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New-York tribune., 1907-12-21
T4GG4RT Has Il PL4N.
Wants Democratic National Head
quarters MoUed to Chicago.
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune.I

tBy Telegraph The Tribune.1
Chicago Dec. 2O-Thomas Taggart will try
to induce the Democratic National Committee
to move the campaign headquarters from New
York to Chicago for next years fight Taggart's
plan disclosed to-day by Phocian Howard.
publisher of The Graphic" who was at the
Annex on his way from French Lick Springs to
New York
The Indiana committeeman. Howard said, re-
CARDS the nomination of William j. Bryan for
President as foregone conclusion and believes
the battle must be waged principally in the
West. For that reason he regards headquar-
tiers in Chicago more convenient. Taggart
will not consent to continue chairman another
term. but expects to be succeeded by whomever
Mr. Bryan prefers campaign manager.
'The chairman thinks Illinois. Indiana. Michi-
gan, Ohio. Iowa, Missouri Wisconsin and Min
nesota are debatabe ground" said Howard
with vigorous campaign directed from Chi
cago he believes such Republican strongholds as
Iowa. Illinois Wisconsin and Minnesota can be
carried"
New-York tribune., 1907-12-21
FUGITIVE CAUGHT HERE.
armenian Tells of Finding Mur-
dered Priests BOdY IN Trunk.

Paul Sirkasian. suspected by the police of being
connected with the murder of the Armenian priest.
Father Kasper Vartarian. last May. arrested
.,ist night at Third and 18th street by De-
tectve Cassasa Of the Central Office. The body
of Father Vartarian discovered in trunk in
the house at No 333 West 57th street.
Recently the detective bureau was informed that
Paul Sarkasan had been in the Armenian
quarter. living at No. 1S5 East 9th street. He
was arrested and at once taken to Headquar-
ters He told the detectives at Headquarters
that he landed in this country five days ago
from Marseiles. making the trip across the
Atlantic stoker- At the time OF the murder
OF the priest. he said. he was working for G. c.
RandeII IN a restaurant at No. 122 Worth street.
He became acquainted with John Morodian. he
in West 4oth street. and after the two took a
room in the house kept by Mrs. Henry Sherer, at
No 1888 West S7th street.
He said that on the evening of May % he re-
turned TO his room about o'clock and found Moro
dian gone. There trunk which had not been
there when he work in the morning. he said
A key was on a table in the room. He said ne
took the key and opened the trunk.
At once he said. he recognized the body as that
of Father vartarian. He told the detectives that
he placed his hands upon the body and found that
IL vas still warm. Morodian did not return. He
was afraid he would he held for the murder. he
said Finally he got money and went to
Providence He told the police he had not seen
Morodian since the morning of the day of the muir
New-York tribune., 1907-12-21
CALLS JEWS INFERIOR.
President Eliot Says Condition Is
Result of HardsMps.
10y Telegraph 20 The Tribune. ]

lty Telegraph 10 The Tribune
Boston, Dec 20-President Charles ". Eliot
of Harvard astonshed his hearers wheo ad-
dressing a meeting of the Menorah Society at
Harvard tonight by saying, Take any repre-
sentative gathering of Jews and you will find
them inferior to almost any other gathering"
The Menorah Society is composed of Hebrew
students, and many Hebrews from Brown. Dart
mouth. Tufts. Boston University. the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology and Rad
clife. besides Harvard, present. Pres-
dent Eliot, who made informal talk after
expressing his approval of the objects of the
meeting. which is to bring students of the He
brew race closer together. said:
of inferior position. This is the natural re-
suit of the hardships which you have under
gone for many generations. Your race has had
piteous history. Your race lost freedom of
speech of trade, of profession almost free
dom live. There used to be glorious times
when the Jewish race had martial spirit. but
through depression this has been lost. There Is
mental reason for this. I advise you Jews
to join the militia. to become fighters. to take
part in the college sports. to get out and mix
with the world and take the part you ought to
NAV
New-York tribune., 1907-12-21
M1NERALoG1sr SHOT WHILE HUNTING.
Herbert S. Dyer, of Portland, Me., Dies Soon
Afterward.

