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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-17
Mrs. Nation Calls on Judge Taft
at His Brothers.
Wants to Talk Over the LIQUOR
Question With Him.
POLITELY DECLINES
Whereupon the Saloon Smasher
Begins Her Speech.
Both Parties Move Toward On.
pOsite Doors at Once.

Cincinnati, Sept. 17.-with the
strenuous speaking itinerary of Judge
Taft decided upon the time interven-
ing before he leaves here on his first
trip will be devoted largely to the pre-
paration of numerous speeches he is
to deliver through the west. That this
work may be done the most expedi-
tlously Mr.. Taft will spend the great
er part of each day at the Pike street
residence of his brother, where he will
be able to avoid the many callers who
constantly throng the headquarters In
the Hotel Sinton. There may be a del
egatioa or two which will come from
Ohio points, but the porch feature of
the campaign seems to have been COM
pletely eclipsed by the more important
programme of travel.
Mrs. Carrie Nation. without her
hatchet, dropped into town early today
and went direct to the Pike street ad-
dress of Judge Taft. The judge him
self admitted Mrs. Nation to the
spacious hall.
You know me?" she demanded with
The candidate admitted that from
the public prints he knew who Mrs.
Nation was.
We'll, 1 have come here to have a
discussion with you on the liquor ques-
tion," was her next remark.
You will have to excuse me from en-
tering upon any discussion with you,"
was Mr.. Taft's half smiling reply.
Whereupon Mrs. Nation began one of
her characteristic speeches against the
drink evil, not overlooking a condemna-
ton of all those who did not go vali-
antly to the work of reform as she be-
lieved it should be carried on.
Judge Taft was modest1y backing
away, and Mrs. Nation, seemingly
somewhat awed with what she was do
ing, backed her way out of the door
and the interview was ended.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-17
NEGROES ROB ITALIANS.
Surround Railway Laborers and Sc.
cure $500 in Pay Checks.

Kansas City, Mo-, Sept. 17.-Six ne
groes surrounded a freight car in the
yards at Muncie, Kan, near here, last
night, in which eight Italian railway
laborers were sleeping and robbed the
foreigners of 5000 in pay checks that
they had received yesterday Samuel
Chuckeare, one of the Italians, ex-
changed shots with the negroes and
was shot in the side and dangerously
wounded.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-17

tirely on who has the work in hand.
The twelve years that have elapsed
since the enactment of the present tar
iff laws have changed Industrial con-
ditions to an extent that certain
schedules should be reduced and in
reducing them others are affected and
many grave questions will arise over
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-17
Renew Rate Hearing ON Friday.

Attorney Grattan for the railway
board stated today that he would, be-
ginning in the Santa Fe rooms tomor-
row, renew the hearing of the suit
brought by the Leavenworth & Topeka
road. before Judge Hazen. special mas
ter in chancery. The Santa Fe offices
are used as a place of trial because of
the easy access there of the railroad
company's books and records. Mr..
Grattan could not say at this time
JuhAn tlaia trial would ba concluded.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-17
Lightning Strikes Five Acre Tank.

Houston, Sept. 17.-At Sour Lake
lightning struck the five acre earthen
tank belonging to the Texas Oil COM
party. The tank contained about 40,-
600 barrels of Oklahoma crude oil.
The loss is $4,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-17
Speaker of House Arrived From
Independence.
Talks Freely to Reporter on
"Three Vital Issues"
EsREVISE THE TARIFF"
Speaker Declares His Position
Without EquivOcatiOn.
Entertained With Other Guests
at Cedarcrest.
"UNCLE JOE" CIGARS.
Special Brand of Mild Ones Made
to Order.
Will Speak at Auditorium at 81
This Evening.
Will Speak at Auditorium at s
This Evening.

Joseph G. Cannon, speaker of the ma
tional house of representatives, arrived
in Topeka this morning at about 10
o'clock, and went at once to the Ma
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-17
Weather indications.

Chicago, Sept. 17.-Forecast for Kan
sas: Partly cloudy tonight and Fri
day. Not much change in temperature.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-17

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-17

Continued on Page Eighto
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-11
A Eiah Mvstery.

