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Long Valley advocate., 1907-10-10
BRAKE REFUSED TO WORK;
MINERS DASHED TO DEATH
Heavily Loaded Cage Drops 700 Feet
in Shaft of Michigan Mine and
Bodies of Victims Are Mashed
to Pulp.

Negaunee, Mich BY a cage plung-
ing 700 feet down the shaft OF the
Jones & Laughlin Steel mine, eleven
men were killed and seven fatally in
jured. The cage with its human
freight was being lowered on its first
trip of the day, when the brake
suddenly failed to hold. The other
men sprang to the assistance of the
one at the brake wheel, but their eff
forts did not avail, and the wire cable
continued to unreel from the drum
like a thread from a bobbin.
The cage shot down a couple of huh
dred feet before l1ink in the too rap
idly paying out cable caused it to part
and from that point the cage had a
sheer drop to the bottom of the shaft
The safety catches with which is was
equipped failed to operate. The surg
ing of the cable in it's mad flight tore
out part of the side of the engine
house and ripped out several of the
sheaves in and about the shaft house.
Workmen at the bottom of the mine
Immediately set about the task of re-
moving the dead. The bodies lay in
one pile, a mass of lifeless flesh and
blood. The bones of the bodies were
so shattered that the men when they
fell were piled on top of each other like
so many pelts of leather. Seven were
| found still alive.
Long Valley advocate., 1907-10-10
CHINA BREAKING CHAINS.
Imperial Edict as to establishment of
Parliament.

Peking.-An imperial edict was is
sued Friday authorizing Prince Pu
Lun, who was Chinese envoy at the
st. Louis exposition, and Sun Chi Anal,
in cooperation with the grand council,
to frame resolutions for the establish
ment of a council of deliberation to
aid the government $50 that the foun-
1ation may be laid for parliament"
The dowager empress says that in
She establishment of a representative
government for China the opinions of
Sll must be considered, and though the
upper and lower houses are founda-
tions of administration, the throne is
unable to establish them in China at
present.
Both Chang Chi Tung and Yuan
Shi Kai, since coming to Peking on
their appointment as grand councillors,
have urged the establishment of a con.
stitutional form of government, re-
calling the fact that this reform has
been promised and that China and all
the rest of the world expect to see it
carried out. Memorials to the throne
from the highest officials throughout
China continue to reach Peking in
large numbers, urging the throne to
grant China a constitutional govern
ment
Long Valley advocate., 1907-10-10
BOOkKEEPER ROBBED HIMSELF.
Lost at the Gaming Table and Then
Became an EmbezzIer.

Goldfield Nev.-Herbert E. Riggs.
bookkeeper for the E. H. Newland
Brokerage company, who was found
unconscious on the floor of the New
lands Office last Friday night, and who
claimed that he had been assaulted and
robbed of $1,135 of his employers
money, confessed that the entire story
was concocted to hide speculations
Riggs says he lost a small amount Of
money gambling, and fearing that his
theft would be discovered he took all
the money there was in the safe and
then bumped his head on the edge of
his desk to give color to the story that
he had been assaulted. He lost $125
gambling, sent $3.50 east by express
hid 1920 under the steps in the real
Of Carpenters union hall, and tucked
S46O away in the corner of the safe
All the money has been recovered
Newland says he will not prosecute
Riggs because of the latter's youth and
his previous good record.
Long Valley advocate., 1907-10-10
CANNERS WANT MORE TIME.
Object to Enforcement of Food and
Druu Act on October l.

shington.-Canners of food were
before the board of food and drug in
spection on Wednesday,, protesting
against the regulation for the enforce
ment of the food and drug act which
provides that the rules in regard to
labels shall go in effect after Oct.
next.
The regulation provides that after
that date the principal label or can
shall state the substance of the pro-
duct and the name Of the place of
manufacture. This regulation has
been extended from time to time and
Gamers now want a further extension.
Gamers represented at the hearing
asserted that they had a half a
million dollars worth of labels on
hand, which will be worthless if the
regulation becomes effective at this
time. These concerns declared the
law to be confiscatory. The board will
submit it's recommendation to the sec
retary of agriculture.
Long Valley advocate., 1907-10-10
$4,000 TONS OF CURRANTS.
6rltons Seem to Be Exceptionally
Fond of This Fruit.

