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The Washington herald., 1907-09-06

Oklahoma City. Sept 5.-WHIiam J.
Bryan began here to-day a series of
speeches which viii end in New York
State late in October.
To-day he devoted himself wholly TO
Secretary Taft.
Bryan was asked about the underground
campaign of William r. Hearst for dele
gates in the Central West and replied
that he understood Mr.. Hearst was max
ing one fight inside and another outside
rsSratic party.
,ryans opinion that Hearst is
maR@-s ready to run as an independent
candidate One of Bryan's travelling
companions said Hearst would draw most
Of his votes from the Republican party
-yiT1 e Middle states and the Northwest
Bryan now goes to Nebraska for the
campaign there, and then will go East, 20
speak in New Jersey, New York, Massa-
ehusetts, and Connecticut
bryan scores Taft.
Bryan said to-day:
y
this Territory a few days ago, advises the
people to reject the proposed constitution
and postpone Statehood until another en-
abling act can be secured. At first blush
one might suspect that the Secretary 5
advice was due 10 his personal interest in
the next election. He might be accused Of
advising the postponement Of Statehood
with view to keeping seven electoral
votes out OF the Democratic column but
the more generous view taken of the mat
ter Is that his advice resulted from his
habits of thought.
Taft is inclined to postpone everything.
He promises 10 acquire the title of the
great postponer He Is on his way to
the Philippines 10 tell the FHiplnos. that
while he thinks they ought 20 have self
government after while, he wants it
postponed for the present. 1t is not
strange, therefore, that he should Weld to
his ruling spirit TN the matter of State
hood and tell you to pat % off
Can He Control Congress.
He holds out TO the people the hope
of another enabling act, but what as
suranca can he give that a Republican
Congress will act Immediately To bring
in q Democratic State just before a
Presidential election: Fou have been
struggling for Statehood for some fifteen
years, and now. when it is within your
grasp, he asks you 10 exchange. d GER
tainty for the deIuslve promise of on-
other chance. Does he eontrel the Con
gTess TO such an extent that he can
guarantee immediate aetien? The SEN
ators from his own State do not ac ;ept
his advice
His influence as a Presidential candi-
date cannot yet be measured, for not
single State has get instructed for
him"
The Washington herald., 1907-09-06
MORE GRATING EXPOSED.
Allegheny Scandal Threatens to Ex-
coed thnt of CAPITOL BuiIdinr.

= Pittsburg, Sept. 5.-The political scan
daI which was opened yesterday by the
indictment of State Senator Rodgers and
three others for alleged tax receipt frauds.
was further augmented to-day by the an
nouncement from the prosecuting attor-
ney that at least 200 more persons would
be Indicted IN Allegheny City before the
cases We're taken into court.
The affair now bids fair 70 be the most
sensational ever known in Pennsylvania
politics, and VIII in all likelihood have d
good effect on the fight for United States
Senator. -
The Washington herald., 1907-09-06
TAFT AND STRAUS CONFER.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor on
Way tO Oyster Bay.

Way To oyster Bay.
Livingston, Mont. Sept 5.-Secretary
OF War Taft and party left Yellowstone
Park today and started for Portland
over the Northern Pacific Railroad. AIr.
Taft and Oscar straus. Secretary Of
Commerce and Labor, met IN the park.
AR straus is returning from two
months inspection OF the affairs Of his
department on the Pacific Coast and in
tho Hawaiian Islands.
He went East TO Chicago to-day and
will probably proceed directly to Oyster
Bay and sec the President. Mr.. straus
snld the Pacific Coast was enjoying a
season Of unprecedented prosperity.
Mr. Taft, he thought was the choice
Of the Western Republicans for Presi-
dent, He and Mr.. Taft had long con-
ference last night.
Secretary straus is accompanied by his
wife.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-06
BURTON SURE OF SUCCESS.
VIII Use Presidents Letters I'm
Cleveland MayOraIty Campaign.


