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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22
All She Wanted.

Mrs. Muggerty Ga habitual borrow
er-Shure, Mrs. O'Fudge. it's meself
thot hates to throuble yez, but cud
yez loan me the yolk av an egg?--
Harpers Weekly,
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22
Speed of the Wind,

A light breeze moves at about five
miles an hour; a gale hurries on at
the rate of 30 or 40 miles; a true
storm at so, and hurricane. at so to
100 = ~
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22
India's improVidence.

Although India has eXhaustless de1
posits in the salt mines of the PuRjabl
1,5S2;7S4 tons OF salt We're imported
in l907.07.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22
Good Town 10 Live In.

In the town of Klugenberk, Germany
taxes are unknown. and this year $50
was paid to every citizen from the
profits of the municipal brickworks.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22
For Pardon.

For several days Jacob Trumbo
has circulated a petition for the
pardon of Caleb Powers. Thus
far he has secured 800 signatures.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22
Josh Wise Phllosophizes.

"A gal don't generally think a man
is in love with her unless he threat
ems t. commit suicide If she refuses
him."
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22

And CORRESPONDENCE Wise.
man that is young in years may
be old in hours II he has lost no time.
Bacon.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22
Size of Human Brain,

The size of the brain is not an in
dex of mans capacity. 1t is mat
ter of climate Small brains are the
rule in tropical countries.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22
Few Wealthy Japanese.

With population of 41,000,0 900, only
AL Japanese have fortunes Of $780,
900 or over.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22
The Smell Of Burnt Food.

,9sIf sanything boiling over on r to the
stove burns and smokes lift a stove
ia an inch or so on one side and the
. smoke will draw into the fire.-Suc-
arpsas
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22

Underwear, shirts, collars ETC.,
at reduced prices at
Newmeyer's..@
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22
Epjthet and Epitaph.

The difference between an epithet
and an epitaph is that one is applied
to man before he is dead and the
other after.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22
The Devil and the ldler.

all other men, but idle men tempt the
devil. HE
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22
Uncle Eben.

10 Don't make de mistake" said Uncle
lEben, ''of meashrin' out yoh' thanks
by de. mount dat you kin Gator. drink,
cause maybe dat's .whut'll form de
basis. fob figurin' app yoh remorse."
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22
Billiards of French Orialn.

France is responsible for the game
OF billiards. Devigne invented 1t in
1872.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22

ed $500 yards of. Simpsons fancy
Dress Ginghams as long as sthey
last, former price Zoe. Saleprice sc
S. NJ. Newmeyer, +.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22
New York City's RAILWAYS.

On a real busy day the New York.
railways take in one and one-half mil.
lion nickels.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22
Where Homer Made Trouble.

" Sophomore (groaning over his
Greek Iesson)-Oh. why didn't Homer
reserve translation rights!-Transat-
laDtic Tales.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22
Somewhat Different.

Sheridan. ON being asked how he
came to call Gibbon luminous" an
swered: II said ~yO-luminous."
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22

j. & NJ. Shoes are the limit of
fine shoe-making. There is moth
inc beyond them.
Walsh Bros, Sole Agents.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22

\ little money feels big at
Guthrie's now.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22
Poetry.

Poetry.
Some people like poetry because 1t
can be bound in limp leather and used
ito decorate the library table.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22
Tho Scarce Kind.

The true critic is one who can ap.
preciate something he doesn't like
Life
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22

Better Than Vast Wealth.
Poor and content Is rich. and rich
Observation-Disclosures.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-01-22

Where are you going? To
:. NJ. Newmeyer's.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-16

