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The Marshall republican., 1908-02-14
Finance Committees Report

Finance Committees Repor,
A good many conflicting re.
ports are current on the
streets regarding Marshall's
financial condition and in
order to present the facts
correctly we publish the more
Important parts of the finance
committees report to the city
council last week:
Marshall, Mo-,
Feb. 3, 1908.
To the Honorable Mayor
and City Council, Marshall,
Mo.
Gentlemen
Your committee finds that
Tue amount OF money now on
hand in the general fund is
$685. Oh, and that the prob.
able demands on this fund for
debts incurred by the city
and due February lst, will be
$3.50 u leaving u balance In
this fund, after paying said
debts, with current receipts,
of approximately $l6i3.9l.
Your committee had no
means Of estimating the re.
ceipts for this year except by
an examination OF the books
showing the receipts for the
year 1907: and taking last
years receipts as a basis and
deducting the ~dramshop
license paid during that year.
Your COMMITTEES finds that the
probable receipts for the
general fund would be under
present conditions, the next
eleven months, from al.
sources, S7,247.4 6, an average
of $685. 90 per month.
Your committee further
finds that the fixed expenses
of the city payable out of the
general fund are:
Salaries Of officers and empi. $3.50 81
Street Lights ......... 265. 90
Total fixed expenses, per mon. s7s4. IS
Taking the difference between
the monthly expenses and
the estimated average month.
ly receipts as shown above,
your committee finds that
the average monthly deficit
would be $3.50 or a short
age of Sl5O7. 90 for the eleven
remaining months of the year,
and in this estimate no al
lowance Is made for extra ex.
penses OF any description.
From the above showing II
10 selfe.vident that there
must be either a reduction In
expenses or an increase in
revenue.
Your committed finds that
it is not possible at this time,
even II practicable, to make
any reduction either in the
number or salaries OF regular
city employees, as the salaries
are fixed for the full time for
The Marshall republican., 1908-02-14
STALLION FOR SALE.

Bay Stallion, coming r
year-old, 16A hands high,
saddle and trotting bred, at
reasonable price. Address
(Feb.) w. L. Rogers,
rid I, Sweet Springs, No.
FOR SALE-200 bushels Of
high grade Duncan Prolific
Seed Corn, very hardy and q
sure grower. Send in your
orders early. Sample at Re-
publican Office.
(2-16) W. c. Hoffman,
rid Marshall, no.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-12-11
Shifting the Burden.
Felt Boots

Never get out Of trouble oy bring
ing Il on some one else. remarked a
man on the train the other day. z
remember he continued. when
was a small boy, ! was one day going
along the road wher ! came upon a
man holding d ram by the horne As
] came up he said Here, sonny. hold
this ram TN climb over the fence
and unlock The gate.
u took hold OF the ram. and he went
over the fence When safely over he
said I've been holding him for an
hour. ] hone you get rid II him as
easily as did."-Lipplncott's.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-12-11
EAST DORSET

Dir. Cochrane was in Arlingtin yes
terday.
Miss Matte Griffith spent yesterday
in Manchester
Mrs. Grace Ames has returned from
a visit in Dandy
E. r. Harwood returned Wednesday
from Bennington.
Rev II. J. Maill,tt was a recent Wis
itor in Burlington.
Mrs. G. H. Brophy is visiting at her
home in Manchester.
Mrs. George Hall of New York is
visiting with her husband here.
William Leary returned Monday
from a business trip to Troy, n. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Griffith visited
in Rutland the first part Of the week.
Joseph Seymore and Leon Harbour
have taken a contract Of the Ely Mar
bic company
NJ W. Sullivan returned to his
home in New York Wednesday after
a brief stay here.
Mrs. J. !. COchrano, her sister Mrs
Jones and children were Wednesday
visitors in Rutland.
G. II. Freddy returned Wednes-
day to his home I'm Philadelphia after
a two weeks stay here.
Miss Irene Jamersou returned to
her work in Manchester Thursday af-
ter a weeks stay at her home here.
Miss Anna Mcdonald who was call
ed here by the death of relative re
turned Wednesday to her work in
Bennington
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-12-11

