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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-08
Two Tons Of Shell q Minute.
From MeClure's.

The American navy now leads the world
in accuracy and rapidity of shooting; six
years ago 1t was behind the navy of every
f1rst-class power. Six years ago the
standard for firing heavy turret guns
which are now battleship's sole weapon
of consequence in battle-was once in five
minutes; the average of hits on the target
now in use would not have been once an
hour. At present these guns fire an av-
erage of one and half shots minute
they hit the target once a minute. Six
years ago the standard rate of fire for
six-inch guns was less than two shots a
minute: as shown by the tests of 1902. less
than one shot in six hit the target. To-
day these guns frequently make as many
as twelve hits a minute. and the average
of the whole navy is six hits minute.
These are the records at the 1.600-yard
range. At the last long-range target
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-08
Move Along!

The old soldiers now are falling
Move along.
And they hear the angels calling
Move along,
Like the leaves they now are flying
And with every blast 60 signing
And are braveiy. nobly dying
Move along.
They have had their day OF glory
Move along,
And shall live In song and story.
Move along!
For they bled for this grand nation
On many Geld and station.
And with any kind Of ration,
Move along.
To great Arlington they're drifting.
Move along.
With their hearts and souls still lifting,
Move along.
To cline where comrades singing,
Love and truth ever bringing
As they gloriously 60 winging-
Move along,
JOHN A. JOYCE.
Washington, d. c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-08

Is stored an electric battery. Light Is
furnished by small incandescent lamp
surrounded by reflector on the forepart
Of the cap. The light is operated by a
push button secured to the under surface
of the vizor. where IL is constantly in
convenient reach of the wearer. The cap
ana attached lamp are light in weight
and in no way interfere with free move
ment OF the arms. The battery is readily
recharged at little expense. In fact the
cost of maintenance is only slightly in
excess OF the lamp. the greater cost be-
ing the initial expenditure for the appa-
ratus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-08
MINERS ELECTRICAL LAMP.
Eliminates All Danger Of Explosions
From Contact With Gases.

The old-fashioned oil lamp still being
used by miners seems soon to be super
seded by the electrical lamp, recent
design being shown in the illustration. 1t
can readily be imagined what the general
use of the electrical lamp would mean to
the miner-the elimination of the horrible
accidents of daily occurrence due to ex-
blossoms from contact of the oil lamp with
invisible gases. The electrical lamp
shown here is operated in conjunction
with specially designed cap. in which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-08

has generally raised the tone and char
acter of the men. increasing their loyalty
and efficiency, and making them realize
that the success of the company means
their own success. and that these both
depend on each man doing well his in
dividual part.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-08
Dinner Sets.

Last but not least, the Dinner
Set. In our China Department
are Sets of the most beautiful de-
sign, and we have a full Ioo-piece
set, nicely shaped and prettily dec
Grated, for $7.85.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-08
THE TOWEL BARS CAPACITY
Has Been Greatly Increased by q
Trifline Change in Its Design.

The metal towel bar, which is to be
see in every properly furnished bath
room. is popular piece of furnishing. as
atteSted by it's general use. Up to very
recehtlN it has consisted of a straight
bar of metal or glass held at a conven-
lent height above the tub by supports Sc
cured in the wall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-08

The storage capacity of this article has
been greatly increased by a slight change
in its design. as shown by the accompany
ing cut This feature is particularly
desirable from the fact that 1t permits OF
fresh towels being placed on the rear,
while the towels in use may hang from
the front.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-08
Dining Chairs.

You want attractive Dining
Chairs to seat your guests-and
we can furnish them-in best
styles and most reliable construc-
ton. One of our good values is a
Quarter-Sawed Oak pattern, we'll
polished, with leather seat-box
frame-for $2.o5.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-08
SidebOardS and Bullets.

We have SO many styles it is
easy to please everybody. Come
and see how little money it takes
to purchase a handsome Side
board or Buffet. 1t pays to select
a good one, and we offer an espe-
cially attractive pattern for this
week in polished Quarter-Sawed
Oak for $28.5o.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-08
China Closets.

