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The Washington herald., 1907-06-05

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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-07-12

agents are already In the field gather
Ing data on which to proceed and a
preliminary inquiry into the prices Of
lumber shows that the diminishing
supply C: timber does not account for
the jump in price. During 1906 hem
lock advanced 3d. white pine, SO; yell
low, 81 poplar, So, while In the last
ten years the price of maple has gone
up II per cent; oak, SO per cent; yellow
pine, 81 per cent; poplar, 70 per cent;
spruce, IA per cent, and hemlock, 70
per cent. Complaints received by the
bureau are more numerous and more
bitter than those against the oil or beef
trusts. The lumber trust Is regarded
as the most complete of the great in
dustrial combinations and Is operated
without holding company or other
outward sign Of Its monopollstic char
acter. The operations have been I'M
der what is known as the "gentlemen's
agreement" by means of which any
retailer who dsregards the prepared
price list will be boycotted out of bust
ness. The combined capital of the
trust is S611OOO,OOO. The actual cost
Of yellow pine is $40 and the price
quoted last year was $45 to $4S.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-07-12

sides. The defense had shown great
anger, which was shared somewhat by
the judge and by the state, on account
of the publication in local papers Of
the interview with Harry Orchard.
The defense wanted Governor Gooding
hauled up for contempt, and the court
ordered an investigation. This made
the securing of unbiased jurymen more
difficult The fact was brought into
open court that the defense had en-
ployed men to sound all residents like
ly to be called as jurors.
Eugene V. Debs in a spread article
for the Appeal to Reason calls this
trial the prelude to the coming climax
in the struggle for emancipation" and
says that Haywood will be the can
didate of the working class for presi-
dent next year.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-07-12
An Excellent Work.

An excellent work is being done In
the Order by Patrons engaged in writ
ing for and conducting grange depart
ments In local papers, says the Penn
sylvania Grange News. These mem
bers should be commended and encour-
aged In this good work. for 1t not only
aids in keeping the general member
ship posted on the activity and prog
ress of the Order, but is weekly plac-
ing these matters before many read
ers who are not members, thus direct
ing their thoughts toward the grange.
Editors of local papers, as rule. are
very friendly to this work, and If you
are not having any grange matter In
the local papers Of your vicinity would
It not be desirable matter to place
before the next Pomona session and
see If some action cannot be instigat-
ed to bring 1t about?
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-07-12
PRIZE SPEAKING CONTESTS
A Suggestion Which Has Many POSI-
bilities In II.
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence
The grange Is q training school for
public speakers. Many Il man can
trace his initial effort along that line
to the opportunity for debate, recita-
ton or extempore speaking offered In
and by the grange. 1t may not have
developed many orators, but 1t has
given self poise and confidence to many
who have found themselves quite at
ease In public address.
This being so, should not the grange
endeavor to bring out its latent ability
and develop the talent for public speak
ing which 1t may not know it pos
sesses, and where such talent Is al
ready evident should it not be en-
couraged in every legitimate way? To
this end a suggestion.
| At the next meeting of the state
grange In every state let the executive
committee or a special committee be
empowered to formulate a plan where
by there shall be prize speaking con-
test at the following session of the
state body in which the contestants
shall be chosen from Pomona oranges
where on a previous date like prize
speaking contest had been held, it's
contestants being chosen from sub
ordinate oranges In which also such
contests had been before held, or to
reverse the order, each subordinate
grange that cares to enter the contest
should first have competition among
its own members to determine which
one should represent the grange at the
Pomona public speaking contest.
At some Pomona session, regular or
special there should be a speaking
contest for representation at the state
grange. 1t is unlikely that every sub
ordinate grange would have contest
ant. At any rate. not more than ten
competitors should be allowed at the
Pomona contest, nor at the state
grange should more than ten speakers
be permitted to contest for honors
There might be more than ten Pomona
oranges to have representatives at the
state contest, but If there were the
others could be represented the follow.
Ing year. The state grange should Offer
either cash prize or a medal or both
for the best three speakers. The Pc
mona grange should pay the expenses
of its contestant to the state grange
which will be a sufficient honor for any
winner in the Pomona contest.
The prizes should be awarded fo
originality Of thought as we'll as elocu
tionary art, and therefore only origina
essays or orations should be consid
cred, not memorized selections. Sub
jects might be confined to any Of thu
great public reform questions of the
day. not necessarily pertaining to tn,
grange. however. A further step nigh
be taken in having a national grang'
speaking contest, the winning competi
tors In each state grange contest beinl
representatives. Here would be al
honor, indeed, for the fortunate priz,
winners. and an elaborate medal SHOULD
adorn the breast of the first honor mai
or woman.
This Is crude plan briefly outlined
but the idea Is what we are after, ant
this article may lead to a development
Of 1t. The highest good would accru
to the several contestants In the train
ing they would receive In the perpara
ton and presentation of their literar
productions. ]. w. D.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-07-12


