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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-09-18
NEGROES HATE TILLMAN
san Francisco Colored People Wouh
Snub Southern Senator.

San Francisco, Sept. 1S.-A depp-
tation of nearly so leading members
of the negro colonies on both sides or
the bay, waited upon Mayor Taylor
this morning and presented a petition
asking him to refrain from attending
the reception to be rendered to Sena-
tor B. F. Tillman on his arrival here
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-09-18

At its special meeting last night
the Commercial association made
preparations for the observance OF
Pendleton Day at the fair. A COM
.mittee composed OF President RAIDER,
District Attorney G. w. Phelps, r.
Alexander and H. C. Willis. was ap-
pointed to prepare the program for
the afternoon and evening. 1t Is the
intention to have several brief ad-
dresses by well-known local men, with
some good musical selections inter-
spersed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-09-18

The biggest and best stocks Of goods
ever brought to Pendleton are to
de displayed this fall. East Ore
gonion advertisements will tell all
about them.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-03-01
The Equipment Of
The Journal.

uptodate equipment
We show below cut of the Duplex Press be used.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-10-18
WAR TALK BY
NEW YORK sun
Fever Spreading In Army
and Navy

NE w YORK, October 17.-(Spec-
iaD-The Sun this morning prints a
first page, double-leaded story from
Washington on the subject of war.
The war fever, it says, is spreading
through the personnel of the army
and navy the idea that war with Ja-
pan is coming being firmly fixed in
the minds of some of those having
superior means of obtaining infOr-
nation as to the governments atti-
tude.
Preparationsfor hostile emergen-
ciesinthePacific are occupying the
time and attention of the military and
naval authorities to such extent, ac-
cording to the Sun, that all other
work has been suspended in some
branches Of the two services.
1t was to be in readiness it is
held, that President Roosevelt ordered
the fleet to the Pacific.
Japanese spies are said to be in
the Philippines and the Japanese are
drilling armies in Japan.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-10-18
SMALL BOY is CAUGHT
AT DOOR OF SAFE
But Escapes By Giving An
others Name.

While sitting at the front of his
store on Cotton avenue yesterday af-
ternoon Mr.. w. J. Webb, the grocer
heard someone working at his safe
and rushing to the rear of the store,
he found a yoHng lad at the safe
door. Collaring the yOungster, who
had entered by the back door, Mr.
Webb demanded his name, not know
ing him. The lad, fully up to date,
gave a fictitious name, that of ano-
ther boy here, about his size. At
this Mr.. Webb released his youthful
prisoner and telephoned his father,
as he supposed, relying upon the
name given by the young culprit. The
Supposed father came post haste to
the Webb store, accompanied by the
accused SON Upon seeing the boy
whose name had been given him Mr.
Webb stated that he was not the one
caught at the safe door and the par
ent, much relieved, left with the in
nocent lad who had thus been cruelty
wronged by the other boy In the
mean time the police are looking fol
the young fellow who thus worked {
smooth game upon Grocer Webb anC
got away.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-10-18
CASE is SETTLED BY
PAYMENT OF $4,000
Compromise is Reached In
Lawsuit.

1t is understood that satisfactory
basis of compromise was reached
yesterday in the Bird-Broadhurst case
by the payment of $4,000 by Mr..
R. S. Broadhurst, defendant, in pro-
ceedings instituted some time since
by Miss Carrie p Bird The plain
tiff sought to recover from Mr.. Broad
hurst, who was custodian of the
property of her sister, Mrs. Emma
Bird Doughtie, the sum of $4,000 al
legged to be due the estate of the de-
ceased. The case was tried at the
May term of Sumter superior court
and judgment awarded the plaintiff
for the amount sued for, with inter
est Mr.. Broadhurst appealed the
case to the supreme court, but, pend
ing an early hearing before that tri-
bunal, a settlement was effected yes
terday, as stated.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-10-18
MEETING TO COME TO
A CLOSE TO NIGHT
Interesting Series to Con-
CIude Then.