If you have pretty china you
need China Closet to house it.
We're showing an unsurpassed
collection of styles-and in select
ing here you can be assured of re-
liable construction. Our prices
begin at $3.50, and in the better
grades we have many attractive
styles in CHARTERED Oak, Mission
and Mahogany.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-20
ly was the same length as that of Mrs
Guinness, and later a gold plate, made
for Mrs. Guinness by a Laporte dentist

ly was the same length as that of Mrs
Guinness, and later a gold plate, made
for Mrs. Guinness by a Laporte dentist
and found in the debris, was positively
identified. Contrary to these facts, which
will form the basis Of the prosecution.
contention that Mrs. Guinness is dead
the defense will introduce the statemen,
of n of the %coroner's board Of physt
clans, which stated positively that the
body found was not that OF Mrs. Gun,
ness and the remarkable condolences
that the main identifying features OF th.
woman's body We're missing when the
corpse was taken from the ruins.
The body supposed to be that of Mrs
Guinness was without, head o. right
arm when found. The wolnan's right
arm alone would have formed a posi-
tive Identification mark, as it was de.
formed. ~
The State opened the case with apr
parent confidence that the network OF
evidence would prove so strong as tc
leave no doubt in the minds of the
twelve men as to the completely of Lam
phere in the mysteries Of the house Of
horror" and to show that it was the
woman's former hired man who. the
morning Of April IS, set fire to the
house in which Mrs. Guinness and he1
children met death. %
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-20
FACTS FOR

A mass meeting of cotton growers ant
allied interests of the South generally
will be held in Memphis.
Rains in the winter wheat belt west d
the Missouri have improved the croJ
prospects in that district.
New corn is being marketed freely in
the Southwest and heavy shipments to
Europe are being made from the gull
ports.
Flowing has been seriously delayed this
fall in the heavy soils of southern Min.
nesota by the drought. In some locali.
ties wells were going dry before the re-
cent rains.
Under the law passed by the last Min.
nesota Legislature, allowing cooperative
creameries to combine for the purpose Of
marketing their product, six creameries
have united in a corporation, having 4
capital stock of $12,JOO.
The demand for vaccine for the inocu-
lation against hog cholera is so great that
State Veterinarian Van Els Of North Da.
kota finds himself unable to fill all orders.
The report that the disease was epidemic
in certain localities has excited breeders
of swine in all sections of North Dakota.
Illinois grain dealers assert that they
are taking in wheat from farmers who
were unable to seed it because of the
l~ong-continued drought and who were un-
willing to take chances on getting a crop
by seeding now or later. Southern Illi-
nois grain men are of the opinion that
the winter wheat acreage in the State viii
be vastly reduced.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-20
INN MURDER CASE.
Trial Of Alleged Slayer Of the Fam
lily Opens at Laporte.

The opening at Laporte, Ind, Of the
trial Of Ray Lalnphere for the murder
Of Mrs. Belle Guinness and her three
children by burning them to death In
the Guinness 'houSe of a hundred
crimes last April brought crowds of
farmers and their families to attend
the sessions Of the famous case.
While interest in the country at large
Is centered in such further develop
ments as the trial may bring out con-
corning the amazing career of the wom-
an who is alleged to have slain eleven
human beings, inhabitants of the terri
tory Immediately adjacent to that abode
Of horrors, the Brookside Farm" are
intent on the establishment Of guilt or
innocence for Ray L%amphere, the OBJ
scure farm hand around whose person
ality has bem built an extraordinary
structure Of bitterness that involves the
whole of LapOrte County. AS a result
of h local feeling and Of the wide
spread publicity given the case, 500
people had gathered near the court
house before the doors were open for
the first session. p.J -
After the first week Of excitement
attending the discoveries of the fifteen
bodies on Mrs. Guinness farm, where 1t
is believed twenty-five were murdered,
attention turned to the mistress of the
place and the various theories concern
ing her death or escape became the sole
topic of discussion.
Nine persons out Of ten decided that
she is alive, and to this day the major
ity of residents think she escaped after
setting fire to her home and killing her
children. SO it remained for the States
Attorney to pick only jurors who be-
lieve her dead. or it would be impos-
sible to convic anyone for her murder.
The most natural conclusion is that
Mrs. Guinness is dead. The body found
in the ruins of the farmhouse apparent
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-20

