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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-04
FISHERIES BOARD
in NEED OF FUNDS
Purchase of "Maury" and Other
Unanticipated Expenses Ex-
haust Appropriation.
WILL CALL ON LEGISLATURE
Pending Special Appropriation
Arrangements Made to Con
tinue Work as Usual.

Considerable talk in and out of Of
fetal circles has been heard of late
along the line that the appropriation
available for the State oyster navy
has been exhausted thus far In ad-
cal year and some apprehension has
been manifested as to whether the
Board of Fisheries will be able to
continue It's important work pending
the meeting Of the Legislature.
1t is a fact that for reasons easily
explained the appropriation has been
ieNpe nded. but und er an arran cement
which Is thoroughly satisfactory to
all parties concerned. the deficiency
has been supplied. and It Is believed
by all that the Legislature will be
quick to meet it with a special appro-
priation early in the coming session.
Owing to extraordinary conditions the
expenses of the board for the pres
ent year will exceed those of 1905 by
about $4,000. This was not antici-
pated by the last Legislature, and thus
the fund has been exhausted before
another appropriation has become
ayailab BILE.
The RensOns.
Tho new flagship OF the oyster navy,
the Commodore Maury, had been only
partially palu 1oI up W lHS pEeSeHl
year, when she was completed and
put into commission and operation.
The sum requisite for this purpose
made considerable hole In the fund,
and where 1t had cost only $3.50 to
$500 per month to operate the old hull
which the Maury supersedes, 1t costs
about $1,000 to run the Maury.
Again, the boat has heen at the
disposal Of Governor Swanson as COM
imander-in-chie OF the navy. and 1t
was the only craft he could use in
connection with various exposition
functions.
1t was entirely proper. for the Gov
ernor to use the "Maury" for convey
Ling parties back and forth to the ex-
| position, and 1t, is matter of pride
that the State had such a creditable
boat for these purposes. Still. all this
has cost money, and when In use by
the Governor. Of course there was no
| charge to the State by the board
Have Fnst Boats.
1t is pointed out. too. that the oyster
Industry is growing rapidly each year
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-04
BURTON OPPOSES
TOM L. .IOHNTON
Republican Congressman Con
suits With President and
Others First

CLEVELAND. O., September 3.-Con-
OF the Committee on Rivers and Har-
bors in the lower house OF Congress-
this evening issued statement out
lining a platform upon which he Is
willing to accept the Republican nom
ination for Mayor of Cleveland In OPP
position to Mayor johnson. who, it is
conceded, will be the Democratic NOM
inee for the fourth term.
In declaring himself candidate Mr.
Burton indicated that he communicated
with President Roosevelt. Secretary OF
War Taft. and Secretary OF the Interior
Garfield before reaching a conclusion
and In the platform laid down by hin
he binds the convention to favoring i'm
mediate settlement of the street rail.
way controversy and against ,donlina-
ton by the street railway interests.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-04
COMMIT TEE ON
TRAIL OF GRAFT
Dr.. Williams Declares Work
Must Not Be Hanpered by
Lack of Funds.
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MONEY is APPROPRIATED
MONEY is
APPROPRIATED
But for City Home Matter ses-
sion OF Council Was Very
Dull.

With the exception of a further
step in the direction of thorough In
yestlgation Of the affairs of the City
Home and declaration from one mem
ber to the effect that the committee
is on the, trail Of much graft" as
yet unearthed, the session of the Com
mon Council last night produced little
of general interest. In the main.
routine business of the most uninter-
estirA. sort was considered and there
wac manifested early disposition to
hurry through with the business In
hand and to attempt to pass on no
measures likely to create lengthy dis
cussion or to prolong the session.
Routine Business.
At $40 o'clock the gavel of Presi-
dent Peters fell. and Clerk August was
instructed to call the roll. Twenty
names, as follows: Messrs. Barber.
Bliley, Cary, Davis, Don Leavy, Fur
gusson. Gates, G. b. Hobson. Lee.
Lynch. Miner. Mills, Neagle. Phillips.
Pollard Pollock, Powers, Richards, e.
D. Richardson, w. F. Richardson.
Spence. Umlauf. D. NJ. White, Williams,
Wiltshire and President Peters.
A number of petitions were referred
to proper committees. Recommends
tloHS from vie So!litAtAee oh SlieSee
Mr. Pollock reporting. concerning the
paving of alleys, at the expense OF
abutting property owners, were adopt
ed. Several recommendations from the
same committee, looking to the ex-
penditure of much money for improv-
Ing streets. were referred to the FL
nance Committee.
A veto message. from the Mayor dis
approved an ordinance granting to the
American Can Company the privilege
to run certain water pipes. The May.
or's objection was that the ordinance
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-04
KILLS HUSBAND IN
HORRIBLE MANNER
sgzt.s ~
Shoots Him Twice and Then
Picks Head to Pieces With
Flint Rocks.
|NEIGHBoRs HEARD CRIES
Were Afraid to Go to Mans
Rescue-Drags Body With
Horse.
NEleHBoRs HEARD CRIES

