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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1908-11-19

The grange discourages litigation. II
ucquaints the farmer with the fellow
on the other side Of the line fence.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1908-11-19
DIRT fckD BUILDING.
How to Make the Roadbed Solid and
Do Away With Ruts.

In the construction of new road
custom has been TO eXcavate bitches
with the road grader and throw all
The material into the center of the
roadway, thus making what Is often
called turnpike. The objection to
this method is that the most important
part of the roadbed, the foundation,
il composed largely of soft material,
which does not easily become consoli-
dated. 4 better way would he to re-
move entirely ali sod from the por-
tons eXcayuted and use it for filling
III tle low places, where ii can be COW
cred with at least three feet OF earth.
says Samuel II. Lea, state engineer of
South Dakota. After the sod Is re.
moved the road grader can he prop
eclr used for carrying up the earth
into the roadway, and the entire road
bed is formed OF solid material, which
IN It's future settlement is compacted
uniformly and viii be less likely to
develop soft spots, as would be the
c;ta5t IL SDtl iS tutbN IL liiic II IAtiiStt
inatoly On level or nearly level
prairie the roadbcd should be built up
Il foot or two above the original sur.
face TO provide suitable drainage from
The center OF the roadway to the
ditChes, and the crown of the road
should be sufficient to allow the water
from rainfaIls to be quickly carried off.
\ good road in order TO stay good
must he properly maintained and kept
III good condition. A very important
feature Of proper maintenance is that
Of keeping the ruts out by continual
TaElag or dragging, Whenever ruts
are allowed to remain they will hold
water from every rain, which. unless
removed, viii soften the roadbCd and
result in chuck holes injurious alike
90 the team. the wagon and the driver.
The process OF dragging, smoothing
and planning the road with one of the
numerous styles Of road drags now
happily coming Into use III many To-
caiities is so simple and inexpensive
that there is no excuse for allowing
any road to become rough and rCtty
through neglect
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1908-11-19
THE NATIONAL GRANGE
Forty-Second Annual Meeting to
Be Held In Washington.
A New England Excursion Being Ar
ranged-Seeretary Freeman Reports
so2 New Oranges Organized and Fif-
ty-one Reoroanixed the Past Year.

The national grange meeting will be
held at Washington, Nov. 11-2O. 1t has
been good many years since the ma
tional grange met at the Capital City,
and the prospects now are that there
will be large attendance of members
Of the Order at the forthcoming ses-
sion IN Washington in November. The
New England Patrons are organizing
a special excursion for that occasion,
and many others will also attend from
the nearby grange states. Headquar-
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1908-11-19
MOUNT VERNON.

historic place. We give herewith an
Illustration of Washington's home and
also picture of the White House.
At the forthcoming meeting Of the
national grange Secretary c. NJ. Free
man will report the oranges organized
and reorganized from Oct. 1. 1907, to
Oct. l, 1903, as follows:
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1908-11-19
The Granae In Vermont.

Under the efficient leadership o
State Master G. w. Pierce the grang,
in Vermont is growing rapidly. No
only is the total membership increas
ing, but the subordinate oranges ar
also growing in numbers.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1908-11-19

If you are carrying grange FIRE In
surance, see that your dues are paid
up. That's condition of your policy
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1908-11-19

New Hampshire state grange will
meet at Portsmouth on Dec. l5-lI.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-19

of it's challenges other than the one
used yesterday
After this the selection of the jury
was comparatively an easy task, al
though the defense persisted in
questioning each talesman as to whe-
the or not he had read certain
statements rejecting on the guilt or
innocence of the accused, published
in the daily papers. All the chal-
lcngos on these grounds were over
ruled by the court and at 2:l5 this
afternoon the twelfth juror was
chosen.
Meme of the Jurors live in the lake
districts. but they are all from dis
tricts remote from the scene of the
nieht rider actions More than half
of them are from Union CITY
The states attorneys stated that
they were well pleased with the Sc.
lection made
The 220 witnesses summoned 10y
both sides are in attendance and the
taking of Testimony will begin tomor-
row morning. The time necessary
to try the cases will vary between
forr days and sixty. but it is doubtful
If ono-half the witnesses called wi
be usel.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-19
SAL WALTON ARMY
u CHIEF ABDUCT0R
GENERAL JAMES w. DUFFlN AD-
MiTs HE SERVED TERM IN
PRISON FOR CRiME-BElNG
SUED BY BOOTHS ARMY.

