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The San Francisco call., 1907-01-12

Like the Rhine and Moselle, the Aus
trian Phoenix and the Transatlantic
companies, the North German of Ham
burg absolutely denied liability. No
policy holder could get dollar from
it. Finally, when it was evident that
nothing could be obtained except
through legal proceedings in Germany.
steps were taken to bring the matter
before the German courts.
commission of San Francisco men,
including William Thomas and Oscar
Sutro. attorneys, and F. W. Dohrmann.
the president of the San Francisco
Policy Holders League, journeyed to
Germany, after first providing them
selves with credentials from the De-
partment of State of the United States
The North German Policy Holders AS
sociation of San Francisco, of which
w. ]. Herrin is president, also engaged
counsel in Hamburg to prosecute
claims against the North German of
Hamburg.
The decision means that the company
must pay San Francisco claims amount
ing to s4,5oo,ooo.
The San Francisco call., 1907-01-12
Law Marks Recorder for Dismissal

the City County
n offices
the and S duty Mayor Schmz
municipal office.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-11-21
TELL HER SHE MUST"
The Doctors Mistake, Which Was
Corrected by the Married Man.


The Doctors Mistake, Which Was
Corrected by the Married Man.
The family physician puffed medita-
lively at his cigar for few minutes
before coming down to business.
II have been to see your wife. as you
requested" he said at last, land l
asked you to come in so that | could
tell you what should he done. She's
In pretty bad way"
'Indeedf"
Yes. No regular sickness, you know,
but generally run down and in bad
shape. With rest and care she'll come
out all right, but you'll have to look
after her pretty closely"
II beg your pardon"
Il say you'll have to look after her
pretty closely. You'll have to appoint
yourself sort Of general overseer orssu-
pervisor of everything pertaining to
her welfare for time and be very
strict with her too. In the first place,
tell her she must
Doctor, are you acquainted with nay
wife?' interrupted the husband.
Not intimately at ALL" replied the
astonished physician. 1--WE been call
ed upon to treat her once or twice, as
you know, but that is ALL"
Possibly that may be urged as an
excuse" said the husband, but its
not particularly good one. There are
women with whom you are quite well
acquainted. are there not?'
Certainly
Married women?"
MANY Of them"
.And still you advise me TO tell my
wife that She must do something OF
otherf'
The physician looked AT the husband
and the husband looked at the physi
clan
My dear sir" said the physician a
last, lit fatters some men to talk t.
them that way but l zee you are
man Of Judgment and sense who pre-
fers the truth to all else. OF course
what | mean is that you ought to sue
gest to your wife that If it Is in ac
cord with her judgment possibly /
might be a good thing to follow th,
advice that will now give you. Nat
urally. being married, | know as wei
as YOU that must is word that 0ugh
to be eliminated from the English Ian
guage or at the most confined to th'
Intercourse of parents with children.
Exchange.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-11-21
JAPANESE STRATEGY.
Getting Rations Into Korea Before In
vadina That Country.

Getting Rations Into Korea Before In
vadins That Country.
When the celebrated Japanese soldier
for his invasion Of Korea he was ap.
preached one day by the veteran Asana
Nagamasa. who engaged him In the
following colIOquy. II Is recorded in
Walter Deming's New Life Of Toyo
toni Hideyoshi:"
Nagamasa--What commissiariat ar.
rangements had better be made?
Hideyoshi-Weil, you had better get
ready 100000 koku Of rice.
N.--What Is to be done with the rice
after ii is ready?
H.-Use every transport that is to be
had and send it over to Fusan.
N.-After landing 1t. how are we to
protect it?
H.-Don't protect it; let it fare as i,
will.
N.--lf we do that the Koreans will
capture 1t all.
H.--Well. isn't that what-we want?
N.-But If we lose our provisions We
shall be in trouble.
HIT is q case Of ), 900 900 koku. Suct
quantity of rice is not to be carried
off In hurry. nor can 1t be consumed
in short time.
N.-But the Koreans will carry 1t In
land.
H.-lf they do that. nothing cOulC
suit us better. To get the enemy to d.
your transport service for you for thu
amount of rice that can be consumed
on the road is good enough. BY adopt
ing this plan our troops will always
find provisions waiting for them a
they advance.
What Hideyoshi predicted actual.
did take place. and rice that had beel
carried OF by the Koreans was repea I
edly recaptured by the Japanese.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-11-21
Whx He Ia g Bachelor.

