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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-30
The Presidents Reply.

October 10, 1908.
Ny Dear Mr.. Grace:
Il thank you for your letter.
need hardly say that l take peculiar
interest in the men who work on
the railroads in this country, and
l prize as one of the honors of which
l am most proud the fact that am
an honorary member of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen.
Throughout my whole tern as
President, now in its eighth year.
I have devoted myself with especial
interest to the questions affecting
lpbor. The lasting prosperity of this
country rests upon the welfare Of
TIE wageworker and the welfare of
the tiller of the soil. My greatest
aim and desire have been to do all
that in me lies to advance their in
terest. I wish to help them to get
the best out of their present posi-
lions; I wish to help them make
those positions permanently better.
OF permanently great Importance and
reward. No consideration Of marty
fealty or personal friendship would
induce me to advise either farmer or
working man to 10 anything that was
not 70. his permanent benefit WITH
che fact keenly before me, earn
estly advise all working men in t. g.,
own interest as working men, but
above all as American citizens con-
eerned in the honor and the prosper
ity of this great free republic, %
support Mr. Taft far oreei'pt: s1s.
ne l advise all far",nre. : .einess rlaG
and men of the presessiors.
Tiff ms Sr:,riGtiens
do NJ believe re wege carer
Of this country ave ever hnl q
better friend in the White House
than Mr. TAFT will prove to be. ye
has alrsa'y shown mis- faith :" 9is
deeds. In the matter of the IN NO
tions he issued he was abs- .telv
right, and the PRINCIPLES 10 laid
down in those injunctions have s'nee
been accepted by every worthy lead
ar CT labor, and they are embodied
in the principles and pract'
the RAILROAD brotherhoods at the
present day. The abuses of irj nc
tion have been fearlessly e.
attacked by Mr.. Taft. He req = z2s
as in my judgment all fair-n,'7 ed
men must recognize, that n~a'r and
again in the past this pro oss has
been used to the detrimer @ q
workers by certain judges re is
doing and will continus y !, cv,
srything that can be done 9 awai
with these abuses. He VIZ i make
vague promises imposs.h.a # fun
Allment. He wi. art,i an, /!
good faith try to securs n.
Labor en- t.. q Ea..
Furthermore, ask aonsi5e
what Mr.. Taft has a.. ), done 2!
an administrator. The penama Can
al has come spee:ail.. lar the cir
ection and control c :. Taft a
searetsry of wsr. H has taken
peculiar interestin IT, en- who sr
digging thct<csrai - as raae z
epscial stlv e IL ia eoner- nj
thai. He has made it his bushes
D s5s 10 see that their interests, are i
ever WY m ply protected; the
they have ample reward, that. the
IRE well -ihuttse .a--vsall |! rses asza,-.s
81
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-30
"DICK" RICHARDS PREDICTION
Believes That Taft and Vessey Will
Carry This State.

Huron, S. d., Oct. 27.-Hon. R. o.
Richards, of this city, chairman of
the South Dakota republican state
Primary league, when asked today
for his opinion concerning results of
next Tuesdays election, said:
II believe Judge Taft will have a
majority of at least 10000. 1t may
run considerably over this figure.
Senator Wesley will have 10000,
or more, majority for governor, and
the legislature will favor Governor
Crawford for United States senator
by not less than 5 TO L."
Asked as to the truthfulness Of
the report concerning deposit which
he was willing ITO wager on the
general result Of the election, Chair
man Richards replied that more than
a week ago he deposited more than
$500 in the James Valley bank, of
Huron, which he offered to stake on
the results In South Dakota that Mr..
Taft, Crawford and Vessey would
carry the state. At noon Monday
no part OF the deposit had been COW
cred.
Tom Hewett spent Sunday in the
northern hills, III
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-30

Tom Hewett spent Sunday IN the
northern hills.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-30

G.. s. Donoho, F.. L. Brown and "
an Goodner were appointed COM
mittee to see that large number Of
Taft, Sherman and Vessey litho-
graphs were put up.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-30

If you've been a knocker
come out OF 1t. Swear Oh
and join the boosters Il viii
nelp some II you subscribe
1or The Union. It's saying
things for Rapid City once
week. $3.50 the year.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-30

Charles Cation, of Hill City, stop
ped in the city Saturday on q return
trip from Sioux Falls. whore no
was called a few days ago on busi-
ness connected with the United
States court. which mas been n ass-3
sion at that placs, i, 1 ~.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-30

9S Clinton street,
Binghamton, n. Y.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-30

population with every advance of
mechanical invention, it is no ex-
aggeration to state, has awaited that
precise knowledge which has come
only within the last five wears.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-30
SHERMAN SAYS 70.

