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SENATOR JEFF BACkS OFT.
Refuses to Divide Time With Prosecutor
RhOtOn or TO stay and Hear Him.

Refuses to Divide Time With Prosecutor
RhOtOn or to stay and Hear Him.
LITTLE Rock. Ark, March 16,-Contrary
TO repeated boasts Senator JET Davis
to-day refused 10 meet Prosecuting At
torney Lewis Rhoton of this city In joint
debate at Perryville. After he had finished
his scheduled speech the Senator departed.
When the Senator had been introduced
Rhoton arose and asked for a division Of
time Then the Senator for the first time
enlightened his audience as TO what he
would do lie promptly declined 70 divide
time, declaring that he had come to Perry
Vile to I'M an engagement and was going
10 fll it unmolested. Mr.. Rhoton insisted
upon a division Of time and he was backed
rlp by large number Of those present, but
Davis was inhexible, He said positively
that he would not stay.
Il could stay il I wanted TO. but | don't
want 10. he exclaimed. "Rhoton has come
over here, where he thinks have no friends
and now wants INT 10 divide time with him.
This refusal was ultimate, and the crowd
settled down TO hear the speech.
At the close Of his speech he invited all
Davis men TO stay and hear Rhoton.
why don't you stay yourself'' called
out a number in the crowd. Stay, stay!
yelled Others. Coward and other epi-
thpts were used as the Senator retreated
unceremoniously from the platform and
hurried to his hotel, after announcing
that he was going to Bonneville to speak
tonight.
Senator Davis cancelled his Casa sp-
pontment sfter hearing that Rhoton In
tended following him there. Il wouldn'
be found dead In Casa with Lewis Rhoton
in tho town. shouted the Senator as he
left the audience.
Rhoton in his speech told Of the many
free rides Senator Davis took on Arkansas
railroads in violation Of law while Governor
~ tho Gi1ta
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BRYAN SWINGING the CIRCLE.
Has Al His Dates Occupied TIL April q
speaks In Chicago To-day.

LINCOLN, Neb, March l6.--W j. Bryan
left to-day for Chicago where he will de-
liver an address on st. Patricks day. He
will deliver an address in Peoria March is
and will return to Chicago the following
dav. He will he at Bloomington Ind,
March 20; at Ccyington, Ky March 2l. and
will then 90 to Richmond Va, making two
stops in Virginia on the way. He will he
in Washington March 70 and in Pittsburg
W. Va. March 2s and will then go to Kan
sas City, where no will speak March 30,
He will return TO Lincoln on the following
day and will entertain the Democratic and
Popuist editors AT a banquet at the Lindell
Hotel. Fairly in April he will take a trip
through Iowa. Kansas, Colorado and Ne
braska He will bc in Kansas City April
and will visit Denver April
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Lowest temperature ~, AZ lV T. NJ.
WARRINGTON FORECAST ToR TO DAIASD TO MORROW
For eastern Nsp York fair 10 daW Increasing
cloudinSss 10 norrou rih rain IN southern portion
light norihenv irfndS. becoming edSsHg
For New England. fair and continued cool to-
day: increasing cloudlness TO morrow with rain
in southern portion by night diminishing north
westerly winds.
For eastern PennsylvAniA, New Jersey and
Delaware. fair TO day. rain tomorrow. light north
sry winds becoming easteTy,
FOR the District Of Columbia Maryland and
VlfEiniA, fair to-day. probably rain tomorrow
fresh northerly winds, becoming easterly.
For western New York. fair to-day; rain and
warmer TO morrow
! For western Pennsylvania, fair In northern.
rain Ia southern portion 70 day. rain to-morroU,
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particle OF skin left
on her body, the blood oozed out Just
anywhere, and we had 10 wrap her In silk
and carry her on a pillow for ten weeks.
She was the most terrible sight l ever
saw. and for six months ] looked for
her 10 90 10 her mama, but thank God
and his agents, she is alive and well
to-day and she will be three years old
the seventh Of December and has never
had a sign Of the dread trouble sinos.
Il used every known remedy to ale
viate her suffering, for II was terrible
10 witness. DR.. c gave her up
and then went 10 c. F. and got
DR.. B and he and Cuticura Soap
and Cuticura Ointment saved her. He
recommended the Cuticura Remedies,
or said We were right in making use Of
them. As nearly as / can remember,
We used eight cakes OF CuticurA Soap
and three boxes Of Cuticura Ointment;
but you must take into consideration
that hers was an exceptional case, for
an old and good doctor said that Il
wa the worst case that had come TO him
in forty years. have always hinged on
Cuticura Soap 10 keep her skin soft and
tO give her a pure complexion. james
]. Smith, Wood and Metal Pattern
Maker, Box 234, Buena Vista, Va, Oct.
IL and %, 1906
Complete Ixieril and internS nsatmsnt ioF
Every Humor NJ ln'ahts, Children aud Adults
tTiic,l', ointment (5Ot) 10 Hes he skh ard
Cit'i-, nrs0Unt t'O"l l,n ths tnun o. Chocolats
sca,et rl, ~ rsr val q oOl % Purity ths Bod.
Sl-NAlsd Frs. cutisun BOOK On Ska DSsASsL
The sun., 1908-03-17

