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Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-06-13

According to a physician, an ugly
nose indicates a large brain. Not
necessarily. It may indicate lack OF
skill behind the bat.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-06-13
Entire Family Meet Death.

Nashville, Illinois - The tornado
which swept through the village OF
New Mlnden. this county. at G:O5
o'clock Saturday morning caused the
death OF five persons and the injury
OF ten others, razed "a half dozen
houses and wrecked q church. New
Minden has a population of $50. and IL
iifty-eight miles from st. Louis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Weihe. their
two children and a child named
Steumeier. were killed. Tho serious
ly injured are: Herman Weihe. left
arm and leg broken; Mrs. Carl Steu.
meier, back injured and ankle hurt.
and a child named Heseman. who
suffered abdominal injuries.
Scores OF horses, mules, cows and
other animals were killed through the
destruction OF small outbuildiDgs.
Church Damaged Eleven Years Ago.
The tornado first struck the German
Lutheran church. which was damaged
In the memorable stOrm eleven years
ago The wind snapped on the steeple
and tossed 1t on the ground twenty
feet away. The roof was lifted off
In sections, and only a wall OF the
structure a left standing.
The parOchial school to the north
Of the church was blown to splintcrs.
Five houses near the church were
ripped of their foundations. and the
timbers flew In all directions. Men
and women were caught by the falling
debris. Mrs. Weihc, the first Of tho
lead found, was taken from beneath
q mass OF broken timber and bent iron
near her home a haif mile from the
village. The bodies OF the two chill.
dren were found near the mother. The
father died soon after being ~extricatcd
from the debris.
Farmer Missing,
A report also reached here that a
farmer driving from HOyletOn to New
Minden with a & and binder had
disappeared and no word or trace had
been received from him. 1t Ii believed
he was caught In the storm and car
ried to his death.
Many of the residents observed the
approach Of the storm and rushed 10
IDtlT CclIhTb uuu Ah thsS hoA" ~ -
believed that the death list was min
imlzed. The home OF Henry Greene
was blown completely from the fonn
dation and left the members OF the
family In the cellar unframed.
Death In Cioudburst and Flood.
Louisville Kentucky - Twenty
one persons are missing and the littl'
village Of Gradyyille. Ia the southern
part of the state. ~ almost total!
destroyed AZ the result of O cloudburs
which sent q volume OF water dowi
upon the sleeping hamlet shortly aft
or the midnight hour.
Three bodies have been recovered
The storm began about 10 o'cl0cl
Saturday night and increased In Ia
tensity until 1880. when Its heigh
was reached.
The cI0udburst turned Big Croel
into a torrent, which quickly Owe
flowed It's banks and poured u grea
volume Ut water down upon Grad,
Vile.
Nearly every house In the place wa
, washed away and those who met deaf
/. were drowned or crushed to death 1
/. their houses n they were torA frol
their foundations.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-06-13

The next king Of Spain will be for
tunate In taking hold OF a government
that has begun TO think about the
future instead Of dwelling In the
past.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-06-13

Mauscr rifles have been made by
their inventor much more deadly than
before, Possibly he has been gricving
owe what they didn't do To the Amer.
leans during the war with Spain.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-06-13

While the airship races are In prog.
ress the wise spectator will stand
from under.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-06-13

In 1897 the Greek cmigrants to the
United States numbered only 81. For
the three years i903.4-5 the total was
$1,000. and for the fiscal rear 1906 the
number had risen to 20, 900.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-06-13
STATE Helps settle Mine strike.

Pomer0y. O.-The miners strike
which prevailed here for Six months
was settled At a lengthy conference
OF stats labor officials and operators.
,r1ie settlement will immediately re-.
tIsn COO men To work.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-06-13

The British barmaids will next pro-
for their preservation. The chances
are that they will be less %fervently re-
sisted than were the suffragettes.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-06-13

Probably that Wabash minister who
mas dedicated his seven hundredth
church has not had time to notice the
alleged decline In religion.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-06-13

II will o o be time for Uncle Mark
Twain to exchange that winter white
suit for a summer fur Overcoat. 1t
pays to advertise.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-06-13
German Monument psdIeatsd.