Cleveland, Sept. Congressman Bur
ton. sure OF nomination by the Repub-
Heans IN convention Saturday to oppose
Tom L. Johnson for the mayoraIty, al
ready has his plan ef campaign mapped
out.
p \ big feature Of this campaign viii be
the organization of thousands of voters
who signed petitions. slngly and In
scores, urging him to sacrifice his ma
tional career and help defeat johnson,
into an active vote-solicidng force. The
names have been tabulated, and the vot-
ers viii be called IN and asked to do their
parts.
Another feature Of the campaign work.
it is believed now; will be the use Of Pres
ident Roosevelt's letter OF letters to Mr..
Burton on which he himself has said he
reached his decision to enter the race.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-06
BROKERAGE FIRM
FORCED TO WALL
Watson & Co. May Owe Five
Million Dollars.
KNOWN AS HILL HOUSE
Calamity" Jones One of Part
ners in the Concern.

Dealt Largely in Great Northern and
Northern Pacific Shares for Gus
toners in the MISUNDERSTANDING in
Prices OF High-class stocks Causes
Fai;ure--Operatfon gn Grain Mar
Iset Prove to BE Successful.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-06
PRINCE WILHELM SAILS.
Royal Guest starts HOme-Deserters
frOn FyIgia Sought.

Boston, Sept 5.-King Oscar, Of Sweden,
cabled 10 the Swedish Consulate here to-
day his gratitude for the reception which
the SWGdlsh-American residents Of the
city gave Prince Wilhelm and the Fylgia.
The vessel left Boston to-day for
Southampton. England. His royal high
ness. upon arrival from Niagara early
this morning boarded the cruiser imme-
diately, and was asleep in his cabin when
she left her anchorage of the navy yard
at o'clock.
Fully thirty sailors who went on shore
leave here and in New York are said 10
have deserted the ship Il is understood
that steps are being taken 10 arrest the
men.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-06
CHARLES H. DEERE IS Ill.
millionaire PIOw Manufactures in
Serious Condition at Chicago.

Chicago. Sept. 5.-Charles II. Deere. the
millionaire plow manufacturer of Moline.
IL. after a three years search In vain for
relief from stomach trouble, is a patient
at a private hospital here suffering from
peTniciOus anaemia, usually a fatal dis
ease Mr. Deere is seventy years old.
His wife, a prominent member Of the
Daughters of the American Revolution.
has arrived in Chicago and will remain
indefinitely.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-06
Taylor DECLINES TO RETURN.
Former Governor of Kentucky Re
qHested TO Remain Away.

Former Governor of Kentucky He
qHested TO Remain Away.
Indianapolis, Sept 5-WiIllam S. Tay-
Tor, former governor Of Kentucky and
refugee in this State for the past seven
years, VII not accept Judge Steuts effer
of immunity froTn arrest and return te
that State TO testify In behalf Of Caleb
Powers.
Friends in Kentucky are sending him
letters by every mail. telling him not to
return, and suggesting that there is every
probability of the State going Republican
at the eomins election, and he can then
return and be sure Of a fair trial.
Mr. Taylor says that the men whe thus
ADVISE him are old and tried friends. and
that he would net voluntarily return to
Kentucky IN the face Of advice from men
who knew he Is innocent and who believe
that a trap Is being set for him.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-06
RECEIVER FOR SPEIR & co.
Washington Contractors Embar-
rnssed I'm CharIestOwn.
Special 20 The Washington Hcuald.


rnssed I'm CharIestOwn.
Special 70 The Washington Bculd.
Charlestown. W. Va. sept 5.-Philip
Walker. Of Washington. d. c., was to-
day appointed special receiver for w. f.
Speir & Co, Washington contractors
building the new Y NJ c. A. home here.
Several creditors fled petitions in the Cir
cult Court The Indebtedness is placed at
s2S,o00. with estimated assets Of 1886. 50.
Of which S1o965.SO Is due from the Y. II
c. a. contract, and s22.500 consists Of
property and other available assets in
Washington.
II Is not believed that the appointment
Of the receiver will retard work on the
building. This firm has number Of
other contracts in West Virginia, upon
which work was TO have been started
soon.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-06
BRYAN PREDICTS
HEARST WILL RUN
Democratic Leader Begins
Series of Speeches.
TURNS GUNS ON TAFT
Says No State Has Instructed
fer War Secretary.