Our great-grandmothers, although
they had to pay a very high price for
dried currants, considered them quite
indispensable to the compounding CT
those pies, furmities and florentines
which were the pride of every house
wlle Domestic catering must have
oeen an arduous undertaking in those
uays, for currants and other dried
fruits were not to be procured out of
London except once year, at the an
nuai falr of the local market town.
Inc royal dish of plum pOrridge,
winch 1t was the privilege of the
aichDlshop of Canterbury to serve
newly crowned sovereign, was
.olhposed largely of currants, the fruit
ueing stewed in strong beef soup en-
,,'hed with red wine and red sack.
w" mat the order has changed and
''hplclty is the keynote Of the high
0'' ciass cookery, we Britons have
"eoied our appreciation of the home
dnd wholesome currant; and al
'Housh norentines and plum porridge
60 uishes of the past, no less than
-'oVo IONS of currants go every year
Tue making of bread cakes, pastries
Anu puddings to tempt the British ap-
'S'i'e'-l -adieS Pictorial.
Long Valley advocate., 1907-10-10

MIR. c. B. FIZER. Mt Sterling, KY,
lVl writes
al have suffered with kidney and
other trouble for ten years pasf.
Last March / commenced using
Peruna and continued for three months.
| have not used it since, nor have / felt
a pain.
II believe that am Well and there
fore give my highest commendation to
the curative qualities of Peruna."
pe.ru.na For Kidney Trouble.
Mrs. Geo. ii. Simser, Grant, Ontario,
Can, writes:
81 had not been we'll for about four
years had kidney trouble, and, In
fact, felt badIy nearly all the time.
"This summer got so very bad
thought | would try Peruna, so | wrote
TO you and began at once to take Peruna
and N Ianalin.
81 took only two bottles of Peruna
md one Of Manalin, and now | feel
better than / have for some time.
Il feel that Pcruna and Manalin cured
ne and made different woman of me
altogether / bless the day picked up
the little book and read Of your Peruna."
1t Is the business of fie kidneys TO
remove from the blood all poisonous
materials. They must be active all the
time, else the system suffers. They are
| times when they need little assistance.
Peruna is exactly the sort of rem
| edy. 1t has saved many people from
| disaster by rendering the kidneys SER
vice at a time when they were not able
10 bear their own burdens.
Long Valley advocate., 1907-10-10
Origin of ScotIand's Motto.

1t was thought by the Danes to be
eowardly to attack an enemy after
lightfall, but on one occasion when
hey were waging war in Scotland,
hey deviated from their usual rule.
On they crept, noiselessly and unob-
served, in their bare feet, upon the
lnsuspecting Scotchman. When near
The camp one Of the Danes trod upon
thistle and in his pain cried out
This aroused the sleeping Scotchmen,
and they gave the alarm. The Danes
were defeated with terrible loss of
life, and ever since that time the
thistle has been the insignia of Scot
land, with the motto Memo me i'm
pune lacessit. mo one provokes me
with impunity."
Long Valley advocate., 1907-10-10
CONSTANTINE ON TRIAL.
State Will Endeavor to Prove That He
Murdered Mrs. Gentry.

Chicago.-Taking of testimony was
begun on Wednesday in the trial of
Frank ]. Constantine, accused of the
murder of Mrs Louise Gentry. The
states attorney said it would be shown
that Constantine murdered the woman
after a dispute with her about his
failure to repay money borrowed from
the Gentrys. The defense contends
that Mrs Gentry committed suicide.
The first witness testified that after
hearing Mrs. Gentry scream, Constan-
tine was seen running from the rear
door of the apartment building; that
he asked the janitor to get his hat for
him, but that when the janitor, havins :
learned of the murder, returned to
look for him, Constantine had fed.
Long Valley advocate., 1907-10-10