hours after the
birth Of our child
and | had TO raise
the baby on arti-
fetal foods. Six
months after birth
she broke out and
I had two doctors
in atten dance
There was not Q
IL 80
The sun., 1908-03-17
NOT A APARTICLE
Of SKIN ON BODY
Worst Case Of Eczema Doctor Had
Seen in 40 Years For Six
Months Father Expected His Baby
TO Die-BIOod 0Ozed 0utAII Over
Her BOdy-Had to Be Wrapped
in silk and Carried on a Pillow
Now She Is Perfectly Cured.
DOCTOR RECOMMENDED
CUTICURA REMEDIES

my little girl was bonn two veslrs
before her time and my wife died four
The sun., 1908-03-17

hill requiring the head Of the fire department
in any city where there are paid hremen 10
station a fireman in uniform at each Of
the sChoOhouses in the city.
The sun., 1908-03-17

Tn cURE A COLD IN ONE DAT
r,h, LiXATfVE BRoMo oulnlns TSolstA Drug
Sists refund money n II falls 20 cure. 2, W.
GROWS signature 10 on each boz be'-Aa@
The sun., 1908-03-17

What they called negro domination 10 the
one purpose. and they have felt its dsRrad-
Ing influence In the whole political atmos-
phere Of the South,
Hence they have attempted 20 make the
laws NJ the South square with the exclusion
Of the nergo IRON the ballot, They nave
sought 10 do this by acts which were in their
inception an evasion OF the Fifteenth Amend
ilNn' by the use Of so-called grandfather
causes and in other ways. But ultimately
after these grandfather clauses had ceased
n operate the laws upon which they have
depended we're laws creating educational
ard property qualifications for electors. IL
Is charged-and doubtless with truth-that
'grh avs we're not intended to be enforced
aEa.nst The whites but only against the blacks
and that in this way they have continued to
srnu The Fifteenth Amendment. In popu-
Ia On where illiteracy il proportionately
'sry large no one can object certainly under
tro Federal Constitution 10 the establish
~snt NJ electoral educational or property
.snfcations And do not understand
trs' the intelligent colored men OF the country
ohDcCr 10 the passage and enforcement Of
,.oh a law. but they do object. and have a
rgh' 70 object, to the partial enforcement
~ such law in such way as TO exclude
Tho ineligible black men and allow 20 vote
me white men who are equally ignorant and
.0eshle
But. my friends. / am an optimist, and as
: have already said regard the signs in the
south. changing from one method In respect
N elections TO another. as an indication that
IN the near future there will be steady i'm.
Provement toward a more and more equal
and impartial enforcement OF these electors !
lsws. think 80 because 1t 10 the part OF
political and economical wisdom The prop
sfty and educational qualifications make
utterly impossible q return TO the abuses
vhlnb many southerners profess TO Tear
4 The to-eslled negro domination is nothing
SNtnt = dream and a nightmar of the past
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Roads in Northern Part Of Stat
Guarding Against Floods.
Many Lines We're Badly Dam
aged by Spring Freshets.
MARYSVILLE BOOMING
This Town to Be Made a Union
Pacific Division Point.
Other Items of Interest in Rail-
way Circles.