One strange feature Of this sea life
Of the tropics Is the regular recurrence
Of migratory swarms of fish OF very
small size that return In huge numbers
year after year with such absolute reg
ularlty that the natives calculate on
the event on a certain day In each year
and even within an hour or two Of the
day. One such swarm Of fish forms
the occasion OF an annual holiday and
feast at Samoa The fish Is not unlike
the whitehall for which the English
Thames has so long been celebrated,
and each year It arrives at Samoa on
the same day In the month of October,
remains. for day or at the most two
days and then disappears entirely till
the same day of the following year.
Why 1t comes or whence no curious
naturalist has yet discovered, nor has
anybody traced It's onward course when
1t leaves the Samoan group, but the
fact is unquestlonable that suddenly,
without notice, the still waters Of the
lagoon which surround each island
within the frlnglng reef become alive
with millions Of fishes passing through
them for a single day and night and
then disappearing for a year as though
they had never come.-London Stand
ard
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-11
The Armenians.

The history Of Armenia is not cheer
full reading. With the exception of oc-
casional brief periods, the Armenians
have been almost continually under
some foreign rule. Assyrians, Babylo-
mans, Medes, Persians, Macedonians,
Romans, Parthians, Saracens, Mongols
and Turks have each In turn dominated
the country, and of all these successive
foreign yokes the present one, that OF
the Turks, has been the longest and
the heaviest. The highest activities OF
the Armenian people today are not to
be found In Armenia proper, but rather
In the marts of prominent cities the
world over. This is especially notice
able in Constantnople, Smyrna and
other cities of the Levant, where the
marked aptitude OF the Armenian In
business enables him practically to
dominate the commercial situation.
One example is the oriental rug trade,
which is practically controlled by Ar
menlans not only In the east itself, but
also In many western countries.-Argo-
naut.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-11

of United States senator by direct
vote of the people.
Resolved, that the democratic par
| ty pledges itself to reform exist
| ing abuses and extravagances in the
postal service, and that hereafter the
United States shall pay no more for
! the transportation of mails than ex-
press companies pay for the Transport
tation Of express matter of similar
weight and character and that no pay
ment as annual rental for a car used
IN the postal service shall be made.
And we denounce the present pay
ment Of $440O per year for annual
rent, as a graft pure and simple and
that the same money might be more
justly used to advance the pay of the
under-paid and over-worked letter
carriers.
Resolved, That We urge that con-
gress enact an amendment to the in
terstate commerce act, whereby the
interstate commerce commission may,
at its discretion, upon proper COM
pant SuSptuu ldllllS anu lllNtSllSdlC
advances in freight rates as to their
reasonableness before becoming eff
fective.
Resolved, That we recommend the
method Of guaranteeing bank deposits
both national and state, as provided in
the Oklahoma constitution, and as ad-
vocated by Hon. William Jennings
Bryan. and we favor posal savings
banks.
Resolved, That we heartily endorse
the administration of Governor Geo.
E. Chamberlain in the interests Of the
whole people, and we recommlt our
selves to the established law of elect
ing United States senator's by direct
vote of the people.
Resolved, That the democracy Of
Oregon is a unit in favor of that emf
nent statesman, William Jennings
Bryan for President of the United
States, and that the whole people OF
the state look with favor upon his
candidacy. We pledge our delega-
tion In the national convention about
to assemble in the city of Denver, to
vote for him as long as he is can
didate.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-11
THE SORROWFUL TREE.
Its Flowers Open at Night and Close
With the Dawn of Day.


With the Dawn of Day.
There Is tree in Persia to which
the name "the sorrowful tree" Is given,
perhaps because 1t blossoms only in
the evening. When the first star ap-
pears in the heavens the first bud Of
the sorrowful tree opens, and as the
shades of night advance and the stars
thickly stud the sky the buds continue
gradually opening until the Whole tree
looks like one immense white flower.
On the approach of dawn, when the
brilllancy Of the stars gradually fades
in the light of day, the sorrowful tree
closes its flowers, and ere the sun is
fully risen not a single blossom is WIS.,
fble. a sheet of flower dust as white
as snow covers the ground around the
foot Of the tree, which seems blighted
and withered during the day, while,
however. 1t Is actively preparing for
the next nocturnal festival. The fra
GRANGE Of the blossoms is like that Of
the evening primrose.
If the tree is cut down close to the
roots a new plant shoots up and at
tains maturity in an incredibly short
time.
In the vicinity of this singular tree
there usually grows another which Is
almost an exact counterpart of the sor-
rowful tree, but less beautiful, and.
strange to say, 1t blooms only in the
daytime.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-11
How Sandy Fooled Sandy.