Mayor Moore will tonight sub
NIT the following recommendations
to the city council on the n. P.
grade separation:
absolute removal of all surface
tracks, protection of city from dam
age suits for injury to property and
for cost of readjusting streets to
proposed plans, adoption of plans
that will keep all streets open that
II Is possible to so do, erection of a
viaduct that will not be an eyesore
and in this respect the Mason plan
appeals to the administration as
being the most slightly.
In case 1t is found impracHcable,
the administration recommends
that the individual or sidewalks OF
the embankment, as we'll as the
end walls of street intersection
should be contained in solid ma
sonry wall extending up to the
track level and leaving a highway
of % feet between the walls and
the property lines. This wall should
extend from Division st. on the
east TO Walnut st. on the west.
Beyond these points the fill
should be retained by wall as
recommended by the board of pub
lie works and the city engineer
such as would give a finished APP
pearance to the work.
"All engineering details as to
plans of street crossings should
have the approval of the city engi-
neer and the board of public works.
and all legal details be subject to
the satisfaction Of the city's legal
department.
"The Hangman creek bridge
should be built with lower deck
for highway traffic, the extra cost
of which Is estimated at $4,000.
the city to pay its proportion OF
this work to the extent of one
third. or $4,000
Full width of sidewalks should
be maintained in subways. and
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-16

percentage of hits at targets small
err than small ship under condi.
lions almost identical with those of
actual battle was 30.7 per cent for
the huge 13-inch and 12inch guns
of the battleships alone? These
hits were upon target only 30 feet
high by so feet wide, at ranges
varying from $500 to 5000 yards,
or from about three to Ave and one
third statute miles away.
The remarkable thing is that the
smaller guns, such as the eight
inch and six-inch, made relatively
fewer hits, showing that our gun
ners are more skilled at the mon
ster. devastating guns OF the bat
tleships than with the smaller ones,
the eight-inch guns averaging only
q per cent of hits.
With her 12-inch guns the battle
ship Maine scored 81 per cent of
hits, and the Alabama 80 per cent.
Many other details Of this tar
get practice show the remarkable
advances in craftsmanship made
by the American man-Ofwarsmen
In less than 10 years. But the navy
department Is not yet satisfied.
1t is applying itself more diligently
than ever to practice with the big
guns.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-16

The mail robber cut his hand
while opening sacks on the train
and this will probably lead to his.i
detection, as descriptions Of him
are conflicting.
Police today are searching lodg-
ing houses in hopes Of getting a
further clew. Ali trains, passenger
and freight, and roads leading out
of the city. are guarded. 1t is said
that the bandits only hope OF es-
cape lies in his keeping in hiding.
Inspector John Fullinwider said
this morning that 1t will be several
days before 1t is known just how
much the bandit took.
When the train reached BonnerS|
Ferry about 4 o'clock Sunday morn
ing the bandit walked to the maiH
car, threw in a grip with the name.
&c. w. Bennett" printed on 1t, and1
told Clerk Nystuen that he would
60 to Spokane with him. Nystuen
thought the man was a mail In
spector. When the train started the,
stranger boarded the mail car. H0I
asked Nystuen il he was workin6y
alOnc anu NyStucu iuIOIncu hAhA
that his partner Ben Stunt. was1
asleep under table.
The next instant Nystuen was
facing a revolver which the bandit3
was holding under his nose and
was ordered to get into the lockeri
He complied instantly. Then tho
! bandit awoke Stunt and tied him
securely.
When the train stopped at a sta
ton he would calmly kick on any
mail sacks most handy. At Hill
yard he was asked where the leath~'
err pouch was and informed the in~,
quirer it would be found inside the
paper bag. Several people saw the
robber and declare he wore no
, mustache. Nystuen and Stunt give
the following description of him:
Age about 40; weight, 1909
height, feet Z inches; nose, large
Roman and pock-marked; stubby,
brown mustache. He wore three
quarter dark colored overcoat.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-16
BIG GUNS BEGIN TO ROAR

