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Willmar tribune., 1908-10-07

largest rivals and thus obtained con-
troll of more than so per cent. of the
total output. He asked the president
If he will insist that 'in permitting
this you showed less favor to the
monopolistic corporations than l do in
opposing it."
President Hits Back at Bryan.
ington.-President Roosevelt
gave out statement Sunday night
that severely scores William J. Bryan
and the Democratic party. It was
called forth by the criticism of the
president, Mr.. Taft, and the Republic
an party's platform by Mr.. Bryan.
In answering Mr.. Bryan's claim that
the Democratic party will pursue the
antitrust prosecutions more vigor-
ously, Mr.. Roosevelt asks compari-
son of what the two parties have done
when in power, pointing out that the
last Democratic administration, that
ir. which Mr.. Olney was attorney gen.
eral, instituted but four such cases,
two Of which failed and a third of
which was decided by Mr.. Taft in
favor of the government
In comparison to this is the record
Of the present administration with it's
mass of antitrust and rebate cases,
the vast majority of the decisions be.
ing convictions.
Haskell urgently Handled.
The last part of the statement is
given over to denunciation of the
political life of Gov. Haskell and the
manner in which Mr.. Bryan accepted
the Oklahoman's service and defended
him, even after the accusations against
him became public. MI. Roosevelt
mentions many Of the shortcomings of
which he says Haskell is guilty and
declares there are many others not
enumerated.
Those specifically mentioned are:
That Haskell, as governor of Ok
lahoma, gave illegal privileges to
the Prairie Oil & Gas Company, a sub.
sidiary of the Standard Oil trust.
That he secured title to town lots
in Muskogee, Okla, by fraud, drawing
them by the use of dummy" Has.
kell now is under Indictment on
the charge, he says.
That Haskell offered a fee of $500
to an Arkansas lawyer if the latter
would lobby in the Muskogee council
for the passage of a certain franchise
and then refused payment, although
the franchise was secured.
That Haskell lodged payment of a
judgment by a New York court for
$42,235, and that sheriff's execution
failed to recover but $298O of this
amount.
That Haskell was member of the
Citizens Alliance, a body formed to
Willmar tribune., 1908-10-07
news Of minnesota,
Gross Earnlnu.

st. Paul.-The supreme court is to
be asked to decide whether the state
or the railroads are correct in their
Interpretation of the meaning of
gross earnings in the law prescrib.
Ing tax on the gross earnings of the
companies.
The railway companies generally
protest that they should not be asked
to pay taxes on other than direct in.
come to the corporations. The public
examiner says that taxes should be
paid on income from the rental of cars
and equipment, from work trains used
for other roads, and other items.
The state claimed taxes on these
items in a recent case against the Min
nesota & International road, the total
back taxes being $6,256. The district
court awarded only $1,400. At the
same time the court gave the state
verdict for 81 ,450 out of $5,355 claimed
from the Northwestern Telephone
company. The state will appeal these
two cases to the supreme court to
obtain a ruling on the meaning of
gross earnings.
The total amount involved among
all the roads and corporations amounts
to about 100000, as there are num-
Der of roads which have resisted pay
ment of back taxes on disputed items.
Willmar tribune., 1908-10-07
Gold.

Embarrass.-There is considerable
excitement among the farmers of this
territory over the announcement that
gold and silver has been discovered on
the land Of c. H. McDermott, passen-
ger conductor on the Iron Range rail.
road.
Mr.. McDermott had a drill driven
down forty feet and sent samples to
an assayer in Denver, who, after a
thorough test, reported back that
while there was both gold and silver
in the samples submitted it was not in
sufficient quantities to pay for mining
it. McDermott and his neighbors be.
lieve that if the drill is sent down a
few hundred feet it will strike vein
of pay ore.
Willmar tribune., 1908-10-07
Unusual Ignorance.


Misunderstanding on q farm five
miles beyond Mendoza, in almost un-
believable ignorance of the advance
of affairs in the world, it required the
death of the father of the family,
Peter Burke, to bring the family into
contact with experiences which are
almost as common as the shining o;
the sun or the moon. Previous to the
fathers death Friday no member of
the family had ever been to Rose.
mount, town a few miles beyond the
farm; the 32-year-old son had never
ridden on railroad train, and it was
during the second trip he had ever
made to st. Paul, caused by his
fathers DEATH that he rode on street
car.
When the father died at rather old
age last week the family did not ap-
pear to realize what they should do
with the body. A physician had not
been called until the old man was
practically beyond hope, the members
of the family not recognizing the seri-
BUSINESS of his illness. Following the
death no move was made to secure an
undertaken until thirty-six hours later.
At that time an outsider suggested
that the body be taken in charge by
an undertaken. Accordingly St. Paul
man was called.
Willmar tribune., 1908-10-07
GENERAL NEWS.

