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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-16
POLICE AID dunno CAMPAIGN
PatrOlmsn and Officials Requested BY Chief
Collins 10 Contributs 10 Fund.
CIVIL SERVICE BOARD INVESTIGATING
One Inspector Testified That He COL
Iected sa,0Oo and Another
E2y8OO-MOney is Paid to
Q. III. Roach.

CHICAGO, April i6-Chlcago's police de-
partment contributed thousands Of dollars
to the democratic campaign fund in the
recent mayoralty campaign and has con-
tributed In a like manner 70 whichever
party was In power as long as the older
officers on the force can remember, accord
Ing TO revelations made today before the
civil service commission by police officials.
Among the officers who offered this testi-
mony to the commission were Inspectors
Revere and Kelly. Captain Mcweeny and
Lieutenant Jenkins Captain Mcweeney
who several days ago refused to talk on the
subject confessed freely today that he had
aided in the collection OF large amounts
Of money to be used in the recent cam
paign.
Penalty Provided By Law.
According to the civil service commits
sion every man who engaged in the collec-
ton OF the fund, even each patrolman who
contributed, is liable to indictment by the
grand jury under the provisions Of the
civil service act. One of the sections in
the act provides that any person disregard
ing any part of the provisions of the law
shall be fined not less than 81 900 and may
be imprisoned In the county Jail for a term
not to exceed six months. The commission
has announced its intention to sift the
matter to the bottom, but Il is said will
not prosecute the under officers who II is
said, merely carried out the commands
Of Chief Of Police Collins. Captain Nc
Weeney told the commission that when he
was ordered to subscribe to the fund he
was provided with as many blank envelopes
as there were men at his station, into which
the money was to be put.
Il was instructed to deliver all the en-
sra1T- -.
did so They all contained money. A few
had so bills and a great many S bills"
Large Amount Collected.
After Captain McWeeney's testimony, In
spectors Revere, Kelly and Wheeler were
sent for. Revere and Kelly responded at
once, but Wheeler could not be found and
will be subpoenaed to appear before the
commission tomorrow.
On hearing from the commission that
Jenkins and McWeeney had told complete
stories of the election assessments, Revere
said that in all he collected about s., 700
from the officers aud men under him. Kelly
admitted having obtained 5000 from his
men.
Both inspectors said no lists had been
kept OF those who had not subscribed and
that no special favors were given those
who contributed to the fund, The two In
spectors testified that II had been the GUS
tom, no matter what party was in power,
to levy assessments on the police stations.
Inspector Kelly was asked II he considered
Chief Collins request for contributions as
a command.
Yes. 1 took II as an order" replied
Kelly, but could have disobeyed, IL 1
wanted to-"
Both the inspectors testified that the
money had been given to II. H. Roach,
formerly commissioner of public works.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-16
FIRE RECORD.
WhoIe BIoelg at RenedIct.

BENEDICT, Neh. April 15.-Cspecislt-
Fire broke out this morning at o'clock In
the With building next to the postoffice,
from a defective nue.. and burned every
business building IN the block on the north
side Of the main business street. Benedict
Was unable to cope with tie flames aud
sent the stronsberg train back to York
for assistance. The York iremen quickly
responded, and with their assistance the fire
was quickly under control. high wind
was raging.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-16
sale OF Abainthe Prohibited.

GENEVA. April IA referendum In the
Canton OF Geneva has ratified the law pro-
hibitlnE the sale Of absinthe by a vote OF
7Sh 10 1851. The vote will act as a great
encouragement to the anti-absinthe move
ment and the extension OF the law through
out the whole federation now appears 70
Be certain.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-16
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Address of Governor.

Governor Hughes after voicing a formal
welcome to the congress, alluded to Presi-
dent Roosevelt as the foremost citizen Of
the nation, the lustre OF whose fame as
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-01-12
WHAT MAS DONE IN 1906.

