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Pocahontas star herald., 1908-12-11
1902 Imprisoned in Two Years

Little Rock, Dec. 6.--SuPerln-
tendent J. a. Pltcook's biennial re-
port of the Penitentiary shows that
during the last two years there were
? 900 prisoners handled in the In
stitution, LOOP being received dur
ing the period. Pardons were
granted to 27S prisoners, 2l4
escaped, 81 recaptured, 3 psroled,
81 transferred to the Reform School,
8 to the insane asylum, 573 released
and 50 died. At the end of the
period there we're 1888 prisoners In
the institution. The cost of main
tanning the institution for the two
years, including $4,000 of the
purchase price paid on the State
farm, was S373,77l.
Pocahontas star herald., 1908-12-11

Pearce Neal has hired 70 W. NJ
Shaver to work on the farm through
crop time.
James Hogan is having a ne"
barn erected IN south Biggers'
J. viii Henley failed to fill his
appointment here last Sunday, ow-
ING to the bad weather. We trust
he will be here the first Sunday in
January, 1909.
Pocahontas star herald., 1908-12-11
Fur Wanted

am in the market for all kinds
of raw furs for which | will pay
the highest market price. Will also
buy green hides.
4. g. WHITTlNGTON,
Biggers, Ark.
Pocahontas star herald., 1908-12-11

Don't neglect your subscription
account. If you are in arrears
please pay up.
You can get 10 pounds of good
roasted coffee for 81 at B. f. Big
ger & Sons.
Pocahontas star herald., 1908-12-11

Victor talking machines and rec
ords at n. A. Childs.
Ceiling, siding, flooring and all
kinds of building material at Spin,
nenweber Il Peters.
Pocahontas star herald., 1908-12-11
Warm, Knit Underwear

For men, women and children Women's Set Snug
Vests, Pants and Union Suits. Children's feeced I'm
ion Suits and twopiece SUITS Mems heavy cotton
feeced Shirts and Drawers. Youths and boys heeced
shirts and Drawers, Mems medium and light weight
wooen shirts and Drawers. The price On each gar
ment has been made as attractive as possible.
Pocahontas star herald., 1908-12-11

able
of
furnish
in
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-11-05
FOUR YEARS MORE

expected happened of Taft The Repub
Both right only the Republicans did expect enough aud
the Democrats mixed which the landslide would
Taken altogether the election the finest endorsement given
candidate for President Roosevelt and at the
time that the American people we'll pleased with his adj
IL shows that it possible to fool all the people
spacious theories Ii shows that the attempt induce
ganzd labor vote class and OF the citizen
ship of country against the has failed miseraby II shows
that the American people, while desiring all possible and
wishing rigid enforcement OF the laws corporations and the
rich alike will be led wild chase after
al and quack % for the ills Of the body polite; aud that
will demand their chief something than
honesty and oorcal ability 1t shows that the American
people chief who adds to his good
ons knowledge the work be DONE and who has proved his
ability The Of Of which the
people, the Republican and particularly the aborng
who refused he made the INSCRIPTIONS politicians
be led by false doctrines right to be proud
Judge Taft make president than Roosevelt
He has had and he has ability the
managing He likely greater in carrying
his policies and to make less disturbance The puoetic element
entirely from the Repubaupay and there
great things.
Mr. BRYAN congratulated tina: he has not been into
pac for which he not fitted and taken from which he adons
public speaker and writer leading citizen OF America he
has high place the hearts OF his counymen and often
form directing attention TO problems which he
be entirely unab solve There fault to be found with Mr.
Bryan a lecturer.
Continued fsge)
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-11-05
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Mrs Astor Dead-Aero Makes Long
Flight-Turkish Mutineers Shot =
Roosevelt Votes.

