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The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-11-06
Dangers Of Railway Travel In Russia.

st. Petersburg-It is announced
here that the tour of inspection just
concluded by the minister OF ways
and communication through southern
Russia. the Caucasus, Turkistan and
central Asia, had revealed complete
chaos in the railroad system. The
statement is made that the railroads
are in the hands of revoutionaries and
that plans for armed uprising are
spreading everywhere. The minister
himself narrowly escaped having @
bomb hurled at him at Askabad.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-11-06
Seven Persons Killed In a Wreck on
the Rhine.

Berlin.--A mixed freight and pas
senger train was derailed on Friday
on the Brohl Valley road, near Bin
gen-on.the-RhiEe Six persons were
killed and fourteen dangerously
wounded. The train was passing over
a bridge and high embankment when
the locomotive and passenger car
we're derailed and fell To the bottom
Of the valley The freight cars, which
were loaded with stone, fell upon the
passenger car, not one OF wLC.e Occu.
pants escaped injury
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-11-06
Japs PaY for American steeI.

New York.--All records in the price
for rails hitherto sold for export were
broken last Saturday, when the United
States Steel Products company, which
takes care OF the foreign business OF
the United States Steel corporation,
closed a cable contract from the ad-
mihlstration OF the japanese govern
ment railroads. calling for the ship
ment of 1900 tons on basis which
will net $50 a ton at the mills. This
is nearly 81 ton in excess OF the
price for rails intended for use In the
United states
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-11-06
Murder is the Result Of a Halloween
Prank.

Tucson, Aria Halloween prank
resulted in murder Thursday night In
Tucson. Ramon Layota, aged 20. with
companions, stretched a wire across
the sidewalk. which tripped a Chinese
merchant named Wong The latter
drew a revolver and shot into a build
ing. killing Lavota Instantly The muir
deror attempted 20 escape, but was
caught after "a chase by a score Of by
ISLANDERS. aud narrowly escaped lynch
ing. lie Is now I'm jail.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-11-06
AMERICANS WIN IN SALT LAKE
Republican Candidate for Mayor Fin.
ished Second and Democratic
Candidate Was Third.

Salt Lake City.-John s. Bransford
American, was elected mayor of Salt
Lake City on Tuesday by a plurality
OF $500 votes over DIR. Charles G.
Plummor. Republican. his nearest op.
ponent. Mr.. Bransford received 1l.774
votes to 6,274 for Plummer and $3.50
for Richard p. Morris. Democrat. The
American nominee came within 1862
votes OF receiving as many as both Of
his principal opponents combined.
The Socialist vote was a negligible
quantity. The entire American city
ticket was elected by pluralities rang.
ing from 5,l44 to 1919.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-11-06
British Railway Employees May co On
Strike.

London.--At a meeting of railroad
men held Sunday night at Bert hall,
and attended by Populations from all
parts OF the United Kingdom, Richard
Bell, NJ. r., general secretary Of the
Amalgamated Society of Railroad Ser
wants, and leader of the strike move,
ment. announced the result of the bal.
lot taken among members of the SO.
Hety on the question OF a strike, He
announced that SS.134 papers had
been returned, of which 7G.925 were
in favor of striking, while S.77S ere
opposed 70 30 doing
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-11-06
WIN Build Airships.

New York-The incorporation OF
another airship company IS reported
On New Jersey. Hyman Lazerus, WI
liam Shahiro ami Jul US W. De
Uhrucz, he last named a titled Aus
TRAN with a bent toward invention,
have incorporated the Bayonao Aerial
Navigation company. Bayonne Is a
suburb of New York City. The com
pany Is capitalized at 500 900 and viii
begin turning out rsbips next r b-
ruary. possibly IN or near Bayonne, I
its plans carry Mr. De Uhrocz Is the
inventor OF the machine.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-11-06
Donated Millions to Museum.

Chicago.-The Field Museum of Nat
ural History profits by decision rem
dered by Judge Cutting of the probate
court on Monday to the extent OF
$4,000. The money in question was
paid by the late Marshall Field TO the
trustees of the museum prior to the
date of his will. which contained a
bequest of $S,00OOO0 to the institution.
A suit was brought by the trustees
against the executors OF the will Ia
determine whether or not the bequest
was intended to be exclusive Of the
amount previously donated
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-11-06
A MONSTER INFANT.
Child Eight Months Old That Weighs
40 Pounds.

