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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-03
ExEMPTs THE DISTRICT
Court Holds That Employers. Linbillty
Act Is Constitutional in District.
HILADELPHIA, PA, June g.
Virtually driven by the attl-
tude of D. Clarence Gibboney,
secretary of the Law and Order


E WASHINGTON. D. c., June o--rhe
EMPLOYERS liability act of 1906. which
the United States Supreme Court ~
January last, held repugnant to the
Constitution of the United States. and
nonenforcable. was to-day held con
stitutional as to the District of Co
lumbia by the Court of Appeals In an
opinion by Chief Justice Sheppard, the
court declares that as the legislative
power of Congress Is plenary for the
District. its power extends to the regu-
lation OF all commerce Of Whatsoever
nature that may be carried on within
its boundaries. The decision was rem
dered on the appeal of Christiana Hyde,
Administrative of Richard Hyde, who
sued the Southern Railway Company TO
recover 100000 for the death of Hyde
an cmploye OF the company. The Dis
trict Supreme Court sustained de-
murrer by the company following the
United States Supreme Court decision.
The appellate court reverses the action
Of the lower court and reinanded the
case for further proceedings. The
appellate court held that the provisions
of the act relating to the District OF
Columbia We're clearly separable from
the provision relating to the States.
and that 1t could be fairly inferred
from the language of the act that Con-
pIenary power In respect to the Dis
trlct OF Columbia as its power to
regulate commerce under the Constitu-
tion. The amount of recovery under
the statute is also held to be unlimited
and unaffected by the court Which
limits the recovery for death to
$4,000,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-03
FLGL1T ON Big STEAMER
Dtce-Rollcrs Use Drinking Glnsses and
CuspiGOrs for Weapons.

Dtce-RuIlcrs Use Drinking Glnsses and
CuspiGora for Weapons.
NEW YORK, Juno "a story of a
fishtn the smoking-r of the Maui
retania on Sunday night when drink
ing glasses and cuspidores We're used
as weapons, was told by passengers
upon arrival Of the steamship here to-
day, TO give color to the narrative,
three badly battered men, who arc al !.
legged to have had q principal pant in
The Trouble We're taken off the steam
en- in custody of detectives and carrted
to police eheadnuaiters They We're held
only shert time, however, as no one
appeared to make complaint,
2 According to the story told by other
passengers, the trouble started when
four men who We're shaking dice ac-
Cused one another Of cheat ting.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-03
MRS, GOULD LOSES GOWNS
WHILE DRIVING IN AUTO
Tsnecia, 10 The Times-Dispatch

NEW YORK, 3 June a.--Sonlewhere
along the road between Philadelphia
and Jersey city is lying box ,illed
with collection of gorgeous gowns
aud other articles of feminine Wear
stare in amazement. They are worth
"a small fortune, and We're lost from
the Frank Gould auto on Its trip to
New York from the philadelphia
horse show. The gowns We're Mrs,
5Gould's. A large reward has been Of
Tered for thelr yecoyerYs
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-03
AGED LAWYER ENDS LIFE
-inthonsl Porter, Thrce-score ana Ten,
56 InNnicS ChlorOform,

NEW YORK, June 9.--Tired Of life
after seventy Years. Anthony r. Porter,
senior member of the law hrm OF Por-s
IL q KioVelt, killed himself in ths
Gthce to-uay by inhaling chloroform
his death and wrote a letter to- a
nephew requesting him to take charge
OF all MS atfairs and to have Ills
hodS cremated, On u table In the
Office where Porter had Killed himself
Was found q note asking that several
persons be notified of Ills death. One
soof these Waa Mrs. Jennie q, Lee. OF
No, al aeffelson Avenue. Scranton, Pa,
and :ormorlyS lived I'm Chicago. He
sa,l,Yed, s!, ~ z ~ the Union army during the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-03
HI. Auto nrnl<e Down.

S k1MBALL NEB.. June 3.-William
j. Bryan. who was scheduled to speak
here at 4 O'Clock this afternoon had
not arrived at 0:30 O'Clock. It Is
learned that the automobile In which
Bluff, broke down, and that Mr.. Bryun
stopped at Il far mhouse to await re-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-03
PRESIDENT WINSTON RETIREs

Continued on Last Page
Connecticut western news., 1908-07-30
Heron Sentenced to Chair.

