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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-05-10
EDUCATIONAL
100000 From Rockefeller.

$4,000, 900 From Rockefeller.
1t was recently announced that John
ID. Rockefeller had made an additional
gift of 100000 to the University of
Chicago, this gift taking the form Of
real estate, upon which it is designed
to extend the institution. This makes
the total of Mr.. Rockefeller's contribu-
tons to the university over 100000,
Of which $6Q00,000 has been given
within the past sixteen months.
Prominent Educators Pensioned.
Notwithstanding a recent announce
ment that the Carnegie foundation for
the advancement of teaching had de-
cided not to admit state universities TO
the list of beneficiaries of the pension
systems the president of the board has
now made the statement that on ac-
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-05-10
IT'S ALWAYS BAD.
The Best Of Backs Are Bad Wheff
They Ache, and Owosso People
Know lf.


A bad back is always bad.
Bad at night when bedtime comes,
Just as bad in the morning.
Ever try Doan's Kidney Pills for it9
Know they cure backache-cur
every kidney ill?
If you don't, some Owosso people do
Read case of it:
Elmer Brown, employed in d. & NJ.
r. r. Freight House, living at 3Os
Morris St., Owosso, Mich, says my
back was very lame and if attempted
to stoop or lift anything / was seized
with sharp, shooting pains. tried q
great many remedies but failed TO find
relief Finally procured Doans Kid
ney Pills and felt relieved from the first,
and continued taking them until all
the pains had left / recommended
Doan's Kidney Pills to other sufferers
Of kidney trouble and confidentially
feel that IL they are taken carefully,
good results will follow sab
For Sale by all dealers. Price On
cents. Foster-Milburn: Co., Buffalo,
New York, Sole. Agents for tbes United
States.
10 Remember the name Doens > and
take no other. Enis
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-05-10

race the world
has ever known.
because 1--WE are
more GRO s S e Il
than any other
n a ion in the
history of the
w orl d." Fl e
notes that the
results Of this
are visible just
as much as in
the crossed races
Of plants-name-
ly, all the worst
as well as all
the best quail
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-05-10

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port man and the necessary equip
ment at low velocity.
Automobile Baggage Trucks.
Judging from the success of a trial
motor driven baggage truck in the
Philadelphia station of the Pennsylva-
mia, it is expected that these new vehi-
cles will now be. adopted in all the
larger stations of the country.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-05-10
SOCIOLOGICAL
Race suieiao etirs Roosevelt.

An article in recent number of the
Review of Reviews by DR.. Cronin on
"The Doctor i'm the Public School," up
holding small families, has drawn
from President Roosevelt letter to
DR.. Shaw, editor Of the Review Of
Reviews. protesting against such teach
ing. DR. Cronin makes the statement
that physical defects go hand I'm hand
with large families, whether of the
rich or OF the poor, but this the presi-
dent says is not true. In proof of bis
position the president points out the
fact that athletes are most apt TO be
found In fair sized families. and he
points to the vital statistics of Massa-
chusetts. showing that the average
American family has 80 few children
that the birth rate has fallen below
the death rate. He reiterates his be-
LIEF that the tendency of well to do fam
lilies to die out means the elimination
instead Of the survival Of the fittest,
and he declares that our country could
not continue to exist IL II paid heed
to the expressed or implied teachings
of such articles, which furnish excuse
for every unnatural prevention Of child
bearing and. for every form Of gross
and shallow selfishness In American
social life. n
Trainine The human Plant
Luther Burbank, the famous Califor-
MIA plant eultuysst has offended biz
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-05-10

count of distin-
guished academ-
ic services ex-
ceptions have
been made so
as to permit Of
pensions being
accorded to DR..
e. Benjamin An
drews, chancel-
lor Of the Uni
versity of Ne
braska; Francis
ii. Smith, for
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-05-10

make out accounts or,hotel menus IN your own
handwriting.
It looks bad, reflects on your star ding. makes
people think you can't afford stenographer,
and is sometimes ambiguous.
You can write out your letters-m make out an
abs.ract-fill in and insurance pofcy-enter
your card memos make out your accounts or q
hotel menu-or do any kind OF writing you need
on any kind. size or thickness Of paper, and
space any way you want on
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-05-10
You Can Easily Operate
This Typewriter
Yourself

