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The Washington herald., 1907-11-11
Wants Those Trees Removed.

Editor The Washington Herald
l have been one of your first paid-up
subscribers. I took another Washington
newspaper for seventeen years. but like
The Herald better. as it is nice. clean.
and newsy. especially the Sunday edition.
am German, but ! take a great inter
est in our beautiful Capital
In reply to B. G. Fosters letter. in
which he says. why Is this. a public
park. at the present day surrounded by a
brick wall and a rusty iron fence?" |
will say that about twelve years ago
there was bill passed in Congress to
remove the fence. I do not know whose
bill 1t was. but we heard Representative
Sulzer OF New York, speaking on the
matter. The galleries We're crowded and
every one seemed anxious NJ the time to
have that old eyesorr or a fence re-
moved. Only few Representatives were
against It, Old residents in Washington
told me at the time they doubted very
much that the fence would come down. I
think six months was the time given for
It's removal. No one seemed 10 do any
thing when il did not come down. But n
gate was opened on the Pennsylvania
avenue side. That was all they got for
their trouble.
/ was frequent visitor at the gardens
being interested in horticulture. but never
heard Of the now famous trees. and do
not think they were labeled at that time
In the hot summer months the gardens
were closed about o'clock in the evening
and a paddock put on the gates. Then
the laird of the gardens came out with
his dogs to enjoy the air, while mothers
and their children could look through the
iron fence Only few times can 1 recol-
lect that the garden was left open at
night.
About 1850 the late Thomas z. Walker.
Of New York City. was going to cut down
a lot of stately old elm trees on his sum
mer home, Elm Rock. West Farms. A
Mr.. Whitlock. who had made an i'm
mense amount OF money In buying cattle
in Texas, and had built the most costly
houses in the United States, most always
called Whitlocks Folly, wanted the trees.
They were given him. He had big barEes
built and had the trees transplanted. They
all grew and did we'll From Elm Rock 20
West Farms Greek they had to be hauled.
then put on the barges and taken four or
five miles down the Bronx; then again a
mile or so back TO his lawn. They were
known as Whitlock's $4,000 trees. Few
people thought they would live and thrive.
The Washington herald., 1907-11-11
Another Blow for Vaccine.
or The Washington Herald

Editor The Washington Herald:
For the sake Of truth and contrast.
it Will prove interesting to reincorporate
in the columns of The Washington Herald
an extract from a public letter which
appeared in the Monday issue OF your
paper some weeks ago:
As to inoculating consumption and far worse
diseases into school children. let tell my friend
that under modern scientific methods u preparing
and using vaccine such diseases are an impossible
iy Statements 70 the contrary are simply thermal
eXhalationS
And yet. in confirmation Of the charge
70 which the lines above quoted are in
answer. there appeared as a news item In
your paper Of the sixth instant, the fol-
lowing article:
stamford, Corn, Nov. 5.-Samuel Genovese five
years old son Of Roco Genovese died in the STAN
ford hospital to-day from lockjaw, which resulted
from the vaccination Of his arm three weeks ago.
As in the past, however. IT is not TO
be supposed that medical science Will
heed the consequence Of a barbarous act
on the part of some jealous, but mis-
guided medical practitioner, by consign-
ing to oblivion the cruel custom of vac
eination. Sincerely. VA 0. WATTS.
The Washington herald., 1907-11-11
Believes Vaccine Is Poison.

