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Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-12-19
FIRE AT WAL 90.
Residence OF ~ }. Bowling Burned &c
Ground Wednesday Morning,

The haudsow, residence of J.. j.
nnwlmC Waldo WaS burned ~ tho
ground al AN rtgly hour "Wednesday
mornNg. being total loss b0lh
house and furnishings Tho tire Was
discovered about O'Clock In III"
morning. and Notwithstanding that
every encrt WAS made II Was impos.
siblc to QucnCh the licking flames.
The loss was In the aggregate abou,
1900. with only $1,000 insurance"
sEriends OF Mr., poNling viii regret
very much 10 hear ~ his loss
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-12-19
In the Mayors Court.

Tom Jackson Was arraiSncd In IN"
MAYORS court yesterday morning up"n
"a charge ot carrying concealed ~0ar
ons and WAS nncd So and costs,
which VAS promptly paid
Tom had gun "on hts 'pusson,
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-12-19
For over Sixty Years

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for Children's teethinS II
soothes the child. sottcns the gums,
allays all pain. cures wind collie and
is the best remedy for diarrhoca.
The Grenada sentinel., 1907-02-09
GONE OUT OF BUSINESS.
Millions Sunk In Unsuccessful Munic''
pal Lighting Plants.

pal Lighting Plants.
During the past few years at least
sixty cities and towns in the United
States have sold, leased or abandoned
their lighting plants. In a few cases
they still retain their distributing sys-
tenn, buying the current from some
company, but in most instances they
have gone out Of the business entirely.
A number of other places have made
unsuccessful efforts to dispose Of their
plants.
AS with few exceptions municipal
lighting plants have been in operation
but a short time, this is a remarkable
showing of failure and one, 1t need
hardly be said, that is sedulOuSly avoid
ed by those who for ends of their own
are urging other cities to make similar
experiments.
As it usually takes some years for
O city to realize how great burden
It Is carrying in Its lighting plant, II
Is probable that the number OF admit
ted failures Will increase rapidly from
now on, for, as an eminent electrical
engineer recently said, There are al
ready indications that q considerable
number Of these municipalities which
have engaged in improper undertak,
ings are entering upon a period OF
financial difficulty"
The Grenada sentinel., 1907-02-09
HOW TO SHOW A PROFIT.
Tricky Bookkeeping Puts Losses on
the Profit Side.

Tricky Bookkeeping Puts Losses on
the Profit Side.
The printed report Of a municipal
electric light plant In Indiana has just
been received. 1t shows profit There
is no question about it. 1t shows q
large profit The figures are there ir
black and white. and they show u
profit equivalent to 80 per cent Of the
gross income and IS per cent ON the
capital Invested. That is what we cal
a profitable business.
How was this plant able to make sc
good q showing? In a way so simple
that any municipal plant could adopt
it with success If its superintendent
were good at figures. And the best of
1t is that it makes competition by pri,
vate plants impossible because-well,
stockholders are too inQuisitive.
In the 1rSt place the fixed charges
for interest on the capital invested and
for depreciation were entirely ignored
Then NO allowance was made fox tRx0.
lost by having municipal instead OF
private ownership. Next, while full
charge was made against the water de-
partment and the city offices for lights
and supplies. the superintendent coA-
veniently forgot to charge the lighting
plant with the water used In its boil
ers and condensers or with its share OF
the salaries in the city accounting de-
partment Insurance was also ever
looked. Finally. to make assurance Of
profit doubIy sure, q number Of items
properly pertaining to maintenance
were charged to new construction. I"
At the same time the charge for street
and public building lights was quite as
high as In surrounding cities served
by private companies. which had some
how or other to provide for all these
omitted items.
It is perhaps needless to add that ex-
cept for the judicious way in which the
superintendent prepared his report q
considerable deficit would have appear
ed instead Of the gratifying profits. OF
course the taxpayers will have to pro
vide the money to make good these pa
per profits. but they may not for some
years see the connection between their
profitable plant ana the higher tax
rate, and meanwhile are happy In the
contemplation Of its profits and will
doubtless testify enthusiastically to the
benefits of municipal ownership.
From the above we may dedUce the
following rule for showing a profit:
First, omit oil items OF expense that
can without too much danger OF de-
lection be saddled upon the general
tax list or other departments; second,
charge in as vague way as possible
to new construction as many items or
maintenance as may be necessary to
show a large profit. (N. B.-The profit
must be large TO provide for the con-
tingency OF some carping critic discov-
ering one or more of the concealed
items of expense and ruthlessly draw
ing them forth from their hiding
places.)
If the above rule is scrupulously fol-
lowed there seems to be no reason
why every municipal plant should not
show a profit-"Concerning Municipal
Ownership"
The Grenada sentinel., 1907-02-09
Faults Enough as It Is.