MAGDALENA BAY, March TO-
BY United Wireless and United
Press leased wires. by special cor
respondent.
A puff of white smoke, a flying
shell and an angry growl from a
battleship's big guns shattered the
deathlike silence of the hills that
cluster about the calm waters Of
the land-locked bay, marked the
opening Of target practice by
Evans feet today. ...... -. 80.
Early this morning the first of
Uncle Sans floating fortresses
swung out Of the bay and headed
for the ranges. In a moment three
grim fighters had detached them
selves from the squadron and NOV
ed slowly toward the open sea
where for the next few days the
gunners Of each battleship will
strive to surpass wonderful rec
ords already established by dead
shots of the Pacific fleet.
Preliminary to actual practice
came the work of clearing away the
superstructure on each battleship
and putting each vessel in fighting
trim. All was In readiness by day
light and tugs were out in the open
sea putting up targets which will
soon be torn to shreds.
Conditions for accurate shooting
are propitious and new marks will
probably be hung up.
The target practice planned to
take place at this point in the re-
markable cruise should produce re-
suits fit to make patriotic blood
tingle.
In general terms the marksman-
ship with great guns in our navy
Is today six times as good as 1t
was during the Spanish war. At
the battle OF Santiago. July 3, 1898,
only per cent of the shots from
the American ships took effect
That Is. out of every 100 shots
fred only between four and Ave
struck a Spanish ship. Yet the
Spanish squadron was annihilated
in short order.
What then would happen to a
hostile feet II attacked by Admiral
Evans ships, with their recent
achievement at target practice of
the New England coast, when the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-16

The first definite clew to the
route pursued by the fake mail in
spector who yesterday morning rob-
bed the mail car on the G. N. ORR
entail Limited, westbound, boarding
it at Bonners Ferry and at the point
of a gun forcing the two clerks, J.
w. Nystuen and Ben. j. Stumpf,
into submission. after which he
calmly rifled the registered matter,
was discovered this morning by Of
ficials of the Washington Water
Power Co.
A man who answers the descrip-
ton Of the bandit boarded Mime
haha car at 9:53, which is about
the time the robber got of the mail
car at the o. R. & N. junction. 1t
was few blocks from the junction
that the suspect boarded the car.
His left hand was tied up and he
carried a grip, such as the mail
clerks described, in his right hand
He rode only few blocks toward
town, then got off and walked west
From the fact that Harry Drap
er's bloodhounds that were put up
on the trail yesterday could not
pick up the scent anywhere in the
vicinity of the junction, there is nc
doubt in the minds of the police
that the man who boarded the Min
nehaha car is the man wanted.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-16
ANNUAL SPRING FLOOD ON

Theh annual spring food ramage
Is on in localities situated along
rivers, especially In western Wash
inA e0h and in Idaho. In the Sound
region the White. Green and Cedar
rivers are almost up to the high
marks Of the 1906 food. The coun-
try between Seattle and Tacoma is
rapidly being covered. A number
Of families were forced to move
out OF their homes at Renton, and
the high water Is causing consid-
cradle loss to mills on the low.
lands near Tacoma.
Al Wall Walla Mill creeks has
Hooded the city again, causing tho
heaviest damage in years. The
Fourth st. bridge went out last
night, and part of the Third ST.
bridge was wrecked by blasts to
prevent a jam. The gas plant has
been shut o ffand Easements in the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-16
1naugurates a Reign of Wholesale
Murder and Rioting.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 16.
Revolt, intrigue and assassina-
ton are running riot today in
Haytian cities of Port Au Prince
and Gonaives, according to cable
dispatches. A hastily organized
censorship has caused confusion
and accurate details are unobtain-
able at this hour.
Widest rumors are in circula-
ton following the policy of whole
sale assassination adopted yester-
day by Gen. Villardouhin lie Conte,
newly appointed minister of the in
terror.
He had two leading citizens of
the country taken out in the out
skirts Of the city and shot without
even the formallty Of courtmartial
or trial.
This public murder was followed
by assaults on men and women,
and the thrusting into Jail Of a
score of others.
One report declares LIE Conte has
ordered the French consul to sur
render fugitives to him, and that q
number Of residences have been
burned and many people shot.
Foreign residents are fiocking to
consulates for protection. There Is
not room to house them all. Drunk
en- soldiers are pillaging deserted
homes.
Warships of France, Germany
and England are Fastening to the
scene. The English cruisers indie
fatigable and Crescent are enroute
and the French cruiser D'Estrees
is under orders from Santiago de
Cuba.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-16
n. GRADE FIGHT
AGAIN TONIGHT

