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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1907-12-28
PARTY PROBLEMS
!. The Disfranchisement Difficulty


" HE Democratic organization
won the election III November
last by majority mat Ger
tainIy wa, comfortable enough but by
methods that do not seem to be re.
sultlng III quite :" large a measure OF
that same comfort. hcir attitude,
for example. toward the irahcnlsc
question was one ni pure trlnp"rl|lnS
Tor political cNpcd1cncy' ana now mat
they are called upon to translate 'hclr
hay professions INT" practical ltSlA-
latlon, the tangic grows more dil1cult'
her ante-cIrct'"n attitude was Just
about th,N:-"Nc Will amend the cleo
ton laws ;" ~ I" meet the WiNhcN ni
every element 81 inc parry we VIII
let everybody III tnat lol want III,
and Keep everybody out that W
want out n" th'ck ana thin adlcrrnt
"t the democracy nctd nave any I'aI
tor ms vote. ana the party III general
need nave u" lurtncf rear Is /" IT'S
future domination. MI ct winch
sounded very comfortable and aSNur-
ing I" the gentlemen whose N"lc am
bltl"n was t" secure the prrp"tnatlOn
ui one party power but an "i Whlch
seems very dlIhtht ana EMBARRASSING
when 1t comes taco I" race with the
guarantees "l the '"n>tl'ntivn ana
the VARYING tastes or the nI-dcincd
1oC' hr>r are the elements IN INC
problem winch are making rs nnaI
solution very trying and very unccr.
tam Under the presiding genus ct
the Hon. >aac ."br HtrauN, the new
Attorney General OF the State, some
ct the Democracy choicest spirits
nave been wrestling with the question
iatcly, ana without any very striking
results III the way "i unanml'y "
npinl"n or practical suggestions. one
thing Is. OF course. rmlncntly dcslr-
aol' t. inc ln'hd> "l an thtNr states
men-'nc ulnlrahEhiNrmrht 90 the I'M
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1907-12-28
u. Politics And BaitimOrc's Police

THE franchise subject is not the
only one to trouble the minds eye Of
the triumphant Democracy at the
present time. The police government
of Baltimore has been recently show
ing some ugly aspects. OF course, a
cOuntryman is not expected to butt
in on such Il matter. but our great
Metropolis must permit us to chuckle
little al the prcdicament in which it
finds itself by reason OF its recent con
tribution to the triumph OF the Demo
cratic Machine. 1t is now paying the
price OF that contribution. President
Willis. OF the Police Board. avows the
inability OF the Board to cope with the
lawlcssncss that has become prevalent
in Baltimore, since the election. due,
he says, to certain sinister influences
that are dcmoralizng the discipline of
the police force Well. what can
President Willis expect. when John
Walter Smith and Sonny" Mahon
are called ON to pay the debts by
which their sweet alliance rode into
power. Can't the memory OF the
heclcrS bark easily back to Jour short
years ago, when Smiths personal
friend was the head oi the Police
Board, and member OF Smiths inner
circle the controlling spirit OF the
Liquor License Board. and when
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1907-12-28

State OF Maryland, County Of Cecil, SIS:
| ChaS. h. Finley, Cashier OF the above
amed bank, do solemn ly swear that the
above statement is true to the best of my
knowl, dye and belief
CHAS. b. FINLEY, Cashier,
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
18th day of December. 1907.
JOHN W. ANTHONY, Notary Public.
Core ct-Attest:
CHARLES NJ. ELLIS,
REL BEN HAINES,
FRANK X. SCOTT,
Dec 1t Directors.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1907-12-28
No. 1886
REPORT OF The CONDITION
OF THE
National Bank of EIkfon
At ELkToH, IN The STATE OF MARYLAND,
At THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS.
DECEMBER s. 1907
RESOURCES

Loans and Discounts ................ S4t0, 900 -
DVerdraftS, secured and unsecured. l25 "
L. =. Bonds to secure circulation. II 900 %
Bonds, securities. etc. 3lb,l21 IS
Banking house, furniture, fixtures. 10000 W
Other real estate owned. ............ 5000 ~
Due from National Banks mot re-
serve agents. 49,. ... .......... 0.l2S ~
Due from approved reserve agents. 59,l - %
Checks and other cash items .... 1873 81
Notes of other National Banks..... $50 0U
Fractional paper currency, nickelS
and cents...... ........... 49,. 10 Is
Lawful Money reserve in bank. VIZ:
Specie ,...,.,,.,........ clU.Z III
Iegal-tender noteS...... lO,6SO 90 IO,9lO 40
REDEEM ption fund with t. =. Treas
urer per cent of circulation.... $50 90
IOtal... 400. ........... .S1oi.2U1 vi
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in ................ $4,000 %
surplus fund ............ ........ 100000 W
Undivided Profits, less expenses and
taxes paid Observation-Disclosures. i0,16S 40
National Bank notes outstanding. 81 100 10
Due to other National Banks...... 1861 rs
Individual deposits subject to check 226,U6l OF
Demand certificates of deposit. bOU,12i Il
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. st53, 205 0l
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-16
HARVEST FOR JEWELLERS.
Purchasers of Siamese King in Europe
Amount to So, 600. 900.

