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Miss Julia A. Farren, daughter of Charles A. and Mary J. Farren, died at her home, 156 Front street yester- day at the age of 40 years Miss Far ren had been an invalid for nearly three years and had been a great suf- ferer. She was a member of Pilgrim church and the pastor Rev R. F.. Brown will ofliciate at her funeral to be held in the Memorial chapel, Fair Haven cemetery, Saturday at p. m.
 Today is the time fixed in the con- tract for beginning of the sprinkllng of the borough streets but as showers are due, 1t Is not likely that a, start will be made As previously stated, the borough is equipped with a brand new sprinkling cart and Philip F. Ryan of Russell street has contracted to fur nish q pair of horses and to drive the cart. The contract is for the summer and fall.
 The regular meeting of Myrtle chap ter, O. F. s. was held in Masonic hall last evening, The meeting was preced- ed by supper served in the banquet rooms.
 Yesterday afternoon the temperature was 27 degrees below that of the after noon previous. People who were shout ing on Wednesday that summer had come, changed their plea, yesterday. Good warm wraps were needed and 1t was almost cold enough for fires Few people relshed SO sudden a drop In temperature. Open cars were running Oh the Fair Haven lines and the cold weather did not seem to have any ap- preciable effect upon the travel. Daniel M. Smith who has been crit ically i'll from heart trouble at his home in Pierpont street is better this week and is able to walk about the house.
 Several Fair Haven people were in- yited to the Potter Eaton wedding in Montowese last evening and others were invited to the reception held In < the tent on the lawn of the Eaton
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Timothy P. Fitzgerald, employed as clerk at S. L. salsbury's pharmacy and Miss Alice I. Messett were married at St. Joseph's church, Tuesday
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Daniel M. Smith who has been crit ically i'll from heart trouble at his home in pierpont street is better this week and is able to walk about the house.
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Anthony Dematty and daughter, Mlss Eva Dematty are visiting friends in Boston
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The regular meeting of Myrtle chap last evening The meeting was preced- ed by q supper served in the banquet rooms
The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-15

Miss Mae o'Connor of Ferry street has returned from Waterbury.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-05-02

delighted that he went about the state asking
the people to ratify the action of the convention
The meeting that held in Boise, having for its
object the criticism of the democrats of another
county, was of slight consequence SO far its
effect on the democrats of Latah the state at
large is concerned. 1t of a series of meet
ngs that have occupied the attention of weak
faction of the democracy of Ada county and its per-
formances will neither detract from add to the
net results of the campaign.
The faction does not represent anything that is
democratic, not even Mr.. Bryan who is the url-
questioned choice of the democracy of the state.
The faction cannot be for Mr.. Bryan because it
represents first of all, the Mormon hierarchy at
Salt Lake, and the hierarchy is not for Bryan.
Several weeks ago, its orders were isued to the
voters it controls in Idaho and Utah to send un-
instructed delegates to the Denver convention.
1t will be obeyed in Utah and it will fail in Idaho,
because the alleged democratic faction represent
ed by Nugent, Perky, Paine and others will be
unable to attract the attention of the Twin
Falls convention.
This much in the way of explanation is due the
democrats of Latah county, who have been assailed
by noisy but mpotent bunch of Jack Mormons
masquerading as democrats in and about the capital
city, although they have jurisdiction even over
their county.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-05-02

He was representative of Owyhee county in that
convention and the Owyhee county delegation, in
cludng himself, was appointed by the democratic
committee of the county, convention having been
called
The logic of his position suggests that when an
appointment of delegates includes John Nugent it
is regular and right When it does not it is wrong
and irregular. That is far as Mr.. Nugent has
progressed in the study of the principles of politics.
the position he occupies asserting once more that
"a little learning is dangerous thing.
AS Mr. Nugent took occasion to assert falsehood
during the progress of the late meeting of the forty
it is matter of justice to correct the msrepresen-
tation. Mr.. Nugent said that ex-senator Dubois
gave list of the nominees of the Coeur d'A1ene
convention to the Spokesman Review two days be-
fore the convention assembled at Occur d Alene.
In proof of the falsehood, it be shown that
Mr. Dubois did not reach Spokane until just past
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-05-02
POlygamiSts "TrOtted OUT

