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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-24
OFFICER SHOT BY BURGLAR
Leaves Pistol with Frightened Lady
aud Negro Shoots Him Down.

CHARLOTTE, N. c.. November "a
Chief Of Police Goforth. Of Newton.
.Catawba county, was shot and fatally
wounded by a burglar early to-day.
Mrs. Barringer.. ...at 8 o'clock this morn
ing with the Information that some
one was trying to enter her house.
Responding promptly and. finding no
request, and started home unarmed.
AS he neared the adjoining house y
negro burglar emerged and shot Co
forth The burglar had chloroforned
q woman in the house and was fright
ened off by Goforth's approach. The
office will die. t-st -sfs
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-24
ONE NEGRO WOMAN HELD
FOR MURDER or .ANOTIlI IIIt
specIal 70 rhe T!mea- pIs nateh.l M

Il 777 Special 70 The mea-DlEpatoh.l NI9
p MIN TON-SALtEM, AZ, c.. November
2a.-,rhe preliminary hearing Ct Anna
Cobb, colored, indicted for the murder
OF Henrietta Stamps, also colored was
held yesterday by Recorder Griffith.
The counsel for the defense aid not
any Testimony, preferrlng to
walt until the hearing In the Superior
Court. The defendant vii re,paln In
jail nntll that tilre.}
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-24
eAPERs JOINS SOCIETY
Revenue Commissioner Sharply Called
Down. by President.

WASHINGTON d. c., November ga.
Revenue Commissioner Capers
issued statement to-day denying that
the President had said he. expected to
send instructions to Federal Office
holders not to go to the national con-
vention as third term delegates. MIR.
,Capers's statement. 1t is understood.
comes from sharp reprimand--n jolt
him to shut UP. Commissioner Capers
has indeed been talking quite freely of
late, and indulged himself that way
yesterday to some NeW# York CORE.
spondents. He has at least achieved
tho distinction of having conferred
.unon him the knighthOod Of Ananias,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-24
PRETTY GIRL BADLY BURNED
Miss Ethel Smoke. of Frederick County
Hns Narrow Escapc.
[specialtto The Times Dispatch.l

lSPeClaItu IHe Ilfues- -DlspHtcH.Iss
\ WINCHESTER, VA, November 2S.-
While pouring coal oil into a sheet
iron stove to-day ut her home at White
Hall. this county,, Miss Ethel Smoke,
daughter of DR.. T. B. Smoke. was
badly burned about the face, neck and
arms by flames which became ignited
Unexpectedly.
Her life was saved by her mother,
who. hearing her daughters screams,
ran from an adjoining room an1 smoth-
cred the flames. Miss Smoke is a
beautiful young lady and q popular
belle Of FREDERICK county.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-24
HEAR RAILWAY COMPLAINTS
Interstnte Commerce Commission Fixes
Dates for Virginia Cases.

(snecial to The Times. Dispatch
Tke Interstate Commerce Commission
has set December Cd for hearing COM
plants at Roanoke and Bristol The
assignments are as follows:
Roanoke. p before Special Examiner
John II. Marble. the case Of the Raven
Rsd Ash Coal Company ct al. VS.. Nor-
folk ind Western Ra lway Company.
Bristol. before Special Examiner j,
Edgar Smith Board of Mayor and Al
Southern Railway Company.
s Also, same against Virginia and
southwestc Railway Company ct al.
S Virginia-Lee Company VS.. Black
Mountain Railway CompanY ct al.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-24
FINED FOR PEoNAGE
Fine of $1,000 Against West Virginia
Policeman For This Offensc.

CHARLESTON, w. VA, November
23.-Federai Judge Keller to-day fined
David Howell. police officer for the
Thacker Coal and Coke Company, $1,000
and costs on the charge OF consplring
to hold persons in peonage.
The cases against J.. e. Collins and
G. w. Houston, Of the same company.
were dismissed. Howell confessed to
the charge on a stipulation that the
proceedings against Collins and Hous-
ton should be dropped. In imposing
the fne. Judge Keller said the evil
dence of the government would be
weak IL presented before jury In a
criminal trial. and hence he imposed a
minimum fine.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-24
WHY THE. KAISER REMAINS.
prcpurinE for an Operation for the
Benefit OF His Thr0nt.