Phillips Me. Dec. 20.-Herbert S. Dyer. Of
Portland, prominent throughout the state as a
mineralogist and expert in graphite mines, was
accidentally shot while hunting this afternoon
at Madrid. Me-, and died this evening from his
injuries. The trigger of his rifle caught on
the limb of a tree. the bullet entering his body
just above the hip and passing out through the
stomach.
At time Mr.. Dyer was president of the
Portland City Council. For a number Of years
he was connected with the Maine office Of the
New York Life Insurance Company, but during
the last three four years he had been min
ing broker, representing New York firms He
was forty-five years of age
New-York tribune., 1907-12-21
CONTINUOUS TYPHOID EPIDEMIC.
Pittsburg Had One for Thirty-four Years
and Did Not Know It.

pittshurg Dec 20-That typhoid fever has been
endemic in Pitsburg for the last thirtyfour years
was the startling statement made tonight by Dr.
T p Edwards superintendent of the Bureau of
Health in an address to the citys sanitary police
men,
go aoo nersons In Pittsburg have had the disease
and 1915 have died. Last year 5,729 persons. one
in every sxty-six of the city's population, had
typhoid fever. Five hundred and eight of them
died There is scarcely family that has not been
ravaged by the disease"
DR. Edwards said that with the completion of the
filtration plant the Health Department expected to
see the number of decrease. The continual
ton of and the inception Of the epidemic are gen
eraIiy attributed to the water supply.
Cases were cited in which whole communities
were infected with typhoid the result of water
Incoming contaminated from single case Milk
supplies the officer said. also sources Of in
New-York tribune., 1907-12-21
TO VISIT PHILIPPINES.
PLANS FOR THE FLEET.
F0ur to Remain on 4sidtic Station
Nay Go to Japan.
TFrom The Tribune Bureau.I


Washington Dec 20-The present plans re-
1ating TO the battleship fleet contemplate an in
definite absence from home waters ultimately
Of at least four of the vessels now under tne
command of Rear Admiral r. D. Evans. 1t Is
not known yet just how long the seet Will
remain on the Pacific Coast following the record
target practice In Magdalena Bay in April, but
the ships will! remain probably at San Francisco
with possibly some of them at Bremerton-
long enough 10 be restocked with provisions ana
IN receive the overhauling which is sure to be
necessary after the long cruise from the At
lantic
No instructions have been given to provide
for the fleet with a view to its return or the
return of large part of it, TO the United States
by way of Suez. But steps to this end VIII ufl-
doubtedly be taken in the near future, and al
ready the purchasing pay officers of the service
are preparing TO open bids early In January tor
the delivery IN midsummer next year of a con-
siderable quantity of supplies and material at
Cavite In anticipation OF the continuance OF the
cruise of the sixteen battleships TO the Philip
pines There the exhausted stock will be re-
pIenished by such measures the purchase of
meat and butter from Australia.
The present intention is 10 nave -FOUR or the
battleships remain the Asatic station, where
they will be ultimately joined by the three scout
cruisers. after those new vessels have been fully
tried out. The four batteships TO btstatoned in
Far Eastern waters the Alabama. Captain
Ten Eyck De W. Veeder: the Illinois. Captain
John NJ. Bowyer; the Kearsarge. Captain Hamil-
ton Hutchns, and the kentucky, Captain Wal
ter c. CowIes These ships compose the fourth
division of the second squadron of the Atlantic
feet and are commanded by Rear Admiral
Charles S. Sperry. with the Alabama his
flagship. Rear Admiral Sperry will undoubtedly
remain In command OF this division. added for
the purposes of administration the Pacific
feet The other ships of the Atlantic fleet are
likely TO remain about month on the Asiatic
station several of them probably accepting the
Invitation of the japanese government to visit
the ports of that country.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-21
FROM THE CONNECTICUT.
Charleston Gets Wireless Messages
The Sues Report.

