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Free press., 1907-07-20
SOMEWHAT OF A REFLECTION.
Naive Comment of Debutante That
Amused Hostess.

A charming hostess of one of the
big houses as they are called by
those who are welcomed into them,
has the added beauty of premature
white hair. That which seems to her
contemporaries an added charm may
appear to the crudely young Amark
of decline, at least so it appears in
one instance of which the hostess her
self tells with enjoyment.
The lady is a connoisseur of an
tiques. At one of her teas a debutante
rich with the glow of youth, but sadly
constrained with her sense of novelty,
was handed cup of tea; the cup
was beautifully blue and wonderfully
old. The hostess desiring to light
en- the strain on her youthful guest
by pleasant diverting remark, said:
That little cup is hundred and fif-
ty years old"
"Oh," came the debutante's high
strained toes: How careful you
must be to have kept it so long!''
Free press., 1907-07-20
Sanitation Of sman Towns.

We hear much Of the reduction in
the death rate of large cities in recent
years, but very little about the i'm
provement of the health of small
5towns. 1t is well known, says the In
dependent, that all the infectious dis
eases claim many less victims in city
life than they did 25 years ago, and
the reason for it is not far to seek.
Cities established departments of
health, gave to them ample powers,
and then insisted on their being eff
fective if their appropriations were to
be continued. The consequence has
been that not only has much suffer
ing been spared, but thousands-nay,
even hundreds of thousands-of peo-
pie are now alive who, in the words of
one prominent sanitarian, have no
business being alive-they would have
been dead If the death rate that pre-
vailed 20 years ago still obtained.
Had they died their death would have
been considered as from the hand OF
God. We know that their living is
the result of the taking of some very
simple measures for the prevention OF
disease.
Free press., 1907-07-20
AFTER THE TOBACCO TRUST
The Government Files a Petition
for Its Dissolution.
An Injunction May Be Asked or q
Receiver Observation-Disclosures
Prosecutions Probable,

New York. = The government
Wednesday filed in the United
States circuit court in this city a
petition against the American To
bacco company, the Imperial Tobac-
co company, the British-American
Tobacco company, the American
Snuff company the American Cigar
company, the United Cigar Stores
company, the American Stogie com
pany, and SO other corporations and
% individuals connected with the
named companies. These corpora
tions and individuals constitute what
is generally known as the Tobacco
trust" and the petition directed
against them sets forth the purpose
of the government to dissolve this
trust by breaking up the agreements
under which the consolidated con-
Germs are working. In showing the
growth of the trust" since it's or
ganization in 1890, the conclusion is
reached that at an early day, unless
prevented, it would completely mo-
nopolize the entire tobacco industry.
James G. Reynolds, the special as
sistant attorney general appointed to
prosecute the so-called tobacco trust
declared Wednesday after filing the
complaint in the case that the ques-
ton whether he would urge the court
to appoint receiver for the various
companies would depend entirely upon
the evidence secured from witnesses
summoned He said also that Grimm
al prosecution of the defendants nam
ed in the complaint is highly probable
and that the Sherman law, under
which this action is brought makes a
conspiracy in restraint of trade Grim
inal offense.
Free press., 1907-07-20
Roxton SAYS He look 1t.

San Francisco.-Dr. Charles Box
ton, the temporary mayor of San
Francisco, ON the witness stand in
the Glass trial Thursday afternoon,
told the story of his debauchment by
Theodore V. Halscy, the indicted
agent of the Pacific States Telephone,
company, who, he testified, paid him
$4,000 mostly in 500 bills for hav-
ing voted and used his influence as
a supervisor against the granting OF
a rival franchise to the Home Tele-
prone company.
Free press., 1907-07-20
A Human RrIck.
KANSAS.

