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The Washington herald., 1907-06-05
GOVERNMENT LOSES APPEAL.
Cannot Try c. A. Evans and Harry
J. O'DOnneII Again.

By decision rendered yesterday the
Court Of Appeals declined to take juris-
dlction Of an appeal by the United States
in the case OF Charles a. Evans and
Harry J. O'Donnell. charged with mur-
der and acquitted I'm the District Supreme
Court. last February. At the trial the
prosecution offered in evidence alleged
confessions made by the accused TO police
officers, which were rejected by Justice
Barnard. who presided al the trial. and
the government appealed.
Il is the opinion Of the higher court that,
although the code provides for appeals
in criminal cases by the United States,
such appeals will not lie when the de-
fendant has been acquitted. as a new trial
could not be ordered without violating the
Constitutional provision against the plac-
ing Of person twice in jeopardy for the
same crime.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-05
A FRAUD-LoOK OUT FOR HIM.

Any solicitor who comes to you
with prize scheme, representing
himself, directly or indirectly, TO
be connected with this newspaper.
The Washington Herald, Is fraud
and an imposter, bent upon swim
ding you. BE ON the lookout for
him and turn him over 10 the
police.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-05
Largest Morning Circulation.

All advertising contracts made by
The Washington Herald are based
upon its sworn circulation-a circula-
tion in Washington larger by thou
sands than was ever before attained
by any morning newspaper at the Cap
ital. Its books are open.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-05
TOO MUCH LIMELIGHT
Seeing-W WashingtOn Lectur-
ers EmbarraSS Officials.
POINTED OUT AS CURIOSITIES

Members and other Public
Men Made the Center of Tourists
Gaze-Their Families Also Being
Picked out for the Entertainment
of the VisItors-Pete Disguised.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-05
Preceded by Dinner.

I SAY YOUR I'D IN THE HERALD
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-25
The Meaning Of "callber."

All who have to do with firearms
know that the word "caliber" refers to
the diameter OF the bore Of shoot.
ing piece. Thus pistol Of .22caliber
means one In which the bullet ia TWEEN
ty-two one hundredths Of an inch Ia
diameter, while .45-caliber means
one with diameter Of forty-fye one
hundreths. There Is. however, more
extended use of the word. which Is I'M
derstood by comparatively few people
outside OF army and navy circles and
gunmakers. "a 50-caliber 6-inch gun"
says naval man. means one that Is
so times six inches. or rs feet long.
the length being given in terms of the
diameter OF the bore. In the same
way 1915 pistol means one the bar
rel Of which is ten times the diameter,
or four and a half inches long. This
nomenclature is found convenient be-
cause the shooting qualities Of piece
depend In some measure on the ratio
OF Its length to its diameter
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-25
TRAITS OF BURMESE GIRLS.
Not All OF Them Are Too Good Fol-
&C the Earth.

The Burmese girl when she Is good
is so very good that nothing like her
is to be found out Of the books for
young ladies of the early part OF le It
century. But for all that she does not
mind being eloped with, II there Is
nothing expected of her but TO be
seized in the street, and bundled into
a carriage or boat, and carried off to
some place where her silks will not
be too much rumpled, and where there
Is plenty of cocoanut oil for her hair.
The Burmese girls who are not so
very good-and there are quite a lot
OF them-are not so easily eloped with.
They dislike the worry OF 1t, when
things can be managed 80 much more
simply and without the notoriety
which makes a divorce and fresh
combination so much more trouble
some. They like variety, and are
quite of the opinion OF the misguided
small boy who said the marriage Of
one man to one woman was called
monotony.-Chicago American.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-25
REMEDY DID NOT WORK.
Youngster Evidently Would Take
Years Getting to Sleep.

Some ten or dozen years ago my
brother next older than myself, then
about seven years old. was finding
some difficulty in getting to sleep,
says a writer In the Boston Herald.
My father, noticing his apparent rest
lessness. went up to his room and
asked him what was the trouble.
and upon learning the difficulty pre-
scribed-my father is a physician--for
him as follows:
so you can't sleep Well now
I'll tell you something that will just
put you to sleep in no time. and that
is counting. You begin now and coun /
slowly up to, say, 100, and then, IL
necessary, count another hundred, and
then, possibly another, and before you
know 1t you'll be sleeping just like a
top
"All right replied my brother, Il Il
try it."
Everything remained quiet until
shortly after 10 o'clock, when my
father started upstairs to retire.
AS he passed the door Of my broth.
er's room little, high-pitched voice
piped out of the darkness:
Papa"
Eyes, my boy"
What comes after trillions?"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-25
bennington BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

