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Dealt with Accordingly.

In a letter sent to all or sundry Of the
members of the Cabinet Mr.. ROOSEVELT
warns oficeholdersSwho have been seek
ing election to the Republican national
convention with view to advocating
my denomination or proposing my in
dCrsement by StateS conventions that
they will be guilty Of -aserious violation
Of official prOpriety sand will be dealt
' with accordingly"
N Dealt with accordingly? VIII this
warning or threat remain mere words
and wind? About the same hour when
Mr.. LOEB was exhibiting this writ Of
prohibition Mr.. CURRY, Governor of New
Mexico, was proclaiming in Washington
the unchanged and unrepentant purpose
tuf the Presidents friends:
= kave not talked with the President about
hIs third term boom. No friend Of the President
mas to. We are going to have six delegates from
New Mexico. and the six will be instructed for
THBoDoRR ROOSEVELT. l am not going TO be a
delegate. and 1 suppose no Federal OahcIal will
be. but l will be At the convention whoOpIns It up
for the President. The real friends OF the PresI-
dent need no instruction from him. They can 20
ahead and DO JShat they think wise and best for
his interest"
Mr., CURRY wears the aureOle Of the
Rough Rider. He can do no wrong.
He is amenable to no discipline. He is
irremOvable er Oficio, save by and with
his advice and consent. If we record
his declaration of intentions il rs merely
TO show how stifrnecked the Presidents
most bosom and fanatical friends are
and how apparently unregarded are his
writs.Of prohibition and his thunders Of
menace. If we may compare small things
with great, so does an indulgent mother
say to her unruly boy: The next time
you'll catch it!" and the youth grins and
goes on making a nuisance of himself.
The real friends" are out for" the
delegates. They will do what they
think best for Mr.. ROOsEvELT's interests.
Apparently they assume that this coyness
and these protestations are but the
gestures and patter Of the comedy of
NOlo prGsidere.
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&" Hands Cp!''

In an address TO the international
Association Of Chiefs OF Police nc the
jamestown exposition recently WILLIAM
A. PINKERTON gave credit to Old BILL
MINER, who escaped from the New
Westminster P~enitentiary in British
Columbia on August 9. for first using
the phrase Hands upl" while engaged
in his professional activities as a high
way rObber. Old BILLS early exploits
earned for him from Mr.. PNKERToN
the characterization of zone of the most
remarkable singlehanded stage and train
robbers who ever operated in the Far
West"
MINER never belonged to a hOldup
band, meyer posed as a bad man and
never committed a murder. He was a
methodical and businesslike bandit, one
Of the pioneers Of the industry he fol-
lowed on the Pacific Slope. In 1869 he
was serving a term in San Quentin
Prison, in California, for stage robbery.
After his release, in 1879, he held up the
Del Norte stage in Colorado, getting
$500. In this crime he had the assist
nce Of One LEROY, who raj captured
and hanged by the vigilance COMMITTEES.
MINER took the booty to tho East. and
in Chicago and Michigan passed as a
California capitalist. When the money
was spent he returned to Colorado, and
then to California, where, in 1881, with
three companions. he waylaid a stage
between Sonora and Milton. He wal
captured and sentenced to imprisonment
for twenty-five years. He was released
in 1901.
On September %, 1903, MINER and two
others robbed an Oregon Railroad and
II, near Corbett, Ore. Hisa assistants were
captured, one Of them being wounded
seriously, but MINER escaped in spite Of
a reward of 81 300 which was offered
for his arrest. On September 10 of the
next year MINER held up the ~transcon-
tinental express train Of the Canadian
Pacific Railroad at Mission Junction,
British Columbia, getting $4,000 in
gold dust and currency. The Dominion
Of Canada offered a reward of 5000
for his capture, the railroad and the
Dominion Express Company offered the
same amount, and the province Of Brit
ish Columbia offered . i,SO0. This made
MINERS arrest worth s12, 800. His an
swc was to attack the same Canadian
Pacific train, this time at Furrer, on
May 0, 1905. The engineer was COM
PEELED to haul the mail car a mile from
the rest Of the train. MINER thought the
express packages were in the mail car,
and when he found they were not he
abandoned the job and made of. The
cOnstabulary and numerous posses pur-
sued him, and on May "a, 1905, he was
taken with two companions. He was
serving a life sentence when he broke
Jail.
Mr.. PINKERTON did not tell the police
chiefs on what ground the credit of in
venting the phrase Hands upl" is given
to Old BILL MINER. The command Ats
so exactly the purpose and needs Of
the highwayman that it seems almost
impossible it should be only half a
century old. Mr.. PINKERTON knows a
great deal about Mr.. MINER and his
kind, however, and IL would be a bold
man who would question the accuracy
Of his statement on this interesting
nIhiack
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To TIVE EDITOR or TIE SUN-Str: Your story
of DIR. DarlIngton's crusade against wood alcohol
In bay rum calls attention 10 the thousand and one
sure cures" for badness on the market. know,
for I have tried them, and the hair has fallen out
Just rs mcrrily as before. Now. I know scores of
men who have wasted their substance In totOus
scalp culture with amazing success pocket and
scalp have both hcen cleared. Some have paid
800 20 500 for special courses. others have flooded
their locks with tonic. The usual result Of the
special course In that the long. stiff hair. weak At
the root but good for years II used senderly, has
been ysnRed out In handfuls. a feeble growth has
crept In place and withered away like the seed
sOwn In stony places. The last state has been
worse than the hrst.
Now, will not THE SUN confer q benent by open
Ing its columns 10 the man who has been cured
OF q cnse of badness. or helped. n this man does
exist! Let him come forth and deliver the secret
70 The crowd Of anxious bald. But ! do not antIcI-
pate. Mr.. Editor. that you will ind much invasion
OF your sacred space. 7. EIEIscs.
NEW YORK. November q.
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NOME. EhanksrIrInr p,nn,r,.