Editor The Washington Herald.
A father related the following 10 me
the other day. He was told by doctor
that his children must be vaccinated be-
fore they could attend school this term.
He replied that he didn't believe in vacci-
nation. The doctor said: But you are
not doctor and know nothing about II -
fThe man said he knew several doctors
who opposed vaccination. and he pre-
ferred 10 side with them. He was not
allowed his choice as to whether his chill
dren should be inoculated or not.
The official report on vaccination of the
surgeon general Of the American army in
the Philippines during 1S9s-l90l. inclusive.
Is as follows: Seven hundred and four
teen cases Of smallpox, 249 deaths-every
one vaccinated and revaccinated." The
Bavarian troops. which were revacci-
mated without exception, had five times
the death rate from smallpox IN 1901
that the Bavarian civil population had
although revaccination was not obliga-
tory among the latter.
The cases Of smallpox among the civil
population in 1S71-72 numbered 9o742
e, ,429 OF whom were vaccinated. 95.6 per
cent. Sir Thomas Chambers, O. c.. M
P, recorder Of the city OF London. saws.
"Of l55 persons admitted 10 the SMALLPOX
hospital in the parish OF St. James. pic
cadilly. IA were vaccinated. AT the Ham
stead hospital out of 1855 admissions
2,3T were vaccinated. In Marylebone %
per cent OF those attacked by smallpox
were vacCinated. Can any one. after
this, be found TO contend that vaccination
is protection?" blouse Of Commons
1879
Or. Alexander Wilder SAYS: Con
sumption follows vaccination as effects
follow cause"
DR.. Dennis Turnbull says: In my
judgment. the most frequent disposing
condition for csncerous development IS
infused into the blood by vaccination and
revaccination."
is poison, the purer the more certain
and fatal"
Dr. w. Hitchman says: II have seen
hundreds of children killed by vaccina-
ton"
DR.. Zachary T. Miller writes: What
does 1t profit you, If, by your efforts, you
have gained perfect health, and your
government vaccinates you and you are
rendered a cripple?
Prof. Vogt. author of "The Lymph
Dogma" said: mo man should be in
trusted with a chance for tampering with
his fellow-man's blood"
Daniel Webster said: Compulsory
vaccination is an outrage and a gross n
reference with the liberty of the people
in land Of freedom"
vaccination is lunacy on the very face
OF IL II would seem rather unnecessary
20 argue that the poison which an ami
mars diseased system throws off. as dan
The Washington herald., 1907-11-11
I'm God We Trust. Z"

Editor The Washington Herald:
The Washington Herald has recently an
nounced that the motto, IN God We
Trust, is omitted from the nations coin
the new $40 gold piecs. II the founders OF
the nation-those grand old sires OF the
great Declaration; those grizzled old war
riors Of the Revolution. bringing inde-
pendence; those wise old fathers OF the
constituent convention. giving us our
Constitution guaranteeing civil liberty.
religious liberty. thought il well enough
20 put on the nations coin, In God
We Trust" It should eternaHy stand ST
Gaudens and whoever else is Of opinion
10 the contrary. The Washington Herald
announces that the old motto is left OF
the nations new $40 gold pieces. 1t is not
the first St Gaudens' offense to the na-
tion, That new $40 golo coin 81. Can
dens designed 10 bear the profile of a
torelBn-Oorn girl-an alien subject but
now The Washington Herald announces
that II is 70 bear on one side the Ameri-
can eagle. with war arrows IN its talons
and, on the other, the profile OF An In
dian in feathered head dress. emblems
OF national origin. That is we'll and
from the change from the 81. Gaudens IN
American design, we are indebted 10 the
patriotic Independent Order of Ameri-
cans. through its State councillor. Mr..
Victor b. Boyer, OF Allentown, Pa. who
personally presented the protest OF the
Independent Order OF Americans 10 Secre-
tary OF the Treasury Cortelyou against
putting ST. Gaudens face OF a foreign
born girl and subject of the King of Great
Britain and Emperor Of India on the na-
tons coin. II is pleasing to note that
the patriotic protest bore good fruit. II
Is the need OF such patriotic societies 10
watch for and to protest against such in
sldious invasiOns OF our landmark Gus
toms and sacred Institutions and keen
them pure, unsullied. and whole lest we
forget In this materialistic age
L GREEN
The Washington herald., 1907-11-11
Consistency, Thou Art a Jewel =


Editor The Washington Herald:
One OF those educators Of mankind who
dispenses wisdom and knowledge through
the pages Of the magazines. has an arti-
Gle In the November number Of one Of
these vehicles OF thought which starts
off by ridiculing Longfellow for speaking
in The Wreck of the Hesperus," of
that wrecks occurring on the Spanish
Main" when. as the writer truly assures
us. the Spanish Main was the name for
the land discovered by the successors OF
Columbus. so LongfeIlow, the poet. is
not allowed, even by poetic license, to
wreck the Hesperus on the Ce-diIleraes.
Within a page OF this correction, the
critic wrecks history on the shore of ig-
nOrance, when ne says: In the five CEN
turies that followed the conquest Of Peru.
there went to Spain enough silver 10
make bridge across the Atlantic, one
and one-half yards wide and two inches
thick" as Pizarro never went 70 Peru
until 1926, and then without any force
returning 10 Spain in 1928 The King
gave him an army, a small one. which
was transported to Darrien MARCHES.
across the Isthmus to old Panama. where
ships were built and then moved down
The coast, landing in that country now
called Peru II took Pizarro some years
10 finish his conquest, and the first treas
ure shipmen. from Pizarro was sent
across the Isthmus Of Panama about 1876
three and three-quarter centuries ago
Where can that extra one and a quarter
century have flown TO? II II was an
offense in blr. Longfellow, a poet, to
wreck the Hesperus on the Spanish Main.
even in verse what ic fpr tba g.
20 add a century or more to an era known
10 most Well-read school bows?
EZRA SAT HILL
Washington. d. c. October d
The Washington herald., 1907-11-11