Says the Lewiston Tribune, responding to state
ment in The Scimitar that the polygamous sect
given the political rights that were granted
the law abiding gentes of the state:
Softly, good sirs. No polygamist polygamist
sect vote in this state whether may prefer
it that way not Just find your polygamist,
prove your polygamst sect, and the thing is done.
Not only disfranchisement but the prison is the
penalty therefor just the bigamy, arson
or burglary. Trot out your polygamist and let's
have done with it.
The Scimitar understands from the wording of
the foregoing extract that the Lewiston Tribune
is looking for an opportunity to apply the law to
poyganlist, if it can find Here are the names
of three Godfrey Esch1er, Raymond Idaho; John
F. Burton, Soda Springs, Idaho; Bishop Amos
Wright Montpelier Idaho
After the Lewiston paper has disposed of this
batch, The Scmitar will furnish the names of three
more polygamists, and then three more, as long as
The Tribune cares to proceed against the law break
ers.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-05-02
Democratic Convention Rates.

The secretary of the Idaho democratic committee
has concluded arrangements for reduced rates with
the general passenger agent of the railroads that
will be necessary for delegates to travel over to
reach Twin Falls to attend the democratic state con-
ton of June 3rd.
The convention rate is one fare for the round
trip, June 10th being the limit of tickets Tickets
will be sold from Pocatello and points west Tune
3rd and 4th. From stations SOUTH north and east
of Pocatelo, in Idaho, including Red Rock, Mon
tana, June 2nd, 3rd and 4th
The rate is a generous one and it will induce a
great many people to go to Twin Falls in the gor-
ious month of June.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-05-02

the midnight hour of the morning of the day of
the convention. Mr.. Nugent will have to admit
that he falsfying else tell another lie.
But really he ought not to criticise the Occur
d Alene convention, which completely repre-
sentative body assembled in Idaho, many of
the delegates travelling from 1000 to 1900 miles
to participate in its proceedings All its transac-
tions voluntary and uninhuenced by combina-
ton
1t the most fortunate circumstance that ever
affected Mr.. Nugent's party standing when the Owy
hee county committee appointed him delegate to
the Coeur dAene convention If he is not able to
recognize clean deal when he sees one for the
sake of himself and his associates he would display
wisdom by remaining silent
1t was the same convention that bestowed the
nomination of attorney general upon his compatriot
in the polygamistic cause, Karl Paine and he
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-05-02
Bryan on Polygamy.

That portion of the history of the trans
actions of the last National Democratic con-
vention that relates to the committee dis
cusson over the platform states that Mr..
Bryan was member of the committee that
prepared the platform. 1t then says:
1t was a foregone conclusion that Senator
Dubois would command the situation.
When the subject of polygamy was reached
in the course of delberation on the plat
form Mr.. Bryan, Mr.. Hill and other mem
bers of the committee declared themselves
in favor of a resolution demanding a con-
stitutional amendment for the suppression of
polygamy Senator Dubois explained that he
had agreed with the Utah delegation that
there should be no mention of a constitutional
amendment and he could not, in good faith,
agree to any such resolution as would include
such amendment. After the subcommittee
adjourned, the members who had interested
themselves in the matter personally said the
agreement made between the Utah delegation
and Senator Dubois had been the only OBJ
stacle to the passage of a specific declaration
calling for a constitutional amendment.
Mr.. Bryan, therefore, was in favor of a
much stronger anti-polygamy plank than the
one adopted, than the one favored by Mr..
Dubois under his agreement with the Utah
delegation.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-04-02
HAVE YOU ANY FRIENDS?
Town Destroyed.