"I've beeu very close to matrimony
several times" remarked confirmed
old bachelor at an uptown club, land
every time my inclination has been
sidetracked by the same sort Of inci-
dent-the discovery Of a trait which
appears to be practically universal
among the fair sex"
"Drink 2" asked the cynlc.
NO; the confidence game. Every
woman ever knew intimately was
sure to relate to me eventually some
thing in 'strictest confidence, which
later it appeared had been told to hei
in 'strictest confidence. won't tic
up with woman who does that"
Guess you'll die single. all right,
said the cynic.
I'm sure OF It," said the bachelor =
New York Globe.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-11-21

1t is only few days past A years
when Abraham Lincoln was elected
President of the United States for
his first term. While those wer,
"strenuous" times they constituted
somewhat differnt strenuosity from
those we enjoy today. Then it Was
to- throw off the yoke of slavery,
while now it is to through off the
bondage of. illegally constituted and
conducted corporations. President
Lincoln seemed able to effectually
cope with the problem Of his day,
and President Roosevelt is making
pretty fair progress in his efforts to
accomplish the purpose which the
American people have outlined for
him. Each of these Presidents ap-
parently sized up the situation
which confronted them when occu-
pying the Presidential chair.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-11-21

Pure fool agents recently took
fifty samples of the cheaper grades Of
candy at Altoona. The report of the
chemist shows most of them con-
tain sulphuric acid and coal tar dye
Vinegar samples sent with the
candy never saw apples, says the
chemist. The guilty will be pro-
secuted
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-11-21
Her Expense Account.

How is your lady drummer doing?'
Pretty eair But say"
Yes
you oaght to hear the bookkeepet
swear as he checks off the face pow
der and fudge. e."-i Suisville Courier
Journal
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-11-21

The first of the new coins designed
by the late Augustus st. Gaudens,
under the general direction of Pres
idant Roosevelt, has: reached the
treasury department from the Phil
adelphia mint. 1t is the $40 gold
piece, and for the first time since
1873 the words "In God we trust,' v
are omitted from the coin. 1t il
understood that these words will Ne
omitted from the coins Of all other
denominations, according to the de-
signs approved by President Roose-
welt.
The Secular League of the Dis
trict of Columbia and other organi-
cations of the same kind have been
making campaign for years against
the use of the name Of the Deity i'm
Thanksgiving proclamations and va
rious official documents, and espec-
tally against the use of the motto
''In God we trust" on the coins OF
the nation. All the old coins above
the dime hear this motto. The new
gold coin bears on one side a spread
eagle holding number of arrows il
its talons and on the other side tht
head OF an Indian in war custume.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-11-21

The news from Harrisburg is to
the effect that the States attorney
are hard at work ON the cases against
the Capitol looters; that valuable ad-
ditionai evidence has been secured,
and that every effort to delay the
tri Ills will be resisted by the common
wealth.
This is not fulfilling the prediction
of our Democratic contemporaries
all over the State in the recent cam
paign. In the attempt to make a
partisan issue of the Capitol mattsr
they did not hesitate to assert that
if MIR. Sheath were elected State
Treasurer there would be no pros
ecution of the indictments. Fortu-
nately, it was statement so ex-
travagant, ill-advised and medacious
that no attention was paid to it by
the intelligent voters Of the COM
mon wealth.
The ends of injustice will not be
subserved by any attempt to make
the Capitol cases matter of partisan
politics. State Treasurer Berry
who is better informed than the
Democrat news papers, in a
thoroughly manly way express his
confidence that the prosecution
would be carried on in good faith,
testifying his belief that the com
mission which made the inyestiga'
tion was sincere; that the Governor
is in Garnet. and that the council fol
commonwealth will dc their duty.
The people Of the State generally
have the same. confidence The
cases are in able and trustworthy
hands. No weak ness has been shown
SO far. All that could be properly
done up to this time has been done
1t has been necessary to keep the
prosecution on sure footing as re-
CARDS all the law and the facts, and
to make no false step. If it had beer
made a subject of partisan conten
tion the condition to-day would bt
very different from what they are.
Now that the election is over
even our Democratic contemporaries
can afford to treat the prosecution,
from diffrent stand point, and tt
help promote the ends Of justice
rather than of party. .-Phila. Press.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-11-21