taken to be a criticism of the govern
ment attorneys for the manner in which
they petitioned for another hearing Of
the appeal. The Federal lawyers were
not sparing in their caustic flaw pick
ing OH the Appellate judges decision on
the appeal.
Fine Could Not Exceed @72O,OOO.
According to the judgment, the pun
ishment Of the oil company could have
been properly based only on the settle
ments made to the Chicago and Alton
Railway, from which it was accused of
accepting concessions. There were
thirty-six of these settlements, and a
maximum fine for all these could have
been but $4,000 and the minimum
$4,000. .- 49,
In answer to the governments objec-
ton that under the decision Of the high
er court a corporation may use a SUBJ
sidiary concern to commit crime, while
escaping punishment, tho court adds to
the opinion as follows:
'"True it is that If one corporation
uses another corporation to violate law,
Just as if one individual uses another
to violate the law, such offender ought
not, though masked, to 60 UNPUBLISHED.
And there are ways, a old as the law
itself, to reach and punish him."
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-20
Rejects Appellate Court Govern.
ment's Petition in Case of the
Big Lands Fine.
RESENT CRITICISM IN PLEA.
Next Move Will Be an Application
for Review by United States
Supreme Court.

The petition by the United States
government for a rehearing of the APP
peal of the Standard Oil Company of
Indiana from the $29,24O,OOO fine of
Judge lands was overruled by Judges
Grosscup, Baker and Seaman in the Uni
ted States Circuit Court of Appeals at
Chicago. In a brief opinion, delivered
by Judge Grosscup, the original opin-
ion of the court, reversing Judge Lam
dis decision, was upheld. The case
now lies in the hands Of Attorney Gen
eral Bonaparte, and it Is expected that
he will apply for q writ Of certiorari in
the United States Supreme Court in or
der to obtain a review of the big case
by the country's highest tribunal.
The contents Of the petition for re-
hearing, which had the signatures of
Attorney General BOnaparte and Dis
trict Attorney Edwin w. Sims attached
to it, are almost wholly ignored by the
reviewing court, reference being made
to but two points Of contention. Then
the cnirion concludes with what is
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-20
IN THE OLD q

me fruits are stored. the fields ars barr,
The ground Is hard. the skies are gray /;
Novem ber's chill Is In the air;
To. morrow Is Thanksgiving day.
The farmhouse stands In sheltered nook.
Its walls are filled with warmth and
cheer:
To welcome all who enter here.
Full forty years have come and gone
Since hrst this hearthstone's rudy glow,
Fresh kindled. flung Its light upon
Thanksgiving guests of long ago
Long was the list of squires and dames;,
From year to year how short 1t grew!
Read out the old. familiar names
They heard here when his house was
new.
Grandmother?-aye. she went the first:
randfather?-by her side ne rests:
The shade and sunlight, interspersed,
Have fallen long above their breasts.
Our aunts and uncles ?-sundered wide,
Their graves lie east. their graves lie
west
As veteran soldiers SCARED and tried,
They fought their fight. they earned their
rest.
Our father dear and gentle heart:
A nature sweet. beloved by all;
How early turned his steps apart
To pass from human ken and call!
Our mothx r-brtsk and kindly soul!
How / we she bore fste's every frown,
Nor rested till she reached the goal
Where all must lay their burdens down !
Our brother Toward the setting sun,
From US remote. his homo 10 made,
And many q year Its course has run
Since here his boylsh sports were played.
Put by the book. My heart is sore.
The night winds up the chin1 ey ne>,
The Ares within CLEAN a. before.
But none are here save you aad me!
But, sister, you and l again
VIII heap the hearth and spread tbs
board
And serve our kindred, now as then.
With all that home and hearts anord.
The scattered remnants of our line,
Well summon meath this roof once more,
And pledge, In rare affections wine-
The memory Of those days OF yore.
God bless them all.-the fond and true
God keep them all,-both here and there
Until the Old becomes the New.
Forever, in His Mansions Fair!
youths Companion.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-20
DEFENDS THE RELIGION OF TAFT
Roosevelt, in Letter, Declares
Mans Creed Is His Own Affair.