New Brunswick, N. J., July 29.-An- other example of quick Jersey jus tice was given when Archie Heron, the former blacksmith, who shot and killed the Rev. s. V. B. Prickett, a Methodist minister, on July b, was convicted of murder in the first degree and was sentenced to be electrocuted at Trenton on Sept. '. It took but forty-fve minutes for the jurymen to bring in verdict of guilty. Herron's counsel at the trial admitted the crime, and the only defense offered was the testimony of experts in insanity, who declared that Heron was an alcoholic paranoiac and irresponsible mentally.
Connecticut western news., 1908-07-30
N. J. CARTMELL, THE AMERICAN
 RUNNER.


 States and Great Britain and her colo nies, grouped under the United King dom, have been the chief rivals. Of these the United States won fifteen f1rsts to ten by the United Kingdom. This is the usual English method of counting.
 Under the international system of points, giving five to first, three to sec one and one to third, America leads the Britons by IA 1-3 points to 66 1-3.
 The distance run in the Marathon race was 26 miles and 385 yards. The time was 2 hours 54 minutes 36 sec Onds.
 The veteran athletes of Europe, America, Africa and Australia, who have seen the greatest struggle of ev- cry sort on land and water for ath- letic supremacy, declared that there was nothing comparable to the great race within their memories or in the other Olympiads since the modern cy- cle of these began.
 It was an American day, and the for mer resentments which ranked strong ly in the breasts of Americans here when they came to the Stadium were forgotten not only in the victory of John F. Hayes, the Irish-American Athletic club runner, but in the splen- did record made by the other Ameri- cans who were we'll to the front in the line of those that finished
 Six Americans started in the Mara y,fD lich Of the first ten men to reach the GOV eted goal four were Americans, and they are officially placed as follows: Hayes, first; Joseph Forshaw, Missouri Athletic club, third; A. R. Welton, Lawrence Y. NJ. c. A, fourth, and Lewis Tewinina, the Carlisle Indian, ninth. The second man was Hefferon of South Africa. He was the oldest among the runners, having thirty-four years to his credit, and he made a re- markable pace almost to the end of the twenty-six miles of the struggle, but Hayes was the better man.
 The first Englishman who crossed the line came in twelfth He was W. T Clarke and was not one of those count ed upon to win.
 It is considered generally that the race is not only a triumph for the United States, but in larger sense for America, because seven of the leaders at the end were from north America The three Canadians-Wood the In dian Simpson and Lawson-finished in fifth, sixth and seventh places respec. lively and, with the representatives of the United States, deprived England of its claim to leadership in the long distance running branch of athletics. A big surprise of the race was the retirement of Longboat, the Canadian Indian runner. He quit at the twen | tteth mile, his injured leg going back on him. Up to this time he was { serious competitor
 Dorando, the Italian TunneD, called in all quarters the real hero of the MaTathon race for his pluck, stagger 1 ed into the Stadium in the lead. His
Connecticut western news., 1908-07-30
OF THE
 OLYMPIC GAMES.
Our Score Better Than Any
 Other Competitors.
GREAT MARATHON RACE.

Won by American, Although Italian
 Runner Appeared First In Stadium
 For Finish - Latter Disqualified by
 Falling, Totally Exhausted, and Re-
 ceiving Aid-Of First Ten Men In
 Contest Four Were Yankees-Two
 of Our Entries Tied For First Place
 In Pole Vault.
 London, July %. - The Olympic games in the great Stadium ended with the parade and award of prizes and much social pomp. Up to the last minute the Americans continued to win, capturing the finals in the no meter hurdle race and the 1.60O meter relay contest.
 In all other Olympic games there has been a group of track and field sports, grouped at the head of the programme, in which the chief competition has been had. The events have been con- fined to athletes unaided by anything but their own ability, and their num- Der has varied at different competi- tions This year there were twenty seven events, and in these the United
Connecticut western news., 1908-07-30
Deeds, nctWcrds
Connecticut People Have Absolute Proof of
 Deeds at Home.