Glass ware. china, enamel ware
tin, etc, etc, at Ramsdells.
Richard Casey of the west part of
the town is shingling his house.
Over $4,000 was netted as result
of the recent bazaar for the benefit of
st. Francis de Sales church.
Dinner sets, right prices, at Rams
dell's-you will need one for Thanks
giving.
Closing out sale of ladies coats and
dress skirts all at cost prices at
Rosters.
II. Harry Levin is in New York City
this week where he is purchasing
goods for the holiday trade.
Ready to be dressed are the kid
body dolls offered at lowest prices
10, 20, 80 SO to $SsS at Rosters.
Mrs. H. l.. Stillson will leave tomor-
row for a ten days visit with her
daughter, Mrs. John Hanson in Brook.
lyn.
Miss Ella Purcell of Dewey street
is spending couple of weeks with
Mary Casey in the west part of the
town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Adams, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Barnes and Mr.. and
Mrs. Eddington will spend Thanks
giving in New Berlin.
The floor in Academy hall is being
put in first class shape for the Thanks.
giving hops given by the Mount An
thony Social club Thanksgiving after
noon and evening.
Maple syrup and soft maple sugar.
Also buckwheat -four and prepared
pancake -four. Fine combination and
both at low prices for first class goods
at |. E. Gibson Co. store. 1918
The football game, which was to
have been played at the Athletic field
Saturday afternoon between the Cata-
! mount second team and North Ad-
ans eleven was cancelled by the lat
ter.
The work of putting an addition on
the Roberts homestead at the Center
is progressing rapidly. The new part
is already boarded in and the roof
has been started. Walter Durham has
charge of the work.
Work on St Peters new Episcopal
church is progressing rapidly Nearly
all the stone work is completed and
work on the roof has already been
started. 1t looks now as II the edifce
will be closed in before the winter
sets In.
The Philathet Union and Miss Brig
hams class of the Baptist Sunday
school will hold a joint social In the
Sunday school rooms of the church to-
night at eight o'clock prompt. Every
girl who has been connected with
either class at any time will be made
welcome. Come and have a good time
with the rest of us.
A boy in the west part of the town
brought a revolver to school with him
recently and at recess amused himself
by shooting out the window lights of
the school building. The teacher and
some of the younger members of the
school became very much alarmed and
called for help. The school commits.
sioner In that part of the town went to
the school and put the boy out without
much ceremony, This must be the eff.
feet of reading detective stories or the
Brownsville raid.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-25
TREATMENT FOR
BRIGHT'S DISEASE
(Honolulu's Evening Bulletin

(t1onOluluS Evening Bulletln.)
1t is curious but satisfactory fact
that chronic Brights Disease which,
according to medical authorities, is an
incurable and fatal disease, is now ac-
tually being cured. We have not at
tached Importance to the statements
OF recoveries we have seen in the pap
ers from the states but that they are
not all rumors is now evident from sew
eral recoveries here.
A. II, Otis of the Honolulu Drug Co.,
tells us OF two interesting cases. One
was swollen with dropsy due to ad-
vanced Bright's disease and both the
patient and his physician had given up
hope. Otis kept urging trial of the
new treatment until the patient fin
ally consented. Recovery was com.
plete, the patient leaving a few months
later for California where he now re.
sides.
Another case was that of an officer
on one of the island steamers. He
was in hospital and considered hope.
less when put on this treatment. He
has now been back at his post for
some time.
Otis says there are few failures but
that 1t requires patience-Honolulu
Bulletin.
w. L. Gokay and B. A. Quinlan heard
about this and sent for 1t in the inter.
est OF patients here. They will be
pleased to give any one calling full in.
formation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-25
Fooled the Wise Men.

Leibnitz, one of the great men OF
literature, who died in 1716, wished
to Join a society Of alchemists who
were prosecuting search for the
philosophers stone. He compiled a
letter from the writings Of the most
celebrated alchemists and sent 1t to
the society The letter consisted OF
the most obscure terms he could find
and he himself, he said, did not under.
stand a word OF it. Afraid 10 be
thought ignorant the society invited
him to its meetings and made him sec.
retary.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-25
A Card.