OF law there can bee no less acknowl
edged than that her seat Is the bosom
OF God her voice the harmony OF the
world all things In heaven and earth
do her homage. the very least as feel
ing her care. and the greatest as not
exempted from her power; both angels
and men and creatures Of what condi-
ton soever. though each in different
sort and manner. yet all with uniform
consent, admiring her as the mother OF
their peace and joy.-Richard Hooker
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-12-11
BENNINGTON BRIEFS.
Newa Of the Town and Village Toiu
Briefly for Busy Readers

The following prices Tor farm prod
uce were quoted today by prominent
grocer: Butter, fancy creamery. 30
,ents, farmers 80 cents; eggs, stor-
&c, 80 cents, strictly fresh, 40 cents
Farmers are complaining consider
ably about apples rottening in the Gel
lar. At present they are scarce at
$3.50 per barrel Potatoes are held at
$2.25 a barrel. It is the belief of
many that farmers are holding back
the supply in hope of getting Sl00 a
bushel. They will probably be cheap
er in the near future.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-12-11
Sheepskin Leggins

II is very important TO cultivate
businesslike habits An eminent friend
OF mine assured me not long ago that
when he thought over the many cases
he had known Of men. even OF good
ability aAd high character. who had
been unsuccessful in life, by far the
most frequent cause OF failure was
that they were dilatory, unpunctual.
unable to work cordially with others,
obstinate in small things, and in fact,
what we call unbusinesslik0.--LoTd
Avebury.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-12-11
lnconsi..cnt.

q actually felt sorry tor you when
you proposed to me-
Your actions and your statements
don't seem to show that you care much
for the truth
I'D like to know why? / did feel
sorry for you"
yet you married mt Houston
Post
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-12-11

Were YOU frightened during the
battle. Pat'" asked a sergeant OF an
freshman who had received his hap.
tism " FIRE
"Not q biz. -or" replied p1D "Oi
IN ac, NOS. 'ur ''.p %. have
ilt J.c. 10 o. IL .dcrDa,d.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-12-11

FIRST Broaer How's that mining
schru" of yoUr coming on
sr,prd BROKER splendid why. We
.r" ..,-, share before We found lhe
. ..,.- Jfb,uiined.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-12-11

CA8T0 ~.
al. ,ha Kind You Have NNals Bsggf
signature RNEk5lztZz/
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-06-19

Box Ball alleys between Figure
Eight and Old Mill at Natatorium
Park. ~**
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-06-19
THE TARIFF AS A PRICE BOOSTER.

Since 1905 the price of ordinary white paper, such
newspapers use, has increased from $39 to $50 ton
During this period the actual amount of paper
featured by American papernakers has been reduced.
In spite of continued hard times the International
Paper Co. continues to quote and to increase
of prices The total production Of this product in year
is about 100000 tons
According to the uniform and uncontradcted evidence
of white paper the element of competition in
this industry has been entirely eliminated by the forma
ton of perfect combination of paper manufacturers The
department of justice has shown in the the existence
of such combination and has tried in vain to enjon it
by regular legal methods
Evidence before the United States industrial commits
sion shows that paper could be made in 1901 for $50
The International Paper Co. controls many mills and
owns thousands of square miles of timber lands in Canada
well in the United States Part of the profits of the
stockholders in this have from the specula
tive increase in the price of timber lands Canada and in
the United States This increase is due in large part
the monopoly they have been able to of this
of the raw material from which paper is made
The duty wood pulp imported from Canada amounts
to So per ton in the manufactured white paper
This duty helps the International Paper Co. to keep
independent paper makers from locating mills the
sources of wood ALPHABETICALLY the Canadian
and helps the trust to maintain its monopoly.
T Now, the simple question is: Should congress- repre-
senting the people, have permitted law to remain the
books which aids trust to maintain it's monopoly?
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-06-19
CHURCH SOLDIER
GETS SMALL FINE