Marysville, Kan, Aug. 21.-The ex-
cessively heavy rains and many result
ing floods during the months of May
and June of this year have proven
an object lesson to railroads which
will be used to advantage by them in
future building and maintenance.
Especially so has this been an object
lesson to the railroads operating in
this section of the country, and 1t
has been an expensive one. too. OF
the three railroads operating through
this immediate territory. the st.
Joseph & Grand Island. the
Union Pacific and the two branches
of the Missouri Pacific-the Kansas
City Northwestern and the central
has been the heaviest sufferer in
these floods. The damage to this rail-
road on its Lincoln, Neb., to Man
haitian, Kan, branch will foot up into
the thousands of dollars.
That the results of the high waters
in excessive damage to the tracks to
say nothing of the loss of time. ETC..
to the roads, is being given consider
able thought is evidenced by the fact
that the officers of the Topeka &
Northwestern or Topeka-Marysville
cutoff now in course of construction.
floods taken notation of conditions
along their right of way.
F. w. Neuhart, engineer in charge
of the construction or this road, ac-
companied by an assistant recently
made a trip over the right of way of
this road from Onaga, Kan. to the
junction of the road with the St.
Joseph & Grand Island near Garden,
three miles east of this city. The trip
was made on foot and was exclusively
for the purpose of taking measure
ments of the highest raise in all the
creeks and rivers running through or
adjacent to the right of way, and max
ing all other rotations of the effect
of the heavy rains upon the road
bed
Last summer before the orders
were received to cease all further
operations along the route of this new
road the st. Joseph e. Grand Island
Railroad company was gradually max
Ing preparations for the raising and
rock ballasting of its road bed. Part
rock ballasting of its roadbed. Part of
the road was ready for this ballasting
when the financial furry became pre-
valent and as consequence in the
curtaflment of expenses resulting in
the dismissal of hundreds of section
hands the road bed was left, in no
fit condition to stand the strain upon
1t when the high waters came. The
center of the road bed was followed
out to a certain extent and this left
the rails easy to be slid to either side
when the grade became water soaked.
The Union Pacific, too, had con-
templated raising and ballasting its
tracks but had done but little work
preparatory to this move.
Within the past month the Union
Pacific has had much work done on
the filing in of the large washouts
along its route between this city and
Manhattan. At Blue Rapids fourteen
miles south of Marysville, c. w.
HUNDRED and J. z. Harbert, with
their grading outfits have been en-
gagged at this work and It is expected
that they will complete their contracts
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TAFT PLANS May ALTER.
He Drops a Hint That He May Yet
Go on Speaking Tour.

Hot Springs. Va. Aug. 21.-"After
the first week Of a speaking campaign
has been gone through with, and one
finds himself, as it were. talking with
out difficulty on all the various SUBJ
5ects of discussion, do not think there
Is anything more enjoyable than max
ing at least one speech a day"
This utterance by Judge Taft pre-
sents his attitude toward campaign
ing. He added that in the 1904 cam
paign he made speeches during q six
weeks tour Of New York and New
England and enjoyed every minute of
It,
When asked If 1t were not a posi-
bflity that a change might be decided
upon in the announcement that he
would not leave Cincinnati during the
campaign, he replied:
"Of course, there Is nothing to pre-
vent change of the PLAN
Mr.. Taft admitted that perhaps the
strong reason for the official an
nouncement that he should remain in
his native city was to forestall the
deluge Of applications for his presence
in various parts of the country, but
these applications are coming in just
the same. Any change OF plan AFFECT
ing the candidate, however, 1t was
stated, was a matter entirely with the
national committee. That Mr.. Taft is
entirely willing to accommodate him.
self to anything but whirlwind cam
paign, as he puts 1t, was made plain.
There is no harder work." he added.
than making hurried speeches from
the yDar end OF . train and doubt u
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ONE SIDE OF HEAD
ENTIRELY BALD
Hair Began Falling Out After a
Severe lllness-Consuited Several
BARRIERS without Satisfaction
Friend Cured Same Trouble with
Cuticura and Advised Its Use.
CUTlCURA REMEDIES
EFFECTED HIS CURE

After severe attack Of sickness nv
hair fell out all over. One side Of my
bead was completely bald. I was
frightened, not knowing what to do for
1t. / was almost wild. 1 consulted
several BARRIERS with no satisfaction. A
friend Of mine told me that his hair
fell out In patches all over. He had
secured a set Of Cuticura Soap, Cuti-
cura Ointment and Cuticura Resofvent
which stopped his hair falling out and
made 1t grow again as thick as ever. He
induced me to try the Cutic,ra Remedies.
i began using them and IN forty days.
moro or less, / noticed my hair coming
out all over the bald spots. / was SO
glad l did not know how to praise the
greatness Of Cuticura. 1 used three
cakes Of Cutictra Soap, three boxes Of
Ointment and two bottles Of Resoivent
Pills. can prove by numbers Of per
sons that was bald before using the
Cuticura Remedies, and you may use NV
name as q guarantee Of their wonderful
ON cure :, osorge Simmons 1880 So. Prank
and u, 1907"
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AFTER MOFFAT ROAD.
Rumor That Rock Island Is Seeking
Control Revived.