To rHE EDIroR or THE SUN sir. For amy one
living alone In a boarding house or hotel Thanks.
giving Day Is a very lonely time. and many people
with homes often sslns1ly forget this. a house.
keeper cannot afford m elaborate dinner she often
hcsltates 10 invite guests. not realizing that "a
plain home dinner" Ii M much a treat to a person
who lives az a hotel "a a meal AZ q restaurant Is W q
person who usually dimes at home. And on q holt
day a simple meal IN q homy atmos1hero is In
nnitciy preferable 10 q lonely repast a. Ons's club.
Let M suggest that those who read this should
think over the list OF tholr friends and invite some
one who would otherwise be alone. TukKHr.
NEW YoEM, November a
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Maehlue mined Coal.

One NJ the most notable features presented ~
the statistics OF oituninous coal production during
tho last year or two Ia tho increase In the use o.
machines and In Tho quantity of machine mined
coal. In 1883 the percentage Of machine mined
tonnage WIS q; In 1908 ISL. In the number Of
machines In uSe and IN thc amount OF machine TON
mage - In the total production OF coal PENN
syIvanla stands far In the lead. with o. Der cent.
OF the number Of machines and GS.s per cent. of the
machine mined cool. West Virginia stands sec-
Ond. Illinois. Kentucky and Indiana rank nexs.
These states contribute more than % per cent. OF
the total machine mined coal.
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early stage 81 tho game. a process most
inconvenisnt for yourself, however en-
oouraging 20. pneterity. We Of The en-
dOwment brigade have lost, perhaps,
most or all OF that exRhation which
that ~Hattering JUNCTION Of past results
used to give M. The Sirens, says
Professor SE1DRL of Bonn, we're the life
insurance agents Of antiquity
Still nursing the unconquerabls hope,
how shall IL be achisved9 Well, the
dream Of the aging philosopher h 10
buy an annuity and live TO be a con-
tenarian. Even then the company will
use yoO a an advertisement. bat you
can AFFORD II. You have lived on velvet
Tor q generation.
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socialism and National Defence.