President Roosevelt. in a letter TO
J. G. Martin. of Dayton. Ohio, defends
the religious belief Of William II. Taft.
Pr~esident-elect, and those VIII"
criticise the theological tenets OF, the
Ohioan. The letter is in reply to an
inquiry from Mr.. Martin.
The President holds that a mans
creed is purely his own affair, and that
it interferes in no wise with the faith
full discharge of his duty. Tc allow the
subject of religion to enter he politics
Of this country, Mr.. Roosevelt said
would be to- bark back to bigotry. lr
a man wishes to keep silence in regard
to his faith. that is his privilege. ard
no one should vote against him for it
Honesty and upright living are the
qualifications necessary for a public
official. ...a,,:t .4.tns. 80
The United States citizenship and
the civilization of this day call for tie
broadcast liberality, declares the chief
executive. Emphasizing his. argument
he points to the fact hat Catholic and
Protestant, Christian and Jew, sit side
by side at his cabinet table, all Of one
mind in the consideration Of the ma
terial affairs of 100000 people Of
many faiths.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-20
Bixxest Noise Invented.

Miller Il. Hutchinson of Alabama il
credited with having invented the most
effective noise producer in the world. Ii
is called the Klaxon horn. One of them
weighing only five pounds, makes a racket
that can be heard for five miles. 1t is
estimated that it can be heard as far as
the ray from the average lighthouse can
be seen, and that the direction from
which the sound comes can be accurately
ascertained. The main features of this
interesting mechanism are a steel dia-
phram struck on an anvil so attached to
it's center by the teeth of a can whee!
that the power from a small battery will
produce $4,000 vibrations of the dia-
phragm a minute. This gives forth a pen
etrating shrek, which is directed and con-
centrated by a horn.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-20
1S-Year Typhoid Germs Active.

The result of an investigation of the
recent outbreak of typhoid fever in
Georgetown, d. c., by the officers of the
Marine hospital service disclosed the fact
that a woman mixer at a ~neighboring
dairy who had typhoid eighteen years ago
still throws off in her disjecta virile ty-
phoid fever bacilli, and was the respon-
sible agent in spreading the disease. With
one exception this is the only case of a
considerable outbreak of typhoid in this
country traced through milk to such a
carrier. The astounding feature of this
case is that the woman appeared to be
enjoying good health. Surgeon General
Wyman says that an important new
source Of the disease has been developed
and that it establishes the fact that 2
per cent of all recovered cases of typhoid
become bacilli carriers for a longer or
shorter period. even though appearing 9th
sruiSe we'll - -
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-20
GOTHAM POSTMASTER SHOT,
Is Waylaid and Wounded by Man
Who Nursed Grievance.


Postmaster Edward NJ. Morgan OF
New York City was shot down in the
street as he was leaving his home in One
Hundred and Forty-sixth street for the
%postoffice Monday morning by Eric II.
B. Mackey, a ~stenographer employed by
a law firm. who hen shot and killed
himself. The bullet which struck Mr..
Morgan entered the right side of the
abdomen and passed out at the left side
without penetrating the walls. There
is 4very likelihood that the wounded
ma1 will recover.
The only known motive for the shoot
ing lay in the fact that Mackey had
complained to the authorities at Wash
ington that his mail had been opened.
and that some one turned out an cleo
trio light when he was reading by it
In the corridor of the %postofice. Mackey
had received a reply that there was no
evidence of tampering with his mail,
and that the incident Of the electric
light was an accident.
The shooting look place in the pres
ence of Miss Dorothy Morgan, the
~14-year-old daughter Of the postmaster,
who was accompanying her father to
the subway station on her way to
school.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-20
John Wansn's Thanksgiving.

