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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-05-23
Notice TO Contractors.
Audisor's once. glshiand COUNTY

ulLLSbOhOs VI, may 10, lbVV.
Sealed proposals will be received at the
once of the Auditor of Ross County at Chilli
cothe, Ohio. until IL o'clock IN. standard time
nj nishins Of ali necessary materials ais and md the the
structure. Consisting Of one span Is feet
srsme length. Tor hiSSway n bridge RI seet over ea
Paint Greek at Greenfield Highland County.
Ohio. Said bridge to have 10 feet clear
square loot Of door surface. with a factor of Of
Bids wili also be received at the same time
materials and labor and the construction Of
concrete or masonry abutment on piling
foundation. and the making Of all necessary
1,GSvSsuo,ns: e. h,d MS ana approach Tor the above
Ai%a sisns. dssseriptions and specifications have
sssn Sa s nS dSs adcs aoS p c9pss
Ross and Highland Counties. for the inspec-
sa bdse ara
said plans, descriptions and specifications
pans those ale n the OF once any Sassr
accompsnisd with plans and a speciacstiops att ne
aasy aaa ssn Gs ssss q fe II. sHs
used, the strength Of materials when com
pleted and also whether there Il any patent
at err 81 tas proposed plan ana II any on
bidders are Invited to make proposals for
wSTs' , 3 r ior such parts thereof q the bidders
ssck SiS must b. accompanied By bona
ned check IN the sum Of two h0ndrsl doiiars,
psoSs4 set af S!A that
!hs oOmm!.cicpS.. reserve the right to
y ssdsf q IL ScSssy qsnnslss!sasr.. \
Auditer uishlsSd w ooSSnfv' y fc161sl 6slo
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GODS AID Will CURE,
Says Mrs. White. and She Tore the
Bandaees From the Babes Arm.

Springfield, O.-"God Is curing my
child's arm," said Mrs. George White,
OF Columbus avenue In speaking of
her refusal to comply with the instruc.
tions of physicians. She said that aft.
er the child fell and broke its arm
they took II to DR.. Whitacre, who put
the arm In splints. After leaving the
doctors office Mr.. and Mrs. White
went to the home of Elder Lorton,
where they had a prayer meeting.
I'VE remained there about an hour In
prayer" said Mrs. White, asking God
to heal our child's arm. and In that
time we had assurances that God had
healed the arm, and we took off the
bandages and splints. Since that time
the child's arm has been getting bet.
ter. Mr.. and Mrs. White are. as indi-
Gated, believers In divine healing.
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Guthrie. Okla. May 16.-L. G. Nc
'Conley. who came to Oklahoma recent.
ly from Ripley. Tenn. committed sui.
eide at Crescent City by shooting him.
self with a 3s-caliber revolver. He was
80 years old and single He left the
following note: May the Lord have
mercy on me, have lived double
life. Therefore have the contempt of
the good and the scorn OF Others" Nc.
Coniey had Invested In considerable
property at Crescent.
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Sued For $1,000.

Dayton, O.-Claiming to have rem
dered professional services to the late
DR.. Joseph E. Loves, former republic.
an political leader. to the amount OF
$1,000. which William r. Craven, the
administrator, refused to allow. r. M.
Nevin, ex-ccngressman. brought suit
through his attorney, John A. McMs-
hon, against Mr.. Craven, the admins
traitor, for this amount.
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RUFF PLEADED GUILTY
TO CHARGE OF ExToRTioN, AND
ASKS FOR CHANCE TO ATONE.
PATHETIC SCENE IN COURTROOM.
Asked That Jury BE Dismissed and
Trial MISUNDERSTANDING viii
Be Pronounced In Two Weeks.