Fish Warden Riley, who is serv-
ing term of 1900 days in the Lu-
zerne county Jail at WilkesBarre for
failure to pay fine of $1,000, will
continue to serve the sentence, as
the pardon board refused to grant
him a pardon. He made practice
of fishing while patroling trout
streams in his official capacity and
all sizes of trout looked six inches to
him. He sold several lots of fish
and was caught after making one
sale containing 1870 trout under the
legal fize. His penalty was a fine
of $500 and costs and in default OF
payment he was sent to Jail.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-10-11
WHERE HAS THE MONEY GONE 2

Gen. VIM. A. Anderson in present.
Ing figures recently before the State
Corporation Commission on his mo
tion to have the railway assessments
of the State increased to their just
proportion, showed that the earnings
of the Norfolk & Western last year
were 100000 per mile. LII Ten years
this would be one million dollars pei
mile This is an enormous sum OF
money. 1t is possible that the earnings
Of the other roads are very similar.
The question presents itself therefore,
where has all this money gone These
roads are begging immunity from tax
alton, from lower rates. from agitation
calculated to depress their securities.
and grooming because they cannot
borrow money to make betterments.
Why should they borrow money to
make betterments ? Earning 800. 900
per mile ought to give them plenty Of
money for betterments. indeed nothing
but interest on bonds and operating
expenses ought ever to be paid until
the roads are in first class order, and
all reasonable betterments made. This
seems to us to show that there must
be something wrong in the manage
ment which has to borrow money in
the face of such wonderful earnings.
Is this road conducted as the street car
lines in New York city
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-10-11
Death of a W Va. Clerk.

Last week the SPECTATOR noticed
the sudden illness of Mr.. J. Howard
Patterson. clerk of the circuit court Of
Pocahontas county. w. Va. how he
had fallen on leaving the court house
and had not rallied at the date of going
to press gu Friday night about 9 30
he died without having regained con-
seriousness.
Mr.. Patterson Was boru in Stanni on
in 1885, aud Was ihe youngest son of
the late James A. Patterson, long the
clerk ol lie city couit. One brother,
Ine late DR.. Il. NJ. Patterson, lived
here until his death Seventeen years
ago Mr.. Patterson WAS elected to the
circuit clerkship of P0cahOntas county
aud held Ehe position until his death
as stated. DUNG that long period he
served the people well. No more kind
aud obliging officer could be found,
and those VINO came in contact with
him we're always impressed with his
conscientious performance of duty.
In It's social relations he had no hu.
periOrs. He was The gentlest, MOI
kind and thoughtful OF husbands and
fathers, q gentleman III all that the
term implies. a citizen of whom his
county and state were justly proud, a
Christian whose sincerity was unmis.
as the mountains among which he
dwelt. He leaves q widow and seven
children. three sons and four daugh-
tiers, all Of whom are grown. The cir.
cult court adjourned out OF respect TO
him to Nov. 9th.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-10-11
Postmasters to Organize.

The following order relative to the
meeting Of Virginia postmasters to be
held in Richmond November ! and 2,
has been Issued by the postofice de-
partment ''Postmasters of the first,
second and third classes in the State
of Virginia are hereby grated leave of
absence for as many days not exceed
ing five as may be necessary to enable
them to attend the meeting of post
masters of the presidential class in the
State of Virginia to be held In Rich
mond November IL, 1907, for the pur
pose of organizing State association
of presidential p0stmasters :"
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-10-11
is THE RATE A 2-CENT RATE.

