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The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1907-09-11
DEMOCRATS REFUSE
TO ENTER PRIMARY
Louisville OffiCe-hOlderS Say
They Have No Assurance of
Fair Play and DO Not Expect 1t
Mayor Bingham, Judge Lincoln,
Judge Blain, Sheriff Bullitt,
Members of Council and 9th
erS Take Action.

Mayor Bingham, County Judge
Lincoln, City Judge Blain, Sheriff
Bullitt, County Clerk Thompson,
County Attorney Page, City Au-
ditor Neumeyer, City Bailiff Paul,
City Clerk johnson, and others
either directly or indirectly ap-
pointees of Governor Beckham,
and 25 members of the General
Council have announced that they
cannot enter the Democratic pri-
mary of September "a, as they
have no assurance of fair play and
do not expect it. They issued IA
lengthy statement.
EXTRACTS FROM THE STATEMENT.
Louisville, Ky, Aug. 30, '07.
To the Public:
When we accepted this trust
from a Democratic Governor, we
expected to be candidates before
the Democratic party for its APP
proval and nomination. If we had
not so intended we would not
have accepted the trust. We have
been willing, ever since our APP
pointment, to submit ourselves to
a Democratic primary, provided
we were reasopabiy well assurcd
that we should have fair-play at
the hands of the Democratic Com
mittee of this city and county.
. When we perceived from the
proceedings of the public meeting
called by this committee in July,
that IA majority of the committee
sympathized with and seemed to
give encouragement to the men
who had lost office or employment
for one reason or another but
through no personal ill-will on our
part, and, who, from envy or
spite, were determined in advance
to misrepresent and injure us,
even though the Democratic party
should be thereby weakened in its
coming struggle, we felt that we
could not get fair play before the
committee. Nevertheless, we
sought to bring about an agree
ment, which, while protecting us
from injustice, would give assur-
ance of fair play to everybody.
That was all we desired. We
were willing to submit our claims
to our Democratic fellow citizens
in clean, fair race, but were not
willing to put ourselves in the un-
restrained power of our declared
enemies, who, as everybody knows,
had long been charged by many
Democrats with active partisanship
and gross injustice in the primary
conducted by them in 1903 and
1905, and whose, actions in the
election. of 1905 were condemned
by the Court of Appeals, all of the
Judges but one being Democrats.
We have wanted to do nothing
to injure the Democratic party.
We have wanted to be its stand
ard-bearers if we could do 50 un-
der honorable conditions but, with
the light of the past to guide us,
with a knowledge of the past
record and the present purpose of
majority of this committee, we
see that we shall be treated un-
Justly wherever possible and there
fore we decline to enter contest
under such unfair and unreason-
able conditions.
The wrong intended for us is of
little consequence to the public:
bat the wrong INTENDED for the
Democratic party is of great con
sc luenee. Every Democratic
voter has a right to fair primary
without tamt or suspicion OF
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1907-09-11

fraud, and this right is evidently
to be denied.
X. W. Bingham, Mayor.
Walter p. Lincoln, Judge.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1907-09-11

The motormen of the cars in
collision near Charleston, Ill
when fourteen persons were killed
were charged with criminal care
lessness, 10th were held on $4,000
bond.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1907-09-11
Temperance Republicans Win
Victory.

The temperance Republicans cap-
tured the convention at Maysville
and nominated William II. Means
for the Legislature to oppose
Virgil Mcknight, Democrat.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1907-09-11
THE FORMAL STATEMENT.

THE FORMAL STATEMENT.
The statement issued by Judge
Blain and others follows,
Louisville, KY, Aug. 30, 1907.
10 the Public: We, the under
signed Democrats, now holding
the respective offices set opposite
our names intended to be candi-
dates for election to those offices
next November, but, after care
fully considering the action of the
Democratic City and County Ex-
ecutiye Committee and the resolu-
ton of Mayor X. W. Bingham
and Judge Walter z. Lincoln not
to enter the coming Democratic
PRIMARY, under the rules laid down
by the committee and their reasons
therefor, have now determined we
Will not enter, because we believe
that those rules do not give us suf-
ticient assurance of fair-play and
Justice.
Randolph II. Blain, Judge City
Court.
Phil B. Thompson, County
Clerk.
NJ. n. Paul, Bailiff City Court.
Claude W. johnson, Clerk City
Court.
Robt. Lee Page, County Atty.
Chas. Neumeyer, City Auditor.
A. :. Bullitt, Sheriff.
Emile Pragoff, County Surveyor.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1907-09-11
VERDICT OF PEOPLE IS FINAL.
President Will No Longer Insist
On Joint Statehood.