An old gentleman in a village not far
from Glasgow breakfasted every morn
ing on porridge and In order to save
fuel cooked whole weeks supply
every Saturday. One Friday morning
the stuff seemed very cold and very
salt, and he felt he must abandon the
struggle to eat 1t. But his stubborn
nature forbade any such thought So
he fetched the whisky from the cup
board, poured out glass and placed 1t
before him on the table.
"Now, Sandy" said he, "if ye eat
that parritch ye'll hae that whisky. an
If We don't ye won't"
He stuck agaln at the last spoonful;
but, keeping his eye steadily on the
glass of whisky, he made a bold, brave
effort and got It down. Then he slowly
and carefully poured back the whisky
into the bottle, with broad grin, as he
said 70 himself, SANDY, my lad, | did
We that time, ye aud fule!'-Dundee
Advertiser.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-11
ECCENTRIC STAMPS.
Blunders That Bring Joy to the Hearts
of Philatelists.

OI
"The fascination of stamp collect
Ing" said a postal official, lies In the
rare finds which are continually made
and the curious points which some
times make stamp Of the face value
of n few pence worth hundreds Of
pounds. For instance, the twopence
blue Maurltlus stamp which the Prince
OF Wales bought at a public auction for
f1, ,450 was unique In one respect-the
proper wording on 1t, Post Paid Maurl-
tlus,' had by strange error been al
tered to Post Office Mauritlus.
another stamp which has been
priced at several hundred pounds is
valuable for the mere misspelling of n
single word. 1t Is a British Guiana Is
sue worth Just | cent, but II Is sought
after by all collectors because the word
'Patlmusque' figures on 1t instead Of
'PetlmusQue.'
"Agaln, Il one penny Cape Of Good
Hope stamp changed hands the other
day for nearly f200 simply because in
stead of being red, as are all the others
of this Issue, its color was blue.
"Some years ago In Western Australia
a few stamps We're printed with the fig
ure of swan upside down upon them.
When the mistake was detected the Is
sue was hastily destroyed. Several
specimens had escaped, and one of
them has been sold for f400"-London
Tlt-Bits.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-11
FORTUNE TELLER
FACES GALLOWS
BOHEMIAN POSSESSED OF
evil EYE MUST DIE

Alleged Worker of Devilish Black
Arts VIII Pay Death Penalty for
Murder of Five Members Of One
Famlly-Fcared by Countrymcn--
Priest Who Befrlended Him Threat
ened With Assassination.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-11
To Prevent Frost.

E. u. Carblne has been investigating
the practical points of a frost pre-
ventlye in orchards, which has re-
Gently been invented at Grand
Junction, Col, says the La Grande
Observer. 1t is a can-shaped object
which burns crude oil and set Of
them placed in an orchard will, II
ignited at the proper time, prevent
freezing OF fruits. The system has
been generally adopted in the fruit
growing districts of Colorado and
Utah, and II Mr. Carbine finds them
up to expectations as reports says,
he will make it point to lay in a
store OF them.
In Colorado, 1t is said, the cans have
saved many acres and acres Of or
chards by timely lighting Of match
to the oil can.
Mr.. Carbine left for Utah today and
before returning will know the exact
worth Of the new machine, which
may next year be the means OF saw
ing much money for Grande Ronde
fruitgrowers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-11
Strnnn Rnnms.

The Bank of England's strong room
Is one OF the largest in the world. The
foundation, slxty-slX feet below the
street level. is n bed of concrete twen-
ty feet thick. Above this is a lake sew
en- feet deep, and above that thick
plates Of iron specially manufactured
TO resist both skill and force. Any one
attempting an entrance from above
would find n similar bed Of concrete, a
similar lake and similar plates of iron.
The walls are impenetrable, while the
doors are one foot thick, weigh four
tons each and are made absolutely un-
.drlllable.
The Imperial Ottoman bank, Con-
stantinople. had a marvellous steel fort
built upon a water bearing rock, and
on top Of the rock foundation is a four
foot bed of concrete. The height Is
over thlrty-slx feet, length forty-slx
feet and width twenty-four. The steel
walls are surrounded by masonry and
concrete six feet thick throughout,
while the whole comprises nearly thlr-
ty tons Of steel.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-11
One Hair AstraY.

