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Charlevoix county herald., 1908-05-16
TAWNEY ONCE AN ACTOR

Congressman James A. Tawney OF Minnesota
chairman of the house committee OH appropria-
tohs. is said to have of humor about the
size of 2 box of safety matches. He was regret
ting that he had yot stuck to one OF the two
trades in which he had been successful and made,
Notwithstanding and the stage-instead OF
going into politics. when some OF his colleagues
asked him for spiel. He said:
II was just trying to think which one of that
fellow Northumberland characters thar
sad--let me see, what was it he said?" and Mr.
Tawney wrinkled his brow fearfully
oh yes, he resumed, Il remember; it was~
in MacIear and"
I'm what?'' yelled Il listener
20 said Mr. ia
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-05-16

| want 10 discuss business intimacies
with the inexperienced business girl, the
girl who is just trying her wings in the COM
mercial world Asd who has not yet learned
the wisdom of depending upon her own
wings, however feeble.
Let us start with the new girl in the
big Office The men look her over and de-
eide that she is either smart or dowdy.
Brown tells Jones that the new girl looks
like a hustler. Jones tells Green that he
likes the way she goes at her machine-as
if she meant business. And then she passes
out Of their minds until the days work is
done
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-05-16
The Debt.

Briggs see by the paper that the
Russian national debt now amounts to
S425, 000. 600. 900.
Griggs-Um-now they'll know how
sympathize with Nellie.
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of corporations that it
n he
followed
the
He built
the
When brothers farming
n the nd and becam
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-05-16

II was mighty inconsiderate Of
Helie, says the Newark News. TO pro-
jet himself upon us at the minute in
which our clearest thinking is monop-
oBzed by the Abruzzi- Elkins romance.
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-05-16
in THE PUBLIC EYE
SWORN ENEMY OF OIL TRUST

Thomas w. Phillips. the millionaire oil oper-
atof whose home is in Newcastle, Pa, is the one
producer who never bowed TO the
will OF the Standard Oil octupus. His name is
synonymous with the oil industry of the United
States and always nc has been the implacable foe
of this gigantic trust, fighting it in the open, and
always in quiet. transformations and telling man
ner. Obtaining wealth through the flow OF golden
oil from the depths of mother earth. he became
widely and popularity known over vast area Of
territory and was forced into politics to the bene
fit of the whole country. After his election to
congress his greatest achievement was aiding
IL the passing OF the law creating an industrial
commission to which due the establishment
don rtr ncnt of ahn1 and commerce. and
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-05-16
MODERN.

MARY, Mary. quite contrary,
How does your auto go?"
"Witb toots and yells, and nasty smells,
ITS gasoline, you know"
Life.
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-05-16

urbed DON'T thinking o
andtf
Hamlet Jm?'
"Cetan remarked Mr. TawneY with considerable aspery
VIVA
Hamlet brought them yet
They
you;
forth
Tavrey, OF philosophy
Shak"
his Shakespeare
him five dinners.
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-05-16
COTTON SPECULATOR QUITS

Theodore H. Price, the veteran Spectator in
cotton. may be influenced only by desire for the
welfare of his child when he resolved to give w
the market for couple of years least and it
may be merely q coincidence that his cotton
commitments, amounting TO thousands of bales
of the May cotton. will net him a considerable
loss ana that he would be glad to liQuidate them
in any case. 1t is commented upon as significant
in the street that Mr.. Price is selling his horses
and carriages. and is disposing OF his country
home AT Tuxedo, surrounded by $4,000 acres of
land. There would be no necessity for disposing
of these at sacrifice. the gossips say, If he was
merely going to pass two years on the coast OF
Maine.
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-05-16

provide each poor the power of labor farcr share
the value OF its products Does not ask for all organized labor
possible a work day. hcathfu
which labor performed safeguards for the life and
limb of the empoye?
If wishes know what organized labor to do let him
labor Let him look the vastly
under which labor and lives to-day compared
conditions before the labor acquired system and
The heads Of industrial combinations which properly called
the land always had what
But only within comparatively times
condition the aboe much better than that sf the horse
the dog o his employer, and often it
understand the injustice Of calling labor union
meaning that it has penos ends view by imagining
be the condition all who labor if all labor
Would that condition be universally wholesome? Would
compelled distribute iaircr share Of profits and
the multiplied bene-
fits Of such a state?
And follow development the real
selfish combination Of capital It's logical goal Would
labor be the slave. the actual lcttcred bond
man. Of the great organizing genius of 4 N Axr
combinations: 'T~'~|F >/v"~T"''''~
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-05-16