BEDFORD CITY. VA, September g.
Facts have Just been obtained in re-
gard to what appears to be one of the
most brutal and horrible homir!des
ever committed in Bedford county. A
man who lives near Cifax. the scene
Of the murder, tells the story.
Peoples. the murdered man. had
spent the day in Lynchburg last Satur-
day, and returned home in the evening.
His wife accused him of drinking, and,
becoming maddened with anger, she is
alleged to have seized. a shotgun and
fired twice with deadly aim. She then
took pick and struck him fearful
blow. Persons living near heard his
piteous appeals not to kill him, but
feared to go to the rescue. thinking it
only one of her frequent tantrums.
The man fed from the house with the
wife in hot pursuit She overlook him
and literally picked his head to pieces
with sharp flint rock until she knew
her victim was certainly dead. She
returned to the house, and accom-
panied by their son. youth of fifteen
went to the spot where she had left
him. fastened a wire around the body.
to which they harnessed @ horse and
dragged the corpse to the house. They
deposited 1t beneath q tree, threw some
old sacks over 1t, and the wife, appa-
rently unconcerned, went about her
ordinary affairs.
Neighbors Afraid of Her.
The woman. whose name is Emma
Peoples, is said some years ago to
have fired at her father, who es-
capped, returning the shot, and she is
reported to have killed man else
where In past years Her neighbors
feared her ungovernable temper and
the family was left pretty much alone,
Although the cries OF her dying hus-
band We're heard by several persons,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-04
STANDARD OILS
CASE GOES OVER
ST. Louis Suit to Dissolve Cor
poration Goes Over Two
Days.

NEW YORK. September 3.-The
hearing in the suit brought in st.
Louis to dissolve the Standard Oil
Company under the provisions of the
Sherman anti-trust law was post
poned to-day until Thursday at the re-
quest OF counsel for the defendant
company.
1t was announced that the adjourn
cilitate matters. inasmuch as the OPP
posing attorneys are in cons sultation
over various matters which could best
be handled in their preliminary stages
at least out of court. The attorneys
for the government offered no oppo-
sition to the postponement requested
by the defense.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-04
MISSING GIRL
MAY BE HERE
friends Think Miss Alice Mays,
Who Disappeared Saturday,
is In Richmond.
[special to The TImes.pisnatch.l ]

Especial to The TImes-Dispatch.l
NORFOLK, VA. September 3.-Miss
Alice Mays, seventeen years old,
cashier Of moving picture show on
Main Street, has disappeared from her
home at Lambert's Point. and her pa
rents. Mr.. and Mrs. II. Mays. and friends
are much concerned about her. 1t is
not believed that she eloped. although
she had many admirers. She received
her weekly salary Saturday night and
that is the last record Of her here
bouts. She Is known to, have friends
in Richmond, and some OF those who
know her best are inclined that she has
gone to the capital city to visit them,
first opportunity. She wore her Lest
frock under the one In. which she
worked. s.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-04
LIGHTNING KILLS
FIVE; MANY HURT
Electric Plant Near Raleigh
Struck With Frightful Re
suits.
|sTRIKEs ROANOKE RESIDENCE
Big Hole Knocked in Roof, But
Occupants UTninjured-Ter-
rife Storm in Lynchburg.