AuEcihaSSTS Oh SldT1eSc hIHg IN Europe
Amount to $3, 900. 900.
King C~hulalongkorn I. left Berlin
Saturday morning for Cassel, where
he will be the guest of the German
emperor m empress. Stories Of the
extravagance of the Siamese king con-
tinue. 1t is considered certain that
he has bought 100000 worth Of
diamonds and gold and silverware.
Two gold services among the selection
cost $500, 900 each.
The king is occupying nearly the
entire floor OF one OF the principal ho-
tells, several apartments Of which have
been given up to an exhibition of the
Jewels and precious metal work which
were brought from London. Paris and
elsewhere by dealers expecting to sell
most OF the wares, and who were re-
warded for their enterprise. as the
king took about half Of all that was
offered to him.
The king q shown unusual interest
in the dispatches in the newspapers
referring to the ILLUMINATION OF the
frontier OF Siam and Cambodia, and
received with extreme consideration
the Newspaper representative who
brought him intelligence on the sub
ject, and who arranged for a news
service from the Hiamese capital dur
ing his sojourn in Germany.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-16
SUCCESS IN WINTER WHEAT.
West of River Raise Hooo
Crops.


Crops.
with the experiments ina ha'.
heen made at different points west VI
the river. his year there VIII De d larse
acreage Of winter wheat soWn TINS IAN.
While spring wheat has been the ger
eral crop in this part OF the sla.e'
last fall some of the new settlers VIM
came from winter whea sections niaae
n venture in that direction anu al
ready have their harvest in the shock'
which they say will give them luily
thirty bushels to the acre. All Who
have tried it say they have secureo
crop which would be satisfactory ~
them in any state. One OF the olu
time cattle ranchers who was attempt.
ing to make game of some OF ms ne"
for attempting such a moNe
was induced to try a few acres Oh -
himself. and is now an on
the question of winter wheat Tor thi'
mart of the state. In the line or lh'
! small grain farming west of the MIS-
souri, river three new traction thfesh-
ing outfits have been sent across inc
| river from Pierre the past two WEEKS
| and with the machines which Were
| taken in last year the raisers OF grain
| will not have to go far to get a thresn-
| err to put their grain in shape Tor tina
market.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-16
South Dakota
State News
AGED FARMER ENDS LIFE.
Henry Sundcrman Cuts i'is iiroa
with Razor Near Huron.

Henry Sundernan Cuts HIS inroat
with Razor Near Huron.
Henry Sunderman. aged 80 years
who with his wife lived with his son
Anthony on a farm two or three miles
southwest of Cavour, in Beadie couh-
ty. committed suicide Monday atter-
noon. After going to he hay he'a'
! where his son and men were haylne'
he returned to the house. ana, after
a short talk with his wife and daugh-
ter-in-law, was seen to enter an OUT
house. Not returning for some Tune
his wife went to ascertain the cause
She found the door fastened on th'
| inside and was not able to break thS
fastening. She called her daughter
and the two forced open the faSteh-
ing. On the foor lay Mr.. Sunderman
with a deep cash in his throat ana ,no
veins in his right wrist severed VIII
a razor which was lying nearby Inc
| cash in the throat severed the 1uguld-
vein and windpipe. Life was not ca,
| tinct when he was found and he trleo
| to sneak to tie women, but was 'o'
| feeble TO be understood. NO reason n
assigned for the act. Everything at
the home was in a happy condlaoh'
Coroner o. r. Wright, of huron Was
summoned and ar inquest was her''
the verdict being rendered in accoro-
ance with these statements.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-16
soLDIERs' Low PAY.
Small Wage Results in Depletion Of
the mn Ranks.