New York, Dec. 1S.-James vii.
liam Duffin. the chief
of the American Salvation Army, tes-
tifying today i'm the trial of the suit
brought by the Salvation Army, of
which Gen. William Booth is the
head, To restrain the other army from
using the name Salvation Army
declared that his army had never
thought of using the Booth army uni
forms as a model. He said the pres
ent American Salvation Army was
organized at Coatesville, Pa, in 1900.
On ss-examination Gen. Duffin
said he had been in prison several
times. He was arrested a numbeh Of
times when he was with the Saliva.
ton Army and also when he was
with the American Salvation Army,
he said
He was once convicted of the
crime of abduction with three other
men and served six months in prison
at Lancaster. Pa.
Were you not driven out Of
Cleveland. Ohio. by the action of the
Chamber of Commerce. he was
asked by counsel for the complainant.
Il was not" was the reply.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-19
APPROPRIATIONS
FOR Tt. CANAL
OVER FIVE MILLION DOLLARS
ASKED FROM CONGRESS TO
CARRY ON WORK.
S2,45S,OOO FOR LABOR
And $2,400,0o0 For Enthusiastically
on Atlantic Divis on--Goethals
Wants New Survey of
G7tun Lake.

rEashineton Nee tS Tho ren,cs,
- e,.
- - III : 'N''1''''N' "Lp' " - -
q So'ioS'2oo 10 carry on INC Worh IN
the Isthmian Canal at the present
rate during the balance of the fiscal
yoor ,n1 car nou. nratoots vas j,
~ ~ ~ '''e '''' ~ 'o""' '''i'' ~
secretary q war Last year delic
'ehcy appropriation % Slle9o'o'o VIZ
oaue.
ne l'lHielPai snare o. tle aeS req
bIi'lopl l"tloh II iol me A'idll'ic 1--WE
ION Nflch y localea AZ the Gatul
LOCKS ana danl' tof ms division IN
appropriation Oh f.'.'l'0oo Is request
eu.
'>i'"4i'l'ah d0e'Rais' OF me comh 5-
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-19
BULL FIVE SHIPS
TO BRING RAILROAD TIES AND
OTHER PRODUCTS FROM
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
Santa Re Has Ordered 100000 For
Immediate DeIivery-"Ohio"
Wood Makes Good
Ties.

Los Angeles, Dec. 1S,--Two new
! steamship lines between the aclflc
coast and the Hawaiian Islands arc
being organized. One is to be Ia
corpCrated by capitalists of this city
and the other is planned as subsi'
diary Of Senator Clark's new line
the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt
Lake railroad The projected lines
are to make this port their principal
coast touching point and beth are
designated to take care of the rapid
ly growing canned pineapple and
sugar freight and the tourist passen-
ger traffic between the Pacific coast
and Hawaii.
Fhe freight hauls both ways are
sufficiently heavy to make either or
both lines pay. They will carry hay.
grain, food stuffs and fruit to Hawaii
and bring back cargoes of sugar and
pineapples and some bananas and
rice. Although in a tropical climate
Hawaii raises so few oranges that
the yearly shipments from the Pacific
coast amount to almost 800, 900. The
shipments of hay and grain to Hawaii
are also enormous
The growth of the sugar and par.
ticularly the immensely increased
pineapple tonnage neeessitated an
Improvement in steamer service and
tho American-Hawaiian Steamship
began operation between
Honolulu and the Pacific coast and
more recently the Matson Navigation
put four boats in service
between San Francisco and Hawaiian
ports but like the other lines, does
not stop at either this port or San
Pedro.
This condition of affairs, added to
the fact that a new market is de,
in the mainland of the
United States for railroad ties of
HaW allan ohia, is the reason for the
activity of the Los Angeles capital,
lists and the officials of the San
Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake
Ohia is particularly
.oueh, hard native wood. The Saiita
re has ordered for immediate de-
livery $500 900 Of Ohia tees The
lulk of the ties will come from the
orests now being cleared for the cu-
ivatioE of pineapples.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-19
CITIES HAVE RIGHT
TO ENFORCE VACCINATION IN
CASE OF THREATENED EPl-
DEMlC.
Supreme Court Decision in Chicago
Case Mlsconstrued Says
State Board Of
Health