Nebraskan Believes New York Edi-
tor Is Making One Fight Inside
Party and Another Outside-Trav-
cling Companion Says Hearst VIII
Draw Strength from Republicans
Throughout the Western States.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-06
WEATHER FORECAST.

For the District of Columbia,
Delaware, and Maryland Fair
to-day and tomorrow; light west
to northwest winds.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-06
SHAVE COST JUROR $1O.1O.
Ten Minutes Late at Court, He Is
Fined 81 Minute.

0IltHldI % TIC NdoIUAtUU HtIdIu-
Greensboro. \. c.. Sept SIT cost Fred
erick Ingold slo-1o TO get shaved to-day.
IngoId is a juror in the United States
District Court at the present term. on
his way to court to-day he stopped to
get a shave. and the tonsorialist made
the operation SO elaborate a one that
Ingold reached his destination ten min
utes late.
Judge Boyd assessed the delinquent
juror 81 for each minute be had taken
from the courts time, which. added to
the initial cost Of his shave, probably
makes a new record.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-06
IoCI

1-Hobson Expects War With Japan.
DIR. Wyman 20 Fight Plague.
soldiers Underpaid Says Galbraith
Horse Falls Into PIT.
Mrs. AberCrombie Frustrated.
Scientists Are Much Amazed.
LScientist Scores Yellow Press.
13-Dr. Hale Is Forgiven.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-06
THIRTEEN DIE IN FLAMES.
Fire Destroys HoteI Near Tacoma
and Guests Perish.

Tacoma, Wash, Sept 5.-Fire destroyed
the Webb Hotel at Shelton. twenty miles
from Tacoma. last night Thirteen per-
s. $ perlshed.
Miss Bailey and Mrs. Nudge, both Of
Shelton, are known to be among the lost.
All the other victims were men.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-06
HOBSON FEARS WAR
With The MIKADO
Believes Conflict May Begin
Next February.
HE COINS NEW PHRASE
Declares Americans Must Build
Ships and Eat Dirt"

Takes Strong stand for
Keeping Big Fleet in Far East.
Sees Much of Significance in Move
20 Abolish "Open DOor'-Congress-
man Says Country Faces Critical
Period in It's Foreign Relations.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-06
baltimore and Return, sI.25.

Every Saturday and Sunday. All trains.
both ways, both days. except Royal Lin
tied. City Offices, 14I 6 ST. and SIG Pa.
ave
The Washington herald., 1907-09-06

In banking dept. of Union Trust Co. 1913
F St, where it viii earn interest for you.
Interest paid on all accounts Deposits
subject TO check. Savings accounts invited.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-06

Congressional, 527 10th, Celebrated for
quick results IN shorthand & typewriting
The Washington herald., 1907-09-06
s1.OO, Harpers Ferry, HalltOIvn,
ChazIesfOwn, Summit Point, and
Winchester and Return,

Leave Baltimore and Ohio Station.
washington, $50 q. m, Sunday, Septem-
Der s. Splendid opportunity for days out
The Washington herald., 1907-09-06

4 Ia Carte Lunch Served Daily
At Eckstein's from Il to g. li12 \. \. ave
The Washington herald., 1907-09-06

$4s.25-CalifOrnia- & o. Ry.
Special rate and special service.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-06
sl.25 90 baltimore and Re4nrn

Every Saturday and Sunday via Pennsvl-
vania Railroad. Tickets good returning
until Sunday night All regular trains,
except Congressional Limited
The Washington herald., 1907-09-06

Up-tO-date business Course at The
Drillery, 11O0 New York ave. NV.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-06

October $. 1907. Remember the date.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-06

October 8. 1907. Remember the date,
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-11-28
CHICAGO.