Salt Lake City. Aug. 21.-A special
to the Telegram from Vernal, Utah.
SAYS the rumor that the Rock Island
was seeking control of the Moffat
road. which is now being built from
Denver to Salt Lake City. has been
revived by the recent trip of E. J.
Perry. general superintendent OF the
Kansas City, Springfield & Clinton
road. a part of the Rock Island sys-
tenn, over a portion of the surveyed
route for the new road. Mr.. Perry
drove from vernal nearly $50 miles
into the country east of there. and
over the route to be used by the Moi
fat line The Rock Island has long
wanted to secure an entrance into Salt
Lake City, and as the Moffat road
would offer this opportunity General
Superintendent Perry's journey is
looked upon as something more than a
pleasure trip.
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SURPLUS Is REDUCED.
Wisconsin Central Soon to Open Line
to Duluth and Superior.

Chicago, Aug. 21.-Gross earnings
Of the Wisconsin Central road for the
fiscal year. ended June 80. made a
favorable showing. They amounted to
S7,307.311, decrease of only $685.
ss7, or s.5 per cent. as compared with
the previous year. Net earnings
amounted to s2,1O0,00O. as compared
with s2,S47,s5O in the previous year,
a decrease of s747,000, or 25 per cent
Allowing the same amount for taxes
and fixed charges as were paid in the
previous year, $1,s14.033. will leave
surplus for dividends on the outstand-
ing $11,267,1O5 of preferred stock or
about $375.000, or 3.3 per cent, as
compared with "a per cent earned In
1907 and ST. per cent in 1905.
Early in the fall the Wisconsin Cen
trail expects to finish and open for
traffic its Ladysmith extension, which
is lis miles in length. and runs to
Superior and Duluth, giving the Wis
consin Central the shortest ana most
direct route from Chicago to these
points.
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such work is effective"

such work is effective"
Should 1t finally be decided that Mr..
Taft shall make a campaign outside of
Cincinnati, his itinerary would be ar
ranged entirely by the national COM
mittee, leaving him entirely free from
detail
Hot Springs Is in readiness for the
Republican rally.
Robert Maher Of the Rock Island
railroad has reached here and paid his
respects to Mr.. Taft.
Judge D. Woodmansee. Judge Of the
common pleas court at Cincinnati.
president in 1896 Of the National
League of Republican clubs. and a
cousin Of an old friend of Judge Taft.
was an arrival today and gave out an
Ohio state committee not to invite Sem
ator Foraker to speak at the opening
of the national campaign at Youngs-
town September 8. in which he said:
aside from the fact that We have
had many campaign openings In Ohio
without our senator taking part, 1t can
at once be understood that a very i'm
portant question of party policy arose
this year. Every one can appreciate
that It was an embarrassing situation.
Senator Foraker In his Chamber OF
Commerce speech delivered in Cincin-
natl only short time ago. made a Sc
we're attack upon the policies of Presi-
dent Roosevelt How could the party,
which intends to wage the fight stand
ing squarely on these policies as de-
clared in its platform consistently in
vite him to take the most conspicuous
part in the campaign. It was practi-
cally impossible and most OF Senator
Foraker's friends see it that way
'T will yield to none my admiration
for Senator Foraker. The splendid ser
vices that he has heretofore rendered
in behalf Of the Republican party can
not and must not be forgotten and no
one shall regret moro than mySek II
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Notice to Shirt BUYERS

coal tonnage. Purchasing agents OF
the company have been here for sew
eral days arranging the details Of the
order. It Is understood that the con-
tract for the construction Of the cars
will be made with tho Standard Steel
Car company.
Much interest was displayed in rail-
road circles in the Atoms car order.
which was taken as an indication OF
an early revival of the railroad bust
ness. There has been no very pro-
nounced Improvement in the steel rail
situation, but orders placed IN the last
two weeks are larger than for any
similar period for several months.
-Four railway companies have con-
while smaller orders will bring the
total up to between $4,000 and 100. 900
tons
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RATES ARE REMUNERATTVE.
Rates Prescribed I'm Minnesota Are Not
COnfiscatofy.