The political machine that dominates
New York city is strong because large
powers are delegated to it, and the ex-
penditure Of $10O,OOO,OOO Is given alb
solutely into its keeping. we have
faults enough without municipal own-
ership in most of the cities OF this
country, and the ordinary business
man fails to see the wisdom OF making
the situation more complex and dubi-
Gus than it is by adding the problem
of municipal ownership with all mat II
mplies.-Binghamton Herald.
The Grenada sentinel., 1907-02-09
A PHYSICIANS DIAGNOSIS OF
KIDNEY TROUBLE.
A Seemingly Common Disease
which Becomes Fatal through
Neglect and which May Be
Readily Cured by Prompt At
tention.

More than two-thirds of the annual
death rate, physicians claim, is directly
traceable to kidney disorders.
Interested by this remarkable asser-
ton and desiring to acquire better un-
derstanding of the origin of the disease.
q prominent physician was recently in
terviewed as to the symptoms of such
troubles.
"To what do you attribute the great
destructiveness of kidney disease1" was
asked.
"The hold which the disease gains In
the body before the victim becomes aware
of his true condition, and the rapidity
with which it eats It's way into the vital
organs"
''Would not the proverbial ounce of
prevention check the progress of the
disease1"
"There is no doubt of it. The trouble
is that victims of this disease mistake
the symptoms for some trifing ai1ment
in the stomach or bowels; therefore they
do nothing to arrest the course of the
disease until it is we'll advanced"
"What is the origin of kidney trouble3"
"Almost invariably bad digestion, fol-
lowed by torpid liver and coustipated
habit"
"What are the symptomsl"
Headache, dizzy spells, sluggish
brain, restless nights, pale or sallow
skin, bad breath, lack of appetite. heart.
burn, sour belching, backache or tender
ness over the kidneys, nervous weak
ness, dark rings around the eyes, tired
feeling, too much or too little urine, and
sediment in urine''
ITS EFFECT ON THE HEART.
"In what way is the heart affected from
kidney trouble?"
SIN all cases the heart is disturbed,
though in many instances the palpita-
ton does not become alarming until the
disease has advanced to serious point.
A severe heart throbbing and nervous
trembling is noticeable, especially after
little bodily exercise; the victim fire.
quent1y imagines he has heart disease"
HOW TO CURE IT.
"What is the proper course of treat
ment for kidney disease?"
"First, to get rid of uric acid and other
poisons in the system. This can be done
by stimulating the bladder and bowels
so that they will act more freely. The
suffering kidneys must be strengthened,
the liver and stomach toned up and the
digestion improved"
Prickly Ash Bitters is remedy that
answers these requirements completely.
1t is not only system tonic and regu-
lator, but its healing and restorative in
huence will build up the weakened kid
neys and urge them to a better perform
ance of their duties. 1t gives strength
j and tone to the liver, stomach and heart
and promotes harmony of action through
out the body.
NJ Burr, village blacksmith and respected
citizen of Starks La, says: II was troubled with
kidney and liver disorder for IS years. 1 was in
continual misery until began taking Prickly
Ash Bitters which has entirely cured me, and
am now a strong healthy and hearty man.
give it to my wife and four children and they are
in the best of health too. Ifeelthat Prick1y Ash
Bitters is the best remedy on earth and that
everybody should keep bottle at home.'
Get the genuine with the figure
''3' in red on front label.
Sold by druggists. Price Sl.OO.
The Grenada sentinel., 1907-02-09
afr