With the services at First Baptist
church tonight, the series of meet
ings in progress there for two weeks
and so successfully conducted by
Rev. Allen Fort of Dublin and the
pastor, Rev. o. P Gilbert, viii come
to a finish 1t has been a long time
indeed since a revival here has
aroused greater interest or one that
was attended by larger congrega-
tions. Mr.. Fort addressed two meet.
ings daily and three on Sunday, and
his earnestness and eloquence won
many to repentance and to churcI
membership. The meetings have in
deed been of greatest interest and
many regrets are expressed at the
fact that the series are to close to,
night.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-10-18
END APPROACHING
FOR SENATOR AKIN
Paralysis Added To Pneu-
mOnia.

CARTERSVILLE, GA, October II
(SpeciaD All hope for the recovery
of State Senator John w. Akin has
been abandoned and his death is
expected at any time. In addition to
the severe attack of penumonia, he
has suffered an attack of paralysis
Col Akin is distinguished jurist,
and was speaker of the upper house
at the last session of the legislature.
He is a distinguished Mason and the
author of a number of books. He
was a member of the constitutional
convention of 1877 and during the
civil war was colonel of the Fortieth
Georgia regiment.
In 1882 he was married to Miss
Francis Johnson, daughter of Col
Aida Johnson. Hhe has three chill
dren.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-10-18
CHRISTMAS MUSIC
FROM new PIPE ORGAN
First Baptist Church AntiCi.
pateS That Pleasure.

The Christmas music at the First
Baptist Church will be furnished sc
far as the instrumental portion OF
it is concerned, from the magnificent
pipe organ recently ordered from the
Estey Company the famous pipe or
gan manufacturers of Brattleboro
Mass.
Word has been received that the or
gan will be in Americus for installa-
ton on or before December 20. II
is believed that it will be in readi-
ness for Christmas music and that
the first recital upon it may be in
the nature of the joyous music that
marks the anniversary of Christs
birth.
The organ will be one of the finest
in this section of the State. 1t will
cost $4,000. In all there will be about
$50 pipes. In every respect the instru-
ment is to be one of the finest quail
ity and there is no doubt but that it
will be a decided addition to the
instruments now in Americus and add
materially to the attractiveness of
the musical portion of the. services at
the First church
The installation of the new pipe
organ will be one of the events that
indicate the progressive spirit Of the
church under the pastorate of Rev.
o. p Gilbert
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-10-18
HEINZ & CO.'S FAILURE
DUE TO COPPER SLUMP
Copper King Resigns Bank
Presidency.

NEW YORK, October IT, (spec
iaD Otto Heinz & Co, stock brok-
ers, announced their suspension to-
day on account Of financial troubles
growing out of the rapid decline of
United Copper f. Augustus Heinz,
the copper king, resigned the presi-
dency of the Mercantile Bank, fol-
lowing the suspension. The place
has been offered to w. B. Ridgely,
comptroller of the currency.
The failure of Gross & Kleeburg on
yesterday was due to the inability of
Heinz & Co, to take up their share
of stock recently purchased to boost
the market. The sharp break of the
past two days swept away all hope
of retrieving values, and the latter
firm went to the wall, to be followed
by Heinz G Co., today
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-10-18
LIMBS ARE BROKEN BY
WEIGHT OF A BALE
Aged Farmer Is Badly Hurt
Here.

Mr. Benjamin Grantham, residing
several miles west of Americus, met
with a very serious and severe acci-
dent yesterday while driving home
from the gin with a bale of cotton.
The wagon was upset and Mr., Gran
than thrown out, the cotton bale
falling upon him and breaking both
legs. Mr.. Grar.ham was conveyed
to his home where a physician at
tended him Both fractures are very
serious and, on account of Mr.. Grant
hams age, being near seventy, his
condition is quite serious.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-10-18
TRAINS FOR ATLANTA
START AT AMERICUS