Staylaight-They said you weren't
home. Tried to fool me, but I'm not
such fool as | look.
Miss Wearie-Yes-er-I mean no
you couldn't be, or-that would be i'm.
possible, don't you know?
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-05-16

By trust is a combination of a few for the ex-
ploitaton of the many the labor union is certainly
What the american people understand by is
such combination hcares in its operations, wosh in its
purpose share plumber with few individuals pos
b and grinding all others who seek the opportunity of fair
competition
trust depends for It's its ability to limit pro-
duco and TO maintain its prices for the products of
labor What is the object of labor when combincs Is it
Morris tribune., 1908-02-15
on themselves if they continue in theil
course,
E K Gu TIV
Would Lease Coal lands.

Would Lease Coal Lands.
It is estimated by Secretary Of the
Interior Garfield In his annual report
that 100000 acres OF our public
lands in the western states have de-
posits Of coal, and he advocates a sys-
tenn Of leases so that the government
may regulate their development. Near
" all of this land has been withdrawn
from entry to prevent further fraudu-
lent entries. During the year 29,997,-
b66 acres were sold for $9,547,24
Public Printer Suspended.
Public Printer Stillings was suspend
ed Feb. 5 by order of the president so
that the joint congressional committee
might continue it's investigation of the
printing graft charges without him
drance or embarrassment. Stillings has
had charge of the Office since 1906
having previously been connected with
large printing firms in such way as to
earn ttr ;a-.4-, se a-~anized labor.
Fleet Starts Northwarl.
The American battleship Gaet. which
arrived at Puntas Arenas Feb. /. after
a hearty exchange of courtesies and
festivities with the Chilean naval and
shore officials started on it's Pacific
trip northward Friday night. The tor
pedo boat dotilla has caught up with
the battleships and will accompany
them at least part of the way on the
next stage of the journey. The Chilean
cruiser Chacabuco met the feet at
Puntas Arenas and will accompany it
along the coast until it has passed be-
yond the boundary Of Chile.
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CONGRESSIONAL

Message Defended In House.
On both sides Of the chamber last
week speeches We're made in support
Of the policies advocated in the special
message Of the president. Townsend.
the Michigan Republican whose name
was connected with the rate bill, start
ed the ball with a review of antitrust
and railroad legislation and endeayored
to show thas these We're not response
BILE for the panic and that the Demo
Gratis did not initiate the policies of the
administration.
Bourke Cochran Of New York, speak
ing for the opposition party. held that.
the elements Of progress in the gov
ernment today had their source in the
Democracy. Nevertheless he eulogized
the president as crusader and "the
most heroic figure in the history Of
the American government Then,
amid thunderous applause on the Dem
ocratic side, he announced his allegiance
to Bryan as the Democratic candidate
for president. Cochran assailed bit
terly the course pursued by the wealthy
men who had tried to place on the
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70 GN