According to the journals of
finance and trade the year 1906
was record breaker in the Uni.
ted States in almost every field
of human endeavor. Dun's
Review this week says:
With scarcely an exception,
reports of industrial, commercial
agricultural, railway and financi-
al progress during 1905 surpass
all previous records, and the net
result is undoubtedly the most
prosperous period in the nations
history, and the new year opens
under auspices bright beyond
precedent.
The Manufacturers Record
sums up the achievements OF the
South alone the past year as fol-
lows: Built 3,O55 miles of rail
roads; produced $20OO,000,000
on it's farms; dug S4,O00,000
tons of coal from it's mines; cut
at least 13,OOO,OoO,OOO feet of
lumber; gave 100000, 900 worth
of merchandise TO American ex-
port trade; manufactured $4,000,
100000 worth of goods in iron
and steel and wood and leather
and cotton aud wool and other
materials; added 50, 65O,000,0O0
to the value of it's real wealth. -
And the Record pertinently asks:
"The South will do what in
1902"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-01-12
Hoke Smith Scores Railroads
Says Poorly Paid En-,
.ployesand Watered Stocks
are Cause ofBad Service.

Atlanta, Jan. 9.-Governor-
elect Hoke Smith, at the annual
dinner of the Atlanta Freight
Bureau tonight spoke on the
railroad problem. He said: The
public look to the State and ma.
ton to protect their rights. The
people generally are appalled, at
the present situation. Almost
daily. terrible catastrophies occur.
The shippers understand the
difficulty of obtaining cars, how
paralyzing is the day in trans
portation after goods are shipped,
and that excessive and discrimi.
natory charges are made. 1t was
useless TO present the excuse
that these troubles were caused
by excessive business. The wrecks
were largely the result of en-
ploying inexperienced and under
paid meu and then overworking
them. The cause was largely
due to Indifference to the rights
of the public. The roads had
issued enormous quantities of
watered stocks and bonds, strain.
ing the properties to pay divi-
dends.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-01-12
The First National Bank
Annual Meeting of Stock
holders--Exceptionally Fine
Showing Made by Officers.

The stockholders of the First
National Bank Of Lancaster held
their annual meeting last Tues.
day evening. The showing made
by the officers of the institution
was highly gratifying to all in
terested. The bank has been in
operation only fifteen months
and yet its net profits amount to
20 per cent. Its present resources
aggregate $256,0OO, an increase
OF 100000 in twelve months.
The deposits amount to over
$196 900, nearly eight times as
much as the capital stock. These
figures evidence the splendid
manner in which the bank is
being managed, as we'll as the
confidence Of the public in the
soundness and stability of the
prosperous young institution.
The board of directors was
rejected as follows: Messrs
II. S. Carter, j ID. Funderburk.
O. p. Heath, G. ID. Jones, Ira
b. Jones, II. G. McManus, Z. +.
Wylie.
The board reelected the fol
towing officers: Chas. ID. Jones,
president; II. + WylIe, vice
president; f. NJ. Croxton, CASH
ier.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-01-12

The News heartily commends
to the favorable consideration of
its readers, who are financially
able TO respond, the appeal pub
lished elsewhere for contributions
TO fund to be raised to estab-
lish home for the aged home
less. 1t appears that such be-
nevolent institution was first sug.
gested by good lady of York
county, who proposes to give
81 900. to aid in its establish
ment. Thanks to kind and gen.
erous Providence, there are COM
paratively few old persons in this
country without homes, but the
last days on earth of those few
should be made comfortable and
free from want. Will not some
OF the phllanthroplc citizens of
means in the town and county OF
Lancaster subscribe literally to
the proposed home ? Nothing
has been said, we believe, as to
the location of the home. Why
not Lancaster make an effort to
have it located here 2
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-01-12
Railroad Ticket Office
Monroe Robbed.

Monroe Journal {: One morn
ing last week the ticket office at
the depot was robbed of $25 so,
in open day light. Ticket Agent
Furr stepped out Of the Office for
few minutes, locking the door
behind him. When he came
back the money was gone from
the braves. He felt sure that
two men who had come in on
the midnight train the night be-
fore had gotten the money. He
called Chief of Police Howie, vino
detained the men, but owing TO
the we'll known difficulty of iden.
tifging money, was not able to
mold them, though his belief that
they were the thieves was after.
wards confirmed.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-01-12

President Hubbard, of the New
York Cotton Exchange, has made
reply to Harvie Jordan's charg-
es. He denies that the exchanges
revision committee reduced the
high grades and advanced the
low grades of cotton. He claims
that the protracted wet period in
the South is responsible for the
low prices of cotton, causing an
unusually poor everage grade of
the staple.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-01-12

In Sweden the depot waiting
rooms are provided with beds for
passengers, and porters call the
travellers ten minutes before the
arrival of trains. The News and
Courier.
Gee ! wouldn't such accommo.
dation prove a great blessing to
the tired and sleepy passengers
in this country who frequently
wait many hours on belated
trains.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-01-12
Saturday, January II, 1907.