Each one of our subscribers is requested to
send us the names and postoffice addresses of
a few friends to whom we may send sample
copies of the Jeffersonian.
Don't send the names Of every fellow you
know, because some fellows read but little
and don't think at all. 1t would be wasteful
to send the paper to such unfortunates. But
everyone knows number who do read, think
and inquire, and to all such we want to intro
duce the Jeffersonian and ask them to sub
scribe.
Send us the names, and help to give the
Jefersonian a boost. We know that wher-
ever it has gone, it has set thoughtwaves in
motion; and it should go everywhere.
Address The Jeffersonian. Thomson, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-04-02
THE PoPULIsT APPEAL: COME TO THE
CONVENTION.

SOPAN
Party, and who has the means at command,
should attend the National Convention to be
held at the Olympic theatre, in St. Louis, on
April 2.
1t is true, you may have perfect confidence
that those who go will ''do the right thing;
but this is the same spirit of confidence which
lulled you to sleep in the old party, and your
awakening disclosed the bitter fact that
your party actually belonged body and soul
to the enemy.
Then there is another phase. The metro
politan press says we have no party left.
small convention makes us appear insignif-
cant and will discourage and demoralize those
who are there. Fill that great theatre with
throng Of honest, sincere men, and the world
will listen to what we say.
Brothers, the People s Party must and
shall live. The old parties are both false, and
have been for many years. They have held
the people with soft promises and fed them
with hard and bitter realities Today Bryan
is the democratic leader, and Roosevelt the
republican leader, yet neither can secure more
than half-hearted support Of his ideas. Grant
ing complete sincerity to them both, the cleo
ton of neither would result in any substantial
change from our present system. The Social
lists are earnest people, but they are asking
for something which our sober good sense
teaches cannot be secured-the abolition
OF private property and individual enter
prise; the Prohibitionists see but one mighty
issue, the closing of Saloons and the new In
dependence League, now a party has failed
to strike at the root of the evils, while com
ing so far toward us that it feels like close
kin and will necessarily become of our house
hold when it has learned few things that we
have found out long before.
The Peoples Party is founded on certain
clearly defined issues and is different from all
other parties. While the Hearst reformers say
the government shall issue all money and loan
1t to the banks, we say the government shall
issue all money and loan it or put it out to
the people direct at a low rate Of interest.
There is an apparent similarity but in reality
difference wife as the sea between these
two propositions. We oppose bank issue of
money because it places the control of our
circulating medium in the hands of corpora
tons and individuals who may (and do) man
lpulate it to accomplish their own selfish ends:
also because we do not see any sense in the
industry OF our country being bled to paw in
terest Tor the use of its own credit. If the
banker IS to be allowed to deposit securities
and draw money out Of the treasury for his
use, why should not the planter be able to
deposit warehouse certificates of tobacco and
cotton and wheat, or the saw mill man ware
nJTNtC H. H.. ~
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lation, including child labor, liability and anti
trust laws.
Milton for Senate.
Gov. Broward of Florida has appointed Hon.
William Hall Milton of Mariana, Fla, to sue
coed the late Senator William j. Bryan, to
the United States senate
Town Destroyed.
Chilapa, town of $4,000 inhabitants in
the state of Guerrero, has been shaken by an
earthquake and burned. The shocks, two in
number, were followed by fires, which, origi-
mating in dozen places among the tumbhng
buildings, joined in a confagration that swept
the town.
Hughes Signs Banking Bill.
Governor Hughes signed the first of the
series of banking bills recommended by Su-
perintendent Clark Williams of the State
Banking Department. The bill was intro
duced by the Joint Committee on banks and
provides for third deputy state superin-
tendent Of banks.
Hobson Introduces Bill
A bill ito prevent combination Of firms
or individuals from cOnspiring to raise or
raising prices Of supplies furnished the United
States government or from combining to put
up prices of structural work." was intro
Change Naval Flags Stars.
Secretary Metcalf issued orders providing
for the addition Of one star through the ad-
vent Of Oklahoma in the Union. On July 4
no will OtoiD Cto in
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-04-02
Sing Sing Keeper Dead.