Vas Not Implicated in An Attempt
tc DcfEit'd GovcrEnre
Utica. n. Y, Oct. 26.-B " re lew
ing today to resume his speaking
tour through the state, j. S. Sher-
man, republican candidate for vice
president, gave out statement
ealing with the charges made pub
lie today to the effect that he had
sen involved in an attempt TO deal
in government timber lands in New
ieXico with one Edmund Burke and
others. 1t was said that COM
pany which they had formed was
-e'efing to obtain possession, through
harp practices, at low figure mil
ms Of feet Of valuable timber.
Sherman in his statement admits
'crming the company but says, The
VI ole affair was purely a legitimate
'r:vate enterprise, which, as business
en-, we investigated and turned
Town half dozen years ago." He
sRrtter insists that mot one foot or
me. dollars worth of United States
property was concerned with it in
any way"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-30
Receiver for Egg-o-see Company

Receiver for Egg-O-See Company.
Quincy, ILL.,, Oct. 26.-It develop
ed last night that Judge Akers of this
city has appointed John E. Lyn-
chan, secretary and general manager
of the Battle Creek Breakfast Food
company, manufacturers of Egg-O-
See. as receiver for the company.
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1908-09-11
HUMMoCKS FOR AUToISTS.
Plan to Stop Speeding BY Reckless
Drivers.

Hummocks built Of concrete about
one foot high and located about $50
feet on either side OF grade crossings
Is the latest device suggested to pre-
vent speed crazed Automobiles who
race over the macadamized roads and
across grade crossings Of Long Island
from endangering the lives Of them
selves and others.
This device Of using hummocks was
brought out at a conference held be
tween Alfred ]. Emo. president OF the
Long Island league; Ralph Peters.
president Of the Long Island railroad;
A. r. Pardington, president of the
Long Island Motor parkway, and John
L. Webb. chairman Of the committee
OF safety OF the Long Island Automo-
bile club. the other afternoon. Without
previous discussion on the subject II
appears that the investigations of all
concerned had brought them to faver
the hummOck plan. 1t is in successful
use In Babylon. When one Of these
hummocks looms up the driver Of the
SlOW uOMu
run the risk OF smashing the springs
on his machine IL not a more serious
breakdown.
In the course OF his remarks Presi-
dent Peters said there were 40 grade
crossings on the Long Island railroad
and that 1t would be impossible to
place a Waterman at every crossing
Further. be said that at many of the
dangerous crossings where he had men
stationed 1t was like waving a red flag
In the face OF a bull to try to stop
the reckless speeder.
Mr. Peters said his company was
willing to bear half the expense Of
building the proposed hummocks. and
Mr.. Emo stated that he would put him
self I'm communication with the league
and propose that il bear the other half.
b. way OF testing the hummOck plan
after the funds have been obtained a
few experimental ones will be built.
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1908-09-11

Mr.. Chapman was engaged the other
day putting together n much twisted
and stunted tree which b. recently
brought from the Florida Everglades.
he had 20 cut II into a number of
pieces for transportation. numbering
each joint 30 that II could Be put to-
gether as II grew, and assistants were
joining the several sections by means
OF stout iron bolts. The several species
Of heron found In the Everglades win
be mounted against this background
when Il In complete.
Mr.. Chapman has one Of the finest
Photographic collections Of birds in
America and has been unusually sue
cesGful IN his camera studies Of them.
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1908-09-11
TO BUILD COTTAGE m A DAY