The announcement of President
Roosevelt. that he will insist no
longer upon the joint statehood of
Arizona and New Mexico comes as
the direct, result of an investigation
made by Secretary of the Interior
Garfield.
Garlield's report was exactly on
the line of the fight made by the
Democrats and Senator Foraker,
of Ohio, last winter, when the
advocates of union, led by Senator
Beveridge, of Indiana, received a
sound defeat at the hands of the
allies. Garfield was informed, as
the Democrats had contended, that
there was no sentiment among the
rank and file of the people for
Joint statehood. Several of the
Presidents Rough Rider friends
also told him the same thing. 1t is
anoth T. instance of President
Roosevelt's Endorsement of Dem
ocratc attitude.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-01-11
THE HTGHWAYMAID
Continued from page I'D

GREAT, r,ora than a Craze" he said 1T
was not that that made me rose n ", n,,f
but the final wrench TO get t Tue pl5h.iu,
o. nls fnr vour safety" He paused IN
I Ieae confusion r1 Having had experience OF
your reluctance to nre nastig'
Rut she was apparently engrossed IN tne
rtanncbing OF the wound with rather
dainty cambria handkerchief sne h Ita snail
ness and the delicacy of its texture ala not
escape the eyes of the patient Due ms sl n,ae
was meant as a private one, ana there Mae
silence until she had made very neat
bandaging with what materials were 10 na ~.
Returning then to his sly pleasantry' tne
wounded man said: ada
Young sir, and with touch as ngnt as ID
woman's May offer guess that tne .auy .
whom you are serving IN has 'n,s high place
his lordshipS document HAS nsH
III Far orr the first time a smile broke upon her
face, and rows of even shining teeth gieamed
III . We guess is not so far astray." she
admitted. 49,, ;narirv
further he said.
She reflected few moments.
1T owe Won something" she said, for the
great service you have rendered, any h eae
Story is not long one. Lord Fairfield mas
a son who wishes to marry certain young
lady who resides under the protectlon u
her grandparents. John HalyaTa, tne sla aar.
ago to be brought to the need OF mort
gaging the whole of his estate for purposes
pertaining to his only SON, lately ueaI.
Lord Fairfield became the mortgage 11e
has also a. nephew, a toadying feiioW, poor'
and ever hanging at the heels OF MS rlcn
cousin to do his dirty WORK Ior LIN, a tha
these two cousins devised the project OF tne
moor one begging his uncle Tor Jonn nai-
Yards estate wherewith to furnish MIN WIN
q home to take his newly welded wire 10.
r. was killing two birds with one stone, as
YOU will see. The toadying cousin gets .
rich reward for the services he has rendered
through many years, and it throws upon
the world, helpless and homeless TWO ola
neople and their granddaughter means
of bringing the latter speedily TO STATE VI
submission. There is the situation IN a
nutshell. There have been great difficulties
with Lord Fairfield himself: he was hard
to bring round to their wishes, ana SO IL
hanpened that time had run on until close
upon the day when notice must be given OF
foreclosure and to save the situation at the
last moment a special messenger was TO De
DISPATCHED with instructions to the steward.
Lord Fairfield himself being the Con-
tinent at the present moment.
tAnd now he is defeated" said ne.
'sThanks to your gallant service, for tue
time being; | am fighting for time some
thing may turn up-Lord Fairfield Will re-
turn-the young lady will throw herseil at
his feet and beg his leniency for ner gran9-
IA rents" She sighed and broke off sud
denly. sn,.,
concerned. I'll dare venture, IN the youns
lady's success?
She turned quickly whimsical.
eve are all selfish, my good SIT, anu
count personal ends of paramount lmpoi
lance. Can you mount, 90 you tn 11 1 ,o',
is your horse to be trusted to take you
penfIy2"
The Greeley tribune., 1907-11-14
The Story of a Caxton.