MRS. AsToR DEAD:-Mrs. VIM.
Astor, who has been New Yorks so
cial queen for more than a genera
ton, died at her home late Friday
night. Her death was caused by heart
affection accompanied by old age. She
was 50 years old.
AERO MAKES LONG FLIGHT
Henry Farnan, ar aeroplanist, made
trip fran Mcurmelon, France 10
Rheims. a distance OF 20 miles with
his machine. The time Of flight was
20 minutes and the height reached
between 100 and $50 It.
TURKISH MUTINEERS shot,
An outbreak By company of Turkish
troops last week was easily put down
by a loyal battalion. The rebellious
troops were to leave. but withdrew to
a field near by ard refused to depart.
The Salonica battalion, especially
stanch supporters of the constitution,
was ordered to attack them. One volley
was sufficient to quell them. A new
danger has been added to the Balkan
situation by the Pan-Slav movement,
and the fear of revolution In Turkey.
ROOSEVELT VoTES:-President
Roosevelt left Washington Monday
night for Oyster Bay. where he voted
early Tuesday morning. His special
train reached Washington early On
ough on the night OF the election for
him to receive the returns at the
White House.
THANKSGIVING DAY SET:-The
president has Issued the annual
thanksgiving proclamation in which
he sets the day for Thursday, Nov. 26.
In the document he urges war upon
existing evils and sets forth the pro-
gress of the United States from O
few small colonies to one OF the great
world powers.
AFTER NIGHT RIDERS:-Gov.
Patterson of Tennessee says the evil
dence Is complete against the men
who took part in the hanging and
OF Capt. Rankin. Three cf
the gang are to be used as witnesses
and have been removed to stronger
iaiIs for safe keeping. Many night
riders are leaving Tennessee, 1t being
too hot for them. Confessions by
members Of the gang have fixed the
guilt of the men that put the moose
around Capt Rcnkin's neck. and the
man that fired the first shot.
WHITE MAN LYNCHED:--A mob
att Kingston, Tenn, last Saturday
killed a white man held on a charge
Of murder They had intended 70
hang him. but he offered resistance
and was shot.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-11-05
Our Next President.

pected. In the Democratic colmun.
The states considered doubtful be
fore the election have gone as follows.
Maryland. Democratic; Indiana, Re
publican: Nebraska. Democratic; New
York. Republican: Ohio, Republican.
and West Virginia. Democratic. In
most Of these states the vote is close,
especially In New York. where Charles
Evans Hughes. Republican. has been
reelected governor by $4,000 votes.
Taft has carried the state by 100000,
Results In the East.
Pennsylvania has gone Republican
by $50 900 majority and New Jersey by
75 600. the figures in 1904 being $685.
5i9 and s0.b9s respectively. Connecti-
cut is Republican save In few cities
and towns. but Congressman George
L. Lilley, the Republican candidate for
governor, ran behind Mr.. Taft.
The lower house OF the Sixty-nrst
congress will be Republican by about
its old majority. The senate will re-
main Republican. Speaker Cannon
has won his fight for reelection by
his usual majority.
Most OF the great cities OF the coun-
try have gone Republican. with the ex-
ception OF New York and Chicago. In
each OF these cases. however, the rural
Republican majority has been sum
ciently large 10 OFFSET the Democratic
urban vote. st. Louis has gone Repub-
iican, while the rest OF Missouri Is
heavily Democratic.
Central States for rafs.
Ohio. Indiana and Illinois. the great
central states. with an aggregate OF
sixty-five electoral votes. have gone
Republican despite the fight made TO
bring them into the Democratic col
umn. Governor peneen In Illinois. Re
(continued on Fourth fage.l
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-11-05
PLURALITIES LESS THAN ROOSEVELTS
BUT ABOUT LIKE McKINLEYS
Kentucky Goes Democratic by Small Margin
RESULTS Alta GLANCE

it's a landslide.
Taft's vote In ELECTORAL college
s27. His majority III.
Taft carries every northern state ex
cept Nevada. Nebraska. and Colorado.
Eastern states gives Taft a larger
vote than Roosevelt had.
Western states show much decreas-
ed Republican plaralities, but about
the same that Mckinley had in his
second race.
Compared with anything except
Roosevelt's record-breaking plurali-
ties the election Is the strongest en-
dorsemcnt a Republican candidate for
president has ever received.
Congress viii safely be Republican.
but with reduced pluralities; and
many members 40 back with smaller
pluralities.
Hughes wins IN New York. but
other Republican candidates for
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-11-05

governor In other important states
are ell defeated, except Hadley. in
Missouri.
Temperance reform movement gets
severe setback In Indiana and Ohio
by victory OF Democratic state tickets.
No sign that the labor vote cut
any figure. or that there was any
detection from among the negroes.
Taft's total popular vote about the
same as oosevelt's-heavier Demo-
cratic vote makes the difference.
Heaviest vote In the history of the
country polled.
Kentucky Democratic by 10000.
Republicans lose one Congressman
in Kentucky. James being defeated
in the Third.
The Eleventh gave Taft nearly 90
900 but It was not enough TO offset
the Democratic gains among the night
riders.
Law and Order not endorsed by
the people Of the night-riding dis
tricts.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-11-05