fer large loans to other accounts and
then put them back after the annual
report had been made to the satisfac-
ton of the insurance inspectors. The
swearing to these false reports Is the
alleged basis of the perjury charge.
Hegeman pleaded not guilty and was
released on $4,000 bond.
The trial of President Burnham of
the Mutual Reserve Life was post
poned on account Of the defendants
serious Illness.
Pennsy Begins Rate Fight.
Through its attorney, John G. John
son, the Pennsylvania railroad has filed
bill in equity against the county of
Philadelphia to prevent 1t from de-
manding penalties for violations of the
new two cent fare law, which is to go
into effect Oct. l. The plaintiff urges
that the lower rate will do great in
justice to><he stockholders by render
ing the passenger business noncom-
pensatory. 1t also declares the bill to
be unconstitutional.
Railroad Claims sci 100000.
In the court OF claims at Washing
ton a suit has been filed by the Mis-
souri,. Kansas and Texas railroad to
recover $6l.OOO,OOO. representing the
value of the lands of the Five Civilized
Tribes claimed by the road through
original grants of alternate sections
Last year the suit was brought In the
| name of the state of Kansas, but tht
supreme court ruled that the interes
of the state was too remote. The mat
ter has been political issue in Kan
sas.
Another Haywood Jury Panel.
The court at Boise. Ida, had to ad
journ its trial of w. d. Haywood 70
conspiracy to murder former Governo
Steunenberg on May 81 to give tn
sheriff time to summon a third venir
of talesmen, as the jury box was still
far short of men acceptable to bot
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-07-12


fers to the fact that the Standard COM
pany In 1904, through Its various
branches refined more than 80 per cent
Of the crude oil run through refineries;
transported through pipe lines nearly
nine tentbs of the crude oil of the
older fields. and 90 per cent of that
produced In the mid-continent section.
and 1t secured more than SO per cent
of the sales of Illuminating oil to retail
dealers throughout the country. The
letter sums up the findings of the COM
missioner as follows:
''In brief. the history and present op-
Grafton Of these Standard interests
shows throughout the last, thirty-five
years substantial monopolization Of
the petroleum industry Of the country,
deliberate destruction Of competition
and consequent control Of that in
dustry by less than dozen men, who
have reaped enormous profits there
from. The commercial efficiency Of
the Standard, while very great, has
been consistently directed not at re-
ducing prices to the public and thus
maintaining its predominant position
through superior service, but rather at
Gripping existing rivals and prevent
ing the rise of new ones by vexatious
and aggressive attacks upon them, and
by securing for itself most unfair and
wide reaching Determinations In trans
pOrtation facilities and rates, both by
railroad and pipe line, while refusing
such facilities so far as possible to all
competitors"
To Inspect the Mississippi.
President Roosevelt contemplates
trip down the Mississippi river next
fall in company with the members of
the inland waterways commission. The
trip will probably be from some point
In middle Illinois or Iowa to Memphis
and will occupy three or four days. Its
object will be to acquire more thorough
knowledge of the problems of inland
waterway navigation. In which the
president has manifested great inter-
est.
Ambassador Wright Resigns.
Luke e. Wright of Tennessee, am
bassador to Japan, has rendered his
resignation to the president, to become
effective Sept. l. 1t Is said that his
retirement Is entirely voluntary and
for personal reasons. Although NOM
inally a Democrat, his appointment to
the diplomatic post was made In rec
ognition of his valuable services as a
member of the Philippine commission
and later as governor of the islands
1t Is expected that his successor will
be Thomas J. O'Brlen of Michigan
now minister to Denmark. 1t is under,
stood that Professor Maurice F. Egar
of the Catholic university will succeed
O'Brien
Woman Attache to Hague.
Among the attaches who will accom-
pany the United States delegation t.
the second Hague conference will b,
Miss Margaret A. Hanna, private sec
rotary to the second assistant secretar,
OF state, Adee, who, 1t is said will b,
the first woman to be honored will
such position Miss Hanna Is known
as the woman diplomat and has
knowledge of International law an,
presidents surpassed by only a few
men.
Big Stick After Lumber Trust.
The bureau Of corporations unde
Commissioner Smith has now starte
In to probe the lumber trust with
view to bringing criminal prosecutio
II evidence can be found Specia
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-07-12