Portusal's King and Heir Slain.
In the late afternoon of Feb. 1 King
Carlos and Grown Prince Luiz Of Por-
tugaI were assassinated in the streets
of Lisbon as they, in company with
Queen Amelie and the younger SON,
Prince Manuel, We're driving in an
open carriage. The whole family had
Just disembarked from the boat which
brought them from Yillaviciose and
had started toward the palace, while
crowds of people stood along the side
walks Suddenly at a corner a young
man stepped out from the crowd,
climbed on the back Of the carriage
and fred several shots from a revolver
at close range. The first hit the king
in the throat, and the second pierced
his back At the same instant another
man rushed to the side of the carriage,
drew a rifle from under his cloak and
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president blaine for the panic merely
because be had talked about enforcing
the law fmpartially against malefac-
tors. He was glad the president had
accepted their challenge.
Hepburn of Iowa, one of the fore
most Republican leaders, closed the de-
bate, saying that he was ais ardent as
Cochran in his approval Of the mes
sage and that the American people
ssstand behind him in everything he
has DONE" The presidents only crit
les. he continued, aare the malefactors
he has exposed and their apologists.' =
He didn't believe that anything would
be done by this congress to clothe the
president with the desired power TO
put his views in practice Replying
to the Democrats, Hepburn said they
dared not use any but honeyed words
In discussing the message. 'Sfor they
knew 1t met the expectations and hopes
Of the people and were trying to ap-
propriate it's provisions"
Sherwood Of Ohio. the Democrat who
has just re-entered congress after an
absence Of thirty-four years, scored the
president as a borrower OF Bryan re
forms and eulogized the Nebraskan
TO Abolish Pension Agencies.
Tie annual pension bill, as favorably
reported to the house, carries a total
appropriation Of $3.50, ,869 900. AS a
method of economy it proposes to con-
solfdate all the branch agencies In GER
tain cities into the central bureau at
Washington. This pc.icy is opposed by
the G. A. r. There are now 967, ,371
persons on the pension roll, and the
sum paid them last year was $138,030.-
894.
Beveridge's Tariff Plan. .5
In the senate Beveridea rna',a in sup
rort OF his bill to cras te nOnpa .tisan
Tariff commission. The proposed cor.
mission would not be authorized to fix
duties or even to suggest rate, but
would merely collect and classify facts
On which the next congress might act
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and shipping industries, hypothecatfng
his collateral as fast as it was issued
to him.. The grand jury which has
been considering various phases of the
New York fnanciering and which re
Gently indicted r. "A. Heinze called on
Morse's counsel for information as to
his whereabouts, and it was expected
that criminal Indictment against
Morse would soon be returned. The
private deposit vaults of the vanished
fnancier were found to be empty.
During the week three Of the Morse
steamship companies were placed ID
the hands Of receivers at Portland, Me.
These We're the Consolidated lines and
two subsidiary concerns.
American Can Profits
The American Can company reports
earnings Of $3,246,827 for the fiscal
year, a gain Of over 100000.
Morris tribune., 1908-02-15
LEGAL CRIMINAL
Son Kills Noted Feudist.

Son Kills Noted Feudist.
EX-Judge James Hargis, for many
years notorious as one of the princf-
pals in a deadly feud extending
through Breathitt county, KY, and
who was acquitted several months ago
Of the murdeg of J. B. Marcum, was
shot and killed by his son, Beach Har-
gis, in his store at jackson, Feb. g.
The son had recently been thrashed by
his father for drinking and was under
the influence of liquor when he fred
the fatal shots The feud in which
Hargis was engaged was known as
the Hargis- South -CardweH controversy.
The CardwelIs had brought suit for
property Willed to Hargis, and when
the case went against them they went
to live with the South family, and out
Of this grew numerous fatal encoun-
ters.
Women Smokers Not Barred.
Mayor Mcclellan of New York has
vetoed the ordinance which forbids
women from smoking in restaurants or
other public places
Against Lone Women Diners.
A jury has decided that Mrs. Har-
riet Stanton Blatch cannot compel the
Hoffman House of New York to serve
meals to her after 6 in the evening
when she is unaccompanied by man.
Mrs Blatch at once appealed the case,
and she Will be supported in carrying
the matter to the highest court by the
Consumers league and the Federation
Of Women's Clubs. A bill to prevent
the discrimination against women By
hotels in this way has been introduced
in the legislature.
Blow at the Boycott.
The supreme court Of the United
States has administered another blow
TO organized labor in its decision de-
claring the use of the boycott Illegal
when it injures merchandise going into
other states than the one where it is
manufactured. The case which brought
out the decision was that of D. E.
Lowe & CO., hat manufacturers of
Danbury, Conn, against Martin Law
Ter and 200 other members of the local
hatters' union to recover $4,000 dam
ages to the firms trade by reason Of
the boycott inaugurated by the union
as a result of the refusal of the manu-
facturers to unfonize their factory
The case was carried step by step to
the supreme court The opinion of the
court as delivered by Chief Justice
Fuller was unanimous. the ground on
which it was based being that the boy
colt was the result of a combination
.'in restraint of trade or commerce
among the several states in the view
of the Sherman antitrust law and
therefore an Illegal act.
Morris tribune., 1908-02-15


only after long and vigorous tests.
One of these was what is known as
cross correspondence, or the reception
of part of message through one me-
dium and part through another, neither
portion separately being understood by
either. When in this way character
istic message had been received con-
tinuing a piece Of literary criticism
which had not occurred to ordinary
people they felt that the proof was
tending to become crucial" The OBJ
lection often raised to the trivial sub
jects of communication he deemed un-
scientific, holding that proof of identity
will usually depend on the memory Of
triies. He says the phenomenon Of
automatic writing may be in a direct
line Of eYolutional advance, like the be-
ginning Of a new faculty. 1t had led
them to realize the truth of telepathy,
which was the first chapter Of a new
volume they had set themselves TO ex-
piore.
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INDUSTRIAL
Railroads Cut Service.