st. Paul, Mimi, Aug. 21.-That the
freight rates as prescribed by the Min
nesota state legislature are not con-
fiscatory in themselves, and the
charges that they iegalize are remun-
erative in themselves for the services
rendered, is the substance of the testi-
mony that went on record in the rate
case today. The case is before Master
nj Chancery Charles e. Otis. and the
Minneapolis a st. Louis claims that
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Jury Prayed for Divine Guidance.

st. Louis, Aug. 21.-Kneeling in
suppliant attitude beside their cots
before retiring. each member of a st.
Louis county jury at Clayton which
was celebrating in the case Of Wash
Woods. a negro charged with murder.
offered prayers asking divine guidance
in arriving at a verdict. On the first
ballot taken in the morning Woods
was acquitted. The Invocation follow
ed unsuccessful efforts by the jury to
reach an agreement as to the negroes
guilt or innocence.
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new YORK and Philadelphia

can not be more pleasantly or con-
veniently reached than by the Grand
Trunk-Lehigh Valley double track
route via Niagara Falls. Solid through
trains Of coaches and sleeping cars.
MAGNIFICENT scenery.
For descriptive literature apply to
Geo. W. vaux, A. G.. p. & T. A., Grand
Trunk Railway System. lbs Adams St..
Chicago.
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should the new schedules be enforced
a receivership would be the result Inc
hearing was adjourned to Thursday
morning.
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A THOUSAND OARS
Ordered by Alton-An Indication Of
RefuFninQ Business

Returning Business.
New York, Aug. 21.-After a meet
ing Of the officials Of the Chicago &
Alton yesterday It was announced that
contract would be placed for new
equipment to the value Of about IN
million dollars. The equipment In
cludes 1000 steel cars, which are re-
quired to handle the Atoms increasing
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Differing in
Every Respect
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differ in every respect from all
others. They are more uniform,
more economical, As it requires
but small quantity to impart the
desired favor. They are true to
nature. as they are made from the
fruit.
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he finds 1t impossible to serve the
party during this important cam
paign."
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chafings Of infants and
children are Instantly
relieved, IN the majority
Of cases, by warm baths
with Cuticura Soap and
gentle anointings with
Cutacura, the great Skin
Cure This pure, sweet
and economical treat
ment permits rest and
sleep and points TO Q
speedy cure when all
other rernedfos alIitahle
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for children fail. Cuticura Remedies
are guaranteed absolutely pure, and
may be used from the hour Of birth.
eosd throupogs ne world Poessr p<us 4
- sc3sf 80 bs2D:; As:2.s ~ -
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SKIN COMFORT
For Tortured, DisfIgured Babies
In Cuticura Remedies.

Itching. burning, disfguring eczemaa.
rashes, indammations. frritaEons and
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st. Paul. Aug. 21.-Practically all
Of this sessions business of the Ma
tional Editorial association was finish
ed when Seattle was chosen as the
1909 meeting place.
The. following officers were elected:
President, w. II. Hayes, Brentwood.
Texas: first vice president. A. N Pom
eroy. Chambersburg. Pa: second vice
president. r. e. Dowdell, Artesian. s.
D.: third vice president. w. r. Parrot.
Waterloo. Iowa: recording secretary,
r. H. Walker, Athens, Ala; treasurer.
Will Curtis, Kewanee, Ill
Pure Food Law Void.
Hollidaysburg. Pa, Aug. 21-The
Pennsylvania pure food law Of 1907
has been declared unconstitutional In
a decision rendered by Judge Martin
in the Blair county court.
The new South-news., 1908-11-14

Tasmania has long been known as
the apple land OF the South. but few
at home have any real idea OF the
money that can be made, and is being
made. out Of apple growing in that
island. Last year, for instance. there
were many small orchards in the south
which returned as much as 1900 bush
els to the acre. and one owner Of four
acres. who picked over 1000 bushels
OF marketable fruit. which he sold at
As per bushel. reaped gross return
OF $500. As his expenses at the out
side would not be more than 6 100, his
profit per acre worked out AT some
thing like f175. or course this was
an extreme case, but orchards Of TWEEN
~ acres and upward averaged fully
500 bushels per acre. and yielded a
clear net profit OF quite Gl.500 in each
case. The area actually planted ~
the present time in domestic and com
mercisl orchards is about 20.ooo acres
and upward Of half a million cases
Of apples were exported TO this countr,
last year-Britannia-