When Herman Unger, a commercial
traveller down Boston way. concluded
10 depart this life he desired some
disposition of his body which would
preclude resurrection. Accordingly he
decreed that his corpse be cremated
and that the ashes be mixed with suf-
ficient cement to form a solid rock.
Upon his demise recently his rela-
tives carried out his wishes. Mixing
five parts cement with one part ashes.
they did the good Herman into a
brick. Pressed into thet face thereof
are these words: Herman Unger.
Leave me in peace" But we believe
that such brick as Herman cannot.
and should not, be left in peace to es-
cape resurrection, says the st. Louis
Republic. Herman should fit nicely
into the golden and jasper. streets OF
the happy future. If the road to hell
is paved with good intentions, why
not pave the read to heaven with
cynical purpose? why not prove that
no poor mortal, however he seeks to
escape happiness, can fail TO come
into it at last-be he no more than a
beatified brick in the pavement of the
Eternal City?
Free press., 1907-07-20

carried into an improvised hospital in
its sacred shelter.
Belleview NJ E. church was built
in 1852 and has been prosperous
charge on the Guilford circuit ALI
these years. Its walls have echoed
with the eloQuence of many a noted
Methodist divine The church is welR
preserved and seems good for hun
dred years more. One of the features
of its history is that, during the cele-
brated raid of John Morgan, the.
church was used as hospital.
AS is indicated by its name the
church stands on an elevation over
looking the valley of the Great Miami
and from its rear is as pretty a view
as can be found in southe% stern Indi-
ana. Hardinsburg lies at it's feet in
the lower bottom. The battle was
known at the time as the battle of
Hardinsburg, Homestead being a prod
uct of more recent years.
Because of it's historic associations
several notable Methodist gatherings
have been held at Belleview.
Free press., 1907-07-20
Another JAP Arrested.

San Diego, California. = 1t was
learned Friday night from trust
worthy source that in addi""'l to the
Japanese detected in making sketches
at Fort Rosecrans a few days ago,
another Jap was arrested in the fort
Friday for having blue print of the
works in his possession. This latter
Japanese was employed as a servant
at the fort. He is man of superior
attainments. In his room was found
a standard work on engineering. The
blue print was well drawn and showed
much technical skill, but was not
quite completed.
Free press., 1907-07-20
WESTERN MEN IN NEW YORK.
Brains of Mountain and Prairie in De-
mand in the Financial Center.

Ever since the early days, when D.
o. Mills, ]. B. Haggin and James r.
Keene 'emigrated" from California to
New York, the metropolis has been
drawing largely on the west and south
for its supply of men who do things"
theodore P. Shonts, both a southerner
and westerner, who has undertaken to
solve New York's great transit prob
lem, is the latest importation in re-
sponse to the call of the east.
The promptness with which Thos. F.
Ryan, of Virginia, turned the EQuit-
able Life Assurance Society over to
its policyhOlders, who now elect a ma
jority of its Board of Directors, and
divested himself of the control of the
stock which he bought from Jas. II.
Hyde, and the success of the new
management of the Society under the
direction of President Paul Morton,
have created a demand for the strong
men Of the south and west that is
greater than ever before. Under the
Morton management the Equitable has
made better showing than any other
insurance company in the way of i'm
proved methods, economies and in
creased returns to policyholders.
E. H. Gary, head of the greatest cor
poration in the World-the U. S. Steel
Co-John w. Gates, Henry G. F'rick,
Norman B. Ream. VIM. H. Moore and
Daniel G. Reid are other westerners
who are among the biggest men in
New York.
Free press., 1907-07-20
Lived 11a Years

Hutchinson, Kansas. = Mrs. Ann
Owens, negro, known to be
more than 118 years old and a resi-
dent of Hutchinson 20 years, is dead
here. She was born slave in the
Wilkinson family in Maryland in the
year 1889 or the year previous and
after having been sold to Dick Christ
mas was taken to Madison county,
Mississippi, where she lived a good
share of her life until coming to Kan
SaS
Free press., 1907-07-20

How to get enough qualified teach
ers for it's schools is q problem which
continually perplexes New York city.
A member of it's board of education,
at the meeting last month, introduced
a resolution instructing the superin-
tendent to ascertain If teachers can
not be obtained from other cities. He
said that there are 800 vacancies.
With salaries beginning in the lowest
grades at $500 year, and increasing
at the rate of $40 for each year OF
service, the pay is much better than
that offered in smaller towns; but il
costs more to live in New York, and
one does not get so much for ones
money in the way of pleasant human
intercourse as in the country.
Free press., 1907-07-20
Santa Fe Indicted.

