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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-07-16
REPUBLICAN
PLATFORM.
Principles Which Convention
Has Approved.
PARTY RECORD EXTCLLED.

Held Up to country's View as Worthy
of Admiration and Continuance.
Present Administration Called an
Epoch In American History-DecIa-
ration In Favor of Tariff Revision by
Special Session of Congress Immedi-
ateIy After Inauguration of Incoming
President.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-07-16
Old Aae Pension Bill Passes.

The British house. of commons has
passed on third reading Of the cid age
pensions bills.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-07-16
Economy In Administration.

The Republican congress in session
just ended has made appropriations
amounting to S1,00S0O0,00O, exceeding
the total expenditures of the past fiscal
year by $90OO0,OO0 and leaving a def
icit Of more than $60,OOO,OOO for thu
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-14
35 SACKS OF REGISTERED
MAIL ARE DESTROYED
Fire In Kansas City Causes Heavy
Loss-Entire Union Station
Is Threatened by
Flames

BY Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jan. 1S.-The
Union station annex, in Union avenue,
adjoining the Union railway station, was
destroyed by fire early today. Inc
Uion station proper, one of Kansas City
landmarks, was saved by the tiremen
after hard fight.
The burned building contained the re-
ceiving offices of the Adams, Wells
Fargo and Pacific Express companies, a
branch mailing room bf the postofflce,
the offices of the Fred Harvey eating
house company, the Pullman palace car
company's linen room and the railway
mems Y. NJ. C. A. rooms. The loss Is
estimated at close to a quarter or a
million dollars.
The fire burned furiously, and for a
time threatened the destruction of the
station and sheds used by twenty differ
emit railways, and to spread to several
hotels across Union avenue and into the
wholesale district. The fire spread with
such rapidity that the firemen were I'M
able to save but 800 sacks of common
mail and a small portion of express mat
ter. Thlrty-five sacks of registered and
some other mail matter were destroyed,
with great number of express packages,
a large supply of linen in the Pullman
rooms, the entire contents of the Fred
Harvey offices, which was the headquar-
tiers for the company's system, and the
library, furnishings and apparatus In the
Y. M. c. A.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-14
FIXES RIGHTS
OF BIG SMELTER
Ruling Made by Court in Utah VIII
Be of Importance to All West
ern Mining Inter-
ests

BY Associated Press.
SALT LAKE CITY. Utah. Jan. 13-of
great Importance to ell western mining
interests is a decision by the federal dis
trict court of appeals. which insures the
continued operation of the American
Smelling and Refining company plant at
Murray, Utah The order was made pub
lie today. 1t is a modification of the In
junction granted to the farmers of Salt
Lake valley by District Judge Marshall
an Injunction which virtually involved the
closing of all the large smelters In the
state.
The American company entered into
friendly negotiations with the land owners
and the concessions made are embodied
in The decree published today.
The smelling company may operate Its
lead smelter at Murray up TO its present
capacity of 1900 tons of crude ore every
twenty-four hours. This shall be exclu-
sive of fiux and fuel, other than sulphur,
and this tonnage shall not be more than
one-third sulphide. The sulphur content
of the latter shall not exceed 20 per cent
when bedded for charging the roasters.
The smelling company, for its part, agrees
to maintain an elaborate system of fiues
and bag houses to collect the sulphur and
arsenic which have wrought havoc with
the crops.
The American plant at Murray has
been handling custom ores from Utah
and a half dozen surrounding states
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-14
PROMINENT BROKERAGE
FIRM FORCED TO SUSPEND
Robert Maclay G. Co. of New York
Have Liabilities in Excess of
Million and
Half


BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 13.-The suspension
of the firm of Robert Mac;ay & Co. was
announced today ON the stock exchange,
The firm consists of Robert Maclay and
Alfred b. Maclay, who are sons of the
late Robert Maclay, president of the
Knickerbocker Trust company before
Charles II Barney was elected to head
that institution, and Harold II. Weeks,
the former Columbia college athlete, who
is the board member. Robert Maclay
said he hoped the suspension would be
crlY temporary.
The obligations, according to counsel
for the firm, amount to S1,50O,0O0, which
Is covered by collateral not readily sal
able In the present market.
Until July of last year the firm name
was Thomas Maclay & Co, best known
for it's organization of the Western Ice
company in whose affairs T.. r. Thomas
played a prominent part. The senior
member of the firm, who is a son Of
10. T.. Thomas, resigned from Thomas
| Maclay & Co, few months before hi:
father resigned from the presidency Of
| tho Consolidated National bank. The
| firm owns stock in the Western Ice com
pany, the Mercantile National bank ant
the Hamilton bank, which has greatly
deprecated in value, and in twenty ~
thirty other trust companies. The firm
according to the receiver of the lam
ilton bank, had a large loan from thai
Institution, contracted while E, r. Thorn.
as was president. {
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-14
START FIGHT
ON PULLMAN
CAR RATES
LA TOILETTE SHOWS EX0RBI-
TANT PROFITS
Coaches Pay for Themselves Every
TWO Years-Investment $2s,ooo,-
600, capitalization $125,ooo,ooo.
Lower Charges Demanded