New York. Nov. 4.-The next presi-
eent OF the United States viii be VII
liam Howard Taft. Republican, OF
Ohio. The next vice president will be
James schcolcraft Sherman, Repub-
iican. of New York.
This is the verdict returned by the
majority OF the 100000 voters OF
the United States. The Republican
candidate has repeated Mr.. Roosevelts
feat of carrying every northern state.
giving him a clear majority In the
electoral college OF 11S over William
Jennings Bryan, the Democratic candi-
date. Mr.. Taft will receive 30s elect
oral votes to Mr.. Bryan's $50. The
former also lost West Virginia, which
vent 70 Mr.. Roosevelt four years ago.
and has lost the one electoral vote
which Maryland gave TO the Republi-
can candidate In 1900. Oklahoma. the
state created since the last presiden'
Nal election, has enrolled itself. a. sr-
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-11-05
DOUBTFUL STATES TAFT's

Late returns show that Taft will
probably have a safe majority In Mis-
souri,. Maryland and West Virginia.
tho an official count may be necessary
to determine the results In those
states. He now has good lead IN
ell, on the unofficial returns. In Mis-
souri, Hadley. Republican. has been
elected governor by about 5000.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-11-05

Carried His Own Precinct.
Fairview. Lincoln. Neb.. Nov. A.
Bryan carried his precinct 10 70 81
or Taft
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-11-05

Latest figures oil how the different
States voted.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-11-05

Necessary to a choice
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-02-27

after prolonged Investigation extend.
Ing over two sessions of congress and
evidence had been taken covering
thousands of pages. Practically every
negro of the three companies Of in.
fantry dishonorably. discharged by
President Roosevelt testified in his
own behalf, while evidence in support
OF the president was given by many
army officers and citizens of Browns
vile.
Throughout the entire controversy
which in many sections of the country
had been made political issue, the
anti-administration campaign has been
directed by Senator Foraker. In the
final vote in the committee majority
of the Republican members came tc
his support.
The Ohio senator expressed himself
as gratified at this, as 1t was apparent
from the outset that all Of the Demo
cratic members were convinced that
the negroes did the shooting.
The fight will be carried to the floor
of the senate. The report of the com
mfttee will not be made for about ten
days, as Senator Warner, who con
Quoted the examination of witnesses
on behalf of the administration, will
be absent from Washington for that
period. Action by the committee
therefore, will be postponed until his
return,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-02-27
WILL CRUSH STANDARD OIL
Kellogg Says That in Twelve Months
Monopoly Will Be Dissolved,

Washington, Feb. 27-By far the
most damaging evidence yet produced
against the Standard Oil company to
prove it guilty of conspiracy under
the Sherman antitrust law was
brought out during this weeks hear
ing before the referee
Special Attorney Frank B. Kellogg
put Traffic Manager Culp, Freight SUI
perintendent Greene and other Off
Gals Of the Southern railroad on the
stand and by their testimony exposed
the methods employed by the Stand
ard Gil people to grant rebates and
special rates to their favored custom
ers.
Pretty much of the entire territory
south of the Ohio river in the thickly
populated sections of the country was
covered by these secret rates by the
Standard OIL Their scheme was very
ingenious. They secured a division
rate from Whiting, Ind, to a little
place in Southern Tennessee called
Grand Junction. From Grand juno
ton hundreds of thousands barrels of
oil were shipped on freight schedule
that had never been subjected to the
Interstate commerce commission In
some instances the oil that went via
Grand Junction went nearly 1000
miles out of the way in order to es-
cape the interstate commerce commits
sion.
The officials Of the Southern Rail-
way who testified have incurred the
hostility Of the Standard Oil company
to such an extent that a boycott is
threatened. But Mr.. Kellogg made
the assertion that in twelve months
time there would be no holding COM
pany and that the Standard Oil mo-
nopoly would be dissolved.
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The claim is made by some publish