Springfield, Dec 1S.-The Stat
Board Ct Health has issued state.
,ment on the subject of vaccination
and the late supreme court decision
in Chicago case The Board says:
1T is indeed unfortunate that tbs
recent decision Of the Supreme Court
in the case Of People, eX rel Louise
jenkins (of Chicago VS.. Board OF
Education (opionion filed on April q,
l9QS) has been SO generally mis-.
construed. This decision has created,
in the lay and medical minds, the i'm.
preston that board Of education Of
a municipality is not empowered to
exclude unvaccinated children from
schools, whenever the interests Of the
public health demand that such action
be taken-or to quote from the ruling
Of the court in the case of Potts vs..
Brcen. lG7 ILL.,, g. when it is neccs
sary, or reasonably appears to be
necessary to prevent the contagion
Of smallpox.
The general misconstruction of
this decision by The public press Is,
in measure responsible for the or.
roneous conclusions arrived at by
physicians health officers and the
people. Few newspapers which have
reviewed the decision have reached
the kernel of it, and, in some in
stance, the deductions drawn from the
findings are altogether erroneous.
without entering into details here.
it may be said, that nowhere in the
decision in the case of People VS.
Beard OF Education above cited, has
the Supreme Court questioned the
right of q municipality TO exclude
unyaccinatcd children from school,
whenever it is necessary. or reason
ably appears to he necessary, to pre-
vent the contagion of smallpox-Pot
VS.. Breen; @. g., whenever smallpox
exists in q municipality of whenever
h5dhdldg irs aBehiadt9n MI tat azure.
cipalty.'
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-19

the supreme court. lie holds that
an application for the allowance Of
an Amendment of the present statute
would be appropriate i'm the case Of
all criminal proceedings but Suggests
that il would be especially so In con.
ncction with prosecutions whore the
wealth of the defendant usually rem.
ders an appeal on his or its part from
any adverse Judgment of matter OF
course. The attorney Generals opin-
ion is that i'm such cases there Is no
question q double cciardy as the ap-
peal Of the defendant from the orig
inai conviction is recognized by the
rIdUI lied weight Cf well consider
cd judicial authority as waiver OF
his rights in his respect and as in
the absence of some such provision of
law as the attorney general recon-
mends guilty parties may escape
from just punishment under the law
as finally determined by the court Of
last resort
The United States has had occa-
sion Of late years. and will probably
hav occasion in future" ne declared.
TO prosecute crimiually many corpor
ations or other artificial persons As
such offenders cannot Doe physically
arrested. IL is obviously desired that
a simple and convenient form of pro-
cess shall be prescribed by law 90
have the legal effect of an actual ar
rest and removal to the trial district
in the case OF q natural person.
Peonage Cases.
Two classe Of cases which have IN
gagged a large part Of thc attention Of
the department. the attorney general
reports. have been prosecutions for
reonage and civil and criminal pro
ceilings arising ont 0f alleged
frauds and irreg1lariries iu Che ar-
aIsltion ri title by private parties -7
Tire public lands. "ln ba'b cases De-
sags. j am happy to report that Obj"
energetic prosecution ri offenders
has undoubtedly rendered the crimes
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-19
MORE POWER EOA
FEDERAL COURTS
ATTORNEY GENERAL CITES DE-
FEAT IN STANDARD OIL
COMPANY'S CASE.
THE RIGHT OF APPEAL
To Supreme Court Should Be Given
Banking Law VoIatons-Gov-
eminent Hampered in Many
Ways.

Washington, d. c.. Dec. 1S-That
the United States should have the
right Of appeal to the supreme court
right whenever a conviction is re.
vcrscd on appeal by the defendant to
a circuit court of appeals, is the opiII.
ion expressed by Attorney General
Bonaparte in his annual report for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1868,
submitted to congress today. In this
connection he cites the case Of the
reversal Of the Standard Oil Company
fine of more than $29,00e,009, in which
a writ Of certiorari has been made to
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-19
\. CHIT RIDERS
JURY SECURED
DEFENSE ALLOWED ONLY TWEEN
PIERCE OFF GUARD.
VERY UNUSUAL RULING
Made BY Judge Jones After Consuta.
ton With Others--TWo Sur
prjses Sprung BY the
State Yesterday

Union City, Tenn, Dec. 1S.-Two
surprises sprung by the state On the
second day Of the trial of the eight
alleged night riders indicted for the
murder of Capt. Quentin Rankin, re,
suited in the completion of the jury
this afternoon and will shorten TIE
time Of the trial.
The state threw its first bomb
shell into the camp of the night
riders as soon as court opened, when
it filed an affidavit, signed by all the
attorneys for the prosecution charg
ing that w. II. Russell, the first OF
the two jurors chosen yesterday,
was the father Of an alleged night
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-19
WITNESS ARRESTED
Judge Orders Man Testifying IN Muir
der Case Taken 70 jail For
Perjury.