Every grange should devote at least
one evening to the discussion or the
question of advertisements on barns
and on large signboards in the fields
through which railway trains pass. 1t
is a hideous dissertation of farm sur
roundings and should not be permitted
Every grange farmer should resolve
that no such advertising can be done
on his buildings or premises.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-07-12
LEGAL CRIMINAL
Rock Island Pleads Guilty.

NOCk tSldnu FledC6
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
railroad pleaded guilty to two of the
twelve counts of the indictment brought
by the federal grand jury at New York
charging rebates In favor of the sugar
trust. District Attorney Stimson said
that the government would be lenient
toward those roads which by pleading
guilty showed that they intended to
obey the law In future. The court
imposed fine of $1,000 each for the
two counts.
President Hill of the Great Northern
is fighting the Indictment on similar
charges against his road, having filed
demurrer alleging that the commerce
act under which the charges are
brought SIS discriminatory and uncon-
stitutional," because the same restric-
tons are not laid against companies
| transporting wholly by water; also in
so far as it aims to punish criminally
the defendant for acts done by it's
agents.
After Fertilizer Trust.
The department of justice has decid-
ed to begin action against all the fer
tilizer companies in the various states
on the charges of belonging to a COM
bination In restraint of trade, and the
suits will be brought in the several
states where the different companies
are doing business. This Is to over
come the contention Of the Virginia
concern which demanded a preliminary
hearing before being ordered out Of
the state.
Abe Hummel Now In Stripes.
On the day appointed for the impris-
onment of New York's convicted di-
vorce lawyer, Abraham Hummel, he
left his fine city residence In an au-
tomobile, first having shaved off his
mustache and hair to avoid the prison
barber, and went to the island by an
upper ferry. He entered the prison
through the kitchen corridor, thus es-
Gaping observation from the reporters
and others curious. Once In his cell
clothed in prison garb, the little old
man appeared to collapse refusing all
nourishment, so that the doctors had
him taken to the hospital. Thus the
day Of his entry upon the regular pris
ON work and routine was postponed
Metropolitan's Head Indicted.
John R. Hegeman, president Of the
Metropolitan Life Insurance company
was indicted by the grand jury at New
York. Tuesday, on ten commissioner
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-07-12

No. FOR Price
1. Fevers, Congcstions. Innammstions. ......z5
2. Worms. Worm Fever. or Worm Disease. rs
B. Collie. Crying and Wakefulness Of Infants rs
4. Diarrhea. Of Children and Adults. .........25
8. Dysentery, Grpings, Bilious Collie. .........2S
2. Coughs. Colds, Bronchitis ...................15
3. Toothache, Faceache. Neuralgia ..........15
g. Headache. Sick Headache, Vertigo. .........25
10. Dyspepsia. Indigestion, Weak Stomach. -. rs
IL. Group. Hoarse Cough, Laryngitis. ..........25
IA. Salt Rheum. Eruptions, Erysipeas. ......25
rs. Rheumatism. or Rheumatic Pains. ....... rs
16. Fever and Ague Malaria. ................. rs
IT. Piles Blind or Bleeding, External, Internal. rs
1S. Ophtha alma, Weak or Innamed Eyes......25
10. Catarrh. Influenza, Cold in Head ........ rs
20. WhOoping Cough, Spasmodic Cough ......25
ii. Asthma, Oppressed, Dificut Breathing ......25
II. Kidney Disease. Gravel. Calculi. ..........25
IS. Nervous Debility. Vital Weakness .... 90
20. Sore Mouth, Fever Sores or Canker........25
80. Urinary Incontinence. Wetting Bed. ...... as
81. Sore Throat. Quinsy and Diphtheria. .......15
35. Chronic Congestions, Headaches ......... as
II. Grippe, Hay Fever and Summer Colds RS
small bottle OF Pleasant Pellets fits the vest
pocket Sold by druggists sent on receipt Of price
Medical Book sent free.
HUMPHREYS HOMEo. MEDICINE CO., Corner
william and John Streets, New York.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-07-12