What has become of that paw
ing proposition 1t is about time
the work was starting.-Rock
Hill Herald.
That proposition, esteemed con
temporary, we understand, has
teen tied out in the woods to
await the withdrawal of some con-
sututional snags that are block
ing the road.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-01-12

Representative Richards, of
the Kershaw delegation, has in
troduced in the House bill to
provide for resurvey of the line
between Lancaster and Kershaw
counties He has also introduced
a bill TO repeal the lien law.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-01-12
Trouble Brewing in a Ken
lucky Court--Judge Calls
on Governor for Protec-
ton.

Frankfort, KY, Jan. 10.-At
torney B. p. Jouett, of counsel
for the prosecution in the Harigs
trial at Jackson, KY, reached
here today to secure a writ OF
prohibition to restrain Special
Judge Carnes from proceeding
further with the trial. He says
that q dozen men now at Jack
son are in danger Of being shot
down before State troops can be
gotten there, and that blood will
certainly flow if the trial is pro-
ceeded with. His request was
granted by the court because of
the condition at Jackson and
Judge Carnes has been instruct
ed to stop the trial.
Special Judge Carnes is trying
James Harsls, Edward Callahan,
John Smith and John Abner for
the assassination of DIR. B. d.
Cox, at Jackson, Breatitt county,
four years ago. Late last night
he wired Governor Beckhah ask
ing that so soldiers be sent to
guard him against assassination.
Judge Carnes says his life is in
danger, civil authorities being
powerless to protect him. Jack
son is filled with armed men.
Governor Beckham has sent
Adjutant Laurence and State In
spector Hincks to Jackson to in
vestigate the situation there be-
fore ordering out the militia
upon request of Judge Carnes.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-01-12
Accident to Conductor Jack
son.

Conductor Jackson, of the
Charleston division, had the mis-,
fortune to get his foot caught in
a switch frog at Marion, N. c.,
Wednesday and wheel of car
ran over same, cutting his foot
badly. We are advised that
it is almost a miracle if one es.
capes in case of this kind, usu
ally meeting death. Rock Hill
Record.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-01-12
Hon. w. u. Clyburn,

he IlOu. w. ". Wy ouIu,
of Halle Gold Mine section, was
badly hurt in a runaway Thurs
day. AS he and his kinsman, Mr..
W. n. Clyburn, were returning
home from Kershaw the mules
they were driving became fright.
ened and ran away, throwing the
gentlemen from the buggy. Mr..
w. U. Clyburn's collar bone was
broken by the fall.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-01-12

Entered as secondclass matter, Oct z, 1905,
at the postoffice at Lancaster, y c., under Act
OF Congress of March 3, 1879.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-01-12
Number Bales Cotton Ginned
to Jan. Lover 100000
Bales Ahead Of Previous
Season.

Washington, Jan. 9.-The
census bureau today issued a
report on cotton ginning, show
ing that up to Jan. l there were
% 800 active ginneries in oper-
alton and that 11,750,944 bales
were ginned, compared with
9,725,426 bales for 1905. Round
bales we're counted as half bales.
By States the number of ginned
and the number of ginneries in
operation are as follows:
Bales Ginneries
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-01-12
ADVERTISING RATES.

ADVERTISING RATES.
One inch. hrst Insertion. g. 90. Each subse-
quent insertion so cents For three mon this or
longer, reduced rates. sAas
Professional cards, per year, el2
Business notices, Transient Advertisements,
Lost and Found, and other classified auver-
tsements not exceeding % words p cents for
each insertion: | cent word for each addi-
uonal word over p words
Obituaries, Tributes OF respect, cards OF
thanks and all matter OF u personal or political
nature to be charged for ~
Advertising rates by the column made known
on application
Brief correspondence on subjects OF general
interest invited Not responsible for views OF
correspondents.
r. T.. WYLlE, PRESIDENT
JNO. A. COOK, SEC'Y. and TREAS.
j. M. RIDDLE, JR., BUSINESS MANAGER.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-20
UNCLAIMED LETTERS

