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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-25
TAFT SPEAKS AT
 YALE EXERCISES
CIeveIand's Death Casts Gloom
 Over Commencement
AN INFORMAL RECEPTION
Secretaries cortelyou and Straus Speak Highly of Cleveand's Great Character While Dewey Pays
 His Respects to the Dead.

New Haven, June A,-News of the death of ex-President Cleveland today threw into a shadow of genuine sorrow the commencement festivities at Yale.
 Secretary Taft was informed of the de- mise of MT. Cleveland as the procession of the officials of the university the fac ulty and the graduates was forming to march to Woolsey hall. He expressed his deep regret at MT. Cleveland's death and said
 President Cleveland was one of the very great men of the country. His death is distinct loss to the American people,
 At the conclusion of the commencement exercises Secretary Taft announced that on account of the continued illness of Representative sherman he had decided to postpone for one week the meeting of the subcommittee of the national commit tee which was appointed to meet him in conference to select a national chair man. The adjourned meeting was to have been held in Washington on Wednesday, July 1. By Secretary Taft's direction it will not be held until Wednes- day, July 8, in Washington.
 At the alumni dinner after the formal commencement exercises, Secretary Taft delivered the second of his scheduled ad- dresses for the week. He made only a casual reference to politics in his spech, that being when he begged to advise the youngest alumnus of Yale that the term democrat is mere historical descrip- tion." Secretary Taft sat between Pros ident Hadley and Senor Joaquin Nabuco, lao 1Iac dor xyh today to receive a Yale degree. J. F. Morgan was seated next to the Brazilian ambassador He received the degre of doctor of laws.
 Tn secretary was introduced in a fe- licitous speech by President Hadley.
 The secretary said: President, Ladies and Gentlemen, Men of Yale-I join in an expression of sorrow-deep sorrow at the death of Grover Cleveland. He was a great man and a great President. He had the highest civic ideals. he had Q rugged honesty, he had high courage that makes hvn now happy in his death. as he leaves this life revered, respected and loved by all his countrymen, and there is no more fitting place to pro- nounce an eulogy on him than in meet ing of Yale men actuated and inspired with Yale spirit
 After the exercises in Woolsey hall, Secretary Taft went to the headquarters of the class of 'SS-that of his brother Horace-and held an informal reception for half an hour. Late in the day he and Mrs. Taft assisted President and Mrs Hadley in receiving the guests at the presidents annual reception.
 Tonight Secretary and Mrs. Taft were guests of honor at a dinner party given by their host. MT. w. w. Farnam
 Today the Secretary telegraphed Gen. Clarence R. Edwards, chief of the bureau of insular affairs of the war department. to meet him at the Manhattan hotel, in New York. Saturday morning, to join him and Gen. Luke E. Wright, his suc- cessor -to-be, in their visit to President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-25
Time Set For Funeral.

Princeton, N. J., June 24.--It was an- nounced tonight that the hour for the funeral on Friday had been fixed at D.. m. None >Qf the other funeral arrange ments had been definitely decided upon, and probably will not be made public un- til tomorrow. Only two of the Cleveland children, who are at Tamworth, N. H. Esther and Richard-will attend the fu- neral They are expected tomorrow and will come here with Mrs. John r. Find. ley, wife of President Findley of the New York university. Marion and t,Vrancis will remain at TAmworth with Mrs. Per rine. j.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-25
HILARY HERBERT
 TO BE AT FUNERAL

Washington, June 24.-(Special.)-Hon Hilary A. Herbert, one of the ten survlv- ing members of the Cleveland cabinets, IS cut of the city, being at summer resort in Canada. It is said that he will atte:d the funeral of the late President In ad- dition to their official relations, they were warm personal friends, and during MT. Cleveland's first term in the White House re had no more ardent supporter in the halls of congress than Colonel Herbert.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-25
Iahorer Kills Relative.