Inc caStaWayS from the British
steamer Aeon, who spent nearly two
months OIL Christmas island, arrived
at Suva, Fiji, on the steamer Manuka,
all we'll and increased by one in num-
Der. A daughter was born 10 the wife
of Chaplain B. r. Patrick U. S. N, "a
hours before the Manuka was sighted.
DR.. Robert Koch stirred up a re-
newal of the old discussion on the
sources OF pulmonary tuberculosis in
the congress on tuberculosis at Wash
ington, when he repeated his opinion,
stated in 1901 in London, that human
beings may be infected by bovine tu-
bercle bacilli, but serious diseases
from this cause occur very rarely"
Robbers dynamited the safe of a
bank in Cogswell, N. D., but fled with
out getting any plunder.
Lazare Weiller a prominent French
f1nancier ard aeroplane promoter
announced that he had ordered the
construction of SO aeroplanes on the
Wright model.
The legislative inquiry into the
bribery charges made against Gov
Hanly and Senator Wickwire of Indi-
ana by Representative Knisely ended
In a complete vindication for the gov
ernor, finding that Knisely would
not have accepted a bribe if rendered,
and the making OF a scapegoat Of
.Wickwre by the house.
The Atlantic battleship fleet passed
Zamboanga, where it was greeted by
Gen. Bliss and swarms of natives.
The American battleships Alabama
and Maine arrived at Gibraltar.
Secretary Cortelyou opened the In
ternational Congress on tuberculosis
in Washington, a great assemblage of
notable men from all civilized nations
being present.
The International Fishery congress
decided to meet in Rome, Italy, in
1911.
Opposition to the guaranty of bank
deposits was declared by the trust
company section of the American
Bankers association at Denver, Col.
Cold weather and snow We're gen.
eral throughout the west and north,
and in the east the long drought was
broken by heavy rains.
Union labor officials went to Mon
treal to attempt to end the Canadian
Pacific machinists' strike.
At Portland, Ore, so store and shop
keepers, representing practically every
business excepting saloons, were
placed under arrest in an effort to put
into effect an old Sunday blue law.
Tom Cockrill, the notorious Ken
tucky feudist, was killed by train in
Louisville.
James w. Paul, banker and financier
of the firm of Drexel e Co., Philadel-
phia; J. P. Morgan & Co., New York,
and Morgan, Harias Company of
Paris. died at Hot Springs, Va.
Willmar tribune., 1908-10-07
Grewsome Crime CHARGED.

Mount Carmel, Ill.,, Oct. Mrs. L.
Lucas and her son Jesse were arrest
ed here for the murder of Clyde
Showalter, whose body was found in
the Patoka river two years ago. They
were arrested on evidence furnished
by an inmate at the reformatory at
Pontiac, who says that the murderers
beat Showalter to death with a club.
robbed him, and then sunk the body.
Willmar tribune., 1908-10-07
Snakes in Mississlppi.

Numerous cases Of snakebite have
been reported by the weekly state pa
pers during the summer, and there is
every reason to believe that the crop
of reptiles has been the largest seen
here in many years. The manager of
one of the big plantations in Coahoma
county, who has been clearing up new
ground at every spare moment, states
that he has billed more than 700
snakes since the plowing season be-
gan, several of them rattlers, cotton
mouths and moccasins. = jackson
(Miss.) Clarion Leader.
Willmar tribune., 1908-10-07
Escaped Lion Killed.

New Brunswick, N. j., Oct. IA
full-grown African lion escaped from
the winter quarters of Leon Wash
burns circus, located between this
city and Bound Brook, and after hav-
ing been hunted by keepers all night,
was shot and killed by Edward Radel
Thursday. Before its end the lion
killed two cows and a calf.
Willmar tribune., 1908-10-07
Driven Out Of Berlin.