A guest at certain fashionable ho-
tel recently had crouch. He carried
1t to the proprietor.
"Look here" he said, "thlngs around
here are just about rs rotton as they
make them. When | went to lunch to-
day | found hair in the ice cream,
hair In the honey and hair in the apple
sauce. Now. what do y think o that?
Is that n good hotelT'
WELL" replied the genial proprietor,
81 can explain the hair in the Ice
cream. That likely came from the
shaving of the ice. And suppose
that the hair in the honey came Off the
comb. But | don't understand about
the hair in the apple sauce. | bought
those apples myself, and they were
every one Bald-wins. columbus Dis
patch.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-11
The Rest piIIa Ever Sold.

after doctoring Is years for
chronic indigestion and spending over
two hundred dollars nothing has done
me as much good as DR.. Kings New
Life Pills. consider them the best
pills ever sold: writes B. F. Ayscue
of Ingleside, N. c. Sold under guar
antee at Tallman g. Co.'S drug store.
26c.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-11
DEMOCRATS ARE
READY FOR BATTLE
PLATFORM ADOPTED
AND ELECTORS NAMED
State Convention Finishes Its Work
and Filings Out the Banners to the
Breeze-Bryan Is Endorsed, Dele
gates and Presidential Electors
Chosen and the Campaign Is Open.

The democratic state convention
has finished its work at Portland
adopted a platform, elected national
delegates and presidential electors and
emphaticaly endorsed William Jen-
nings Bryan.
The convention was most successful
throughout and the leaders are pleas
ed with the result of their work. A
vigorous campaign will now be made
throughout the state and prominent
speakers viii be brought from the east
to urge the election Of democratic
presidential electors.
The presidential electors and dele
gates to the national convention are
as follows:
Presidential Electors.
f. S. ]. McAlister, of Multnomah.
Samuel White of Baker.
Bernard DAILY, of Lake.
0. P. Coshow, of Douglas.
Delegates at-Large.
NJ. A. Miller, Of Linn.
r. D. Inman. Of Mutnomah.
". F. Matlock, Of Umatilla
J. o. Booth, of Josephine.
Alternates.
Dr.. H. L. Henderson, of Clatsop.
John Manning, Of Multnomah.
James H. Beeman, Of Jackson.
]. D. Slater, Of Union.
First Congressional District.
Dan ]. Fry, Of Marion.
l. NJ. Travis, Of Lane.
AIternates.
]. z. Hedges, Of Clackamas.
18th Riggs, Of Polk.
second Congressional District.
D. NJ. Watson, of Multnomah.
c. K. Henry, Of Multnomah.
Alternates.
John c. Welch, Of Multnomah.
George B. Culllson, Of Wasco.
The Platform.
The following is the platform
adopted by the Oregon democrats at
their state convention in this city
yesterday:
Resolved, by the democratic party
Of Oregon. That 1t congfatulates the
people Of Oregon on its successful
and intelligent operation of the ini.
tiative and referendum, by and
through which they have secured a
direct primary law, and the election
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-11

Mrs. s. L. Bowen of Wayne, W. Va,
writes: II was sufferer from kid
ney disease, so that at times could
not stand straight. I took Foley's
Kidney Remedy. One dollar bottle
and part of the second cured me en-
tirely." Foley's Kidney Remedy
works wonders where others are
total failure. Pendleton Drug Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-06-11

For Sale-Nine-room cottage. good
location, good order. Too large for
present owner. Enquire 100 Bluff
street.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-02
Perish in Burning CoIIieIy at
HaiIeyviIle, Okla.
MET DEATH BY SUFFOCAT|ON
Burning Oil Starts Fire and
Flames Soon Cut Off All
Means of Escape.