BY Associated Press.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 1S.-George S
LOTUS of st. Paul, accompanied by sena'
tor LaFollette, filed with the interstate
commerce commission today a petition
asking for reduction of % per cent in
the lower berth rates of the Pullman com
pany and the fixing of the rates for up.
per berths at one-half that of the lower
berths.
Some months ago a complaint was
made against the Pullman company In
regard to rates from the northwestern
points A hearing was had at st. Paul
at which representatives of the company
refused to produce it's books or to answer
questions This resulted in postpone
ment of the hearing.
In the meantime the shippers assocla-
tion broadened its inquiry, with the re-
suit that this petition was filed today
The petition ayers that the Pullman COM
pany has invested SIS, 100000, while it is
capitalized at $125, 100000, and its mel
earnings are approximately 20 per cent
to a surplus, and that each car, accepting
the company's estimate of its cost, pays
for Itself every two years.
Because of the unreasonable rates
charged and the abnormal revenue result
ing" the petition declares, the Pullman
company Is so powerful that 1t now CON
trolls the sleeping car business of the
United States and is so arrogant that ii
denies the right and power of the gov
eminent TO inquire into its earnings and
business.
The reduction is asked on all interstate
business throughout the United States.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-14
LIQUOR DEALERS PROVE
LAWS ARE CONFLICTING
Attorney General 5onaparte Says
Ruling o. Internal Revenue Com
missioner Must BE Modi-
fled


By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.-For several
weeks the National Wholesale Liquor
Dealers association has been making
capital out of the fact that the yeguia'
tions of ths internal revenue bureau
of the treasury department respecting the
branding of whisky and the opinioa rem
defed by Attorney General Bonaparte.
under the pure food and drug acts, were
In conflict.
The Whisky Dealers association has
pointed to the fact that the internal
revenue bureau, through its gaugers, was
branding distillates as WHISTLES, runs
and gins, irrespective of the attorney
generals opinion given to the asricul-
tural department that distlllates should
be marked high wines, alcohol or spirits
In response to a request from the sec
rotary of the treasury for an opinion the
attorney general has forwarded to Sec
rotary Cortelyou an opinion holding that
the portion OF the regulations of the COM
missioner of internal revenue connected
with the branding of distilled spirits Is
contrary to law and must be modified
in accordance with the terms of the con-
struction given to the law by the attor-
ney general.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-14
SECURE AN INJUNCTION
AGAINST SAILORS UNION
Navigation Company in Seattle OBJ
tains Order Restraining Masters,
Mates and Pilots from
Interfering
Nv Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
SEATTLE, Wash, Jan. 1S-The Puget
Sound Navigation company today Sc
cured from the superior court an order
restraining members OF the American
masters, mates and pilots from interfer-
ing in any way with the boats operated
by the company, or with the employees OF
the company.
The complainant alleged that members
of the engineers association since this
inception of the wage troubles, January
10. had agitated his employees to quit
work, and in one case had assaulted one
man who refused. The union men regard
the action as a precautionary measure
as the owners have announced they will
employ eastern and non-association men
on their boats.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-14
WRECKED BANKS ASSETS
DECREASE FIVE MILLIONS
Attorney General of State Files Petit
ton In Superior Court for Re-
ceiver for Looted Trust
Company
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1S.-U. S.
Webb, attorney general of California,
today applied to Presiding Judge Corey
of the superior court for the appoint
ment of q receiver for the, California
Safe Deposit and Trust company.
Temporary Custodian Gushing OF that
institution took the stand and testified
that the previously estimated value OF
the banks securities, including shares of
the Eel Dorado Lumber company the
Carnegie Brick and Tile company and
unsecured notes of James Treadwell and
others, should be reduced by S5'4ze'DoV.
Judge Coffey took the matter of the
appointment of a receiver under advise
ment.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-14
ASKS FOR HIS MONEY;
FLEES AT PISTOL POINT
Deposition of San Francisco Bank Who
Tried to Collect What Was
Due Him, Gets Harsh
Reception
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. ia COM
plant against r. E. Ragland, president
of the suspended Citizens State bank
on Fillmore street, was sworn to today
by Posnanski, a contracting painter. and
warrant for the arrest of the banker
on a charge of exhibiting deadly
weapon in a rude and threatening man
ner'' was issued by Judge Conlan.
The complaint alleges that Posnanski
had 5000 in the Citizens bank when 1t
closed its doors. He tried to arrange
with Ragland for its withdrawal and
asserts that the latter agreed TO see that
he was paid.
In consideration of this promise Pos
nanski painted Raglands house at Elm
hurst and presented bill for $3.50 He
met Ragland by appointment on Market
street to get his money when the banker
is alleged to have drawn a revolver,
pressed It against his creditors side and
forced him to flee for his life.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-14
FIRE DESTROYING
GREAT GOLD CAMP
FL Orc, One of the Largest Mining
Towns in Mexico, Is Re-
ported to Be in
Flames

