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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-27

The Journal AYERS that in spite of
diplomatic notes the skeleton of AL
geciras rattles in every joint under the
irresistible pressure of circumstances"
The consensus of opinion appears to
be that Germany probably has agreed
not to oppose France being given a
freer hand in Morocco should the stu
alton warrant 1T.
Dispatches received here from Madrid
say that the Spanish cabinet has taken
action on the subject of Morocco, but
add that the step taken is of such a
delicate character" as to render it i'm
possible to publish details.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-27
Package Containing Percus-
sion Cap Explodes in
Postoffice.
CLERK UNINJURE D
Little Left of Package, But Address
Was Found To Be That of Sec
rotary of the Treasury.

Philadelphia, Pa, August 27-Dis-
covery Of a supposed attempt to kill
Secretary of the Treasury George B.
Cortelyou caused great excitement in
the Nicetown substation of the Phila-
delphia postoffice today. package
collected from a box in the northern
part of the city, about inches long,
2 inches WIDE and three-fourths of an
inch thick, came to the desk of Clerk
Roberts for cancellation of the stamp.
When the clerk brought his steel cam
collation. die down upon the package
it exploded and was torn into bits
Roberts was not injured.
Addressed to COrteIyOu.
Slowly, and after taking infinite
pains, the clerk pieced together the
fragments. 1t was found the package
had been addressed to Secretary Cor
telyou, Washington. The address had
been cut from a newspaper and pasted
upon the package
The explosion aroused everybody In
the neighborhood Of the postoffce and
the postal inspectors were soon engag-
ed in an investigation. Chief Inspec-
tor James B. Cortelyou. the secretary's
brother, took charge of the force, and
is resolved to probe the mystery to
the bottom.
Other Contents n Secret.
The package contained something
besides a percussion cap, but what it
was the authorities will not disclose at
present. 1t is suspected that some
writing in the package was found
which may serve as a clew to the per-
petrator.
Many postal officials expressed the
opinion that the so-called internal ma
chine or percussion cap was put in the
everything on the calendar, and it was
sinating Secretary Corte1you, but mere
ly a practical joke, perpetrated by some
of his friends. 1t is even asserted that
there was not sufficient explosive mat
ter to have done injury to any one.
1t is not considered certain, however,
that Clerk Roberts escape was not
almost wholly due to his good luck.
If not practical joke the package
is regarded as a deep mystery. No
one has been found who knows of any
enemy the secretary has made. 1t is
conjectured that it might have been
sent by some crank DESTROYS of inf1ict-
ing injury on any public parsonage
of so much Importance.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-27
LITTLE CHANCE TO
HAVE BIG FIGHT
Japan Official Arrives at Los
Angeles and Decries Talk
of a Conflict.

Los Angeles. Cal. August 27.-Kidu-
jiro Ishii. director of the department
Of commerce of Japan, arrived in Los
Angeles today. In an interview he
secuted the idea of war between the
United States and Japan. He said:
Japan would not fight America I'M
der any circumstances. The people of
this country have done so much for
our nation that it is an absolute abb
surdity to imagine anything of the
kind. It is what you call joke"
Speaking of the conditions in the
Philippine Islands. he continued;
The greatest defense for Japan
against foreign powers at this time is
the ownership Of the Philippine Is
lands by the United states. Corea and
Manchuria are full adequate to care
for our rapid increase in population.
some 500. 900 people emigrating to
those countries each year.
L find that a great change has come
over the Japanese who have left their
land for America, and especially those
in California. They seem to become
imbued with the American spirit OF
progress and all seem happy. Sur
roundings and conditions here are much
better than any place which l have
visited so far OF the 1900 Japanese
in and about Los Angeles 1 have not
found a single case of want"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-27
TAFT IN RAIL-
ROAD WRECK
Shaken Up But Unhurt
Secretary of War Shows
Courage.
COMFORTS SCARED
Car Derailed and Passenger Coaches
Dragged Over Ties for
500 Yards.