NEW YORK. Nov GA london dis
patch to the Sun states that the real
cause OF the kaiser remaining in England
after -ha termination of his state, visit to
the British court is to prepare for an ope-
ration, which will take place within a
few lays. Acc riding to the dispatc the
operation will bo through the ear. affect
ing tile throat. 3s
3 It touches the kaisers original trouble
there, which Is referred to as hereditary.
hut, 1t is added, the operation is not a
serious one,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-24
CHASTITY FIND AT DOOR


Frank Holt, Killed by Train.
RALEIGH, n. c., November pa
spacinl from Princeton. N. c., Tonight
says Iredell Talton met ghastly
sight when he was leaving ms resi-
OF j. Frank Holt, we'll known white
man. twenty-f our years old, was lying
,mangled beside the RAILROAD track In
verdict was that lie was killed by a
pa ssing train
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-24
Gu B-H0UsE BILL KILLED

Alabama Senate Defeats Measure NY
Decided Vote.
:. II AroNrG GoMERY. La. Noveinb er % . 8. -
Once again the clubhouse prohibition
bill Is dead by the almost unanimous
vote OF the Senate to-day. I was ar
igued that the bill legalized the sale
of liquor In clubs or rganized before Mo-
yelnber5 OF this year also that the gem
ieral prohtbition bill takes care sof. THE
ation NYi itl regard tog club3
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-24

Again, we shall find when the re-
action comes and the changed condi-
ton is reflected in our reserves begin
ming about the 18th of January, II
not earlier, and ncreasing-rapidly dur
ing the spring months until the re-
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-05-24
Yale University Wealthy.

According to the Yale Alumni Week.
ly, the property of the university in
New Haven which is exempted from
taxation, is appraised at $9,431, $50, an
increase of $255,000 over the apprais.
ed tax exemptions of last year, though
this increase does not necessarily rep
resent actual additional values sub.
tracted from the New Haven grand
list. Of the total exemptions about
$1,370, 900 belongs to the Sheffield Sci
entific School. The old campus, as
land, is valued at S1,O33,400, and the
buildings on this campus at $2,483,5OO
The appraisals are high on many OF
the buildings, as compared to actual
cost. The valuations are placed, and
as they are exemptions there has
been no occasion to appeal for their
reductions.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-05-24
FIT THE GROCER
Wife Made the Suggestion.

A grocer has excellent opportunity
to know the effects of special foods on
his customers. A Cleveland grocer
has long list of customers that have
been helped in health by leaving off
coffee and using Postum Food Coffee.
He says, regarding his own expe-
rience: 1.-TWO years ago l had been
drinking coffee and must say that l
was almost wrecked in my nerves.
Particularly in the morning / was
so irritable and upset that / could
hardly wait until the coffee was
served, and then l had no appetite for
breakfast and did not feel like attend
ing to my store duties.
Zone day my wife suggested that
inasmuch as l was selling so much
Postum there must be some merit in
it and suggested that we try it. took
home package and she prepared it
according to directions. The result
was very happy one. My nervous
ness gradually disappeared and to-day
I am all right. l would advise every
one affected in any way with nervous
ness or stomach troubles, to leave OF
coffee and use Postum Food Coffee"
There's Reason" Read, 1.-THE Road
to MELVILLE" in pkga.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-05-24
ITCHING Rash 18 YEARS.
Girls Rash Spread and Grew Worse
Under Specialists Care--Perfeet
Cure by Cuticura Remedies.

when my daughter was baby she
had breaking out behind the ears.
The doctor said that she would out
grow it, and it did get somewhat bet
ter until she was about fifteen years
old, and after that she could get moth
ing that would drive it away. She was
always applying something in the way
of salves. 1t troubled her behind the
knees, opposite the elbows, back Of
the neck and ears, under the chin, and
then it got on the face. That was
about three years ago. She took treat
ment with specialist and seemed to
get worse all the time. We were then
advised to try the Cuticura Remedies,
and now don't see any breaking out.
M. Curley, LILO Sixteenth St., Bay
City, Mich, May 20, 1906"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-05-24
THE IMPERIAL CITY RESTORED
FROM RUINS BY ARCHITECT.
Study of the Present Remains Which
Have Been Uncovered Has En-.
abled. German Artist to
Achieve Notable Work.

