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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-04-23
WRITER'S HARD FATE
LITERARY MEN WHO HAVE Dice
IN pEsTITuTloN.
Long List of Talented Poets, His
torlans and Other Masters Of the
Pen Whose Last Days Were
Full Of Misery.

That Ouida should have died as she
did in poverty and loneliness, an exile
though voluntary one, from the land
of her birth, was an undoubtedly pitt
full ending to an exceptionally brilliant
career. Equally sad has been the fate
reserved for some literary geniuses
In the past.
For instance Richard Savage, the
gifted poet, died in a debtors prison
at Bristol, after enduring the pangs OF
semi-starvation for years. Chatterton
driven desperate through hunger.
poisoned himself at the age of 1S.
Swift died mad, as he had all along
predicted he would.
DR.. Dodd, whose Beauties OF
Shakespeare" is well known, was
anged for forgery. George Gissingi
after suffering hardships that embit.
tered his whole existence, died Just
as fame was beginning to be assured
to him.
STOW, the famous antiquarian, au.
thor of the Survey of London" be.
came in his old age licensed beggar,
asking aims from door to door
through SO counties" Wycherley,
from being the spoiled idol of society,
fell to the lowest depths of destitution,
and was eventually consigned to the
Fleet prison for debt, where he re-
NAMED seven years. Cotton also spent
many years in a debtors prison, and
eventually died there by his own hand.
Robert Burns, writing only Ia days
before his death, implored his friend
Cunningham to use his influence with
the commissioners of excise in order
got his salary raised from G35 year
to ESQ, otherwise, II die not OF dis
ease, l must perish with hunger"
Llorente, the learned and talented
historiographer OF the inquisition,
was glad during the close of his bril-
liant but unfortunate career to hire
himself out for a few sous night to
keep watch over the dead bodies al
the Paris morgue and died eventually
of starvation. Camoens begged his
bread from door to door until com
PEELED to take refuge in an almshouse,
where he died.
II is told OF Ben Jonson that when
in his last Illness King Charles sent
him a small sum of money he returned
It. "He sends me so miserable dona-
tion." cried the dying poet, because
| am poor and live In an alley. Go
and tell him his soul lives in an alley.
Very sad was the fate OF Ulrich Won
Hutton, one of the greatest writers
Germany has ever produced. Unable
to earn living, he was reduced 10
tramping through the country, beg
ging food and shelter from the peas
ants. One bitter winters night he
was refused both. and next morning
was found frozen stiff and cold In the
drifting snow outside the village. The
only thing he died possessed of be-
sides the rags he wore," says his
biographer, Zuingllus, was a pen"
Saint-Simon, the celebrated French
author, who wrote THE Reorganiza.
tion of European Society" was twice
driven by want to attempt his own
life, and although he died a natural
death in the end It was among the
most lamentable surroundings. For
10 days" he says, II have lived upon
bread and water, without a FIRE; |
have even sold my clothes"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-04-23

A New York inventor has devised a
mechanical attachment for an auto
mobile which, on pressing button,
will start a watch or clock fastened
to the dashboard. At the end of a
mile the watch stops automatically,
thus enabling the driver to test his
speed from time to time.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-04-23
West Bill Passed BY Senate.

Columbus, o.-The senate passed
the West bill providing for the quad
rennial valuation of real estate instead
of decennially, as at present. It's eff
feet in cities of the first grade will be
to provide what is practically con.
stant machine for revaluation, so as
to meet changing conditions in those
centers which occur quickly.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-04-23
UNITED STATES HISTORY IN
CLUDING CIVIL GOVERN
MENT,


l. How many voyages did Colum-
bus make ? What was the result of
one?
2. Give an important fact about
each of these; John Winthrop,
James Oglethrope, Sir William Berke-
ley, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander
Hamilton.
3. Who discovered the following :
Mississippi river, Pacific ocean, Hud-
son river, Florida? Il?
A. Name one of the colonial wars,
and give its causes and results.
5. Give a brief account of Bur-
goyne's campaign, telling its object
and outcome.
8. Explain briefly what is meant by
the Declaration of independence.
7. Tell from whom and how the
United States obtained the territory
embraced within each of these states
or territories; Ohio, Missouri, Cali
fornia, Florida, Alaska.
8. Name three great American In
ventions with the name of the inven-
tor of each.
8. Connect each of these names
and places with the history of the
Civil War: Fort Sumter, Gettysburg
Appomattox, W. 7. Sherman, Admira
Farragut.
10. What are the qualification of q
voter In Ohio? What is meant by
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-04-23
Guns and Razors.