Steady improvement appears in
financial conditions, further gold inn
pOrtations, increasing note circulation
and larger use of checks in place Of
specie making it easier to view the out
look with confidence. The pressure for
currency is gradually finding relief, and
with the liquidation and readjustments
in process return to normal condi-
tiOns is closer at hand. Pay roll needs
are now more easily provided for, and
the new medium of exchange conserves
moneys at the banks and is readily ac-
ceptcd in ordinary transactions.
Savings banks depositOrS have virtu-
ally ceased giving withdrawal notices,
and there is more activity in New York
exchange. Foreign buying of products
is yet in excess of a year ago, and a
continuation of this favorable factor
seems likely and will provide the means
for additional purchases of gold abroad
to strengthen local bank resources.
Mercantile collections are no worse
than expected, and, while there are
more calls for extensions, the record Of
failures makes a better exhibit than
for both last week and a year ago.
Distributive trade is favored by sea-
sOnable weather, and advices as to both
local and interior activity in the neces-
saries remain satisfactory. 1t is for
tunatc that stocks Of fall and winter
goods are not excessive. Most buyers
bOught conservativcly in advance, and
those now in the market limit Selec-
tiOnS to aScertained needs. Dealings
in the principal jObbing branches thus
far this year make new high records,
and the present curtailed buying is not
regarded as more than temporary. The
movement of holiday goods shows salts
factory proportions.
Receipts of raw materials for fac
tory consumption fall below those at
this time last year, an indication that
there is no unhealthy pressure upon
forwarders, and the prices for finished
products have undergone no especial
change. More closing down Of plants
for repairs and reduction in hands and
working hours appear to be mainly for
the purpose of bridging over the diff
Guilty in obtaining funds.
The lack of currency throughout the
agricultural sections accounts for de-
creased marketings of crops. but it is
also evident that there are large with
holdinps for higher Drjces
Failures reported in Chicago district
number 26, against 81 last week and q
year ago. Those with liabilities over
$1,000 number Z, against 10 last week
and II in 19O6.-Dun's Review Of
Trade.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-11-28
HALF A MILLION A DAY.
That Is the Amount Which Chicago
Puts Into Stimulants.

Chicagos consumption of stimulants is
amazing, according to a correspondent.
The money spent in saloons alone totals
up between $120,OO0,0O0 and $130,OOO,-
900 annually. At least $10O0O,OOO more
is spent for stimulating drugs in the 300
drug stores in the city.
If tobacco can be classed as a stimu-
liant it may be said that there are between
$4,000 and 10000 places in the city
where cigars and tobacco are sold. Proba-
bly, 100000 per day is not an exagger-
ated estimate for Chicago's smoking bill.
At the lowest estimate, taking alcoholic
beverages, tobaccos, and all manner OF
drugs into account, it is impossible to fig
ure that Chicago spends less than $780,
600 per day on stimulants Of various
kinds, and the chances are the amount is
considerably higher.
OF this enormous sum, how much does
the worker spend? Fully 70 per cent, II
ell business men, officers of corporations,
and all men who work with hand or brain,
ore included. But for the worker, the
saloonkeepers themselves say, they would
have to close up shop in few days. The
remaining 25 per cent of the $JOO,OOO
must be set aside between women who
lead domestic lives and non-workers OF all
kinds. Women perhaps are the heaviest
of all users of drugs.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-11-28