o.. Louis Contractor Plane 70 RsvoIu-
tlenlEs Modern Building Methods.
To prove that It Ia possible by mod
ern methods Of building construction
to almost annihilate time. W. c. Carl
Of East St Louis II going to erect q
complete building in one day. The
raw material will be sawed, ntted and
put together on the ground.
Upon bare lot In East Lansdowne
be proposes to construct during the
course Of one work day q substantial
four room frame cottage, complete In
every detail and ready for occupancy
before nIghtfall.
The house Will contain a parlor, din
ing room, bedroom. kitchen, bathroom,
pantry and closet II will include q
block cement foundation. brick chin
neys, lumber. planning mill work, lath-
ing. plumbing. gas fitting. sewering.
electric wiring. carpenter work. sheet
metal work, hardware. plastering and
painting.
Thirty men can erect a modern cot
tage in one day. and | am going to
prove It." said Mr.. Carl.
To construct the building 1900 nails
will have to be driven. 1000 feet Of
lumber cut and fitted. 1900 shingles
put on the roof. 5000 laSaes used to
make the walls. 375 yards Of plaster
spread and several gallons Of paint
used.
The carpenters will have the frame
work raised almost before the stone
masons have completed the founda-
ton. The shinglers will be putting a
roof over the heads Of the workmen
before the inside rooms have a tangi-
BILE shape. The fathers will be hus;
Ting the gas filters and electric wirers
for a right Of way on the inside walls
The painters will follow the carpen-
tiers on the outside and crowd them
uphill to nall on the weather boards
and keep out OF the way OF the paint
The stair builders will claim a clear
track against all ladders. The plumb
ers will have their work done as soon
as the carpenters put down the floors
and cut holes to let them through.
The lumber used these days is sea.
sOned and does away with the old
shrinking process time killer A quick
finish coat on top OF the plaster puts
the finishing touches inside Of the
rooms instead OF the old drying.
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1908-09-11
FoWNES, THE WHIP.
Side Lights on One Of Amsriea's Best
Four in hand Coach Drivers.

Charles X. Fownes. for many years
the best whip In the United States.
who died recently at his home i'm New
York city, was the youngest OF sixteen
children. He was the son OF the well
known Daddy" Fownes and was born
in England May -. 1879. He came TO
the United States rs driver IN 1896
and nj Cncr established his reputation
a' 4 coach at the national horse show.
where he drove rings around the men
Who had previously held the palm on
! coach
To The average observer it appeared
as il Mr. FuwneS was the easiest
liver that had been seen on the road
or IN the show ring. bat 10 the experts
w. WAS beer understood He was
.:,."r vo".'ied or nervous and seemed
- II the each ~ g.. wo1ii a horS.
Re vas q par' of IT, lie mused with
L - u Sw1y"d. always AZ he riSLi
''H.'. arl a., rXhi',tin"S of the art of
'.."inG We're 2,wIys Measure to
v&.rh. lie never moved his fngcrs
along the rC,nS except when absolutely
necessary AMI lid not play the harp"
4 characteristic Of 80 many reputed
good drivers. IL was I'm ineSSc that
he eXccled. His wrist play Was su-
pcrb. His arms were seldom seen 10
move except when handling the whip.
and then only from the elbow. and
even under those circumstances he
licked" the heads of the leaders I'm q
four with ease IL Was this. combined
with his great accuracy in judging dis
tance and his remarkable grace and
case. which made him the greatest
driver of his time in the United States.
II not abroad
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1908-09-11
MOUNTAIN CLIMBING DOG.
Left Behind, He Followed Masters
Trail to Mont Blane's Summit.

lraH 10 MONT Blanc S Summit.
Mont Blanc was climbed the other
day by dog. a young St Bernard
under remarkable circumstances, says
special cable dispatch from Geneva.
Switzerland. The owner Of the dog
Leopold TairraZ. a few days ago
climbed Mont Blanc with the Rus
sian astronomer Stephanic leaving the
animal ut ChamOunlX.
The dog arrived at the summit Of
Mont Blanc the other evening exhaust
eel and hungry. Several AlpiniStS and
guides ascending and descending
Gran"S Nui";S and Mont Blanc re-
rort that the dog approached them
and. not finding his master. continued
his journey upward with his nose TO
the snow as If following a scent
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1908-09-11
New Enuine For Ships.