We. the undersigned, do hereby
agree to refund the money on a 80
cent bottle of Greene's Warranted Sy-
rup OF Tar If 1t fails to cure your
cough or cold. We also guarantee a
20 cent bottle to prove satisfactory or
money refunded
Hyde's Drug Store G. H. Houghton
j. M. Ayres, A. S. Hathaway,
Harwood Drug Store
G. r. and A. B. Hawkins
d. A. Ward, o. e Adams,
B A. Quinlan, e. G. Woodwork,
w. L. Gokay. o. e. Adams & Co.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-25
The New Pure Food and DRUG Law.

We are pleased to announce that Fo-
ley's Honey and Tar for coughs, colds
and lung troubles Is not affected by
the National Pure Food and Drug law
as 1t contains no opiates or other harm
full drugs, and we recommend 1t as a
safe remedy for children and adults.
Quinlan's Pharmacy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-25
Removal Notice

Having more space In her new stand Miss
Alice Foley is putting In larger line OF goods
than she has ever carried. She will carry q
large line Of underwear. hanneette night robes
and pettic0ats, white petticoats Of all varieties
anu black silk pettcoats. ladies' knitted blouses
and jackets; aprons, black and white and ging.
ham. A large line Of waists, colored white and
black, silk, lawn and sateen. A large line Of
hose, fleece lined, merino and cotton, and o
"a complete line OF notions.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-07-04
TERRITORY STORMSWEpT
The Oil Region Around Tulsa Again
Visited.
Three Persons KilIed-Hundreds of
Derricks Blown Down-Property
Loss Is 100000.

Tulsa, IT-Three people are known
to have been killed, several are re-
ported injured and property lost to
the amount of at beast $1,000,000 by a
tornado which passed over this sec
ton Wednesday morning The dead
are Frank Roper, and two unknown
men, all oil-field workmen, killed by
falling rigs The storm came from
the north and was an old-fashioned
twister. 1t Travelled due south until il
struck hill just north of Tulsa, when
it struck off southeast, through West
Tulsa and Red Fork, from Red Fork
shooting south through the heart of
the Glenn field
The loss of the lives occurred in the
Glenn field where also was the great
est property damage Mammoth steel
tanks were blown down, one hundred
derricks were demolished, rigs and
tanks were destroyed by lightning
The camp or the Gulf Pipe Line com
pany was wiped off the map and the
village of Kiefer, adjoining the Glenn
oil field suffered great destruction
Red Fork and the Red Fork Oil field
and jerks, at the north limit of the
Glenn oil field, were scenes of wreck
and ruin.
The storm left trail of destruction
for distance of 60 miles north of
Tulsa on its southwark Journey Bar
tlesville reports large property loss
ND
houses were demolished in Collinsville
The Bird Greek and Skiatuck oil
fields were riddled.
Over $50 derricks are reported down
in the Glenn pool and it is said all the
oil derricks in the Usage nation have
been swept away. Fifty-four derricks
are reported down at Turley. At
Maize houses We're overturned and
brick buildinga9 demolished
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-07-04
SIGNS FOR PAST SHOWS.
Mark Twain Regrets Vanished Joys Of
Other Days.

Where now is Billy Rice? He was
Joy to me, and so were the other
stars of the igger-show-Billy Birch.
David Wambold, Backus and a de-
lightful dozen of their brethren who
made life pleasure to me 40 years
ago and later. Birch, Wambold and
Backus are gone years ago; and with
them departed to return no more for
ever, 1 suppose, the real nigger-show
the genuine nigger-show, the ex-
travagant nigger-show-the show
which to me had no peer and whose
peer has not yet arrived, in my ex-
perience We have the grand opera;
and l have witnessed, and greatly en-
joyed, the first act of everything
which Wagner created, but the effect
OH me has always been so powerful
that one act was quite sufficient;
whenever l have witnessed two acts
l have gone away physically exhaust
ed, and whenever l have ventured an
entire opera the result has been the
next thing to suicide. But if / could
have the nigger-show back again, in
its pristine purity and perfection, 1
should have but little further use for
opera. 1t seems to me that to the
elevated mind and the sensitive spirit
the hand-organ and the nigger-show
are a standard and a summit to whose
rarefied altitude the other forms OF
musical art may not hope to reach
Mark Twain, in North American Re-
view
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-07-04
COFFEE COMPLEXION.
Many Ladies Have Poor Compilations
from Coffee.