We are not right sure that the rail
roads in Virginia are living up to their
Asheville, n c.. agreement to put in
and maintain q cent rate until there
has been decision Of the questions
arising in the Asheville case.
When one goes to railway agent
and purchases a ticket he gets that
for 2 cents per mile on the distance to
be travelled But when be gets aboard
a train and tenders 2 cents per mile to
another agent for the distance to be
travelled, he requires TEN CENTS EX-
IRA. 1t is true that he gives the pas
senger REBATE slip, a slip which he
is told will insure him 10 cents at the
ticket Office at any station, but this Is
not the point. A railway conductor il
as much the agent of the company for
the collection of money for travel as
all agent at station. Now why one
agent is made to collect or accept one
rate and another agent another rate
does not quite reach our understand
ing. The rate is cents per mile, and
OH short trips cents may be demand
ed under this system. Suppose pas
senger boards a train and tenders
cent? per mile, and this is all the mon
ey he has, will the conductor put him
of if be does not produce the extra
ten cents? Again, what is the use Of
demanding 10 cents and then refund
ing 10 cents ? Is this piece of finn
fam work practiced in the hope tina
the passenger will lose the "rebat'
slip p or is it done because the rail-
roads cannot trust conductors to col
lect cash fares If SO. it is diabollca
thrust at most upright and faithful
set of employees, and they ought to
man resent the insinuatlon. We hat
the word REBATE. and yet the rail
roads are working the rebate system
on every passenger who boards trail
with money instead of ticket. Blu
If 10 cents extra is charged only to b
refunded, why not make it 20 cents, o
50 cents, OF even one dollar One
as legal, it seems to US, as the other.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-10-11
TWO OF A KIND.

Those wise men who profess to be
Democrats, and those journals which
with glowing words below scare head
lines, short time ago denounced w.
I, BRYAN because he advocated gov.
srrment ownership of railways, should
either apologize to Bryan or denounce
Roosevelt, for the same reason. In
the latter's st. Louis speech he said:
There will be local matters affect
ing railroads which can best be dealt
with by local authoritY, but as national
commercial agents the big Interstate
railroads ought to be completely sub.
ject TO national authority.
The first need is to exercise this
Federal control in thoroughgoing and
efficient fashion over the railroads,
which, because of their peculiar posi-
ton, offer the most immediate and
urgent problem.
What does anybody care for the
small matters that can be "best dealt
with by local authority" This may
extend to road crossings and fencing
possibly, but the ''big interstate rail-
roads ought to be completely subject
to national authority" says Mr.. RoOse
welt, and national authority means
national control, and national control
means government ownership, because
40 people will remain owners of a
thing that some other power controls.
When Mr.. Watterson tells Bryan to
leave government ownership at home
when he comes to Kentucky, he should
recall that Bryan and not he is the
leader, and that the leaders of both
parties have reached the same conclu,
sion. Watterson to the contrary not
withstanding.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-10-11
The Times dispatch and The Stanton
Spectator.

The Times dispatch and The Staunton
Spectator.
In bis issue of last week Col. Turk,
of the Stanton SPECTATOR, criticised
the Times Dispatch for it's attitude
toward the moneyed interests of the
country. He made the assertion that
the Times-Dispatch did not publish
any thing, either edllorially or as news.
without first considering whether it
would pay. 10 short. that the paper
was entirely subservient to it's business
department.. In reply the Times-Dis
patch stated that the statement of Col
Turk was wilfully and deliberately
false.
Now the Buena Vista Times has
troubles of its own and does not wish
to take up any belonging to others,
but we have made very nearly the
same criticism OF the Times Dispatch,
and we ale willing to leave the truth
of the following proposition to any
fair-minded reader of the Times-Dis-
patch, viz: The Times Dispatch, with
out exception. so far as We can recall.
has taken sides with the moneyed
monopolies of the country, upon every
occasion that their interests have come
into conf ct with those of the people,
1t is true that it is not always openly
against the public interests. but uset
the familiar devices of criticising the
methods used by any one, who at
tempts to force the monopoies to dis
gorge or to prevent their further deg
radations. They either do not 60 far
, enough or they pursue the wronf
method. That is, anything but wbat
! is being done. Just so long as the au
thOrities do nothing the Times Dis
patch is pleased, utany action agains
the ''safe and sane' policies is sure to
elicit criticism, from that paper
which poses as the guardian of thu
people g rights.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-10-11
MARYLAND AND CONFEDERATE
FLAGS.