Since NJ. CLEMENCEAU in his remark
able speech at Amiens denounced Profess
sor JAUREs and Professor HERvE for
urging their Socialist followers in the
event of a war with Germany 10 fire on
their own officers sooner than on thefI
German fellow wOrkmen, the question
whether socialism is inevitably a solvent
Of patriotism and Incompatible with a
nations independent existence has been
the principal topic Of discussion in the
Paris press. Hitherto, however, French
writers have treated the question in an
academic way, as if the political conse-
uuenccs Of socialism were purely hypo-
thetical. 1t was reserved for an English
newspaper, the London Mail. to show by
q concrete example from the history of
the New World that a State organized on
Socialist principles is doomed 10 swift
dissolution when exposed to a relatively
slight exterior shock.
The example, Of course, is furnished
by the Inca civilization of Peru, which
succumbed far more quickly to PIZARRO
than did the Aztec power in Mexico to
u hAl tAAOhSh bAiC hNAACl NOilNuNIuI way
a la of much greater ability and had.
h much larger military force. At the
first glance the reverse would have been
expected, for il was a loose and inhar-
monious cOnfederacy which the Aztecs
had founded in Anahuac, whereas, start
ing from Lake Titicaca and Cuzco, the
Incas had established a firmly CONSOLE
l.s~A nAA snkoa.ol,, n~k-,U..I GA.Az
There is no doubt, however, that the
state vas organized on Socialist princi-
pies, and hence it easily collapsed.
PRRscoTT, the historian, has told us
that when the Spanish explorers discov-
cred Peru they found there a nation run
ON Socialist lines. in which all labor was
not for individual advantage but for the
public good. Every one from the age of
Ave to sixty had to work. and TO work
for the benefit OF his nei0hbOrs an well
as Of his own family. They were all n
acquainted with money and bad nothing
that deserved to be called property.
Everything grown or manufactured was
removed 10 Government granaries and
stores, whence officials issucd to each
HfNN ~ HiHNil AZ " lntlT OpinAOn S1OuIO
s,ficc for his needs. IdlGness was pun
ished, indratry wa rewarded. Unwhole-
some labor WIS regulated. In the judg-
ment OF a high SPANISH authority il was
impossible 20 improve uTon the system
OF distributor, so carefully accommo-
dated was IL TO the condition and conduct
Of each worker.
In a word, what PI2AIRo encountered
in Peru was an embodiment Of ideal
Socialism. A competence for all; the
right to work; a premium on industry;
sloih renallsed; old eGe rcnsionsd: fac
tory acts- what was this but a Utopian
socialist community How then did il
harren that when PIzARRo seized the
person Of ATAHCALPA. the Emperor Of
Perfcthc whole vast empire Of the Incas
crrnblcd into dust, whereas a similar act
OF violence performed byIcokFEz against
MoHrEzUNA in relatively lndividuanstic
and f. inralistic Mexico brought tho ma
tives racing upon tho Spaniards, who
werc wcIr nth e1tcrminatSd In the n0eke
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A Critic.

To raR EDITOR Of THE JUN-7St1: Professor
Brander Matthews In his efforts 10 -Amerieanlze"
all literature recalls At umss tho Ines
spirits are not nnely touch'd.
But 70 nne lsSucs.' o..
For u can be asserted without fear 81 dogma
tzIng that writer's Ike Mark Twain. who try 10
ideaIlze commonplgccs. can have only = passing
fame. As Joubert. an adnlttcd authority. says:
Good taste In literature ls 4 faculty OF slow growth
~ as Professor Matthews compares Marx
Two ~ work with Oh Bias" 10 the disadvantage
Of IAe latter. one naturally asks. Has Professor
Matthews read ell Bias-, n 40 he must surely
remember the Archblshop's advice 10 his over
Jealous valet. "Adieu. Monsieur Gil Bias. j. vOus
souhaltc ioutcs sortes de prosperitts. avec un peu
plus de gont." A PnAaocHTK
new YoRx, November =.
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A Personal PanIe.


From he Washington star.
AmAn there was who had some cash,
He nut II In the bank.
To leave u there me vowed wss rash,
One day wnen values sank.
And 10 nc hastened Town the street
And STOOD Out In tae rain
Wilt anxious heart and weary feet
And drew Il out agstn.
Ant through the night h~ thought Of thieves
And OIL R-trcmble heard
The hghlest culver OF the leAvea
Wnene'ern branch was stirred.
Ne nursod MS treasure with disnnAy.
To sleep he tried In vain.
He promptly. sought TIC bank nexI day
And put II back again.
And yet again arose the doubt
which vexed his soul full sore.
Again he drew bic money but,
Their put Il back once more.
He couldn't work: he caught q chfll:
And feif relieved 20 and
Took money on his mind.
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The Hon. TIMorRH l.. WOODBURY. Ia to
preside over an imitation by the COiumbis
students OF . national convention. The
selection Of Mr.. woopRUVV is highly APP
propriate. O mock statesman for a mock
convention.
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A ProhlbItldn President.