In the Wesleyan Church Record
is a paper by Mr.. William Andrews
of the Hull ROYAL institution on
"Curiosities of Book Collecting" in
which he tells the story of the un-
earthing of Caxton at Thorneck
hall, Lincolnshire. The butler was
entrusted with the work of wedding
out the superhuous books A per
feet copy of Dame Juliana Berner's
"Boke of ST. Adams" Q4S6) was
thrown carelessly aside and little
later sold to a peddler for nine
pence, He thought he was lucky
man when he disposed of it to a
chemist in Gainsborough for 3 shil-
hngs. 1t was soon sold to book
seller for e., who transferred it to
another in the same trade for f7.
1t was subsequently sold to Sir
Thomas Grenville for ESQ. At the
time of this transaction Dibdin val
ued this book at G420, and in 1882
perfect copy changed hands for
$3.50
The Greeley tribune., 1907-11-14
An Elephant's Teeth

Whoever has looked inside an
elephants mouth has seen a strange
sight. Elephants have no front
teeth, and they never eat flesh or
any food that requires tearing
apart. Eight teeth are all they
have, two above and below on each
side, huge yellow molars as wide as
a mans hand and about two inches
thick. Over these hay or fodder is
shifted by the queerest, ugliest
tongue In the whole animal king
dom, tongue that is literally hung
at both ends, having no power or
movement except in the middle,
where it shifts back and forth from
side to side, arching up against the
roof of the big mouth like an i'm
mense wrinkled pink serpent.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-11-14
BONAPARTE AT jAFFA.
His Orders Regarding the Poisoning OF
Stricken Soldiers.

Professor Forguc Of Montpelier
in lecture on the respect that
practitioners should have for hu-
man life told the story of Desge-
nettes. which, though well known,
is worth telling again, as 1t Is told
by Desgenettes himself.
When the French were about to
evacuate Jalfa the question arose
what was to be done with the
plague stricken soldiers III the hos
pital. Desgenettes says: shorty
before the raising of the segc-that
is to say. on the 2sth-Gencrai
Bonaparte sent for me very early
in the morning to come to his tent.
where he was alone with his chief
of the staff. After a short preamble
as to our sanitary condition he said
to me. If | were you | should end
at once the suifernGs of those
stricken with plague and should end
the dangers which they threaten us
by giving them opium.
Il answered simply, My duty Is
to preserve life Then the general
developed his idea with the greatest
coolness. saving that he was advis-
ing for others what in like circum-
stances he would ask for himself.
"lle pointed out to me that he
was, before any one else, charged
with the conservation of the army,
and consequently it was his duty TO
prevent our abandoned sick from
falling alive under the scimlters of
the Turks. i do not seek he went
on. TO overcome Your repugnance,
but | believe | shall find some who
will better appreciate my inten-
tons. y Desgenettes goes on tol
say that opium was, as a matter of
fact, given to some thirty patients.
1t happened, however. that IA GER
tain number rejected it by vomit-
ng. were relieved, got well and told
what had happened. The story has
been told in various ways. and the
fact of the poisoning of the sick
soldiers has been accepted by the
enemies of Napoleon and denied by
he defenders of his memory. Des-
yenettes narrative bears the stamp
VI truth.-British Medical Journal.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-11-14

Fred Lowry came over from EATON
.o attend the Slayton julibee concert.
school was closed Friday IN order
frat the teachers might attend the
rrachers' association in Greeley.
Emma Teller came up from Den
,cr Friday to visit her parents She
IS attending school at Woolf hall.
Bryant Staley had the misfortune
while II, Denver last week Of having
rne ball of Il % calibre rifle pass
through his hand.
:, j. Allen has so far recovered
rom his operation for appendicitis
a., TO be taken from the hospital In
Fort Collins to his home last Satur-
day.
|. Hopper Of the Y. NJ G. A. OF
Denver addressed the congregation
at the NJ L. church Sunday evening
after which the jubilee singers gave
4. sacred concert.
The first number of the league
literary lecture course was given Sat
urday night, the Slaton Jubilee
singers gave their fine program to a
delighted audience. They were even
better than last year.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-11-14
CROW GREEK .

Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Woods expect
to move to Greeley soon.
Mr.. Drumm's and Mr.. Houtchen's
families visited at Mrs Rchey IS
Sunday.
There will be meeting at the
Lincoln school house next Saturday
evening, Nov. is, to organize a liter
ary society. Everyone invited.
Joe Woods and Miss Bertha CASTOR
surprised their friends BY being
quietly married on "Wednesday. Nov.
&. Both are we'll liked in the sur
rounding neighborhood and their
many friends join in wishing them
much happiness.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-11-14
Tenth Anniversary,

Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Carlson ce
brated their tenth wedding anuly,
sary last Saturday evening at The
new home, 420 Tenth street. 7
house was beautifully decorate
pink and green, the color scher
was also carried out in the dan
refreshments served late In the eve
ing.
y thoroughly enjoyable eveuIl
was spent by the guests, who nur
bered fifty relatives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlson were Il
recipients of many useful gifts.
The out of town guests were NJ
and Mrs. j. f. Jackson of Fort La
ton and Mrs. W. j. Smell of Denye
The Greeley tribune., 1907-11-14
WAS GERMAN, TOO
Man Drinks One Glass of Bt
Dies as Result

Jacob Ebel, German beet "
at Windsor. died last Monday
ing, supposedly from arsenical "
ing imbibed in glass OF beer.
-Four days before his deat
drank part OF the contents of a
of beer aud also gave some Il
wife and child. All three
taken Ill shortly after but the
latter, who drank but a little Cl
beer, recovered SOON but the c
tion of the mau grew steadily
until his death Monday morniu.
Coroner Macy ordered an au
and the four physicians who
formed this found strong indica
of arsenical poisoning. c.
Macy then took the stomach to
yer to have the contents ana
by the state board OF health clt
and also had some beer in
bottle in the same case analyzed
far the report Of this analysis
not reached Greeley again.
The body of the dead man has
shipped TO Monument, Kan.
burial.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-11-14
lA8ALLE

q. G. Zingg was IN Denver on
business couple of days last week.
Miss Emma shoaltz of Denver is
visiting friends In LaSalle this week.
Mrs. Warren and children were
visiting friends in Denver feysdays
this week.
Miss Alice Craig of Evans spent
Thursday with her cousin Mrs
VIM. Mcmillan.
Miss Edith Ellis cane bome IN
attend the teachers association in
session at Greeley last Fridav and
Saturday.
MIS-. sherman met with the mis-.
fortune OF having her horse sbv and
overturn the tuggy, breakin, har
collar bone.
Mrs. Rambo and chiIdrsr ,,,o
have been visiting at the bo,. NJ
Mrs. Rambo's sister, Mrs Rain.
BRIDGE left for Omaha Wednesday.
Miss Mamie Dill, who las m.de
her home with her uncle ! a
l'unn' Tor the past few months, has
been given a place in the nursas,
training school at the hospItal in
Greeley. Miss Dill errpreg n,o,,
her course of stuGy MoDday Ho,
many friends wish her success, IN he,
work. III nei
The Greeley tribune., 1907-11-14
Proof Positive.

Mrs. Perry thoughtfully regarded
the package the maid had lust
brought in and then remarked to
her husband that she had meant to
buy mauye broche.
What did you get?" he asked.
Pink louisine."
Her husband could not quite con-
ceal a significant smile, and Mrs,
Perry went on hurriedly: q know
what you are thinking, Joe-that |
don't know my own mind. But !
can prove that l do.
"Did you ever know me to 20 to a
grocery and bring away a can Of
peaches instead of bar of soap
Certainly notw she concluded tri.
umphantly.-Youth's Companion.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-11-14
Unreasonable,

Not long ago in western market
town l CHANGED to observe an Irish
man with live turkey under his
arm. The turkey was squawking
and gobbling in distressed way, a
racket to which the Irishman did
not at first pay any particular no.
tice. Finally, however, the disturb
ance got on the Celt's nerves. Civ
ing the bird poke in the side, he
exclaimed:
''Be quiet! What's the matther
wild ye anyhow? Why should yez
want to walk whin I'm willin' to
carry ye?"-Harper's Monthly.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-11-14

lie, an assistant instructor in the
biological department Of Colorado
college, who came home to celebrate
his twentv-flrst birthday. II. E,
Hogue and wife entertained at cards
"Wednesday night. The high school
dance was, as usual, an event of
much interest to the younger set,
Among those who entertained at
Sunday dinners we're the j. b. vii.
sons, the A. w. Wards, the Jno,
Ellisons and the VIII Armatapes.
Walter Karr and sister entertained
The Greeley tribune., 1907-11-14
Ate It All.