Manchester, Okla, Aug. 27.-Thirty
coal mine No. 1 at Haileyyille, four
teen miles east of Manchester, when
fire destroyed the hosting shaft and
air shaft and cut off the air from the
men below. Rescuers were unable to
enter the mine for nearly tWenty-four
hours, owing to the ferceness of the
fire, and by that time all the men
had persisted. Their bodies were re-
covered
Explorations in the channels re
vealed that none of the men met
death by burning, but all of them were
suffocated
After the miners had gone down in
the cage fire broke out occasionei
by the ignition of barrel of oil
which miner was trying to divide.
The flames spread so rapidly that all
communication with the top was soon
cut off. Hundreds of miners rushed
to the scene and tried to get into the
air shaft, but this was impossible, the
flames and smoke coming up that way
with such force as to drive them back.
Then an effort was made to operate
the cages running up and down the
hosting shaft, but it was found that
the cages, the cables and the guides
had been burned. There was absolute
1y no help for the imprisoned miners.
When the mine was finally cleared
of smoke nineteen of the dead miners
were found, with five mules, huddled
together in one of the entrances a
mile from an opening. They had start
ed toward the fire instead of making
detour.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-02
MARTIAL LAW THREATENED
State Troops May Be Sent to Allan
tic City.


Seagirt, N. J., Aug. 27.-In a start
ling public proclamation just issued
from the summer capital Governor
Fort declares that unless the excise
law is observed in Atlantic City, which
he calls a "saturnalia of vice. next
Sunday and all saloons and cafes
closed tightly he will call an extra
ordinary session of the legislature and
may send the New Jersey state troops
to the famous resort, declaring the
city to be under martial law.
This is the most drastic action to
enforce a general law ever taken in
New Jersey.
Governor Fort, in his proclamation,
ridicules the fasco of ten days ago,
when a grand jury at Mays Landing,
the county seat, refused to find indict-
ments, and says that the action was
burlesque, that three members of the
grand jury were owners of saloons in
Atlantic City and that the others were
in sympathy with the violators of the
law. The grand jury now in session
is not likely to find indictments, the
governor declares, and in his procla-
nation he states that he has affidavits
from James G. Steeleman and Will
lam Reeves Winters stating that they
purchased liquors last Sunday in sa-
looms operated by three members of
the grand jury.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-02
CHADWICK is BANKRUPT.
Last Official Chapter in Great SwindIe
Is Recorded.


Cleveland, O., Aug. 2S.-The writing
of the last official chapter in the rec
ords of the monumental sWindles of
the late Mrs Cassie l.. Chadwick was
begun when DR.. Leroy S. Chadwick,
husband of the late wizard of finance,
filed a petition in bankruptcy in the
United States district court here.
With assets of S75, except for medical
books and office fixtures, valued at
$1,700, which he claims are exempt,
Dr.: Chadwick hopes to wipe out obli-
cations aggregating over 100000.
The action of DR.. Chadwick is con
sidered to be only formal in effect,
for the purpose of clearing himself
from any connection with the various
notes his wife gave and which he had
endorsed. Although DR.. Chadwick
was jointly indicted upon one Of the
transactions with his wife, he never
was brought to trial and the case was
nolled Mrs. Chadwick died in the
Ohio penitentiary a few months ago
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-02
FLOOD.L0sS HEAVY
Damage in the South Greater
Than First Estimated.
DEATH LIST IS APPALLING
Believed Seventy Persons Per-
ished in Georgia and the
Two Carolinas.

Atlanta, Ga, Aug. 29.-Sixteen
known dead in the vicinity of Augusta,
with probably an equal number of
deaths in the outlying districts from
which reports have not been received,
a property loss of 100000 in Au-
gusta and vicinity and 1000 persons
HON eless, summarizes the situation in
the Georgia food district. In the Caro-
linas Spartanburg, Greenville and
other cities report that the food has
receded, but that the damage is
heavy. Possibly $1,0O0,00O has been
lost in North and South Carolina be-
cause of the high water The loss of
life is comparatively small in these
states, warnings having been given be-
fore the great sweep of water shot
over the cities. When the whole situa-
ton has cleared it will probably be
found that the total death list in the
three states of Georgia, North Caro-
neighborhood of seventy. Most of the
dead are negroes, IN fact not a dozen
whites have been reported as having
lost their lives.
Negro cabins fanking the river
banks and setting in the ioWlands
were washed away like so much drift
wood. The water rose SO rapidly that
many of the occupants of these cabins
never had q chance to even escape
from the rooms in which they slept.
In Augusta reports were received that
bodies had been seen floating down
the river, but only sixteen bodies had
been recovered in the city limits of
Augusta. The country districts re-
Fort number of casualties.
The suffering in Augusta is reported
intense among the poorer classes,
whose homes were swept away The
sudden drop in the temperature to al
most the frost limit adds to the dis
comfort of the persons made home
less