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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-31
THIS CONFESSED Thief
WAS PREC0Cl0US YOUTH

But 90 get 20 Mr. Patton
lie grew very laxative last night
when brought forth from solitary
confinement at the city Jail
Lilac thousands ~ other thieves.
Mr. Patton likes 10 boast OF bis
crimes
4 grated $4,000 IN seven weeks
during the Kloudike rush in 1855.
Patton proudly told Captain of De-
tecfives Charles Tenant last night,
And then Mr. Patton naively told
his auditors that II any man
thought OF stealing for a living he
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-31

rsERE's A NICE LtrrLE ATroR
NEY eENERALsHtp CHEESE
THERE. AND S. O.. WITH THE
Aglp or BILLS BROTHER
hANk, NEARLY HAD The
swEEr MoRsEL. WHEN r. r..
THE CAT, WOKE uP-NAeLe
AND wlckERsAAM HAVE
KEROSENE CONNECTIONS.
RY gibson GARDNER.
WASHINGTON. Dec Efforts
x Standard OF 20 take a hand ln
~ selection ~ the attorney gcn.
sfal Of the Talt cabinet have thrown
as town into a fermeut The real
r4sea Tor President Rooseyelts
snnoanccd visit 60 Georgia is 70 be
haad IN his desire to talk with
ladre Tart ON this topic
Whtn the president elect pasaad
Ikrpugh Washington a few days ago
h told some friends in close conf.
asace that he was thinking Of ap.
ninting as his attorney general
asAeF Mr. Nagel 81 ST Louis or Mr.
Wickersham % the firm OF Strong
I Cadwalader Of New York. Both
Aese gentlemen, IL is nov learned
mse close Standard OF connections.
~ their Endorsements 90 Judge
fAft are Standard on Endorsements
n. Nagel Is a partner Of the man
hncunccd By President Roosevelt
Rcently for HIS Standard on con.
nections IN the southwest. Mt.
Wiekegsham has been attorney for
Eamerons corporations 81 New York
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-31

LOS ANGELES. Dcc. 81. After
chasing her husband through three
states Mrs J A Higgins. 81 Ia.
coma herself arrested the man zee.
terday on charge ~ deaertion
only 20 learn that the Washington
authorities refused 20 stand the o1.
penss % takiug him back foF trial.
lie Nas released
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-31

pa railroad freight rates by the
transcontlnental lines IN this state
II ia possible action will be taken
by the shippers 10 enloin the
change in rates before Saturday
The date the increase goes into
effect.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-31
BIG FIGHT AGAINST
FREIGHT RATE

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 3i-By
Y. Pledges 81 financial support
poured ia today 10 the executive
committee appointed by the Cali
fornla shippers. who are protest
ing against The proposed advance
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-31
70 HEAR MS YARN. ne WAS
IN COLLEGE WHEN ne WAS
THIRTEEN YEARS oLo.

W l. Patton Is a thief
III must be. for he himself has
nd H. And besides be was caught
sfth the goods. lie is the same
1eung fellow who engaged On des.
wgate fist fight with his partner
n crime. Fred Gardner. in a loot.
SLED ru0m NJ the Raleigh hotel
stnut two weeks ago
But as usual when thieves fall
st Iastice occasionally butts In.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-31

The murders and suicides IN King
county during 1905 number ioi. a.
cordiug 10 tho records ~ Coroner
u n Carroll OF these q were
murders and 81 were suicides To
% noon today q cases 20 violent
death had been Investigated during
nerrmhnr.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-31

are charitable enough 10 suppose
that he 10 being mialed They are
not blind. however "a the dangers
on the situation nor DO they pro.
pose 20 Keep quiet about a. The
evident purpose of Brother Henry
20 be 60 the coming administration
What Brother Abuer tried 90 be- 10
the Mckinley administration has
naturally aroused disgust Brother
Abuer. however. was harmless com
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-31
AMusEMEnrs.
ELECTROCUTED

MEDFORD. or. Dec. 3t--By u.
Chester r. Allen. son Of James
Allen. at stringtown. an employc
Of the Condor Water a. Power co.
OF Medfofd. was clectrocuted yes.
terday near Phoenix by coming in
contact with a power wire through
the medium Of q wire which he was
throwing across an overhead wire.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-31

VICTORIA. r. O.. Dec. all Pro-
ylacial police have been advised q
murder committed Monday eve
ming 1T Soda Greek in Cauhps onun p
-, One Indian waa killed IN "a
drunken row The murderer Was
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-31
OIL GNAWS A HOLE INTO TAFTS CABINET
wlcKERsHAM THINKS HE COULD
REPRESENT UNCLE SAM AL RIGHT

