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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-04-02

Some days ago The Star discuss
ed editorially the second Granger
movement" among state legisla-
lures looking to railroad rate regu-
lation.' 1t was shown that a num-
Der of states had already enacted
Legislation reducing passenger rates
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-04-02

About all a pretty girls asks is
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-10-16

Trial Catarrh treatments are being mail
ed out free. on request. by DIR. Shoop, Ra-
cine. Wis These tests are proving to the
people-without pennys cost--the great
value OF this scientific prescription known
to druggists everywhere as DIR. Shoop-
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-10-16
Educational Race Conference
to be Held by the Colored
People in Lancaster.

Ed. Lancaster News: Please
inform the public through your
paper athat an educational race
conference will be held here Nov.
2Sth and Goth. Many dIstin
guished speakers will be here to
address the colored people on
all lines of duty. An excellent
time TO know how we all stand
on the great questions Of The day.
Among those VINO are invited to
speak are Governor Ansel and
Stale Supt. of Education O. B.
Martin, besides Others. Many
leading colored men are beng
engaged for he occasion. A
great barbecue will be given the
public in general. These peo-
pie will speak on education and
general Grace advice and
upliit." Great days for the ne
gro race
M. ID Lee,
Prin. Lancaster Normal and In
dustrial Institute.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-10-16
Young Man Well Known in
Lancaster Thought to be
Lost in the w est-- Foul
Play Suspected.
The Columbia S,ate.

ibSIpu OIIeet netnou1SJ cnurcn
containing news of the probab BILE
disappearance of a former South
CaroIinian. Ffom Coventry,
Colorado, Mrs j. He Jacobs
writes to the "minister of "a
Methodist church, Colum bia,
South Carolina" aud it was
thus that Mr.. Kilgo came into
possession OF the letter.
Mrs. Jacobs writes as follows:
"Can you give me any infor
NATION concerning one in or
around Columbia by The name
of Slower or Rollings? My reason
for writing You concerning this
is that Il young man, giving his
full name as Evan Rollings
Slower OF Soulh Carolina, came
here April / and was given a
fine position by the RedIands
company, who placed ample
confidence in him. After coming
here, MIR. Stover boarded at my
home and won host of friends
who are anxious TO learn particu-
lars of his sudden disappear
ance.
He was a model young man
and claimed to be the only child
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Jno. Stover,
who died few years ago, leav-
ing him a plantation in South
Carolina He decided to come
West this spring aud things
were left in charge of an uncle,
Lewis Rollings, whose farm ad-
joined his, five miles in the
country.
He claimed to be member of
the Methodist church and said
his parents were buried in a
country churchyard. On Aug
ust 27 he lett here on business
for Montrose, Col, and has not
been heard Of since. lie leaves
500 here with the company and
several valuable belongings, in
Guiding a railroad ticket bought
from Columbia on March 16,
1907. That was why we thought
his home was there.
We feel that this young man
must be located. If he has peo-
pie there they should know OF
his disappearance. Everything
here is straight on his side, and
foul play is suspected.
We would be glad if you would
investigate this ma ter thoroug. :
ly In the city and country and
let us hear from you at an early
date.
"Can you give me address o.
DIR. Elicit or Mr.. Oy Long
living in Columbiag"
DR.. Kilgo brought this letter
to The State, feeling sure thai
through it's circulation, some
trace of the young man may be
discovered.Dr. Kilgo himself says
that he is acquainted with peo'
pie of the name OF RolliDgs, wht
are living or have lived in Lam
caster county. He knew Mr.
Evan Rollings and thinks tina
this young man may be a rela
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-10-16
Latest Explanation of the
Fairbanks Cocktail Incl
dent.