Railroads Cut Service.
Lehigh Valley officials have announc-
ed that the famous Black Diamond ex-
press, running from Philadelphia to
Buffalo, will be taken off within a few
days. Retrenchment is being made on
a 10 per cent basis, and the withdraw
al of this famous train is a part of
such programme A number of men
are to be released and cuts made in the
freight and general passenger service.
The Pennsylvania and Reading roads
are taking similar action. The Altoona
shops of the former are practically
closed, and cuts in freight and passen-
ger service have been made by both
roads. a
$4,000 Idle Cars.
According to a report of the Ameri
can Railway association, the number
of idle freight cars of all kinds on the
railroads Of this country and Canada
on Jan. % was 33S,00O, this including
IL 900 on Canadian roads. The severest
effects of the falling off in business, ac-
cording to the report, have been feltsia
the eastern and middle states, where
the highest proportion of steel, iron
and coal is carried Railroads enter
ing Pittsburg have so many idle locof
motives that they have not room for
them in roundhouses and are compelled
to board them up from the weather on
side tracks. The Panhandle is said TO
have forty-eight thus boxed up, while
the B. and O., the Pennsylvania and
the Wabash have many more.
Premium For ciyiIity.
The Pullman company has mailed
checks representing a. total OF S175, ,000
to certain Of its employees as an ex7.
preston of its gratitude for courtesE3
to the travelling public in 1907. The.
checks went to 1,153 conductors and
2,617 porters, being one months pay to,
each man. These are all on the rolf
Of honor" Five hundred and thirty
SIX conductors and 1888 porters re-
ceived no checks.
Lewis to Succeed Mitchell.
The United Mine Workers at it's
convention in Indianapolis has elect-i
ed Thomas L. Lewis of Bridgeport, o.
to succeed John Mitchell as president
of the organization. The next annual.
convention will be held in st. Louis,
The delegation Of coal operators failed
in their attempt to renew interstate
conferences with the miners, but it,
was decided that the same Joint COM
mittee of miners and operators should
meet on Feb. 27 for the purpose of re-
newing negotiations
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typ0InetdS Loses SUiks
Judge Thompson in the United States
court at Cincinnati has handed down
decision adverse to the United Ty-
pothetae in its case against the Inter
national Printing Pressmen and As
sistants' Union OF North America ask
ing for an injunction to prevent the
officers of the union from calling a
strike. The Typothetae set up an
agreement for nine hour day until
Jan. i. 1909. This, while signed by
some OF the officers, had not been rati-
fied by the union; therefore the court
holds that it was not binding upon
the members
Three Thousand Coal Miners Strike.
Three thousand miners employed In
ten mines owned by the Pittsburg Coal
company went on strike Feb. 4, and
it Is feared that within a few days
general strike throughout the district
will be declared. The cause or the
strike was the enforcement Of the rule
that the miners must use smokeless
powder instead Of the ordinary black
powder which has been used exclusive
" heretofore. The mine inspectors and
operators insist that their only object
in ordering the use of smokeless pow
der is to prevent the mine horrors
which have cost more than 100 lives
In the Pittsburg district within two
months.
Ice Trust Men In Jail.
Roland Beard and Compton Demman
OF the Hygeia Ice company and Joseph
Miller, manager Of the Toledo Ice and
Coal company of Toledo, o., have COM
menced their terms of six months i'm
prisonment in the county jail for vio-
lating the antitrust law. They are said
to be the first trust officials convicted
IN the United States to serve sentence
Beginning Of Hartman Suit.
The government suit for the dissolu-
ton of the alleged combination of the
Hartman railroad interests in the west
was commenced in the United States
circuit court at Salt Lake City Feb. l.
A large number of railroad corpora
tions and individuals are made defend
ants.
ThaW Goes to Asylum.
After having been acquitted of MUIR
der on the ground Of insanity Harry e.
Thaw was committed by Judge Dow
ling to the New York State Asylum
For Criminal Insane at Matteawan.
An effort is being made to have him re-
moved to another institution, where his
surroundings will be more agreeable.
Massachusetts, Official Indicted.
The Essex county grand jury at Sa-
lem, Mass, has indicted John N. Cole,
speaker of the lower house Of the Mas
sachusetts legislature. on the charge
that he used his influence with the
Boston and Maine railroad to get re-
duced rates for Andover students. Mr..
Cole says that the charges were
brought against him solely for political
purposes.
Morris tribune., 1908-02-15