There is more Catarrh in this section of the country
than ali other diseases put together and until the last
few years was supposed to be ncurable For great
many years doctors pronounced IL local disease and
prescribed local remedies, and by constantly falling
to cure with local treatment pronounced ncurable.
Science has proven Catarrh to be constitutional dis
and therefore requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by i. j. Cheney
Co.. Toledo, Ohio is the only Constitutional cure on
the market 1t Is taken internally in doses from 10
drops to teaspoonful 1t acts directly the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one
hundred dollars for any case 1t fails to cure. Send
for circulars and testimonials.
Address: F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Long Valley advocate., 1907-10-10
Dream That Came True.

s.a aiing dinner to welcome his
Pr young man at Hostivar, near
. sue told of dream he had that
fath was fired in the house. His
mo- NO. rose, as precaution, to re-
ba pistol from the wall, but as
the Duched 1t it went of and killed
Long Valley advocate., 1907-10-10

The Edison company of Milan, Italy.
is at the head of the largest hydro
generating syndicate ever formed IN
that country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-16

suit of this sort of thing which causes
the authorities to refuse to allow in
dividuals to go into camps and disburse
relief.
Speaking of the impressions made
upon him during his trip through the
famine district Ellis says: For the life
| of me cannot write anything but the
haunting, narrowing, unacceptable facts
before my eyes. If 1 could for an hour
shake off those thin trembling hands
that clutch my coat as I pass through
the famine camps. or could shut out the
crying of the children. whose bitterest
wailing brings them no bread, or the
sight of the mothers and widows wall
ing over their dead, I might write a
famine report that would satisfy the
reader with scientific bumps on his
head He tells of a family of ten who
came down from the north country,
three perishing from hunger by the way.
In the city the father succumbed ana
fell beside his dying child in the gutter.
He expired as my friend looked. The
crowd let him die and lie in the gutter
My friend being a missionary doctor
saved the life of the child and cared Tor
the remainder of the family"
The stoicism with which, having ex-
hausted all possibilities of lettering his
lot, a Chinese will sit down to await
the end is an interesting and admirable
trait. There is nothing of a pose ABOUT
this; it is his way, learned in long,
long school of endurance and suffering
When a farmer said to missionary
whom he knew: 81 have been ten days
in the camp, but could not get NOR
sci of food; now I am going to eat my
dog and then starve,'' he meant literal
ly that.
Relief is being sent from this country
by DR.. Klopsch of the Christian Herald
Through contributions already made ne
has been able to cable $l50.0OO to the re-
lief committee at Shanghai. The gov
eminent transport Buford has Deen
placed at it's disposal for the purpose OF
CARRYING relief cargo to Shanghai. Ar
rangements are already under way TOT
the purchase of this cargo of fiVe tnou-
sand tons of good clean American HOUR
The flour will be shipped in sacks ana
the entire cargo of ten million pounoS
equal to $50 carloads, will be rushed
from the various grain centers by diner-
ent railroad routes to the Paclnc Will
out delay. 1t is expected that the trans
mort which is a swift vessel, Will reach
Shanghai within one month after clear
ing. The administration of the foreign
relief in China is in the hands OF a
missionary foreign relief committee, OF
which Rev. T. F. McCrea of Shangnal,
China. is treasurer and secretary. FIVE
cents American money is equal 10 1Uo
cash in China. One hundred cash VIII
lxeen one child from starvation for ABOUT
a week. SO cents for two months ana IL
is estimated by the relief commlttee
that 81. 90 will save the life of a emma
man from now until the time Wnen new
harvest will relieve these cohoitloIS'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-16

They All Contributed to Campaign
Fund in Chicago.