There Is more trouble in the COnfed'
crate Soldiers Home of Mary land over
the Confederate fl igs given by Con-
federate officers and men to the Home
There is one flag which seems tC
possess especial interest. 1t Is a flag
which Lieut.. Col. Gus. w. Dorsey OF
Maryland, tore from the flag staff OF
his command. wrapped about him,
and preserved. and in after life pre-
sented to the Home with. as we under.
stand, the sincere purpose that it might
adorn that particular institution. The
flag was peculiarly close to him. indeed
as far as such things can be, was a
part of him. He, himself, has never
surrendered, has never been parolled,
nor was the flag ever In the hands OF
the enemy" For twenty-three years
he kept it about him. When be do
mated it he is said never to have con-
ceived that it could be dragged
here, there, or anywhere, but must
remain the property of the Home so
long as that had being. Now it comes
to pass that hands which never held a
Confederate flag. and eyes which never
beheld one as it waved above gray col.
umns or fioated amid the raging bat
tie, have grown solicitous Of these
relics. and are to transfer these flags to
the capital at Annapolis. where they
may be mixed with flags of military
organizations which fought, or pro-
badly more correctly mustered on the
other side, many OF whom were ne.
groes. This, to the old Confederate
is defilement, and base use. and te
many who have neither fortune nor
health, nothing but the memory oil
brave deeds. of devotion to cause
principle and duty, to solace theil
few remaining years, this transfer is
sacrllege, and seems cruelty purpose
ly inflicted. Yet when it is known
that the grounds of the Home arr
made negro pic mic grounds by the
present management, no surprise car
be felt at most anything that manage
ment may do, especially when we con
slider the "black and tan make up Of
many of Maryland's political lights OIL
today, and how they drag everything
through the political mire. Many ole
Confederates would almost as soon SCI
these flags burned.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-10-11
WASHINGTON LETTER
trrom our ,seguIar torres ponden.


Washington, D. c., Oct. 5 Wash
ington, for the time almost has ceased
to be news center. The President in
the Mississippi valley, Secretary Taft
in japan and Secretary Root in Mex
leo are m0nopollzing the headlines in
the newspa pers and the swirl of news
. which went out of the national capt.
,, tol during the recent brief stay of the
President in the White House has
given place to quiet almost equal to
the summer sOlstice Ac: i've prepara-
lions are going on for the naval cruise
to the Pacific. The army is drilling
and studying military problems, the
State Department and the Postoffice
Department are doing business at the
old stands, but they are not making
news.
The Secretary of Commerce and La
Dor has, however, furnished the poll
ticians with something to talk about by
his declaration that unless the tariff is
revised the industries of this country.
and especially the cotton industry, will
suffer from the discrimination of for
eign nations. Secretary Stratus cited
President Mckinley as authority for
the necessity of tariff revision and
reciprocity treaties. Mr.. Straus is the
third member of the cabinet to take
his stand for tariff revision and the
opinion of the President that the Re-
publican party must pledge itself in
its next national platform to revise the
tariff Immediately after the inaugura-
ton of the new presinent is we'll
known. Secretary Taft. Secretary
Root and now Secretary Stratus have
all publicly announced their conviction
that the time has come, or will have
when new president is inauguarated.
to revise the Dingley tariff. Secretary
Wilson and Secretary Garfield are
known to bold the same opinion and it
is probable that all the other members
of the cabinet do SO, with the possible
exception of the Secretary of the Treas
ury, Mr.. Cortelyou. What his views
are no one knows but himsslf and he
won't tell.
1t is q safe assertion that majority
Of the Senate is in favor of tariff revi-
sion and it is entirely possible that a
majority of the House is of the same
opinion. although it Is a difficult task
to ascertain the views OF a majority Of
the lower chamber. Majority rule in
the House of Representatives Is thing
of the past. save in theory. The Speak
or and few men of his choosing. not
more than three or four. control the
actions of the House with despotic sway
and it Is rare indeed for the mRjority
to secure an opportunity to express it
self on any question of real Importance
OF course in theory the Speaker is se-
lected by the popular vote of the mem
bers and no man Can be speaker who
does not command the support of ma
jority party. In fact, however, the
speaker, as the dispenser of committee
places, builds up machine which he
absolutely controls and few men who
have once secured good list of COM
mittees and especially craftsmanship
of an important committee, will risk
their position by quarrelling with the
Speaker. However, if a majority in.
the next Republican convention forces
the adoption of a tariff revision pledge.
not plank but pledge, it is probable