Chicago.-An Indictment charging
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
railroad with granting rebates
amounting to $4,000 to the United
States Sugar Beet company of Gar
den City, Kas., was returned Wednes-
day by the grand jury in the United
States district court The Indictment
contains 65 counts, eacn one relating
to an alleged infringement of the
law and the company if convicted is
subject to maximum fine of 81 ,3OO.-
600. or a maximum fine of $65,00O
Free press., 1907-07-20
InterdenominationaI Beneffcence.

The late Edmund P Dwight, who
died in Philadelphia in 1903, and left
large sums of money to religious
causes, evidently was not a strong
denominationalist. The orphans court
of Philadelphia has just awarded
these bequests: Protestant Episcopal
Church of the United States, $50, 900;
Presbyterian Church of America, S5O.-
600; Methodist Episcopal Church of
the United States. $2O,00O; Young
Mems Christian Association, Sic, 600;
and American Sunday School. Union,
SIS 200.
Free press., 1907-07-20
Jumped From Car Window.

Denver.-John T. Thompson a
prisoner in custody of Detective Jo-
seph Day of the Portland, Ore, po-
lice department leaped from a car
window while the train was running
at a speed of 40 miles an hour near
this city Thursday and escaped.
Thompson is wanted at Portland to
answer a charge of stealing $4,000
and was captured at London, Eng,
after a chase around the world
Free press., 1907-07-20
SAVED FROM DREAD FARE.
Kind WoE1an's Assistance Meant
Much 30 This Tramp.

A certain lady. noted for her kind
heart and open hand, was approached
not long ago by a man who, with
tragic air, began:
"A man, madam, is often forced by
the whip of hunger to many things
from which his very soul shrinks-
and so it is with me at this time. IN
less, madam, in the name of pity, you
give me assistance, l will be com
PEELED to do something which / never
before have done, which / would
greatly dislike to do
Much impressed, the lady made
haste to place in his hand a five-dol-
lar bill As the man pocketed it
with profuse thanks, she inquired:
And what is the dreadful thing
I have kept you from doing, my poor
man?"
Work. was the brief and mourn
full reply.-Harper's Weekly.
Free press., 1907-07-20

The complaints about the poor pay
of the clergy are getting loud, and
nobody disputes their validity. 1t is
a solemn fact that the ministry stands
almost alone among all the profes,
sions or occupations in which the
emoluments or wages have not ad.
vanced correspondingly with the in,
creased expenses of modern living
The clergymen have a perfect right to
be indignant about it.
Free press., 1907-07-20
A Mandamus for JUDGE punne.

San Francisco, The district
court OF appeals WEDNESDAYS afternoon
granted writ of mandamus against
Judge Dunno commanding him i'm
mediateIy to fix date for settlement
and to settle the bills Of exception in
the Schmitz case or to show cause
why he has not done So
Free press., 1907-07-20
A Denial From Tokio.

Toxic, Japa2.-Gen. Terauchi, the
minister of war, in an interview Sun
day contradicting the reported arrest
of a Japanese spy at San Diego, Cal,
said: There are no Japanese mill
tary officers in America except mill
tary attaches. The war officer he
emphatically declared, has never in
structed any officer or amateur spy
to examine American forts"
Free press., 1907-07-20
ManIike.

Breathless. they stood at last upon
the towering Adirondack peak.
There" she said angrily, I'VE have
climbed ali this distance to admire
the beauties of nature, and we left
the glass at home.'
TRANQUILITY smiling, he shifted the
lunch basket to the other arm
Never mind, dear" he said. TT
won't hurt us, just this once, to drink
out of the bottle"
Free press., 1907-07-20
Fresh Air Work supervision.

Rev. John B. Devins. D. D., the ed
itor of the New York Observer. has
been appointed superintendent of the
fresh air fund of New York city.
which for 80 years has been providing
country outings for the children OF the
sluns in hot summer weather.
Free press., 1907-07-20
Judues al Their Best.

