Morris tribune., 1907-12-14
SATURDAY, DECEMBER II, 1907.

Mr.. Dooley asked Mr.. Hennessy whether
he thought that Roosevelt wants third term
and he answered. II do not. But he's good
deal like Hogan. | wanted him to stay and
keep me oompany night I've got to go,
says he. It's just as we'll, says I. Dorsey says
he's coming around at 10 to throw ye out says
7. Thin I'll stay, says Hogan AS the matter
stands at prisint h'on'y people that cant ilect
him are those that are agin him."
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Republican gubernatorial gossip is again
coming to the front, and it is asserted the Jim
Martin, of managerial fame, may get into the
race. It is also stated that early announce
rnent may be made of the candidates. of Lieut..
Gov Eberhart, and of Atty-Gen. E. T. Young,
and even of r. G. Dunn. 1t is also stated that
Governor Johnson will probably again, as
he is the only Democrat who would stand any
show of again winning the state for the Demo-
Gratis.
It is runored that the county option forces
will have candidate for Speaker of the next
house in the person of DR.. J. A. Gates, of Ken
yon, who has been a member of the House the
good speaker, and would have the support of
other reform elements besides the county OPP
ton crowd, but his candidacy is mistake if it
be for the purpose of eliminating A. J. Rockne,
who was the peoples choice for speaker at the
last session.
The big mail order firm Of Sears, Roebuck
& Co. have been indicted in the federal court at
Des Moines, Iowa, charged with using the mails
to defraud it being alleged that the company
n1isrepresented articles in it's catalogs sent thru
the mails. The indictment was the result of
the work of the Iowa Retail Grocers Associa-
ton and the mail order house has retaliated,
aud claims it will show that the association is
organized to fix prices. The grocers should
leave the courts alone, beat the mail order house
at straight out competition and-advertse.
:
: King Oscar, of sweden died Sunday,
after regning for 35 years. He was of the
greatest of the Swedish monarchs, for while he
has not made his nationgreat in did
Gustavus Adolphus yet he has done better by
making it great in peace. Under him, the Scan
dnavian nations have escaped from the mael-
|SCTOUl oI EuIOpcdu pOiltlCS, anu tuc result is
that they have grown great industrially, and
the material welfare of the whole nation has
been bettered, and general prosperity diffused
He was held in such high repute for his per
sonal worth that he occupied commanding
position as an arbiter between the monarchs
of much more powerful countries In these
days when king is hardly more than the per.
sonal representative of sovereignty, King Oscar
has given striking illustration of what can
be done by strong by force of character
alone.
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Denmark has declared war on the rat
= civil engineer named Zuschlag was the Peter
the Hermit for this crusade. His investigation
showed that rats cost the little kingdom OF
Denmark nearly $1OO0OOO per annam in pre-
veRtatIe damages.
Then he counted the loss of life due to the
carrying of disease by the rats: he is the dis
tributing agent for the bubonic plague and ioes
business in part for other diseases. Zuschlag
published his book in 1903, and it's conclusions
have since been endorsed by the government
= plague commission for India. The committee
selected little town for an object lesson and
offered a small reward. In eighteen weeks a
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