Chicago.-Tbe Interior, the
Chicago organ oi The Presbyte-
nan church, III its Issue of today,
explains the cocktail incident at
The retidence of Vice President
Fair banks, and gives hlm a clean
bill OF character. Incidently the
blame for the affair is put on the
shoulders of a woman. 1t save:
ga lady living in the neigh
borhood OF the Fairbanks home
was about the house that day
assisting Mrs. Fairbanks in the
arrangements. When the hall
and yard were already full of
guests, and the attention of Mr..
and Mrs. Fairbanks was occu-
pied, this lady entered the din
ing room and noted that there
were no drinkables on the table.
"In her judgment it was i'm
possible to entertain the presi-
dent of the United States fittinglv
without some beverage to give
The spread the tone to which she
believed he was accustomed, and
on her own responsibility, she
undertook to repair the sup,
posed omission. She hastily or
dered the cocktails up from her
husbands CLUB. The club stew
ard prepared them and an auto
mobile brought them 10 the
house in great haste.
The first thing MIR. Fairbank,
knew OF the violation of his
Methodist habits, was when he
came TO the table with his guests
He did not touch the glass al
his own pla'e.
"It is for this very innocenl
result of a we'll meaning friend
excessive Industry that his
Methodist neighbors have refused
to let the vice president attenc
the general. conference of the
church. We think before very
long they will regret having in
fiicted so disproportionate hu.
initiation for a merely rumoreC
charge, of which the vice presi
dent could have speedily cleared
himself ii he had been less
gentleman and reader TO tel
tales about the officiousness o
his lady neighbor."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-02

permission from the warden first obtained in writing; that he shall make monthly report to the warden, stating how much he has earned, how much expended and for what. If he has been idle, he must state the reason. In case of sickness or the loss of his position through any mis- fortune whatever, he must report at once to the warden. Our convict knew that these conditions had resulted very often in making hypocrites out of the con victs, who found themselves forced to de- ceive when they submitted their required monthly reports to the prison authori- ties. He knew that since the indeter- minate sentence and the parole law had been established. it had been claimed that 70 per cent of those so released had re- formed; but being a man of more intelli- gence than the average. he perceived that such statistics were largely the result of guesswork based on the discovery that few of the paroed men came back to the institution from which they had been re- leased. He saw that the true explanation of the matter lay in the fact that, find ing 1t impossible to live up to the agree ment of their parole released eonyicts generally left the state in which they had served sentence and resumed a life of crime beyond it's borders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-02
Sobered the Chef.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 Hot weather is when we have trouble in keeping kitchen help" re- marked a restaurant proprietor yester- day, after weather discussion. "Still. he said "it was only the heat that saved me from losing chef and may be my whole kitchen last July
 Yes, the heat saved the day-or losing chef and maybe my whole kitchen one day last July.
 Yes, the heat saved the day or, rather, the night, for it was the night chef that nearly put the place on the blink. He was a man about feet 2A, and must have weighed about 264 pounds anyhow. One night just after he came on, one of the men came to tell me that the night chef was intox- icated to the point of being dangerous. He said he was afraid 10 let him stap and afraid to try to fire him. To make matters worse, I didn't know where 1 could get any one to take his place, and the rush hour would soon be on us.
 Then I happened to think of q scheme l shut off all four of the cleo tric fans in the kitchen and told the men to shut all the doors. The result was that the chef had a regular Turk ish bath. Yes, put him through the sweatbox. Along about 10 o'clock he was as sober as judge"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-02
Defense of Grover Cleveland.

Henry Watterson and other prominent democrats have always claimed that Grover Cleveland had no special knowl- edge of the tariff, and no desire to re- wise it. when he came to the presidency in 1884
 This is denied by Ida NJ. Tarbell in the June American Magazine. Miss Tarbell writes
 Ut has been frequently said that when Grover Cleveland became President of the United States he knew nothing of the tariff. At least one tariff expert of that day had a very different opinion. In an Interesting unpublished manuscript of "reminiscences by the late Professor Perry of Williams college. there is an account of a talk the professor had with Mir. Cleveland fin the fall of 1883 in Albany Professor Perry had gone to AL bany to speak in behalf of the free trade at public meeting the democratic. lead CTS had organized and the afternoon be- fore the lecture he had been taken to the capital to meet the governor. He and 1 stood fin the corridor for half an hour talking on the subject which had brought me to Albany. Professor Perry writes. The governor. as was proper, did most of the talking; and his interlocutor was in question and began to think he had this time brought coals to New Castle. since the first official in the state ap- parently knew as much about tariffs as he did and could expresse himself even better. The governor asid be was glad came to Albany himself, but hoped
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-02
American SIana In Rome.