Ravenna o.-In a battle with guns
and razors here Joe Alpino had a leg
nearly severed. He is in a critical con
dition. Joe Montaliano, his alleged
assailant, is in jail, badly wounded
Ten others we're arrested, all more OF
less wounded
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-04-23
POLICE oIspERsE WORKERS.
Five Hundred Men Demand That Con.
tractor Employ Union Men.

Five Hundred Men Demand That Con.
tractor Employ Union Men.
Columbus, GA crowd of about 300
laborers, consisting mostly of foreign.
ers and colored men, gathered on the
grounds of the old Federal building
and q squad Of police was called to
dispense them before work Of excava'
tion could be continued by the con.
tractors.
c. V. Evanston, secretary and treas.
urer of the Laborers Protective Union,
and an agent, William s. Allen, were
on the scene endeavoring to force the
contractor to hire union labor at So a
day for eight hours labor.
Contractor Hurd, who is to remodel
the building, says he will not pay the
unions demand of 50, as he can get
men at S1.50.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-04-23
students Hurt In staq Rush.

Hamilton, O.-Two high school stu.
dents were severely injured In the an.
nual flag rush between the senior and
junior classes. Roy Fiemeyer, a junior.
had his left arm broken in two places
and Peter Schwab, q junior, suffered
a dislocation of the left arm.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-04-23
Small Toledo Bank Fails.

Toledo. O.-The Dorr Street Sav.
ings bank. an institution situated in
the factory district and patronized
principally by workmen, closed its
doors. The bank was capitalized at
.$25,OOO and had $125,OOO deposits. AS.
sets will pay depositors in full.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-04-23
Found Money In Dream,

Gallipolis, O.--About a year ago VIM
ID. Schurtz, of Gallipolis, lost $240
which he supposed had been stolen
from him. He dreamed he had placed
the package in an attic room over his
bedroom. He climbed into the attic
and there found the money just as he
had dreamed.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-04-23
AT sweetheart's Home.

Marion, O.-Herbert Glenn, indicted
for perjury, who escaped from Jail at
Mt. Gilead, o., was captured in this
city at the home of his sweetheart
Glenn's testimony convicted Sherman
Peck Of the murder OF Shadrock West
brook. He later confessed that he lied
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-04-23
Former Bank Cashier Indicted.

Cleveland, O.-W. II. Schmick, for
mer cashier of the Leetonia (O.) Firs,
National bank, was indicted on 6s
counts by the federal grand jury. The
charges say that he embezzled money
from the bank and made false entries
to cover up the embezzlement.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-04-23
Insuranee company Loses suIt.

Columbus, o.-The supreme court
handed down decision against the
Union Central Life Insurance Co., OF
Cincinnati, involving about $lS2000
that corporation will be compelled to
pay for omitted taxes and penalties.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-04-23
ForeIqners Attack Street Car.

Martins Ferry, o.--Four foreigners.
who were elected from an interurban
car on the Rayland division of the
Wheeling Traction Co.'s line, attempt
ed to wreck the car and assault the
crew at Glen's Run, o. The car was
showered with bullets and stones.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-04-23

FOR SALE-City property and farms
of all sizes in this and other counties,
Also money to loan at per cent,
Address J "a. Eutsler, Real Estate
Agent, Greenfield, Ohio.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-04-23
Cemetery Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the
annual election for one Trustee will
be held at store of Jacob Saylor, Hills
boro, Ohio, on the second Tuesday in
May, being the 18th day of May 1908,
hours from 2 to 4 o'clock p. m.
W. A. MORROW, Sec'y.
Hillsboro, Ohio, April l, 1908.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-04-23

have much time to stand before the
glass, neither. And I'm afraid, too"
says l, kind Of cautious, I'm afraid
you'd have to find me in the kitchen
over a wash-tub more than once a
week"
Then he got mad Even II you
should have to work at manual labor"
says he, you can maintain your per
sonal appearance" says he.
"oh, well, says |, as l started a
sheet through the wringer, what's the
difference? Love does not depend on
the physical. Loves a spiritual thing,
Isaac. It's a communion of souls"
Well, sir, he just give me one long,
shuddering' look, then he lit out OF
that kitchen and out to his buggy and
went away. That was three weeks ago,
and amt seen him since.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-04-23
Farmers FIGHT a Duel.