! Imperial Rome restored--on paper
but nevertheless restoresd, is the
triumph of German artist and archi-
tect named G. Gattnecht, who has
based his plausible reconstruction
upon the results of Signor Boni's ex-
cavations In the neighborhood of the
Forum. In these pictures of Herr Gait
necht a satisfying vision of ancient
Rome may be obtained.
1t is the topography OF the great
capital, however, that is presented,
being an architects rendering from
plans, fragments and measurements
The life of the Imperial City is, of
course, lacking. Yet, while the re-
stored Stadium Of the Palatine pic
lures that great track as deserted, 1t
Is conceivable that such place was,
even in the palmiest days of Rome,
solitary, peaceful and devoid of life.
In the reconstructed Forum and on
Palatine Hill evidence of living Rome
Is marked. Artificially, perhaps, but
still In keeping with the accepted
idea of Roman life. In the picture
showing the Forum in Its heyday, the
great building in the background Is
the Basilica Aemilia, and to the right
of 1t is the Temple of the Deified
julius, which was built by Augustus.
Below 1t is the Rostrum Julia, on
which were placed the beaks of the
ships taken at Actium On the left is
the rostrum proper, where orators ad-
dressed the Curies
AS the artist includes the column OF
Phocas, which is the first one toward
the spectator, the view of the Forum
must represent 1t at comparatively
late day. At that time-A ID. COS
the glory of imperial Rome really had
departed. The city had been sacked
81 years before, but the barbarians
had carried away only portable loot
The ruin of the magnificent buildings,
some of which have been found under
80 feet of rubbish and earth, occurred
later.
Not only it Is truism to say that
Rome was not built in a day." but it
might be added that it Is city which
by Signor Boni have carried the
archaeoogist's spade and pick deeper
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-05-24

years travel through the Dark Cont
nent. The collection Is now being
prepared for exhibition, and when it
is on public view the scientists de-
clare that 1t will greatly change the
common opinion of the ability of the
negro in his savage state to do the
work of an artisan.
Some of the most remarkable work
is the handicraft Of the Congo tribes,
who have produced specimens of
wrought iron compare 'favorably with
weapons made in the workshops Of
Italy and Spain in the middle ages.
The African is the oldest iron worker,
and some of the specimens which are
in the Douglas collection have COM
manded the admiration of the Swans
who have had the opportunity of ex-
aiming them, for they SHOW an in
herited skill.
Among the weapons the battleaxes
chiefly indicate the development
which some of the African arti6cers
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-05-24
SKILL OF AFRICAN ARTISANS
AMAZES AMERICAN EXPERTS.
Remarkable Skill Shown by Savage
Tribes in the Manual Arts
Splendid Collection Brought
M to This Country.

Where it was least expected to find
skill In the manual arts American col
lectors have discovered rich treasure
Among the savage tribes of darkest
Africa proficiency has been found
which would do credit to the artisans
of civilized lands, and choice collec-
tam of LOO pieces of their handiwork
has just been presented to the Ameri-
can Museum of Natural History at
New York city by three of the trus-
tees of the institution, This collection
is almost invaluable in that it is a
compendium of African ethology, for
they are illustrative of the skill in the
manual arts which has been attained
by tribes that the western world al
ways speaks of as living in savagery.
They were gathered by Richard
Douglas, we'll known collector, who
acquired all the specimens in several
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-05-24
WERE SAVAGES, But,

