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Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07

enemies. Again | come with five
stones; but they are stones of love"
He then read them five verses out OF
the Bible and returned all the money
he had stolen.
No one, said Rev. Mr.. Denison, has
ever dared to cross the island OF New
Britain. even at its narrowest point,
where 1t is only eight miles wide. 1t is
one OF the most active seats OF canni-
balism and has never been explored
ten miles from the shore. The lee,
turer was told by reliable witnesses on
the island that the chieftains often
killed as many as 200 persons at a
time and hung them up 4 keep, cut.
ting them down one by one as they
were wanted, Tobogo's exploit Of Ave
bodies was one Of the milder cases.
MIR, Denlson also exhibited a skull
obtained from the top Of one of the
poles, which are known among the ma
tives as tapu signs, He was told that
It had once been the property Of q boy
who had come down from the noun
tains and had been knocked on the
head for decorative purposes, Rev.
Mr., Denison also had many other
curlos and implements Of peculiar ma.
tive use.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07
gMgs8BMsg8NSE1B
HORSE WENT TO CHURCH

toned place, where he remained until
1t was time to go home.
A couple of weeks ago the horse
made his second appearance at the
church alone, Mr.. Smith had placed
Mugsins In a stall and had left the
stable door slightly ajar. The old
bell tolled exceptionally loud and long,
and Muggins could not resist the call
In some hammer he slipped his halter
and made his way from the stable
to the church, where he remained
until the service was over. The par,
son Patted the horse affectionately as
he trotted up to the door. and then
he started on his homeward journey.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07

chambers, towers, eerie dens, a the.
alter, library--6S rooms in all.
1t had $40, 900 worth of hand carving
In the dining-room, and other appoint.
ments of a similar extravaganza. 1t
stands to-day, dark but proud; heir OF
Its hospitality to the distinguished
men and women of two continents.
Horace Greeley used to visit there and
toast his shins before the library
CRATE; Conkling's name is indelibly
stamped upon the place and time, and
the man whose memory goes back to
the early seventies will recall the high
links and the Sprague-C chase. Conkling
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07

erected so that the tree can be cut
off above the spurs. This leaves a
stump ten to fifteen feet high, which
is sheer waste, as the stump really
contains the best lumber. The hunter
has nothing to do with the work OF
cutting or removing the tree, his duty
being simply to locate It. If he is
clever and energetic his remuneration
may amount to $500 or $1,000 a
month, but he may travel weeks at a
time without detecting a tree, and as
he is generally paid by results his
earnings are rather precarious,
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07

bilious man, Salmon p. Chase, in his
cabinet as secretary of the treasury;
a time when Kate Chase dominated
Washington society and Influenced her
fathers eminent associates by the
force of her beauty and the spirited
brilliance Of her wit.
Then and there William Sprague, a
dashing young fellow from Rhode
lsland-its civil war governor and
later its United States senator-brave,
handsome, clever, entered upon a ca,
reel which makes fiction seem tame
and tragedy commonplace.
Kate Chase is dead-she died in the
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07
Separated by Divorce.

Sspo'oNSb W S'SoISes
Meantime, Kate Chase brought her
sensational suit for divorce. Gov.
Sprague filed counter charges. So
ciety glutted itself with gossip Of the
case. A compromise was finally effect
ed by which both these charges were
withdrawn and a charge of cruelty in
terposed. On May 81, 1882, Kate
Chase-Sprague got the decree divorc-
ing her and giving her the right to re.
sumo her maiden name and the Gus.
tody Of the three daughters, Ethel,
Portia and Kitty.
On March s, 1883. the governor mar.
ried his present wife. She was Dora
Inez Weed, Of Virginia. She was then
25 and Gov. Sprague SO. They imme.
diately went to Canonchet, where Mrs.
Sprague has since relgned as its chat.
elaine.
For a while this seemed to
work revival of the governors olden
power. The Independent state CON
vention nominated him for governor
on March IA, 1888, a few days after he
had come north with his bride. On
March 81, the Democrats also nomi.
mated him, and 1t looked as II the little
war governor would retrieve his for.
mer place.
Soon after the governor married his
present wife. his son, Willie, married
her sister, Avice Weed, OF Whining.
ton, Del. The governor then became
his sons brother-in.law, and Willie's
wife was at the same time his sister.
in.law and his daughter.in-law, and the
governors wife was Willie's s~ister.in.
law and stepmother. Meantime, Kate
Chase had retired to Washington with
her three daughters.
There was a hot campaign. But the
old.time war governor was not reflect.
ed. 1t almost broke his heart-he,
governor Of Rhode Island in the civil
war, leader of her troops. United
States senator for two terms, defeated,
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07