From the New York Times.
 The universal spread of American slang is amazing, and the globe trotter meets with 1t In the most unexpected places. Last October two Americans wandering about the Piazza d'Espagna, in Rome. were accosted by one of the in- numerable small boys who sell postal card pictures of the Holy City. He held out for sale, stating the price in Italian. The Americans did not care to buy. and, like his guild the continent over, he followed them, and became a bit of a nuisance But he was such a merry-eyed little chap they had not the hear to speak roughly 10 him. At last, however. they felt obliged to say mo-" rather decidedly. It was then that he surprised them and gave them a queer little pull at their American heartstrings by saying. his black eyes snappng with fun and the magnitude of the achievement: "Slxee- dool Skeedool rwanty- y-thrrr-reeei" Then he vanished with a burst of laughter.
 But the sequel was equally interesting. Late that same afternoon the same couple came from the Cataoombs into the white glare of the Appian Way. five miles from the Piazza d'Espagna. They had hardly stepped into the street before the same urchin was at them again. and when he they This time he did not offer them any cards, but simply held out his hand and said: "skeedool Skeedoo! Twanty- y-thr-r-r- reeer' And he got his generous soldi, as he knew quite well he would.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-02
To the Night.

By P. B. Shelley. Swiftly walk over the western wave,
 Spirit of Night Out of the misty eastern cave Where all the long and lone daylight Thou woyest dreams of joy and fear Which make thee terrible and dear
 Swift by thy flight! Wrap thy form in a mantle gray,
 Star-inwrought; Blind with thine hair the eyes of Day, Kiss her until she be wearied out: Then wander OCT city and sea and land Touching all with thy opiate wand
 Come, long-soughtl When I arose and saw the dawn,
 I sighed for thee; When light rode high and the dew was gone, And noon lay heavy on flower and tree And the weary Day turn'd to his rest Lingering like an unloved guest,
 l sighed for thee. Thy brother Death came, and cried
 Wouldst thou me? Thy sweet child Sleep, the filmy-eyed Murmur'd like noontide bee Shall nestle near thy side? Wouldst thou me? And I replied
 No, not thee! Death will come when thou art dead,
 Soon. too soon Sleep will come when thou art fled; or neither would l ask the boon l ask of thee, beloved Night Swift be thine approaching flight,
 Come soon, soon!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-02
RAlLRooAops TO PRISON.
Brilliant Solution of the Rapid Transit
 Problem.

From the New Broadway Magazine.
 'T see by the morning papers" ob- served the Idiot, as he came down from Tarrytown with his friend the Commuter, that this delightful railroad of yours has been indicted for manslaughter In the second degree, instead of mayhem in the first, as was expected"
 Yes" said the Commuter with a happy smile. q wonder what the defense will be-"
 "Oh, brainstorm,. I guess" said the Idiot. The road will probably get a few dozen experts to testif ythat the spon- taneous combustion of its enlarged ego temporarily incapacitated 1t from realiz- ing that it should run its trains on tracks instead of on air."
 Do you think it will work?" asked the Commuter
 No. I don't" said the Idiot. "There isn't any doubt that thousands of people are ready to testify that the road has been dotty for a great many years. but on the principle that you can't have a thunder storm without thunder, a jury would probably decide that you can't have brainstorm without the primary in- gredient. This road has suffered from an alibi in brains for several moons past. It looks to me as if it will have to go to Sing Sing at last"
 HOW uo you suppose they II manage that?' queried the Commuter. 'Establish a directors room at the penitentiary? You can't very well put a railroad in jail"
 True" said the Idiot But you can make every train on the line stop there for a period of twenty years"
 "But that would punish the passengers, not the railroad" protested the Com muter.
 "Of course" said the Idiot. That's one of the first principles of railway morals, my dear boy. It's what the pas sengers are for"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-02
The "Man Land.u