In the course of a recent case be-
fore Mr.. Justice Darling the judge de-
clined to make a requested ruling,
saying that if he did so the court Of
appeals would say he was wrong.
Counsel having expressed disagree
ment with this view, the judge said:
well, you know the court of appeals
as well as l do, perhaps better, for
you see them at work, while I only
meet them at luncheon To which
the barrister dryly replied: Your
lordship sees them at their best
Law Notes.
Free press., 1907-07-20
plot Discovered In Korea.

Toxic, Japan.-A dispatch from
Seoul, Korea. reports the sensational
discovery of "a men. who were con-
cealed in the Seraglio palace, it is
supposed with the intention of as
sassinating some of the empeTor1s
ministers.
Free press., 1907-07-20
A New Secretary.

Rev. Stanley White, pastor of the
Hillside Presbyterian church OF
Orange, N. J., has been elected secre-
tary of the Presbyterian board of for
eign missions in succession to Dr. F.
F. Ellinwood, whose advanced years
and feeble health have obliged him to
lay aside all active work.
Free press., 1907-07-20
Proaress bal New Hehrides.

The Presbyterian Mission in the
New Hebrides reports the number of
the communicates at $500, of which
All were admitted to church member
ship during the past year. The natives,
paid over SO, 500 in cash and over 1000
pounds of arrowroot.
Free press., 1907-07-20
Japan,s Prince Returned.

Toxic, Ja.ian. = Prince Saduara
Fushimi. who has been on an extend
ed visit to Europe and Canada re-
turned to Japan Sunday. He received
a remarkable ovation.
Free press., 1907-07-20
They Onpose Nicaraaua.

Washington. D. C.-The state de
partment Sunday received uncon-
firmed advices that the republics OF
Guatemala and Salvador have joined
forces and are beginning the mobil
ization of troops to resist any attack
that may be made by Nicaragua.
Free press., 1907-07-20
DR. Ieilv viii Serve

Concord, N H DR.. Jelly
of Boston, has accepted his appoint
ment as co-master to determine the
competency of Mrs. Mary Baker G.
Eddy
Free press., 1907-07-20
Mission to Jap and Chinese Students

The Worlds Student Christian fed
Grafton proposes to send Dean E. 7
,Bosworth of Oberlin, to Japan for an
evangelistic campaign among Chinese
and Japanese students. Mr.. Bosworth
has rendered excellent service in this
country at student gatherings and will
represent the progressive scholarship
Of our country.
Free press., 1907-07-20

A Philadelphia minister could not
oficiate on a recent Sunday. so his
wife faed the pulpit Some will be
mean enough to say that her picture
hat assisted her in going through the
ordeal Ike a veteran.
Free press., 1907-07-20
war Manenvers End.

Newport, R. 1.-The war ma
neuvers in which the United States
artiiIerymen, the state militia and
several government vessels have
taken part, came to a close Sunday.
Free press., 1907-07-20

We have physical culture and sew
ing and cooking, as well as manual
training. in. our schools, but there is
one thing lacking. Are we doing the
right thing by the rising generation in
not teaching scientific baseball?
Free press., 1907-07-20

AlgernOn Charles Swinburne takes
his constitutional so promptly each
day that the neighbors set their
watches by his movements. Thus we
see that Rudyard Kiphng is not the
only poet in England who can justify
his existence.
Free press., 1907-07-20

A Judge has decided that venire-
man who has farm to look after
nowadays has trials enough without
having to sit on jury. Occasionally
the goddess of justice lifts the band
age from her eyes and winks good
naturedly at the bystanders.
Free press., 1907-07-20

The really wise man, when he goes
out in the country to live, buys or
builds house close up to the line of
a rich neighbor. thereby getting all
the benefit OF the rich mans grounds.
without having to pay the expense Of
keeping them up
Free press., 1907-07-20
win Act IndependentIy.