TIA OR SALE. A HIGHLY M.
IA proved estate at N]arraganscti
Pier, r l., consisting Of $50 acres
OF land, with II beautifully furn-
ished mansion, upon which and hi
stables greenhouses and other buildings
about 1000, 600 have been expended. This
property II historically known as Can
onchet," the palatial home which Kate
Chase Sprague daughter Of Salmon +,
Chased built about IS years ago at the
cost stated.
So runs the circular-the house OF
tragedy goes under the hammer! Who
wants to buy it?
You may have 1t, with the story OF
the loves and hates of men and won.
IN of a half century ago. With 1t 20
memories of other days; Of duels and
divorce: of elopements, suicides. scan
dals and law suits without number.
Here Roscoe Conkllng was once an
honored guest: and here law, diplo
macy and political strategy were made
and unmade. Blaine, Garfield. Beecher
Tilden. Ben Butler, Greeley, Dana
Its rooms and halls are redolent will
memory to-day as they were three de
cades ago.
who wants to buy? Name you
price.
Canonchet, once the handsomest es
tate on the Atlantic coast, is for sale
to the highest bidder, II is On the mar
ket because a girl chose to defy hel
parents-lnez Sprague has eloped witt
the son of her grandfather's bitteres'
enemy.
As last of the direct line of the
Spragues. she was to have inherited
this baronial estate, worth at least 81,
900 900 to-day. But she broke her en-
gagement with J. Harold Winpenny, oI
Philadelphia, stayed in seclusiou {
year and then eloped with Harry vii
liams Stiness, son OF Judge Stiness
associate justice of the supreme cour
of Rhode Island,
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07
Work of Mahogany Hunter.

est, climbs to the top of the tallest
tree and surveys the surrounding
country. The mahogany has a Pc
culiar foliage and his practiced eye
soon detects the trees within sight,
The axmen follow the hunter and
then come the sawyers and hewers, a
large mahogany taking two men a full
day to fell it. The tree has large
spurs, which project from the trunk
at Its base, and scaffolds must be
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07
XIII.
| Masquerade unwillingIy

1t must have been after midnight
when the carriage drew up under the
po%rte-cochere of the hotel. DR.. Starva
alighted and met the concierge at the
yestibule. | heard little OF what was
said at first, but the surprise of the
concierge was evident. He tossed his
arms about, and burst into excited pro-
tests. Presently land could see that
Starva was annoyed at the ~action) he
came to the door of the carriage and
peered within. / sat huddled up in
the corner, apparently asleep.
HE is very ill-his EXcellency'"
cried the concierge in French.
Listen 10 me-" stern]Y renlied
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07
sprsgue's Business Downfall.

sprague's Business Downfall.
1t vas in 1873 that the political and
social forces at work to ruin Senator
Sprague succeeded in accomplishing
their design. 1t soon became evident
that the fate Of the A. and w. Sprague
concerns, estimated TO be worth 500.
O00, 600, would be destruction. The
Spragucs had been ambushed. When
the concerns failed in 1873, with more
than 500 00, 900 In actual assets and
less than sll 900, 900 OF indebtedness,
the state Of Rhode Island was almost
Frustrated. Z. Chaifee was appointed
trustee OF the estate. The courts
wrestled with IL for more than 90
years, and enterprises which once in.
volved all of Rhode Island were laid
waste.
Domestic discord and estrangement
10Y interviewed Il madden the prin.
cipals in this drama. The three daugh.
ters OF Gov. Sprague and Kate Chase
were being educated abroad. Willie"
Sprague, as he was called, the only
son, a strange composite OF genius
and impulsive youth, was still at
home.
Robert Thompson had been appoint.
ed trustee for the personal estate Of
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07
Chains that Habits Weave.