Chicago,-A dispatch to the Tribune
from Parkersburg, w. Va, says: A
remarkable freak OF nature is an in.
FAINT Of w. II. Banes, an employee OF
a factory In Matoaka. The babe,
which is named william Edward
Banes. is only 8 months old. and
weighs ITO pounds The babe at
birth was of normal weight, but has
increased steadily In weight. until II
is now a prodigy and weighs almost
as much as its mother.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-11-06
Maniac Makes Break for Liberty.

Versailles.-Henry Huntington es-
capped on Monday from the asylum
where he was confined, by climbing
over wall, but after a fierce struggle
with the keepers, who caught him be-
fore he got away: he was returned to
confinement Huntington is the young
American who, last July. shot and
wounded his two brothers and two
sisters at the bedside OF his dying
father in this city. A week after he
was pronounced by medical experts TO
be totally irresponsible. It now de-
velops that he has acute mania.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-11-06
nln conenIraey Uncovered.

Chicago .--Goyernment officials be-
lieve that In the arrest OF Miss Eta
Mclean, the stenographer, aud Alex
ander b, Gordee. a printer they have
uncovered a conspiracy 10 steal the
governments information in the case
OF John II w. walsh, the former pres.
ident of the Chicago National bank.
ander indictment for alleged mlsap-
preparation of the funds of the bank.
Mr. Walshs attorney said that Gordee
had offered to sell TO him important
Information. but that he declined the
vffer.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-11-06
Railroads VIII Be Forced TO Issue
interchangeable Mileage Books.

Albany. Every railroad operating
in this state will be summoned before
the public service commission on No.
vember 20, to show cause why they
should not be directed by the commits.
sion 10 Issue interchangeable mileage
books Of 1000 and 500 miles at a uni.
form rate of two cents ana Without
many Of the restrictions nov placed
upon the sale OF mileage books by
sore Of the larger compnnloa.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-11-06
Democratic Mayor for Ogden.

Ogden, Utah.-Brewer, the Demo
cratic nominee for mayor, was elected
by a majority of 176, but the balance
OF the Republican ticket managed to
pull through. The Democrats elected
three of the councilmen, which. with
the two followers, gives them half Of
that body, and a control of the city's
affairs
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-11-06
Provo is Democratic.

Provo.-An ordinary Republican
majority of 300 or whereabouts was
overturned completely when Charles
Becker the Democratic candidate,
was elected mayor over j. II. Frisbee,
the Republican nominee. The vote
stood 1135 to 900
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-11-06
FLOUR MILLS CLOSE DOWN,
Mlllers of Minneapolis Forced to Re
duee Their Output.

duee Their output.
Minneapolis TO financial
conditions which prevent the placing
of advance orders, the flour mills OF
the Consolidated company were shut
down early Tuesday, and other com
panies either reduced their output OF
arranged to close for time. Another
factor in the situation is the extreme
ly high price OF wheat which has op
Grated TO raise the price of h1ur to a
point where buyers are in waiting
attitude.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-11-06
RETURNS FROM
VARIOUS STATES
In lew Icrk City the Fusion Ticket
Goes Down to Defeat Before
Powerful Tammany.

Tom johnson viii be Mayor Of cleve.
land for Another Two Years
American Party Victorious in
Salt Lake City, While og-
den and Provo Elect
Democratic Mayors.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-01-24
Conductor Blair Killed.

COLUMBIA, Jan. ia sensational
shooting occurred here today. McCully
A. Blair, conductor on the Columbia,
Newberry and Laurens road, was shot at
8 O'Clock this afternoon at his home on
Laurens street and died an hour after
wards. His young and handsome wife
is held at her home under arrest to ex-
plain the cause of the tragedy.
Just before his death Blair is said to
have made the statement that his wife
shot him.
Mrs. Blair admits that the pistol was in
her hand when the fatal shot was fred,
but she says it was accidental. She says
her husband threatened to beat her, and
in the scuffle which ensued the pistol was
discharged.
& Before marriage Mrs. Blair was Miss
Ethel Wade Darlington, of Greensboro,
II. g. She is very handsome, and has two
children, both small. Blair was about 40
years of age.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-01-24
The Place.