Municipal ownership" remarks the
Winnipeg Free Press, should not De
discredited because Of its tendency TO
increase municipal debt, provided the
new enterprises are made to ae fully
self sustaining" Neither is dynamite
dangerous If carefully handled. 1t Is
just about as safe to intrust the man.
agement Of municIpalized service to
the average municipal council a. IT
would be to engage a seven-year-ol old
boy to handle namtte.-3Gentreal Ga
zette.
The Grenada sentinel., 1907-02-09

Miss De Style-I was walking down
the road with palmst last night
and we met George and Martha In a
carriage out driving
Mr.. GunbuS, a-YOu did!
Miss De Style-Yes: and what do
you think, the palmist told me that
George had been hugging Martha.
Mr.. GunbuSia-IIow could she tell ::
Miss De Stvln-B the lines in
Martha'S hands 1ndye
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-17
GUATFMALAN AFFAIR SETTLED
MEXICO WILL NOT PERSIST IN
DEMAND FOR ALLEGED AS
SASSlNS.

City of Mexico, May 12.-The Guate-
malan affair has been settled. Mexico
will not persist in her demand for the
.eXtradition of Gen. Jose Lima n of
Col. Onefro Bone. charged with com
plicity in the assassination of Gen.
Barrillas. Diplomatic relations Will
not be severed. Senior Gauboa, Next
cos minister to Guatemala, Will be
sent TO Salvador. A Mexican consul
Will attend to this country's affairs in
Guatemala. At the same time Mexico
viii not give Senior Giron, Guatemalan
minister to Mexico. his passports. the
idea being to humiliate Guatemala and
express MeNico's resentment TOR Ca
brera's conduct during the affair.
The state department will shortly
publish the history of the entire mat
ter. With the official correspondence,
in this way showing 10 the world what
this government terms the bad faith
of Guatemala.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-17
WHEAT JUMPS; PIT IS FRANTIC
TAKES ANOTHER Squirt OF
THREE CENTS AND TRADERS
SEEK COVER.

Chicago, May 1l.-EXcitement such
as has not been seer on the board OF
trade since the 'black rust" scare OF
1904 existed Saturday, when wheat,
which has been steadily advancing for
several days, took another jump of
more han 3 cents. Frantic efforts
were made to get from under the adj
vance by the bears. but they were met
by a demand which came from all
parts of the country and swept every
thing before it.
The high mark for the July option
was 81 3-4c, for September SO 3-4c, and
for December 90 1-Sc. All options
closed very close TO the high mark
and with the bullish feeling still una
bated.
The cause of the upturn which has
taken place in the last few days is
the widespread belief that the crop of
winter wheat this year will show a
notable decrease as compared with
that of 1906. The prevalence of cold
weather in the West and Northwest,
which is said to be holding back the
crop in those sections; the freezing
temperature in the Canadian North
west, which, it is said, has prevented
seeding in many sections, and the
damage said to have been done in the
Southwest by the Unsuitable appetite
of the green bug also aided the rush
unWardS.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-17
NEWS Of WEEK SUMMARIZED
IMPORTANT EVENTS At HOME
AND ON FOREIGN SHORES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Washington.

Wilher ]. Carr has been appointed
chief clerk of the state department, to
succeed Charles DENLY, who will go 10
Shanghai as consul general. Mr.. Carr
is now chief of the consular division.
Rural delivery service petitions up
TO May / numbered 54,873, Of which
15,537 adverse reports have been
made. There are 1857 rural routes,
served by 47,447 carriers. A balance
OF $l,340,47S remains OF the appro-
priation for new service.
During the last fiscal year 6,25S men
deserted from the United States army.
That number is equivalent TO six regi-
ments. Out of the "a, 1883 eplistments
only S,S49 were re-enlistments. This
condition is causing considerable dis
cussion among army officers. Most of
them agree that it is on o of
service in the Philippines.
Viscount Aoki, the Japanese am,
bassador to the United States. has de.
cided to visit the Pacific coast and
make "A number of addresses to his
countrymen for the purpose OF sooth-
ing the feelings of the Japanese on the
coast because OF the San Francisco
school incident and on account of the
new law barring japanese from the
United States.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-17
THIRTY KILLED
IN WRECK OF TRAIN
SPECIAL CARRYING SHRlNERS
HOME FROM LOS ANGELES
is WRECKED.
MANY ARE ROASTED TO DEATH
TERROR AND TURMOIL OF SCENE
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF
INJURED WILL DIE.