Gallipolis, O.-Frank Harris and
Steve Otis, farmers, living near Am
brosia, fought battle which resulted
in Otis throat being cut. Harris was
arrested. Otis is in serious condi
ton.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-04-23

Dusty Dan-Sometimes l wish |
could stop riding fast freights and
ride in frst-class passenger coach.
Wintry Walter-Well, you don't
know when you are well of, pard,
Why, in each passenger coach der is
an ak and saw to remind you of wood
pile. News.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-04-23
Cheap Gasoline.

Redd--Do you buy that kind OF
gasoline with scent?
Greene-No; didn't know there
was any as cheap as thatl--Yonkers
Statesman.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-04-23
Eggs for Hatehing.

Barred Plymouth Rocks, Egg pro-
ducing strain. Prices reasonable.
Call on OF address Mrs. w. T. Hodge,
Greenfield, o., Route4. Home phone
Rainsboro exchange.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-04-23
Atlas Portland Cement.

A car of new fresh goods just re-
we'd IT Rl;llri's 4 II.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-04-23
QUESTIONS ASKED
Those Who Took the Patterson
Examination For Admission
to High Schools

Last Saturday In Hillsboro--Ques-
tions Prepared by State Exam
inePs and Used In Every
County In the State.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-04-23

"the legislature" and how is 1t
chosen
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-04-23

If ever man comes along that'n
tell me, over wash-tub, that he loves
me, I'll know he's got the real goods
and I'm ready for him.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-09-24

The People Say:
Senator Fulton went to Oregon, and
asked for reelection, and the people
said:
1--WE WANT A CHANGER"
Senator Hansbrough went to North
Dakota FOR reelection, and the people
said:
I'VE WANT A cHANGE!"
Senator kittredge heard It In South
Dakota, from the people:
"WE WANT A CHANGED"
Senator Long asked the people Of
Kansas for reelection, and the people
shouted:
1--WE WANT A cHANGEl"
Senator Hopkins went TO Illinois
and asked for reelection, and two.
thirds of the Republicans Of illinois
announced:
1--WE WANT A CHANGED"
Almost one-half Of the Republicans
Of Iowa, even when asked by their dis.
tlnguished Senator, Allison, replied:
1--WE WANT A CHANGED"
The voice of the people is unmIs-
taxable. Wherever they have had a
chance to speak, they have earnestly
lifted their voices, saying:
1--WE WANT A CHANGED"
That sentiment Is sweeping the
whole country:
1--WE WANT A CHANGED"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-09-24

"May Be Reduced Fifty Per Cent"
On August %, 1907, Mr.. H. E. Miles,
chairman of the tariff committee OF
the National Association of Manufac
turers, wrote to Senator Foraker q
letter in which Mr.. Miles said:
About forty per cent of all the
members Of our association who have
by correspondence pronounced for re.
vision declare in their letters that
their own schedules MAY PROPERLY
BE REDUCED FIFTY PER CENT OR
MORE WITHOUT HURT TO THEIR
RESPECTIVE INDUSTRIES OR TO
THE COUNTRY AT LARGE"
How exorbitant must be this prec.
ious tariff fostered by the Republican
party when even forty per cent of its
beneficiaries, frightened by the rising
tide of public sentiment, admit that
their own schedules may properly be
reduced fifty per cent or more without
hurt to their respective industries, or
to the country at large" :.
II the common everyday experience
of the consumers is not sufficient to
awaken Republican voters to the
iniquity of the existing tariff system,
surely the confession In the letter re.
ferred to ought at least to challenge
attention and invite thoughtful inves4
tigation.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-09-24

rT
30 that, as a matter OF fact, tho pub
lie deposits are not only protected.
but they are protected at the expense
Of the individual depositors. What
shall We say Of national bank which
willingly gives the government speci-
dc security and then opposes the pro-
lection of depositors? And, strange to
say, these big banks that get the long
deposits from the government upon
specific security are the very ones that
have fought and are fighting the sys-
tenn for the guaranty of depositors.
1t is time that the depositors under
stood the situation and got together
for their own protection. Will any
banker who is opposing the guaranty
system answer this argument and e1-
plain why it is right to protect gov
eminent deposits and wrong to pro-
tect individual deposits?
When the International Bank at
Colgate, in Oklahoma failed, the fol-
lowing notice was posted on the door:
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-09-24
REPUBLICANS AND MONEY.