Following is the list of unclaimed
letters remaining in tx postofflce at
Marion, o., June IS, 1897:
j Busch. G.. II Bush, Albert Baker,
Il. A. Clements, o. Dunham, II. A.
Doutt, Clayton Edwards, Clyde Eek
Ienvillo,, M. b. Haines, l.. w. Jones,
Ed. Jones, Captain Chas. Killinger.
Alva f. King, w. j Lynch, f. II.
Leland, Fred NJ. MoClare, Fred Nc
Mackin, Glen G.. Mcconnell, J. NJ.
Marshall, Jasper McEnti"e, Paul Marg-
net. Wilson Massie, Joe Reed. Frank
S. Reed, w. c.. Won Stein, Mrs. Ma
ry Brice, Mrs. Adelia Burns, Mrs.
Josie 10. Crizer, Miss Mae Cosart,
Miss Opal Collins, Beatrice Earl, Miss
Mary Fowler, Miss Grace Fish, Juli-
an Ellen Fergus, Mrs Elmer Hise,
Mrs. Horn, Miss Carrie Kinsler, Mrs.
Virginia Keenie, Mrs. Mary Mealey,
MISS Anna Preston, Mrs John
Parcher, Miss Piercie Xander, Mrs.
Lizzie Straight, Ethel Lions, Arena
Patten, Eunice Pealer, Society A. F..
of H., Marion Watch Co., Pool and
billiard Room, Stecker Bros, For
Ie'gn: Antonio Como, Vincengo Gut
ssppe. Pietvenck Mi2rigin, Dieber
lTompison, Domner Sale Ton Debri.
NJ. B. DlCKERSON, p. NJ.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-20
SMYRNA CARPETS.
Employment Given to Thousands Of
Needy People In Alden.


The celebrated Smyrna carpet" is
not made in Smyrna; 1t is a product
of the vilayet OF Alden, of which
Smyrna is the capital, says a consular
report. The chief places of manufac.
ture are the villages of Uschak, Koule,
Ghlardis, Makri Melessos, Kirka.
gatsch, Axar and Demirdji. The in
dustry gives employment to thousands
OF needy people, especially women,
who are obliged to do the work almost
entirely while the men spend their
time in the coffeehouses drinking
strong coffee and smoking numberless
cigarettes. all in true oriental fashion.
Little girls are compelled to take up
the work early, at seven or ten years
Of age at the latest, and they keep at
1t increasingly until they go to their
graves.
The market for the woods is held
every Thursday from dawn to sunset
in the bazar of Uschak, which is then
filled with purchasers who have ar.
rived on buffaloes, camels, donkeys
and other picturesque beasts of bur.
den. The spun woods are not dyed by
the weavers themselves, but by special
dyers.
More than 1000 female weavers are
employed at Uschak in the prepara.
tion of carpets. The operators are
generally members of the same family,
but there are a number of girls who
earn about six to seven cents per day.
The Ghiardis carpets are generally
smaller than those of Uschak. Very
fine prayer carpets, closely woven and
of harmonious colors, are produced in
imitation of the Persian carpets.
Carpets arc made into bales Of $50
pounds each and covered with goat
skins. The caravans pass the night in
the open country at the foot of some
hill, the drivers under tents and the
camels and their loads in the open air.
Very large carpets, too heavy to he
packed, are folded and thrown across
the backs Of the camels in the form OF
a covering. When the carpets arrive
in Smyrna they are spread out beaten.
broomed and repacked in bales weigh.
ing 500 to 600 pounds each for ex.
portation.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-20
pvspeprlc CARLYLE.
Physical Condition Which Affected
His Conduct Towards His Friends.