ton night OF 1904 that he would not again
be a Presidential candidate was made on
impulse-when his mind was aglow with
the enthusiasm OF the unprecedented sue
cess of the closing scenes of masterful
political campaign, while the great ma
Jorlties were rolling In.
II was the mistake of his Office. I'm one
sense, to which politicians may try TO
hold him. but statesmen and the people
will not Yet, Roosevelt is man Of
his word He will not accept another
term except as he is forced 10. just as,
against his word, he was put into the
Vice Presidency. and, If he is again
President, he VIII continue bis straight
forward way in the future as in the
past-always hewing TO the line OF civic
welfare. and the people need not fear
him-rather themselves-for ne has been
tried, weighed in the balances, and not
found wanting. A. j. GREEN.
Wash{nrfon October "a
The Washington herald., 1907-11-11
Charges Antitrust Law Violation.

Austin Tex. Nov. lO.-An antitrust suit
was filed yesterday by the attorney gen
eral in the Twenty-sixth District Court
against 30 Texas milling companies. The
State charges that the defendant compa-
nies have violated the 1899 and 1903 acts
and asks for penalties against each de-
fendant in the sum of $4,000 for the al
legged violation of the act OF 1883 and
$50 80 for violations of the act OF 1903 and
for forfeiture OF charter rights and fran
chises Of each corporation.
The Washington herald., 1907-11-11
HALT COLLECTION OF FINES.
Judge Trieber Issues Injunction in
Favor Of Railroad.

Little Rock. Ark. Nov. 10.-In response
70 the petition OF the ST. Louis. Iron
Mountain and Southern Railroad, Judge
Trieber. in the United States Circuit
Court. yesterday granted a temporary
injunction restraining the railroad com
mission OF this State from collecting
statutory penalties amounting TO 1896. 900.
The fines were levied because OF an
alleged refusal Of the railroads 10 supply
coal cars TO different mines when or
dered 10 do so by the commission and
because OF alleged Determinations in
favor of mines owned by the railroads
The Washington herald., 1907-11-11
Two Shot In Saloon Riot.

steubenville, Ohio. Nov. 1o.-As the re-
suit of the alleged refusal of a saloon
keeper 70 cash clearinghouse certificates,
foreigners employed at the Carnegie
Steel Company's plant at Mingo Junction.
started riot, in which George Vishnio.
the bartender. shot and fatally wounded
two Of the men. The saloon was wrecked.
The Washington herald., 1907-11-11
Pope's, Not Shakespeare's.

Editor The Washington Herald:
Your correspondent. Mrs. Anne Chew
Dorsey Coquillett. In her criticism OF the
Pilgrim" seems 10 be a little mistaken
In closing her article. giving TO Shakes
peare lines written by Alexander Pope
She will find In Pope's Essay on Man.
on page 80 OF Routledge's red-line edi-
ton OF British poets, the following:
Vice is a monster Of - fearful micn
As 70 be hated needs but 20 be seen;
Yet seen too oft familiar with her face.
We first endure, then pity. then embrace
W. A, LANALEFTE.
1904 street northeast, Nov. L. 1907.
The Washington herald., 1907-11-11

gerous and deadly TO its own life, Is not
ft stun for human blood. for any pur-
pose A father would Kill a rabid dog
which put his foaming poison into his
child's leg, but he will pay health Of
neer for putting diseased corruption into
his child's arm HARRY B. BRADFORD.
The Washington herald., 1907-11-11
Views of People on Various Topics
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT 1T?