San Francisco, May l6.-Abraham
Ruef, better known as Abe Ruef,
the acknowledged adviser OF Mayor
Schmitz and once the recognized die
tator of municipal affairs in San Fran.
cisco, pleaded guilty to the charge of
extortion In Judge Dunne's depart.
ment Of the superior court. Sentence
will be pronounced upon him two
weeks hence.
After a private conference with his
four attorneys In Judge Dunne's priv.
ate chambers, and after they had with.
drawn from his case, because of the
resolution he had taken to change his
plea and avoid trial, Ruef, to the utter
astonishment Of the prosecution, arose
in court and announced in a dramatic
address that after long and earnest
consideration he had determined to
withdraw his plea of not guilty and
enter plea of guilty. He asked that
the jury be dismissed and the trial
abandoned
Ruef read his statement from man.
uscript which he had prepared few
moments before Judge Dunne's cham.
bers opened. He showed in his voice.
in the expression on his face, in his
quiet and gestureless attitude and by
the tears that again and again over
flowed his eyes, the great emotion and
utter humiliation that he had suffered.
The pathos OF the scene was com.
municated to the crowd that thronged
the courtroom.
Tears sprang to the eyes Of veteran
newspaper men, who have been life
long acquaintances and whose papers
have conducted against him and his
political associates long and bitter
campaign for the publication OF mu-
nicipal affairs. The accused man was
several times all but overcome by emo
ton. When he reached the final words
Of his address-'I desire to withdraw
my plea Of not guilty and enter the
contrary plea"-his voice was sunk to
a whisper. But so intense was the 81.
lence that It reached TO the far cor
ners OF the room
Though Abraham Ruef has formally
declared himself to be guilty Of the
charge on which he was about to be
tried, he nevertheless proclaims his in.
nocence He confesses that he is guilty
OF having connived at the corruption
in municiual affairs. but he denies,
with all the emphasis a man In his
unhappy condition can command. that
he is guilty OF the crime of extortiou
charged against him.
Hnnlarnc thnt htg col
accusing himself in open court was 10
save the lives OF those who are near
and dearest 10 him, his aged father
and mother, his maiden sister and a
niece.
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Train cruohed Through Bridqe.

Chattanooga. Tenn, May 17.-Three
men killed outright. three others so
seriously injured that they will die.
and two others badly injured, in addi.
tion to the crashing Of Southern rail-
way freight engine and II cars
through a bridge into Chattanooga
creek. the destruction Of three resi-
dences and pile driver near by. was
the result OF a premature explosion
OF a blast at the foot OF Lookout noun.
tain on the Stevenson extension.
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Teachers Examination.

the Highland County Board of School Ex-
aminers hereby gives notice that examina-
tions of applicants for certificates will take
place In the Washington School Building,
Hillsboro. on the first Saturday Of each
month.
Patterson examinations will be held on
the third saturday Of Aprtl aud on the sec
ond saturday of May. .Il win. 4 .
Exaini ations for High school and Special
Certificates will be ueld on the irst saturday
of september, December. March and June.
AS prescribed BY law the fees for Teachers
terson examination no fee Is charged.
Ell rTCE. Pres
II. Is. GALLIETT
ID. T. HiSeR. Clerk.
BOARD OF Examiners.
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New York. May 20.--Nine hundred
steerage passengers on the Cunard line
steamship Umbria, which arrived here
from Liverpool were throwH into a
panic Friday afternoon when an alarm
of fire was sounded on the ship and
smoke poured from the steerage sleep
ing compartment on the starboard side.
Prompt action Of Capt. Mills and the
members of his crew prevented STAN
pede of the terror-stricken men and
women.
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ROCKS FELL IN FRONT OF FLYER,
leaving Two Men Dangling at End
OF Ropes 800 Feet In Air.

Pittsburg, May 1S.-As the result OF
heavy fall of rocks in Allegheny.
about 500 yards distant from the
Woods Run Station OF the Ft. Wayne
railroad. three men had narrow escapes
from death and the Cleveland flyer,
No. 3l9. narrowly escaped being
wrecked. The men are Foreman Thos.
Perkin, Foreman John Adams, and
George Gitosh, laborer
Perkins and Gitosh, suspended from
the top of the cliff by ropes. had been
at work removing the rocks that were
threatening to fall and block the
tracks They were about 100sfeet from
the top. and beneath. at distance Of
300 feet, were the tracks, near which
Adams was keeping guard and super
intending the work of so laborers who
we're removing the powders as they
were broken into smaller pieces.
Suddenly the ledge on which Perkin
and Gitosh were standing moved from
under them and before the two men
could pick firmer standing place they
were suspended by the ropes in mid
air.
''hile in this peril the Cleveland
flyer came along with It's increasing
speed and almo't IN into the bowld.
ers that had Voc ne dislodged and
wedged on wes'tolnd track No. 1. II
was brought TO ston. however, just
as the pilot Of the engine touched the
rocks Perk.n and Gitosh succeeded
In hauling themselves to the top Of the
precipice.
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Auto Racer instantly Killed.

Dieppe. France. May 18.-Alberi
Clement was killed instantly during q
run In preparation for the Auto clubs
grand prize, which Ii to be competed
for July 2. Clement was thrown out
Of his automobile at sharp turn. and
sustained fractured skull.
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Bio Elre ln Plttabura.