Cleveland. O.-The Goethe and
Schiller monument. q gift Of the Ger
nan citizens To the city OF Cleveland.
was dedicated. was dedicated Sunday.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-06-13

How can a woman be chairman Of
anything.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-06-13

Striking bell boys in New York are
kicking on their meals, an infringe.
ment ON the prerogative Of the pa.
irons.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-06-13
Approved BY Federation.
FreIoht Wreck Kills Two.

Horton. kas--By the derailmeDt of
an extra freight train on the Rock
Island. Brakeman J. Kirkshaw and
Guy Kennedy were killed. and Engi.
neer ID. T. Smith Of Horton vas fatally
Ocalded.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-06-13

New York produces more hops than
any other American state.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-06

fered by men of the Carlisle Morrison, Wat
terson- Mills school of tariff reformers. who
for years had made the land resound with
the issue.
But when the democratic party. with Mr..
Cleveland in the White House. was called
upon to put the issue into legislative shape
1t fell down" with tie task distressingly.
and to its own loss and humiliation. The
German Wilson measure proved to be any
thing but "a tariff for revenue only" being
stuffed full of duties designed expressly for
protection. Even the bill that Mr.. Cleve-
land wanted would have carried a large
amount of calculated protection.
AS the government must have money for
its SUPPORTING party would dare put the
United States on short commons-much inn
portance attaches to the proposition that
the government be economically admins
tered Our expenses at present are not
what they were in 1854, when Mr.. Cleveland
first elected. Tor what they We're in
1892 when he was the second time elected.
on platform carrying demand for "a
tariff for revenue only" Now, what is
economy? If we are spending too much
money, where shall retrenchment begin?
How, and to what extent should the prun-
ing knife be applied?
All of this. it is to be SEEN enters into
the question now. and must be discussed
next year. if not sooner. Some men hold
that are supporting too large a naval
establishment Others insist that We should
get out of the Philippines Immediately, and
save the money we are spending there? And
so on. We must know what our bills are
to be before changing the means of raising
the wind.
Mr.. Hemenway is justified in his state
ment that this is "a prOtectonist country"
The truth of that will readily appear if the
tariff for revenue only" men take the
ground next year that the English of their
issue means the challenge of protection to
a duel to the death.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-06

likely than when a single suspect Is thrust
before an agitated and possibly hysterical
person and virtually proclaimed as the pre-
sumptive offender. The victim is put to a
test of memory and is likely to be con-
sentative about guessing.
Some time ago a negro was identified" at
the Washington Jail as the man guilty of a
certain assault committed in Virginia. The
circumstances of this transaction have
never been satisfactorily explained to the
people of the District, and there was con-
siderable local interest in the case, which
has recently resulted in a commute ton of
sentence by the governor. owing to the
question of the mans guilt which rests in
many minds, despite the findings of the
jury.
1t is impossible to avoid all mistakes in a
police hunt for criminal fugitive, and
somebody must suffer embarrassment from
time to time, but this very fact should
cause the processes to be safeguarded in
every possible manner to keep the chance
of error at a minimum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-06
Hullabaloo Hobson.