NEW YORK Dec S-"rye represented every banking
house the financial district guess Nr Wiekersham said to
sse correspondent OF the United Press.
AFTER that could yOu represent The pvoplC9 aeked.
He became Fcrious-"We there might that argument
AGAINST but che rst thng lawyer learns represent
Bis client 70 we're attorney gCnct2i should consider
Uncle sam my 2cnt would do my best represent
interests
And your tormcr affiliations would make difference
eNonc az all lawyer sometimes is called upon to face
best friends IN court ne cannot let the friendship
seen him and his duty Ne put HIS win
Fut I'm not candidate and ia rather quoted in
ne press
N the place is Offered 60 me will consider a."
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-31

pared 20 Brother Henry with hla
trust affiliations and bis desire as
sell az ability 10 affect largs poll.
cieH
While Judge Taft has announced
that he has not determined whom
20 appoint attorney general it 10
known that she Wickcruham az.
poiuimcnt was very close 20 official
announcement whom so news came
out
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-31
'W0llNlllllllllD

clans have pronounced lucurablc
Rev W. q Brett says 4 have
cured persons suffering from
sciauc Rheumatism. neuutis. Kid.
ney trouble. Bnghts disease and
paralysis.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-31
Found Dead in Chair

KENT. Dec ai--Frsd Schultz.
owner ~ the Congress restaurant
was found dead iu his chair yester-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-31

minister. who breaches and works
for the uplifting ~ men. has quiet.
ly 'exwrciacd bis strange power for
decade iio disclaims any credit
Ton hls gift and looks upon u as a
duty 10 heal mnladles which phyal.
The daily sentinel., 1908-04-29

The capacity of the Grand juno
tion sugar factory is to be increased
20 per cent Immediately. Contracts
for the enlargement of the big plant
by the installation of new machinery
have Just been let. Throughout the
season of 1907 the factory, built for
Il capacity of $50 tons n day, main
tiined an average of 525 tons, al
though there We're days when its
output reached 500 tons. The new
machinery will insure an average
daily output of $50 tons day. In
stallation of the machinery will be-
gin within II short time.
r. p. Davis, who returned to Col
orado Springs yesterday after an alb
sence of several weeks, announced
that arrangements have been made
for the planting of larger acreage
at both the Grand Junction and the
Garden City factories. At Grand
Junction 1900 acres have been con-
tracted for, while at Garden City 12,-
600 are under contract.
II look for an exceptionally heavy
sugar production this year." said
Mr.. Davie yesterday. THE worlds
production this year is about 1,00O,-
900 tons short, due to shortage Of
The daily sentinel., 1908-04-29
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ORIGIN OF swAsTIKA.
-s..s.s-s..s-ss.-:.-::..s..4--s. .s..ss.s.-ss.ss..

Possibly you have noticed on your
moccasins. as upon many decorated
buffalo robes, certain cross lines
done in beads or quill work, writes
Emerson Hough in The Outing Maya
zine for May. These lines may mean
different things, but in proper rela-
ton to other lines they seem to
mean, among very many tribes. the
same thing; that is to say, paths or
trails. usually paths of the buffalo.
The buffalo symbol was the symbal
falo comes into the life and the art
of the American Indian continually
The figure denoting the four winds,
or four cardinal points usually TAX
ing the form of a cross, with limbs
of equal lengths not confined to
any one tribe At times this cross
takes the form of the swastika. This
figure, as well as the figure of the
cross, appears on nearly every con-
tinent of the globe and among nearly
every nation. Certain fanatics have
fallen into ecstacies at seeing the
sign of the cross among savage tribes
which have not met Christianity.
They so too far in their own SYM
bolism. The cross is the simplest
arrangement of two straight lines.
The swastika is easily made by at
taching a short line at the end of
each arm of the cross. This figure
almost seems to be spontaneous and
not to have been gained by intercom-
munication. The simple cross is
widely used in the decoration of all
the tribes, but the figure has very
wide and divergent Significance.
Sometimes it means Morning Star,
sometimes any star, and sometimes
very many other things; but the sig
MITIGATION of the star seems to be the
most widely accepted one.
The daily sentinel., 1908-04-29
COMES TOMORROW NIGHT.