Kansas City. Mo, Aug. 27.-(Spe-
ciaI )-Secretary Of War Taft was one
of the victims and later the hero of a
harmless train wreck on the St. Louis
and San Francisco railroad near Spring
Hill, Kans., late this afternoon.
A bad shaking up was the worst any
of the passengers, including the secre-
tary, suffered. but all were thoroughly
scared. Secretary Taft. who proved
one of the coolest persons on the train,
was on his feet and upset passengers
before most of them were aware what
had happened to the train.
Secretary Taft, with United States
Senator Warner and party OF dis
tinguished Missourians. boarded the
train at Springfield, Mo, for Kansas
City. Nearing the depot at Spring Hill
shortly before ) o'clock the train
slowed down.
It was crossing a switch just before
entering the depot when the frog flew
open under the mail car. That car
was derailed. dragging the following
passenger cars with it. and for dis
lance of 500 yards the coaches bumped
over the ties.
Slow Speed Averts Dad Wreck.
seats and juggled about the coaches
before the train came to a standstilL
Only the fact that steam had been al
most shut off just before the derail-
menu prevented d serious accident.
Secretary Taft and his party, who
were travelling in the Pullman. escaped
the worst of the shaking up. but the
humping of their car was sufficient to
give all in the car a moment of terror.
Almost before the car had stopped
shaking the secretary of war was on
his feet and making his way forward
to give assistance to the injured. He
found that no one had been seriously
hurt. but the passengers in the derailed
coaches, who We're picking themselves
up from where they had been thrown
were badly scared. Secretary Taft
spent a busy fifteen minutes reassuring
the most frightened of these, many Of
whom were women.
Wrecks Interfere With Schedule.
Secretary Taft was due here at $50
but the wreck delayed him three hours.
necessitating a change in the plans for
his entertainment. An automobile
tour of the boulevards of the city was
abandoned, and a public reception at
the Hotel Baltimore was held at a later
hour than the time first scheduled
AS he passed through Fort Scott
Kans., Secretary Taft was given a
unique reception, a committee Of citi-
zens bringing a luncheon in a massive
tin bucket. The bucket, constructed
strictly after the style of the laboring
mans dinner pail with coffee cup on
top, tray, etc, would hold six gallons
an was made to typify the full dinner
pail" campaign cry.
The pail bore the inscription. Fort
Scott-Taft, 1905" and was presented
to the secretary, who received it with
rare good humor.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-27

wire trouble under the most favorable
conditions" said Secretary Wesley
Russell. The Western Union ordinar-
ly employs from thirty to forty men
in the Chicago office whose business
it is to look out for wire trouble. Since
the strike was called three or four men
are trying to do the work. Many of
the test offices are closed by reason of
the strike. which further complicates
matters.
we have issued orders to our mem
bers not to NEEDLE with the wires in
any way, and the officers of the Order
of Railroad Telegraphers have issued
orders to their members. 1t may be
that here and there an operator will
tamper with the wires. That happens
when there is no strike. But so far as
we are concerned we are not conduct
ing our strike along those lines We
can win without resorting to such tao
ties"
The wires Of the Postal Company do
not run along the railroads, except on
the Santa Fe and the Pennsylvania
lines. on the former railroad, the tel
egraphers are not organized. super
intendent Capen of the Postal Company
said he was not having any trouble
with the wires. On the Rock Island
and other railroads, within the past
few days, the wires have in some mys-
FERROUS manner gone out of commits
sion when important business was in
the course of transmission. In many
OF the railroad stations the wires Of
the Western Union Company are cut
through" but in others the pulling of a
plug will put a wire out of commission.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-27
CLAIM WIRES
ARE CUT
Western Union Company to
Invoke the Aid of the
Law.
STRIKERS DENY GUILT
Detectives To Be Placed at Every Of
fee to Insure Protection
of Service.

Criminal prosecution of railroad tel
egraph operators. who, out of sym
pathy with the striking commercial
men, are causing trouble on the wires.
is threatened by officials Of the tele-
graph companies. The Western Union
Company. which is the greatest suf-
ferer in this respect, has been secretly
conducting an investigation, and a
number of arrests are expected at any
time.
superintendent r P. Cook of the
Western Union Company declared yes
terday that detective would be placed
in every office in the country If the
interference with the wires assumed
such proportions as to make that
course necessary. The Western Union
controls the wires on practically every
railroad in the country. and its COM
mercial business. in many instances,
goes through the railroad offices. Since
the beginning OF the strike it is said
that trouble with the wires has caused
more inconvenience than has the lack
OF operators.
Strikers Deny Guilt.
At the union headquarters the strike
leaders discIaimed responsibility for
the trouble. There is more or less
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-27

