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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-03-04
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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-03-04

money panic is absolutely physical impossbity Why
fellow citizens hundred million dollars Of gold in reserve
fund would choke it to death before it had its second
breath shous that so, you bet Fellow citizens our mills
sending up their smoke ceaseless clouds against the
seepless night and the day responds to the night in end
less activity. We cant have money panic Industry
sings its eess song of JOY atuned to the music Of earth
mill and factory that are feeding and clothing the nation
And supplying the open mouths Of the world. We
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-03-04
ant have a panic.

cant have panic.
Here the aborer is enobled justified
and sustained and CoriGed The farmers too recognize
their blessing and comprehends his greatness in the sound
Of the locomotive whistle that publishes his success to the
world And last but not least prosperity armed with con-
6dence stands the the highways and bwsys and watch
abundance float the rivers and roll the iron wave
down to the sea.
No ramps the highways no soup houses in our cities
prosperity has come to stay.
llyou fellow citizens like as Tie sun sends light Is
al the world even 50 the Republican parry scaders s
blessings over the land you could not have money panic
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-03-04

you tried Here the chairman called time and the au-
dence the ladies' waved their handkerchefs men
threw their hats in the air and shouted and the band struck
up Hail Coumbaand each and all departed to their seve.
raj homes, reoiced to know we could not have panic
while the republican party with gold standard policy re.
maned in power Reader pause and think II you
have speech coming make it, II you know the truth
tell it.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-03-04

A Kenuckian with huge whisky Jug asked a country
man TO take him in wagon a few miles over HILL says
the CourierJournaI adding: How much will it be worth?
Oh couple Of drinks Of that jug will be about right
said the counryman After the journey had been made
and the driver had taken swig" he said Stranger 4
peaceable man. but unless you want to be- full Of
lead tonight you had better find out new way to carry
your moasses
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-03-04

King Edward has ordered 500 cigars from an Ameri-
can company. and the price will be $1,000 That is 1920
apiece They will be shipped to England in time FOR the
Easter season They will be eight inches long and one
inch thick il the middle OF course they viii be made Of
the finest tobacco II the Yord and thousands Of leaves
form il size and color Each cigar will be ornamented
With thin gold bands Two years ago King Edward paid
$4,000 for 1000 cigars. each incosed III sken enve.
ope with the name Of the guest letered thereon III rOd
For every one Of these cigars . workman made he was
paid S5cens, while the king paid the firm s. apiece
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-03-04

|. Perhaps o. Charles H. Parkhv-st Of New York is as
we'll equipped any exprss an opinion regarding
law enforcement His services 4 forwarding the cause
OF good government II the merorc are still remembered
and was due 10 him as much Al v any other individual
that the partnership between The oice and the criminals
OF New York broken up He mas always been prom
nenty identified with the Society Tor Prevention Of Crime
and probably there is Of Importance in New
ork looking to the suppression o that does not.
count upon his influence and aid Dr. Parkhurst recently
expressed opinion upon the question Of law enforce
ment that sensible it is interesting In effect this
opinion tavors the passage Of laws only as stringent as
appeals to the average sentiment Of the community In
other words Dr. Parkhurst recognizes the uly Of trying
to force upon majority Of the people Of any community
avs enacted BY intoerant minority. There is little
doubt that the average sentiment Of American people is
not in tavor Of laws that limit their Individual privileges
without some compensaivte good to the public There is
developing IN this country settled conviction that after
all i is the people, not the hysterca reformers, who
should rule II lawmakers would keep in mind the aver
age sentiment Of the people they would make fewer laws
an would be more careful in making laws that could Be
enforced is reflection upon our system Of govern
men and jurisprudence that Judge can BY raking out
an obsolete statute from the garre rubbish oppress a
whole district The average sentiment Of the community
and the state IS alter all the supreme law and sooner or
later the fanatics will find this out
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-03-04