Carlyle, n addition to his other
troubles, was sufferer from dyspep.
sia. He was, therefore, anything but
sympathetic in intercourse with his
friends, anything but fair in his esti-
mates of other writer's
Though Carlyle personally liked
Tennyson, he spoke with impatience
Of his "cobbling odes;" dismissed
Jane Austen's novels as "dish wash.
ings;" Hallam, the historian, as dry
as DUST" and Goldsmith as an Irish
blackguard." Even the writer's Of edi.
torials in the press were scored by the
irritable Sage OF Chelsea. "Wbat are
these follows doing?" he asked. "They
only serve to cancel ono another"
A characteristic incident illustrates
Carlyle's disposition to inflict pain
even on friend. An artist, who fire.
quented the house of Carlyle, painted
picture Of him in his dressing gown
smoking a pipe by the fireside, and
Mrs Carlyle in an armchair sitting
opposite him. The portrait was hung
at one of the Royal Academy's exhi-
bitions, and, though not striking
work of art, was purchased by Lord
Ashburton, Carlyle's friend, for $500.
The delighted artist hurried off to
Carlyles, expecting congratulations on
the sale and some manifestation Of
pleasure on their part at having such
a value placed on picture OF them
selves and their domestic interior. He
delivered his glad tidings, but the only
response he got from Carlyle was:
We'll, mon, 500 pounds was just 495
pounds too much"
Browning one day left copy of his
new poems at Carlyle's house. In
speaking Of this action to Tennyson
the next day, Carlyle broke out with
a savage snarl:
What did that fellow mean by leav-
ing that CARLOAD of stones at my
door?"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-20
One on the Pompous Peer.

The late Lord Richie was not re.
nowned as wit, but few years ago
he scored against pompous peer who
resented the inclusion of middle
class commoner in the cabinet. They
met at an Official" dinner given on
the eve of the opening of parliament,
and when they were introduced the
eer regarded Mr.. Richie supercill-
)usly, and quite irrelevantly intro
duced the subject of the sugar trade,
in which Mr., Ritchie was commercial.
-ly interested,
quite an interesting business"
said the peer, playing with his eye
glass.
"Very interesting" the minister as
sented.
How much sugar goes to the
pound, Mr.. Ritchie?" inquired the
oeer, with slow, insolent smile.
"A pound of sugar and a pound OF
oakum weigh exactly the same, my
lord" replied Mr.. Richie.
The peer turned away with an
angry flush. One of his relatives had
recently been convicted of fraud.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-20
ARTIFICIAL PEARLS.
Silvcry Luster on Pond That Set >
Beadmaker Thinking

The string of artificial pearls was
very beautiful But for the regularity
Of the beads anyone would have
thought It rope of real pearls worth
kings ransom.
"Tll tell YOU" said the ieweler, as
he wrapped up the deceptive necklet,
how the wonderfully perfect artificial
pearl came to be invented.
"a rich French beadmLker, Noise
Jaquin-he lived in the seventeenth
,entury-found pond in his garden
covered one morning with a lovely sill.
very luster Amazed, he called his
gardener, who said It was nothing
some albettes had got crushed, that
was all.
"Albettes were little fish-bleaks-
the Leuciscus alournus. The gardener
explained that II you crushed them
they always gave the water a pearly
sheen like that. Jaquin put on his
thinking cap.
For six years he worked with beads
and bleaks, wasting millions of both.
But finally he achieved success. He
learned how to extract the pearly lus-
Ter from the bleaks scales and to
cover glass bead with It.
What he did-and his method is
still used-was to scrape the scales
from the fish, wash and rub them
and save the water. The water. de-
canted gave off lustrous fluid of
the thickness of oil, veritable pearl
paint, a magic fluid that imparts a
lovely pearly sheen TO everything It is
applied to.
ut takes 1000 bleaks TO yield an
ounce of this pearl paint. o.
Times. Democrat.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-20
SEALED PROPOSALS

Sealed bids will be received by
the Board of Public Service of the
lCity of Marion, State of Ohio, at
the office of said Board until 12
O'Clock (noon) Tuesday, June 25,
1907, for furnishing approximately
1900 dubic yards Of first class screen
| ings to be delivered and distributed
at Lincoln Park and approximately
200 cubic yards of first class
screenings to be delivered and dis
tributed at Garfield Park. Delivery
to be completed by September list,
I1907.
Each bio must contain the full
lname of very person or company in
Iterested in the same and be accom-
Ipanied by a certificate of deposit of
one hundred dollars with the City
Treasurer as a guarantee that il said
Ientered into and it's performance
properly secured
Should any bid be rejected such
check will be forthwith returned TO
the bidder and should any bid be
accepted such check will be return
ed upon the proper execution and
securing of the contract. The right
Is reserved to reject any and all
bids.
BY order of the Board of Public
Service.
! WILLIAM FTES, Clerk.
! Star and Mirror 6-13-20, 1907.