Unlike most spectacular produce
tions THE Black Crook" calls for
first class dramatic cast for its prop
er rendition. Messrs. Miller and
Plohn, the present managers of the
extravaganza, have selected n COM
pany which it is claimed is much
superior to the ordinary run of these
sort of plays. They discovered that
with the improvements in stage me-
chanism, with the advantages offer
ed by New York's studios today and
the opportunities for interpolating
modern acts, a revival would be
success. And 1t has been, for in all
of the large cities this season "The
Black Crook" has played to capacity
houses. The final transformation
scene. the presence of such acts as
1.-The Donazetta Family" and Pierce
and Roslyn direct from the London
Hippodrome, illustrates the expense
the promoters went to in order to
make 1.-The Black Crook" a modern
spectacle. 1.-The Black Crook" will
be seen here tomorrow night.
The daily sentinel., 1908-04-29

122 South Fourth Street.
The daily sentinel., 1908-04-29
MONTROSE'S FRUIT CROP.

The following is the estimate of
the fruit crop left in Montrose coun-
ty up until last might, as made by
yesterdays Montrose Enterprise:
Full crop of apples.
Full crop of pears.
Full crop of cherries.
Half a crop of prunes.
Thirty-five per cent of crop of
peaches.
Small fruits in good condition.
The thermometer reached as low
as 20 degrees above zero on Satur-
day night and went down to "a de-
grees Sunday night, says the Enter
prise.
The daily sentinel., 1908-04-29

Messrs. Miller and Plohn in re-
yiving the old spectacular have seen
fit to make this innovation and
while there may be some doubt to
the lay mind as to the wisdom of
their course in thus destroying ira
dition. they seem to feel sure of their
position. They have provided an ex-
ceptionally large company for the
presentation of the "Crook" this
season. Thursday night at the Park
opera house.
The daily sentinel., 1908-04-29
SUGAR FACTORY
TO BE ENLARGED

about 100000 tons in Cuba. 20O,-
900 tons in Java and smaller
amounts in Louisiana and other re-
gions. The outlook is therefore for
an increased production of beet SUI
gar in Colorado and the west, and
we are making preparations to han
die as large an amount as possible -
Mr.. Davie, with j. r. McKinnie,
has just launched a project for the
reclamation of more than 10000
acres of swamp land in Florida.
The daily sentinel., 1908-04-29

Dr. II. S. Day contends that he is
not candidate for director of the
school district, although he is an
nounced as one of the candidates in
the official list of nominations pub
lished by the school board secretary.
DR.. Days name will go before the
people along with the names of j. S.
Woods and A. r. Samplner.
The daily sentinel., 1908-04-29

Tomorrow afternoon the Teller In
dians and the Grand junction base
ball team will play at the fair
grounds. and good, fast game Is
promised.
The daily sentinel., 1908-04-29

The best soloists in the city will
sing in the Rose Maiden" at the
Congregational church, Tuesday
evening, May 5th.
The daily sentinel., 1908-04-29

John Kiefer, wei known here and
a brother of j. p, F. D., B. F. and
Val Kiefer of this county, died a few
days ago at his home in Indiana.
The daily sentinel., 1908-04-29

The school board meets tonight in
regular session.
The daily sentinel., 1908-04-29

Heavy hauling srvep special at
tention by Barton & Terrill. When
you have anything in this line, call
them up. Prices are right.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-11
DAVIS NOT GUILTY
OMAHA MAN IS DISMISSED OF
 CHARGE.
State Had Tried to Prove That Bank Clerk Was Employed tO Kin DR. Frederick T.
 Nmatta.