WITH A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS
AND a WANT AID YOU CAN SECURE
READY MADE BUSINESS.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-27

There is more Catarrh in this sec
tion of the country than all other dis
eases put together and until the last
few years was supposed to be incur
able. For a great many years doctors
pronounced it local disease and pre-
scribed local remedies, and by constant
lyIy falling to cure with local treat
ment, pronounced it incurable. Science
has proven catarrh to be constitu-
tional disease and therefore requires
constitutional remedies. Hairs Ca
tarrh Cure, manufactured by Z. J. Che
ney & Co., Toledo, Ohio. is the only
constitutional cure on the market 1t
is taken internally in doses from 10
drops to a teaspoonful 1t acts di-
rectly on the blood and mucuous sur
faces of the system. They offer one
hundred dollars for any case it fails
to cure. Send for circulars and testi-
= Address: F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo,
Ohio.
Sold by druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-27
OFFERS PROTECTION
TO EXILE TAYLOR
Governor Beckham Makes it
Safe For Kentucky Flu
gitive to Return.

Frankfort, KY, Aug. 27.-In a letter
addressed today to Robert Franklin of
this city, chief prosecuting counsel of
the state in the Goebel murder cases,
Governor Beckham assures him of his
cooperation in seeing that William S..
Taylor is protected from arrest and al
lowed to return to the State of Indiana
IL he Will come to Georgetown, this
state, to testify in the next trial of
Caleb Powers, in the murder conspfr-
acy cases. The governor declares that
he and the commemorative attorney
can absolutely insure" Taylor such
immunity and a safe return to Indiana
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-27
MOORS AGAIN
BEATEN OFF
Shells From French Troops
Spread Havoc Amongst
Tribesmen.
MANY ARE KILLED
Reported That Large Body of Ma
tive Cavalry Bearing Down
on Casablanca.

Casablanca, Morocco, Aug. 2S.-Two
sharp engagements between the French
and the Moors took place yesterday
afternoon. About six miles from Gen
eral Drude's camp a accommodating par
ty Of Spahis came in touch with the
enemy, who opened a heavy fire on the
cavalrymen. The latter replied with
effect, but retreated, under instructions.
with the object of attracting the at
tention of the French commander to
the Moors' advance. e-enforcements
with artillery were promptly forwarded
to the scene of the fighting and the
Moorish force was driven back into the
hills. No loss on the French side
was reported.
MOOrs Scattered BY Shells.
The Moors began to form for another
attack when about three miles away,
but a few well-directed shells quick
~ dispersed them. The Arabs suf-
fered heavily from the shell fire during
the fighting.
AS a result of the reconnoisances
made by General Drude, the Arabs have
entirely drawn off, and normal condi-
tions in Casablanca are being resumed.
A dispatch from Tangier says a large
body of native cavalry has been seen
bearing down on Casablanca from the
direction of Morocco City.
Hears the Skeleton Rattle.
Paris, Aug. 2S.-The French news
papers are energetically discussing the
recent interview between the French
ambassador to Germany. Jules Cam
bon, and Prince Won Buelow, the i'm
perial chancellor at Norderney, which
is now deemed to have been of the
greatest Importance. Extensive specu-
lations are made regarding the scope of
the interview and its probable effect
on the relations between the two coun-
tries. The majority of the papers ex-
press the opinion that there are some
thing more specific behind the meet
ing than an exchange of amicable
sentiments, as alleged in the official
statement on the subject, and it is in
timated that an understanding was
reached on the subject of Morocco.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-27
Rich In Love.

We lightly value our wealth in love.
Multitudes Of us are Tuning in false
are faithful hearts that, if taken from
US, as they might be next week, would
leave a void that not the wealth Of
Indies would fill. Briefly.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-27

Knows When He's Said Enough.
The New York Judge who holds that
the oyster is wild beast is careful
not to say how it kills deer or whether
It can outrun the caribou.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-17

The signboard of an inn at Roseneath,
on the CLYDE, was painted some time
ago by the Duchess of Argyll to while
away a period of tedious waiting, says
the London Reader. The duchess is, ot
course. well known as an artist, and
has for many years had a studio IN
K~ensington Palace, where she spends
many hours in painting and modeilnS;
As a sculptor she has great ability, ana
her tutor, the late Sir Edgar Boehms
thought very highly of her skill
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-17
GROWTH IN WEALTH.
Statistics That Suggest veritable Fairy
Land of Figures. n