RALEIGH. N. c.. September 81
Lighting struck the powerhouse of the
electric plant at Buekhorn this after
noon, killing five men and injurins
between twenty and twenty-five others.
Owing to wires being down, 1t is i'm
possible to obtain the names of those
killed and injured. The extent, of the
damage to the property has not been
learned.
Electric storm Sweeps Lynchburg.
LYNCHBuRG. VA. September a.
One of the most violent storms ever
experienced here swept over Lynch :
accompanied by the mostEviyid light
ming and frightful thunder. For more
than an hour and a half there was an
almost continual flash of lightning.
The storm lasted an hour and forty
minutes. during which time the gov
tion of 3.62 inches. Several hundred
telephones were disabled by the elec.
tricity and the electric current
throughout the city was off for two
ing that time. and the street cars were
completely tied up.
Tenrs Hole In Roof.
ROANOKE. VA, September a.-pur;
residence of P. g. Leary, superlntend.
e,lt Of motive power Of the Norfolk
and Western. Two Jagged holes at
large as the head OF a -four barre
were made In the roof, and the bolt
went down the chimney, knocking out
piece of sheet iron In front OF the
fireplace in the room In which the
family We're seated, but no one was
injured.
Town lis Isolated.
MONTGOMERY. ALA, September 3
1t is reported here that a tornado
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-04
Cotton Crop Estimnte..

Cotton Crop. Estimate.
NEW ORLEANS, LA, September s---
The annual cotton crop estimate OF the
New Orleans Cotton Exchang q was sis-
sued to-day, Secretary Hester places
the crop at 1s,5lQ.0 90, bales. 81 II HI
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Tenrs Hole In Roof.

Town lis Isolt.ted.
& MONTGOMERY. ALA, September 8.
1t is reported here that a tornado
Williams news., 1907-06-08
Dated June 1, 1907.
Should be a Law of Conscience

There is no legal obstacle in Arizona to the killing of doves at any season of the year, but there ought to be a law of conscience. At this time the birds are nesting and their nests are full of young. To kill the old birds under such conditions Is but little less than murder. There is not state in the Union, outside of Arizona, that does not protect it's birds through out the nesting season. In Arizona through some over act of the legislature, it is kill, kill the whole year round Where there is no law public sentiment should step in and create one. Hardly a day passes that parties cannot be seen on the streets of Tucson with strings of dead birds, and these do not represent half the havoc wrought. It is not the birds killed that appeals so much to the humane as it is the number of young ones that this very killing leaves to die of starvation in their nests. As may be noted elsewhere Tucson has an effective Humane Society. and an effective officer to see that poor dumb animals are given a decent deal, and the Post suggests that they extend the sphere of their usefulness and pro tect the birds. At this season of the year the destruction by gun is far reaching and at least half the dead birds in the field mean double the amount of dead in the nests. Let the pernicious habit of gunning during the nesting season be stopped.-Tucson Post.
Williams news., 1907-06-08
To Suppress Smuggling

The president has issued pro- clamation creating reservation sixty feet in width along the north border of Mexico, including the state of California and the terri tories of Arizona and New Mexico. The purpose declared in the pro- ella nation is to suppress smuggling across the international border.
 Private entries within the line are protected and such portion as is needed for roads is not affected by the order. Since the abolition of .*Zona Libre" or the free zone between the two countries -- the difficulty in suppressing smuggling has constantly increased.
Williams news., 1907-06-08
Mine Warning Notice

To Whom It May Concern: Notice is hereby given that the mining claims, Eastern Star and Old Judge, situated in the Francis mining district, unorganized, in Coconino county, territory of Ari- zona, and of record in the recorders office of said county, are under bond and lease to party or parties other than the owners thereof, and that neither the mines or the un- dersigned will be responsible for any debts- contracted for labor, material or supplies or for any other expense upon said mining claims.
 J. w. FRANCIS.
 Dated June 1, 1907.
Williams news., 1907-06-08


 How about our big Fourth oi July celebration? Are you in with us2 Don't you believe in observing our nations independ ence by having happy celebration in honor of the event? Suppose we were still living under the tyranical reign of foreign power. wouldn't your liberty-loving and brave American spirit resent the injustice done you and yours, and wouldn't you long for the freedom of speech and actions that you enjoy today7 Of course you would. Then quit piking and dc all you can to make the approach ing celebration one of the grandest successes in the history of our city's patriotic events. Every citizen is expected to extend a helping hand.
Williams news., 1907-06-08
A Prenatal Scare