The military authorities have discov>
cred that it is impossible to get men to
enlist in the army on wages OF 40 cents
a day while manufacturers, contractors,
and other employers are paying rnsGilled
labor anywhere from 81 Il day up. Con-
sequently it has been decided to inform
Congress that if the army is to be main
tanned in a state of efficiency it is i'm
p~erative that the pay of soldiers be ma"
~terially increased. 4. 30 per cent in
crease will be asked. Secretary Taft has
authorized the appointment Oh a board
of army officers to draw up u new pay
scale for the service and to create public
interest in the project between now amt
the time of the converting of Congress-
The alarming shortage of men, the ever
increasing number of r~efusals to re-enlists
and the general advance in pay in other
classes of employment contrasted VIII
the pitiful compensation now paid to the
soldier boy will present such a strong
argument in favor of better pay that 1t
is believed Congress will promptly give
what the War Department demands. The
ranks of the army are now only two
thirds filed. The regular establishment
consists of 100000 men. This has been
cut down to a peace footing OF $4,000
The best recruiting officers can do is to.
muster about 10000 men, there being at
the present time a shortage of more than
1900 in the enlisted force. .
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-16

oNN1~~~

At a banquet given to King Frederick
of Denmark during his visit to Reiklavlk,
Iceland, the king announced his policy re-
garding the future relations between the
island and the Danish crown. saying: Il
have established a commission to arrange
for legislation to define the constitutional
position of Iceland in the realm and to
find a form under which the freedom of
Iceland may be built up and protected,
while at the same time the unity of the
realm is preserved and insured.
It is reported from London that the
management Of the Daily Mail and Even
Ing News, known as the Harmsworth pa
pers, which were recently mulcted to the
extent of $25O,OOO on a libel suit brought
BY w. II. Lever of Liverpool, has settled
smother similar suit by the payment of
$125,OOO and the publication of an apol-
ogy. This latter suit was brought by 10
seph Watson & Sons of Leeds. Both ac-
lions grew out of a controversy over the
alleged attempt to bring about a combi
nation Of the English soap manufacturers.
Not less thar 5000 troops have been
summoned to the vicinity of Belfast, Ire
land, in order to control the situation
arising from the strike of the dock labor
ers for increased pay and shorter hours.
The calling of troops was due partly to
the fact that the police had struck to
enforce their demand for more pay be-
cause of the extra work. The strikers
were attacking non-union laborers at ev-
cry opportunity. One feature Of the
trouble is the closing of a number Of
spinning mills through inability to obtain
coal.
The British Navy Department has re-
Gently launched the Bellerophon, the sec
snd battieship of the Dreadnought class,
although exceeding the latter vessel by
TOO tons. The new ship also embodies a
number of improvements gained as a re-
| suit of the Dreadnought trials.
In 1906 Japan produced 13,OOO,4A tons
Of coal, ar increase of 100000 tons
The petroleum output rose from $1,000
| COO to 60.4O0,OOO gallons. The iron ore
output was 141. 100000 pounds, and sui.
phur reached 6O,OO0,OO0 pounds, both
showing some Increase. Exports of re.
fined copper were of the value Of $40. 725,
600, an increase of nearly So 600 300
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-16
CAUSED BY "FLAREBACK."
Navy Department Fixes Cause or
Battleship Georgia Accident.


Rigid precautions will hereafter be
taken to prevent disasters to battleships
in practice work, according to Acting Sec
rotary of the Navy Newberry, who has
acted upon the findings and recommends
tons of the board which investigated the
accident on the Georgia on July 10 last.
resulting IN the death of ten officers and
sailors and the injury Of a number of
others. The report includes all of the
testimony taken by the board. Almost az
of the findings and recommendations, most
of which have heretofore been published.
were approved by Mr.. Newberry, who has
ordered them put into effect. The Navy
Department is now convinced that the
cause of the accident was beyond ques-
ton a Bareback" which it regards as a
welcome conclusion because it is believed
that such "farebacks" can be dealt with
safely by additional precautions. Ad-
miral Mason, chief of the bureau OF
naval ordnance, in an analysis OF the pro-
ceedings of the board, expresses certainty
that the accidents cause was a mare
back" and that 1.-The entering of the CIR
cular loading scoop or tray prevented the
proper action Of the air jet, which was
opened up properly" One of the board 3
recommendations is that loading trays
that will obstruct the jets OF the gas
electors should not be placed in the gun
until after the bore is clear.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-16