As the Chautauqua season is about over
Capt Richmond Pearson HobsOn should
abate somewhat his excitement on the sub
j-ct OF Japan Or. let US say, the enter
tainer should now give place to the states
man The gate money for the year has been
harvested and probably Capt. HobsOn re-
ccived goodly share. He carried lively
line of speech. and his engagements in the
main were far from salt water Landlubbers
fiockcd to hear the erstwhile dashing young
sailor, and applauded all he said about
making Uncle Sam stronger on the sea.
They wanted the worth Of their money. and
got It in tall talk.
But everything in order. The season of
entertainment is over. The season of re-
sponsibe action approaches. Congress will
assemble in three months. and this Chau-
tauqua entertainer must then assume the
role of a national legislator. His friends
hope to see him appointed a member of the
House naval committee. and for such a
post he possesses in his professional knowl-
edge of ships and the sea high qualifications.
But this whitehead patter of his about
eating dirt and building ships will not i'm
prove his chances for such an appointment.
COnduce to his sefulncss on the commit
tee should the appointment be made. 1t
Is likeier 20 discredit him. both in and out
of Congress. among those who take a sober
view of things. and have followed the ma
tional development and responsibilities
Unfortunately for him. Capt. HobsOn's
obseSsion on the subject of war with Japan
seems to be progressive. He has now
reached point where ne is able to fix the
day for the beginning of hostlites. Japan.
he thinks. will strike us about February.
when We shall be in no shape for response;
and then for a long siege Of humiliation
and disaster until we have made ourselves
as strong afloat as We should now be.
Paraphrasing Shakespeare. Capt. HobsOn
shouts. "A fleet, fleet, My Kingdom for
feet
This sort of thing is all the more regretta-
b!A coming from a man who if var
came would do his full duty by the Coun-
try. He is not all proclamation. but of such
stun as men are made of. But there are
no ships in his talk. 1t will not hurry the
laying down of a single additional keel, but
may make the task the harder of those who
are advocating larger navy by a calm
and sane presentation of the country's ne
cessities. If Statesman Hobson will arrange
for a strenuous session with Entertainer
HobSon both of those eminent characters
will benefit. We have entered upon the
closed season for the most picturesque
STYLES of gun
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-06
An Ambassadors Hospitality.

From the New Yorker StaatsZeitung, Sept. D.
The present ambassador in London is a
man of wealth, which he has always put to
honorabla uses. His magnificent res. dence
few gathering places of New York's artistic
and intellectual society. man of such
type regards it a n.cessity to maintain
in his official station well such an
esta bliShment as IS suited to his means and
is in accord with the wide scope of what he
considers his representative obligations.
The faultfinders do not complain that there
is an ostentatious display of riches; 1t is
not charged that he exhibits airs of the
vulgar rich and seeks to cover lack of
mental caliber by a show of muniticence.
The complaint really is that the American
ambassador in London yields nothing to
the amba ssadors of other nations whenever
he is called upon to discharge the repre-
sentative duties of his station. and that in
graft ying this patriotic ambition he draws
upon his own means because the govern
rnent will not provide the funds which the
Office demands. The hospitality of the
American ambassador in London is exer-
cised in a manner redounding very effect
lively to the benefit of the country which
he represents. 1t is quite possible that
Whitelaw Reid does not present al court
every one of his countrymen, nor admit
him into the inner circles of the ambassa-
dorial household simply because such cOun-
tryman happens to be rich. Proofs abound
however to show that any one who is at
all prominent in the American world of sci
ence, of art or of industry may be sure OF
the heartiest welcome at the American en-
bassy. Many American artists owe their
Introduction into the best English society
solely to the good offices of the American
ambassador land his social prestige. In
stead of reproaches Whitelaw Reid seems
to us to deserve thanks for the noble and
patriotic use he is making of his fortune
and for the exercise o. the finest quality Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-06
"A Tariff for Revenue onlv ~