house Of representatives under special rule the next day.
Without this provision e bill would have been as mpo-
tent and devoid Of public interest far the efficiency Of
the army concerned Hamlet without the melancholy
prince.
The problem OF preventing the numerous desertions
which afHc the army, and Of inspiring interest in
the service among the better classes Of the youth Of the
country, has been subject Of discussion in the reports Of
the secretary OF for many years but somehow
seems to to the military authorities that the best
way to deserons and arouse youthful patriotic
enthusiasm wou be to make the attractive
and profitable The men behind the guns are the back
bone OF the army and yet they appear have few friends
in when army matters being considered Mil
lions spent in giving free education to the young
ohcers-and the expenditure is wise and proper-but the
only nducement held privates and non-commssion
ed officers is meager wage lower than is received by
the hurlblcs abore the or the ditch except
to- the fact that the soldier is given board and lodging
The OF the commissioned officer is little enough, but
the stipend offered the lower ranks hardly enough
tempt any worth his salt and in his sober senses
TO join the II seems absurd to expect an ambi-
ous young American to give three years OF his life, with
the risk Of being shot and possibly killed. for S13 or
SIS month.
II it is impracicable raise the pay Of the prvates
and noncoms something approaching the level Of the
wages that young may hope to earn in civil life,
it follows that extraordinary nducemen must be Of
tered in another torn to attract the be-. blood OF the
country to enlist in the army What this inducement
should be question which may we'll engage the
ul consideration OF statesmen but inexpensive and
substantial reward could be easily devised doing on
smaller scale tor the prvates wlat the country does for
the commissioned ohcers-that is to say, give them an
education trade the professions he enlist
ed men have ample leasure for study in times Of peace,
and the cost Of instruction woul be comparatively small
This plan would only as strong inducement
seltrespecng, ambitious young Join the army, but
would provide the industries of the country with steady
supply Of the best labor the world ever saw No better
employe could be desired than sober young American
who had been taught thoroughly know his trade but
who had also acquired the habits of seconro and inn
pci obedience orders which are the FIRST fruits Of
strict military discipline
military system based such broad foundation. Of
practical education would the best soldiers in the
world in the proportion that education outsps ignorance
esea in digging bitches. With the initiative which edu-
Gated minds quickly acquire and the ardent serespect-
ing patriotism which free republican institutions inspire
the youthful breast American sodery would be invinche
against tn" ignorant peasanty, drilled into blind,
thinking 4aomaons that fills the ranks Of foreign countries
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-03-04

What i Bryan should fal sick and die .beEcre lie
Denver cOnvenion9 asks the Springfield Repubcan Is
that case the burial would have to take place before
November,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-03-04

is still mystery who killed Governor GoebeT Of Ken
lucky but there is question as to who killed Governor
Beckham. The -Four Democratic Legislators who vOted
for Bradley did II I.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-03-04
70 IMPROVE THE ARMY.

ATRlOTlC citizens who are soIicitous
Of the feelings and rights Of the man
behind the gun in the United States
service will be grati6ed, to note that the
provision in the army appropriation bill
for an increase in the pay Of privates
and non-conmissioned officers, which
was stricken out the other day on a
point Of order. was restored BY the
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-03-04

The United States treasury now contains billion dol
lars in gold. But that doesn't help the thousands of rail
way employees who are out of employment
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-03-04

nee upon time not long ago three
men met in a political debate. The
people came in from a great distance
to hear the issue Of the day discussed.
The speakers drew straws to deter
mine who should speak first and the
lot fell to the ropulist speaker. The
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-03-04

Colonel Bryan SAYS The Democratic party WIS il hard
luck when he took charge of L certainly was. The
history OE tie last dozen years prove il
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-03-04

The Denver convention ball is mile from the nearest
saloon Stockholders Of the Denver street railway com.
pany ere looking Forward o extra 6ne dividends
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-03-04

Written for this paper by Colonel S Fele Of Springfield ILL.,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-08
No Roauots for the pead.

There is curious settlement In
short grass county Of Kansas, ac
cording to one who was in that part
of the country looking after claims.
"The population" said the return.
ed collector, lis sort OF mixture of
Quakers and Populists. of the lat
ter this nest is about the only one
left in the State.
"The cemetery near the town is
an index TO the character of the
place. The few tombstones contain
only the names of the departed with
the date of death and sometimes the
age. Not a line of sentiment is cary.
ed upon a single stone.
81 was curious to know why. A
patriarch undertook to enlighten me,
"'This town, he said. is no Hall
Of Fame. Leastwise not yet The
community has been fooled so often
that we don't take up with anything
new at first sight.
"'We got wise after tribulation. I
doubt If you could find man in the
town who If he told you the truth,
has not eaten into something hoiiow
since he has been here. For while
il seemed as If this was the camp.
ing place of every fraud and skin
game on the road.
"'Several men who had cut con
siderable figure in their lives died
and received lot of notices about
what they had done. We found out
later that they had been morally rot
ten and rascally on the sly.
"'Now, when man dies in this
community, especially one who posed
to the good, the committee meets and
the question is asked. Was the de-
ceased what he cracked himself up
to be?" If any one present can prove
that he was we simply record tnss
he died and then wait year to see
il anything turns up against him. II
he rings out all right we hold an.
other meeting and the deceased gets
what is coming to any good man.
"'By that time the monument fev-
er has cooled down and one good dead
man is on level with auother. Be-
sides. this sort Of thing saves money.
off the dead mans family wants
to put up a monument and smear it
over with lot of Scripture. that's
their business. But there isn't a
monument of that kind in our grave
yard. II we learn anything against the
deceased after he has been buried a
year we say nothing, but we are very
particular in any business transac'
tions we may have with his immedi.
ate kin forever after"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-08
SHORT SESSIONS
in BOTH HOUSES
THoRNY PATH coNFRoNTs POST
Al SAVINGS eANK BILL
IN SENATE.
MANY BILLS ARE INTRODUCED
House Ways and Means Committee
VIII Begin on Tariff Bill We'd
nesdsy-Anti.lnjun
Bill to Be Pushed.