for forgery In
the third degree
and three for
perjury. The for
gerry indictments
grow out Of the
year end trans
actions Of the
company a n d
some of its syn
d | C a t e opera
tons. 1t was
found to be the
nrantian tronS
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-07-12
Delaware Grange Work.

The state of Delaware reports an In
crease Of grange membership in one
year of % per cent. The grange Is en-
ieavoring to induce the trustees OF the
Agricultural college TO use the federal
appropriation for strictly agricultural
courses In the college instead of build
ing up other departments with 1t.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-07-12

sources. b u {
through the use
of unfair prac-
tees. He ac-
cuses the COM
pany of ignor-
ing and evad-
ing the com
mon carrier re-
quirelnents in
the rate law of
1!O6. and Sug-
gests that this
should receive
the presidents
careful atten-
ton.
In a letter
which accom-
panied the re-
port the COM
missioner re-
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-07-12
e x e C u T v E
Standard Oil Defies Law.

The report of Herbert Knox Smith,
commissioner of corporations, on the
oil industry, recently submitted to the
president, reflects severely on the con-
duct of the Standard Oil company. Mr..
Smith analyses the monopoly which
the Standard has gained and declares
that this has been maintained, not
through the control of natural re-
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-07-12

Pittsford IN. " grange Will give a
doral exhibit In the town hall in Au-
gust. Competition Is open to all who
aside In that town and vicinity. Prizes
are offered In forty six classes.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-07-12

Sedlrnent or set
Ting indicates an
unhealthy condi-
ton OF the kid
neys; If it stains
your linen it Is
evidence Of kid
ney trouble too
frequent desire to
pass II or pain in
the back is also
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-07-12

The fortieth anniversary of the foun
dation OF the Order or Patrons of Hus
bandry occurs Dec. "A good time te
celebrate.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-07-12
KEEPING TAB
ON THE WORLD

Oil Trust Pipe Lines, Now At
tackled by Government - Big
Insurance Man lndicted-Man-
ufacturers to Raise ST $780,
900 to Fight Labor Trust"
Numerous Strikes Hurting Bust
ness Cannon Doomed as a
Tariff Revisionist - Hughes
Gets Big Stick to Curb Cor
porations-Irish Party Rejects
Home Rule Bill as Inadequate.
Third Panel For Haywood Jury.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-07-12

'Twixt optimist and pessimist
The difference is droll:
The optimist sees the doughnut.
The pesslmist, the hole.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-07-12

convincing proof that the kidneys and blad-
der are out Of order.
What to Do.
There Is comfort in the knowledge so
often expressed, that DR.. Kilners Swamp
Root, the great kidney remedy fulfills every
wish in curing rheumatism, pain in the
back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part
OF the urinary passage. 1t corrects inability
to hold water and scalding pain in passing
1t, or bad effects following use OF liquor
wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant
necessity Of being compelled to 90 often
during the day, and to get up many times
during the night. The mild and the extra
ordinary effect Of Swamp Root is soon
realized. 1t stands the highest for its won
derful cures Of the most distressing cases.
II you need a medicine you should have the
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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-07-12
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble
and Don't Know it.
How To Find Out

Fill bottle or common glass with your
water and let It stand twenty-four hours; a
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-07-12
Sour
Stomach