Santa Barbara, Cal. May 14.-Whlle
hurryin2 ~northward over the oas
line of the Southern Pacific railroad
Saturday afternoon. homeward bound,
after a week of fraternizing and fiesta
in Los Angeles, l45 Shriners of lsma-
liza temple of Buffalo and Rajah temple
of Reading, with their families and
friends, were hurled into the midst of
death when their special train, run
ming fifty miles an hour, struck a de-
fective switch at Honda, a lonely sta
ton on the sand wastes of the Pa
citic beach. derailing the train, smash
ing the coaches into flinders, killing
thirtytwo almost instantly and injur-
ing more than a score of others.
No Warning of Disaster.
The injured, many of whom are ter
riblv hurt and Ntli probably die, are in
two sanitariums at San Luis Obispo.
There was no warning of the lmpend-
ing calamity. The special plunged
upon the defective switch and in an
instant the big locomotive. baggage
car. diner and Pullman coupled with
it, We're hurled together in a huge
heap of wreckage.
The dining car. in which We're thir-
ty-two persons eating their MONDAY
meal, leaped into the air and vas
thrown directly on top Of the den'ol-
ished locomotive,
Diners Were Killed.
Nearly every person in this coach
were instantly killed. Scores we're
scalded by steam escaping from dis
connected pipes in the kitchen of the
diner.
The terror and turmoil of the scene
was Understandable. Many of those
who escaped instant death by the first
impact We're crushed by the rear
coaches Neing hurled upon the wreck
age. Others, pinioned in the debris,
We're roasted alive. The wreckage
caught fire from the GOALS of the en-
CINE, but was eXtinguished in IL few
minutes by the passengers VINO es-
capped injury.
Many Rescuers Collapse.
An instant after the smash III use
who were not rendered ~insensible O:
otherwise ~incapacitated by the terri
BILE impact jumped from the train to
render aid, but the srueson!e scene be
fore thcm untitled many IL: the work.
they had 10 do long hours before relief
arrived. Men who toiled hard at the
task of rescue collapsed completely,
many of them before the work Was
finished. Many of the dead were so
badly burned and mutilated as to be
almost unrecognizable.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-17
MEXICAN MINE DISASTER.
Fire Breaks Out in Mine While Men
Are at Work and Few Escape.

Mexico City, May 14.-According to
a special dispatch which was received
from the city of Terrence, Coahuila,
by the Associated Press at a late hour
last night, ninety lives were lost in a
fire which occurred in the Cornethas
shaft of the Ternera group of mines
in the town Of Nelandena, state of Du-
range The fire started early Friday
night in an abandoned shaft. At the
time there were 101 men working in
another part of the mine. and from
what can be learned at this time but
seventeen of them escaped.
Few Escaped.
Thirty-five bodies have been recov-
cred, according TO the latest reports
received from the scene Of the disas-
ter. but as the fire is still raging it is
feared that few Others imprisoned will
be found. The origin of the fire is sup
posed to have been due to the care
lessness of a miner who was smoking
a cigarette in IN abandoned drift
through which he was passing.
The shaft in which the fire is still
raging and is said to be beyond con-
troll. is one of a group of the largest
copper producers in the northern sec
ton of Mexico.
Owing to the remoteness of the re-
gion it has been difficult to receive de-
tails of the catastrophe.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-17
GREAT RED PLOT is FolLED.
Plot Against Gar Greatest Since That
Of Eighty-Two Years Ago.

OF El9hty- Wo Years Ago.
London, May 1.-THE Daily Tele-
grams st. Petersburg correspondent
reports the accidental discovery and
foiling of the greatest terrorist plot
since the great Decembrist conspiracy
el9hty-two years ago. The CORE
spondent says he has the sensational
story from two reliable sources. Ac-
cordlng to these versions no fewer
than eighty conspirators resolved a
couple of months ago to assassinate
Emperor Nicholas and plans were
finally fixed for carrying out the deed
during Easter. The plotters included
reserve officers and other officials and
civilians whose loyalty hitherto had
been u%ndoubted. A large number of
plotters, the correspondent says, was
necessitated by the elaborate precau-
lions adopted nowadays to protect
imperial p~ersonages. The plan was,
according to The correspondent, to APP
proach the TSarskoe-Selo in distinct
groups and then execute a sudden and
daring attack on the palace. The first
group, consisting of thirty-four men.
arrived on the Russian Good Friday,
when, from some means unknown, sus-
plclonS against them We're aroused.
The whole thirty-four of them we're ar
found i'll their possession led to the
apprehension of the other members of
the band in st. Petersburg.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-17
Personal