Epictetus said some good things
about habits. He points out in his
Manual that every single act is "a
definite grain in the sand.multitude
which make up our daily life: that
each time we are angry or eyil.in.
clised, we are adding fuel to a fire
and virulence to the seeds OF a dis
ease"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07

and made her debut with the Boston
symphony orchestra. Among other
numbers she sang the suicide aria
from the opera "Gloconda." Boston
critics caused Mrs. Sprague to quit
her proposed tour and return to
France. Defeat lay In ambush wher-
ever a Sprague venturod forth. That
same year Mrs. Kate Chase died In
poverty in Washington.
There was, for instance, the ease OF
Orestes Alvord Weed, brother Of Mrs.
Inez Sprague and her sister Mrs. Gerrit
s. Wheaton, who, In 1903 eloped with
Miss Katherine d. de Roulhac, OF New
York. Last year young Weed was
found dead at the Grand Union hotel
In New York from morphine poison
Ing. His young widow and two hand.
some children are all that remain of
his little households household
founded after many affairs of the
heart in which young Weed was the
debonair hero.
Five years ago Gerrit s. Wheaton
died and left his large interest in
Standard OIL to his young widow, sis
ter OF Mrs. lneZ Sprague, one time
wife Of Willie Sprague, and mother
OF Inez Sprague the second. The lat
ter was a beautiful girl. And she has
just blasted the great hopes of the
little war governor and his wife, by
clipping with Harry Williams Stiness,
son Of Chief Justice John II. Stiness.
Sprague's implacable enemy in the
Rhode Island supreme court, between
whose family and the clan Sprague
a feud has existed since 1874.
Marriage Promised Much.
Many had courted the girl. Finally
last year, when she was 81, she be-
came engaged to young Winpenny,
member of a prominent Pennsylvania
family. BY this marriage, the
Wheaton fortune, coupled with Canon.
Chef and its acres, might yet make the
score even between the Spragues and
their enemies.
But fate was against IL.
One day last spring Miss Inez an.
nounced the breaking of her engage
ment to Mr.. W%inpenny. On a day in
June she left Canonchet to go shop
ping in Providence. There on June
Fl, at st. Stephens church, she mar.
rled Harry Williams Stiness without
previous announcement. Rev. Her
bert Barker performed the ceremony.
W. c. Rhoades and Wurst White were
witnesses. The spirited young lady
was not to be bothered with the forms
and frills Of a conventional marriage.
1t Is merely a matter OF theory that
the acquisition of a husband on her
shopping tour was the item OF chief
concern to Miss Inez. There was a
new hat, for instance.
And because of 1t Canonchet goes
under the hammer at once. The
Spragues are to quit Rhode Island and
America forever.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07

his mother, On November G, 1883
Willie was arrested for shooting at
Thompson as he attempted to visit
Canonchet. The boy was largely given
to impulse all his life. A court In
quiry resulted in his discharge.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07
Practieed Eye Needed to Locate the
Valuable Timber.

Mahogany trees do not grow in
clusters. but are scattered throughout
the forest and hidden In a dense
growth Of underbrush, vines and
creepers and require q skillful and
experienced woodsman to find them.
He seeks the highest ground In a for
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07

ling its crystals to the idle after.din.
@ chat Of a surfeited company.
1t was October. 1890. and the night
was chill when this self absorbed party
suddenly learned the news Of Willie
s%prague's death. lie had shot him.
self in a laborer's tent in the suburbs
Of Tacoma. The sign Of blood was
again upon the house OF tragedy. A
few days thereafter. when the poor
boys wasted body was being brought
home. a final letter which he had ad.
dressed to his father came to light.
It had been written in a tent assigned
to young Sprague as one of a gang
OF road laborers. In Il he recited
some of his hardshlps. The boy CON.
planned Of the coarse quality Of his
breakfast that day. Here the letter
abruptly terminated. His body was
found beside the barrel on which he
had written his farewell.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07
At a Disadvantage,

The court fortune teller is going
10 resign" said one Russian Off cial.
YES" answered the other; he IL
at a disadvantage, If he predicts bad
news he comes into royal disfavor,
and If he predicts good news. It
doesn't come rrue"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07

A few years after this, Ethel
Sprague, one OF the daughters OF
Kate Chase. adopted the stage. After
a short time she quit the profession
and, marrying, went to live in Balt-
more. Meantime, Canonchet had
again been startled by an elopement.
In the autumn of 1897 Mrs. Tnez
%Sprague, having studied grand opera
with some OF the best French and
Italian masters, appeared In Boston
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07

Experience is life's queer merchan,
disc that we buy with gray hair and
shattered Illusions.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07
Pay Women Small WAGES.