Pittsburg, May 1.-Two alarms
were sounded for fire at Penn ave.
nue. and Second street, In the down.
town district The fire destroyed four
dwellings and several manufacturing
establishments. A number of fremen
were injured.
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Strikers, Demand. Granted.

San Francisco. May 16.-The Geary
Street road has granted the demand NJ
the striking car men. and will resume
operations on basis Of SO for an
eight-hour day. The board Of super.
visors notified the officials of this line
that unless the company started its
cars the city would take over the road
and operate II.
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In Continual Fear.

Chilpancingo. Mexico. May l6.-The
worst earthquake OF the Sierras that
has visited this section since the dis.
astous disturbances Of April IA was
felt here. The people camp in the
open and are In continual fear. all
kinds Of business being neglected.
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Mxtarlous klIlInn

Albany. N. ". May i7.--Alonzo Hew.
lit, chief electrician for the Albany &
Hudson Railroad Co., was shot and
killed by an unknown man at his home
In Rensselaer, street. Death was In.
stantaneous. The police suspect q
relative. As4 "
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Waitress Proves His HaIf.sIster.

Bellefontaine, O.--Geo. NJ Reed was
In Columbus, a guest at the Star hotel.
Mr.. Reed learned that the name of the
girl who was serving him at table was
also Reed. He made some inquiry as
to her antecedents and was amazed to
discover in her his half-sistsr. Miss
Nora Reed, whom he had not seen for
Is years.
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sunk In the Lake.

Duluth. Minn., May i7.--It 10 report.
Cd here that the United States steel
corporation fredghtsr aRxoS struck q
rock near Caribou leland. Lake Sur
psr4os. and went 70 The bottom. Ths
Grew was saved.
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Sentenced TO Hard Labor.

London. May 18.-With one excep.
tion all members OF Westham board
OF guardians and the workhouse and
infirmary officers were sentenced to
hard labor in prison TOR from six
months to two years on conviction
of bribery.
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Bio MeetIno Of Women.

New York, May ls.-The ninth b.
ennial convention of the General Fed
GRAFTON of Women's clubs will be held
In Boston during the week Of June %.
1908.
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ef8,00o Burned In STAGE Coach.

Los Angeles, Cal. May 16.--A story
has reached here Of the accidental
burning q stage coach IN Death
Valley. near Ash Meadow. Sunday, In
which e16. 900 In bank bills and $4,000
= reelstsred mall were consumed.
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Ct. Louis. Mo-, MAY 1s.--Peter A
McPeake. known IN nearly Svsry print
ms ollce n this oounfsy - .6horty.' :
who fell dead bensath the wheels VI I
moving train. died with . call tor III
metlw II g Louis q his lipa-
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-05-23
A S25, 900 Robbery,

City Of Mexico. May 17-Robbers
broke into the jewelry establishment
known az La Acacia here and carried
away goods valued at $4,000.
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FL Paso. Tex May 2Q.-7J. 8. @
Clarkson, prominent mining man
formerly Of Detroit, LEFT his boarding
houSe in Guadalatara. ns&i6o, neal
here, three veeeks aga. - Aas nevel
beon 49, eincA S
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Bridge Broke.

Oklahoma City, May 20.-Dight
young Women were precipitated into
the North Canadian river. 20 feet deep
at Wheeler park, the bridge on which
they were posing Tor a picture. collaps
ing. Two of them. MISS Mamie Win1
and Miss Matte Doris were drowned
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HiLLSBORO MARKETS.

Corrected Weekly by The Union Grocery Co.
hILLsBoRo, May IA, 1907.
Retail Grocers.
BUYING PRICES.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-03
MORE BRITISH SEA moE&TERS.