IaPortc. Ind. Dec During
the trial of James William DELPHI to-
dav on "a charge of the murder of
Mrs Margaret Mcacham, his mother
ip-law, Judge Richter stopped the cX-
animation of George Meacham,
brotherinlaw of the defendant. and
ordered lbs arrest on charge of per-
jury
Richter said be was satisfied that
Mcacham was giving false testimony
and ordered the witness uu icr ar
rest Ncacham was taken 90 jail and
Prosecutor smith filed Information
against him for perjury
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-19

rider who had been sworn into the
outlaw band by one of the defend
ants now on trial The son is Chas.
L. Russell. and Attorney General
Caldwell declared that his sen had
participated in several of the mid.
night rides of the band and would be
rsed as q witness at the trial. He
told the court that this knowledge Of
the relatinship came to him after he
had accepted the juror.
The defense objected and the
Juror was placed on the stand. He
Acknowledged that he was the father
of Chas. Russell. but professed ig-
norance of the fact that any accusa-
ton had been made against his son.
He said that he would gladly retire
from the jury The court ruled that
he should be discharged. The de.
Tense excepted to the ruling Of the
court
Exhausted Its Challenges.
The second surprise came when
isilAft' Y lllAf#Hs y HfiA'7AlltiAA W tfAio w.
had been accepted by the state, but
the defense challenged him per
emrtorily. Mai. Holmes. assistant
attorney general. was on his feet in
"a second. insisting that the defense
bad exhausted all of its challenges
on the day before. In the argument
that followed it was the contention
of the state that. had the defense In
its twcnty-six challenges Of Wcdnes-
dar assigned twenty-fnur Of them 10
anv one Of the accused men. or chal-
lcneed a jury on behalf Of any one
Of the accused. il would then have
been entitled 10 twenty-four chal-
.lenees for each man. making total
Of 1g2. Of which only twenty six had
been exhausted. but inasmuch As
tho defense bad challenged col
lcctively. aud a. the prisoners were
beng tried collectively. their action
in rot singing cut each mans num-
be- Of challenges would only allow
twenty four challenges for the entire
eight men.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-19
WOMAN HELD FOR THEFT
Alleged That She Took $4,000 Worth
of Diamonds From Home Of
Pittsburg Woman.

Chicago. Dec. Charged with
tn theft Of diamonds valued at
$1,000 Mrs. Louise Mcdowell. want
ed by the police Of Pittsburg. was
arrested Al her home. 272l Indiana
avenue. by Detectives Conyek and
Culnan TODAY.
The woman is % years Old and Of
attractive appearance II is charged
she entered the home Of a Pittsburg
society woman who was holding a
reception and stole a jewel box con
tanning the diamonds.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-19
Sat Down On Pierce.

Judge Joseph Il. jones, in a writ
ten opinion held that as the Chal
Ienecs had been made collectively
and not singly, only twenty-four per
cmptory challenges were due tie d
Tense, and as twentyfour had bCel
used the number allotted them by
the statute had been exhausted. lie,
therefore. ordered the objection OF
the defense to the Juror, Enloc Chiles
ovcrruled and ordered Mr. Chles
to take his seat IN the jury box,
This left the defense with no fur
Their right to object to talcsmon who
could qualify to the satisfaction Of
the state and the court. But the de
Tense did object AMI Attorney Pierce
became so excited in his attempt to
get his exceptions into the record
that Judge Jcne shnally said The
court has been very patient and
lenicnt thus far, but unless Mn
Pierce ceases from his attempts t.
violate the courts ruling, the court
viii exercise its right to remove Mr..
Pierce frcm the cause and appoint
1ther counsel to conduct the CXami
nation"
This had a soothing effect, and the
york of selecting the jury proceeded
fery rapidly to a conclusion.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-19

criminal trial and that 1t IL often dif.
Gcut under the present rules to
bring to justice offenders as to
whose guilt there is not reasonable
doubt He renews his recommends.
ton that the salaries of federal judges
be increased owing to the increase in
the cost of living since they were
last adjusted.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-19
TWO NEGROES BREAK JAIL.