John J. Griffin, who has been Sing Sing
keeper for AZ years, is dead. He was the
dean of the prison and had served under Is
wardens.
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OUHLULNIV W
Republicans in Riot.
The Republicans of Tennessee assembled In
Nashville March 25 for a state convention.
Trouble arose and riot followed. State
Chairman Landers had a close call for life.
Police were called in.
Peoples Party Convention.
The Peoples Party National Convention
has been called to meet in St. Louis April
2, 1908, to nominate candidates for President
and Vice President.
Farmers Fair
The Georgia State Fair will be under the
supervision of the Farmers Union. All agri-
cultural exhibits will be under the direction
of the Union.
King Arrested.
Paul Bignamy-known as the king of An
archists,' man that proclaimed openly that
President Roosevelts death was necessary
has been arrested in general roundup of
anarchists in San Francisco
Hughes Endorsed
Republican and Independent voters of AL
bany, New York and vicinity, at largely
attended meeting called by the Hughes
League Of the United States, Endorsed Chas.
E. Hughes for the nomination for President.
Another Senator.
Death claims another Senator. This makes
the seventh visit to the senate. United States
Senator William James Bryan was the one
claimed this time. 1t only IS days since
he had taken his seat in the senate.
Gillette Must Die.
Chester Gillette's last hope to escape the
electric chair vanished March 26, when he was
informed that Governor Hughes had finally
refused to interfere with the decision of the
court.
Sing Sing Keeper Dead.
John J. Griffin, who has been Sing Sing
keeper for ~ years, is dead. He was the
dean of the prison and had served under Is
wardens.
Rockefeller's Gift.
John d. Rockefeller latest contribution to
charity is gift of $125000 toward the cree
ton of great seaside hospital for the conval-
escent poor children of New York Oil king
swells fund that will establish institution ca
pable of treating 1000 at time
ri DnIn
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-04-02
Rockefeller Gift.

John d. Rockefeller's latest contribution to
charity is gift of $125,OOO toward the cree
ton of a great seaside hospital for the conval-
escent poor children of New York. Oil king
swells fund that will establish institution ca
pable of treating 1000 at a time
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-04-02
Republicans in Riot.

The Republicans of Tennessee assembled IN
Nashville March % for state convention.
Trouble arose and a riot followed. State
Chairman Landers had a close call for life.
Police were called in.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-04-02
People Party Convention.

The Peoples Party National Convention
has been called to meet in St. Louis April
2, 1908, to nominate candidates for President
and Vice President
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Another Senator.
Gillette Must Die.

Chester Gillette last hope to escape the
electric chair vanished March 26, when he was
refused to interfere with the decision of the
court.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-04-02
To Delay Arrival.

Because May will be election day in San
Francisco the battleship fleet will delay its
arrival there until the sixth, one day later
than originally provided for in its itinerary
President Sends Message
Message sent by President Roosevelt to
Congress. Savings Bank system recommend
ed. Urges immediate action on pending legis-
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-04-02
Farmers Fair.

The Georgia State Fair will be under the
supervision of the Farmers Union. All agri-
cultural exhibits will be under the direction
Of the Union.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-04-02
King Arrested.