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime
s4.OO to 500; hogs, prime heavy, $4.0O
to $50; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to 1888; wheat, No. 2, 92c to 93c
corn, No. 2, SIC to Sc; oats, standard,
44c to 45c; rye, No. 2, 7Sc to 79c; hay,
timothy, S11O0 to $l6.5O; prairie, $500
to S14.5O; butter, choice ceramery, 24c
to 27c; eggs, fresh, 19c to 24c; potatoes,
per bushel, soc to &c.
Indianapolis-Cat shipping, $500
TO $3.50; hogs, good to choice heavy,
$3.50 to $3.50; sheep, common to prime,
800 to S4.75; wheat, No. 2, 91c to 93c
corn, No. 2 white. soc to 56c; oats, No.
white, 45c to 46c.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to 5000; hogs,
s4.OO to $500; sheep. $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, 97c to 9Se; corn, No. 2,
sec to 5Sc; oats, No. 2, 44c to 45c; rye,
No. 2, 75c to Toe.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-11-28
pNIICS%akz,
@PLlTIclANlS

Representative Sims Of Tennessee has
indicated his intention of introducing at
the coming session of Congress a resolu-
ton of inquiry by what authority Secre-
tary of the Treasury Corteiyou went to
the aid of the banks with the govern
ment's money. Other southern members
are said to share Mr. Sims hostile atti-
tude toward this policy of the govern
ment.
Postmaster General George Won l..
Myer, at the Philadelphia Union League
meeting, outlined three plans for postal
progress, which will be recommended to
the next Congress, as follows: First, the
postage rate on packages to be reduced
from 16 to II cents a pound; second, that
limitation of weight of packages to be
increased from 4 to II pounds; third,
parcels post to be authorized from the
point at which the rural delivery route
originates, with rates of cents for the
first pound, and 2 cents for each addi-
tional pound to IL pounds.
As the guest and principal speaker at
the banquet of the Jefferson Club of Mil
waukee, w. J. Bryan made a speech re-
garded by many as outlining .he platform
for the Democratic party on which he
would be willing to run for President
next year. He said he favored immediate
revision of the tariff on all goods in COM
petition with trust-made articles as
means of striking down monopoly. He
opposed the national incorporation Of
railroads as advocated by President
Roosevelt, saying that the railroads
would be only too glad to get out of State
jul isdiction. He would demand laws pro-
vidiny for the valuation of the railroads,
to reduce rates and to prevent stock wat
ering. His idea of a reasonable rate was
such as would let companies keep their
stock at par on honest capitalization. He
would prevent corporate mopopolies by
applying the license system to concerns
controlling more than % per cent of the
output of a given industry. lie thought
the money stringency began with specu-
lation at New York, bat that the western
banks were souhd. .
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-11-28
sUBsIDIZING CUPID,
Chicago Women Unionists Are in
Favor of a Marriage Dowry.

A capitalistic cupid, with love darts in
the form of $500 dowries and working
girls as his targets, is the latest sugges-
tion as an antidote for race suicide. Cupid
is to be an agent for labor unions if
these ideas are carried out. 1t was ad-
vocated by eighty women workers belong
ing to un1ns, who assembled at Hull
House, in Chicago, a few days ago.
The gathering was one of the first
three, held simultaneously, in this coun-
try. Another was at New York and the
third at Boston. 1t was Miss S. p.
Breckenridge. assistant dean of women at
the University of Chicago, who suggested
the dowry idea.
I'VE believe in this plan," declared
Miss Breckenridge. 1T places the mar
riage question upon a serious basis.
Unions have their death and sick benefits
and marriage benefit or dowry would be
in order If woman unonist is going
to be married she must be taught it is a
serious undertaking, but at the same
time, plan that is favored by the or
ganization to witch she belongs.
The experience she acquires by being
a unionist and wage Garner will enable
her to spend money wisely after she is
married. She will also learn that when
her husband works and brings his wages
home to her she must also bear her share
of the burden. 1t has been suggested here
that women workers who marry, some
times return to their old tasks. 1t would
appear to me that if matrimOny is not a
gainful employment it ought to be-"
THE plan of giving a dowry to wom-
an when she marries is now in vogue
among English and German unions" de-
clared Mrs. Raymond Robins, who acted
as chairman of the conference.
There were others present who thought
that a stipulated sum of 500 or 5000
should be given to a woman wage Garner
when she becomes a matron by the labor
organization with which she has been
identified
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-11-28
NEW YORK.