Don't worry you
CORE spondent.
Don't write him
anything by hand
that takes him
timet to make out
that may leave him
In doubt-that he
can't easily read.
And don't fill out
legal papers or
card memos = or
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-19
HOUSE GETS DOWN TO WORK Many Bills oflmportance
 Adopted. COTTON SEED MEAL BILL PASSED Amendments ts Municipal Code Affect Greater Birmingham. wiII Cause More or Less of Shaking Up of the Municipal Affairs
 of the Magic
 City.
 With the real strain of the prohibit
DRUM KENNESS A Durable Disease
Eminent Physicians and Scientific Men A&ree That it Should Be
 Treated as Such.

Drunkenness is a progressive dis saseg the moderate drinker is not sat- lsfted with two or three drinks a day, the craving for more and more be- comes irresistible as the disease ad- Fances; the result is Chronic Alcohol- lsfa
 The treatment used successfully by thousands right in their own homes is prrine. 1t is a scientific cure for Drunkcnness and has given such uni- eersal satisfaction that 1t is sold under z positive guarantee to effect a cure sr your money will be refunded. This guarantee is given in goods faith and 3s carried out to the letter. Orrine is not new remedy: it has been sold ey the leading druggists in every city Tor years It has lifted tens of thous- Rnds from the depths to worthy man. hood and has the hearty endorsement @pf grateful men and women in every State in the Union.
 Orrine No. 1 is the secret remedy; Drrine No. 2 is for those willing to take the Treatment Either form costs s1.09. The guarantee is the same in etther case. Write to The Orrine Go. Washington, D. C.. for free treatise on Drunkenness. mailed in plain sealed envelope. Orrine will be mailed sealed on receipt of price. Sold by the lead- ing druggists in every town and city. aud fin this city by E. c. Fowler. Mont Eomery, and Cawthon- Coleman Co.,, selma. Ala tu-thu-su
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-19
NEW YORK FINANCIERs
 HEARTILY ApDa n


 New York, Nov. lS.-Bankers, capi- talists and financiers here generally approve the action of Secretary Cortel- you in issuing $5O.O0o, 900 of Panama bonds and $100,00 o00 of certificates of indebtedness for the relief of ttsa financial stringency. The issue, it was the general opinion Is bound to have beneficial results.
 The issue of temporary receipts, 1t is expe ted, will immediately relieve the currency scarcity and banish the premium on, cash. The putting out of this Government security Tn small de- nominations is a good move, 1t Is be- lieVed. as it will attract from It's htd- ing places much of the currency which has been taken out Of circulation by timid bank depositors.
 One suggestion as to the effective use to. which the new issue may be put was made by an international banker. He expressed the opinion that a large proportion of the new bonds wonld find their way to France, and In exchange we would get some of the millions of French gold which the Bank of France has already expressed its willingness to let follow toward tbese shores. provided 1t had some sort of Government guafantee of it's se- curity. Some of the favorable express sions regarding the Governments &C., tion follow:
 Leslie M, Shaw. President of the Carnegie Trust Company and ex-seH-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-19
LEWIS FACES JURY.
Missouri Banker Tells His Story fin a .s Dramatic Manner.

Missouri Banker Tells His Story fin n .. Dramatic Manner.
 St. Louis, Nov. 1S-Edward G. Lewis, on trial in the United States District Court on the charge of having used the mails to defraud in organizing and pro- noting the Peoples United States Bank took the stand in his own behalf to- day.
 In low tone he dramatically told the jury how he came to organize the bank and asserted that the institution was founded for the benefit of the farmers of the country, and that he had first submitted plans for the bank to St. Louis leading bankers and they had approved them. Lewis said he is Ss years old and mayor of University City. St. Louis County, and justice of the peace there.
 He sad the plan of the bank first occurred to him early in 1902. He said that owing to rural subscribers to his publication, he came especially in touch with rural business. This leds him to form the project to es- tabiish a bank of and for that class of people. He said it was his purpose to convert practically everything he had in the world into stock in his Peoples Bank. and was doing so as fast as he could when his bank was closed by the Postoffice Department.
 Practically everything in the insti- tuition in which I am or have been in- terested or connected with has been paralyzed," Lewis testified. q was absolutely isolated from the world and my enterprises were annihilated. could not even get a letter from my wife or mother" There were several lively tilts between counsel on both sides, but Lewis was allowed to tell his story.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-19