From the Charleston Evening Post.
Prohibition seems to be the only question
In which there " any enthusiastic interest in
the South. IL might be good politics to max
II n national issue through the Democratic
party. Perhaps We could win on that snd
settle other policies after we get into power.
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Senator HANsBRoU0H would have q
central bank. at Chicago. away from the
speculative atmosphere" THUS the calm.
anshaken SOlidity Of the city by the drain
age canal obtains recognition.
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The football games between the Column
bin fraternities have resulted in q severe
scalp wound. a broken ankle. and for one
player a long period Of Inconsistencies.
Or. BUTLER's young men evidently do not
intend TO allow him to deprive them Of all
the benefits Of q college education.
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From no London Morafae Poss.
The use Of Wigs BY Judges end b~arr1sters 10 not
very anclent. IL was Introduced. I Imagine. 10.
ward tho end Of the seventeenth or at the bexinnlnv
Of the eighteenth century. when Il had become the
fashion Al court. BishOps continued 10 use wlrs
longer Than their clergy. hut they have discarded
thcm. 10 their great advantage. for many years
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The grandfather ~ IA. C.uu,r-.

To mi EDITOR or TIE SUN-Sir: Yester-
day my little daughter, aged Ave. asked II
George Washington was not Mr.. Roosevclg's
little boyi F.
NEW YORK.. November %.
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Johnson on Minnesota.

From the Charleston Nchrs and Courier.
There is no better man than John A. John
son. II the party shall select him rs its stand
ard bearer the party will triumph. p
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To THE EDITOR OF tvs SUN-Sir: VIII
Associate Justice Brewer be deported or put
in the class OF undesirable citizens? W.
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Mrs- knicker--cettin q new set Of furst
MRS. Bceksr--ves xsnsrs ssys n win be Q cola
day before he has any money 70 spare.
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subscriptions nv NAH. Postpaid.

m ogr friends HhO favor us nun 1iaHuscrtDfs for
publication IRISH 10 hapsG~eJeohsnartcIes returned lhsD
Ssasi ~ au cases send skiupps for th0s Dugposs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-17

forcement of it. But if the people
obey the law the law ought to be
strictly enforced on the other side, too.
The other day the dog officers went
out to catch a dog that was not tied
up and they went into the yard where
the owner lived and chased the dog
under the house. The poor little cuss
did not weigh more than five or six
pounds and he crawled down under
the house and the officer went down
AFTER him and pretty soon the lady of
the house heard three revolver shots
and the officer crawled out dragging
the dog with him, dead. That man did
not XIII the dog according to law and
ne ought to have been arrested.
"A dog is the best friend a man can
nave. Why I would rather have a
good dog around my place to guard
Things than any policeman on the
force. 1 had a dog for thirty years
and he never loafed around on cor
ners but took care of things for me
and in that time 1 never had a thing
stolen and inside of a year after lost
him burglars broke into my rooms
and stole my watch and chain and a
lot OF stuff, a thousand dollars worth
altogether. They could not have done
that If I had a dog instead of the
policemen to guard things.
But to get back to the ordinance
since it is a recommendation of the
board of health, as I said in the first
place it ought to be enforced but in
the m eantime it is a d outrage
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WINNING AN EPITAPH.


was gent to a marble shop in a
small town in the west to secure GER
tain information I wanted in regard
to a certain piece of land, and I found
the proprietor just cutting the last
word of an eDitaDh on a Scotch
granite monument. It was beautf-
ful design. and one to be admired
and the eDitaph read:
Sacred to the memory of James
Deacon, who departed this life August
18th, 1898. A man of sterling merit.
A patriotic citizen. One to whom
charity never appealed in vain. A
fond husband and devoted father. His
gain is our loss"
Why" said to the cutter. wasn't
this the Deacon who was county
treasurer of this country?"
Yes" he answered.
And didn't he steal $5O,0Oo?"
He did,
on?"
HE was"
"And yet it says here that he was
man of sterling merit"
"And so he was
'sHow do you make that out?"
why, he could have stolen $4,000
and didn't take but $4,000 of iti''
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ONE OF THOSE FABLES.
ON. Ouad.)