"You can't very we'll miss it," said
neck whiskered and pessimistically in -
clined Farmer Bentover, in reply to the
inquiry of the stranger. "Just keep on
along the road, till you come to white
house, on the right-hand side, with green
blinds, where there's a commanding sized
woman inside, shaped considerably like
clothes horse, trimming hat, or sewing
8 rag mat, or something of the sort, and at
the same time putting up preserves, rock
ing the cradle, believing in predestination
and literal hell, picking flaws in the en-
tire neighborhood, watching to see every
body that passes by, wondering to gra-
cious where they are going, and what for,
and giving large, angular pieces Of her
mind to a small, frightened-looking hus-
band, who appears to be on the point,
most of the time, of the time, of trying
to crawl inside of himself, as kangaroo
is said to hide in its own watch pocket in
time of danger. Yes, that's where my
second cousin, Canute J. Pennypacker,
lives" ."-Smart Set.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-01-24

From statistics published in Washing
ton last Tuesday it is shown that the
government is paying the railways three
times as much on the average for the
transportation of mail matter as the ex-
press companies, pay to roads for like
services. On the basis Of the postmaster
generals estimates publishing firms assert
that the government during the fiscal
year ending June, 1907, will pay the roads
almost $32,OO0,OOO more than the express
companies would pay them for handling
an equal tonnage. The statistics dealing
with the matter have been prepared by
the printers and publishers for the pur-
pose of reducing the annual postoft1ce
deficit by reducing the outlay for the
transportation of mails and thus being
the means of preventing an increase il
the rate for second.class mail matter.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-01-24
CARRIED TO COLUMBIA
Man Who was Shot in Row at Spring.
field Now at Hospital.

William Fleming, the travelling photo
grapher who was shot at Sprin gheld neal
Orangeburg last Tuesday, was broughtto
Columbia yesterday and is now at the
State hospital. Fleming, it appears, was
a member of the Order of Eagles at
Brooklyn and that lodge wired the Col
umbia aerie to see that he was taken care
of by the members. Secretary Fox engag'
ed w. Boyd Evans as counsel to have
him removed to Columbia and hearine E
will be given as soon as he is able to be
out. Fleming became involved in row
with Chief of Police Holloway and CAL
vim Cooper, both of Springfield. In the
shooting all of the men were wounded
in the thigh and Fleming was also shot
in the abdoment As be is prisoner, he
was taken to the State hospital for treat
ment rather than to the city hospital. He
was suffering considerably in jail.-The
State.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-01-24
Sweet Beef.

So cattle have the "sweet tooth" like
bears and human beings! An experiment
of feeding stock with black molasses has
been successful by a scientific stock
breeder, his cattle greedily partaking of
the sweet stuff which was mixed with
their evening corn. Moreover, the poor
things when slaughtered were found to
be sweetened clean through, the beef
being pronounced superior to that of less
pampered stock. A sort of sugar cured"
steak will be the next delicacy from the
Jungle.-Boston Herald.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-01-24
ssProsperity of the People.

The country waits until the railroads
And great trusts and corporations make
their annual reports, showing the i'm.
:mense 'snet earnings" they have wrench
cd from the pockets of the people and
then there is tremendous clatter about
the "great prosperity of the people"
These financial magnates are not 1.-The
people" and every dollar of profit that
they make on watered stock is stolen
from the people. The people are pros
porous, it is true, but they are so in spite
OF the way in which they have been
robbed by these land pirates. They
would be more prosperous if they could
be protected against such robbers.-Fair-
fax fVa.) Herald.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-01-24
Fish Crop of Great Lake.