NSVMbAAWC4 HUH A9C O1GsJ
 of greatsforce to bringing the affairs of the country banks to the conditions prevailing three months ago.
 All of them were of the opinion that the issue of sl50.000.000 would be subscribed several times over and the report from St. Louis that one man there was anxious to take one three- hundr sdths of the total issue was cited as proof of the accuracy of this opin- ion.
 Railroad men, particularly those con- meeting with lines running to the West and southwest were greatly pleased with the decision to issue the bonds and certificates. They asserted that it would supply the ready money which is needed at once to move the crops. The opportunity to secure Government sec lrities would, they declare, at once unlock great amounts of currency which at the present time are in vaults and with the addition to the funds of the banks. which would inevitably fol- 1 low, there would be an end of the scarcity of funds. Not in Chicago nor | in any large city of the West has any banker or prominent business man been reported as entertaining other than a favorable view of the decision of the Government.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-19
VISIT OF DIR. FORD.
Eminent Student and Literary WOrke,
 at the Capitol.


 at the Capitol.
 One of the distinguished visitors at the State Capitol yesterday was pr, Worthington c. Ford. chief of the Di- vision of Manuscripts of the Library of Congress.
 pr. Ford visited the various points of interest about the historic old build ing in company with his friend. pr. Thomas M. Owen, Director of the State Department of Archives and History, He Is on tour of inspection in the South, having visited Raleigh, Colun6 : bia, Atlanta and Montgomery He left last night for New Orleans, and will later visit Jackson, Miss.
 pr. Ford Is at the head of the manu- scripts division of the Library of Con gress, and has done marvellous work in bringing together collections of inn portant manuscript materials. One ob- ject of Dr. Ford's trip South is to To- cate new collections. and to investigate State collections.
 He expressed the highest gratifica- tion at the work of the Alabama De- partment of Archives and History.
 The work being done in Alabama is both a revelation and delight to me" said Dr. Ford. q congratulate Ala bama. Her archive and history inter- ests are in safe hands. and your meth ods of work are exciting the interest of students everywhere"
 Dr. Ford Is brother of the late Paul Leicester Ford, well known as one of the most brilliant authors of this gem eration,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-19
PHILADELPHIA BANKERS
 PI,EAgWEn WITH p

Philadelphia, Nov, 1s-In discussing the issuance by the government of SIS, 000,000 in bonds and certificates, prominent bankers in this city today declared that 1t will have an tm- mediate and saultory effect upon the financial situation and will restore partial confidence in banking institu- tions. Without exception, the bankers agreed that money that is locked up ment paper, thereby bringing out re- souces that the banks could not have secured without such aid.
 Tt Is a grand thing; 1t shows the wisdom of the president, and his cabinet to sanction such an issue at this time of financial disaster" declared Ben jamin Githens. president of the Corn Exchange National Bask. one of the largest institutions in the city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-19
BETTER TONE
 IN FINANCES

tContlnued from Page oae.)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-19

retary of the Treasury: T thoroughly approve of both measures and expect most beneficial results therefrom. Frank A. Vanderlip, Vfce-President of the National City Bank: 'I regard the action as admirable and I believe 1t will fully meet the necessity of the present stringency. It ought to cause an immediate disappearance of the premium on currency. The main re- lief will come from the short term
 notes"
 Paul Morton. President of the Equit-
 able Life Assurance Society: Tt will
 have a very healthful effect. :" !. Edward Simmer ms. President. of the Fourth National Bank: Tt can
 hardly fail to bring much needed financial relief"
 Vim. A. Nash, President of the Corn
 Exchange Bank: "The action of Sec retary Cortelyou will not only do a great deal of good here in the finan- cisI stringency, but if will lend to establish American credit upon a firm
 CT basis in England. France and Ger
 many. showing. as it does that we are
 willing and able to handle the situ~ atfon here at home through our own Government.
 A partially dissenting view was giv- en by Mir. CIews, He disapproves the issue of the certificates of indebted ness. Mir. Clews said: The issue of
 $50, 100000 of Panama bonds is good
 measure for restoration of confidence.
 That. with the se5.00o.0oo we have im-
 ported in gold. should give us enough
 money and more. I question the le-
 gality of the certificates of indebted
 5ess' and I believe that their issue is ill-advised and may prove very inju- rious. We have money enough; what we need Is more confidence. The Pan- ana bonds would have to be issued sooner or later, but there is no valid service for the war in time of peace.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-19
NEGRO RUNS AMUck.
 Kills Negro Woman, Fatally Cuts Nn- other and Suicides,