BY Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 1s.-According to a
telegram just received in this city, the
great gold mining camp of Ell Orc, one
Of the largest in the republic, is being de-
stroyed by fire.
When the dispatch was filed the prinei-
pal hotels and the more important busi-
ness buildings OF the camp had been re-
duced to ashes. The information declared
the entire town was threatened.
Since this dispatch no word has been
received from the camp, as communities
ton is interrupted.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-14

injuries after being hurried to one Of the
temporary hospitals.
Three children. ranging nages from
8 to Il years. and enc woman. who was
dragged from the building by persons
who had rushed to the rescue, had been
trampled almost to a pulp The skull
Of one of the unfortunate children had
been crushed as though an egg shell.
The fire was under control shortly De-
fore / o'clock, but it will be absolutely
impossible to attempt to make q search
of the ruins before tomorrow. 1t Is ex-
tremely doubtful If the remains of the
victims can be distinguished from the
debris. as many of the audience were
covered with burning oil as the lamps
exploded.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-14
ATTORNEY CHARGED WITH
ENLIGHTENMENT GETS DELAY
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
SAN JOSE, Jan. 13.-Attorney jackson
Hatch, who is under $4,000 bail on charge
of having embezzled $4,000 from Sarah 10
Sage. failed to appear before Justice
OF the Peace Brown for arraignment this
morning. His law partner, Eugene M
Rosenthal, was present
Mr.. Rosenthal, addressing the court
said that Mr.. Hatchs condition, botl
mentally and physically, was such as
TO prevent any consultation either with
his attorney or his friends, and he
therefore asked that the arraignment ane
fixing of time for tho preliminary ex-
animation be continued until January
20 at 2 D. m.
\ The attorneys for the prosecution con
senting, the court granted the REQUEST
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-14
HUNDRED DIE
IN AN A WFW
THEA7ER FIRE
PANIC SEXES AN ENTIRE
AUDIENCE
WOMEN AND CHILDREN CRUSHED
IN AlsLEs
Members Of Leading Families Of PENN
syIvania Town Die in Awful Fur
nace-screarniHg Spectators
Fight Wildly a. Exits
LIST OF DEAD

The list of dead SO far as known
follow7:
MRS. FRANK CULLEN.
LULU FOGLEY
MRS. DANIEL GABEL.
DANIEL .-RAMER.
MAS. DANIEL KRAMER.
LoTTIE KRAMER.
FIRED GODsCHALL.
MRS. FRED GODsCHALL.
ELISHA REINERT.
HARRY TOMS.
MRS. HARRY REINERT.-
MRS. GEORGE REMIG.
HERBERT GODsCHALL.
MRS. HERBERT GODsCHALL.
BLANCHE BOEHL.
ELLEN GoDsCHALL.
MABEL GRAFT.
MRS. J. J. BECKER.
THREE CHILDREN OF MRS.
BECKER.
MABEL H0EHL.
LoTTIE TRADER,
JOHN RAIDER.
CHARLES LEHYER.
DANIEL KRAUsE.
MORRIS ANDERSON.
JAMES ANDERSON.
MRS. JAMES ANDERSON.
TWO CHILDREN OF Dir. AND MRS.
ANDERSON.
MRS. CARRIE wEAND.
FRANKLIN G. LEIDY.
A. FOREMAN.
MAS. A. FOREMAN.
CHARLES LOWERY.
JENNIE KONNIEKUNZ.
HISS MARY THOR.
HARRY FOREMAN.
MRS. HARRY FOREMAN.
TWO CHILDREN OF MIR. AND MRS.
HARRY FOREMAN.
DAUGHTER OF AMOS ENGLE.
CLARA HALTzMAN.
MAY BAUMAN, all of Boyertown.
MRS. EPHRIAM JOHNSON.
MISS JOHNSON, a daughter.
MRS. AMOS HARTMAN.
WIFE OF DIR. FRANCIS.
FRANK BOYER.
ANN DORR.
MRS. ANNA IAUMAN.
HERBERT JOHNSON.
MRS. HERBERT JOHNSON.
DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM BoYER'
all Of New BerIinville.
MRS. REUBEN HOFFMAN.
OSCAR III. MENCH.
MISS LIZZIE ZEIGLER.
MARY RoBICH, ali of GilberfsvilIe.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-14
CLUB WOMEN MAKE PLEA
FOR EQUAL SUFFRAGE
Delegation Of Fifty Calls Upon Gov
ernor Hoch CT Kansas--Littie
Satisfaction Re-
ccived
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
TOPEKA. Kas.. Jan. ia delegation
of fifty prominent Kansas club women
called on Governor Hoch today, asking
him to include in his message to the legls-
lature which convened Thursday a
accommodation for equal suffrage Tor
women in all elections in Kansas.
The governor gave them little encour-
agement. He tod them he had but tour
bills In mind when he called the special
session and his message wa prepared
along these lines and would be In the
printers hands tonight.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-14
Arrested for Old Crime