The adaptahility Of the suction gas
engine to ship propulsion has been
slriEingly shown in experiments with
the obsolete British warShip RATHER
Thu Old ship was driven with a $50
horsepower engine nearly II knots an
hour on the CID" NJ cost of 6 cents
per ton per mile Slack was burned
as fuel and neither boilers nor fun
nelS were uSel
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1908-09-11
A Welcome to September.

o prodigal September,
Come to our waiting armsI
Full well do We remember
Your glories and your charms.
Your sisters and your brothers
Each gave us pleasures due,
But the eleven others
Consoled US not for you.
The while your footsteps gayly
Have wandered round the earth
Our hearts have missed you daily
And hushed has been our mirth.
But now at last sojourning
We greet you with q will
And shall for your returning
The fatted oyster kill.
Wilson IN New York 8u
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1908-09-11

Clark Colby OF Newport. N. a., has
conceived the idea OF q woman scare
crow. II holds a broom aloft. and Mr..
Colby finds that hawks are much more
afraid Of It than they are of the usual
scarecroW.
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1908-09-11

taught bat O1iy in a business sense.
Mathematics win b made more prae-
teal and less academic than usual.
Industrial hlDeOry ana economies VIII
receive the attention usually given to
ancient heroes and battles Penman-
ship. bookkeeping. banking. brokerage.
railroading. stenography and similar
lines Will be special features.
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1908-09-11
SKYSCRAPER SCHOOL.
Chicago to Have Fourteen Story Strue-
ture With Radical Methods.

Chicago is 10 have the highest school
building in the United States. IL will
he fourteen stories high and will house
a new variety OF school. One room
alone will seat 1900 pupils.
The new skyscraper school also
marks a radical change in Chicago's
public educational system. The build
ing will be gigantic business col
lege." Foreign languages will be
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1908-09-11
just Exactly Right.

Il have used DR. Kings New Life pin, for
several years. and find them lust exactly
right, says Mr.. \. \. FELTON, Of Har:isville.
y. y. New Life Pills relieve without the
least discomfort. Best remedy for ronstiua-
ton. bilionSnesS and malaria. Pc AT Banner
Drug Store.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-13
RAILWAYS Of Greece.

According to Consular Clerk Con.
stantine M. Corafa, of Athens, the to.
tai mileage of steam railways in
Greece is S65, and their total capitali-
cation is s42,215,209. The railways are
not owned by the government, but
are built after its permission and con-
troll through the department of public
works, railroad section. The state
shares in part of the construction, and
hence controls the passenger and
freight rates and other details. The
government participates in the bene-
fits and has the option of buying over
the roads within specified period
while at the lapse of another period
the railways become the property of
the state The motive power of the
first railway built in Greece, and put
into operation in 1869, running from
Athens to Piraeus,i little over six
miles. was changed from steam to
electricity about two years ago.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-13

Several groups OF young women
and girls gave me an unexpected hllip
Of pleasure the other afternoon" re-
marked an elderly New York idler
and in a way they were unquestion-
ably completely innocent Of saw
them In the Metropolitan Museum of
Art, in the central court, where they
were studying with the keenest inter
esttthe models of the Parthenon and
of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, and
/ couldn't help but think how much
better they we're employed there than
in idle strolllng along Broadway or in
the shipping district. More than that,
1t struck me that there was prospect
of the dinner table talk in their homes
that night being Of more interesting
and varied character than such talk
usually is. They we're unconscious
benefactors, as far as / am concerned,
and I've simply got to express my
gratitude to them"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-13
straIuht railway rack.

In spite Of the apparently matho-
NAUTICAL straight lines which many OF
the western railways appear to follow
on the map, it has been stated that
the record in this respect will be beat
en- by the new national transconti-
mental railway, otherwise known as
the Grand Trunk Pacific 70 miles of
which will be constructed without a
curve. Five years ago, however, a
length. of II miles of perfectly straight
railway track was constructed on the
extension Of the Rhodesia railways
from Bulawayo in the direction of the
Victoria falls. So far, therefore, as
the length of straight line is con
cerned, the record is held by the por-
ton Of the Rhodesia railways above
referred to.-London Times
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-13
Going Home.