The Atlantic section of the coun-
connection with the united charities
and will continue as separate organ
ization.
Free press., 1907-07-20

stands the his
toric old Belle
view church at
H ON e S tead, in
Dearborn county
Indiana. Here Ed
ward Eggleston,
as the assistant
to the preacher in
charge, rode his
first circuit, and
here it was. in,
this early home
of Indiana Meth
odism, that Nor
gan's raid e : s.
W o u n d e d and
bl e e ding, were
Free press., 1907-07-20
Railroad Laborers Injured.

Somerset, KY. = Sixteen men
were hurt in a wreck on the
Queen C Crescent railroad Thursday
when a local freight train crashed into
a work train near the Tennessee line
Free press., 1907-07-20
Secret Bomb Factory Expiodes.

London, England-A dispatch from
Odessa says that seben persons were
killed and many injured in an ex
plosion in a secret bomb factory III
that place Sunday.
Free press., 1907-07-20

Insurance Companies Quit Texas.
San Antonio, Texas.-The Robert
son Insurance bill became effective
Sunday and 10 life insurance COM
panies withdrew from the state as q
result
Free press., 1907-07-20
wtisconein FaJIs in Line.

Madison, Wis.-The two-cent fare
bill as amended by the assembly
passed the assembly Thursday aft
ernoon.
Free press., 1907-07-20
HISTORIC INDIANA CHURCH.
seiieview Edifice Which Has Been the
Center of Many Notable Incidents

Surrounded by scenery as beautiful
as there is to be found in Indiana
Free press., 1907-07-20

To Study Kansas Labor Laws. =
Kansas has been picked out by the
Carnegie institution as a representa-
tive Western state in which to make
a study of Western labor laws, and
Scott f. w. Bedford has been sent
to Topeka to write 150=page book
on the subject. Bedford is a young
man from Usage City, Kan, who was
graduated from Baker, and then went
to the University of Chicago, where
for several years he has been at work
for a degree of Phi. D.
Free press., 1907-07-20

Game Warden Travels Much. = D.
S. Curtis, assistant state fish and
game warden. travelled 1.20O miles on
Kansas streams during the past
three months. looking for violators of
the law Since April 20 Curtis has
been on the Smoky Hill, Solomon,
Saline, Big Blue, Mill creek, Repub-
lican and Kaw. In the past six
weeks he prosecuted twenty-nine
cases of Illegal fishing.
Free press., 1907-07-20

Ham Succeeds Acknowledgment
or Hoch has appointed Representa-
tive w. b. Ham, of Stockton, Rocks
county. for the state board of rail-
road commissioners. The place be
came vacant by the appointment OF
S. S. Ashbaugh, of Wichita. who has
held the place since Carr Taylor's re
tirement. to an assistant attorney
ship witbsxthe department of justice
at Washington.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-05-13
tcOS DEL EXTERIOR
Un VapOr con carnes de
cOnserva en- NAL esta-
do. - Intoxicados.
ARzOBISPO BLENK
Una estacion de prueba de
globos militares.-Dra y
el Gobierno espahol.
ARzOBIsPO BlENk

De "El Liberal. de BARGE.
Iona:
mo hace muchos dias llegt
al puerto de Las Palmas-Cana.
rlas-un vapor procedente de Nor.
te America, el cual desembarcd
grandes cantidades de carne en-
conserva.
Olvidando los escandalos ocu.
currldos hace un aiio en- America,
bastantes familias compraron varia.
latas y comieron dicha carne.
Cinco personals de una familia
slntieronse grevemente enfermas,
victimas de una intoxicaci6n pro.
ducida por tai comestible.
Tres de ella han fallecido, y
las ctra dos siguen de mucho cui.
dado.
-Dicen de New Orleans con
fecha "a del mes pasado:
"El arzobispo Blenk ha sido
colocado hoy solemnemente, bajo
Ipalio, en- reconocimiento de su exal.
taci6n a las funciones que desempe-
ffaba el difunto Arzobispo Monse-
nor Chapelle.
En- la ceremonial o6ci6 de Gran
Ponti6cal, el Cardenal Gibbons.
Asistieron a la misma dos ar
zobispos y 16 obispos. Entire ellos
fgura Monse6or Pedro Gonzalez
Estrada, de Ia Habana, y otros
prelados distinguidos.1
-Tienese entendido que el go,
bierno de Espaha ha decidido apo
var la doctrina Drago en- la pr6xima
conferencia de la Paz.
El mismo Drago ira a Ma
drid a conferenciar con el gobierno
antes de que Sc innugure la referi-
da ccnferencia.
-Dicen de Washington que
Se estan va dando los pasos preli-
minares para la creaci6n de una
estacion de prueba de globos, de-
dicados al servicio del ejercito.
FL Departamento de la Guerra
ha ordenado Sc construya en- Oma-
ia una de las plantas generadoras
de hidr6geno mas grandes del
mundo.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-05-13
ASUNTOS D|VERSOS
Voto de Hracia del Com
cejo municipal de la
ciudad de Ponce.
DON JUAN A. RAMOS
Sentence s dictadas por la
Corte municipal de Maya.
gueG. .-Registro Civil.