Another struggle over the grade
separation question will come be-
fore the council this evening. The
fight will be continued over the
mandatory clause desired by the
railroads and the permissive clause
desired by Judge Turner, the
Spokesman-Review and others.
Corporation Counsel Hamblen
will submit an opinion on the le-
gality of N. P. Counsel Cannon's
amendment expressly binding the
company to pay damages il any are
recoverable. II the council can be
satisfied that property interests
will be thus secured it is likely that
the ordinance will pass favorable
consideration.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-16

business district are flooded.
Lewiston Is cut off by rail and
other towns in the state are suf-
fering heavy damage. The Clear
water rose 10 feet In As hours, and
the Snake is coming up steadily.
Washouts and slides are numerous
and train service may be paralyzed
entirely.
The steel bridge across Potlatch
creek between Arrow and Julietta
and about two miles of the N. p.
tracks Is washed out.
o. r. & N. traffic east from Port
land is blocked by big slide at
Wyeth. Passenger trains were run
back and passengers transferred to
the N. p. via Tacoma. The viii
lamette is rising and s. p. lines are
endangered. The N. p. route from
Portland north is also in bad
VITA
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-16
SMALL BOYS ALLEGED
FIRE BUGS

The police have not succeeded in
locating the two small boys who
are said to have set fire to the va
cant building which burned in Lid
gerwood park about s o'clock last
night. The owner of the property
is unknown. The house was re-
Gently moved to that site.
This morning the fire department
extinguished a small blaze around
the oven in the Minneapolis bak-
cry. Damage slight.
Another false alarm was sent in
this morning, evidently by the same
miscreant who has been sending in
false alarms for a long time.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-16

Then out from the upper works
Of the battleship Georgia the IA
nous message began to sputter,
telling of the exact whereabouts of
the feet and that 1t was two days
aAead of schedule.
The wonderful waves circled out
over the Pacific.
One portion Of them passed over
the city of Acapulco, in Mexico. and
pushed on above the high Sierra
mountains.
On, 1t went, past the smoldering
crater of Popocatapetl, 1880 feet
high, the Hottest of Mexico's great
volcanoes, and on northwest; over
the mountains again and then out
above the blue gulf of Mexico.
The feet was steaming on, but
Roses message home kept speeding
along, hundreds of miles more
above the steamers and fishing
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-16

LONDON. March 16.-Chancellor
Of Exchequer Asquith today in
formed parliament that the British
government had ordered the indie
fatigable and Crescent to Hayti to
protect British interests at the con-
sulates of Port Au Prince and Go
naives, where fugitives are flocking
to escape the bloody hand Of the
lie Conte administration.
The trouble originated several
weeks ago in a political intrigue OF
enemies of lie Conte. Saturday by
means of a letter accidentally
placed in his hands LIE Conte be-
came aware of the conspiracy
against him. The letter was direct
ed to Gen. Firmin and made refer
ence to a conspiracy against LIE
Conte with the list of names. lie
Conte gave the list to his brother
with orders to arrest, and the as
sassinations followed. lie Conte to-
day repudiated the killing.
Cable dispatches received here
state that Majors Leon Carraqus
and M. Fifford and Lieut.. La Roche
were shot before sunrise this morn
ing. They were named in the let
ter as implicated in the plot.
M. Borne, Haytian minister of
foreign affairs, has served notice
on the French government that ow.
ing to the discovery that con-
spiracy against lie Conte was
originated within the walls of the
French consulate the agreement be-
tween Hayti and France in rela-
ton to protection of political
refugees will be abrogated.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-16

boats, and under the brilliant tropi-
cal stars, passing south of New
Orleans, and then striking up into
western Florida.
There is a wireless station at
Pensacola, but the operator there
was not expecting any news from
the Pacific. His messages all
come from the other side.
But his receiver began to hum,
and the syllables began coming out.
1t was Norman Rose talking to
you.
To do it, he had sent a wireless
message over more than 1900 miles
across two seas and a foreign coun-
try, travelling over lowland and
highland, and even leaping over
lofty mountains and dead vol
canoes.
1t told the world that the feet
was safe.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-16