Springfield, Mo. June 24.-Wiliiam Null holland, laborer. estranged from his wife, last night entered a hotel where she was staying with her sister, Mrs. Sap pington, and fired five shots at his wife and MT. and Mrs. Sappington, killing Sap pington and seriously wounding Mrs, Sap pington. Mrs. Mulholland was uninjured. MulhOlland fed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-25
Bryan and Wuf1erSOn
 Pay Respects 70 Dead

Lincoln, Neb., June 24.-The following tribute to former President Cleveland was written tonight by William J. Bryan and will appear in next weeks issue of his paper:
 "The death of ex-President Grover Cleveland brings to sudden end the phenomenal career of one of the strong est characters known to the political world during the present generation. Like every commanding figure, he had zealous supporters and earnest opponents, but those who differed from him were as ready as his warmest friends to coneede to him the possession of elements of leadership to an extraordinary degree. He was deliberate in action, firm in conviction and ever ready to accept re- sponsbility for what he did. Few men have exerted a more positive influence upon those associated with them. We are not far enough from the period in which his work was done to measure ae- curately his place In history, but the quail ities which made him great are part of the nations heritage, and universal sorrow is felt at his death.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-25
Finley Denies Report,

Washington, June 24.-(Special.) )-Some- body started a report that w. w. Fin ley president of the Southern Railway company, is a director in the Mobile Portland Cement and Coal company. Nil. Finley denies that he has any connection with this company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-25
LeqisIators DepIore Death.

Atlanta, June 24.-The Georgia senate today adopted the following resolution on the death of former President Cleveland:
 Resolved, by the senate of Georgia, That deep regret is hereby expressed n learning of the death of ex-President Cleveland, one of the greatest men the nation has produced, and the only demo- cratic President since the war"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-25
Sherman Not Restino Well.

MT. Sherman awoke at 1:10 a. m. and again went to sleep at 1:30, betraying signs of restlessuess. Temperature l0J, pulse so, respiration 2S.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-25
FAITHFUL WIFE IS BY
 HIS SIDE ID THE LAST
 AIDING AND COMFORTING
TeIegrams of Sorrow and Regret Pour In Upon the Widow-Peope of All
 Ranks and Political Faith Unite In Tributes To the Departed.

srsnceton, N. J., June 24.-Grover Cleveland, twice President of the United States, died at $40 o'clock this morning at his home, "Westland," in this quiet college town, where he had lived since his retirement as the nations chief ex- ecutive almost 12 years ago.
 When death came, which was sudden, there were in the death chamber on the second floor of the Cleveland residence Mrs. Cleveland, pr. Joseph D. Bryant of New York, MT. Clevelands family physi- clan and personal friend; Dr. George R. Lockwood, also of New York, and Dr. John M. Carnochan of Princeton.
 An official statement given out and signed by the three physicians gave heart trouble, superinduced by stomach and kidney ailments of long standing, as the cause of death. z.
 While MT. Cleveland had been in poor health for the last two years and had lost 100 pounds in weight, his death came unexpectedly. Some three weeks ago he was brought home from Lakewood, where his condition for time was such that the hotel at which he was staying was kept open after it's regular season because he was to i'll to be moved. But when MT. Cleveland was brought back to Princeton he showed signs of inn provement and actually. gained five y,ort7d1 in xuaivbf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-25

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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-10-01
A REASONABLE MANS LONGING.

There are people who wonder what Ibsen
Could have meant in the dramas he
wrote.
There are others who tell US that Gibson
Gives of each of his girls too much
throat;
There are people who argue concerning
The gap between monkey and man.
There are those who IRE eagerly yearning
To find out the plans of Japan;
As for me. l win 1andidly say
That ray troubles would all disappear
81 l knew how to yre on my pay
And save up tsg thousand a year
Theirs are thcse who are foollshly trying
To find cpt conditions on Mars,
And othe-S who wish to go flying
When they might have soft seats in the
cars;
There are people who sigh for permission
To plainly kneel before kings;
There are few who are in the position
To praise all sublunary things
As for me, would cease to be sad,
And never again would tear
Be wrung from my heart If L had
Ten thousand-clear proiit-a year.
How foolish men are who go fretting
And shaving for more than they need;
Who wrong their own kindred, forgetting
That vice is the kernel of greed
How cheated they are who still borrow
The troubles that wise men ignore
Who smart under ills that tomorrow
May scatter where ills are no more!
As for me, L would blissfully shout,
The welkin should ring with my cheer,
II I in some way could find out
How to save up ten thousand year.
s. T.. Kiser, in Chicago Record-Hera
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-10-01