Omaha, Dec. io--After thirteen hours deliberation, the jury in the case of Charles E. Davis, charged with the murder in September of Dr. Frederick T. Rustin. early today agreed upon c verdict of not guilty.
 It required nineteen ballots to reach an agreement The first ballot stood eleven to one for murder in the nrst degree. The one juror maintained his was joined by another in voting for conviction on a lesser charge.
 The case has attracted unusual at. tention not only because Of the prom thence of the victim of the killing. who was one of the leading physicIans and surgeons Of the city, and the mys- tery surrounding the tragedy, but be- cause of the family connection of the defendant.
 Although himself holding but a mi. nor position in the First National Bank. Davis Is the brother of the Vice. President and uncle of President, Cash fer and other of1icials of that institu- tion, and 10 reIatea to men prominent In financial circles in New York.
 It is not believed that any further prosecutions will be taken unless un- expected evidence should be diseov. cred.
 County Attorney James P. English, who conducted the prosecution. was dis appointed when told of the verdict, and said:
 T though 1t was 6 case that de- manded the most vigorous prosecution, and exhausted Che resources at my command to give 1t that. Everything the State could do to subserv0 the ends of justice was done.''
 "Will Mrs. Abbie Rice be prosecut. edT' was asked.
 well. should say not" was the quick reply. "She will be released. The case which the State made against Da- wis contemplated. if 1t did not establish. the innocence of the woman as to the commission of the murder"
 Charles D. Davis. the defendant, Is at the home of his brother. Fred H DavIs, vice president of the First National Bank. Mrs. Rustin, widow of pr. Rustin. the dead man. has gone to Mas sachusetts to make her home with her parents.
 Mrs Abbie Rice. the central figure in the prosecution of Davis. wept when in- formed that the matron's department Of the city jail where she has been since a few days after the killing could be her home no longer.
 Before the trial, she declined to leave the jail when her father offered to fur. nish ball. NOW she VIII leave Tor DaR Moines as soon as her father sends the necessary funds. and will remain there until her husband. Irving Rice, who re- sides in Boston and with whom she has become reconclled, Is able to prepare a home for her.
 T told nothing but what knew to be the truth" she said today refer- ring to the trial of Davis, but I am glad they did not convict him."
 Charles E. Davis today resumed his duties as a clerk in the First National Bank.
 "I never felt a moments uneasiness about the outcome of the trial" said he.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-11

l.. T. Cooper, who believes that stomach trouble causes ninety per cent of the ill-health of the present genera tion. has been in New York three weeks. His claims gre now admitted by an agtonashing number of New Workers, and the young man is winning Mew adhoeents every day.
 Cooper stated Tuesday that fifty Thousand people In New York city alone are now trying his medicine. An hour spent at the young mans headquarters where he is meeting the public. would indicate this statement to be correct judging from the numbers who call in that length of time.
 Tn speaking of his success. recently, Cooper said: "I believed ten years ago that any one who could produce 6 for mula that would regulate the stomach would have q fortune. When I got hold of this formula knew within q month was right and my fortune was made. called the medicine CoopsT's New Discovery. although I did not get up the 6ormula. I have owned 1t. however, for three years, I have had one lawsuit over it, which won in the Cincinnati courts. When is was settled The Cooper Medicine Company, of Dayton Ohio, became the only company in the world that can prepare the medicine. The Medicine has sold like wildhre where~er in-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-11
TROY WANTS MORE
MFR. WILEY WOULD HAVE LARGER
 PUBLIC BUILDING.
The Alabama Congressman Also Seeks To Secure Improvements For Anda1usia, Greenvi1ie,
 BrewtDm And Luyerne.


 Washington. D. C.. Dec. 1o--(SpeciaD --Rsprssentative Wiley today intro dueed q bill to increase the appropria- tion for the public building at Troy, to sieo,ooe.
 At the last session of Congress an appropriation of s4o.ooo was secured for the erection of 6 government building at Troy. by the late Colonel A. A. Wiley. brother of the present representative.
 Captain wiley does not think that & t4o.o0o building will supply the needs of the government at Troy.
 There are In operation nine daily, except Sunday. rural routes from Troy and the demand upon the postoffice is unusually large incident to the great amount of business done at Troy" said Captain Wiley "In addi- ton, considerable business Is transact cd by the United States Commissioner at Troy"
 He has also introduced bills for buildings at Andalusta, Brewton, Greenville and Luverne.
 These are all progressive business towns and deserve recognition by the Federal government" said Captain Wiley. "It is not probable that there win be a public buildings bill at the session, inAsmuch as such a hih was passed last session. but want to get the matter before Congress now with all the data obtain, so that considera- ton may not be unnecessarily delayed at the next session" A. J. stofer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-11
RAILROAD MEN MEET
MANY GENERAL MANAGERS IN BiR-
 nEINGHAM.
rnnr Gather and Discuss Equipment and other sustects--Passen- Rer Agents and Termi-
 nal Men Assemble.