Miss Matte Watterson, said to be
a niece of Rear Admiral Evans, was
found dead at FL Paso, Tex. Heart
failure caused her death.
Charles T.. Halliwell, vice president
of the American Tobacco company,
died suddenly of apoplexy in the Hol-
land house in New York. He was
worth $4,000.
Mrs. Anna Chase Deepen, the Louis
vile novelist and poet, is dead at
Brooklyn. Mrs. Deepen was a niece
of Salmon p. Chase, late chief justice
of the United States supreme court.
G. A. Van Wyck, chief of the fire de
partment of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, is
dead as the result of pneumonia, con
tracted while assisting the Canadian
500 department at the time of the pulp
mill fire. a short time ago.
Edmund C. Ross. former United
States senator from Kansas. whose
vote saved President Andrew Jackson
from impeachment, died at Albu-
q%uerque, N. NJ. After his retirment
from the senate he was governor of
New Mexico.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-17
Domestic.

The Missouri house passed the SEN
ate bin prohibiting pool selling by tel
ephoning bets into another state.
The Susan B. Anthony memorial
fund of $60,0 to promote the cause
of equal suffrage has been completed.
A reunion of descendants of the
signers of the Declaration Of indie
~pendence will be held at the James
town exposition on July 4.
Henry r. II. f. McIver. a soldier Of
fortune, whose exploits have been car
ried on in many lands, was found dead
in bed in his home in New York.
Receiver Fry of the failed Farmers
and Drovers' Bank of Seymour, Iowa,
announces that denositors will realize
about 20 per cent on their claims.
The Illinois senate has passed a
2-cent fare law, The bill provides that
3 cents a mile shall be charged when
passengers fail to buy tickets before
boarding a train.
DR.. John Watson Gan McLaren)
died at Mount Pleasant, Iowa. The
cause was blood poisoning, resulting
from tonsilitis. He was taken i'll at
Mount Pleasant April 25.
AS q tribute to a workman who has
been in their employ for nearly forty
years, the plant Of the Willard Sons
& Bell Boiler company OF Chicago was
closed down for five hours.
President Roosevelt was elected an
honorary vice president OF the Ameri'
can Seamen's Friend Society OF New
York. President Roosevelt, 1t was
said, made his first public speech when
a young man in the society's room.
Tony Burns Of Los Angeles defeated
philadelphia Jack" O'Brien before
the Pacific Athletic club at LOT
Angeles after twelve rounds Of fight
ing that was for the most part a foo'
race. O'Brien running away from
Burns from the first round to the
finish.
John Armstrong. the negro hanged
t Columbus. Tex. April 10. for wife
murder, revived after being placed II
the CONN. 1t IL declared that Arm
strong il now living and that friends
and relatives are keeping the matter
uuiet. fearing the state will agar
step in.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-17
STREET CARS RUN IN FRISCO.
Governors Firm Stand Has Soldering
Effect on Trouble Makers.

San Francisco. May 14.-Fifty street
cars were operated yesterday from 10
O'Clock in the morning until 5 o'clock
in the evening over two of the twenty
d lines composing the United Rail-
roads system. For the first time since
the commencement of the strike last
Sunday cars We're run yesterday TO
the ferries. About 10000 passengers.
a majority of them women, p~atronized
the service.
There was very little disorder dur
ing the day in comparison with the
five days previous. Thousands of per-
sons evidently regarded the published
functions and private warnings and
remained indoors. for the SUNDAY
crowds We're much smaller than usual.
Internationally the firm stand taken
by Gov. Gillette when he announced
that he would judge the San Francisco
situation by the acts of the people
and would no hesitate a moment 10
call out the militia if rioting should be
continued had a SOLDERING effect on the
hundreds of trouble makers whose
acts of violence made the history Of
the past week a ~disgraceful and
bloody occasion.