Allison, James Whitcomb Riley, most of
the Senators, many members of the
House, and political friends all over the
United States.
The new Mrs. >Beveridge is the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Augustus n. Eddy of
Chicago, and a niece of Mrs. Marshall
Field. Both her father and mother be-
long to families long prominent in Chi
cago. Senator Beverage was the young
| est man in the United States Senate when
he entered it eight years ago at the age
of SO. He was a plowboy in Highland
/! county, Ohio, at -, a laborer at IA and
an employee Of a logging camp in Illinois
at 16. He borrowed $50 from a friend
in 1881 and entered Depauw university.
| Here he won all the debates and with his
prize money paid his expenses for the
two years remaining of the college course.
In 1885, after two years Of work on a
| ranch, he returned to Indianapolis and
| commenced the study of law. He became
/ a campaign speaker in 1884. Mr.. Bever-
| idge married Katherine Langsdale at
| Greencastle, Ind, in 1887. She died
seven years ago.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-16
FINDS FROM UNCLE SAM.
State Treasury Gets $2,752.25 on Ac'
.... or EIoroSf RESOLVES.

St.te Treasury Gets $2.752.25 on Ac-
count of Forest Reserves.
The state has received from the geh'
eraI government ~S2,752.25 as It's por-
ton of the forest reserve fund, winch
amount goes to the different couhlics
of the state, in which the forest 'e-
serves are located, M by them II IS
applied to the road and school 1unus
of such counties on a basis OF ~ per
cent to the road fund and 10 per cet'
to the school funds The countes
which get the benefits are Lawrence
Pennington, Custer, Meade n SUITE
the money coming from the BLACK
Hills reserve with small payments
from the Cave Hills, Short Pine ana
Slim Butte reserves, the three being
in Butte county, and the general re-
serve in the other counties named.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-16
WIRE STRIKE GROWS.
Chicago Postal Employees Join Western
Union.

chicago Postal Employees Join western
Union.
Following the lead OF the telegraph
operators employed by the Western
Union Telegraph company in Chicago,
who went on strike Thursday night be-
cause they were asked to work with
non-union men in Los Angeles, the
telegraphers in nine other cities
throughout the United States quit
work Friday. The 500 men employed
by the Postal Telegraph company In
Chicago, who belong to the same local
Of the Commercial photographers union
as the Western Union men, and who
declare that their working conditions
with the company are unsatisfactory,
took advantage of the situation and
quit work in a body Friday night at G
o'clock.
With the walkout of the Postal an
ployes Chicago is left with about thir-
ty-flve photographers e~ndeavoring to
transmit the business of both telegraph
companies where, under normal condi-
tions. fully 1900 men are necessary to
do the work.
The other Western Union Offices
which became involved In the trouble
Friday. together with the numbe of
men who quit work, are Salt Lake
City. Sc; Helena, 40; Kansas City, $50;
Dallas, los; Fort Worth. Tex, 40; Col
orado Springs. 10; Denver. SO; Ell
Paso, Tex, 35.
In New Orleans the men employed
by the Postal Telegraph company left
their keys to enforce demands made
on the company several weeks ago.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-16
INTERSTATE 1--we sroc., FAIR.
Big Time Promised AT Sioux City Sept,
----- q 20 - 1870 49,

Big Time Promised AZ Sioux City Sept,
Z to II.
] The Interstate Live Stock Fall,
which will be given at Woodland park,
Sioux City, Ia, Sept. 7 to IA, inclusive,
will be everything its name implies.
Live stock from a dozen states will be
entered In competition for the greatly
priced premiums OF this association.
Nowhere in the west this year viii
there be more blooded stock gathered
together In one enclosure than within
the boundaries of Woodland. More
fine cattle will be on exhibition than
horse department, also, there will be a
larger number of animals. The ex-
hibit Of Percherons viii be especially
large. The swine herds Will come from
the best farms in the Missouri valley.
Every farmer h b~1ieves in adj
yanced methods In conducting his bus
mess, owes it to himself. his sons. and
his family In general, to go to the In
terstate Fair and inspect this stock
improved methods.
On the amusement side the fair thi7
year will be better than ever. OF
course, the races naturally come first,
M 1t can be sale truthfully that If
there were nothing else on the
grounds, the races alone would be Of
sufficient merit to attract enormous
crowds. Great strings Of horses from
as far east as the grand circuit will be
on HAND to mingle with those kings OF
the turf, Dan Patch and Cresceus.
Then there will be Horace Wild and
his airship. How many people in this
part of the country ever saw an air
ship? Not many. Wild is one OF the
most daring and successful aeronauts
of the day and his flights Will be one
of the chief attractions Of the fair.
h free vaudeville attraction Will
contain acts entirely new. one Of
which is said to be the most expensive
offered to western fair managers.
The night attraction will be the
100000 Biblical spectacle, THE Siege
OF Jericho"
During the week OF the fair the
Catholics of northwestern Iowa will
hold a semi-centennial jubilee celebra.
ton In Sioux City
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-16
STANDARD ON GRILL
olETHoDs OF MONOPOLY ARE
DECLARED UNFAIR
Oil Company Pocketed Advantages of
Economics Instead Of Sharing Thc1n
with People, II is Declared in Report
of Investigation.