Chicago, April 16.-Chicago's police
department contributed thousands of
dollars to the Democratic campaign
fund in the recent mayoralty campaign,
and has contributed in like manner
to whichever party was in power as
far back as the older officers on the
force can remember, according to reve-
lations made before the civil service
commission by police officials.
According to the civil service COM
mission, every nan who engaged in the
collection of the fund, even each patrol
man who contributed, is liable to IN
dictment- by the grand jury under the
provisions of the civil service act. One
of the sections in the act provides that
any person disregarding any of the
provisions of the law shall be fined not
less than $1,000, and may be imprison-
ed in the county Jail for a term not to
exceed six months.
The commission has signified its in
tention to sift the matter to the bot
TOM but it is said will not prosecute
the under officials who, it is asserted,
merely carried out the command of
Chief of Police Collins. sl
Captain McWeeney told the commits
sion that when he was ordered to sub
scribe 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.
II was instructed to deliver all the
envelopes to the Inspector said he,
land 1 did so. They all contained mon
ey A few had so bills, and a great
many IS bills
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-16

fences" said an old timer reminiscent
ly this morning. 1.-THE farmer sent a
dollar back east for the sure remedy
for killing the pest and was told to
catch them and cut their heads off
with a pocketknife.''
The markers which were purchased
by the Daughters of the Revolution
to designate for posterity the course of
the old Santa Fe trail are all on their
way to their respective destinations
and it is confidently expected that they
will all be set into place by the first of
June.
Today is Dandelion day and al
though it is not a legal holiday by a
governors proclamation it will be a
holiday for the school children of To-
peka. There will be no school this af-
ternoon and the young ladies will be
expected to stop their quest FL of
knowledge long enough to help Grad
icate this pest
The management of the White Sox
has arranged a season ticket in the
form of pass which will admit chill
dren under the age of Is to all Sat
urday games played in Topeka. These
tickets which will admit to the ten
Saturday games will be sold at 81 and are
to be placed on sale at Stansfield's
drug store Wednesday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-16
FOR THE RAILROADS
Philadelphia Board of Trade Places
Itself on Record.

Philadelphia, Pa, April 16.-The
hoard of trade of Philadelphia has
placed itself on record as opposed 10
legislation inimical to railways me
board at it's meeting yesterday unanl-
mously adopted report to TINS erect
presented by the committee on IN
land Transportation. The report in
part says: =.
oft is to be regretted that the criti-
cisn of RAILWAYS and the large amount
Of suggested and enacted leg1slatloh'
much of it hostile should have pro-
duced the alarm among investors
which seriously is curtailing the aDll-
ity of the railways to make absolutely
necessary improvements. At no time
in the history of the country has there
been such requirement for an imme-.
diate and large increase of our trans
portation facilities. This is empha-
sized bv the demands of merchants
and shippers for relief from the
freight congestion Gripping the in
dustries of all sections.
"while the questionable financial
methods of some railway managers
have invoked merited criticism, yet
there is no justification for a con-
tinuing policy prompting antagon1sm
or retaliation either by the govern
ment or the people. as the universal
railway system of the country must
now he regarded as the great public
carrier and absolutely necessary for
the general business prosperity. While
there were and perhaps still are many
matters in corporate life, and in what
are popularity termed trusts, that
have cried aloud for a remedy, it
corporations and kindred combina-
tions of capital it is impossible to con-
duct most of the business of the
country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-16
SLEEP BROKEN BY
ITCHING ECZEMA
Skin of Whole Body Covered for
Year-Awful Itching Kept Suf-
ferer Awake Half the Night
Tried All Kinds of Remedies but
They Had No Effect.
CUTICURA REMEDIES
A PERFECT SUCCESS

''I wish to let you know that have
used one set Of Cuticura Remedies =
one cake Of Cuticura Soap, one box OF
Cuticura, but two walls Of Cuticura
dollar and twenty-five cents in all. For
a year / have had what they call eczema.
had an itching all over my body, and
when / would retire for the night it
would keep me awake half the night,
and the more / would scratch, the more
it would itch. tried all kinds of rem
edies, but could get no relief. A friend
Of mine told me to try the Cuticura
Remedies which did, and am very
glad tried them, for was completely
cured. If any Of my friends should
be troubled with the same disease, I
will cheerfully recommend the Cuticura
wants to know how I cured myself, 1
shall be glad to tell them. Walter W.
Paglusch, 2o7 N. Robey St., Chicago,
ILL.,, Oct. and 16, 1906"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-16
MAYOR FEARS FAILURE.
Prediction That 1t Will Be Hard to
Keep Wichita Dry.