A rumor is current to the effect
that a change of schedule in the Cen
trails trains, Americus to Columbus,
may be made shortly. The report
is that the morning passenger train
to Americus will arrive here shortly
after noon and leave about p. M,
for Columbus, thus affording pass
engers a longer stop at this end Of
the line. A new schedule, Atlanta
to Columbus via Newman, is to be-
come effective Sunday next and it is
possible that a through schedule to
Americus from Atlanta may be oper-
ated at a later date.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-10-18
REBEKAS TO HAVE A
MOOT COURT SOON

Vashti lodge, Daughters of Rebeka
of Americus, will have an entertain
ment on Tuesday night 29th, at
Odd Fellows hall. A feature of inter-
est will be a moot court and mock
trial for divorce proceedings, two
young attorneys here preparing the
case and directing the trial.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-19
ABOUT EI.Hx's TEETH.

A little while back there were dis cussions and quips about porcelain elk's teeth" Some curious individual wanted to know what porcelain elk was, and others inquired if elks ever had porcelain teeth The cause of the controversy was the fact that there could not be found a sufficient supply of genuine teeth to supply the demand. Those who belong to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks wear a tooth of the animal as a watch charm if they can procure one, but it was pointed out that the supply of natural teeth that could be had was far below the demand and that if the demand kept up the result must be that all the animals would soon be killed or else those that were left would be re- duced to a toothless condition, if elk dentistry could be successfully carried on.
 Then it was hinted. or asserted. that a large majority of the teeth worn
 
 were artificial. made of porcelain or some other substance. and that caused the discussion to grow warm. Now we have the assertion of one of the largest dealers in furs in the West who gives it as his opinion. derived from the best information he can obtain, that not more than one hundred elk hides are sold in the United States each year. More of the animals are killed, but a large number of them are stuffed for preservation, and of those whose hides are sold a great many heads are mounted as curiosities. Thus it is plain that the supply of real teeth is very much limited and the wearer of one cannot know whether it was ever in sight of an elk. The dealer referred to significantly added that the Elk brethren needn't worry about teeth running short "so long as Armour is running and has a bone-pile."
 So 1t may be that the proud wearer or an elk tOOln may pe lOlluS one manufactured from the thighbone of a bull or even the jaw bone of an ass. for anything he knows to the contrary. The art of imitation and substitution has reached a degree of perfection where we cannot even tell what we are eating. much less wearing. but what's the odds, so one is content? If one wears tooth which came from the jaw of an elk and another wears one precisely like it but which was manufactured from a beef bone. is any harm done? You know where ignor- ance is bliss 'tis folly to be wis.," and if we really think we have some thing what matters 1t whether we have 1t or not, Whats the odds. SOS you're happy?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-19
FULFILLING aUDsrroNs.

The government Board of Apprais- CTS and other customs officials often have queer cases to deal with in con- nection with our tarin law As it was impossible to specifically describe and define every article that may be im- ported 1t naturally follows that not only do importers of foreign goods often try to get their goods in at a lower rate than they should. but it often happens that the board itself is puzzled to know what class certain article may properly belong to so that the duty may be adjusted.
 contemporary tells of case in which firm of importers tried to get the advantage of the board in a rather inconsistent way. Under the law as it existed some years ago the duty oa all printed matter was higher than 1t was on stamped and decorated Japa- nese napkins. made of fine tissue pa- per The firm alluded to received d large importation of these napkins and claimed that they should be scheduled as manufactures of paper" and let in at the lower fate of duty. and the tariff officials agreed to the contention, Since that time the law has been changed so that manufacturers of paper must pay a higher rate of duty than is charged on printed matter. A few days ago this same firm received a large shipment of the Japanese nap kins and insisted that they came un- der the head of printed matter and should only pay the duty charged on such importations.
 As a matter of course the oard re- fused to reverse the former ruling and held the firm to it's own precedent and collected the duties accordingly. This is one of the many illustrations of the way importers try to get the better of the government in the way of tarin payment but hardly a day passes that some question of definition does not come up which would puzzle Solomon himself to settle. The Board of Ap- praisers has no sinecure.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-19
MONDAY, ANGUsT 10. 1907.
HE TALKED roo MUCH.