II is an open question If Great Britain has not
already surpassed her own DreadnOught. The
impression that she has done so is at any rate
strongly conveyed by such information as the
world has thus far been permitted to receive
concerning the three new monsters, the Indom-
liable the Invincible and the InheXibe, the first
Of which was launched a fortnight ago, little
In advance Of the others The Indomtable has
been called that ship Of mystery" because OF
the secrecy in which her details have been kept
But some facts have been revealed. and these in
dlcate that she is the largest warship ever
constructed In private yard, the largest warship
save two-the Dreadnought and the Satsuma-
ever launched anywhere in the world and prob
ably, all elements considered, the most fOrmid-
able In the world.
The Indomitable is Of 1880 tons displacement,
or only $50 tons less than the DreadnOught As
she ranks not as a battleshlp. however but as
an armOred cruiser, we may most probably com
pare her with our own best vessels of the latter
class. Obviously she is much larger, for our
ships Of the Colorado. the California. the Mary
land and the Pennsylvania class are OF only
1860 tons. and those Of the Montana. the North
Carolina and the Washington class only 1450O
tons. Her length is $50 feet or % more than
that Of our cruisers, while her draft is 20
feet against 24h Of the Colorado and % Of the
Montana. Still more marked is the contrast In
horsepower. That OF our big cruisers ranges
from $4,000 TO nearly $4,000, but that of the
IndOmitable reaches the astounding figures OF
41.0OO, and thus greatly exceeds that OF any
other warshlp in the world. The mighty Drake,
OF the British navy, has only 31.450 horsepower;
the Edgar Quinet, of France, $4,000; the German
cruiser ScharhhOrst $4,000; the Soya formerly
the Russian yariag), Of Japan, 10000. and the
Russian AskOld 24O00 With this tremendous
potency Of propulsion the Indomitable is 70
make % knots an hour. Our Colorados and Mon
tanas are rated at % and 22l5; the Drake and
the Suffolk are the only ones on the British list
hitherto rated az more than "a; Germany's
Scharnhorst is set down at 2215, and Japan has
only one as high as o.
Finally, what OF the armament which is Of
chief importance IL we are to accept Farragut's
theory that q ships best defence as we'll as Of
fence is IN her own gunsi Our Colorado class
carry four s-inch ard our Montanas four 10
inch guns each. The Drake is accounted for
midabie with her two e.2-inch guns. The Scharn-
horst is 90 be fitted with eight s2-lnch guns. and
Japan is content with four s-inch guns on each
OF her best cruisers though she Is now building
some which will each carry four Pinch guns,
thus surprising any other cruisers In the world
In fighting power. But this new British monster
is TO double that strength. She and each OF
the others Of the class viii carry eight I2-inch
guns, or only two fewer than the Dreadnought
while because OF their arrangement she will be
able TO fire as many of them at once, either
shsac. aoesm or asterns as the Dreadnought
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THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
Iron The Tribune Bureau


Washington April 2-The Mexican Ambassador
and Sonora de CreeI entertained at dinner at the
Embassy tonight the Russian Ambassador ana
Baroness Rosen the Ambassador from Japan and
Viscountess AOki. the Minister from Nicaragua
and SefOra de Corea. the Minister from Panama
and Sonora de Obaldia, Assistant Secretary ana
Mrs Bacon Representative and Mrs Nicholas
Longworth Count and Countess Hatzfeldt-Trach-
enberg General and Mrs. Arson Mills. Colonel and
Mrs NJ NJ: Parker. Mrs. John Orville Evans, Criso-
foro Canseco and the Second Secretary, and Sonora
de Salado Alvarez Of tde Mexican Embassy STAFF
The Minister from Peru and Nine de PardO lad
dining with them tonight the Spanish Minister the
Counsellor Of the British Embassy and Lady lsa-
bella Howard Colonel and Mrs. Charles Brom"el'
Mrs Benedict Miss Harriet Southerland. Miss Max
we'll Senior Zavaa of the Argentine Legation, and
Senior Walls. second secretary Of the Spanish Lee
cation.
Baroness Moncheur. wife of the Belgian Minister.
left Washington this afternoon for Baltimore.
where she will remain in rest cure for three or
four weeks Her mother. Mrs Powell Clayton, VIII
remain IN town with the Minister and children Of
the family for two weeks. when she will accompany
them To- Chevy Chase. where they will spend the
spring They will sail for Europe in June.
Mime. Ieger wife of the Haytian Minister. enter
tanned at luncheon to-day Sonora de Creel SehOra
CalIerOn. Mrs Brewer. Mrs. Guthridge Sonora
de Corea. Senora de Godoy. Mrs. Lambert Mrs.
Dun. Mrs. Story. Nine. Thierry, Mrs Vandergrift.
Mrs. Reside and Nine. Vans
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authority. there Will be general acquiescence In
the decision, for it will be seen that those are
proper legal questions, on which the courts are
the hnaI constitutional authority. But II, at
tempting to pass on administrative matters and
to frame the policy OF the state in the regula-
tion OF public service corporations, their course
should not commend itself TO the public, there
would be constant appeals TO the Legislature.
Thus instead of having consistent uniform
system of regulation by commissions. we should
have spasmodic regulation by the Legislature,
and we have seen enough this year Of the I'M
wisdom of legislative regulation TO forbid its
becoming the custom of this state. What we
mean is that If the courts should prove the
bulwark of conservatism which the advocates
of a court review hope to find them their reg
uIative rulings would be a disappointment to
the people and there would be an incessant de-
mand for special enactments in each case TO
supply the regulation which the public desired
There is no greater mistake than to suppose
"that the will of the people can be permanently
"disregarded" The hope that the courts would
prove less responsive TO the people than the
commissions ignores this fundamental truth.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-03
TRULY BEHIND THE TIMES.