other and Suicides,
 New Orleans. La. Nov, 1s.--Two no- groes are dead and another Is serious . ly wounded as the -e5ut of a fit of temper displayed bv LArrie Js mes, {, big negro bod carrier. :n this city to- day.
 Because he thought Lucy Allen had induced his wife to leave him. James called on the woman and when she came to the door. cut her throat from ear to ear with a dirk. He then shot Dick Newman. a negro man. and brought the tragedy to e close by end ing his life with a bullet through the brain.
 Lucy Allen was dead when the po- lice arrived. Newman will probably re- cover.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-19
Mir. and Mrs. strudwick at Home.

Tuscaloosa, Nov. 1S.-(Special )-Mr. and Mrs. James Webb Strudwick, who were married last Tuesday in Demopo- New Orleans. They are with Dr. and Mrs. Battle Searcy for a few days, when they will go to housekeeping in the beautiful new home recently com pleted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-19
CAN CoNsOLIDATE.-

Washington. Nov. 1s.-The suit aris- ing out of the effort to consolidate the cities of Pittsburg and Allegheny was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States today, in favor of the consolidation, the opinion of the court being handed town by Justice Moody.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-19

the. states which had compulsory efu- cation He urged his fellow Senators to move AIabama forward to the front ra uk f,f xSx<~o tf<x.< rn
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-19
EX-GOVERNOR FRANCIS
 FIRST BIDDER FOR BONDS.

St. Louis, Nov. 1S.--Former Governor D. R. Francis was the first subscriber for a portion of the three per cent treasury certificates at the St. Louis sub treasury today He subscribed $500 900 as soon as the sub treasury was opened and other financiers fol- lowed with subscriptions of various amounts. United States Sub Treasurer Akins stated his belief that of the sum of $100, 900 treasury certificates to S5, 900 ,O00 will be subscribed fors in St.
 Louis.
The independent., 1907-01-24

shall have their labor tax comm,1ted
the same as though they had voted.
Section. three provides that any per-
son who shall make a false affidavit
as the reason for his failure to vote
at any primary or election shall be
deemed guilty of perjury and on con-
yiction thereof shall be punished the
same as in other cases of perjury.
Section four provides that the coun-
ty clerk and municipal clerk in each
municipality, between the first day Of
January and the first day of March of
each year, shall certify to the county
treasurer the names of all persons who
have voted at all the primaries and
electlons held in the county or muni-
cipality for the previous year, or who
have filed the affidavit above referred
TO- This section also provides in cases
Where the labor tax is payable to the
city treasurer that the county clerk and
city clerk each respectively shall GER
tify this information to the citv
treasurer
Section five Of the bill provides that
1t shall be the duty of each county
treasurer, and of each city treasurer
where the labor tax is payable to the
city treasurer, to commute upon the
books of his office five dollars of the
eight dollars labor tax of all persons
who have voted at all the primaries
and elections for the previous year as
shown by the certificates of the county
clerk. or city clerk where said labor
tax is paid to the city treasurer
Wouldn't law of this kind bring
most people to the polls? Wouldn't it
be proper TO bring them in this way?
have thought about it great deal
during the last two years and the more
think about il the more / am con-
vinced that law of this kind should
be passed.
GEORGE w. BERGE.
The independent., 1907-01-24
THE POOR AND THE SALOON.