John Warren dropped his newspaper
on the floor of the car and stared out OF
the window. Strongly built and hand
some, he was just now wearing on his
face a look Of utter weariness, resulting
from a long trip in the West, where he
had been looking after some interests OF
the firm of which he was a junior partner.
Nine years before, in a fit Of anger, he
had left his home in the country and, too
proud to return, had, by dint of dogged
persistence, secured a humble place in the
packing rooms of Brace & Browns whole
sale dry goods store. Fortune favored
him, and this same quality Of resolution,
together with application, had raised him
to the position he now occupied. A group
of travelling men were making ready to
leave the train. 1t was a ocular set
and they had eniivened their trip with
stories, politics and trade gossip, and now
the jolly-faced hardware drummer said
Boys, where are you going to be
Thanksgiving dayr
I'm going back to the 6eshpots OF
Egypt and eat my turkey in the country"
said one.
YES" said another, I'm going to be
In my old place at the old table with my
white-haired little mother smiling at me
from behind the coffee pot and my dear
old dad piling enough on my place to feed
a regiment"
Think Of those homemade pies Z" said
another. those fat moons Of apple, pump
kin, mince and cranberry. Say, no res
Observation-Disclosures about them"
And" said the boot and shoe a "to
sit around the old fireplace and watch a
row Of juicy apples roasting in front of
that roaring, gre%at-hearted log fire. Boys,
you couldn't fence me away from home
that day" d.,
And 80 each one, with a home picture
in his heart, hurried out Of the car and
up the long flight Of station stairs away
to his destination, while slowly behind
them came John Warren with a surging
tumult of feelings in his breast, and as he
slowly mounted the last step a tear drop
ped on his brown beard and a sudden res
~olution filled his heart. He almost shout
ed I'm going home, too"
John hurried to his hotel, and taking
a very shabby suit from his wardrobe pack
ed it with some other things in a large
satchel, and then Fastening to the station
climbed into the sleeper just as the long
train pulled out for the east. Arriving
at a point twenty miles west of his old
home, he went to an obscure hotel and
changed his clothing for the old suit in
his satchel.
When the eleven forty" pulled into
the town Of NJ two days before
Thanksgiving the usual crowd of loungers
observed q tall, brown-bearded man,
whose clothes seemed the worse for wear,
step off the rear platform, and without
looking at anyone Strike off toward the
farm Of Richard Warren. Much curios'
ity was ~centered On this event until the
seediest looking loafer present said:
THAT was John Warren, or I'll eat my
hat! He's come home to live on the old
folks. 1t wouldn't be for long, though,
cause Squire Cobb has given notice that
he's goin' to foreclose the mortgage he
has on the old mans place"
II they had followed the stranger for
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-20
TOBACCO TRUST III COURT.
government Victorious in First Bout
with Big Corporation.


with Big Corporation.
The contention OF the government
that the American Tobacco Company,
he great corporation that practically
controls the trade of the world. Is II
trust operating in restraint Of trade
and competition in violation Of the
Sherman antitrust law was sustained
in decisions handed down by Judges
Lacombe, Coke and Noyes in the Unit
ed States Circuit Court in New York
Judge Ward handed down Il dissenting
opinion.
In the suit against the American To
baHco Company. which was prosecuted
2. GroSvenor, special assistants of the
United States Attorney General, the
government asked for an injunction
dissolviug the combination of the Amer
lean Tobacco Company and it's six sub,
sid,ary companies on the ground that
it was illegal in that it operated in re
straint Of trade and commerce. The
government also asked the United
States Circuit Court TO appoint a re-
reiver to wind up the affairs of the
allied corporations. The injunctions
are, however. stayed pending an appeal
to the United States Supreme Court.
The petition asking for the appointment
Of n receiver to take charge Of tn,
companies included in the combine was
refused, as being 'impracticable and
wholly unnecessary"
This important victory for he gov
eminent in it's attempt to dissolve the
great corporation came after long con
sideration of the great volume Of test
mony taken in the many months since
the suit was begun.