The fish stories of the Great Lakes are
both big and true. Practically every
variety of fresh-water fish in common
use as food is found in the Great Lakes.
The principal yield is trout, white-fsh
and herring, but there are dozens of other
kinds that are taken in considerable
quantities. Even the despised sucker re-
presents a value of $12l, ,576 in the latest
report by the national bureau of fisheries.
Surgeons we're caught to the value of
$89, 1874, yellow perch amounted to $780,
$50. pike perch or wall-eyed pike to
81 ,2S5, turtles to $2,S72.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-01-24
Shooting at Springfield.

SPRINGFIELD, January 15.-William
Fleming, a photographer, was shot
through the thigh and stomach today and
fatally wounded. Chief of Police Hollo.
way is shot through the thigh and Calvin
Cooper is seriously wounded in the thigh.
During the afternoon Fleming and a
friend who had been drinking began tor
menting horses of farmers left in wagon
lot. When the cop attempted to arrest
the two men, they resisted, drawing guns.
Cooper was pressed into service by the
officer and immediatly battle ensued.
Fleming took Holloway unawares and
fired ball through his thigh, and turning
the pistol on Cooper, wounded him in a
serious manner. While ON the ground
Holloway shot Fleming in the thigh and
stomach.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-01-24

Maj. J. C. Hemphill, editor Of the
Charleston News and Courier, is being
talked of as candidate for United States
senator in the race next year. 1t would
be a pity to consume such good news
paper material to produce such very
ordinary and unimportant substance as
Uuiled Stat 8 senator, but if Major
Hemphill is willing there are lots of peo-
ple'in the state who will be glad of the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES journal.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-01-24

Some persons oppose an income tax on
4he ground that it makes "liars" of men.
Upon the same ground all taxes could be
opposed. A mule is purchased today for
$500 and returned tomorrow at about $50.
Not few individuals will have a snug
sum in bank and possibly pocket full
OF mortgages, and yet when returns are
made for the year no moneys or Credits
are mentioned. The question of taxation
has been difficult problem for thousands
of years, and will continue to be until
Gabriel blows his trumpet.-Edgeheld
Advertiser.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-01-24
Truth Will Win.

A lady at the tables could not make
up her mind on which number to place
her money. Seeing her hesitation, her
neighbor said to her: "Do as I do, ma
dam. Put your money on the number
which corresponds to your age" The
lady thereupon planted her louis on No.
%, and the winning number was 36.
"Ah, madam" said her gallant neigh Dor,
"If you had only followed my advice.
La Vie Pour Rire.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-01-24
dreenviHe to Get Library.

GREENvILLE, January 17,-News has
been received here from Andrew Car
negie's secretary to the effect that Mr..
Carnegie will give this city $4,000 for
the erection of library on the condition
that the city will make an agreement to
furnish $1.500 annually for the mainten-
snce of the institution. The proviso has
been complied with and the free library
is certain The Neblett Library here
will likely be incorporated in the new
one, since it is proposed to erect the new
building on the same site.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-01-24
Got This Instead,

A man recently wrote to an official OF
the Southern Railway for pass.
This was the reply he received:
Everybody works but father;
He rides around all day,
Big Mogul on railroad,
He don't have to pay.
Little Johnny's walking y
Also brother Bill;
Sos the whole Dam family
Since Hepburn passed his bill.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-01-24

Builds up waste tissue, promotes arpe-
tite, improves digestion, induces reire b.
ing sleep, gives renewed streng b
and health That's what HolIistel g
Rocky Mountain Tea does. 50 ceu's,
Tea or Tablets. Il. F. Hoover.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-01-24

Possesses wonderful medicinal power
over the human body, removing all dis
! orders from your system, is what Hollis
rer's Rocky Mountain Tea will do
Makes you well, keeps you well. IS
cents, Tea or Tablets. H. F. Hoover.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-01-24
Thursday, Jan. Oath, 1907

The legislature has begun its usual
practice of taking holidays. The
body has adjourned on Friday for
the past two weeks. But they
charge for the time just the same,
and the people pay the bills.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-01-24

Senator Carlisle, of Spartanburg,
has introduced a marriage license law
in the Senate, and the judiciary COM
mittee has recommended its passage.
Such a law is needed in this State,
and it is to be hoped it will pass both
fhe senate and house. I.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-01-24
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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-01-24

That's the house the Doctor built,
The biggest house you see;
Thank goodness he don't get our money
For we take HOLSTERS Rocky Noun
tain Tea. q. F. Hoover.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1907-04-26
OF Interest to
All Farmers
Who Are in Touch With the
Farmers Educational
And Cooperative
Union.