To always know ito whom to speak, of whom to speak. and how. and when and where" as one poet expresses it. is a great accomplishment. but some times it may be even more important to know when to keep silence, ass a recent incident in New York shows. A confidential clerk. charged with the theft of large sum of money from his employers pleaded guilty to a sin gle count in the indictment and was let off with a term of three years in the penitentiary. This would haze been getting off easy, but one day he boasted to a fellow prisoner that he had $s5.00O of the money "salted away" and that as soon as his term was out he would go to Europe and have a good time with the money. This boast came to the ears of the District Attorney and he lad the man tried and convicted on another count and an additional term of not less than seven nor more than ten years was awarded him.
 This was a case where the old say ing that silence is golden" fits in quite nicely. We are not informed of the reason for his light sentence in the first place, but if he had kept his tongue quiet and behaved himself prop erly he would have received the re- duction for good behavior so that his term of actual service would have been but little over two years. But he didn't have sense enough to hold his tongue. He boasted to his companion in prison of how he had fooled the court, which he said was dead easy, and of how he could well afford to spend a little over two years in prison and make $35, 900 by the operation. He thought the other man was perfectly safe. but that is where he slipped up. The latter split and the boaster is in the soup for four or five times as long as would have been the case if he could have kept silence. No doubt he is now fully impressed with the as- surance that the tongue is an unruly member"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-19
ELECTIONS OF 1907.
Important State Contests that Show tn,
 Direction of Partisan Currents.

Important State Contests that Show the
 Direction of Partisan Currents.
 Leslie's Weekly.
 Many persons suppose that the only politics that is in the years immedi- ately preceding the big quadrennial campaigns is the maneuvering of the various Presidential aspirants for po- sition in the approaching convention; !; States always hold elections in those of" years, and a few of them are inn portant enough to attract good deal of attention.
 Massachusetts, Rhode Island. New Jersey, Maryland, Mississippi and Ken lucky elect Governors in November, 1907, and most of these States. as well as a few others, will choose one or both branches of their Legislatures. The contests in Rhode Island, New Jer- sey, and Maryland will be of especial interest to the country. Rhode lsl- and, which gave a plurality of nearly 1000 to President Roosevelt in 1904 has elected a Democrat to the Govern = orShip several times recently and has has Jersey, which was once called the Northern projection of the solid South, and which until ls96 was about as re- is being claimed" by the Democrats this year Maryland has been doubt full State for the past dozen years swinging from one party OSs to the other lHan and in 1904 the division was so close that nobody knew who had the Statt until the offic al count was made Then it was found that out of a total of 224,- O00. Parker beat Roosevelt by only 5l votes.
 These States, holding their elections so close to the big national canvas, will show the direction and the force of the partisan currents. When the Repub- iicans carried Maryland and Kentucky for Governor in 1905, ihe country, saw that the drift was decidedly in favor of the Republicans for the big can vass twelve months later. When Ros- well P. Flower carried New York for Governor in 1891 by a 49,0O0 margin, and Horace Boies carried Iowa these were among the portents of the Demo- cratic landslide in 1892. which placed Cleveland in the Presidency Foraker' s defeat at the polls for Governor Of Ohio in 1883 by George Hoadly was one one of the indications of that swing or the country away from the Republicans which was to defeat Blaine in 1884. and and send Cleveland to the White House for the first term. Some of those s ate elections of 1907 may be important as pointers of the direction in which the political wind will blow in 1908.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-19
HopefuI View of securities.

New York Journal of Commerce
 The country is not on the verge of ruin Peace reigns throughout the world. United States finances were never more prosperous--they are, un- der our archaic currency laws, too prosperous for the good of industry. The population is increa sing. The per fore has been SO great. and the saw ings of the poorer people are phe- nomenal. Labor is fully employed :. all our crops-has only twice been ex- celled. and the years yield of wheat promises to be sufficient for all our wants and more The cotton crop is adeauate. Metals are falling. but req ; sonable prices for materials used in building and other enterprises are not 70 be deplored the abatement now felt trary. is healthy from the financial and every other point of view. Therefore, American securities are not worthless.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-19
Roosevelt Horoscope.