No appetite, loss OF strength. nervous"
ness, headache, constipation. bad breath,
general debility, sour risings, and catarrh
Of the stomach are all due 10 indigestion.
Kodol relieves Indigestion. THIS new discov-
cry represents the natural juices OF diges-
ton as they exist in a healthy stomach.
combined with the greatest known tonic
and reconstructive properties. Kodol for
dyspepsia does not only relieve indigestion
and dyspepsia. but this famous remedy
helps all stomach troubles by cleansing,
purifying. sweetening and strengthening
the mucous membranes lining the stomach.
Mr.. S. S. Ball.. Of Rsvenswood. W. Va, says
:" was troubled with stomach for twent, years.
kodol cured me and we are now using II In milk
tor baby"
Kodol Di9es.s What You Eat.
Bottles only Relieves rd!sestion sour stomach,
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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-07-12
DR.. HUMPHREYS SPECIFICS.

Dirsstlons with each visiin Five Language
English, German. Spanish. Portuguese and French.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-07-12

wonderful discovery
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Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-26
Apple of sodonn

The true apple of Sodom, or mad ap-
PIE, of the shore of the Dead sea. men
toned by Strabo, Tacitus, and Jose
Faus, and described as beautiful to
the eye, but filling the mouth. with
bitter ashes If tasted, is kind of gall,
growing on dwarf oaks, and produced
ny species of gall-insect, which has
received the name of Cynips insana.
these gals are about two inches long.
cad one and half inches in diameter,
a. beautiful. rich, glossy, purplish
red color, and filled with an intensely
R.tter, porous, and easily pulverized
Substance, surrounding the insect
They are attached to the twigs in a
curious manner, different from other
CALLS, the narrow end rising upwards
on each side, and bending inwards, SO
ss to clasp the extremity of the twig
somehow like pair of wide and
curved nippers.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-26
To Elaht Fire In Mines

For fighting fire in it's anthracite
coal mines chemical fire engine is
now being used by company in
Pennsylvania. This engine is built on
a truck which can run upon tracks
throughout the mine When an alarm
of fire is sounded the engine is at
tached to an electric locomotive and
rushed to the scene of trouble at a
high speed. Water played upon a
coal fire is almost instantly convert
ed into steam, which further disin-
tegrates, forming a gas so suffocating
that it drives away the men fighting
the fire. Blue flames which shoot
out when water strikes the hot coal
often set ablaze pockets of gas in
the ceiling. When a chemical engine
plays upon burning coal the heavy
gases evolved cling to the floor and
smother the blaze by excluding the
air. Men are not annoyed by the
fnmes and can stay close enough to
do effective work
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-26

bay. The English wise men of the day
thought money could be made out of
Tangier, but no thought was paid to
Bombay. All of which goes to show
how uncertain are real estate ventures
in an international as we'll as in To-
cal sense Out of the occupation of
Bombay has grown the Indian empire
and much wealth and / believe much
honor to the British, but out of the
occupation of Tangier, from which
so much of wealth anud pelf was eX-
pected, came only hard knocks and
final defeat. In Tangier the English
held on grimly 20 years, and it was
here, fighting with the Moorish caval-
ry on the beach, that handsome
Jack. Churchill, who was to become
the conqueror of Malplaquet and 9TH
er fields which illustrate the history
of the British arms, first blooded his
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-09-26

evening breeze began to blow, and the
damp fogs to rise from the grave
yard of so much Christian chivalry;
indeed, our teeth were chattering and
our hearts cold before, in the mystic
light of the rising moon, we rode up
a mound in the middle of the battle
field which, according to the local leg
end that may be true, was built out
of the corpses of the Christians who
We're slain that day, and was also the
coign of vantage from which, when
the battle was fought and won, the
Emin of the Sultan proclaimed the
hour of prayer and of thanksgiving,
the greatness of the One God of
Islam and of Mohammed his Prophet.
Coded to England.
After this disaster Portugal gradu-
ally withdrew from Morocco, and in
1860 what remained of her conquests
were coded to England as part of the
dowry of the Infanta Catherine of Bra
ganza, who became the wife of Charles
II. Another piece of real estate includ-
ed in the dowry because the King of
Portugal was just at that moment
short of cash Vas the island of Bonn