Judge Huneke this morning cut
II. Thomas Ovens fine down to 81
instead of the s25 as originally as
sessed by Police Judge Hinkle and
from which decision Owen appeal
ed. Owen was arrested during the
trouble at the Calvary Baptist
church on charge of disorderly
conduct. He was guarding a pile
of brick the church owned with a
rife. The superior court jury was
out 20 hours on the problem. For
several hours it stood seven to five
for acquittal. Then it asked for ad-
ditional instructions on reasonable
doubt" The verdict Of guilty was
considerable of surprise to Attor-
ney S. T. Crane, who defended
Owen. However, the jury recon-
mended leniency of the court and
the recommendation was followed
this morning by an imposition Of
the small fine.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-06-19

No. 1-BY MARLEN E. PEW
Special Correspondence to The Press
FORT GRANT, Graham county,
Ariz., June 19.-Coming the hun
dreds of miles across the desolate
sand wastes of western California
and Arizona, bleak, gray deserts
upon which the summer sun beats
and radiates pitilessly and which
offers to any living creature only a
desperate struggle for existence,
the traveller who has heard of the
Punishment to this vale Of death of
Col. VIM. F. Stewart, U. S. A., will
wonder what hideous crime the old
officer must have committed to
merit such punishment.
If were king of all America and
were to decide the fate of culprit
guilty Of firing an old ladies in
Urinary with matches stolen from a
blind beggar, should sentence the
villain to walk, at monday, the %
miles from Wilcox, Ariz., to Fort
Grant, and reside at the latter
place" for not less than three
years and eight months.
The object of my journey to Fort
Grant was to learn the truth of the
condition of Col. Stewart, whom
Pres. Roosevelt calls a nuisance"
and who appears to have been SEN
fenced, under a peculiar presiden-
tial prerogative, to add three more
years to his present servitude OF
eight months in the Arizona desert.
Col. Stewart, so far as can be
learned. has never had wicked de-
signs upon the blind or the infirm-
in fact, has committed no crime
whatsoever.
From conversation with him,
however, | should judge that he
would not hesitate to exact from a
West Point son of a father the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-06-19

same military discipline that he
would demand from an obscure en-
listed boy from Maine; that he
would expect a 250-pound gold-laced
occupant of Washington armchair
to march II miles a day, if the
army test regulation called there
/ for, with the alternative that the fat
gentleman might retire in favor of
one more agile and thereby comply
with the law; that, in fact, Col.
Stewart would conduct his Office in
/ the interest of the army irrespec-
tive of politics and without fear or
favor. In these may be his fault.
He's fighting man, is Col. Stew
art, born Of fighting stock. He's
fighting his last battle today down
in this forgotten country, stripped
of the glory soldier holds dear,
commander of deserted and
crumbling fort, discredited, alone, a
victim of autocratic power and
| well, his teeth are set with determ-
nation to win vindication and he
! doesn't whine about persecution.
| That's the truth of it.
That's what the row is all about.
That's the story of Col VIM. F.
Stewards exile and certainly it is
without parallel in American mill
, tary history, is travesty upon the
, legal conduct of the affairs of the
, department of war and it savors Of
Devils Island.
Dreyfus had the advantage of be-
ing charged with crime and ia
vored with trial. Col. Stewart is
cast out into the burning desert pit
with rattlesnakes, lizard and yap-
ping coyotes to bear him company.
with no charge tainting his AZ
years honored service, and, al
though he has thrice petitioned
Roosevelt and Taft, he has not
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-06-19

Of the window when the conductor
comes along, and the conductor
who absent mindedly forgets to
ring up all the fares he collects.
These placards read:
THOU SHALT NOT STEAL
Every Passenger Who Does Not
Pay His Fare-Steals.
Every Conductor Who Does Not
Turn in Fares Collected
Steals.
THOU SHALT NOT STEAL"
Whitridge, in addition to his
ideas regarding honesty, believes
cleanliness to be next to goodness
For the benefit of his careless pa
irons he has posted this placard:
HELP US TO KEEP THESE
CARS CLEAN.
Do not spit on the floor.
Do not throw rubbish or filth
on the floor.
Do not let anybody else do these
things.
We wish to please the public.
We ask the public to help us.
Inform us of everything wrong
Be sure your complaints will BIZ
attended to.
He has also sent circular letters
to the conductors impressing upon
them that politeness, and moi
bouncing methods, are preferable
to the management, and that any
complaint on this score will draw
immediate discharge for the of
tenders. incidentally he urged
upon them the necessity of keep
ing clean
Not all the conductors are talk
ing kindly to the new order Of
things. Some have asked sar
castically whether, in case of &
blockade, it shall be an experience
Or prayer meeting.
The public's principal objection
to his innovations is on account Of
his having abolished all transfers
But Whitridge insists that alons
with other betterments must come
an increase in revenues.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-06-19
FRANK w. WHITRIDGE, RE-
CElVER, WHOSE METHODS
ARE UNIQUE