The baldest sort of outline which Is pos
sible to be made Of the growth OF the
United States in wealth leads US Into a
fairyland of figures, says Leslie's Weekly.
Director North Of the Census Bureau re-
Gently reported the country's wealth for
1904 at Sl06, SS1, 600. 600. These figures are so
stupendous tina the mind can hardly
grasp them. Let us make a few com
PARSONS and see if we can show how far
and how fast the increase Of wealth has
beaten that of population. In 1850, the
first year in which the Census Bureau
made any inquiry into the matter. the
cauntry's real and personal property was
placed at a value Of 81 lS5 O0O; Wg; 1t WAS
$16, l59, 000, 900 in 1860, $42,b42.O00.OO IN looO'
SSS. $3.50 o in 1900 and Sl06, SSl 100000 In
1904. This increase has so far exceeded
that in population that the per CAPITA
wealth of the country, which was $SI In
1850, was $513 in 1860, $3.50 in 1880. I,2S5 in
1900 and S1,300 in 1904.
Although there are no official figures FOR
the couiItry's wealth previous to 1850, the
most careful estimates which have been
mnde place 1t at less than $1,000, 600, 200 In
1900. In thai year the country's population
was 5,30S, 600. Allowing for the growth be-
tween 1900 and the most recent year to
which the Census Bureaus inquiry was
extended. we may place the country's
population today at Sc, 100000 and its wealth
at S115, 0O0,0 00, 600, 600. Thus we see that
from 1860 to these opening days of 1907,
while the population of the United States
has multiplied 16 times, that OF wealth has
increased lis times
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-17
SLEEP THE BEST PHYSIC.
Most Victims of Nervous Breakdown
Need Only Rest.

One of the features of modern times
is the prevalence of what we term
neurasthenia, or nervous breakdown.
These names apply to a condition of
physical and mental ill-health which is
the direct result of the g in which
we live n the pace at which we are
living. Massage and electricity and
novel treatments and ''cures'' are
called upon to repair what we have
brought upon ourselves by u up-to-
date ways of life, by worry and excite
ment.
There are hundreds of women of the
upper and middle classes just now be-
wailing their nerves and crying out
that headaches and insomnia and de-
preston are spelling their lives. This
is a neurotic age, says the London Ex-
press, and half the world of men and
women not only burn the candle at
both ends, but in the middle as well.
The strenuous life is almost a neces-
sity to the man or woman who is m
bilious socially, politically, or COM
mercially. We r so anxious to get
on" we attempt to do far more than
we are c-onstitutionally At for. and
nervous breakdown is the inevitable re-
sult.
Lack of repose is a prime factor in the
causation of nerves. the constant
rush in the social and business world,
the frantic pursuit of pleasure and
amusement are frequent precursors OF
nervous ill-health. We recklessly ex-
pend our energy on trifes; we are cor
stantly up and doing; we have no time
to rest. and nobody listens to h adj
vocates and disciples of the simpler
life.
Home life. quiet domesticity are be-
coming rarer every year. Simple
pleasures 'homely joys" and the
family circle" are ridiculously old
fashioned terms. Is it any wonder that
nervous breakdown n premature de-
cay are on the increase?
The remedy lies mainly with us
women-our influence can do a great
deal, our example more, to counterfeit
the restlessness and excitement charac-
t~eristic of this age.
We must preach the gospel of rest.
Hard work nowadays meal severe
ervous strain, and the constant ap-
plication to business and professional
affairs demands regular periods of quiet
and complete rest, if the workers are to
retain their health. 1t is the more
important that the home atmosphere
be such as will restore the balance and
lessen the tension of the inevitable
nerve strain outside.
Unquietness in the home, the tyranny
of social engagements and worldly "du-
ties" following upon a trenuou work.
ing day, give no opportunity for re-
pose. The power to be quiet, the virtue
Of repose. is worth c~ultivating in this
age of neurotic women; the woman who
is constantly on the move, striving
after something just out of her reach,
diffuses an atmosphere of disquiet and
vulgar unrest around her. To be busy
does not necessarily mean to achieve;
busting activity is too often barren of
real progress.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-17
WALL STREET
RALLY FOLLOWS w
PRICES IN STOCK MARKET.
Then Another Depression Sends the Fig
ures Almost to the Lowest Level
of the Week.