Those who are in touch with
the Farmers Educational and
Cooperative Union Of America
and it's growth in Mississippi re-
port a most phenomenal growth
and this is justified Dy the figures.
Just thirteen months ago the or
ganizatisn was started in the
State with a membership of 4,
500 and the work of upbuilding
was at first slow, but the more
the order added to it's member
ship and the more branches es-
tablished, the faster became it's
growth until today President
Bass reports a membership in
this State of over $4,000, When
first organized the Union went
into debt to the extent of $175
for the purpose of providing just
the bare stationery and other
accessories for Office work and
preservation of records, which
debt has been expunged and the
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1907-04-26
Some Jokes
LITTLE JOKER.

Mr.. Editor, will you be so kind
as to give me room for few
words in your paper. Well, we
have a heap of candidates out
already, but they won't near all
be out until the August primary.
There are SO many smart men
running for Office until I'm afraid
crops will fall short for the want
of superintendent.
We have some fine talking
gentlemen in the field, one old
gentleman came to see papa and
before he left he had we boys
feeling mighty bad, he said he
wanted the Magistrates office;
he said he was in the war and a
Cannon ball hit him in the head
and knocked out piece of his
skull and the doctor mended it
with silver plate, and after the
battle was over at Franklin, he
pulled off his boots and they
we're full of buck shot. [ hope
he will go through. We had a
candidate for Supervisor to see
US. he said if he Was elected he
would pass law to make the
briers grow with the sticky side
in, and my brother said he was
not two faced man, if he was
he would be sure to wear the
other face, so I told my brother
he could't fool me [ had seen
them things before. Well, we
had one candidate for Treasurer
he said we needed a smart man
to fill that office and there was
some mighty smart men in his
county and the further back you
went the smarter they got and
he was from away back yonder.
I have a fine lot of kin folks
running this time and | want to
get them all together and have
their pictures taken before the
election, after the election I'm
afraid they won't look like moth
ing.-Kilmicheal Record.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1907-04-26
Privilege Tax Notice.

All privilege taxes are due and
Payable the first Of May, and II
not paid within the month OF
May, the law forces the tax col
lector to collect double the origin
al amount.
AS [ haye no discretion what
ever in the matter, [ trust that
all parties who are subject to
a privilege tax will come forward
and pay same promptly, and save
me the necessity of enforcing the
heavy penalty.
Med. MCILWAIN,
- Tax Collector.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1907-04-26
Read the STARKvILLE NEWS
A Boquet.

The Star-Ledger editor and
Harold Sanders visited the A. &
NJ. College the first of the week.
The A. & M. boys constitute
as fine a student body as can be
found in the South. The future
welfare of the church, state and
nation will be safe in their hands.
Star Leader.
Boys, this IS a great compli-
ment and many of you will learn
to better appreciate it in after
wears. The affairs of Church
and State must rest upon the
rising generation of young men
and young women.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1907-04-26

Union now has a balance of more
than 5000 to its credit. This
rapid growth is attributed to the
fact that it is a de facto organi-
zation, composed of re-enough
practical farmers; men who know
what it is to walk long and weary
miles day in and day out driving
"Old Beck" and turning tn esod
of either their own on their rent
ed acres; who ave experience
in rolling and piling logs, splitting
rails and raising houses or barns
on the cooperative and purely
mutual plan. These are the men
who are getting into the organ
ization and making it strong and
helpful, and whose ambition is
to keep it strong and and free
from politics. President Bass
and Organizer M. A. Brown,
of Yazoo. are now on the rounds
and have a number of appoint
ments ahead of points where
they have made arrangements
to speak in the interest Of the
Union.-Yazoo City Herald,
We believe that we have but
one lodge within the County and
that at old Wake Forest just two
miles north of Sturgis. We un-
derstand that there will be sever
al other lodges organized during
the spring and summer.
Since writing the above we un-
derstand that three camps have
been organized in the Western
portion of the county.