| have attained. They have heads which
are light in weight, but, owing to the
peculiar bracing, are strong and eff.
fective. They would not be out of
place in some hall of arms and armor
wrought by the medieval craftsmen.
Diabolical ingenuity is displayed in
the fashioning of the Congo throw
ing knives" which are wrought into
fantastic shapes. Their general outline
is that of sickle, but they are so
covered with projections and smaller
blades forged upon the main one that
1t requires stretch of imagination to
trace the resemblance to a useful agri-
cultural instrument. They are like
fortified boomerangs. Throwing knives
are used principally in the hunting of
antelope and deer, although they may
also be employed against human be-
ings in time of war. No matter in
throwing knives will inhict a danger
Gus wound If they come in contact
with the living target. The collection
contains examples of the principal
patterns in use, although there are in.
Vulnerable individual variations. The
arrow shields in the new collection
are unusually fine.
1t is not generally known that many
of the African tribes excel in wire
work. They make wire of copper and
brass, which they use in the orna-
mentation of the handles of assegalis.
the hilts of knives, the helves of bat.
tie axes and the like. One of the
fancies of the African savage is the
ornamentation of gourds and vases
ornamented in this way are almost as
striking as inlaid work produced in
Russian shops, although, of course,
crude in execution.
Gems of the pottery collection came
from Bechuanaland. Some of the ex-
amples suggest the classic forms of
the Greek urns and vases and set the
archaeologist to specializing as to how
these patterns could have so much in
common with designs which belong to
the highest civilization.
Experts who have examined the
numerous baskets in the collection
find that in weave and pattern some
of them are identical with those
woven by Mexican Indians This
phase of the subject alone furnishes
material for fascinating speculation
as to the history of the race
From every point of view the OBJ.
jects which are gathered in the re-
Gently purchased collection are of the
highest Importance, as the enlighten.
ment of the Dark Continent is alter.
ing the primitive arts and is leading
the natives to add conventional Euro
pean designs to many objects which
they manufacture. The present col
lection has not a single object which
shows the influence of another civil.
ization and is therefore regarded as
of unusual value. E'
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-05-24
Soy HAD NOT UNDERSTOOD.
Pretty Phrase That Was Most Woe
fully Misunderstood.

That the effect of choice and ap-
propriate phrase is sometimes lost
and ofttimes woefully misinterpreted
Is we'll illustrated in an incident con-
nected with the death of Virginia
lawyer.
During the mans illness the wires
were disconnected which attached the
bell to the old-fashioned pull knob
on the front door.
A messenger boy came to the house
one morning and began pulling at
the bell There was no response.
He continued to jerk the ancient knob
vigorously. A white-haired gentleman
finally appeared, who raised his hand
warningly and said:
my boy, the silver cord has been
severed"
rs that so?" exploded the boy.
From the way it acted thought the
whole darn thing was busted. N. Y.
Times.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-05-24
Desert Lands Made Fertile.

According to official figures, since
the reclamation law was enacted by
congress in 1902, eight towns have
been built and 10000 people have set
tied on what were desert lands. One
hundred miles of branch railways
have been built, 1857 miles of canals
have been dug many of which carry
whole rivers, and At tunnels have
been excavated. 1t is estimated that
the territory embraced in what is
known as the arid regions of the Unit
ed States covers 60O,O0O,O00 acres, OF
which about 6OOOO,0OO acres are sub.
ject to irrigation and can be converted
into farms as productive as lands in
the most favored sections.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-05-24

to the valleys between these hills.
The streets and alleys were narrow;
those which led over the hills appear
to have been intended only for foot
passengers, and to have consisted OF
immense fights of stairs. The one
street, which wound an irregular
course between the palatine and the
Capitoline, which excavations have
uncovered, was SO nearly like a mod
ern thoroughfare that it became
known as Via Triumphalis and Via
Sacra. 1t was fairly broad, compare
lively straight, and was common
avenue for men, horses and vehicles.
The gorgeous professions, the tri.
umpahl entries Of the Caesars, had
this street for their scene. At the
Colosseum, Via Appia led out from the
city, road still familiar to the tour
ist as the Appian Way.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-05-24
Were sunerstltious. Too.