REPUBLICANS AND MONEY.
Golfers Weekly has a significant
editorial in it's issue of August %,
entitled, THE Republicans and
Money" It is given herewith:
1.-THE election and subsequent death
Of Mr.. Taft would mean the occu-
pancy Of the White House by an OIL
cial fat-fryer who has during sew
eral years past approached. with def
erential hat in hand, the president or
treasurer Of most of the large cor
porations in the country. 1t was in
the course Of this official function that
Sherman was profanely turned down
by Mr.. Hartman, with bitter denun-
citation of the Republican party and
reeking messages for the head Of that
party, that the party and the head Of
1t had not been grateful for tho $780,
900 which Mr.. Haxriamn collected and
which Mr.. Hartman collected and
gave in 1904. Penrose, as one Of the
executive committee of nine which is
to do the actual work of the Repub-
lican campaign, is in error OF taste
and judgment but not q great deal
worse With T. Coleman Du Pont of
Delaware, however, the case differs.
Among the combinations now being
prosecuted by the Federal Govern
ment is that aggregation of compan-
les known as the Powder Trust Mr..
Du Pont is president of the hfty mil
lion dollar b Pont Powder Company,
president Of the ten million dollar
International Powder Company. direc.
tor of the international Smokeless
Powder Company, and vise-president
of the holding company, the Della
ware Securities Company, which owns
a majority of the stock Of the Latin
& Rand Powder Company. Suppose
that Mr.. Taft. being successful, should
be approached by Mr.. Du Pont thus:
I am one Of tho ten men, including
Chairman Hitchcock. who have put
you over the plate. I don't want to
be reminding you continually of the
obligation; there is ono small piece of
patronage should like. and I shan't
speak to you about patronage again
during your administration. There is
a deserving young friend Of mine
whom ! should like to have appoint
ed to the position lately held by Mr..
Purdy, in charge OF that bureau of the
Department of Justice which Is seeking
to break up my company, deprive me
of some OF my property, and declare
me violator Of the law Something
analogous would have been the pres
ence Of Harry Thaw two years ago
on committee Of ten to collect funds
and promote the election Of Jerome
as district attorney. A minority
plank, calling for statute providing
for publicity of campaign e1pendi-
lures, was thrown out Of the COM
mittee on resolutions by vote of So
to /, and was rejected on the floor
of the convention by q vote of $50 to
94-Nebraska and Idaho and parts of
Wisconsin and Indiana favoring 1t.
The amount Of Bourbonism still left
in the Republican party is far too
large"
1.-THE People do rule" says Sher
man, the candidate Of the trusts for
Vice-President. The truth is that q
bill introduced for the protection of
the rights of the people cannot even
be voted on in the house where Can
non and Sherman rule the roost.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-09-24
TAKING THE STRICKEN
CITY.

When San Francisco was de-
stroyed the proposition was
made to admit lumber, for ito
rebuilding free Of duty. The Re-
publican party managers side
tracked Il. But why should they
have taken this attltude7 AZ
long as they plead that the for
eigner pays the tax there was
no particular reason for them to
compel the people Of that striek-
en- city to pay ten per cent more
for the lumber In tic rebuilding
than they would otherwise, Just
In order 70 prevent an object
lesson In the event Of real Tar.
IN revision. .|s
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-09-24
AN AUDAcIoUs AND lNsoLEN1
PERFORMANCE
(Sprinsfeld Republican,

\SPVIH0Heio NSPuDIICan.)
"If Mr.. Sherman ever did anything
In public life to attract national atten.
ton, prior to his nomination to the
vfce-presidency, Il was his appeal to
Hartman for campaign funds In 1908,
az revealed by the Presidents letter.
Hartman at that time had not be-
come so notorious and 80 obnoxious TO
the American people as he became
somewhat later, yet his business char
aeter and political standing were as
we'll understood In the autumn Of 1905
by Republicans like Mr.. Sherman 40
they are today. Taken In connection
with the campaign fund publicity L.
sue, the Sherman nomination seems to
be az audacious-we will not say In.
soIent-a performance as the Republic.
can party In these later years Of Ito
history has been guilty Of"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-09-24