senator Hemenway of Indiana is quoted
a. follows on the subject of next years
campaign:
For the first time in sixteen years the
tsrin viii be the main issue. in my opinion
The corporation problems have been mostly
attended TO now, AMI unless some big new
issue should crop up the result OF the
next session of Congress, the tariff will
be the principal topic on the stump The
republicans Will contend that the tariff
should be revised after the Inauguration
OF the next President in the interests of
protection and by the friends of protec-
ton.
The democrats will contend that the
tariff should be -aVised with the idea of
tariff Tor revenue only in view On that
issue | have not the slightest doubt that
the republicans will be returned to power
This is protectionist country"
"A tariI for revenue only" has in times
past led to a good deal of discussion. Until
1894 the phrase was accepted at its face
value. II meant the levying of no more
duties on importations than necessary to
carry on the government economically adj
cniHistered Such vas the explanation Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-06
Tagging Reformers in PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia voters are now registering
for the November election, at which local
officers will be chosen. Yesterday was the
first day of the series. and the results were
such as to discourage somewhat the friends
of municipal reform and to hearten the ma
chine politicians, who live by public office.
In its news report of the days registration
the Public Ledger says:
The republican workers were more &C.
tive in getting out the voters than the re-
formers. In the downtown and central
wards. dominated by the organization. as
well as in districts under organization con-
troll. the republican registration reached 50
per cent of the total. In all the res dental
wards, where many persons have not re-
turned from their summer vacations. the
registration was small.
This is an old story Reform is a spas
modic activity in our cities as rule. 1t
flashes furiously for time and subsidies
quickly after one victory. The average cit
iZen not closely identified with a political
organization, or convinced that party poll
tics is bad basis for urban administration,
takes but little interest in the by-elect:ons
until some shocking scandal develops.
The local treasury is looted by grafters
perhaps. or contracts for public works
let to favorites and badly performed, or
pay rolls are padded with placemen to boi-
ster up the machine. After long suffering
the reform spirit Is awakened. A tremen-
dous effort is made and the corruptionists
are driven out of office and power. A new
deal is begun. with excellent promise of
permanence. The professional politician,
however, is usually confident of returning
shortly to his old position of advantage
What is the reforner's avocat:on is his
vocation. Knowing the way around the
wards far better than the casual partici-
pant in political management he works
quietly but diligently during the reform
era and when the next election day arrives
he is ready for the fight with his cohorts
soldly arrayed. while the honest cit zen
has lost interest in the game and returned
to his affairs and Dastmes.
Reform in our cities is work of per-
sistent endeavor. 1t must be prosecuted as
vigorously is that of the machine leaders
There are votes enough in practically eve~y
community in the United States to drive
the grafters and corruptionists and encour-
ayers of vice and sheders of crime out of
business. But they must be organized and
stimulated to unfiasging zeal. and, above
all. kept on the registry books ready for
delivery on election day One of the chief
lessons the American people have yet to
learn is that there is no safety munich
pal progress in c'ose identification of local
with state or national politics That lesson
once thoroughly learned by the mass of
the voters. the work of reform and clean
government is half done
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-06
The Plague in San Francisco.

The municipal authorities of San Fran
cisco have acted wisely in calling on the
federal government for help in the suppress
sion of the bubonic plague in that city. BY
thus invoking the assistance OF the marine
hospital service they enlist the best trained
experts in this country and insure a sys-
tematic assault upon the plague. Only
through organization is such a menace
properly met The plague is essentially
Nth disease. and it must be fought through
thorough sanitation OF the affected dis
tricts. This means cleaning on d large
scale fumigation of every possible center
~ Infection the rigid quarantining of sus-
pected vessels from the far east and the
detention of individuals who may be bear
ers of germs upon their persons. 1t means
also sweeping crusade against rats. which
are believed TO he one Of the chief sources OF
contagion.
Fortunately the situation has been taken
in hand on this broad basis at a sufficiently
early stage to permit an effective preventive
campaign. According to- the latest available
returns on the 18th of August nine cases
Of plague had been recorded in San Fran
CISCO. of which six had proved fatal The
disease appears to have first appeared
close to the site of the old Chinatown and
II is possible that it may have developed
through the disturbance of the soil incident
Ia rebuilding operations.
In this emergency it is extremely fortu-
nate for San Francisco that the present
municipal organization is honest and eff
Gent The successor of Mayor Schm!tz ap-
psrent,y takes a broad view of his re-
sponsihiities and betrays no petty jealousy
for the local authority. His appeal to the
government indicates that he proposes to
cooperate heartily with the federal sani-
tarans to rid the city of the pestilence in
the shortest possible time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-06
"Identifying" Suspects.