Wichita, Kan. April 10. H. Ora
ham was duly inaugurated mayor of
Wichita last night. Graham was elect
ed on a strict law and order platform,
and before taking office gave out a
statement that open saloons must
cease when he assumed office. AS a
consequence most of the saloons were
closed early in the night. Declaring
they had nothing left to sell. many
were busy packing up their glassware
and fixtures preparatory to making a
quick move. Mayor Graham during
his speech said:
ct feel that failure will crown some
of my efforts at reform
During the report of the judiciary
committee charging the police depart
ment with illegally collecting fines
from joints, a personal encounter be-
tween some of the members and Chief
of Police Cubbon was narrowly
averted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-16

From the weather conditions this
morning another spell of winter seems
imminent.
The van guard of the members of the
morning.
The claims and accounts committee
of the council met this afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock.
tined at the home of F. Butter at 80
East Third street.
The man with the dandelions will
have to wait for an unofficial day on
which to exterminate them.
The warm weather of yesterday
prompted the city fathers to call for
bids for ice. and today it showed.
The Doctors Nicon have purchased
a Rambler automobile of w. L. Tay-
lor, which will be numbered later.
The Washburn college baseball
team will play the Haskell Indians at
Washburn park. Thursday afternoon.
Many a fine lawn in this city will be
ruined today by the helping hands of
children in their excavations for the
roots of dandelions.
Nothing pleases a man so much as a
good cigar, so if you intend giving him
a present make it a box of Burghart's
Aurora, ten cent cigars.
The board of county commissioners
yesterday voted to allow $50 per month
to the orphans home for the care of
the county's INDECENT poor.
The school board authorized Super
intendent Whittemore to dismiss the
city schools for half day today if the
pupils would promise to dig dande-
lions.
Mayor William Green has about
disposed of all of his appointive places
which for the time being at any rate
will relieve him of large package of
trouble.
Camp 14S of the Royal Neighbors of
American Will hold an initiation on Fri
day evening at their hall. Sixth and
jackson. a general welcome has been
extended.
The Shawnee county court house.
among other things. is used as a store
house by the Shawnee county Republi-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-16
WAS A KANSAS MANS IDEA.
The Printing OF the Names of Cities on
Postage Stamps.

Pittsburg, Kan. April ia Kansas
man, Charles A. Patmor, originated the
idea of printing the name of the city
and state on postage stamps as was be-
gun by the government January 1 In
5000 of its presidential offices. Mr.. Pat
NOR was postmaster in this city from
1894 to 1898.
In his first term he was robbed of S41
worth of stamps. He believed that he
knew who took Them but ne had no
way of identifying them. He then took
lot of one-cent stamps, washed off the
mucilage and had a local printer print
"Pittsburg, Kansas" in very faint coll
ors across the backs of the stamps He
then replaced the mucilage and found
that the words could be detected only
on close examination. He was pleased
with his experiment. so he showed it to
some of his friends. They persuaded
him to submit it to the postoffice de-
partment, and the matter was presented
to the department through a local COM
mittee, one of whom was Congressman
Campbell J. L. Bristow, then fourth
assistant postmaster general, urged the
department to adopt the idea and now,
almost ten years later, it has decided to
give the plan a fair trial
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-16
MEETS TO SIGN
Oklahoma constitutional Convention
Assemblies in Final Session.

Guthrie, Okla, April 16-The constitu-
tional convention which adjourned a
month ago after drafting a constitution
for the proposed new state of Oklahoma
reconvened here today to finish it's work
by signing the engrossed document.
During the intermission it has been
discovered that the conventions power
is limited and the recent decision of
Judge Burford of the Oklahoma SUI
preme court shearing the election board
of it's power, will force the convention
either to draft an entirely new election
ordinance or to ignore the order of the
court
President Murray and some of the
other leading delegates to the conYen-
ton will, it is stated. advise the conven-
ton to disobey the injunction.
1t is expected that several new pro-
positions will be submitted by delegates
1t is impossible to say how long the
convention will remain in session. After
the constitution has been signed it will
be ready for submission to the people at
the special election on August next.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-16
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