Miss Anna Morgan, heiress to $780,
100000, says Vienna paper, was
driven out of Berlin, where she hoped
to study politico-social conditions, by
the beggars, high and low, nobility and
others, who no sooner heard of the
arrival of the rich American girl than
they set siege to her dollars. Indi-
viduals, societies, churches, charitable
institutions and promoters of business
schemes wrote, telegraphed and sent
messengers. 1t all looked funny to
the young woman at first, but it be-
came nuisance, from which she es-
capped by means of her automobile, in
which she fastened to a nearby sum-
mer resort
Willmar tribune., 1908-10-07
Varying Standards Of Beauty.

Eastern standards of beauty differ,
like the customs, from those of the
west. In Malacca, we are told, the
small waist and velvet eyes do not
count, but instead the length of the
neck is tho criterion of beauty. The
longer it is the more perfect the beau.
ty. The girl of Malacca at very
early age is fitted with metal collar
which compels her to keep her head
erect, and as she grows the collar is
increased in size, and so the neck is
gradually elongated.-London Globe.
Willmar tribune., 1908-10-07
Drove Ball Acros. zambe.i F,lI.

When the British association paid
its visit to South Africa three or four
years ago the eminent seismologist,
Prof. John Milne and the celebrated
Cambridge pathologist, Prof. Sims
Woodhead, took clubs and balls to the
Victoria Falls on the Zambesi river,
and there the man of earthquakes es-
tablished noble record by being the
first to drive the ball across
the falls, representing a very ex-
cellent carry of 100 yards.-Lon.
don Standard.
Willmar tribune., 1908-10-07
Dog Brought His Friend.

An English lady, who had been from
home some time, was recently greeted
on her return by the old sheep dog
with great delight. So pleased was
the animal that he at once went of
to a farm seven miles away to sum.
mon another dog-an old chum-to
come and see his old mistress. This
dog was blind, and, after the introduc.
ton, was taken back safely by it's ca
nine friend.
Willmar tribune., 1908-10-07
Cholera Deaths in Russia.

st. Petersburg, Oct. 2.-For "a
hours Thursday the municipal. hos
pitals reported the admission Of 235
new cholera cases aud SO deaths. The
corresponding statistics for Wednes-
day were 223 new cases and 80 deaths.
Willmar tribune., 1908-10-07
Awful State.

"Here-1 saw you going into a
saloon to.9ay."
"Y-yes. went In to get cigar
Gee! You didn't look that drunk"
Leader,
Willmar tribune., 1908-10-07
Shall History BE Revived?

Patience-Half an ounce of pure
gold was found in the body of a
turkey killed on a farm on the Tar
vine river, Victoria.
Patrice-After all has been said,
perhaps, it was turkey which laid
the golden egg?-Yonkers Statesman.
Willmar tribune., 1908-10-07
Increasing the Sufferino.

Sometimes the first pangs of re-
morse come to criminals when they
see how idiotic they are made to look
BY the artist who draws from life. -
Willmar tribune., 1908-10-07
Chinese Trade Worth Having.

Chinese Trade Worth Having.
China is very particular that the
quality of the foreign goods it buys
shall be fully up to sample. but pays
very promptly for what it does buy.
A Chinese merchants word is as good
as his bond.
Willmar tribune., 1908-10-07

fight the union workers and prevent
the formation Of any defensive body of
laboring men.
Foraker's Hot Reply.
Cfncinnati.-Senator Foraker pre.
pared a statement which was made
public Friday. replying to the recent
charges made by William r. Hearst
and President Roosevelt. In addition
he bitterly assa:ls Hearst, Taft and
the president. charging Taft with con-
sorting with Standard. Oil magnates
himself and declaring that President
Roosevelt's actions indicate . guilty
conscience. In tho opening para
graph MI. Foraker declared that the
president showed bias in accepting as
true all the charges. He denied that
he acted improperly in accepting en-
ployment from the Standard Oil Com
pany, said that there was no secret
about it and produced letters to prove
that after the government began its
attack upon the Standard Oil, he de.
clined to accept retainer from them.
He charged that Mr.. Hearst had other
letters in addition to those which he
gave out, and that these other let.
ters, if made public at the same time,
would have shown how harmless was
his connection with the Standard peo.
PIE.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-04-24

State Superintendent Of Ed
ucation Powers has issued a cir
cular in which he urges the OBJ
servance by the public schools of
Jefferson Davis birthday-June
3rd. While most of the schools
will be closed, the country schools
having already completed their
terms, yet, it would be the pa
triotic thing for the teachers to
do to get the pupils together be-
fore hand and arrange a suitable
program for the day and observe
the one hundredth anniversary
Mississippi's greatest statesman
and most beloved citizen. Mr..
Davis was true to a principle
that was just and right and his
name should not be forgotten,
especially by Mississippians, nor
the justice Of the cause he es-
poused. The young should be
taught to honor and revere his
name and hold the cause of
states rights as a sacred princi-
pie to be upheld at any cost
The Tupelo journal., 1908-04-24
COTTON PLANTING.