The claim Is made by some publish
ers that congress should take the
same action with respect to the paper
and wood pulp duties as was taken
by congress several years ago in plac-
Ing coal on the free list. The reply
made by members of the house who
have been urged to support the policy
Is that much different condition of
a1talrs exists with respect to the pa
per and wood pulp matter than OBJ
tanned during the session. of congress
when coal was placed on the free list
1t is asserted that in the case of
coal general famine Of this neces-
sary fuel existed, owing to a strike.
and that so urgent was the demand
for bringing in coal from foreign coun-
tries that President Roosevelt urged
in a message to congress that relief
be given through the free admission
of coal. It is pointed out that Presi-
dent Roosevelt does not take this
position with reference to paper and
wood pulp and with the exception of
occasional letters from publishers
there is no general demand, either
through public meetings or even nu
merous letters to senator's and repre-
sentatives urging action by congress
in favor of placing paper and wood
pulp on the free list.
In this situation it is claimed by
the Northwestern representatives that
! it would be futile to expect congress-
to act at present.
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HUGHES AGAIN LOSES
Senate Refuses to Remove InSur-
ance Superintendent.
ACCUSED OF INCOMPETENCE
Executive In Message to Legislators
Declares Official Has Neglected to
Bring Department Out Of State OF
Ineffciency Existing in 1906.

Albany, N. Y, Feb. 27.-Without a
word of comment or debate on the
merits of the question and by a vote
almost duplicating that of last year
the senate for the second time has
refused to concur in the renewed rec
Ommendation of Governor Hughes
that Otto Kelsey be removed, on the
ground of incompetency, from the
Office Of state superintendent of in
surance. The vote was ayes 10, noes
80. The vote last year on the same
proposition was "a to 81.
In message which he sent to the
senate recently asking a vote sane
tioning the removal of Superintendent
Kelsey Governor Hughes stated that
the superintendent had neglected to
bring the insurance department out
of the condition of inefficiency which
a legislative committee investigation
In 1905 had shown prevailed there.
aubordinates who had failed under
~ SFAOOS SupSl1uISiluS1IS " pSllO LII
their duties in the public interest, as
the governor claimed, had been per-
mitted to retain their places and
there had been no reorganization Of
the department such as, in the gov.
ernor's judgment, was demanded to
place it upon basis of efficiency
such as was necessary to restore con-
fidence in the insurance companies
doing business in this state, In short,
the governor held Superintendent Kel-
soy did not measure up to the stand
ard required of the head of so impor-
tant department Of the state govern
ment.
With his message Governor Hughes
transmitted to the senate the report
OF Matthew G. Fleming, who had been
appointed to examine Superintendent
Kelsey and to look into the workings
of the insurance department. Mr..
Weming's report was q long document
and went into details regarding the
department. its findings being strong
ly condemnatory of Mr.. Kelsey's ad-
niinistration.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-02-27
In DEFENSE OF NAVY.
Admiral Caps Appears Before Senate
Committee.


Committee.
Washington, Feb. 27.-Rear Admiral
Washington Lee Capps, chief con-
structor of the navy, before the sen
ate committee on naval affairs, replied
to the magazine article written by
Henry Reuterdahl in criticism of the
construction of American battleships
The admiral asserted that the Amer
lean ships are the equal of any navy
of the world. The most serious
charges made, he said, were of in
sufficient freeboard, meaning height
from waterline to deck; insufficient
gun height and improper location of
main line armor belts, and all these
he explained have been the subject of
the closest study and experiment for
many years by naval designers Of
every country. Admiral Capps char
acterized as "exploded" the theory
that if shell penetrated the armor
plate at slight incline it would be
DETECTED upward by the armor of the
protected deck. ''All efforts" he add
SNs o1cSAlu w I'LL CCICu tOW dIu hGSD-
ing the shell out; all the armor
should be put on the ship in vertical
FORM"
The admiral said the fact that in
the Dreadnaught class in Great Brit
ain and the Delaware class in the
United States the forward freeboard
has been made one deck higher than
the previous class ships does not in.
dictate that the latter was too low
"They are just right for their type"
he said. "The Delaware is made
higher forward because she is de-
signed on finer lines, much longer
and for greater speed, which, of
course, casts the spray higher No
increase has been made in the free
board except at the bow"
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}. H. Hurley Injured.