We are inclined to agree with Sir WilfrId
Laurlers assertion in his address at the dinner
TO Mr.. Bryce that American papers which say
Canada is yearnng for reciprocity are twenty
five years behind the times though we had
scarcely supposed such papers were sufficiently
numerous or important TO call for the Prime
Minister'S attention. Certainly the reproach of
ObsOlescence can in no wise fall upon us, for
we have consistently argued this long time that
apart from some local interests and some the
Orists and dOctrlnaires there is little demand on
either side for free trade between the Dominion
and this Republic.
In a spirit of professional comfy, however,
we would exhort those of our brethren who may
have exposed themselves to Sir Wilfrid's gentle
reprOof not to feel too much cast down, nor TO
mourn as those without hope, for the reason
that their eloquent censor Is himself not alto
gether free from the same aspersion as that
which he casts upon them. We observe that
Sir Wilfrid. in expressing hope that Mr.. Bryce's
visit to Canada marked new epoch in British
diplomacy concerning Canada, complained that
John Bull had not always guarded Our Lady OF
the Shows with impeccable chivalry, and cited
as examples of his lapses the treaty of 1908,
(which gave away part of the Alaskan bOun-
dairy" and also the treaty of 1888, (which gave
away the Ohio River" In that we submit, he
went a good deal further back than those who
vainly imagine that Canada is as DESTROYS of
reciprocity now as she was a generation ago.
For even that treaty of 1903 was nothing In
the world but confirmation Of the treaties of
1924 and 1925, which fixed the Alaskan bOun-
dairy, and which Canadian friends tried in
vain to traverse or to annul, so that complaint
against it is really directed against the work of
Sir Charles BagOt and Sir StratfOrd Canning.
But what shall say Of the complaint of the
treaty of 1888 which, instead of giving away
the Ohio River confirmed the United States in
its actual and lawful possession Of that North
west Territory which had been twice won by
and for these states in war? Why, in 1883.
even that question was so much OF the past
that Ben Franklin plumply declined TO consider
il as open 10 debate, saying, "NO. sir. If you
insist upon that go back TO Yorktown" Yet
now Sir Wilfrid calls 1t up again. wound
which is still sensitive,
twenty-five years behind the times: Why Sir
Wilfrid himself, by his own showing. is 124
years behind them. If some poor Yankee news
papers are trihe obsolete. the wideawake
Prime Minister of the Dominion is what Lowell
would have called lin pGuIO ante prcterit" of
diplomacy. The Ohio River. fOrsoOthl Why
not call up the shade of John Cabot at once
and insist that because Of his primal exploit the
whole continent is an appanage Of Labradorg
Only, Labrador is not n part of the Dominion.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-03
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
rFrom Ths Tribune Rureau.l


Washington. April 2-The President to-day naoe
public certain letters written 70 Representatives
sherman OF New York. last October bearing on
the charge made by r. n Hartman that the
atter's aid had been requested by the adnrnistr--
ton 90 carry on the campaign Of 1904
Senator Flint. OF California, called before the
Cabinet meeting TO urge the appointment OK con
stituent to the vacant circuit judgeship In MS
state and to give the President an account OK N''
recent trip TO Porto Rico and Cuba
The President made flying trip TO his dehtlst
before the cabinet meeting to-day. He stopped TO
shake hands with throng OF tourists In the ante
room before he left the Office building at 10:so
o'clock jumped into his carriage, was whirled away
TO the dental Office seven or eight blocks distant
and was back again ten minutes before u oclOeA'
the hour set for the Cabinet meeting.
Franklin Lane. Interstate Commerce COMMITS
sioner had talk with the President about certain
railroad matters. and Senator Carter. OF Montana
presented a friend.
Delegates of the Delta Chi fraternity convention
now in session in this city, were introduced TO the
President by Secretary COrtelyOu-
The Cabinet remained IN session until 1 p. m