It's not words, but deeds that prov true merit.
 Tho deeds of Doan's Kidney Pills,
 For Connecticut kidney sufferers,
 Have made their local reputation.
 Proof lies in the testimony of people who have been cured to stay cured.
 William Reeves of 22 East St., Ansonia, Conn, says: "A few years ago gave statement for publication regarding what Doan's Kidney Pills had done for me, and the statement still holds good, as have had no occation during the years which have passed to change my opinion regarding your valuable remedy. Stitches of pain in my back had bothered no SO that could not do any work, and when lay down 1t was almost impossible for me to get up. There was also soreness of the limbs. sides and back and across the region of the kidneys. Doan's Kidney Pills. purchased n at drug store, cured me of all these troubles" .-.sE
 For sale by all dealers. Price 30 cents, Foster Milburn Co.,, Buffalo, New YoEk. sole agents for the United States.
 Remember the name-roan's-and take no other.
Connecticut western news., 1908-07-30
RGad tliS Letter
 Strictly unsolicited
Barnun7, Richardson Co.
 LIME ROCK, CONN.

LIME ROCK, CONN. noh. 5. l9oe. MT. Samuel R. Johnson .-r. South Norfolk, Conn. Dear sir:- #'
 Thinking you might like to know how the Robinson Mfg. Go. Unique Attri- tton Is" diameter Grist Kill that you put ta last fall is running. we take pleasure in rseommsndtng the ntl1. and the manner in which you did the job.
 We think the Eill as near perfect as a kil1 can be. Anyone in want of a NH can come here and see our Hi1l work. We have ground It tons Cob feed per hour. and tons of she'll grain per hour. Yours truly, BAREuN- RI GRANDSON co.
 By sam'1 V. Bradley, Cashier.
 By Philo E. Lyon Miller
Connecticut western news., 1908-07-30
HISCEN AND
 GRAVES NAMED
National Ticket Nominated
 by Independents.
BRYAN'S NAME BOOTED.

Convention Will Not Listen to Man
 Who Would Present Nebraskan For
 Endorsement by New Party - Four
 Candidates Placed Before Delegates.
 Platform Embodyins Criticisms of
 Both Republican and Democratic
 Parties Adopted.
 Chicago, July 29.-Thomas l.. Hisgen of Massachusetts for president on the third ballot, John Temple Graves of Georgia and New York for vice presi- dent by exclamation is the ticket nom- mated by the Independence party's first national convention before final adjournment.
 Four candidates for president were put in nomination. They were, in the order in which they were placed before the convention, ex-Congressman Mil ford w. Howard of Alabama, Thomas l.. Hisgen of Massachusetts, who last year boiled T5,O00 votes as the Inde- pendence league candidate for govern or of that state; John Temple Graves of Georgia and Reuben R, Lyon of New York.
 When Ohio was called the name of William Randolph Hearst was men, toned as a candidate for the first time by A. F. Otte of Cincinnati, who spoke briefly from the floor, declaring that his candidate needed no eulogy, and he desired to say that Ohio would cast her solid vote for MT. Hearst.
 Only q ripple of applause followed the sneech of Mir Otte. 1t being gen.
Connecticut western news., 1908-07-30
Strike Breaker Farley Arrested.

EIgin. H., July 29.-ln riot be tween strike breakers employed by the Elgin and Delaware Electric railroad and crowd of strike sympathizers in the Central square here one man was probably fatally injured and several were hurt. James Farley of Cincin- nati, who has become widely known as a leader of strike breakers, was ar rested, as were also two companions, both of Chicago.
Connecticut western news., 1908-07-30
Atwood Head of Democratic Speakers

Leavenworth, Kan, July 29.-It was reported that John Ii. Atwood, nation al committeeman from Kansas in q long distance telephone conversation was asked by William J. Bryan to ac- cept the chairmanship of the speakers committee during the national Demo cratic campaign. It is said that At wood agreed to take the appointment and will leave for Lincoln in a few days to hold further consultation with Mir Bryan.
Connecticut western news., 1908-07-30