Decatur. Ala. Dec. 1S-IIad il not
been for the nerve Of Deputy Sheriff
Dan Ryan last night there would
have been a wholesale Jail delivery
at the county jail in Decatur As it
was. two negroes. George Macklin.
charged with assaultinE and attempt
Ing to murder Mr. Film. superintend-
eut OF the chain gang force On Dcca-
tur and Ivey Brown. charged with
burglary. made good their escape.
Thr- morning George MackliH was az.
rested by chief Of Police D G. "a
YounE ami again lockel mp ia iail
Most Cairo people have the Cairo
Bulletin on thefr breakfast table eE
cry morning in the year.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-19
Used Only One Challenge.

This decision completely changed
the action adopted by the defense
and as the state had challenged but
one man and had AZ peremptory cha,-
lenees left them, it put the selection
of the jury into their hands How
ever. the entire twelve men We're
chosen without the state using one
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-19

less frequent. and also less profitable.
II is VIGOROUSLY difficult to secure
convictions in pconage eases, owing
TO the anteccdents aud surroundings
OF the victims and witnesses aud The
frequent existence of strong local
sympathy for the defendants" He re-
ports, however that through the de-
termination of the department the
frequency of these offenses has dimin,
ished materially, although they are
.still by no means unknown. The land
fraud cases" he says. "hayc forcibly
illustrated the unfortunate consc.
quences of administrative laxity and
liberation of abuses in the enforce.
mcnt of any laws during consider.
able length of time"
Banking Law Violations.
The number aud gravity of OF.
fenscs against the national banking
laws of officers or employees of ma
tional banks constitute matters of
reasonable solicitude and regret" ho
states. The moral culpabilily iuvil
we'd in such ofenscs SENS often to Doe
impcrfoctly appreciated and. although
they usually excite great Indignation
and provoke loud complaints from the
sufferers when they are first discov-
cred. so much time is frequently lost
i'm the preparation for trial and actual
trial OF these long and complicated
cases that the crime itself has faded
from public memory when the Grim.
inal is al last convicted. aud there Is
need of vigilance lest he finally cs-
cape with wholly insufficient punish
mcnt"
Various Changes Needed
In his opinion as a matter of JUS
tico no good reason exists why war
rant ct arrest issued by any court
of the United States should NOT Doc
directly executed in any part Of on
United States. Ho asserts that b. has
been found has certain districts con
-tiuic for practical purposes sane
tuaries for certain classes of offend
ors against federal statutes Be Dee
lieycs that there should he "a iaU Ei,
ing committing magistrate OF Che
United States authority fu ISSUE
search warrants when stolen g1trra
mont property rr ary property which
g. i- crime against fhr United states I
fo misapnrouriare b. believed fu le|
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-02-28
JORDAN CLOSES BREACH.
Again Accepts Presidency of Cotton Assoc
citation and ForestalIs Collapse.

Thursday nights session Of the exec
utive committee of the Southern Cot
ton Association at Dallas, Texas, de-
yeloped factional contest, and what
threatened to develop a break in the
ranks of the association was adjusted
by the acceptance again of the presi-
denoy by Harvie Jordan.
When the committee met to select
the president for the ensuing term
two candidates were proposed, Walter
Clark and e. D. Smith of South Caro-
lima Both of the candidates express
ed reluctance to accept the Office.
Mr.. Clark declared that the fight Of
the association had been conducted
against great odds, without the sup
port of its benefciaries, and urged the
temporary disarmament of the organ.
ization. Clark predicted 8 cents cotton
for the coming season and thought
that the best interests of the associa-
ton would be conserved if it should
temporarily go out of existence.
Finally, the two opposing candidates
withdrew in favor Of Harvie Jordan,
and he consented to serve for another
year.
The charge of failure to support the
organization finally resulted in the
pledging of $4,000 as presidents sal
airy and general Office expenses; each
state pledging $50 for every 100000
bales produced.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-02-28
New trolley Inc ASSUMED.

:ThesAtlanta and Carolina Construc-
tom company, through it's president,
Captain james w. English, has con-
GUIDED "a contract with Cook and Low
ry, contractors; of Montgomery. Ala,
to construct its street car tracks with
in the city limits of Atlanta, and it
has been announced that the actual
work Of building will begin within so
days.
IT is.this Company w~ich has planned
to construct araseIectric line from Au-
gusta, through. Atlanta to West Point,
and the needed ffahchises through the
city were granted by the general coun-
Gil some months ago
From. Atlanta to Augusta number
Of 4mportant towns will be passed,
among tAems,being Washington, Craw-
.Sordville, Athens, Monroe, Conyers,
and iJ4itAonia On the, west side the
road win so through East Point, Sc
noia, LAGRANGE and Newman The con-
structing company has been organized
with a capital of $5,SOO,OOO.