AIRY, after the men in control had
drained the system of its resources
for their political and personal
benefit.
In each car is posted an i'm
mense placard for the benefit of
the passenger who Is looking out
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-06-19

even been granted a court OF in
CURRY as a means of learning why
this whitening fate.
/ These are busy days in politics
I Maybe there isn't time for an off.
cial investigation of Col. Stewards
case. In view of this possibility
perhaps patriotic citizenship will
spare the time to consider this un-
official inquiry.
Col. Stewart, now a thin, wiry,
grizzled little man, was born under
the stars and stripes that foated
over Fort Adams, Mass. SO years
ago, of a soldier father and a
mother whose male ancestors had
gallant fighting spirit and fighting
blood. His father was 1t. Col. Jos.
Stewart, first volunteer and later,
in 1912, graduate from West
Point, who saw gallant service in
the Mexican war. In the family of
Col. Stewards father were IL mill
tary officers and his mothers fam
lily boosted of II officers. all faith
full to the causes of their flags.
So, with the boy born in the old
Massachusetts, fort, there was but
one occupation in life worth while
and that as professional defender
of the state.
AS boy of II Stewart began his
service, the Fenian disturbances on
the Great Lakes calling his initial
active duty. And then came the
Indian wars. He can tell fascinat-
ing stories of battles with the red
savages of the West, where he first
tasted the desert alkali that now
chokes him, but he never mentions
the fact that he was brevetted for
conspicuous bravery and he does
not today show his medal of honor
He saw active service during the
reconstruction period of the South,
fighting down the spirit of the Ku
klux Khan. He served in Alaska,
then up and down the Atlantic and
Pacific coasts in the coast artillery
and finally two years in Cuba dur
ing the war.
Col. Stewart, although having
missed the advantages of West
Point education, has been a fine fig
ure in modern American history
and, following his father, he has
given two splendid young sons to
the American army, which needs
them.
Among enlisted men who have
served under him he today has the
reputation of being a ''strict Off
cer," but Just and fair" AS one
man said, as l happen to know,
"You made the boys toe the mark,
sir, but you wouldn't send them
where you wouldn't go yourself
and, any way, fighting men don't
like to be treated like wax dolls"
(To be continuedD
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-06-19
AUDIENCE NOT NECESSARY

WALLACE, June 19.-Nobody
went to hear Rev. w. E. Elliston,
colored Baptist preacher who came
here to raise money for a church,
but that didn't bother the preacher.
He went through the full service,
songs and all, with not a person in
the seats before him.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-06-19
RECEIVER OF LOOTED RAILWAY
is TRYING POLICY OF HONESTY

Special Correspondence to The Press
NEW YORK, June 19.-Hon-
esty is to be the watchword of the
Third av. railroad under the re-
gime of Frank w. Whitridge, who
was appointed receiver last Janu.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-12-12
EX-GOVERNOR WRITES
OF STATES FUTURE

of gratitude which is attested by the
whirling Of the wheels. by the roaring
trains OF coal cars. by the smoke OF
our thousand industries clouding the
sky, and BY the contentment of
thousands of workmen at well-paid
labor. believe that this year, the
year 1909, and the coming year, unr
less some great financial cataclysm
intervenes, will be the greatest in the
history Of the development Of the
South. and frankly say that to none
should there be greater praise than to
the Manufacturers Record for the
great work, it has wrought in calling
the attention of the world to the Won
derful wealth of timber and oil. coal
and iron and fertility of soil encosn-
passed within the boundary of the
South. wish you a most successful
year In Your work for the South.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-12-12
WEEP FOR LOST sPoILs.
Congressman hughes Does Not Like
Recent Post ofsce Order.