BY unfair prices and discrimination
the Standard Oil company has sacri-
Heed the American consumer on the
utar Of its foreign business. according
to a report of an investigation into tho
methods of the oil monopoly made
public In Washington, d. c., by the
bureau OF corporations, department OF
commerce n labor.
Conclusions drawn in this report
are that the Standard sells its prod
ucts abroad much more cheaply than
at home, and that its prices in various
sections OF h country are not based
on the cost Of production. but are
purely discriminative.
THE Standard has repeatedly as
serted" says the report, that cOmbi-
nation, as illustrated by its own his
tory. is a great benefit to the public I'm
reducing costs and consequently prices.
It may readily be that in some indus
tries combination has had these bene-
fcial results. 1t is probable that the
Standard, by reason of It's undoubtedly
ureat efficiency, could, had 1t beer con-
tent with reasonable profits, have
made prices to consumers lower than
N.-a%eSN EEt
would have been possible for smaller
concerns, and thus have maintained its
great proportion Of the business by
wholly fair Inc legitimate means
THE Standard Is, however, a most
conspicuous example OF precisely the
opposite-of a combination which
maintains q substantial monopoly. not
~ superiority Of service and by charg-
ing reasonable prices, but by unfair
methods OF destroying competition; a
combinatiOn which then uses the pow
or thus unfairly gained to Cypress the
public through wholly extortionate
prices. It has raised prices instead
OF lowering them. It has pocketed all
the advantages of its economies in
stead Of sharing them with NE public.
and has added still further monopoly
profits BY charging more than smaller
n less than economical concerns
could sell for II the Standard allowed
them the chance"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-16
DIVORCEE Is ARRESTED
WoT,au Accuses Man Of Securing sSH'
by False Pretenses.

Woman Accuses Man OF Securing ss''
by False P~retenses.
The monotony of the life of the dl-
vorce colonists in Sioux Falls has peeh
varied by the arrest of c. Ralph WISE
a conspicuous member of the colony
on the charge of having on false pre-
~ttenses secured the sum OIL
$500 from another memper 81
the colony, a Wonlah'
several months Wise has been quite
prominent in the colony, and has cir
culated among some of he most prom
inent of the pertinent residents or
Sioux Falls. Wise u his divorce
decree and attempted TO depart from
the city, when he was arrested on the
charge made by the woman colonist.
When taken before a local )usIlce'
Wise entered a stout denial TO tne
charge contained in the complaint.
Hts hearing finally was continued
and pending it efforts, 1t is understood
are being made to settle the matter
out of court.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-16
BARON UNDER ARREST.
Witnesses in the Hau Case Accused of
Blackmail.

Witnesses in the Hau Case Accused of
Blackmail.
Baron Karl Lindenau. a new witness
in the Hau case. who claims to nave
seen the fatal shot fred, but says the
murderer cannot possibly have been
the former professor. Karl Hau. now
under sentence of death for the crime,
was arrested at Mannheim. Germany.
Wednesday night on the charge Of
blackmail.
The police OF Karlsruhe have given
cut a statement to the effect that Lin
denau sent Frau Olga Molitor. daugh-
ter of the late Frau Molitor, during
the trial Of Hau for the murder OF the
latter. an anonymous letter claiming
he saw Olga shoot her mother. but the
baron promised to preserve silence,
declared his love and asked for her
hand in marriage. The police saw in
this an attempt at blackmail and cal
umny against Olga, but the newspa-
pers do not take Lindenau's revela-
tons seriously.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-16
MANY TEACHERS NEEDED.
Not More Than Half Enough in Sign
in Rouhornme County,

Not More Than Half Enough in Sight
in Bonhomme County.
There is a scarcity of teachers In
county. Only forty OF the
eighty-five schools have teach
ers. The new law putting the mark
ing of all manuscripts into h hanoa
of the state has caused many teachers
to drop from the ank until theS
have made more adequate preparation
OF twenty-five who took the examina-
ton on July 25 only four secured GER
tifcates of any grade. There Is q
strong disposition on the part of schoo4
officers to secure teachers OF experlen-
ce holding at least a secon grade
certificate. and they are paying from
$40 to $50 a month for such.