Coffee caused dark cohred blotches
drinking it for a long while and these
blotches gradually appeared, until
finally they became permanent and
were about as dark as coffee itself.
81 formerly had as fine a complex
ion as one could ask for.
When l became convinced that cot
fee was the cause of my trouble,
changed and took to using Postum
Food Coffee, and as l made it well, &C.
cording to directions, liked it very
much, and have since that time used
it in place of coffee.
Il am thankful to say am not ner-
vous any more, as 1 was when I was
drinking coffee, and my complexion is
now as fair and good as it was years
ago. 1t is very plain that coffee caused
the trouble"
Most bad compilations are caused
by some disturbance of the stomach
and coffee is the greatest disturber of
digestion known. Almost any woman
can have fair complexion If she will
leave of coffee and use Postum Food
Coffee and nutritious, healthy food in
proper quantity. Postum furnishes
certain elements from the natural
grains from the field that Nature uses
to rebuild the nervous system and
when that is in good condition, one
can depend upon good complexion
as well as good healthy body.
There's a Reason" Read, 1.-THE Road
TO MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-07-04
HAPPENED AT BAD TIME.
Minister'S Fall Significant in View of
Previous Words.

In a small church in one of the min
ing towns of Pennsylvania was pull
pit both antique and unique. 1t was
about the size and shape of -four
barrel. was elevated from the floor
about four feet and was fastened to
the wall The ascent was by narrow
winding steps.
A minister from neighboring town,
q man of great vigor and vehemence.
preached there one Sunday. While
preaching he bent forward and shout
ed out with great force the words Of
his text:
The righteous shall stand, but the
wicked shall fall"
Just as these words escaped from
his lips, the pulpit broke from its
fastening, and he fell out and rolled
over on the floor before his congre-
cation. In an instant he was on his
feet again and said:
Brethren, l am not hurt, and
don't mind the fall much, but | dc
hate the connection"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-07-04
INJUNCTION DISSOLVED.
Oklahoma Supreme Court Set Aside
Judge Pancoast's Restraining Or
der-Election May Be Held.

Guthrie, Ok.-The Oklahoma su-
preme court Tuesday afternoon dis
solved the injunction issued by Judge
Pancoast restraining the constitutional
convention from submitting to a vote
of the people the constitution drawn
for the proposed new state of Okla
homa. The convention doubtless will
now be called together. Immediately
and a new date set for the election
set. The court also held that it had
no jurisdiction over the formation Of
new counties as provided in the con-
stitution. The division on this phase
was to 2. The finding of the court
is complete victory for the conven-
ton, which was prevented by the in
junction issued by District Judge
Pancoast from submitting the consti-
tuition for the proposed state of Ok
lahoma to the voters on August 6. If
the plans of the Democratic leaders
are carried out the convention will
be reassembled Immediately and
new date for the election named.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-07-04
INSURANCE INVESTMENTS.
How One company's Assets Are Dis
tributed in the South and West.

In connection with its withdrawal
from Texas, along with many other
companies, rather than to submit to
the new law which requires that 1870
of the reserves on Texas policies shall
be invested in securities of that state,
which securities shall be deposited in
the state and subjected to heavy taxa
ton, in addition to the large tax now
imposed on life insurance premiums,
the Equitable Life Assurance Society
has made public the distribution of it's
assets, at the end of the second year
of the new management. The Equit-
able now has $1O,95S, 900 invested in
Texas, which is twice as much as the
new law requires, but the manage
ment decided that to submit to the
additional taxation would be an injus-
tice to it's policyholders in other
states, which impose no such penalty
on the thrift of their citizens.
The Equitable's report shows that
more than 800 of its total reserves
are now invested in the southern and
western states, while only $50 of its
total insurance is carried in these
states. Its investments are distributed
as follows: Ala, $3,099,000; Ariz.,
s974,0O0; Ark, $4,03S 900; Cal, S.
$4,000; Col, 1922. 900; Fla, s4,924,-
900; Ga, s4.O4S,0O0; Idaho, $5,197 900;
ILL.,, $12,617, 900; Ind. Ter, $443,000;
Ind, s6,S36,oOO; Iowa, $3.50, 900; Kan
sas, s11.637, 900; KY, 1851 900; La,
sS,O54,OOO; Nd, $2,2O7O0O; Mich, S.
lO9, 1000; Mimi, s2,065, 900; Miss, $751;
900; Mo-, sS,197, 900; Mont, 81, $50 900;
Neb., s7,526,OOO; New, s64O,OOO; New
Mex, s1,976,0OO: N. c., $1.649, 900; N.
D.. s677,OOO; Ohio, s11,634,OO0; Okla,
s1,OO6,OOO; Ore, s1,158,OOO; S. C.
s975,OOO; S. D., s1,3O5,OOO; Tenn, ST..
100000; Utah, $2.134,O0O; Va, $685.
900; Wash, $4,000 w. Va, $5,52S,
900; Wis, S2,342 900; Wyo., So, 367, 900
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-07-04
HERE'S ONE ON THE ARookEv.-
Gets Sentry Call Twisted When Daz-
zIed by Commander.