Monday night on the suburban ex-
press always reminds me of fat col
ored lady and a clothes basket trying
to crowd through streetcar door be-
tween an alderman and a member of
the turnverein society carrying a bass
drum. It's so sort of sardine-like, you
know.
Last night got there early, how
ever, and this Is what l saw:
A well-dressed woman occupying
two seats, facing. She was sitting on
the outside Of one seat and had her
packages strewn all over the other as
thin as molasses on a piece of bread
which mother has given Willie when
she is trying to wean him from the
saccharine way. When a weary gray
haired workman came in and gazed
helplessly around, she held the fort
and wouldn't look at him presume
she is the same woman that goes home
at night and tells her husband there
wasn't a gentleman on the car and
she had to stand all the way home!
A young thing in front Of me was
chewing gum so fast that she dis
tracted my attention from the other
four fawns who were likewise chewing
gum, but less ardently, Somebody
ought to invent a damper on public
gum-chewing, or harness to regulate
the jaw stroke.
Then there was a man from Cali
forpfa ,ybO hanIy fn Nbfoo orO on Il
had a chill. He couldn't make a very
good living out west, but if ne ever
got back he would live on the pollen
Of flowers rather than return to be
chilled and buffeted by the "rheu-
maticky" weather that had him In
tow. wonder how diet of pollen
would go, anyhow?
There were lot of women who had
been shopping and they all waited for
the business mems car and complained
audibly when there wasn't a double
seat for each of them as they got on
at Fifty-second avenue. overheard one
woman say she had been shopping all
day and was just tired to death. ooh,
my no, she never carried packages, ex-
cept needles! She had those in her
pocket. They could send the thread
out!"
Right in front of me was a bust
ness man trying to read his newspa-
per and "rube" who insisted on talk
ing to him. Without any particular en-
couragement, the long whiskered
countryman told the business man
where he lived, where he was going,
why he happened to come to Chicago,
whom he visited and ended by asking
did he know EN-. When the business
man said no, the "rube" seemed sur
prised. Why the business man must
have lived in Chicago at least three or
four years!
Then | got off at my station and
went home to my wife and bull.pup
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-13
Indians a Puzzle.

One of the mysteries of Mexico is
presented by the Maya Indians, who
inhabit the Sierra Madre mountains,
in the lower part of Sonora. They have
fair skins, blue eyes and light hair,
and students of ethnology have al
ways been puzzled to account for
them. There is a tradition, however,
that these Indians are the descendants
of the crew and passengers Of a
Swedish vessel wrecked on the Mexi-
can coast centuries before Columbus
discovered the new world
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-13
Peculiar Municipal Franchise.

Victoria, the capital of British Co
lumbia, has a peculiar municipal fran
chise. Every person who pays a 50 dog
tax is entitled to vote in elections for
mayor and aldermen. The system has
led to abuses. 1t has been discovered
that six enterprising women voted on
the strength of a single dog. Worse
still, one ingenious woman, unable to
get a real dog in time to qualify, took
out a license for a china dog on her
mantelpiece. Municipal franchise re-
form is now regarded as question of
urgency in Victoria, and the unkind
association of dogs with mayors and
aldermen is doomed.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-13
Scheme to Prevent Fires.

In railroad operation great loss is
caused by wooden bridges being de-
stroyed by fire, and in nearly all cases
the blaze is caused by the live Goals
dropping from ashpans of the locomo.
tives. In order to prevent this the
Northern Pacific Railroad company
now covers the woodwork of all
bridges with sheets Of galvanized iron,
riveted in place, In this manner all
portions of the woodwork exposed to
such danger are entirely covered.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-13
Formulation Of Rome.

According to the last general census
of 1901 the resident population Of the
whole province of Rome was estimated
at 1,142, 526, and the fuctuating popu-
lation, Italian and foreign, at 54,9S3.
The increase since the annexation OF
Rome to the Italian kingdom in 1871
has been very considerable. At that
time the aggregate population
amounted to only S36,704 so that within
the comparatively short period of 80
years the inhabitants of the province
have increased by fully S05,S22. Ac-
cording to the above census the num-
Der of foreigners in Rome in 1901 was
1855, the Germans numbering 1874,
the British 1,739 and the French L.
1885, The population of Rome is stated
to be 520. Westminster Gazette
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-02-13
Latest Fad Of the Smoker.

The latest fad of the cigarette. smok-
ker, according to a large manufactur-
er, is to vary the strength of the ciga-
rette with the season. In the winter
he says that the smoker now demands
a much heavier article than he does
for the summer. Somehow, the manu-
facturer declares, the cigarette smoker
has found that he can not smoke any
where near so strong cigarette in
the summer as in the colder months,
and the makers now are putting out
special milder cigarettes for summer
demands.