A woman who takes her super
stitions seriously started to enter a
big department store one morning last
week when she noticed porter on a
tall stepladder that stretched directly
across the doorway, says the New
York Press. In spite of the fact that
there were five women behind her
eager to pass into the shop she came
to sudden halt, looked up at the lad.
der and cried out, ooh, I'll never walk
under that" saying which she turned
and strobe away. Before she had
gone far her sense of hnmor rose SUI
perior to her fear of ladders, and she
looked to see II her remark had had
any effect on those who had been
within sound of her voice. Walking
directly behind her were the five
women who had heard her exclama.
itiOn
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-05-24
Delivered the Goo Dis.

The late Senator M. s. Quay, of
Pennsylvania, kept all the letters his
constituents wrote to him asking for
favors, says the Saturday Evening
Post He had stacks of them when
his last great fight for the senate came
along. Then he sorted out the letters,
eliminating those from people who
were dead and on the back of each
letter wrote: Dear John or Bill:
Do you remember when you wrote me
this letter and do you remember that
I did what you asked? l want your
help now in my fight for the senate.
Can | have it?" The politicians In
Pennsylvania say those letters mailed
to the original senders with Quay's re.
quest on the backs Of them, had as
much as any one thing to do with
Quays winning his fight.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-05-24

than ever they were employed '>efore.
and as a result it has been brought tc
light that before the time of Romulds
its reputed founder, the city was old.
In fact, there have been uncovered
traces of Celtic occupancy, probably
while that people were in transit to
their final home in the west of
Europe.
Rome's architectural glories, how
ever, We're at their height in the time
OF the empire. when the world, as the
countries bordering the Mediterranean
collectively were known In Europe,
were ruled from "the seven hills" on
the Tiber Even in the days of its
triumphs the real city was confined
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-05-24
An Oversight.

When Chappie got up the other
morning he. wandered around his
apartment in his pretty pink pajamas
the very picture of woe.
whats the matter, sir?" inquired
his valet.
IT don't know, Alphonse," he groan
ed; II passed most unhappy night
Alphonse looked him over carefully
ooh, sir" he exclaimed, Il know
what was the matter. The trousers OF
your ,pajamas were not creased. You
must be more careful, sir. Those
had prepared for you were hanging
across the foot of the bed."-The Bo
hemian.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-05-24
siamese Object to Walking.

The Siamese, above all nations In
the world, hate to walk; no such mode
of progression is tolerated by a Siam
csc If he or she can by any means
ride A Venetian gondolier will walk
sometimes; even Hollander will ride
on his rough cart; but Bangkok man
not If he can help it. His family
boat for him.-Windsor Magazine.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-05-24
Left Him Pleasant Thouohts.

Doctor-Now, don't worry, whatever
you do. A man with heart disease
can't afford to worry. avoid all com.
pany of any kind, drink nothing what.
soever, and on no account touch meat
and vegetables. BY the bye, won't
be able to call again till Wednesday,
as have to attend the funerals Of
three patients"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-05-24
VuIqarlzed Fashions.

1t seems almost hopeless now for a
fashion of any kind to be really exclu-
sive; fashions do not drift downwards
gradually nowadays, but arrive stimuli.
taneously for rich and poor alike
vulgarized and crude, 1t is true, but
the type will be found to be the same.
London Taller.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-05-24
Marie coreIlI on "saby Talk"

When a man is born he at once dis.
plays that fractions and tickle disposi.
ton which is so often significant Of
his future development--and woman
has to carry him up and down in her
arms, talking nonsense to him, or, as
1t is called. "baby language" She
knows she has to begin that way, be.
cause he would not understand sense.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-05-24
Sure Enniinh.

ooh, Bobby! the ministerll be awful
cross with you for goin' to sleep in
church"
81 don't see why, woke up in time
fer the collection. Judge.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-05-24
North Stars Brilliant Light.

The north star is estimated to shine
with light 1870 times more brilliant
than that of the sun.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-05-24
MRS.GEO. A.JAMES

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Mrs. Geo. A. James, life long
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Dear Mrs. Pinkham:--
II was in terribly run down condition
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| since my children were born. This con-
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