A drummer sometimes gets his or
ders twisted, but never quite so badly
as the "rookey" saw down at Chick
amauga when the troops were being
mustered in for the Spanish-American
war, says travelling man in the St
Louis Post-Dispatch.
This boy, fresh from st. Louis, was
on the way to the front and proud of
It. He had his first assignment to
guard duty and he had been carefully
instructed as to calling who goes
there?''
The officer in command of the d.
vision was a dignified. martinez The
'..rookey" had never seen him. About
midnight the general came home from
q reception in town. He was all fixed
up in his dress toys and he was the
SWEETEST thing the new guard ever
saw. AS the general passed his post
the boy gaZed at him open-mouthed.
Just in time he remembered he was
expected to say something. So he
gasped:
There goes who?"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-07-04
No Permits for the Jans.

San Francisco, Calf. - The board
of police commissioners Thursday
denied the application of five Japa-
nese for the privilege of renewing
their permits to keep intelligence Of
fees in this city and refused two
Japanese applicants who desired to
obtain new permits for the same
business, on the ground that the ap-
plicants were not citizens of the
United States.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-07-04
Disapproved Pension Plans.

Washington, D. C. A sub-com-
mittee appointed by the president to
consider department methods. Tues
day disapproved the service pension
plans for government employees: The
disapproval of the committee applies
equally to any proposal that pensions
be paid to retired employees wholly
out of the federal treasury and all
measures providing for uniform
deduction of given per cent of ''fiat
rate assessment on salaries, all such
proving on analysis unfair either to
taxpayers or employees
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-07-04
ELEVEN YEARS OF ECZEMA.
Hands Cracked and 5Ieedins-NaiI
Came Off of Finger-Cuticura REM
edies Brought Prompt Relief.

81 had eczema on my hands for
about eleven years. The hands crack
ed open in many places and bled. One
of my fingers was SO bad that the nail
came off. l had tried so many rem
edies, and they all had failed to cure
me. l had seen three doctors, but got
no relief. Finally got cake of Cuti-
cura Soap, box of Cuticura Ointment
and two bottles of Cuticura Resolvent
Pills. Of course l keep Cuticura Soap
all the time for my hands, but the one
cake of Soap and half a box of Cuti-
cura Ointment cured them. I recon-
mend the Cuticura Remedies to all
suffering with eczema. Mrs. Eliza A.
Wiley, r. F. D. No. 2, Liscomb. Ia,
Oct. Is, 1906
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-07-04
Throw Bombs and lake Money

Tiflis.-A bomb was exploded on
Wednesday in Erivan square in the
center of the city while the place was
thronged with people. The object of
the bomb throwing was an attack OF
the treasury. A wagon containing
S125,000, escorted by Cossacks had
reached Erivan square when the bomb
was thrown and great explosion fol-
lowed. Two employees of the Imperial
bank were killed. The number of
other victims has not yet been ascer-
tatined. The bags containing the
money disappeared
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-07-04
Schmitz AGAIN Arraiuned.

San Francisco, Calf = Before
Judge Dunno Friday Mayor Schmitz
was arraigned on two indictments, one
charging him with accepting a bride
of $3,250 from the officials of the
San Francisco Gas and Electric COM
pany, the other charging him with
accepting a bride of $4,000 from the
United railroads. Judge Dunno set
July as the date on which the mayor
will answer these indictments.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-07-04

Hardening an ordinary drill in sui
phuric acid, states the English Me
chanic, makes an edge that will cut
tempered steel or facilitate cutting
hard rock The acid should be poured
into a fiat-bottomed vessel to depth
of about one-eighth of an inch. The
point of the drill is heated to a dull
cherry red, and dipped in the acid to
that depth. This makes the point
extremely hard, while the remainder
remains soft. If the point breaks, re-
harden, but with little less acid in
the vessel
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-07-04

Nevada. Mo-, July Two farmers
James Long and William Mitts, were
instantly killed by lightning near
Harwood, fifteen miller northeast of
this city, this afternoon
They were at work in the wheat
field and were close to a binding ma
chine when the fatal bolt came. The
metal of the machine is supposed to
have attracted the electric fluid.
Three of the horses hitehed to the
binder were also killed.