Charleston, S c.. Dec. 20-The wireless sta
tIon here was in communication with Admiral
Evans's fleet this afternoon The first mes
sages were follows:
Dec 20 noOn.-On board the U 3 > Con
necticut $50 miles north northwest OF ST
Thomas Fine weather Light winds
Dec. 20, afternoon.-On board the Connect1-
cut The battleshp Missouri left the fleet at 4
o'clock on the afternoon of the 10Th to iaha
Fireman B. Northway who is suffering from
peritonitfs. at San Juan. P. r. VIII join the
fleet tomorrow afternoon.
In reference to the report, which was termed
"wardroom gossip" in Washington to the ell
feet that Admiral Evans had indicated return
via the Suez Canal the following message was
caught:
Evans has made no statement for puonca-
ton. Must inquire at White House for confr-
nation or denial
still later message told of stiff trade winds
and predicted arrival at Trinidad late Monday
New-York tribune., 1907-12-21
WILL NOT TREAT WITH FEDERATION.
Mine Owners Refuse to Discuss Compromise
with Employes' Union as Body.

Godfield, New, Dec. 2O.-The Goldfeld Mine
Owners Association, In a communication to C..
N. Hilton the attorney, to-day refused "irrev
ocably" to recognize the Western Federation of
Miners as a labor organization or deal with the
local miners union a body
Thus ends in failure the mission Of Mr.. Hill
ton, who came from Denver delegated by Presi-
dent Meyer of the Western Federation to make
a compromise with the mine owners if possible.
MT Hilton. upon receipt of the letter, dispatched
a telegram to President Roosevelt setting forth
the fact that the offer Of a compromise had been
refused and asserting that the commission sent
here by the President to investigate the labor
situation is hearing but one side OF the case He
accused the members of the commission of
being prejudced in favor of the mine owners.
FIFTY strike breakers arrived from California
nd nape
New-York tribune., 1907-12-21
SECRETARY TAFT HERE
CONPLETES WORLD TOUR.
Head Of Var Department Sure of
Peace zrith Japan.
SECRETARY TAFT'S ITINERARY.

nu1. 1s-Left Washington for trip around
world
Ann. fe-Spoke at Columbus, Ohio.
AUG. 0-Spoke at Lexington, Ky.
ayo. 24-Spoke at Oklahoma City.
Ayo. 26-Spoke at Joplin, Ciaremont and
Webb City,
s.nt. e-Spoke at Seattle.
sept 13-SaiIed from Seattle for Orient.
Sent. 25-Arrived at Yokohama.
Sent 25-Arrived at Toxic.
oct. Guest of Asiatc Association.
Oct. Spoke at Toxic.
oct 2-Private audience with Emperor.
Oct. 5-Saied from Kobe for Nasasaki.
Oct. s-Arrived at Shanghai.
Oct. f2-Arrived at Hong Kong.
Oct. 15-Arrived at Manila.
Nov 1o-Saied from Manila.
Nov 1s-Arrived at vladivostok
Nov. 25-His train on Transsiberian Railway
narrowly escaped wreck
Nov So-Arrived at Moscow
Dec S-Arrived at St. Petersburg.
Dec. 4-Had audience with Gar.
Dec 6-Arrived at Berlin.
Dec. 7-Saiied from Cuxhaven for United
States.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-21
READY FOR PHILADELPHIA STRIKE.
Anticipating Action of Employees, Street
Railway Company Gathers Breakers.

TBy Telegraph 10 The Tribune.I
phiIadelnhia Dec. 20.-The Philadelphia Rapid
Transit Company has contracted with James Far
ley the strikebreaker, who has gathered eighteen
hundred men short distance from Philadelphia,
nrepared TO take the places Of the members OF the
AmaIgamated Association OF street ana Eiectric
p.,,u-av FnpJoves II they insist going on a
.,;pa The company has also made provisions
"a bouse the strikebreakers by ordering four thou
ssnd cots which have been placed in the various
a- harms Food and stoves have also been IN
stalled and every arrangement made TO keep the
cars running.
IT.. ,orohers of the union not voted to
.,Lo but their attitude is threatening. A meet
,, has been called for tomorrow
New-York tribune., 1907-12-21
WILL PILOT THE FLEET.
Captain Green Goes to Lead Way
THROUGH Strait of MAGELLAN.