NEW YORK, Aug. 17.-The stock
market opened weak and active and
with losses of about equal Importance
in the principal railroads and special
ties. Union Pacific, Southern Pacific,
Canadian Pacific. Missouri Pacific. At
Gibson, Reading, Amalgamated Copper,
Smelling, Sugar, Brooklyn Transit. and
Lead and Locomotive, were depressed
from 1 to III. A brisk rally followed.
IL a. m.-Opening losses were re-
trieved and the market became quiet
until another wave of liquidation in
Union Pacific and Amalgamated Cop
per depressed them to within a frac-
ton of their low prices of the week.
The whole market sank to a lower
level than at the outset. Union Pa
cific, Delaware and Hudson, ANAL
gamated Copper, Consolidated Gas,
Brooklyn Transit and North American
gave way 2 to 2% below yesterday.
Pullman 3, Canadian Pacific 3A, Cen
eral Electric 3h and Bethlehem Steel
preferred 5h.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-17
CLOSING PRICES.

Following are the quotations of the days
prices, bid and asked. as furnished
BIZ Byrne e. Mcdonnell, stock brokers, 300
Broad street. Telephone 6l5.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-17
RAILROAD is DEFIANT.
Louisville and Nashville Throws Down
Gauntlet to Governor of Alabama.

MOBILE, Ala, Aug. 17.-News re-
ceived here from Montgomery. Ala,
says a clash between the State and
Federal courts, similar In many respects
to that in North Carolina, Is expected
to follow the Federal injunction pro-
cured by the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad against the enforcement OF
the States two new rate laws. The in
junction issued by Judge Jones, of the
United States Court for this district,
restraints every Sheriff in Alabama Hnd
every prosecutor from arresting or in
dieting any railroad employee who
Vetoes the laws.
The movement of the Louisville and
Nashville is taken as a gauntlet to the
State to do it's worst. 1t would seem
to say that the road has covered every
rap and that if the Governor attempts
to enforce the acts and a clash with
the United States deputies follows, he
must bear the onus of bringing on the
fight that all the best posted men IN
the State think is bound to come.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-17
BUSINESS AND FINANCE.

ported receipts Of 3S7 cars against 444
cars last week and SIS cars one year ago.
Corn was duh and the prices were firm.
The local receipts were below the esti-
mate and the Kansas State crop report
placed the condition of the crop In that
State 10 points lower h a that given in
the government crop report. September
opened unchanged to &c higher at 54& to
54s and for a time held within that range.
Local receipts were 157 cars with S6 of
contract grade.
Oats were strong on a good buying by
commission houses which was chiefly
based on reports of rain throughout Hill
nois.
September opened Is to u higher at ASA
to ass. and sold at 46. Local receipts We're
403 cars.
Provisions were dull. There were no
early EQUATIONS on pork and ribs, and
lard was unchanged at 500.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-17

N. Y. & N. j. Telephone IS, 1920 102
N. Y. & n. j. Telephone ...,.... 100
Hoboken Ferry Co. LIST 5s, 1885,. 102
n. Y. g. Hob. Ferry Gen. 5s. 1916 100
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-17

There are many sacred trees Of india
which enter into the religious life OF
the Hindoos. Chief among these is the
sami tree and the trembling peepui.
the piains are crowned each by a tenn
pie. Shrine or sacred tree. The peepul
Is known as the king of trees. 1t Is
spirits of the Hindoos dwell therein.
The worship of the tree is the worship
of the triad Brahma, silva and Vishnu.
Almost every Indian village has It's
peepul tree. with a raised platform or
altar around It. The devout remove
their shoes before IL and make obels-
ance before proceeding on their way
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-17
Rnys to TEST Gems with,

According to DIR. Chaumet, Of the
been experimenting on. the subject for
some years past, the violet rays of the
spectrum are of great practical value
in the 1ewelry trade because they cas-
lily distinguish the qualities of various
gems. The Auorescence that they inn
part to diamonds offers a trustworthy
diagnosis of the excellence of the
stones. They are equally effective with
rubfes The rubies of Burma have a
higher value than those of Siam, but
experts are sometimes deceived in
Judging them by the ordinary methods
with the aid of the violet rays, how
ever, the Burmese gems can always be
differentiated from the less precious
varieties