It is bad enough that under the die.
tation of the speaker and his Com
mittee on Rules, labor bills are strang-
led and not permitted to como to 4
vote. But, worse than that, II pos
sible. is the fact that the Speaker
picks committees 90 that bills that he
does not like cannot even set = hear
ing, but are stransled IN committees
~ direction Of the Speaker. The PEG
PIE are up IN arms al over the coxn-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-09-24

Last week Mr.. Frank P. Sergeant
died. In 1893 he was Grand Master
of the Brotherhood Of Locomotive Fire
men when Judge Taft reduced rail-
road trainmen to machines to do the
bidding of master" Here are some
extracts from an article written by
Mr.. Sergeant about the decision by
Judge Taft that was a grievous
wrong:
IF Judge of the United States
court The was discussing Judge Taft's
decision] may abolish this right Of
an employee, he remands him, un-
equivocally, to servitude as degrad-
ing as the Spartans imposed upon
their helots, and it is this phase of the
strike which has aroused such In
tense concern and alarm.
1T will not be expected that I
should enter upon discussion of the
legal points involved: at best can
only voice the sentiments of body
of law-abiding men who have been
trained by their organizations to re-
Epect laws and the decisions Of courts,
and who find themselves suddenly re-
duced to the condition of peonage by
the decision Of United States Judge"
1T is asserted chat railroads be-
come common carriers, but are I'M
able to perform their obligations with
out men. They must have men, and
It should be stated they must have
engines, fuel, water. steam, tracks,
etc. The locomotives and equipments
can be purchased and become the
property Of the road, but they are
useless without men, and these, once
secured, the general manager, speak
ing as II by authority. intimates that
they become fixtures, because, with
out them. as without engines, the OBJ
legations of the railroads cannot be
performed; such is the newfangled
logic relied upon to reduce railroad
trainmen to machines, to do the bid
ferred by United States Judge. In
at least one notable instance United
States judge has shown his utter con-
tempt for sovereign state and the
laws made in conformity with the
constitution, and has sent county off,
cials to prison because they would not
disregard their oaths and obey his
mandate-and it will readily be con-
ceded, If such high-handed outrage
can be perpetrated and the judge re-
main unimpeached, that a judge may,
with equal impunity, subject railroad
employees to autocratic indignities."
But it SO happens that while men
debate such propositions, embodying
self-evident truths, the court, with an
iron grip, holds freemen tn bondage.
and the victims are as powerless as
when, under another exhibition of
power. men we're sold at the auction
block"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-09-24
Revision.

It is an old-time Republican cry that
"the tariff will be revised by its
friends" Representative Mccall of
Massachusetts,, Republican, hit the
nail on the head when in referring to
this cry he said: IF the tariff cannot
be revised when two-thirds OF the
membership Of both houses is Repub-
lican. when is revision to conner"
Revision, through the Republican
party, is to come whenever the bene-
ficiaries OF hjKh PROTECTIVE farife -.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-09-24
PROTECTION FOR LONDON
Frs.

A sewing machine made In
Bridgeport, Connecticut, costs IS
to 40 dollars there. The same
company sells them In London
for 20 dollars. How important
It Is that there should be tar
iff to protect the business Of the
manufacturers Of sewing ma
chimes.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-09-24
THE CHINESE QUESTION.

Mr.. Bryan says, keep the
Chinese out" Mr.. Taft says,
"ls it not the duty Of members
Of Congress and Of the Execu-
tive to disregard the unreason.
able demand Of a part Of the
community deeply prejudiced
upon this subject In the far
west, and insist upon extending
Justice and courtesy to a peo-
pie from whom we are deriving
and are likely to derive such I'm
mense benefit In the way Of in
ternational trade.n IN OTHER
WORDS TAFT SAYS LET THE
CHINESE IN.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-09-24
ssssssessssssssa
Why Mitchell IL for BRYAN.

Why Mitchell Is for Bryan.
lJohn Mitchell to the New York
Worldly
"in accordance with your invitation,
I wish to state that, in my judgment,
the election Of Bryan would be for
the best interests Of the whole nation.
"He stands on much the better plat.
form and will be guided ~ Il In the
event Of his election. Mr.. Taff is
handicapped by the xeaIous advocacy