Chancellor Day in the role of re-.
former involves a change of cast such
as to demand our attention. His pub
lie utterances have Of late been almost
exclusively denunciation of such re-
formers, like the president of the
United States, as cross the path of
STANDARD Oil, the crib Of Syracuse uni
versity A muddle headed millionaire
at a New York meeting mentions the
need of philanthropic work among the
poor. DR.. Day sees ruin in this
course. What is all this cry that is
pelng made about the poor wage earn
err he asks. '"The wage earners get
enough for what they do, and a great
many of them get more l know the
poor. l know they are the chief sup
port of upwards of 10000 saloons in
this city,
Few have not felt obliged at times
to resist the impulse to give a beggar
a quarter because of the conviction
that be would spend it for drink in
stead of for the food he says he needs.
1t remains for Chancellor Day to apply
the theory to wages. The saloon is an
The independent., 1907-01-24

j. Ogden Armour, it is announced,
with his new packing plants near Min
neapolis. Model stables for horses and
model dairies for cows have succeeded
admirably, but model cities for human
beings SO far as attempted in such
cases as Pullman, Whiting, Gary or
even Zion City have not done so we'll.
that perhaps unreasonable quality in
men that makes them insist to some
extent on thinking with their own
brains. even if they do not think as
well as somebody else like Mr.. Armour
might think for them.
The independent., 1907-01-24
JANUARY "a. 1907

evil. 1t is supported chiefly by the
poor. By cutting down wages there
fore we starve the saloon. Perchance
the wheat may be pulled up with tho
tares. No matter, wheat Of that kind
is cheap; we get a million units
year from Europe for nothing
OF course this wifi not appeal to
everybody. There are those who say
the poor drink because they are nlser-
able, not because they are mean. The
opinion of DR.. Robert Bird, the Eng
lish authority on the subject is that
bad air, underfeeding and exhaustion
tend to create craving for alcohol
by weakening the system and making
a stimulant welcome. He would favor
abolishing the saloon by abolshing the
poverty that swelters in sweatshops
and tenements, rather than take up
Dr. Days plan of abolishing the saloon
by making the poor too poor to sup
port it. Others think that the chance
given the poor to waste their substance
in strong drink is not SO much given
at the demand of the poor as at the
instance Of people not poor who make
large profits by developing the demand.
But Chancellor Day knows better.
Moreover, If the poor had more money
than they could spend even in saloons,
and used it largely in the promotion
of intelligence and independence, there
might be no Standard Oil. Then what
would become Of Chancellor Dayo
The independent., 1907-01-24

they sell to law firms and interested
persons at high price. Secondly, by
the suppression of the record until
after election the public is deprived Of
any official record of the votes of its
legislators which might be used as
campaign documents to defeat authors
of bad legislation" Doubtless neither
of these reasons figures with any num-
Der of members in the question of a
daily legislative record, modelled some
what after the congressional record,
for the Nebraska legislature 1t is a
question Of relation between value and
cost.
The independent., 1907-01-24

Three, members of the lower house Of
congress ascend to the senate by vir-
tue Of this months elections. These are
Charles Curtis of Kansas. William
Alden Smith of Michigan, and Joseph
Dixon of Montana. Senators Brandegee
OF Connecticut. Burkett of Nebraska,
and Hemenway of Indiana are COM
paratively recent promotions from the
house, so that the new senate is to
contain more than the usual number
of men who have served In the lower
branch. In late years governors aud
men In private life with large CONNER
cial-polticnl interests have been ia
sored in the making OF senators and
fewer men have gene from the house
10 the senate than was the case In an
earlier day. A reduction OF friction be-
tween the two houses should result
from the change. Whether this In for
the good % the country or not IL n
matter OF opinion.
The independent., 1907-01-24

Oklahoma proposes to follow South
Dakota, Utah and Oregon in bestow-
ing the power of direct legislation up
on the voters. AT least this is the pros
pect from the action taken by the con-
stitutional convention, now In session.
This viii involve both the initiative
and the referendum. In Oregon no law
passed by the Legislature goes into ef-
feet within ninety days OF Its passage.
If within this ninety days five per cent
of the citizens OF the state by petition
ask for popular vote on any OF these
laws this action suspends the operation
Of the law until after the next general
election. at which the voters pass judg-
ment on the measure SO much for the
referendum. ON the other hand the vot-
cra inay cause the submission of an
original act by securing the petitions
OF "A given percentage of the total OF
voters, This Initiative was taken In the
ease of the direct primary Law. which
was approved and the woman snffrug.
amendment which was defeated, while
several acts Of the legislature have
been referred TO public test since the
new system came into use, South pa