ton to perennial reform which was
genuine. Not that the reformers did
not occasionally have IAN ak to grind"
but that, in the main, they aided the
best candidates. But at times they
saddled themselves with some bogus
reformer and jammed him through
at the polls, felicitating themselves
that they had put another over the
political plate" when they had in
reality only added a cheap CRATER"
to the city's pay roll
When this happened it made the
regulation, gilt-edged grafters in the
council indignant. Not that the re
. former" should turn out to be look
ing for something but that he so
often took anything he could get. This
made trade bad, for it scaled prices
and such a recruit to the ranks of cor.
ruptlUn caused Il bear" market IN
votes.
A cheap sCoundrel earned just as
much contempt in the council as an
overcoat thief earns from a railroad
manipulation of stocks. recollect the
arraignment that one of the "regu-
lars" gave one of these easily pur-
chased ''reformers."
Said the regular" putting slowly at
a big black cigar, the little finger of
his left hand adorned with four hun
dred dollar sinner" and his shirt
front sporting its mate, presented by
his admiring "constits:"
II reckon / size that guy up right,
at the start. l tell 'em / seen what
kind of lobster he is, the first flop
of the box. tell 'em, you watch him;
he's no reformer, and he's no thor
oughbred. He blows up in the stretch
the first time they're off at the gut.
An, say! Did he? Well, he's elected
all right, and he goes over an hooks
up with the geezeer in the next ward
that went in the same time he goes in.
Them two frames up and goes out for
the stuff. Do they get it, Yes, they
get it, and how much? Say. on the
level now, on the square, they split
three hundred between 'em for a little
thing they pull off. A hundred and
fifty apiece, see?"
He paused and took a fresh puff at
his cigar, and resumed: "Why, if any
cheap stiff d come to me and try to
insult me with less than $500 I'd throw
the skate out of my Office" And the
end of his cigar glowed with righteous
indignation.
Copyright. by Joseph B. Bowles)
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-10-01
LEFT 1T TO MRS. BROWN.
Reverend Gentleman Very Willing to
Evade Responsibility.

The trust and dependence which
characterized Rev. Mr.. Browns atti-
tude toward his wife's judgment in all
practical affairs were sometimes
touching, but occasionally they were
amusing.
I'm sorry you've been troubled with
the toothache," said the family dent
list, when Mr.. Brown appeared in his
office one day. II gave you the first
minute had free after receiving your
wife's telephone message. Let's see,
which tooth is it that's troubling your"
MN, it's not aching just at pres
ent," said Mr.. Brown, after a mo-
ment's hesitation, during which he
made cautious investigation with his
tongue. Didn't Mrs. Brown mention
to you which tooth it was? always
rely on her in such matters. YOUTHS
Companion.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-10-01
"REFORMED"

ton. What are we here for?" was
their slogan, and they went after fran
chise 'divvies" or any other "divvies'
like terrier after a rat.
Real reforms were not so elaborate
ly advertised as the sham ones; the
louder the "holler" about the reform,
the less genuine reform was in sight.
And then there were the fad" reform
ers, going about seeking what they
might devour in the shape of having
unmuzzled dogs caught with a soft
curtain rope instead of a wire moose,
cab-hOrses provided with seats while
waiting for a fare, the distribution of
copies of Browning's poems to cross
ing policemen, or some such similar
projects.
There are sometimes uneasy people
in every community who want to run
the rest of their neighbors; the bigger
the community the greater they are
liable to be in number And in city
of two millions of inhabitants they are
sure to be found. They haunt the gal
lery in the council chamber of the
city, they infest the mayors office,
they surge in with the crowds having
hearings in the public offices in the
city halls, and whenever they have no
connection whatever.
Substantial reforms are of slow
growth. 1t took over 20 years steady
work to drive the infamous justice of
the peace system out of Cook county.
Some notable reformers went along
very we'll for time until they got so
prominent that they were offered a
high-salaried political position. And
then they dropped practically from
sight as reformers and reappeared as
pay roll artists. This caused at times
revulsion of feeling among the re-
formers at heart but they did not let
little thing like that entirely discour.
age them.
got so that | could usually spot
| a reformer as far as | could see him.
The majority Of reformers are very
busy walkers and takers. "hey are
not confined to one nationality, al
though / should judge that the bulk
of them are Americans. They all have
missions" If you agree with them.
and do everything they ask, you are
"a patriot" If you disagree with some
of them in any way, shape or manner,
you are either scoundrel or without
mental balance. But to be "a patriot
in the eyes of those who were fanati.
cal you must accede to their demands.
Patriots said Sir Robert Peel,
they spring up like mushrooms in
the night; / can make so patriots in a
single hour; l have only to refuse
some unreasonable or absurd request,
! when up starts a patriot"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-10-01
Whose finish ?" said 7