About so tons Of WOODEN rags are
collected annually at Smyrna aud
shipped chiefly to England and France.
They are sorted In Smyrna by women.
who get 90 to 30 cents a day working
from dawn to sunset.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-07

episode. which eliminated In Conkllng's
flight from the governors gun by way
OF a window and a barred and bolted
boudoir door.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-09-12
THE IDAHO RECORDER


Entered Iansasy q. ,oos a. ssvend class
msfier, In the postofitce az Saimon. Idaho.
under Act VI Congress oi March ]. 1897.
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Why SOLID SOUTH

Some days since We asked repnb.
lican who was born and reared In the
South, why there was a solid South2
We took IL for granted no knew and
that he would give us u truthful an
swer lie said, II may not he able
To give you all of the reasons, but |
would say that the principal reason
was the negro question. In this
answer We have given the chief rea
son that any ono can see when he
goes into the great South land aud
live for while. The property of the
South is largely owned 10y tho white
people, and they are not willing 70
have II leopardized 10y the reckless
Ignorance Of the negroes. Long he
fore the negro was mentally qualified
10 vote the republican party put the
ballot In his hand aud expected him
To use IL TO uphold the republican
party tn the nation. Tho result was
the rapid piling up of debts upon the
southern states aud cities until ruin
Threatened every man who owned
property IN that country. That was
IN tho days OF reconstruction, ~thcy
might with equal propriety have
been called the DAYS of destruction
II was destruction OF the conf
dence aud good viii that had ever
existed between the whites ana ne.
gtoes and brought about the bitter
antagonism that has Sincc existed.
II was a dcstruetluu Of pscpetty val
ueS and did as much 70 retard the
real progress OF tho South as aud
other oue thing
There are other reasons why we
, have solid South. southern people
are naturally Democratic They are
believers In a strict construction OF
tue Constitution aud have always
been strong apholders ut state :
rights They rceo9nite the fact that
the national government has been
eiyen certain great rights for the
good Of the entire people but that al
other rights not delegated 70 the
national government are stlll vested
Ia the states as states They do nos
look With favor upon the encroach.
ments OF the federal authority upon
these puwcrs of the states. Just As
long as these encroachments'coutin
Just SO long viii there be solid dem.
ocratlc South. Perhaps all'of the
opposition to VIM. j. Bryan that has
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-09-12
TEDDY FIRM IN
DESIRE TO RULE !
Will Have a Candidate to His
Liking or Accept Third Term
for Himself--Now Trying Taft
Out.

New York, Sept. THE deeply
laid plans Of President Roosevelt are
ont at last. According 20 sources Of
information close to The adininistld'
tion, the President is determined
that his policies shall be carried 10 Il
distinct conclusion, aud that the
next president must be a man thor
0gehly In sympathy with these poll
cjes. lie is standing behind secre-
tary Taft on these grounds ana VIII
give tine secretary his full support
until the latter has demonstrated MS
strength as candidate. Should
there be any doubt Of the latter 5
ability to win, then the president
will consider 1T his duty to himself
head the ticket. In the event OF
Secretary Taft showing sufficient
strength, it is Mr. Roosevelt's plan,
according tn the source Of lnf0rma'
tion referred to, TO represent the
state Of New York In the senate un'
Til 1912. when he will again become
a presidential candidate. Should
there be any pronounced movement
10 nominate a candidate not OF Mr..
Rooseyelt's choosing, the. president
will, it is said, cast aside all doubt
on the subject and will himself come
out openly as a candidate.
Taft politics, presumably, furnished
the reason for conference which
former Lieutenant-GOyern Timothy
[. Woodruff had with the president
In Oyster Bay after ROoeyelt's re-
turn from Pr0yincetown. What par
ticular phase of the Taft situation
was discussed this time by the presi-
dent and his guest die not develop.
Woodruff after his first oyster Bay
trip was unusually Irritable, even fol
him, and suggested to his friend.
that the president probably bad en-
! Joined ON bin slricter degree o.
secrecy in connection with his Taft
work. Anyway, the state chairman
was mum enough to suit the NOS
rigorous Oyster Bay censorship, tina
Brooklyn politicians appreciated tina
fact when it was learned that Wood
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Pioneer Nero. Co., Ltd.