=
BELLINGHAM. Wash, Jan. 13.-Three
years ago the body of Frederick Danes
an Elk street butcher, wa found in his
shop. He had been beaten to death and
an iron epike driven through his head,
pinning It to the floor. Today Charles
Weatherford OF Summas, Wash, was ar
rested. charged with the crime and lodged
in Jail here.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-14
LAND FRAUD CASES
COME UP FOR TRIAL
John w. Hall and w. w. Silver, Ac-
cused of Illegally Fencing Cow
eminent Domain, Appear
in Court
By Associated Press.

daasUIIFtNEU
PORTLAND, Ore, Jan. 13.-The case
OF John IL. Hall, former United States
Attorney Winlock W. silver and others
charged with Illegally fencing govern
ment land in connection with what was
known as the Butte Creek Live Stock
and Timber company came up today,
but adjourned until this afternoon.
The afternoon was consumed by lis
tening to excuses from the panel OF
100 talesmen. Court was adjourned
until morrow
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-14
Venezuela Gusts Trust

by A9qcTatfd Fffs8
CARACAS, Venezuela, Jan. 13.-An ex-
ecutive degree issued today annuls the
existing match monopoly and puts an end
to the concession of the National Match
company. This company was capitalized
at 81 900, 600. and the shares were held
mostly in England.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-14
BURGLARS ROB HOME OF
WEALTHY SPANISH FAMILY
Special to The Herald.

Special TO The Herald.
SANTA MONICA, Jan. 13-The resi-
dence of Mrs. Arcadia b. de Baker, de-
scendant of one of the Oldest Spanish
families in America, was entered by bur-
glars tonight while the family was at
dinner.
Jewelry, money and silver plate to the
amount of $1,000 were stolen. The bur-
glary was so quietly committed that the
vaiuables were not missed until some
cine later. There is no clew.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-14
DUTCH TROOPS CAPTURE
MALAYAN STRONGHOLD
Dispatches from Island of Flores Ray
That the European Soldiers
Have Won a VIC
tory


BY Associated Press.
THE HAGUE, Jan. 1s.-Dispatches re-
ceived here say the Dutch troops, after
a severe fight on the island of Flores,
Malay archipelago, have captured the
rebel stronghold.
One hundred and thirty natives are re-
ported to have been killed and most of
the chiefs surrendered. The Dutch losses
were insignificant.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-14
fContinued from Page one.I

trampled upon, and several who escaped
bsinr burned TO death died after being
dragged from tho opera house.
In many cases, 1t is said. entire fami-
lies have been wiped out. The scene
which followed the explosion is indie
scribable.
Scores of persons who were in the bal
cony at the time OF the explosion jumped
from the windows and sustained frae-
tured limbs and skulls.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-14