Police officers should always be extremely
careful in their methods of securing "identi-
fiCations" of persons arrested on suspicion
of the commission of crimes. Serious mis-
takes are likely to be made in such circum-
stanCes-mistakes which cannot easily he
rectified and which sometimes lead to de-
plorable tragedies. The other day a local
case of assault was reported the details of
the crime. stated. being of character
to arouse the deepest feeling on the part of
the community. The police immediately in
stituted a search of those parts of the CITY
in which the assailant might be lurking
and soon arrested a man who generally an
swered the description given by the victim
He was at once taken into her presence
unaccOmpaned save by his custodans and
was promptly pronounced by her to be the
man sought. She carried her identihcatio
even SO far as to proclaim his voice to be
that on the man who had brutally NAL
treated her. He was thereupon placed be-
hind bars to await further developments
Very quickly. however. he proved an aIibi
so conclusively that his release was imper-
alive.
For some hours this man was unjustiy
held up before the people of Washington as
| wretch of the vilest character He was
put to serious discomfort and distress of
mind. He was exposed. indeed, to savage
violence on the part Of the aroused neigh
| bors of the victim of the assault In some
| communities his life might have been for
| felt to the passions of mob. Yet he
| was wholly innocent Of participation In the
| crime.
The only proper manner of identifying a
| suspect In cases of attack upon the person
is to place him in company with several
| others and to call upon the victim to pick
| the man believed to be the assailant. A
] mis- AXE ia such circumstances is far less
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-06
Expectancy.

| feel as if some rest were due
LIES cares are left behind.
OF course. I'll hear a speech or two
To exercise my mind
But worryin Ger my country's fate
I'll lay that burden down.
An simply be content to wait
Till Congress comes to town.
A few more months of patience, then
The experts will arrive.
In aid of their dear fellow men
To eloquently strive.
An so I'll sit me down to see
The autumn leaves turn brown
An think how different things will be
When Congress comes to town!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-06
Slump Hurts Many.
From Leslie's Weekly.

Those who think that a panic in Wall
street hurts only few rich men and a
small company of spectators make a ire
mendous mistake. The suffering is not
local, but general. Nearly every one who
has accumulated surplus has invested
some of 1t in securities dealt in on the
stock exchange. Thousands who never
speculate and who never have seen Wall
street are holders of the bonds and shares
dealt in upon 1t daily.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-06
A Preposterous SUGGESTION.

How many inhabitants has Crimson
Gulch, according to the latest census?" in
Qured the tourist
There hasn't been no census in Crimson
Gulch.' answered Broncho Bob. You don't
suppose anybody would be fool enough to
go through this town with note book ask
in all them personal questions, do you?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-06
Have The Star Follow You.

Readers of The Star may have The Even
Ing and Sunday editions mailed to them In
any part OF the country at the rate OF 6oc
per month, or The Evening Star only SOC
per month. The address may be changed
as frequently as desired.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-06
Dividends and Betterments.
from the New York Times

Shareholders want dividends, and the
public wants bettermenta The public hav-
ing assumed control. 1t is going to have
its betterments although shareholders have
to go without dividends. Yet the public Is
wrong headed in going about the business
in this way, for. although it may seem
paradoxical it IS sure thing that it
would get more betterments by allowing
the shareholders to have their dividends
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-06
SHOOTING STARS.
"A Terrible Pace.

Literature sets a terrible pace for
man., remarked the sympathetic admirer.
Yes" answered the high-browed and de-
termined youth; its fierce to keep trying
to write things faster than the editor can
throw them into the waste basket"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-06
Annoying.

81 suppose your family had a good time
in Europe"
Well answered Mr.. Cumrox. Il don't
think mother and the. girls enjoyed them
selves all the time. You see, they had SO
much trouble figuring foreign money back
into dollars that every now and then they
were embarrassed by finding they had acct
dentally ordered something that wasn't ex-
pensive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-06
Better Thus.

The mercury in days like these
Climbs up as high as it can get
'Tis luck there are no more degrees,
For maybe twould be hotter yet.