A wife had occasion to go out to
women's votes meeting, SO left a
pudding in the saucepan for her hus-
band. When she arrived home she
went on with her washing and in
quired how he'd got on.
every WE'LL" said he. 81 thor
oughly enjoyed the pudding"
"Goodv said the wife. "What
did you do with the cloth it was
boiled in p
"Cloth, my gal?" said hubby as he
abstractedly continued reading his
paper. "Was there a cloth 2"-Lon-
don Illustrated Bits.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-11-14
sUPERSTITlONs OF NINE.
A Number Conspicuous In Ancient and
Modern Speech

OF all odd numbers the one which
would seem to be the most co'1sDlc-
uous in ancient lore and modern
speech and in allusions Of all SORTS,
whether classic or vulgar. Is g.
Whether this is because it is mul-
tiple of 3, triple trinity, or not
we need not stop to inquire. The
connections in which 9 figures arc
very numerous and eXtraordlnar,.y y
varied. OF old there We're nine
muses. and also nine rivers IN the
internal regions. In classical my
thology we read of nine heavens
and nine worlds. and the HYDRA had
nine heads.
In medieval times there were
nine ''worthies of the world. The
places in this select assembly being
differently allotted by different an
thorities. the usual division hong.
three gentiIes. or paynlms. three
Jews and three Christians. One Of
the oldest English games Is nine
mems morris. 1t could he played
either indoors or outdoors. on a
folding board marked with the nee
cssarv lines and squares or on Il !
board marked out on field or down !
by stones or by cuts in the turf In
Dorset they still play the game m-
der the name of marnuIl.
Nine appears frequently in popu-
lar medicine \ Sussex collector
referring to the very common rural
belief in the efficacy Of passing "A
ruptured child through cleft ash
tree says that the patient must be
attended by nine persons. each of
whom should pass 1t through the
cleft from west to east. y Perth
kirk session record of 1923 refers
to the preparation of three cakes
for some medicinal purpose from
nine portions of meal contributed |
by nine maidens and nine married
women. Threads with nine knots
and straws with nine joints are used
for various healing purposes, while
nine successive mornings are often
prescribed for the performance of
certain folklore ceremonies.
The great Lambton worm, one of
the best known of English dragon
myths, had nine eyes and was fed
from the milk of nine cows.
Again, the same number is prom
lnent in various common phrases
and proverbs Nine tailors make
man. Queen Elizabeth is alleged to
have once addressed a deputation of
eighteen tailors with Good morn
ing, gentlemen BOTH
Every one knows that cat has
nine lives, while the cat that is
used for the castigation of evil
doers has nine tails.
When Mercutio insults Tybalt
and the latter inquiries, "What
thou have with me:" the
volatile but fiery partisan replies,
Good king of cats, nothing but one
Of your nine lives" Haywood, the
proverb monger, has the saying, "A
woman hath nine lives, like cat,"
which will be news to most folk.
Three more examples may be Civ
en- from a collection of applications
of this remarkable number which
is not easily exhausted. Possession,
we often hear, is mine points of the
law A person who has paid some
l
for some inscrutable reason to be
dressed "up to the nines,' while the
most startling event is but mine
days wonder The last phrase,
though truer now than ever, was ia
miliarlv used, with. many other still
current forms OF popular speech, in
the days of Chaucer. = London
Globe.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-11-14
Reason For His Absence.

81 never see Crockett down here
any more" said the artist a he
took seat in the most comforrable
chair. "Why is it? 1t used to be
that | never came down but Crockct
was here. If he wasn't ACTUALLY
here. a knock at the door, and
Crockett
''He came down not long ago. -
she exclaimed, "and said he was
awfully hard up. l offered him =
five, and he took it. That's why.
New York Press.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-11-14
WINDSOR

Attorney Downey was visitor r.
Greeley Tuesday. S''or 70
T. c. Miles and fanu,
"o.e' INTO the Forsy residence.
Mrs. James Comtwrivb, ,.,.
down from Fort ColIins ca"e
visiting old friends esoay'
Mrs. L. f. Bartz ar,,ro,
Friday morning from her v,s,. nome
relatives In Kansas s't Win