would be no attempt to invent any kind
of extraordinary mania, despite the fact
that District Attorney Jerome had mt
mated in his questioning of jurors that
some such thing would be tried.
II ask you, men of the jury, to Judge
this man by the facts as they are pre-
scented.
Mr.. Littleton then sketched the life OF
the defendant from the time of his
birth. on the fathers side Of the fam
lily, he said. a relative became insane
at years. ar died at so years of age.
cousin of the father, one William
Thaw, died insane in an asylum in Nlr-
glnia. Harriet Alice Thaw, still on the
fathers side, is in an asylum in Pitts
burg, suffering from insanity, of which
decisions of persecution are the charac-
teristics. Harry Thaw, a cousin, also is
insane. From the father Thaw inherited
the stability of nervousness.
SwindIers Use ThaW's Name
Clerks and stenographers in downtown
Office buildings are being besieged y
men and women who have found a new
swindle. They sell pamphlets describing
the life of Harry X. Thaw and his wife
and the killing of Stanford White, claim
ing that they are collecting a defense fund
for Thaw. The pamphlets are lurid to a
degree and at least one is written In
verse They sell for a quarter. and pros
pective purchasers are urged to buy, with
stories of the need for q defense fund II
Thaw TO have a fair trial.
No arrests have yet been male, but
Thaw's friends and lawyers have reported
the matter to the police and asked them
to keep lookout for the swindlers.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-14
EIre Apparatun pleabIed


To add to the terrible disaster, the fire
apparatus became disabled and the struc-
ture was left entirely to the mercy Of
the flames.
1t is almost certain that not a vestlge
of the bodies of the unfortunates who
were overcome by the smoke and per-
ished, will ever be found.
Assistance was asked from Pottstown,
but before the fire apparatus from that
city reached here the entire center Of the
structure was a roaring furnace. Had
the women ant children needed the warn
ings of cooler heads in the audience the
horrible loss of life might have been
avoided. but there was the usual panic
and stampede which invariably follow
at such catastrophe.
The flames spread rapidly ana communal
Gated TO other parts of the building. Men,
women and children rushed for the many
exits and the weaker sex and children
were trampled and MANNED in the mad
rush to gain the streets
Assistance was asked of both Reading
and Pottstown and special trains carrying
nurses and doctors were rushed to the
scene of the disaster.
Care for Injured
Every home within radius of half a
dozen blocks of the opera house was made
a temporary hospital, where the wounded
were rushed by carriages and other means
of conveyance
Boyertown Is a borough with popua-
tion Of about 25eO. and is located about
midway between Pottsville and Reading.
Hundreds of persons surround the burn
ing structure, apparently unconscious OF
the impending danger from falling walls.
Many parents who had children in the
opera house ere passing to and fro, al
most maddened by the awful sight.
The night was one of waiting and an
gulsh The shrieks Of mothers who had
rushed TO the scene as soon as they
learned OF the fire, were pitiful. As the
night wore on, the crowds surrounding
the building grew to such proportions that
1t was almost impossible for the police
force which had been augmented by a
score of men from Pottstown and Read
ing, to keep the people back. One woman,
who said she had lost her entire family
in the theater. as with difficulty re-
strained from throwing herself into the
roaring flames.
At o'clock special train from Read
ing with physicians and nurses reached
here, but there was little for them to do,
as the injured who had ashed themselves
to the pavement had been cared for by
the local physicians assisted by the
Pettstown relief corps
Wall Collapsed
few minutes after midnight, the rear
wall Of the theater collapsed. The
flames broke out anew and those who had
vaInly hoped to be able to find the re-
mains OF some Of their loved ones turned
IN despair from the scene of the awful
catastrophe.
II is estimated that at least seventy
1--WE persons were injured by being
tramped upon, either in the stairway OF
by jumping from the windows OF the
burning structure OF this number al
least a score were fatally injured. Al
Ieast a half dozen succumbed to their
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-14
OMLSES TO
/. PROVE HARRY
TIA w MAD
ATTORNEYS SPEECH FULL OF
SURPRISES
WHITES RELATIONS TO EVELYN
ARE BARRED
Jerome's objection to Chorus Girls
Name Being Linked with That of
Dead Architect Sustained
by Court

CONTINUED from Page One.l
believed the homicide could be explained
as ''premedltated. deliberate and cow
ardly murder"
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-04-22
MRS. ROBERT j.. BURDETTE
ON WOMEN,S CLUBS.

Mrs. Robert ]. Burdette contribut.
edition of the Albuquerque Morning
Journal last Sunday, il part as fol
lows:
q believe in afternoon club life for
women.
81 believe in evening club life for
men and women together when ii
does not rob the home of father and
mother.
q believe that has no right
to undertake any work whatsoever
outside of the home, along the lines
of philanthropy, church, temperance
Or club life, that does not emanate
from the home and in its final and
best results return to the home. Home
must always be the center, but not
the limit Of woman's life.
Il believe in equal rights in the
family for father and mother il in.
ltelligence. affection and flial respect
These the club should foster.
Il believe in ninetenths of the
club members doing the work and
one-tenth the criticising, instead OF
the reverse
Il believe, out of consideration for
others. in removing the hat in all
public assemblies.