erally understood that MT. Hearst did not desire the nomination. .
 The first ballot resulted as follows: Lyon, Il; Hearst, 49.
 The second ballot was: Hisgen, 590; Graves, 1S9; Howard, 109; Hearst, 49.
 Hisgen Named on Third Ballot.
 On the third ballot the vote drifted toward Hisgen, and it was evident his nomination was certain. Virginia broke from Graves and placed him within a few votes of success. Then came Washington with ten votes for Hisgen, and he was nominated. The third ballot resulted: Hisgen, 831; How ard, 3S; Graves, '; Hearst, 2.
 A roar of applause followed the an nouncement of the ballot, and a mo- tion making the nomination unanimous was adopted.
 the vice presidential nomination, but they were withdrawn, MT. Graves nomination being made without vote.
 The naming of MT. Hisgen brought forth demonstration that lasted twelve minutes, and the name of Mir Graves was also received with great enthusiasm.
 An attempt by Kansas delegate tc present the name of William ]. Bryan created much disorder. The Demo cratic candidates name was hooted and the delegate was almost mobbed.
 The platform adopted by the conven tion condemns both of the old parties It contains many blanks on questions of the day. The preamble declares:
 The Platform.
 We. independent American citizens representing the Independence party in . forty-four states and two territories, have met in national convention tc nominate, absolutely independent of all other political parties, candidates for president and vice president of the United States. Our action is based uponra determination to wrest the con duct of public affairs from the hands of selfish interests, political tricksters and corrupt bosses and make the gov. ernment, as the founders intended, an agency for the common good.
 Our object is not to introduce violent innovations or startlingly new theories. We of the Independence party look back. as Lincoln did, to the Declara. tion of Independence as the fountain head of all political inspiration. It is not our purpose to attempt to revolu. tionize the American system of gov ernment, but to restore the action of the government to the principles of Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln.
 At the conclusion of the reading MT. Shearn moved the adoption of the plat. form, which he decl9red was the unanimous work npf fhe committee. The platform aS S<read was adopted unanimously.
Connecticut western news., 1908-07-30
Wife Murderer Dies In CeH.

New York, July %. - pr. Andrew Bergen Crepsey, the veterinary sur geon who shot and killed his wife at her home in Bath Beach a week ago, died suddenly in the Brooklyn jail of heart disease. DrsACropsey belonged to one of the oldest families in Kings courty. He was forty years old.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-05-27

left the wife and boys, the mechanic
deserted his shop, the students closed
his books and babe good bye to his col
lege chums to go to war. What a
spectacle we had from 1861 to 1855!
The worlds history furnishes no par
allel. More than two million men in
arms in the north and south. And now
fOrty-three years after the struggle,
with slavery dead and Union restored,
a grateful people esteem 1t a privilege
and duty to unite with the survivors
of that great struggle to pay fitting
respect to the memory of those whose
courage and devotion secured for this
and future generations a government
founded on the equality of man. While
the people of our country remember
with gratitude the service of the Union
soldier, we will be upon safe ground,
but if in our mad race for wealth we
forget what price was paid for the
liberty we have enjoyed, then viii the
dry rot of selfishness evidence a decay
that will reflect no credit on a people
who have been more favored than any
other people on this earth.
Let US never fail to properly observe
Memorial Day. And let US teach the
rising generation to venerate the MEM
cries of those who gave their lives that
this country might live.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-05-27
MODEST. PLAIN AND POINTED.

Hon. Alley Peterson, our Soldiers
Grove neighbor of heavy avoirdupois
and big heart, makes formal announce
ment in his home county papers, of his
determined candidacy for the congress
sional nomination in this district. Few
men are more widely or vorably
known throughout Wisconsin than is
Mr.. Peterson. His announcement is
briefly as follows:
FOR CONGRESS- FOR THIRD DISTRICT.
| hereby announce my candidacy for
the nomination for member of congress
on the republican ticket before the
primaries to I've held next September.
and earnestly solicit your support.
Should be nor1insted and elected, !
will use my best efforts for the best in
interests Uf all the people of the Third
Congressional district ard state.
Respectfully,
ATLEY PETERSON.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-05-27

The drag will 90 more TO keep earth
roads IN condition after they have once
been give proper shape and slope
than any other tool known TO roadbuild-
ers. Drags can be made by anyone
very cheaply, adm the cost of keeping
mile of road in good condition win vary
from 50 to SO a year.
The Highway Division of the Geolog-
zeal Survey has published a pamphlet
giving directions and dimensions for
making drag, and information as to
what 1t will do and when and how to
use 1t. Every farmer and supeFintend-
ent who has particularly bad piece of
road to contend with should send to
Madison for free copy of this pam
phlet and make and use drag this
summer.
The drag has proved that good roads
cost less than poor ones. Each com
mum ty owes it to itself to try at least
one drag this summer The improve
m ent in the general condition of the
roads of Missouri, Iowa, Illinois and
other states produced by its use has
been marvellous, and it is believed the
results in Wisconsin will be just as re-
markable if the drag is given a fair
chance.
Herewith we present a cut of the
King Drag, in two makes -one made
with planks and the other from a split
log. They are simple of construction.
Anybody at all handy with tools can
make one. Perhaps it could be done
from this drawing, but it might be
better to write to Madison for fuller
instructions.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-05-27
DIR. BELLS PINE-TAR-h HONEY
Cures Coughs.
asok Ter the Bell ON The botsiss
For Sale by A. j. johnson
Can't Make Faces :. me Teacher.