Trade as whole is quieter and in
dustria. operations are being curtailed
in accord with the readjustment proc
ess forced by the prevailing monetary
stringency and the spread Of the acute
currency scarcity to the country at
large. Evidences of this are found in
the restriction Of wholesale buying for
future delivery, in the confinement Of
jobbing trade to purely filling-in pro-
portions, and in the curtailment of re-
tail buying by the necessary employ
ment of credit instruments. In manu-
featuring lines there Is apparently a
determination to fill orders only as
they are received and an indisposltion
to accumulate stocks, the result here
being a slowing down Of operations
pending the settlement Of affairs upon
a substantial basis. This industrial
qC,ieting is also in no small degree due
to the fact that manufacturers unable
or unwilling to ask their employees to
take pay in credit instruments chose
rather to reduce production to a point
where operations can be conducted free
from dispute as to the methods Of pay
ment employed.-Bradstree CONNER
cial Report.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-11-28

why Is everyone so careful" writes
reconstructed" Confederate veteran,
"to call the members Of the Southern
army in the civil war Confederates
1t seems to be regarded as the polite
thing to do. to avoid the word rebels in
speaking of us. but we have no feeling
but Of pride in the name. 'Rebs' we
were called, and so we called ourselves,
and the Northerners were 'Yanks'
II wouldn't have known who they
were talking about during the war if
I had heard anything about the Con-
federates. OF course l was but boy.
but I went through the war with Nor
gans raiders until I was gathered In
by the Yanks and brought, a prisoner
Of war, to Camp Douglas, Chicago.
"'Rebs' were 'Rebs' in war days.
and 'Yanks' were .Yanks,' and no one
In either line cared to be called Con
federates or Federals. Jour.
nal
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-11-28
LincOIn'n CaptivatinR Way.

''On my last visit to Washington
White House." said Alexander Mac
donald Of Dumfries, Scotland, to a
Washington Post man. II was then a
young man, a reporter on a New York
newspaper, and had been sent by my
managing editor to join the army Of the
Potomac. When reached Washington
/ went to the officer commanding the
troops stationed here and asked for a
pass to cross the river. The officer to
whom 1 applied sent me to another one
and the latter to some one else, until
finally got tired of tramping around.
with another newspaper man 1
strolled up Pennsylvania avenue and
sat down in the park opposite the
White House. Then the thought occur
red to me, Why not ask the President
for pass| l spoke my thought to my
companion, who laughed at me, saying
that would be put out of the executive
mansion if / went there. Nevertheless,
I was determined. to try, and, being Of
foreign birth and possessing plenty of
nerve, l walked over to the door of the
Presidents house.
81 was closely scrutinized by the
doorkeeper when l ascended the steps
and when / communicated my desire
was told that President Lincoln could
not be seen. Not discouraged, l asked
permission to go through the White
House, which request was granted =;
that Is, was told l could go through
certain rooms. went into the east
room, and as entered saw approach
ing from the other end a woman who
seemed familiar with the place. With
an lndiscretion, you might call it, born
OF inexperience, l asked the lady some
questions about the White House and
was answered civilly enough. Then I
asked If it were possible to see Mr..
Lincoln. The lady asked me my mission
and told her. She asked me to wait
q moment and disappeared. Presently
she returned and told me that the Pres
ident would see me. I was shown into
the Presidents private Office and there
/ saw a man who appeared to me to
be the most awkward and ungainly per-
son / had ever seen. but when be arose