Paul Bignamy-known as the liking of An
archists, - a man that proclaimed openly that
President Roosevelt's death was necessary
has been arrested in general roundup of
anarchists in San Francisco.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-22
Features of Life and Travelonthe Greatest of the African Lakes
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, world. It is the lo,gest body of fresh water on earth, outlanking Lake SG-
 perior by about 1900 surare miles. If you could pick 1t up and slread 1t over ths United State- it would cover the whole of South Carolina, or dropping it into New England it would drown the states of Massachusetts. New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island and Connecticut.
 It Is three-fourths the size of either Kentucky, Virginia or Ohio and Is more than half as large as all of our great lakes combined. It is three times as big as Lake Erie, and if one could put Lake Erie and Lake Huron into one body they would cover about the same surface. This lake Is twice as big as Tanganyika, although it is only half as long, and it has three times the area of Lake Chad, which lies away off to the northwest, above the French Kongo, on the southern edge of the Sahara. Lake Victoria Is almost quadrilateral in shape. Tanganyika .s a long, narrow trough between high hills. Nyassa is long and narrow, and so are Lake Rudolf and Albert Nayanza at the north.
 Victoria Nyanza is more like our own Lake Superior than any of the other
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1 ume of water, and its surface rises 40 l or 50 inches during some years. The volume is so great that a dam. might be placed at the source of the Nile and give water for irrigation for vast ter ritories along the course of that river which are now undreamed of. As to this matter, however, I will write in the future.
 In Black Africa.
 Until within the past few years this re- zion was one of the blackest parts of the African continent. Slavery was common everywhere and cannibalsm rife. No one knew there was a lake here at all until 1858, when Spoke discovered the southern shores; and We had no idea of It's extent until our own Henry M Stanley went around the lake in 1875. As it is now, about the only inhabitants are these queer tribes of African natives, who in certain regions are still warning with one another. have described the naked Kay irondo and some of their queer customs. North of Victoria Nyanza are natives who are as far different from them as we Americans are different from the Jap anese or Chinese. On the south are other tribes with other strange customs, and
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great bodies of fresh water It lies in the highlands, and might be said to be on the roof of the African continent as Superior is on the eastern roof of the North American continent. Lake Vic toria is, however, more than six times as high up in the air as Lake Superior and more than seven times as high as Huron or Michigan. It Is about 4000 feet above the sea, and Is within 800 feet of the altitude of the Great Salt lake.
 As to the depth of the lake, It's bot tom has not been carefully surveyed, but there are places which measure over 600 feet. This is about three times the depth of Lake Erie, but not nearly so deep as Lakes Superior. Huron and Michigan, This lake has mighty vol
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the whole lake is surrounded by a dozen or more different peoples each differing from all the others in appearance and in their various grades of civilization.
 Navigating Lake Victoria In 1908.
 No European boat had ever been seen on this lake until Stanley came. and he was told that the lake was so large that 1t would take several years to go around 1t. Before that the boats were such as we now see used by the natives. They consist of boards sewed together with fiber of raphia palm. and can only be kept from sinking by industrious ball. ing. I saw many of them at Port Flor ence. and they are used more or less ell around the lake. The average boat la 20 or more feet long, three Sa4A NAp
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Victoria Nyanza is 225 miles wide and 2I5 miles long, and there are places where one can travel for 100 miles or so and not see land. Here in the north the shores are bordered with beautiful islands, some of which are wooded Others have grassy hills along the shores, with high lands behind them Some regions make one think of the Thousand Islands of the St. Lawrence, and many of the islets would not be out of place if they were off the shores of Ireland or in the English channel These places have a settled look, and at a distance the country appears just like ours, save that it lacks houses and barns and has matched vil- lages instead.
 The Shores of Uganda.
 We are now nearing the shores of Ugan- da. The scenes from the ship are more like those of settled civilized territory than the heart of the black continent. The landscape reminds me of that along our great lakes. Much of the ground is cleared and there are clumps of dark green woods here and there. In one place there is what seems to be a series of fields where tho wheat or corn has just been harvested, the shocks standing out among the yellow stubble. These shocks dot the country as regularly as though they were so many shocks of grain, and we passed them I had discussion
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with a fellow traveller as to whether they might be wheat or corn I bet upon the wheat and my friend bet upon corn. We left the question to the captain, wlo brought out his glass and showed us-that what we thought were shocks of grain were really mounds of yellow clay, the homes of white ants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-22
Negro Has Leather Skin.

From the Kansas City Journal.
 Two shots from the pistol of Oscar Parker last night demonstrated that William Thornton's skin resembles tanned leather in more than mere tan. He was standing, he says, at Eigh teenth street and Tracey avenue It 10:30 o'clock when Parker came up behind him to within 15 feet and fired a revolver twice, striking him in tho back. The man hurried to No. police station, where it was found that neith- CT bullet had" penetrated the skin and only one bullet had made any ap- parent bruise. Both men are negroes. Parker fled to the North End, where Sergeant M. k. Cosgrove captured him and he was taken to No. l station.