Schemes que el concejo mu.
nicipal de Ponce en- su session cele.
brada la noche del cuatro de mayo,
acord6 unanimemente consignar en-
acta un voto de gracia en- honor del
Lcdo. don Miguel Guerra, quien re-
presenta q dicha municipalidad en-
las gestiones para Ia obtenci6n de
dos franquicias, en- virtud del cello,
interes { inteligencia que dichO le-
trado viene demostrando en- pro
de los intereses cue le han sido en-.
comendados.
Sc han inscrito en- el Regis
tro Civil de San Juan, el nacimien-
to de Maria Josefna Colon Vazquez
y las defunciones de Carlos Maria
Mufioz y Colon, Maria Luisa San
tiago y Carmen Gonzalez Luces.
Ell Juez municipal de Cayey
dict6 las siguientes condemns: Ra.
fael Leon y Catalina Almedina o
meses por alterar paz, Eelix FL
gueroa meses por acometimiento
simple; Liborio Coto 3 meses por
alterar la paz, Manuel Antonio Sc.
midey meses por acometimiento
y agresi6n; y Pedro Agrinsoni I
mes 10 dias por alterar la paz.
-Sabemos con gusto que ha
obtenido alguna mejoria en- su sra.
We enfermedad, nuestro correligio.
mario y amigo de Manatl, don Juan
A. Ramos Velez.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-05-13
AOTAS DE- ClGUAS
Reunion del COmite To-
cal unionista.-Grave-
nente enfermO.
RAN HON-TEATRO
Estropeado por I'm policfa.
Las Maquinas <Singers.
A los Bafios de Coamo.

Esta noche tendra lugar una
reunion del comite local de nuestro
partido para acordar defnitivamen-
te el dia de la asamblea y election
del nuevo comit< del partido Union
do Puerto Rico.
Don Francisco Lizardi, de-
cano de una distinguida familia de
la poblaci6n, Sc halla gravemente
enfermo.
-Pepita Conte, ilustrada pro.
fesora de esta ciuded, Sc encuen-
ira en- CANA atacada de grippe.
= Ell jueves subi6 a escena,
en- nuestro "ranch6n" teatro, "El
Anillo de Hero. Y para mafia-
ma sabado aDuncian los programs
LA algeria de la Huerta" "Do-
lores' y LA buena sombra". La
concurrencia a estos espectaculos
es extraordinaria, y los chicos de
la Compaii{a dejan satisfechos la
concurrencia.
Sc comenta el case de haber
sido estropeado por un policia insu-
lar, un sobrino de nuestro distin-
guido amigo y correligionario sefior
Texidor, de Guayama.
Ell dep6sito de maquinas USin-
gerS ha sido trasladadc a la calle de
'Jimenez Sicardo0, bajos de Puig.
DE paso para los Bafos del
Coamo estuvieron en- esta Ciudad
breves momentos, Pepito Benitez
acompafiando a su amantisima ma
DIRE y su prima Belen Benitez.
Ell sub-marshal de la Corte
de Distritc de Humacao estuvo ci-
tando avarias personals para Ell case
del seiior Plat contra la central