This week has bee.l devoted by
nearly all cotton raisers to the
planting of seed and practically
all uplands are now planted. In
South Mississippi planting is
practically completed. and in the
prairie section most of the acre.
age in cotton was planted the
last week of March or the first
week in April. In this section
an other portions Of North Mis-
sissippi the low lands have not
yet been planted but where the
land is ready planting has al
ready begun. From present in
dications a record breaking crop
will be made. A fifteen million
bale crop is not inpossibility,
in fact, it is probability. With
such a crop, and with trade con-
ditions as they are, the cotton
raiser cannot hope for much
more than eight cents for this
years crop. To meet the condi-
tons that will likely prevail next
fall and winter, the cotton raiser
should see to.it that he is bounti.
fully supplied with all food stuffs
needed for his family and stock
and should plant with that end
in view. The price of cotton is
not such an item with the farmer
who has a full smokehouse, and
corn crib. From these his great
est help in time financial troub-
les come.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-04-24
COTTON BAGGiNG.

The question Of using cotton
bagging for wrapping for cotton
bales continues to receive atten-
ton from the various farmers
organization and it has been sug-
gested the factory for its mann
facture be established on one of
the state farms 1t is well known
that the wrapping now used is
under control of the jute trust
and the price is made at the will
of the manufacturer. No item
would add more to the conslmp-
ton of cotton than the manufac-
ture of a heavy co.ton material
which could be used for the pro-
lection of lint cotton in transit to
the manufactuory, It would re-
quire but little skill for it's man
ufacture and the state could thus
use the disabled convicts in max
ing a test. With the constantly
increase in acreage and product
ion every available avenue must
be sought out for the consump
ton of the raw material. The
state could well afford to make
q test of its ability to manufac-
ture such a material as the chan
ces of failure are but few. There
are a sufficient number of con-
victs with long terms who could
be thus utilized without loss to
the state.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-04-24
An IdiOtic Idea.

The most idiotic idea ever filed
with the postoffice department
at Washington is the proportion
for the government to issue
mourning stamps for the use
of persons in sorrow and bereav-
ment.
The postmaster general has
kindly refrained from making
public the source of this suggest
ion. but in the interests of COM
mon sense, he ought quietly to
convey the knowledge to the
proper authorities and have the
person sent to the foolish house.
A letter bedecked with /
black border is Somber enough,
goodness knows, but an epistle
decorated with a stamp as black
as t. e ace of spades is enough to
make one shudder, and it is
sine 9rely to be hope that the
fantastic idea will not be perpe-
trated on a helpless public.
Grief for the departed is nat
ural and proper, and we should
lose all faith in humanity il it
ceased 10 manifest itself in out
ward form, but fragrant parad-
ing of ones sorrow is the climax
of bad taste, and in many in
stances, rank hypocrisy. Sorrow
needs no pubic demonstration in
the form of black postage stamps
to give it emphasis.
The American people do many
foolish things. They are af1ict-
ed with perhaps a greater num-
Der Of fads and foibles than any
other nation, but it is to be sim
cerely hoped that we will not
reach the climax of damphoolish-
ness by using mourning
stamps on our stationery. Jack
son Daily News.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-04-24
CALL FOR EXECUTIVE CON-
MITTEE.

Chairman DomaX has issued
the following call for a meeting
of the State Democratic EXecut-
i've Committee:
"A meeting of the State Dem
ocratic Executive Committee is
hereby called to meet at 12o'clock
April 20, 1908, in the Senate
Chamber, Jackson, Miss. This
meeting is called for the pur-
pose of fixing the time and place
of holding the State Convention
of the Democratic Party All
members of the Committee are
requested to be present at said
meeting, as it is very essential
that a quorum of said Committee
be present. l respectfully ask
that in case any member can
not attend in person, he would
Immediately upon the reading of
this call send his proxy to j. B.
Stirling, Jackson, Miss, or to
some other party in Jackson"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-04-24

Here is aaimple method, says
an exchange, of testing eggs:
Place your eggs in cold water
and all that are sound will turn
Over on their side and 90 to the
bottem. If a little bad they will
incline to raise on one end, and
the worse the feg the more they
stand on the esd. In view of the
stringency OF the pure food law,
which forbids the sale of bad
eggs, this simple recipe for test
ing them will no doubt be gladly
accepted by those handling and
selling eggs. The time has ar
rived when bad eggs should be
kept off the market, just as any
other impure food.
The man who eats scrambled
eggs" must be protected, even
if the law has to be invok ed to
do it.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-04-24
Notice of Public Works.