The trees in their hoary grandeur out
lived the famous castle and were cut up
FOR firewood a few years ago. Then
why should not these trees be removed
without failure?
SOPHIE LlEBENAU WALKER.
Grand View on the Potomac. Oct % 1907.
The Washington herald., 1907-11-11
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The Washington herald., 1907-11-11
GRANT is DEFENDED
Story of Confederate Enlist
ment Ar0uses Veterans.
THEY BRAND IT AS FALSE

Brig. Gen. John VI. Wilson, Who
Served on Grants stan Mt Battle
of Vicksburg, Declares Yarn Has
Not the shadow of Truth-NetworI<
of Malicious Lies to Cause Trouble.
The Washington herald., 1907-11-11

Men who served under General Grant
when he was merely a captain and knew
him as he rose step by step by reason
Of his military genius and unimpeach-
able patriotism, brand the story which
appeared in the official organ Of the
Confederate Veterans, 10 the effect that
Gen. Grant, Admiral Farragut, and Gen.
George H. Thomas applied 20 President
Jefferson Davis for commissions in the
Confederate service. "a network of ma
lieious lies. a statement not borne out
by history and the life of the genera" "
Brig. Gen. John NJ. Wilson said he
knew Gen. Grant well. that he served
on his stan at the battle Of Vicksburg
and that he knew the story 10 be false
and without a shadow OF truth.
He had the absolute confidence OF
the whole people. and his soldiers never
for an instant questioned his patriotism
and devotion TO the cause for which he
stood and fought II not of such serious
import. the whole matter would be too
ridiculous % talk about"
FIaminEIy Indignant
Old. battle-scarred veterans were inter-
viewed. members Of the Grand Army OF
the Republic. Of the Union Veterans
Union, Of the Loyal Legion, and other
organizations OF patriots who fought for
the preservation Of the Union, and every
one TO a man, with flaming indignation.
denounced the story which would tend 70
question the patriotism Of Grant. Far
ragut, and Thomas as an outrage and
rrress -
Newton Ferree, commander Of the
Grand Army Of the Republic Of the Dis
trict. Gen. Kirby and other old sol
diers who experienced the hardships Of
that memorable struggle and who
marched and fought under the colors OF
the three commanders. were seen in re-
gard 10 the article, and the following
constitutes their opinion:
IT'S an infamous lie and a willful
misrepresentation Of facts. The article
was evidently written for the purpose OF
creating iIl feeling between the North and
the South and the veterans Of the civil
war
The story is too absurd for serious
discussion. Even II it were true. the
benefit derived from the knowledge OF
that fact would be outweighed by far
by the 81 feeling which the whole thing
Is likely TO create between certain hot
heads on both sides, who do not reason
the matter out calmly and thOughtfully
The story must have been inspired by
misChievOus desires. for no good can
come from IT,
A Strange Point.
Gen. Grants life from boyhoOd I'D until
he was buried has been discussed by the
historians OF the whole world He has
been in the llmelight Of public discus
sion ever since he entered the services
Of his State ana the government OF the
United States. This point, strange 20
say. has been missed by his biographers
and his critics Gen. Grant went through
the searching fire OF a number OF politi-
cal campaigns and his political oppO-
nents left no stone unturned 70 discredit
his candidacy In the eyes OF the Ameri-
can public. And even at that there was
nothing in the whole lie OF that great
man that could not stand the light OF
publicity He was an honorable man
from beginning TO the end. and To argue
that he applied for commission 20 serve
with the Confederacy Is downright ma
1frfO11VuPCG
The Washington herald., 1907-11-11
Street Cars and Suburbanites.

1904 G street northeast. Nov. l. 1901
New-York tribune., 1907-01-20

matte Intervention of some other European great
power in the Sultan's behalf. to the injury of all
sorts of political and Industrial interests. many
of them OF great magnitude. That is why there
is no interference ON the part Of Great Britain
or France in this nefarious black traffic, carried
on almost within n stones throw OF Frances
great naval station of Bizerta and of E;ngland's
mighty fortress of Malta.
Naturally. so long as the harem system con-
tinues slavery will remain in existence. For
without this form OF servttude the seragliO is
impossible. AS long as the harem is retained
feature Of Oriental Hfe so long will slav-
cry endure and it is hardly necessary to add
that the slave trade is indispensable to the
retention of slavery. The work accomplished
by Great Britain in the Red Sea has shown
how much can be done by a small force OF
gunboats toward the suppression of the trade
elsewhere. Could it's only remaining outlets on
the Mediterranean shores of Morocco, and in
particular of Tripoli. be arrested by similar
means. not only would the slave trade itself
disappear, but likewise a great step would be
won toward the disappearance of slavery AMI
Of the seragliO- perhaps the most demoralizins
and debasinS features of Oriental life. All that
is necessary is a common understanding be-
tween the great powers. and concerted action
at Constantnople. The various governments
might be unwilling to take the initial step in a
movement of this kind. That must be left to
popular sentiment, which is likely to prove more
effective than anything else in influencing the
governments OF the great powers to compel
the Sultan of Turkey to observe his treaty
obligations in connection with the slave trade
II must be thoroughly understood that the
Sultan's pledges in this matter are restricted 10
the slave trade. and not to the system Of sIav-
cry. The latter Is to such an extent part and
parcel Of the social system in the Orient that
1t is idle to dream OF suppressing it by any other
means than the stopping of the supply of
slaves Indeed. there are few foreign govern
ments which could aEord to approach the Sui
tan, or any other -Asatic African ruler. with
demand for the abolition of slavery For
slavery hoUriskes in most OF the Oriental de-
peHien'ies Of the great powers Of Christendom
and und- their flSs Thus. John EGu tolerates
s'lyery not criy IL Zanzibar -,ut in other vassal
states of Africa. but Hke@I-e IN India. merely
insisting that no English ot:Sfas shall be called
u:on to give tEeir support to the institution by
taking any part in the rec42ture OF runaway
New-York tribune., 1907-01-20