retains in offlce the existing ministry.
Throughout the city there were EVIL
dences of the sorrow Of the populace.
1t appears there were three men en-
gagged in the murderous work and that
after one had killed himself the other
two were shot on the spot by the
guards
| Later new cabinet was formed,
with Vice Admiral Ferreira do Amaral
at its head 1t was formed by coali-
tion Of monarchists, progressives and
tionists. Franco was obliged
to retire and his system OF repression
abolished
Kaid MacLean Ransomed.
The British government has finally
succeeded in bringing to a successful
issue its negotiations with the bandit
Raisuli of Morocco, which will result
In the release of Kaid MacLean, in re-
turn for which Great Britain will pay
Raisuli 100000 and guarantee him
protection and immunity from arrest.
MacLean has been held captive by the
bandits for the past seven months.
intelligently. Beveridge insisted that
there was no politics in the plan, but
the Democrats indicated that they ex-
pected to make revision a part of their
campaign this year
Widows Pension Bill Passed.
Unanimously under suspension of
the rules, Feb. 8, the house voted to
raise from So to $12 the minimum pen
sion to be given to the widows of vet
Grams of the Mexican, Indian, civil and
Spanish wars.
Leader Williams Dissents.
Williams of Mississippi, the Demo
cratic leader, replied to Hepburn and
denied that the message met with the
approval of the entire people, asserting
that ''there are things in it sensation
al, federalistic and dangerous to the
American republic" He (Williams)
hoped to see the standard of rebellion
against the house machine raised by
Hepburn. For his part he was not
afraid of radical in the White House.
intimating that Bryan might be the
next occupant. Corporations would not
be properly punished until the punish
ment was visited upon the flesh and
blood from whose brains and by whose
acts violations of the law take place,
sarcastically referring to the fact that
Paul Morton had left the cabinet with
the presidents approval and commen-
dation after having confessed to viola
tion Of the laws by the corporation Of
which he was the head. Mr.. Williams
then outlined the programme Of legis-
lation on which the Democratic party
would insist, the important objects be-
ing publicity as to campaign funds, no
tice to the defendant before issuance
Of an injunction, popular election of
senators and investigation of the paper
trust
The Republican leader, Payne Of
New York, replied to Williams and 9th
er Democrats and gave notice positive
~ that there would be no tariff revi-
sion at this session, referring especial
ly to the bill introduced by Williams
for investigating the paper trust.
cuIberson Arraigns cortelyou.
In the senate Culberson, the Demo
cratic leader, severely arraigned Sec
retary Cortelyou for his acts during
the recent financial panic, saying that
the secretary's report supplied proof OF
his violations of law on many points.
2 /, { .H. T
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MISCELLANEOUS

Countess Of Yarmouth Freed.
The divorce court Of London has
granted decree multiplying the mar
riage of Miss Alice Thaw Of Pittsburg
to the Earl Of Yarmouth, the latter not
opposing.
Accidents
The Atlantic liner Cymrfc reported
thirty rescued and fourteen missing
from those persons who were on the
steamer st. Cuthbert when it burned
200 miles off the coast Of Nova scotia
Feb. q
Seven men We're killed and many in
Jured Pr the explosion of a boiler in
si1f1bnrT. (I'a D rolling mill Feb. 8.
4 prairie fire Id northwestern Texas
is estimated to have cost the loss Of
Sl.O90.oe0 afaer overrunning 100000
acres, destroying twenty ranches and
killing $4,000 head Of cattle. 40 loss
of human life Il reported to date
Fxr.- 4 - n
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sCIEN TIFIc
Scientists Test spiritism.

SclehtIsts est SPlrltlsFn.
BY no less famous scientist than Sir
Oliver Lodge of London was the state
ment made before the recent meeting
Of the Society For Psychical Research
that in series of exhaustive tests
with the well known spiritualistic me-
diums, Mrs. Piper and Mrs. Verrall,
messages from dead friends had been
received. Professor Lodge said that
these messages had come from the late
r. W. Ell. Myers and others, Myers be-
ing the well known literary man who
died in 1901, shortly before the publica
tion of his great work dealing with the
survival of the human personality aft
er death and who showed his intention