A newly elected senator from the northwest was pounding his desk and waving his arms in an inn passioned appeal to the senate.
 What do you think of him?" whispered Senator Kean, of New Jersey, to the impassive Senator Knox, of Pennsylvania.
 "Oh, he can't help it," answered Knox. "It's birthmark."
 "A what?" asked Kean.
 "A birthmark," repeated Knox. "His mother was scared by a mill"
Williams news., 1907-06-08
New Time Card

Following is the present schedule of passenger trains on the main line:
Williams news., 1907-06-08

THAT old lying. philosophy about fortune knocking at a mans door but once is the meanest rot ever perpetrated upon an unsuspecting humanity. The sun never rises but he lights the way to bettermsnt of every human being. If you think you have sinned away your day of grace, go and get some liver medicine, and read the history of men who have become historical after practically a life of failure.
 Get busy and quit thinking that you are SO important that God Almighty has picked you out for the purpose of making an object lesson for humanity. You are not
 that big You are lone of bunch, i" SO choose your bunch-the winners or the failures. es.-Lakewood Progress
Williams news., 1907-06-08


 BEGINNING with June 30 the post office department will issue en- velopes and newspaper wrappers bearing embossed postage stamps of new design in one, two, four and five cent denominations The form of the stamps will be an ellipse on end and the subjects in bas relief
 and the colors of their background will be: One cent, Benjamin Franklin, green: two cent, George Washington, red; four cent, Benj. Franklin, black; five cent, George Washington, blue.
Williams news., 1907-06-08
SOME DRINK STATISTICS

We may very we'll doubt the accuracy of statistics as to the actual consum ption of beer, spirits and wine in the different countries The taxes paid on liquors or the quantity withdraw from ware houses do not necessarily show the consumption. Ever the figures of the British government are not to be accepted as exact.
 Every year surprise is expressed at the showing that Britons drink more beer than the Germans and considerably less spirits. Thus, according 10 the figures, the United Kingdom consumes 27.7 gallons of Deer Der capita annually and Ger many 26.3 gallons; while Germany consumes 143 gallons of spirits and 1.45 of wine, and the United Kingdom drinks .91 gallons of spirits and .32 of wine.
 The United States consumes 16 s gallons of beer per capita, 1.26 gallons of spirits and .43 of wine, and is said to have increased its use of spirits IA per cent from 1901 to 1905. which is hardly credible. At any rate it has been the rule that the consumption of spirits declines in prosperous times. In the past six years, it is generally believed, there has been in fact a decline in drinking in this country. A wave of temperance has swep: over the south, which has been charged with an exceptional ap- petite for spirits. There are many hundreds of counties in the differ ent southern states where the saloons have all been closed by local option, and a majority in Tennessee has voted against the saloon. In Kentucky practical prohibition is enforced in a ma jority of the counties.
 In the face of this and of the police statistics of many American cities which show fewer arrests for intoxication and for the disorders usually caused by drink. it seems absurd to say that the consumption of spirits has increased IA per cent in the United States. There is no apparent reason for such an in crease any more than for the alleged falling off in the consump- ton of alcoholic drinks in Great Britain of 20 per cent. There may be reason why the French during that period should increase their consumption of spirits 27 per cent: but we should rather doubt the accuracy of the figures es-Repub- lican.
Williams news., 1907-06-08
One Good Way

A suggestive decision has just been handed down by the English courts One of Pearson's maga zines over there has a department in which financial advice is given readers. A subscriber wrote for advice on a certain transaction and was referred to an outside stock broker. to whom he entrusted $z,0o0 for investment. The broker never: invested the money, and the lord chief justice of Great Britain now orders Pearson to make good the amount to his subscriber in full.-
 Supposing some of our great America n journals were ordered by the courts to make good, to their readers, losses sustained by invest ment in mining schemes editorially extolled, at so much per, as "gilt edged investments, not specula- tions," mountains of very rich ore," etc? But then it wouldn't be serious matter to most Of them-a judgment or two, more or less, wouldn't make much differ ence.
Williams news., 1907-06-08

HERE is something that is worth many dollars to every rancher to know: Sprinkle lime in your stock tank and not a particle oi scum will form on the water When the lime loses it's strength scum will begin to form, which may be twice during the season wash out the tank and repeat the dose. It is cheap, not only harm. less but wholesome, keeps the water sweet and saves the live stock.
Williams news., 1907-06-08