Los Angeles, Dec. 20.-Captain f. F.
Green. of the United States army transport
service. who is to pilot the United States bat
tleship fleet through the Strait of Magellan.
is in Los Angeles on his way to Washington.
whence he will proceed to Rio de Janeiro and
there join the feet.
Captain Green is f1fty-six years old and has
made seventeen trips through the strait He
has been sailor since he was fourteen years
old, when he Joined the Confederate navy. His
first trip made in 1869 and the last a year
ago. when he brought the lighthouse tender
Juanita to the Pacific Coast.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-21
VESSELS LEAVE FLEET.
Missouri and Illinois Make Brief
Stops to Land Sick Men.

By Wireless to New York, Dec. 20.-At noon
to-day the battleship fleet is $50 miles north by
northwest of the Island of ST. Thomas Fine
weather continues. with light winds
The Missouri left the fleet this afternoon to
land fireman who is ill with peritonitis.
On board u. S. S. Connecticut by wireless
telegraph to Fire Island Naval Station NJ Y,
Dec 2O-9 D. m.-The Illinois left the fleet this
evening in order to land c. H. Montgomery, a
coal passer, at Culebra. She will rejoin the fleet
tomorrow. Montgomery is suffering from
pleuro- pneumonia.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-21
CREATES SCENE IN Paris.
Wrs. Paterson VII Be Brought to
NcU York Asulum.

Paris Dec. 20.-An American Mrs Pater-
son, who formerly was Virginia Knot Gre
ated scene in the Avenue de FOpera this after
noon by her eccentric behavior. Policemen took
charge of her automobile and in it conducted
Mrs. Paterson to hospital, where she will be
detained pending the completion of arrange
ments. now being made by her nephew and
Frank H. Mason, the American Consul General
for her transfer TO a New York asylum
New-York tribune., 1907-12-21
,,,c IN w,l m,NeTon THEATRE.

rEy Teegraph The IriDufe.I
-, mel Dec Ca panic which might
- resrited seriously occurred at the Nixon q
I,no,nernan Opera House at IL O'Clock to-nsh''
80, nearly three thousand people were Witness
,ng a local entertainment moving picture nia
iiie - gallery caught fire. Some one shouted
-, -, and instantly the house was IN an uproar.
o.,;oS york by the police and house employees pre-
49,, ,oss of life or serious injuries.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-21
LOSER SHOOTS BROKER
THEN COMMITS SUICIDE.
James II. OEphamt .4ftacked 69
D0ctOr-Dies az Hospital

James H OIiphant, head of the Stock Ex-
change firm of James H. Oliphant & Co, No.
90 Broad street, was shot and fatally wound
ed yesterday afternoon by Dr. Charles A. Gel
ger, OF Beaufort. s c. who owed the firm sew
cral thousand dollars After shooting the bro
ker through the abdomen Dr. Geiser who had
New-York tribune., 1907-12-21
PROFESSOR uPHoLps ouELLING.

Try Telegraph to The Tribune
Ann arbor Mich Dec. 20.-"Dueliing is the ex-
,Ilaratiny germ of a college education which pro-
drces men able 10 out into the world 10 fsh,
battles where quick percepuon' auich aI..on aa
90, s..rrrnation are necessary said Professor
- + Demuralt, of the University OF Michigan To-
day ... .h.rcierter,
earst challenger of his corps while a s'uoeii III ''e
po,vtechnic at Munich.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-21
.sxs INVESTIGATION OF DISASTERS.

charleston, w. Va. Dec Ex-Governor Dawson sei
In" telegram to Senators Elkins and Scott
a laa' west Virginia. suggesting that Congress I'M
medately adopt joint resolution proviahs ior
's,a, of experts TO make thorough inVesti-
. "a nine disasters. These late calamilies
"a the increasingly large loss Of ihe IN niii'.hs
ae,aenS menace the coal mining industry Oh 'h0
,sorntry." TIE Governor says.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-21
A VAN pYcK IN RUBBISH HEAP.