Whose finish?" said l.
"Oh, we will probably be beaten"
he admitted. but we want to give
them a campaign of education and en-
lightenment What that ward needs,
what every ward needs, is a chance to
have its higher nature aroused. What
they want, I'm convinced, is more op
pOrtunity to see the light"
MY friend" was my reply, I've
travelled some in that ward. What
they want there is not more light, but
more beer"
Yet, despite sometimes misdirected
energy, these men and their assOcia-
tons did much in making political
conditions better For that they de-
serve substantial credit. So long as
they were absolutely non-partisan they
welded considerable influence, and
properly, but on occasion they allowed
prejudice to bias them and did injus-
tice to good men.
The other type of well-known re-
former was the one who continually
headed reform" movements. He
might be candidate for alderman, or
the legislature, or congress. But wher.
ever there was a kick" coming, and
a meeting advertised to protest. or Or
ganize, this class would be on hand
early and get the craftsmanship of the
meeting, usually coming out in a
ringing" speech of denunciation
against the infamy which the citizens
had met to combat. This put the re-
former next if it was a proposition
to nominate an opposition candidate,
and he often goE away with the nomi-
nation. Or, if he was a professional
man, lawyer, a doctor, or a real es-
tate man, even, it was a pretty fair ad-
vertisement, wasn't it? Not so Door
to have your picture in the paper next
day, with lOrG account of you, your
business and your speech, etc. Some
thing that would have cost you coin
to have in the papers, and you got it
for nothing. And then the reporters
out to interview you and quite a rack
ct started about you.
And in every large city | suppose
there are only a few bright promoters
like that standing around waiting to
sell gold brick or two
Some of these "reformers" were
pretty fierce when they happened to
land in an office. A few of them were
swept into the city council astride the
top of wave OF popular Indignation
and they were the hungry boys, some
of them. They were simply on the
qui vive to be approached" And
when they were tempted they fell
swiftly and without a sound. Their
motto was that of the Hon. Webster
! Flanagan, with different interpreta.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-10-01

Hon. George w. Honey, National
Chaplain U. V. o., ex-Chaplain Fourth
Wisconsin Cavalry, exTreasurer State
of Wisconsin, and ex-Quartermaster
General State of Texas G.. A. r., writes
from 100 First St., N. E., Washington,
u. c., as follows:
II cannot too highly recommend your
preparation for the relief of catarrhal
troubles In their various forms. Some
members of my own family have used
it with most gratifying results. When
other remedies failed, Peruna proved
most eficacious and cheerfully certi-
ty to its curative excellence"
Mr.. Fred l.. Hebard, for nine years a
leading photographer of Kansas City,
Mo-, located at the northeast corner of
18th and Grand AYES, cheerfully gives
the following testimony: tits proven
fact that Peruna will cure cafarrh and
Ia grippe, and as a tonic IL has no equal.
Druggists have tried to make me take
something else Just as good but Peru
ma is good enough for me-"
Pe-ru-na in Tablet Form.
For two years DIR. Hartman and his
assistants have necessarily labored to
create Peruna in tablet form, and their.
strenuous labors have just been crowned
with success. People who object to
liquid medicines can now secure Peru
az tablets. which represent the solid
m edicinal mgr edients of peruna.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-10-01
LICE IN POULTRY
Eorax Spray a Safe Preventive
Simple, Cheap, Harmless
to Fowls.