Washin gton, d. c., Dec 7.-ThP,
chorus of walls and Lamentations pre-
dicted when the president placed the
I5,0 fourthelass post Offices of 10
northern AMI eastern states under the
civil service is already in srTident out
burst. Not only the congressman who
lost control ar so much patronage, but
those who dear the extension of the
plan to their parts of the country, are
inveighiDg bitterly against it, Es
recially are the pew republican rep
resentatives from below Mason and
Dixon's line, in view of the report
that President.eleet Taft is likely to.
extend the order TO their section, in,
order to break up the solid south.
Il do not like the executive order.
and | hope it VIII not be extended
to the rest of the country" said Rep
resentative James A. Huges, of the
Fifth West Virginia district. West
Virginia was not included in the or
,der, and / win be glad If the presi-
dent sioes not take 1t in. According to
my opinion, there are enough Offices
under the civil service law. After the
Internal revenue men were taken in
there was about nothing left for the
congressman in the way of patronage
but the fourth-c1ass postmaster.
Il don't care SO much about the
mere patronage, for I don't want the
naming OF men TO office particularly
but suppose am in Washington and
learn that something is going on in
my district that may have a very inn
portant effect upon by political future
Under present conditions would i'm
mediately write letter of inquiry to
some fourth-class postmaster friend,
ana in due time would receive a re-
ply that would give me a bird's-eye
view of the situation. II the post
master goes under civil service he
will not dare to ask political ques-
ton without running the risk of being
beheadei for 'rerncious political &C
tivity.'"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-12-12

Not so enforced. the people would
likely tire OF them and consent to
their repeal. Or at least TO their mu.
itilation This proper enforcement.
depends very largely on the state
tax commissioners II he ii incompe~
tent, or unfrendly, or for other rea-
sons fails in his duty, the laws win
fail. II there is discreet or adroit
enemy OF these laws who seek TO ac-
corhplish their overthrow, he would
probably attack their CITADEL the
state tax commissioners Office. Such
ian enemy would wisely conclude that
an Indirect attack would more likely
succeed than a direct attack: and he
would probably denounce the powers
lgiven the tax commissioner as am
reasonable and arbitrary and danger
ous TO the liberty OF the citizen, crit.
icise the cost OF his force and the mum
Der OF his assistants, and bewail the
fact. as he would declare It to be, that
these laws retard the development Of
the state by preventing capital from
coming into 1t and by driving out cap
ital already In. Suoh attacks are
adroit and dangerous. and some day.
when the people are not looking, may
result In harm.
/ thank you for your able and ef~
ficient services as state tax commits
sioner, and feel that can assure you
that the people appreciate them
greatly.
You and I have served together
for several years in public and IN
what I may call semi-public positions.
We have worked together in ssssr
shine and In storm, through good and
evil report, when it was bright and
when 1t was dark Now that we are
about to sever these relations, which
perhaps may never be resumed, per-
nit me TO testify to you my high es-
TEEN OF you as a man and as citl'
zen. and to say that In these years q
service your conscentiousness and
zeal and fidelity were an encourage
! nent and an inspiration.
Very sincerely youO.
WAL. M. O. Dawson.
: Hon. Albert b. White,
state Tax Commissioner,
Charleston.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-12-12

II am tn favor OF building new
White ficdse on sixteenth street HILL.
which shall be a structure fit for re
President Of the United States; In ny
Asw white House there should % =
ballroom sufficiently large fos .h,s
state occasions perhaps i0r slie In
augural ball. This would enl all the
discussion or where to hold an in.
augural ball. els $40
or course, there IL marked sen.
timent attached to the present White
House, and would have that main
tanned as q workshop for the Presi-
dent, AZ present, the President Ii
forced I'd do his work in d small adj
Jition to one side or the White House
which Is not adequate