r,russels Dec 2o.-A picture by Van Dyck mas
= sisc,vered in the village OF WESTMINSTER
-. ~,,hbisb from convent that was being
do,noljshed It was purchased for 10 cents. ihe
nortrait is that of q sister of Van Dyck The mead
e intact but the remainder is badly damaged IL
IS believed, however that the picture can De ro-
New-York tribune., 1907-12-21
KINDNESS TO AGED NETS $1soooo.
(By Telegraph to The Tribun'

Mays Landing, N. j., Dec @.-Because he was
kind to aged John Caywood of Lewistown, Penn.
Lewis H. Austin, youth of this place, is now heir
TO $4,000, under the provisions of the will Cay
woods is worth about $S0ooo and is divided
equally between Austin and Caywoods daughter.
Miss Sarah caywood, OF Lewistown.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-21

Culebra is small island twenty miles east
of Porto Rico, where naval vessels often anchor
when cruising in that vicinity. There is col
ony of about thousand persons on Culebra.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-21
BRITISH ADMIRALTY PLANS.

London. Dec 21.--According to the STANDARD,
the Admiralty has decided to establish next May a
Pacific and North American squadron. the base OF
which probably will be at Esauimault.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-21

SAVANNAH LINE most comfortable way to
Florida and South Tel 1886 Spring.-Advt.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-21

GREAT BEAR SPRING WATER.
Its purity has made II famous. -Advt
New-York tribune., 1907-12-21

AFTER ALL. UsHER'S THE ScoTcH
shat made the hiGhbau famouA-Advt
New-York tribune., 1907-12-21

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Sharp County record., 1907-03-08
THECOURTS

Circuit Court, Northern Dis
trict-Firsi Monday in January
and July. Southern District
Second Monday in February and
August.
County Court-Third Monday
in January, April, July and Oc-
tober. No County Court in the
Northern District.
Probate Court-Northern Dis
trict-Third Monday in March,
June, September and December.
Southern District-Second Mon
day in March, June, September
and December.
Chancery Court Southern Dis
trict-First Monday in May and
November. Northern District
First Monday in March and Sep
tember.
Sharp County record., 1907-03-08
When Lows Does Flv,

love" remarked tho sentimental
maid, makes time fy,"
III does during eourtship," reioined
the young widow, but after the par.
son has said bis say, time begins to
make love ny."-Chioago Daily Newa.
Sharp County record., 1907-03-08

Sales agent for Dr.. Chas. F. Simmons Farm on
the line Of the already located San Antonio & Rio
Grande Railroad The opportunity of lifetime
One of the finest ranches that the world has ever
seen, embracing 95 900 in the Garden Spot of
the World" Atascosa County, Texas Opportunl-
ties like this, seldom occur and will probably never
occur again.
Opportunty Seldom Comes But Once.
Two hundred and ten dollars, payable SO per month,
buys two lots for home business in town and
farm of from 10 acre truck farm to 640-acre farm.
Mineral lands, farms improved and unimproved in
Arkansas for sale.
Sharp County record., 1907-03-08

Directory.
RELIGIOUS
Preaching at the Methodist
church second and third Sunday
in each month by Rev. G. S.
Morehead, pastor.
Sunday School every Sunday
morning at 10 O'Clock. o. c..
Shaver, superintendent.
OFFICINL
Congressional.
Member Of Congress End District.
S. BRUNDIDGE JR.
Senatorial.
Member State Senate, Second
District. E. MCCALL.
Judicial.
Judge of the 18th Judicial Cir
cult J. W. MEEKs.
Pros. Atty,-T. |. HERRN.
County.
Representatives,. B. ANDREWS,
County Judge-W. H. KELLEY.
Clerk-ARTHUR SULLIVAN.
Sheriff-W. O.. SMITH.
Treasurer-E. l.. DICKERsoN.
Assessor-R. B. CLEAR.
Surveyor-R. K. ARNOLD.
Sharp County record., 1907-03-08

The tissues of the throat are
inAamed and irritat te d; you
cough, and there is more irrita.
tion-more coughing. You take
a cough mixture and it eases the
irritation-for a while. You take
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-01-18
RELIC OF ZEN FRANKLIN,
Toledo Woman Has silver Cup Once
OWnAd BY Him.