"20 Mule Team" Borax was a good
thing to rid poultry of lice. had used
so much infammable Lice killers that
my Poultry Houses were regular fire
traps. gave my S. c. w. Leghorn
house good spraying just two months
ago. Since'I have caught several hens
and found no lice. am rid of lice
and shall continue to use go Mule
Team" Borax as spray, also as
wash.
(Signed) MRS. B. r. BUFFHAM,
Roswell, New Mexico.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-10-01

The small boy was playing with the
scissors. and his kindly old grand
mother chided him.
You mustn't play with the scissors,
dear. l know little boy like you who
was playing with pair of scissors
just like that pair, and he put them
in his eye and put his eye out, and he
could never see anything ever after"
The child listened patiently, and
said, when she got through the nara
tive:
What was the matter with his
other eye?"-Royal Magazine.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-10-01

When the common soldiery came
the girl again lowered the toll-bar
and demanded toll. This was met
by jeers from the soldiers, where
upon she wisely raised the guard. All
day the dusty troopers passed through
and all day Charlotte Hillman stood
at her post For every ten soldiers
who passed the gate she cut a notch
in the toll-pole. Early fed beyond the
Blue Ridge with the remnants of his
disorganized army; in the Valley of
Virginia; Lee, beaten back by Grants
overwhelming numbers, gave up the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-10-01
Extremely Proper,

mo, my dear, you cannot go into
that boat" said the New England
chaperon to her young charge.
why not?" demanded the maiden,
naturally angry at being deprived of
her row.
Because heard somebody say the
other day that she was hugging the
shore."-Baltimor American.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-10-01

Nine years Of this ran me down to a
state of continual weakness and I
thought never would be better until
began using Doan's Kidney Pills.
The improvement was rapid, and since
using four boxes am cured and have
never had any return Of the trouble"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-10-01
GIRL DEFIED A WHOLE ARMY.

and beautiful girl, Charlotte Hillman,
famed locally for her girlisn charms.
Even the war-hardened Sheridan
seems not to have been proof against
the persuasion of a pair of black eyes
and a pretty face, and when toll was
demanded, straightway produced the
1.-THE, setting an example that was fol-
lowed by his staff.
But" said Sheridan. as he passed
through the gate, 81 cannot vouch for
my army"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-10-01
Hot and Cold.

Hot and sultry was the day,
So I've since been told,
When I proposed to May,
Who gave 1t to me cold.
The mercury stood at ninety-three,
AS the mercury often will;
But the answer May handed back to me
Gave me an awful chill.
Chicago Daily News.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-10-01
Henry, Undoubtedly.

What makes you think it was the
spirit of your husband that was mate
rialized?"
"Oh, there couldn't have been any
mistake about it. When l got up and
called Henry he kind of shriveled up
and then disappeared, just as he used
to do when he was alive."-Chicago
Record-Herald.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-10-01
A Clear Conscience.

did you ever take advantage of
anybody in bargain?"
Not of recent years." answered Mr..
Cumrox. you see, we've been Twin
so much in the great capitals of Eu-
rope that I've gotten sort of accus-
toned to bein' the teller that pays up
without asking questions. Washing
ton Star.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-10-01
Superfluous Advice.

IF you want to be comfortable and
prosperous" said the man who takes
friendly interest in everybody, "you
should go to bed with the chickens"
deed boss" answered Mr.. 'Rastus
Pinkley, 'in disyere tired kim O.
weather dem chickens don go to bed
early huff to suit me. Washington
Star.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-10-01

night; In the southeast Joe Johnston
hred the last burlesque shots and
peace came again over the north and
south. Then, when relations with
Washington had been re-established
and the administration policy was
one of magnanimity, Charlotte Hill
man counted the notches in the toll.
pole and sent her bill to Washington.
And the bill was id.-Metropolitan
Magazine.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-10-01
REEDRMER

tons obtaining in that ward?" he
asked inquiringly.
oh. yes, was my answer.
We'll, we want to put up a candi-
date for alderman there and see if we
cant arouse the better element there.
We want to go in and fight the saloons
to a finish" was his next remark.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-10-01
Feminine Toll-Gate Keeper Paid by
Gov eminent

II is related that the army, headed
by Sheridan and his staff, left Win
chester by the valley pike early in the
morning, the column moving toward
Stephens City. Just as day was break
ing the stan reached the tollgate and
was much discounted to find the toll.
nole down and guarded by a young