The supreme court G. Wisconsin re-
Gently made an ilnpof can't decision of
great interest to teachers and boards
of education. In it the declaration is
made that school authorities have the
power to suspend pupils for offenses
committed out of school hours and not
in the presence of the teacher provided
that the offenses are of such nature
as to have a direct and immediate ten
dency to influence the conduct of other
pupils in the schoolroom. The case
arose in the public high school at st.
Croix Falls. Two girls, daughters of
a leading citizen, being offended at the
strict discipline of the principal, wrote
a poem, "Rules OF st. Croix Jail,
which was printed in local paper.
The facalty demanded an apology before
the school as the alternative of expul-
sion. When the pupils declined to apol-
ogize or to pay small fine assessed
under the school rules they were ex-
PEELED. The board of education sus-
tanned the faculty action. The appeal
to the courts has been decided as above
stated. The principle has wide appli-
cation. Just where this authority OF
the parent ends and that OF tins teacher
begins has long been uncertain. Where
there was no cooperation offparent and
teacher much difficulty has arisen. 1t
has been safe retreat for many aE
unrnly pupil that the otfense was com
mitted outside of the school yard
and after school hours. The decision
has weight as coming from the highest
legal authority of the state.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-05-27
The King Drag for Good Roads
Cheap Repairing Roads in Proper
Condition-The State Wants o Stow You how
o Make and how o Use

The following from the Highway Di-
vision of the state geological survey in
relation to the King Drag IS given IN
full Endorsement. All having to do
with the maintenance of roads should
send for the pamphlet mentioned at
once. The idea of making maeadam
roads or anything better than earth
roads in this section, with the abuttlng
valuation too modest for she extreme
cost is out of the question. Inc prop
erty-ownere will not, and could not be
expected TO tax themselves to that ex-
tent. The next best and only remaining
practical thing TO do is to maintain as
good earth roads as possible within the
reasonable means of the taxpayers.
For this purpose nothing has ever been
invented so cheap and so efficient as
the King drag, and every road district
in Vernon county should have one or
more. The best results come from its
use when it is most too wet TO do farm
work, thus providing a method of pay
ing road tax which the farmer does not
iceland the universal testimony is,
where it has been given proper trial,
that it works marvellous results. 1t
smooths the road, works off the water
and gives it a chance to harden.
Following is the article above adhered
to:
From now on the earth road drag
should be used after every rain ON the
clay and loan roads of Wisconsin. This
is also the proper time to do work with
the road machine in order that the roads
NAV have the whole summer in which
to get packed and hardened with the
aid of the drag. Sis
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-05-27
NOTES FROM NEARBY PLACES.

Five branches of the Society of Equity
have recently been established In Craw-
ford county. The branches are at Gays
Mills. Soldiers Grove, Mt. Sterling,
Ferryville and Seneca.
Citizens Club of Sparta is laying
plans for a homecoming at some GATE
this coming summer.
A small tornado hit the village OF
Wilton. Thursday, unroofing the Hussa
Brewing eompany's building. besides
doing minor other damages to buildings.
Spending in one year in riotous living
and dissipation an inheritance at "a, 0N
left him by his father, William Llndon
of La Crosse was sentenced to 20 days
in the county Jail for begging on the
streets. by Judge Brindly.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-05-27
THE RiGHT SORT OF A LIFE.

''He has achieved success who has
lived well, laughed often and loved
much; who has gained the respect of
intelligent men and the love of little
children; who has filed his niche and
accomplished ais task; who has left the
world better than he found it, whether
by an improved poppy, perfect poem
or Il rescued soul: who has never lacked
appreciation of earth's beauty or failed
90 express il, who has always looked
for the hest in others and given the
best he had; whose life was an inspira-
ton: whose memory benediction.