stantinOple and elsewhere I'm European Turkey.
and it is for this reason that the Sublime Porte
retains so strong hold upon this province and
displays so much jealousy with regard TO the
admission of foreigners. The latter are not
welcome Boats and vessels arriving at
Tripoli are forced to land at a quay at the
further end of which big and ominous looking
gate alone gives access to the city and TO the
country beyond. Before the foreigner is al
lowed to pass through this gate he himself and
his papers are subjected to far fron friendly
and exceedingly strict examination which as
often as not ends in the visitor being requested
to take himself back on board the ship which
brought him. The officials who thus guard
TripoH wear the uniform of the Sublime Porte.
and as there are no outsiders in the shape of
diplomats or missionaries to clamor for the in
PRODUCTION of reforms and innovations Tripoli
remains the one corner of the dcmiEionS of the
Sultan where his authority is still absolute and
exercised in purely Oriental fashion. unham-
pcrcd 10y the restrictions Of Western civilization.
Tripoli. which is usually known as 'Trpo!i
and Barbary" in order to distinguish it from the
Syrian town of Tripoli. for many hundreds
of years famous as the principal lair Of the
called Barbary pirates. corsairs, who con-
stituted the scourge of the Mediterranean Lying
midway between Tunis and Egypt it was a
of the Romans and OF the Greeks under the
name of Cyrenaica until conquered by the Arabs.
twelve centuries ago. In the sixteenth century
the city Of Tripcli was held for a few Years first
by Ferdinand the Catholic OF Spain. and then
by the knights Of 81. John. who were expelled
however by the f2mous Turkish corsafr Dragut
His descendants retained possession Of Tripoli
which in the first Ind second decades of the
nineteenth century. was the scene of some Of
the most heroic feats in the history OF the Amer
lean navy. under the command Of Commodore
Stephen Decatur and ruled there until lS35
when the Turks took advantage OF 4 ciyn war
to seize the country which has been admin
isterod as 4 province Of the Ottoman Empire
ever since.
Tripolis principal export is that OF slaves from
The great Negro empires OF Wadai and Rornu. OF
export which could he easily stopped by the
presence OF a few gunLoats. maintaining the
same kind of patrol OF the coast as England
keeps in force in the Red Sea. OF course. this
could not be done without creating difhcuiues
with the Sublime Porte. and possibly the diplo-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-07-23
ARDM0RE, INDIAN TERRITORY
SOUTHERN DISTRICT.


SOUTHERN DISTRICT.
Notice is hereby given that be
tween the hours Of 10 m. and 8
o'clock p. M, on the second day Of
August, 1907, in front Of the United
States Court House at Ardmore, In
dian Territory, will sell at public
auction to the highest bidder on a
credit Of three months with approved
security, the revesionary interests Of
Jewel 0vertOn, Benjamin Overton and
Willis U. Overton in the allotment Of
Stella M. Overton, deceased, described
as follows:
The southwest quarter Of the north
east quarter; the northwest quarter Of
the southeast quarter; the southwest
quarter Of the southwest quarter Of
the southeast quarter; All in section
81. And the west half Of the south
west quarter Of the southwest quart
ter Of section 80: all in Township
North, Range West. Also the south
east quarter Of section 81, Township
z North, Range 5 West.
RUEL ]. OVERTON,
Curator
78 30 d.
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