Maynard Waite in the May Metropolitan Magazine Little boy, little boy would you go so
 soon TO the land where the grown man lives? Would you barter your toys and your
 fairy things For the things that the grown man
 gives? Would you leave the haven whose doors
 are set With the jewels of Loves alloy For the land of emptiness and regret? Would you go, little boy, little boy? It's land far off. little boy. little boy, And the way is dark and steep: And once you have passed through it's
 doors, little boy, You maynt even come back to sleep. There is no tuckng In, no goodnight
 kiss No mornings of childhood joy. It's passion and pain you give for this; Think well. little boy. little boy Little boy, little boy can't you see the
 ghosts That live in the land off there; The broken hearts, fair hopes," all
 dead: .T .ost faith" and grim despair? There's a train for that land in the after
 years. When old Time rushes In to destroy The wall that stands tween the joy and
 the tears So dopt go, little box. little, boy!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-02
As a Memento of the Occasion.
From the New York Globe.

T lOiil llic 4NeW 1OTk 1iODt'
 He is a matinee idol, but he doesn't ap- preciate his popularity-except on salary day. He was going through the hall of the hotel where he is staying a few days ago, when a pretty girl presented him with rose without saying a word. He was more surprised and less pleased to re- ceive a note the following day reminding him of the incident, and asking him to send the giver of the flower two seats at the theatre in which he was playing "as a memento of the occasion"
 My dear young lady" the actor wrote in reply, "I would be glad to send you the seats you ask for, but. on consulta- tionwit h the manager of the theatre, l have been informed that the seats are all fastened down, and that he is opposed to having them sent away as souvenirs in any event, so that you will have to be contented with an autograph for a sou venir of your benevolence of yesterday in- stead"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-02
Does the Parole System Help?

From Everybodys for June
 Prisoners in the courts of Illinois as well as other states. sentenced for an in- determinate period. limited only by the maximum and the minimum terms fixed by the law for that particular offense, and the board of pardons is authorized to re- lease prisoners on parole within that pe- riod.
 The conditions imposed by the parole are difficult to meet, providing among other things that the paroled prisoner shall not change employment, nor leave employment, except by order of or upon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-02
Buying the Whole .< New York City.

In the June American Magazine Ellis Parker Butler author of Pigs is Pigs" relates the story of "Wetter New York in 19l3." Photographs" showing how surprisingly wet the town was in that year are reproduced.
 According to the story Millionaire Mark rights health failed and he decided to buy New York and move 1t to the Med iterranean. He could not leave business and had to live In a warmer climate.
 But not so fast John D. Markrghtl The contractor hired to do thls piece of work had some honor left Let him tell his own story
 "You can't run away with New York as yon propose unless you own if. I will mol be a party to any plan for steal Ing Now York l am an honest man, MT, Markright, and I would not steal a pin. To you the theft of bit of land like the Island of Manhattan may be but little thing. but while my parents are but poor, they are honest, and 1t , shall never be said that l brought their gray hairs 10 the grave.
 |" I attend to all that Mr Mark right said nervously My agents will buy the whole business from the Battery to spuyten Duyvil. and from the Hudson to the Harlem
 Very we'll I said severely. See that yon do And another thng-I will not move the island an inch until you get permission from Congress and the state assembly. ] have an idea that this nation does not favor secession
 |" I'll attend to all that, too he said, with peculiar smile. which made me think that after all there might be some thing in faint rumor that had reached my ears to the effect that John D. Mark right had some influence with our govern ment bodies"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-02

everybody else would go, and on part ing gave me his best wishes for the eff forts made and making in behalf of the good cause, with which efforts he seemed to be familiar. He impressed me as few men ever did on first acquaintance, as a strong man. a frank man and a man everpy way to be trusted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-02
Time.

 By John Motion. Fly. envious Time. till thou run out thy
 race, Call on the laxy leaden-stepping hours. Whose speed is but the heavy plummets pace; And glut myself with what thy womb
 deyours, Which is no more than what is false
 and vain. And merely mortal dross; So little Is our loss So little is thy gain For when each thing bad thou has en-
 tombed And last of all thy greedy self consumed. Then long Eternity shall greet our bliss With an individual kiss: And Joy shall overtake a flood, When every thing that is sincerely good And perfectly divine. With truth and peace and love, shall
 ever shine About the supreme throne Of him, to whose happy making sight
 alone When once our heavenly-guided soul shall climb, Then. all this earthly grossness quit, Attired with stars, we shall forever sit, Triumphing over Death, and Chance and
 thee, O Time!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-02
Little Things.