Notice is hereby given that the Boar'
of Supervisors of Lee county will Oh
the 1st Monday of May, 1908, the same
being the 4th day of May, 1908, at
O'Clock p. M, at the court house dool
in the city of Tupelo, at public ontcry.
to the lowest responsible bidder, aware
the following public work, to wit:
Building a new bridge across Bogue
falah creek on Blacland road.
Building a new bridge across Nathan
Francis creek on Blackland road.
Building a new bridge across Licl
Branch on the Auburn & Eggville road
Building a bridge cross Dry Creel
on the Baldwin & Pontotoc road at thu
Wallace White place.
For painting the court house roof o
Lee caunty.
This April 10, 1908.
NORBIN JONES, Clerk.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-04-24

The Natchez Democrat NOM
mates John Sharpe Williams as
the leader of the minority when
he takes his seat in the senate.
Such a suggestion is a little pre-
mature but it shows in what es-
timation Mr.. Williams is held by
his fellow citizens. Mr.. Williams
would be a leader in any legis-
lative, or deliberate body, let it
be the senate of the United
States, the parliment of England,
Riechtag oflGermany, or any 9TH
err assemblage of men where
brains control.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-04-24

The Supreme Court holds that
the action of Judge Cochran in
granting the Keys brothers,
charged with the killing of Da-
Wis, bail was void, and remanded
the defendants to Jail. On a
writ of habeas corpus the chan
cellor denied defendants bail,
but afterwards Judge Cochran
of the Circuit Court set aside the
action of the chancellor and fix
ed bonds at $40, 900. The Su-
preme Court holds that the &C.
ton of Judge Cochran was void.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-04-24

Governor Johnson of Mime
sofa announces to the democrats
at large that Mr.. Bryan is a
"has BEEN. The governors should
attend the Denver convention
and get himself enlightened on
the question of who is the lead
err Of his party.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-04-24

Gov. Hughes of New York
seems to have his heart set more
on passing the anti-race track
gambling bill before his legisla-
ture than he has on winning the
nomination for presidency.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-04-24

The Mississippi Bar Associa-
ton meets in Meridian on May
5. The annual address will be
delivered by ex-senator Spooner
of Wisconsin. Hon. w. M. Cox
of Baldwin will deliver an ad-
dress before the association.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-04-24

Mike Stanley, Memphis bad
man, was shot to death by De-
tective Shea while resisting ar
rest. Stanley has been a ter
ror for some time. and how he
managed to live as long as he did
is a mystery down in Mississippi.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-04-24

A South American scienti st
predicts earthquakes for this
week. We hope he may confne
them to his own country and let
us read about them in the pa
pers.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-04-24

The section around Dallas,
Texas, was last week visited by
destructive floods.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-04-24

The Tupelo Journal is So years
old, and like good wine improves
with age .-Lafayette Co. Press.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-04-24
RATES OF

DISPLAY advertisements at rate of
j. 90 per running ii oh per month of
four weeks. Liberia, discounts made on
yearly contracts.
Notice of meetings of strictly CHAIR
table organizations will be inserted m
time free; all other notices must be paid
for.
The Irish standard., 1908-11-21
Did Not Know Him.

Scotland has great reputation for
learning in the United States, and a
lady who went over from Boston re-
Gently expected to find the provcrbial
shepherd quoting Virgil, and the la
borer who had Burns by heart. She
was disillusioned in Edinburgh. Ac-
costing a policeman she inquired as to
the whereabouts of Carlyle's house.
(which Carlyle?" nc asked.
"Thomas Carlyle" said the lady.
'What does lie do" queried the
guardian of the peace.
HE was writcr-but he's dead"
she faltered.
Well madam the big Scot inform
ed her. "if the man is dead over five
years there's little chance of finding
out anything about-him in big city
like this.'