
ton:
"For many years I have maintained
an intimate, confidential correspond
ence with my friend, Sidney Webster.
What / wrote him and what he wrote
me was, of course, intended for our
eyes alone. In the course of a letter
which he wrote me in December, 1905,
he warned me against being drawn
into politics, and questioned whether
I had any political or party instinct
united to what he was pleased to call
my business instinct This drew from
me the reply to Mr.. Webster's inquiry,
which, Ia a substantially correct form,
has been stolen and published. This
letter was written on January 2, 1906,
Milford chronicle., 1907-04-05
is SHORT $4,000
Former Receiver of Taxes of New Cas-.
tie County. Del, Under Arrest,

Former Receiver of Taxes of New Cas-.
tie County, DEL, Under Arrest.
Wilmington, Del, April 2-Horace
G. Rettew, former receiver of taxes
and county treasurer of New Castle
county. was arrested at his home here
on charge of appropriating $4,000 of
the county taxes to his own use. The
warrant, which was sworn out by Mag
istrate Hollis, was served by Constable
Jones, who found Rettew i'll with heart
trouble. As the $4,000 bail was not
forthcoming he remained in custody
of the constable at his home. Ehe levy
court directed his arrest, the COM
plant being made by President Nc
Farlin. Rettew is alleged to be short
about $4,000.
Milford chronicle., 1907-04-05
X4 GET YOUR *
Horse Blankets and Robes
PIERCE GCARMEANS
Are Your Fruit
TREES Dying.

and you don't know the trouble
you will find that they have
the San Jose Scale. The best
remedy, it is Scalecide, which
you can get in any quantity
from gallon to barrel.
You can't afford to neglect
trees that have taken years to
grow, when such small ex-
pence can save them.
Milford chronicle., 1907-04-05
CHICAGO GOES REPUBLICAN
Municipal Ownership of Traction Lines
Defeated In Windy City.

Chicago. April 3.-The most intense
campaign in municipal politics that
Chicago has experienced in many
years closed with the election of Fred.
erick A. Busse, the Republican candi-
date for mayor, over Edward F. Dunno,
his Democratic rival and candidate for
reelection. Busse's plurality was 49,
121.
Milford chronicle., 1907-04-05

Therefore, when your kidneysa are weal
or out of order, you can understand how
quickly your entire body is affected and
how every organ seems to fail to do its
duty.
If you are sick or "feel badly" begin
taking the great kidney remedy, DIR.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, because as soon
as your kidneys are we'll they will help
all the other organs to health. A trial
will convince anyone.
If you are sick you can make no mis-
take by first doctoring your kidneys.
The mild and the extraordinary effect OF
DIR. Kilner's Swamp-ROOt, the great
kidney remedy, is soon realized. It
stands the highest for its wonderful cures
of the most distressing cases, and is sold
on its merits by all E.f
druggists in fifty-cent SEsIElsE 1sII%$ss I%:s:E::s
and one-dollar size u "a; !.i ;:II;i;
bottles. You may =SSsassls ely ~ ~
have a sample bottle Home OF swampRoot.
by mail free, also pamphlet telling you
how to find out if you have kidney or
bladder trouble. Mention this paper
when writing to DR.. Kilmer & Co., Bing-
hamton, N. Y. Don't make any mistake,
but remember the name, Swamp-RoOt,
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the adj
1ress, Binghamton, N. Y, on every bottle.
Milford chronicle., 1907-04-05

At time when no one could doubt q
cordiality of my relations with the
president.
about 10 days ago I was told that
a discharged stenOgrapher was trying
/ to sell to some newspaper a reproduc-
tiOn from his notes of one of my pri-
vate letters. 1 could hardly believe
that any matter so obtained would be
accepted or published, yet l made
every effort to prevent it. When I
learned that a New York newspaper
had a transcript of these notes l no.
titled the publisher at once OF the
facts, and urged upon his attention
the gross outrage that the publication
Of 1t under such circumstances would
involve. While deploring, of course,
that the sacredness of a private cor
rspondence should thus be violated, l
cannot withdraw anything in the let
ter.
'I have read the presidents state
ment l am most anxious to treat him
and his other utterances with consid-
Grafton due to the high Office which he
holds. Nevertheless, I feel bound to
call attention to certain things In re-
gard to which he does me injustice.
''In his letter to Mr.. Sherman he
clearly seeks to convey the impression
that the personal interview with him
in the fall Of 1904 was of my seeking
and not his"
Mr. Hartman then quotes from let
ters he received from the president
urging him to visit him in Washing
ton. and then says:
1.-The president dwells at length on
the assertion that he did not ask me
to contribute for the presidential cam
paign' nor for his personal benefit
do not deny this statement nor Is it
all consistent with the assertions /
made in the Webster letter respecting
the interview. Therein I distinctly
said: The president sent me a request
to go to Washington to confer upon
the political conditions in New York
state. I complied, and he told me he
understood the campaign could not be
carried on without sufii-
cient money, and asked if I would help
hem in raising the necessary funds,
IS the national committee, under
Chairman Cortelyou, had utterly failed
If obtaining them and there was a
arge amount due from them to the
Iew York state committee.
"If that means anything whatever
t must be that he was urging me to S
elp the New York state committee '
nd not the national committee or Z
campaign, except so far as c
he success of the state ticket in New a
'ork would contribute to the national Il
cket. s
II was asked to go to Washington c
y the president in the interests Of b
le state ticket. l could help to raise tt
loney. That did help in this regard, o
lat I did raise funds Immediately a
pom my return from the interview a
ith the president is undeniable, and ft
this fund l contributed $4,000. n
'I am not responsible for what Mr.. ci
herman may have said to the presi- al
snt with reference to the conversa- fo
on he had with me. All that I have NJ
say is that did not meet his urgent
,quests that l contribute to his cam 81
lign fund, and that the statements al
legged to have been attributed to me OF
2 him are false. The president was in
sured of this fact by a mutual friend T.
ho was present at the interview" &C
Milford chronicle., 1907-04-05