By Frances Sargent Osgood. Little drops of water, Little grains of sand, Make the mighty ocean And the pleasant land, Thus the little minutes, Humble though they be, Make the mighty ages Of Eternity.
 Thus our little errors Lead the soul away From the path of virtue, of in sin to stray. Little deeds of kindness, Little words of love, May our earth an Eden Like the heaven above.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-02
The White Peak.

Grace Hazard Conkling in the May Gen. tury. It leans to hold the sunset
 Against It's savage breast, Warmed by the last dull, ragged red
 Wind blown along the West. The dusk binds early stars
 About it's gaunt old head, Reared where the winds of heaven go Their way unshpherded One night I felt it's heart beat
 Tn rhythm sad and slow; Was If the little calling bell
 That trembled far below7 Was 1t the wolf that wandered Unanswered, desolate, Out of despair of loneliness
 Chiding a silent mate? God how my heart remembers
 Heard on that barren height The bell that tolled. the wolf that cried, The passionate wind of night!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-02

Interesting, amusing and instructive, "She," or "Crema- tion," at St. Nicholas Vaudette all the week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-02
POEMS WORTH READING
The sprinatlde.

The springtide. By William Morris. Fair now is the Springtide, now earth lies beholding, With eyes of lover, the face of the sun; Long lasteth the daylight and hope is enfolding The green-growing acres with increase begun. Fair now is the Springtide, now earth lies beholding, Mid the birds and the blossoms and the beasts of the field; Love mingles with love, and no evil Is weighing On thy heart or mine where all sorrow Is healed. From township to township Der down and by tillage Fair, far have we wandered and long
 was the day; But now cometh eve at the end of the village, Where over the gray wall the church
 riseth gray. There is wind in the twilight; in the white road before us The straw from the ox-yard is blow ing about The moons rim Is rising, star glftters OCT us, And the vane on the spire-top is swing ing In doubt. Down there dips the highway toward the bridge crossing over The brook that runs on to the Thames and the sea. Draw closer, my sweet, we are lover and lover; This ever art thou given to gladness and me.
 Music. By John Vance Cheney. Take of the maidens and the mothers sigh, Of childhood's dream, and hope that age doth bless Of roses and the south winds tenderness, Of fir trees shadow. tint of sunset sky, Of moon on meadow where the stream runs by, of lovers kill. his diffdent caress, Of blue eyes yellow, brown eyes darker tress, Of echoes from the morning bird on high, Of passion of all pulses of tho Spring, Of prayer from every death bed of the Fall, Of joy and woe that sleep and waking bring, Of tremor of each blood-beat great and small; Now, pour into the empty soul each thing, And let His finger touch that moveth all.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-24
CHICAGO WANTS
TO PAY OUT Cash
Meeting of Clearing House AS
ISOLATION and Letters Mailed
to Country Bankers.

Chicago, Nov. ga step looking to-
ward the resumption of business on q
cash basis has been taken by the Chi
cago clearing house associa ton. Let
tiers have been mailed TO bankers of
the middle west and western sections
of the country asking them to express
opinions on the general situation. These
statements will be tabulated and used
by the Chicago financfers.
There was a general expression favor
ing this move in a meeting of the as
sociatiOn. James B. Forgan, president
of the First National bank, presided.
Some of the members said that it might
be advisable to hold a meeting when
bankers from the country as we'll az
those of Chicago and states adjacent
to Illinois would be invited to discuss
the question, while others expressed the
opinion that the time was not ripe for
such a meeting and at present it would
be impossible to undertake to pay all
checks in currency.
! 1t was agreed finally that the senti-
ment of the country in the middle and
letter was prepared, copies of which
were forwarded yesterday. The letter
was sent to every banker west of Pitts
/ burg to the Pacific coast.
| 1t is thought that replies will begin
| to come in by tomorrow. Answers to
| letters sent to the far west points, how
ever, cannot be received until the end
of next week.