nirninRharn. Dec. 10.--(Special 1-A ,.r@a nuneber of railroad officials. some in Rixh positions, were in Birmingham wbiie some of the visitors were on their way home from meetings else
 The General Managers Association of inc Southeast held an interesting meeting today In the Hillman Hotel 0. A. Wickersham. President and cen . erai Manager of the Atlanta and west Point Ralroad. preassisoing assn nd nePTesntt Ppwsnty railroad lines in the Southeast were m attendance at this gathering and tne.e was a general discussion of the detalis
 There was an interchange of ideas and plans for handling equipment ano trafflc Uniform blanks, refrlgeraioF cars. and other things of genera gee,aaas in- were discussed at length. As to re- friRerator cars the discussion led 10 the idea that something would have 10 be done to provide for the n. brine m ,d 1e1S tSe equipment Many other matters were taken up during the meeting
 Special agents of the Southern Rail they Thsy ofice asse of chief Agent J. W. connel: ly. There was a general discussion or the work and steps taken looking to an improvement of the deseetive ons ser- .. those in attendance besides Chief Agent Connolly. were s. W. Burke. of Atlanta; E. J. Reardon. of Anniston s. A. tEllis. of shefaeld. and K. shel-
 The Birmingham Terminals Company held a meeting in the Brown Marx building with G. B. McCormack. of cry road entering the new terminal station was represented in the meet ing Routine matters were. discussed
 The terminals VII be, De GSmpistSea % pa.aS n n be thrown open in all departments. Nothing was done, towards the formal
 Among General. Passenger Agents in the city were: Alex Hilton of St. Louis. Louis Of the Cotton Belt. and J. N. sraI Passenger Agent. of the Frisco;
 The following representatives of railroads were present at the General Managers Association: p. H. Coal Laughter, District Auditor of the Southern; c. H. Hix. General Super intendent of the Seaboar Air Line: c. g. Noise. General Manager of the Gen. tral of Georgia; c. L. Candler Super intendent of Transportation of the Central; H. Baker. General Manager of the Alabama Great Southern; A. W. tation t of the clncinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific; W. e. Nixon. Vice President and General Manager of the St. Louis and san FranciScoi M. J. ager of the Mobile and Ohio; Charles A. Wickersham, President and General Manager of the Atlanta and West ger % of the Atlantic Coast Line; A. W. Anderson. General Superintendent of the Charleston and West Carolina: Thomas F. Scott, General Manager of the Georgia Railroad: O. s. Keith, General Superintendent of the Illinois Central and Yazoo and Mississippi Val ley; J. W. Thomas, IT,. President and General Manager of Nashville. Chatta- uooga and St. Louis Railroad; N. c. Pearsau. General Manager of New Or leans Great Northern.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-11
JOE WHITE Is HELD
MOBILE MAN SENT BACK TO JAIL.
,Will Be Required to Answer for Dfss , appearance of Young Calvin
 Believed Boy Ran Away from Home.j

Mobile, Dec. lo.---(Special. )---Joe White, the white man held in connec- ton with the disappearance of young Elley Colvin. the 17-year- white boy last Sunday, today was remanded to aJf by Judg Afford and the case 0f Sheriff an opportunity to further inc vestigate the situation.
 The Sheriff's department is engaged in fererting out the mystery, but so far its efforts have thrown but little light upon it.
 The father of the boy openly ex- presses his belief that Joe White, the riverman now held in connection with the case. made way with him. The Is robbery, as young Coiyin had some- thing like e75 Sunday when he disap-
 In the Inferior Court this morning White made a statement concerning his connection with the case He denied that he had anything to do with the disappearance of the missing boy, and expressed the opinion that young Coll win had run away. He declared that away to Pensacola for three months,
 wil1 Dakin, another boy who had been working with Colvin, has been missing since Sunday and White says he feels confident the two have gone
 The sherinrs department hold to an- other theory regarding the disappear was a sort of ward of White, and the officers think he, too. may have been concerned Tn the supposed murder of young Colvin, and if so that he skipped out after Whites arrest to avoid being arrested.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-11
THE FAMOUS QUAKER
 HEALTH TEACHER GRAY
Is Here and Will Be Located at the Do-
 mestic Drug Co.

There has been much said and writ ten in the different papers all through the South of the wonderful Quaker Herb Remedies and how quickly and completely they will cure Rheumatism, catarrh in any form, kidney. liver. stomach or blood trouble. nervousness, male and >emale weakness. Gray also claims and will prove, if any one has a tape worm, that Quaker Herb Ex. tract will expsu 1t and he will furnish a bottle of the extract free just to prove the virtue of the Quaker Herb Extract. Do not hesitate to cali and see Gray, have a talk with him. It costs you nothing. and If the Quaker Herb Remedies will not do you any good Gray will tell you so. There has been thousands of sufferers brought back to good health. who had lost all hope of ever seeing a well day again Call Saturday at the Domestic Drug Co.,. No. Ss Commerce St.. from a. m to ?. m.