One OF the most interesting relics
owned in Toledo is silver cup belong
Ing to Mrs. J. Entwistle o. No $40
bush street and once the property OF
Benjamin Franklin, says the New York
Herald. 1t was made under his sup
ervision In Europe about 14O years
ago. the date, as near as can be as.
certained, being the year 1853.
Mrs. Entwistle is the widow Of Two
Stickney, son Of Maj. Stickney, one Of
the hrst settlers, In whose family the
name OF Toledo was first suggested.
The cup Is about six inches high
and OF solid silver. On it is this in.
scripticn: Legacy by the will OF Ben.
jamin Franklin to Anthony s. Stick.
ney.' Anthony s. Stickney was the
father OF Maj. Stickney. The cup has
descended from father to son and is
now the property OF Mrs. Entwistle,
who has the precious relic in a safety
deposit vault in one Of our local banks
The workmanship on the cup is very
nne and the wear OF two centuries
seems to have made no perceptible dif.
ference in its appearance.
A fact concerning the naming OF To.
ledo was brought TO light when the
history OF the old cup was looked up
Many historians say the city was
named Toledo by man named Dan.
iels. Records in the En;wistle home
show that Toledo was named by the
stickneys. The history Of Spain was
being studied and when the name To.
ledo In Spain was reached Two Stick
ney suggested that the settlement then
called Vistula and Port Lawrence be
named Toledo. as there was no other
Toledo in the United States. From
this. 1t is said. the name OF Toledo
came.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-01-18
oroNI ACE MAN FOUND.
sSsS Dwsllse Buried Wleh PvMS
knivss fee eplta Wsrid.

The skeleton Of cave dweller, who
5ourished somewhere between the old
stone age and the new-anywhere be-
tween fifty and hundred millions Of
years ago-has Just been found in one
OF the famous caves at Cheddar, says
the London Express.
Just within the entrance Of the cave
owned by Mr.. Cough there existed un.
til few days ago a low-vaulted pass.
age, which led toward q hole opening
out into q water-filled chamber.
To drain the further end Of the cave
Mr. Cough had trench cut to the
water hole, and in doing so two layers
OF stalagmite had to be cut through.
Between them was cave earth, and
In this earth was found the skeleton
OF man of enormous antiquity which
the stalagmite had kept in an almost
perfect state OF preservation.
The bones OF the leg exhibit the
iattenins characteristic Of the men
Of this remote period. The thick
frontal bone Of the skull and the bony
projections over the eye sockets also
add their testimony. while measure
ments made by St George Gray, the
well known paleontologist, give the
mans height as teet 5& inches.
Beside the skeleton we're found. laid
with grea. care rear the hapds. a
number of flint fakes and knives. in.
dicating that the man. probably a
headman of his day. Rad been cere-
moniously Inferred and provided with
all that he would need in the spirit
world.
II is probable that great numbers of
such interments may be unearthed in
this famous stOne-age area. which EN-.
braces Cneddar Workey Hole, Ehbor
and around Tor H!ll-all In the neigh.
Jorhood OF the great spring at Wells,
In the vicinity Of which In the early
days OF the earth there was a large
settlement Of the cayc-dwelling uunt.
ing men.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-01-18
Old And In the Way.

| sit In the chimney corner. an hear the
young folks say:
The world II weary OF her-she is old
and In the way
And a vacant chair were better-a soil
tary place
Than the pAlsied wrinkled hands OF her
and the tear-wet. furrowed facet"
| nursed 'em at my bosom ere L.ife's sun
went down the West;
! SANG Loves sweetest songs to them and
rocked their hearts TO rest:
And now, that the sad times hastens-the
closing OF LIES day
| am only e useless woman-I am old and
In the way!
Thank God. II will soon be over-Llfe's
sun Ia sinking fast:
Ny feet are In the valley and I see my
home at last
And say. while the angels beckon,
Poor. and old. and gray.
There 10 room for me In heaven, where
I'll not be In the way"
Frank L. Stanton. In Atlanta Constitu-