The writer can remember that 1t
was not many years since our print
paper cost US SlGQ per hundred
When we now come to pay our paper
bills we have TO figure on paying
from 80 TO ~. 90 per hundred. The
former price was before the Dingley
bill permitting the paper mills TO
form u trust and charge Just what
they pleased. This increase Is being
stood only In part by the newspapers,
as the subscribers are donating their
share In the increased subscription
price. II the newspapers OF the East
were To continue To send out their
papers at sl.0o per year they would
be running their business at dis
tinct loss. Since the administration
viii not permit any tinkering with
the tarig until after the next general
election we win have 10 continue
paying an exhorbltant price for print
paper for another eighteen months
at least, Print paper Is only one OF
the many articles which the high
turin has permitted the trusts To
combine on and rob the people. We
believe that the tarilf will be changed
TO suit conditions within the next
two years but we do not believe II
will ever be done by the republican
| party.
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ever been manifested In the South Is
due TO his supposed leaning towards
certain populistic or socialIstic the
cries Of government that the South
Is filed with conservatism, and the
SOuthener Is almost radical In bis
conservatism. as paradOXical Is this
may seem. lie viii always be slow
and they must he 10 well proven that
he must be absolutely convinced that
they viii suit the South before he
will be ready to adopt new ideas or
measures OF any kind,
Then. too, On account of what he
regards as the crime Of the republI-
can party In the days Of feconstruc-
ton, the South has such bad taste
In It's mouth when ever they are
brought face face with the possible
|ity Of the results OF republican rule
In their section that they VIII long
stand out against any power or any
thing called by the word republican.
You may call this prejudice, but 1t
is "A something that will require many
years TO remove. The influx Of In
teiiigent business men from the
North into the South-the c0mming-
ling OF business interests will prove
beneficial to both the South and the
North, and promises better results
than any course We have seen sug-
gested. 30 far the men who have
gone from the North into the South
ern states have been converted to the
southern views on all state issues
even while retaining their conyic-
tions on National issues. This would
Indicate That the North was In error
in regard Lot hose points OF difference
wherein there has been trouble In
the past We might sum up the en-
tire matter In single sentence: a
Solid North has made "A Solid South.
1t has been, and is now largely a
matter of self protection. Caldwell
News.
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,ng had not taken any Of the local
leaders int his confidence. The oet-
TOR IN dodge importunate questionefs'
woodruff kept away from Brooklyn
and hid himself in Manhattan.
reporter. however, located him
and asked how the Taft boom was
getting ON. Woodruff frowned' hesi-
lated n minute and then said
AZ don't like to talk about it.
Tbi, additional question was then
NUT: tOdell says that Taft could mol
carry this state, and that he doubts
II Roosevelt. if he were nominated
for q tbitd term, could carry IL.
0Jeu asserts that Hughes probably Is
Tie only republican who could carry
New York for president next year.
Have you anything to say about
thaty"
What do | care what Odell says
Woodruff snapped out, inpatlehtIy'
"No. / won't discuss Odeus state
ment
"Now. there no use in plying me
with further questions. " the state
chairman continued. II have noun
inc to say about TAFT or any otnef
presidential possibility. In all these
affairs am going to pursue poiicy
Of silence, at least until ! return
rom my vacation. | bave not been
saying anything on any OF the topics
about which there has been SO much
discussion. At present 1 have MOTH
ing to say.
II came rather as a surprise to re-
publlcans to learn that the state
chairman had been to see the pfesl-
lent for the second time in ten days.
They could not figure out the pur.
pose of the conference, and they dld
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-09-12

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a plaster and other remedies ~
Three weeks tor 0ai aa.e l,,. !
purchased bottle OF Chanlas-,,i,,..
Tain Balm. and tNo applications Of.
teetsd cure For safe by N n
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