Pnllduelpltld heCOFu.
 AstroloGers are casting the horo- scope of Theodore Roosevelt, adopted child of Destiny. The augurs are bor- ing into the entrails of birds to find out which way the American eagle will fly next year. The chair which he when Governor, gave to the Public Ll- brary of Oyster Bay has split down the back mysterious light has been lowering over Sagamore HILL There Is no mistaking these portents. The President will rip up the back any man who gets in the way of his poll cies. and the light over the presiden- tial home points clearly, by the we'll known inverse rule of dreams, to a heavy man who wiu succeed MT. Roose- welt in his official residence; man who weighs about 225 pounds when h' trains down.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-19
"This is My 5Oth Birthday"
George E. Roberts.

George E. Roberts. who recently re- signed hiss position as director of the United States mint to accept the pres idency of a Chicago bank, was born in Delaware county, Iowa. August 1s, 1857. Several years of his youth were spent at the printers case after which he embarked in the newspaper business for himself When he was but twenty-one years old he became part owner of a newspaper at Fort Dodge, Iowa, which he soon made power in Republican politics in ,dl, the State Ills first political appointment that of State printer, came to him when he was twenty-f four years old Id financial question, studying it closely, and when the free silver agitation articles, based on thorough knowl- edge of the theory of finance, attracted much attention Lyman j. Gage, then president of a Chicago bank, was great iy interested in the writings of Mir
 Roberts. and when MT. Gage later be- came Secretary of ths Treasury one of his first acts was to secure the ap- pointment of the young Iowa news paper man as diGector of the mint.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-19
A GRowL FROM RUFFALo.
The following characteristic growl not to say snarl-comes from The Buffalo Evening News:

The following characteristic growl not to say snarl-comes from The Buffalo Evening News:
 Alabama is going to erect a monu- ment to Jeff Davis and 1t is to stand where he took the oath of office as head of the ConfederaCy. If the stdtu :, wv.e erected in hon0r of the record of Davis before the war 1t need not pro yoke criticism but the reason given for it in fact is of a nature that tends 10 promote sectiondli5na. l, ~NClAins why sdgacious Southern men are declaiming against putting il SouLhern man on the national Democratic ticjlrt next year.
 We may note in the first place that there is no proposition to place a mon- ument where MT. Davis stood when he took the oath of office. as that is a mere detail and perhaps we should not expect The News to know that q monument cannot be located just at that place. mainly because there is no room there for it. If erected at all 1T will be as near as convenient to the spot on which MT. Davis stood when he added another glorious page to the fame already his by right of worth and service to his people and his country.
 That error of locality on the part of The News Is of little moment. however The main point is the gall exhibited by Northern Republican newspaper when it charges the Southern people
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-19

with sectionalism because they choose to do honor to a son of the South who was an honor to the entire country, but who never did his people and hIm- self a greater honor than when he became President of the confederaey. That was the crowning glory of a life devoted to the highest ideals of the very finest type of American cltizen- ship.
 Knowing certain type of Northern Republicanism as well as we do we yet cannot always avoid a feeling of sur- prise at their frequent displays of bit- ter and unfair sectionalism. What business of theirs is it if we of the South honor the name and memory of Jefferson Davis? The North may erect statues to all It's public men from Lincoln down to "Cump" sherman, if the people see proper to do so. and we shall have no words of censure or criticism for them. It is certainly their right to do so as it is the right of the Southern people to do honor to their own great men. If the Capitol of every Southern State could be graced by statue of Jefferson Davis 1t would be a credit to the States and to the people. As to the insinuation of The News that such action explains why some Southern statesmen oppose the nomination of Southern man next year. that is all rot. to put it plainly. If any Southern man is opposed to the nomination of one of our own men merely because Alabama proposes to do honor to Jefferson Davis. that man is to be pitied. if nothing more.