When words was received March
9 from Norman Rose, stan CORE
spondent of this newspaper with
Admiral Evans. Of the whereabouts
Of the great battleship fleet, 1t was
the most remarkable wireless mes
sage yet transmitted and received
in the history of that mysterious
agency.
The evening meal was over on
the white battleships. They were
steaming up the coast of Mexico,
and everybody was wondering
about the news from home. There
was no cable. There had been no
news since leaving Callao; there
wouldn't be any news until they
reached Magdalena bay. 1t was
the longest leg of the notable voy-
age.
Rose determined to try the wire
less.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-16
GETS ALCOHOL
THROUGH FAKE

When Detective Lister yesterday
arrested j. A. Cross, drunken sol
der, he took from him a bottle OF
alcohol on which was pasted a
prescription by "Dr. J. NJ. Hollo-
way The alcohol was given to
the soldier by the Broadway phar-
macy as 1t was thought the pre-
scrip;ion was made out by regu-
lar physician. There is no such
physician in town and the police
believe that someone at Fort
Wright who Is acquainted with
medical signs made out the pre-
scription.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-16
HITCHCOCK Victim OF
PERJURED PROSECUTION

suited any Of the girls mentioned,
and that the charges were trump
ed up by Gerry society agents or
Hugo Voecks, brother Of one of the
girls. who has already pleaded
guilty of having tried to blackmail
Hitchcock.
Flora Whjtson will probably be
indicted for perjury and late this
afternoon Judge Blanchard order
ed an Investigation of the agents of
the Gerry society. A scandal is
promised by attorneys for Hitch
cock.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-16
FIRERUc PERSISTS IN
DEADLY PURPOSE

DENVER, March 16.-For the
tenth time within year and the
third time since last Sunday, the
fashionable Bernard apartment
house was set fire at 3 O'Clock this
morning. The blaze was accom-
panied by a stampede Of tenants.
Only by desperate work were the
flames checked.
Before the firebug started the fire
he cut the electric light wire and
threw the entire building In dark.
ness. A mad rush caused a crush
at exits which were TANNED and
none was able to get out until fire
man had cut down the doors. Sew.
eral were painfully injured.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-16

NEW YORK. March 16.-The
case against Raymond Hitchcock,
accused of mistreating young girls,
was dismissed today for lack of evi.
dence to sustain the charge.
The climax of the case came
when Flora Whitson, one of the
girls involved, declared that her
testimony before the grand jury
upon which the indictment was
based, was not true and that 1t
had been wrung from her by agents
of the Gerry society. She declared
the comedian never wronged or in
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-16
GOING AFTER 1HEATERS
UNDER STATE LID LAW

Leon Rumble. It Is said that on &C
count Of the slowness of the city
authorities in bringing to trial
those persons who have already
been arrested on the Sunday
charge Attorney Alex M Winston,
who represents the clothiers, de-
termined to attempt to get quicker
action by proceeding under the
state law.
II convicted under the state law
the fine will be not less than $25.
Under the city ordinance the fine
can be as low as 81.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-16
SOCIALISTS DIS0WN
ANARCHlSTIc INSULT

ASTORIA, March 16.-Anarchos-
tic demonstrations displayed in this
city by the Firms of a secret or
ganization when Pres. Roosevelt's
picture was removed from the
wall have been denounced by the
leaders of this society, who say the
act was performed by individuals
who call themselves socialists and
who are too lazy to work.
The unpatriotic. actions have re-
suited In the villification Of the en-
tire Finnish population. The So
called socialists removed the presi-
dents portrait, using as their argu-
ment that he represents the
liquor party"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-16

The board of education meets
this evening to consider the fire
protection question and also to de-
eide upon a call for another bond
issue for school improvements. An
issue is stated to be necessary be-
fore the schools can be equipped
with fire escapes and needed altera-
tons made. II is the intention OF
the board to include this In the
100000 bond issue 1t determined
to ask for some time ago in order
to provide new schools that ara
badly needed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-03-16
Drunken INDIAN
BEATS BOY

An Indian camp in the vicinity OF
Drumheller Springs in the north
west part OF the city will probably
be raided by the police on account
OF the actions Of drink-crazed In
dian who yesterday took heavy
strap and beat ]. H. Burgess son
with it. He also tried to catch
three other boys. He beat young
Burgess until the boy promised to
bring so cents to the camp.