Hung to Ties to Save Themselves.
Pittsburg, Pa, April Three men
were caught on the Bessemer & Lake
Erie railroad bridge at Turtle Creek,
near here, by a fast passenger train.
Two of the men hung to the ties, al.
lowing the train to pass over them,
but the third, Samuel Cardiac, was
knocked off the bridge to the ground,
so feet below, and killed.
Milford chronicle., 1907-04-05
Preached His own Funeral Sermon.

Preached His Own Funeral Sermon.
Spartansburg. N. c.. March 80. -
Thomas Harris, a young white man,
formerly a Baptist preacher. was hang
ed in the jail yard at Gaffney. S. c.,
for the murder of Mrs. Hortense Nor
gan, an aged white woman, last No
vember Before the black cap was ad-
justed Harris preached his own fu-
neral sermon. He killed Mrs. Morgan
by cutting her throat, after which he
took $500 from her clothes.
Milford chronicle., 1907-04-05

on its merits by all
druggists in fifty-cent
and one-dollar size
bottles. You may
Milford chronicle., 1907-04-05

traced to the kidneys
but now modern
science proves that
nearly all diseases
have their beginning
in the disorder OF
these most important
organs.
The kidneys filter
and purify the blood
that is their work.
Milford chronicle., 1907-04-05
OF EXPERTS
IN THAW CASE
Alienists Give Conflicting Testimony
Before Lunacy Commission.
A PRIVATE TEST TO FOLLOW

New York, April Sit was definitely
stated that the lunacy commission
which is inquiring into the present
mental state of Harry X. Thaw will
conclude its labors today wednesday,
and will have reported its conclusions
to Justice Fitzgerald before the hour
set for the Thaw jury to report in
court on Thursday. There will be a
brief public session of the commission
to hear final witness-an alienist-
offered by District Attorney Jerome,
and then will follow a private mental
and physical examination of the de-
fendant. 1t was stated that only the
members Of the commission and the
official stenographer would be present
at Thaw's last ordeal, both attorneys
for the defense and the district attor-
ney being barred.
The announcement that the commits
sion desired to renew It's private ex-
animation of Thaw came at the end
of a day of many witnesses and was
in the nature of a complete surprise.
The decision was probably due to the
conflicting character Of the testimony
heard. 1t was another battle of alien
lists, with those engaged by the dis
trict attorney declaring Thaw to be
absolutely incapable of understanding
his own condition, of realizing the ma
ture of the charge against him, or of
nationally comforting with counsel, |
while those engaged by the defense |
declared that Thaw throughout the |
trial had acted in rational manner |
had nationally advised his counsel in |
their hearing and fully understood and
appreciated everything connected with |
his case ans trial.
The experts for the prosecution ad-
mitted that they had reached their
conclusions as to Thaw's present state
of mental unsoundness from distant
of him in the court room
and from writings alleged to have
emanated from him during the trial.
Among the latter were "a pages of
clippings and memoranda
written by Thaw as suggestions to his
chief attorney, Dolphin NJ. Delmas, for
his summing up address to the jury
Mr.. JerOme's experts declared these
writings, introduced before the COM
mission by the defendants own coun-
sci to prove his sanity, were the writ
lngs of an insane man. The experts
for the defense declared there was alb
nothing in the writings upon
which to predicate an opinion of men
tai unsoundness.
When the experts had finished, Mr..
Delmas himself took the stand, de-
elared that many of Thaw's sugges-
lions were most valuable, and that he
to incorporate some of the
suggestions in his summing up ad-
lress.
The alienists for the defense in tes-
flying declared that they had the ad-
Tantage Of constant personal examina- [
ions Of the defendant, while the pros
'cution's witnesses had not.
The Tombs physician, two chap
aims Of the city prison, several guards
md probation officer took the stand
nd testified that Thaw in prison had
cted and spoken like rational man.
thought Fire Alarm April Fool Joke.
Kent, O., April because every
ne in the village regarded an alarm
f fire turned in as only an April fool L
oke, the Sperry house, a local hostel d
y, was destroyed. No one responded .
, the alarm and the house was soon 8
/ ruins.
la
Milford chronicle., 1907-04-05
Thouaht FIre Alarm ApriI Eool InL.

nought FIFe Alarm April Fool Joke.
Kent, O., April because every
one in the village regarded an alarm
Of fire turned in as only an April fool
joke, the Sperry house, a local hostel
ry was destroyed. No one responded
to the alarm and the house was soon
in ruins.
Milford chronicle., 1907-04-05
Often The Kidneys Are
Weakened by Over Work.

Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.
It used to be considered that only
urinary and bladder troubles were to be
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-11-22
Notice
GEO. ID. HORTON,
Recorder.

At an adjourned meeting OF the
Town Council OF the Town Of Rich
lands, Virginia, held at the MAYORS
Office on the 18th day Of Nov, 1907. at
p. m.
PRESENT: j. b. Crabtree, Mayor.
G. b. Neel, j. II. Lester, NJ. c.. Me
Corxle, G. b. Orr and w. B. Spratt.
On motion the following ordinance
was passed to be further proceeded
with in accordance with section 1923
of the Code Of Virginia. and G.. Il Neel
J. ii. Lester. M. G. McCorkle, c.. B.
Orr and w. b. Spratt, Councihnen
voted to pass said ordinance.
TAKE NOTICE.
That bids are invited for the fran.
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nance, which bids shall be i'm WRITING
aud delivered to the Mayor Of the
Town Of Richards before noon on the
Goth day OF December, 1907. The
Council OF the Town OF Richards re
serves the right to reject any and al
bids.
AN ORDINANCE.
"AuthoriZiDg the - Company I,
use the public streets of the Town O
Richlands for the purpose OF estab
fishing water works within the corpor
i ate limits of this town, and to furnisl
water TO the said town and the inhabI
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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-02-26
OPPOSED PRESIDENT
House Went on Record as Against One
of Roosevelt's Poiicies-Amend-
ment Agreed On.

Washington, Feb. 22.-Again today
the house of representatives in COM
mittee of the whole went on record
as opposed to one of the policies of
President Roosevelt, this one beint
that in relation to the investigation
of entries of public lands believed to
be founded on fraud. When the para
graph in the sundry civil appropria-
tion bill was reached carrying 5000, 600
for the prevention of fraudulent en-
try or appropriation Of public land,
Mondell, of Wyoming, and Burke, OF
South Dakota, offered amendments
limiting the use of the appropriation,
the following being finally agreed up
on by the advocates of the restric-
tion:
Provided that no part of this ap-
preparation shall be available for the
examination of lands embraced in any
entry upon which final proof has been
made unless the department has infor-
nation furnishing good grounds to
suspect fraud or noncompliance with
the law as to that specific entry"
After two hours discussion this was
agreed TO by 104 ayes to IL noes.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-02-26
FOOT BINDING IN CHINA.
Drastic Measures Enforced to Abolish
This Custom.

Jealous of Western civilization and
the larger life for the women of
China, the ruler of that vast empire
has issued an imperial edict against
the binding of girls feet. But China
is enslaved to customs, and to make
law against the custom of foot bind
ing plunges the Emperor into a sea
OF trouble.
What if Congress were to enact a
law against the women of the United
States wearing corsets? Would the
women. of fashion stop wearing them,
especially now that smaller waists are
required by the newest styles? But
the Emperor has his way out, and so
another edict goes forth. 1t says
that no man shall hold an imperial
or governmental position whose
wife or whose daughter has bound feet.
Despite their loveless marriages, the
women of China are ambitious for
their husbands political success and
work quite as hard as the wives of
American politicians in their interests
Moreover, the Empress of China is
giving generously of her own fortune
to establish schools for girls, even
those affOrding higher education. and
one of the fundamental laws govern
ing these schools is that no girl whose
feet are bound can enter.
The Empress herself is a large-foot-
ed woman who has never counte-
nanced the custom of foot binding and
who has exerted many efforts to over
come the custom, which is one of the
Oldest and most rigid in China.
In the past twenty years many
attempts have been made by the Chi
nese themselves to do away with foot
binding. The strongest and most
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-02-26

A distinguished writer on Chinese
customs has said: There is no other
non-religious custom peculiar to the
Chinese. which is so utterly opposed
to the natural instincts of mankind
and yet which is at the same time so
dear to the Chinese and which would
be given up with more reluctance
Femininity cannot help but wonder
how large a full-grOwn, we'll devel-
oped Chinese wOmans foot would be
as compared with an American wom-
ans. The Empress is said to have a
singularly well-shaped foot that is not
exactly dainty, but which it attrac-
lively arched. and so seems not so
large as it perhaps is.
Among the Haiekas,~er-hilI, peopIe,
in the south of China, there AM
bound feet. Here the women Lare
somewhat larger of frame than a1he
usual Chinese Woman, but their feet
are about like those of our Southern
women, shorter and broader than
those of the usual Northern type in
the United States.
So it looks as if China is to have
her new woman if the overthrow of
a custom centuries old and the estab-
fishing of girls schools are to count
for anything.-NAW York Times.