J. F. Hurley, conductor on the M.
& l. logging train, was injured last
night at a point where the logs are
dumped from the cars to the land
ing at East Brainerd. Mr.. Hurley
was drawing in car from the train
at the landing W hen the car was de-
rallied and Mr.. Hurley fell injuring
himself so severely that he is not
able to walk.
However, Mr.. Hurley came to
Bemidji with his train. He will be
laid up for some time. His injuries
might have been fatal and he was
fortunate in that he was not more
severely injured.
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person was an almanac in which
he had checked all working days in
January and also in February UP
to February s. In the almanac had
been written the name of William
G. Lenbke, Kelliher. 1t is not be.
lieved that is the mans name but
is simply an address placed there
for reference. '..
The dead man was seen in Black
duck on the 18th inst, alive and
we'll, but no one appears to know
who he is.
The body will be held in the
undertaking rooms for another day,
and if identity has not been fully
established the remains will be
buried at the poor farm.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-02-27
BODY FOUND IN A CAMP;
DIED FROM EXPOSURE
Unknown Man Perished in Cedar
Camp Not Far from Village
of Blackjack.

The body of an unknown lumber
jack lies in the undertaking rooms
of J. P. Lair in this city, the body
having been discovered in an aban-
doned cedar camp near Blackjack,
and from appearances deceased had
died from exposure.
B. E. Stove and a number of
others employed in the McAvity
logging camps discovered the body
of an unknown man in the camp
and made an investigation of the
surroundings and the conditions
with the intention of ascertaining
how the unknown came to his death.
Word was sent to this city and
Deputy Coroner Lair went to the
place where the body Was found.
Everything indicated that he had
died from exposure, having probably
imbibed considerable liquor while
at Blackjack, and while going to
the McAvity camp stopped at the
cedar camp, afterward lying down,
and owing to his condition, freezing
to death without waking up.
It has been impossible so far to
identify the man. He is smooth
shaven, and is about thirty years
old. The only thing found on his
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-02-27
QUEEN WiLHELMINA.

severe and the carriage was badly
wrecked, three wheels being torn off.
Fortunately neither the queen nor the
prince was hurt. Her majesty was
somewhat unnerved, but she was able
to walk to the palace. Shortly after
she left the palace and went to the
residence of her mother in order to
reassure her and prove that she had
not been injured.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-02-27
SHADOW OF FORMER SELF
Convicted Chicago Official Released
From Penitentiary.


Chicago, Feb. 27.-John A. Linn,
former clerk of the circuit court, who
was released from Joliet penitentiary
by the state board of pardons, was
brought to his home in this city by
Mayor Fred A. Busse. Linn looked a
shadow Of what he once was. When
he left Chicago to serve his sentence
twenty-five months ago for embezzle-
ment of public funds he was robust
and powerful. His weight was 200
pounds. AS he stepped from the train
on his return he possibly weighed 40
pounds. The clothes for which he ex-
changed his prison garb hung like
bags from his gaunt and bent frame
During the hours ride from the peni-
Tertiary the mayor sat beside Linn
and talked cheerily of plans for Linn S
future, but Linn throughout remained
depressed and nearly mute. The re-
lease was granted on the ground that
Inns physical health had utterly
failed and that his mind also was
failing.
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BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

The Retail Hardware Dealers asso.
citation Of Minnesota is holding it's an
nual convention in st. Paul.
The universal municipal suffrage
bill passed it's third reading in the
Danish landsthing by 80 votes to 20.
The Rev. DR.. Charles Cuthbert Hall,
president of the Union Theological
seminary, is seriously i'll at his home
in New York.
Governor Wilson of Kentucky has
sent a long message to the legislature
urging prompt legislation against the
might riders" and renewing MANY
former recommendations
Tired of her existence in the under
world, whose dregs she had drained
Mrs. B. Shepard White, once the hand
some and talented wife of a prosper.
GUS Chicago publisher, committed sui
eide in that city,
The monthly statement of the col.
lect1Ons of internal revenue shows
that for the month of January, 1908,
the total receipts were $19,742,O04,
which is a decrease as compared with
January, 1907, of $967,013.
Emperor William, according to the
present arrangements, will leave Ber-
lin for his beautiful new villa on the
island of Corfu on March 21. The
emperor designs to take a more COM
plete rest at Corfu than was possible
for him in England.
Mrs. Anna M. Weightman Walker
OF Philadelphia, one of the richest
women of America, was married to
Frederick Cortland Penfield in St.
Patrick's cathedral, New York city.
Following the ceremony Mr.. and Mrs.
Penfield sailed for Europe on the Car
mania.