A traveller who was journeying over
the highway at night heard sounds of
lamentation coming from the cabin of
a Peasant, and turning aside he knock
ed at the door and inquired:
what has befallen this house that
there is sorrow here ?"
'.Alas Master. but I have been
grossly deceived and lost my faith in
What did you pay for the gold
brick?'
ct was not that. but it was that
after having walked a mile to steal a
to find it SO green that not a bite of it
can I swallow
The Traveller passed on, and a mile
away he heard lamentations and stop
ped at another cabin to ascertain the
cause:
1T is that I have been deceived in
humanity was the reply.
'As to how?'
ct walked a mile to steal a water
melon, but have brought it home to
find it so over-riIoe that I must cast it
before my swine"
"If that is ALL said the Traveller,
then the case is not without remedy.
Back here a mile thy neighbor hast
stolen a melon too green to eat. All
you have got to do is to go halves
with him to have enough of both kinds
to satisfy the pair of you"
Resuming his journey with feel
ing that mankind had been the better
off for his living, the Traveller met a
man carrying a lantern and uttering
doleful ordinations. and he asked:
and now why this outburst of
grief at this hour of the night? Hast
the river suddenly overlooked its
banks and swept thy house away?"
''Alas Master tits not that. 1t is
that I had two watermelons growing
in my garden, and thieves have come
and stolen them away and robbed me
of M faith in my fellowmen."
''UmI I see. Well, the thieves are
your neighbors. Go steal from one a
and from the other a pump
kin, and the three of you can resume
your faith in human nature"
Moral: All situations are like autos. |
They need a little tinkering.
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Residence 62f Harrison St. Ind. Phone 22s
j. T. BARKLEY
Undertaken and EmbaImer.
Sl6 Kansas Avenue. Both Phones 287
F0RTY-0NE PRIESTS.
VIII Participate in Christening Young
Alfonso.

Madrid, May 1.-THE foreign rep
resentatives who will attend the royal
christening are expected today. They
will be lodged in the royal palace. The
christening will take place at noon to-
morrow. Forty-one prelates will as
sist. The queen is doing so we'll that
her mother, Princess Henry of Batten-
berg, will probably start on her re-
turn journey to London next Monday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-09
Does Not Apply Here.

Muskogee, D. T., April 9.-The last
session OF congress passed an act that
upon the application of individual
Indians the secretary of the interior
could. in his discretion, cause to be
aportioned and paid to such In
dians their pro rata share OF their
tribal or trust funds on deposit In
the United States treasury. Many In
quiries have been made by members
OF the five civilized tribes with ref
erence TO this act, they requesting
how, when and where they can OBJ
tain their share OF the tribal funds
The department of the interior has
decided that the act of congress men.
toned does not apply in any way to
Che Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw.
Greek or Seminole jribqs for Tue
reason that the so-called Curtis Act
of last year april 26. 1906) specIt-
ically provides how and when the
funds OF the five civilized tribes
shall be distributed
The act providing for the imme
diato disposition and apportlonment
of tribal funds only applies to the
reservation Indiaps throughout the
United States. Indian Agent Kelsey is
In receipt OF instructions from the
commissioner OF Indian affairs to pro
mulgate this decision and TO advise
members OF the five civilized tribes
that the law as mentioned does moi
apply to them.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-09
CRUCE WILL WIN.
John Doolin Says His Chances Grow
Brighter Daily.

Oklahoma City, April S.-John Il.
Doolin jof Alva, who is managing
Lee Cruces campaign for the Demo
cratic nomination for governor. ex-
presses the belief that his candidates
chances are growing brighter every
day.
lie declares that he is receiving as
surancos OF support for MIR. Cruco
from all classes, letters having been
received in the past few days from
laborers, farmers. professional men
and ministers OF the gospel, pledging
their unqualified support TO the man
from Ardmore.
THE outlook for Mr. Cruces nomi.
nation is very flattering," said Mr.
Dooln. The great body Of farmers
and laboring men throughout the
state are determined that the reins
Of government shall be placed in the
hands Of the man who is not a poll
tician, but who can be depended upon
to administer the government in the
INTEREST," of re Ymmon people.
Within the last three days we have
received letters from farmers. labor
ing mon. professional men and minis.
ters of the gospel. pledging Mr.. Cruce
their active support. More than fifty
speakers from the different occupa.
tions of life have volunteered TO take
the stump in his behalf. The expires.
isions in these letters demonstrates
that Mr. Cruces strength with the
great body OF the people consists in
the fact that he is known 10 be an
open, candid, truthful speaking man.
who would not compromise his integ.
rity for the Office of governor, and
who will. fearlessly and without ia.
vor, enforce the law.
"Mr. Cruce will continue to conduct
his campaign upon the same high
plane that he has heretofore occupio d.
He is growing n strength every dsy
and II It were possible for him to
mako the personal acquaintance OF
the entire citizenship of the state
his vote would be practically unani
nous"