THAT Vassar girl who succeeded in putting the shot thirty feet the other day has received plaudits right and left, but the average man who is looking for a wife, thinks the Tucson Citizen, will choose one who can put the hot biscuits right over the home plate.
Williams news., 1907-06-08

Man zan Pile Remedy comes put up in a collapsible tube with a nozzle. Easy to apply right where the soreness and inflammation exists. It relieves at once blind bleeding. itching or protruding piles. Guaranteed. Sold by Grand Canyon Drug Go.
Williams news., 1907-06-08

SECRETARY STRAUs thinks that working men should get more pay and be charged lower prices for the necessities of life. MT. Straus is a gentleman, scholar, and great man combined.
Williams news., 1907-06-08

Summer coughs and colds yield at once to Bees Laxative Cough Syrup, contains honey and tar but no opiates. Children like it. It's laxative qualities recommend it to mothers. Hoarseness. coughs and, croup yield quickly. Keep it. on hand. Sold by Grand Canyon Drug Co.
Williams news., 1907-06-08
SATURDAY. JUNE s. 1907.

AN exchange prints story of a man who had been taking a liver tonic of such strength and virtue that after he died his liver had to be killed with a club before he could be buried.
Williams news., 1907-06-08

On the Canyon road trains leave this point as follows: No. 10 at i 80 p.m.; No. IA at 12:45 am. Arriv- ing from the Canyon: No. II at 11:2O a.m.; No. 15 at 5:45 pm.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-04-27
The Evolution of
Household Remedies.

The modern patent medicine bust
ness Is the natural outgrowth of the
ofd-time household remedies.
In the early history of this country,
EVERY FAMILY HAD ITS HOME
MADE MEDICINES. Herb teas,
bitters, laxative and tonics, were to be
found In almost every house, COM
pounded by the housewife, sometimes
assisted by the 4apothecary or the
family doctor. Such remedies as
picra, which was aloes and quassia,
dissolved In apple brandy. Some
times a hop tonic, made of whiskey,
hops and bitter barks. A score or
more of popular, homemade remedies
were thus compounded, the formulate
for which were passed along from
house to house, sometimes written,
sometimes verbally communicated.
The patent medicine business is q
natural outgrowth from this whole
some, old-time custom. In the begin
ming, some enterprising doctor, i'm
pressed by the usefulness of one of
these homemade remedies, would
take it up, improve it in many ways,
manufacture it on a large scale, adj
vertise it mainly through almanacs
for the home, and thus it would be-
come used over large area. LAT
T E RLY THE HOUSE HOLD
REMEDY BUSINESS TOOK A
MORE EXACT AND SCIENTIFIC
FORM.
Peruna was originally one of these
Old-tiIne remedies. 1t was used bv
the Mennonites, of Pennsylvania,
before it was offered to the public for
sale. DR.. Hartman, THE ORIGINAL
COMPOUNDER OF PERUNA, is of
Mennonite origin. First, he pre-
scribed 1t for his neighbors and his
patients. The sale of 1t increased,
and at last he established a manu-
factory and furnished It to the
general drug trade.
Peruna Is useful in a great many
climatic ailments, such as coughs,
colds, sore throat, bronchitis and
catarrhal diseases generally.
THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES HAVE
LEARNED THE USE OF PERUNA
and its value in the treatment of
these ailments. They have learned
to trust and believe In DR.. Hartman's
judgment, and to rely on his remedy,
Peruna.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-04-27
Predicting Frosts.

. One of the most important fruits of
the establishment of the Mount Rose
weather observatory In the Sierra Ne
vada near Reno, -Svgv., at an elevation
OF 10,SO0 feet, is the discovery of rule
by which the appearance of frost in the
Truckee and Carson valleys below may
be predicted with positive assurance
from twenty-four to thirty-slx hours in
advance.
By comparing relative meteorological
data for San Francisco and Reno at
$500 feet elevation and Mount Rose,
10000 feet elevation, constant CORE
spondence is observed between fall In
pressure and fall In temperature, ena-
bling frost representations to be made
with certainty. The station was estab-
lished originally with the idea of gath
ering information which would be avail
able in predicting the weather condi-
lions for the districts farther east.