Washington. Dec. S.-There was a
pail Of sadness over the United States
senate Monday when 1t convened for
congress, which was due to the
absence of the late Senator Allison OF
Iowa, who died last August after a
service of over 80 years in that body.
James Bryce. the British ambassador;
Tang Shao vi, special envoy of me
Chinese empire; Prince Tsai and
others OF his suite occupied seats in
the reservation set aside for the dip.
lomatic corps.
The procedure in the opening of the
new session was simple and dignihed
following long established precedent
Vice President Fairbanks called the
senate 70 order and Rev. Edward
Everett Hale opened the session with
rraydr, Senators Aldrich, Gallinger
aud Teller were appointed in pursu.
auce bfia resolution offered by Senator
Hale. to wait upon the president and
inform him that congress was ready to
receive his annual message
A thoTny path confronts the postal
savings bank bill in spite of the fact
that its passage is advocated in the
Republican national platform. At the
close of the last session Of congress
when Senator Carter secured a special
order to take up this measure on
December IL, II Is said he had pledges
OF sufficient votes to pass the bill in
the senate The situation seems to
have changed and It Is extremely
doubtful whether Senator Carter can
rally anywhere near the required mum
ber. In fact it is stated that he will
fall short a dozen votes on the Repub
lican side.
After being in session an hour. half
Of which time was consumed by a roll
call the house of representatives.
which met at noon Monday for the
second session OF the SiXtieth con.
gress, adjouyned out of respect to the
memory of several OF its own mem.
bers and Of Senator Allison, all of
whom died during the recess. The
most important action of the house
was the passage by unanimous con
sent OF a resolution authorizing the
'Ohiuubttt Ou ways dnu lltduS III llS
tariff hearings to subpoena witnesses
and 10 call for books and papers. A
number OF bills of public interest were
introduced.
No time was lost by members OF
congress in introducing bills, varying
all the way from the admission of New
Mexico into the Union to the regula.
tion OF marriage and divorce. When
the house adjourned 73 public bills
had been dropped into the hopper In
addition to $50 private bills and eight
resolutions.
The work of framing new tariff
bill will be actively begun by the
house ways and means committee on
Wednesday. The majority members
of the committee will be designated
by the chairman as a subcommittee
10 draft the bill.
Representative Townsend of Mich,
igan, who came TO the fore late last
session ihsbehah of an anti-injunction
bill. will aeafr be active for some leg
islatiop slohs this line, according to q
statement be made Monday. ty
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-08
BIKE RIDERS SMASH RECORDS
In six.Day Race at Madison Square
Garden.

New York, Dec. SPURIOUS riding
which resulted in the establishment OF
new records, and two serious acct.
dents. marked the first "a hours OF the
annual siX-day bicycle race at Madison
Square Garden. From the start the
contest has been succession OF
sprints for mile after mile until the
riders are far ahead of the old records.
Two teams have dropped out OF the
contest because OF accidents. Menus
Bedell was caught In a pocket and be-
fore he could extricate himself was
sent sprawling on the track. He broke
his right shoulder bone. Patrick 10.
gan, during a desperate mixup, was
thrown heavily. He was carried off
bleeding from the head
and mouth. and his case Is pronounced
Serious. The record for "a hours was
broken Il minutes before the expira.
tion of that period with Jimmy Moran
Of the Pacific.Atlantic team in the
lead, with 514 miles and two laps.
Former record, 80 miles and one lap.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-08
DAVIS DEFENSE
HAS AN INNING
IN THE DR.. RusTlN MuRDEF
TRIAL-PRooUcEs NEW
.n. WITNESS.
SHE SAW MRS. ABBIE RICE
On the Street at 4 A. M. the Morning
After the Murder, When Mrs.
Rice Swears She Was
at Home.

Omaha, Neb.. Dec. S.-The defense
had an inning Monday in the trial OF
Charles E. Davis, being tried for the
murder of DR.. Rustin, and created a
sensation by producing witness in
the person of Mrs. Emily Allen, who
testified to having seen woman that
the witness declared was Mrs. Abbie
Rice on the street down town about 4
o'clock in the morning buying paper,
a time which, according to Mrs. Rice
and several witnesses for the prosecu.
tion, she was at the house where she
had been living. Mrs. Allen told o
remarkable story and went into the
minutest detail to show that she was
able to fix the time OF each event
which brought her into contact with
the supposed Mrs. Rice.
81 had been to Lincoln" Mrs. Allen
said, "and got back on a train arriv.
ing just before O'Clock a. m. ! took
a cab and started for home, Intending
to stop at the dressmaking parlors OF
Mrs. Lovett. The cabman who drove
me to Mrs Lovett's did not wait for
me and was therefore compelled &c
walk home, a distance OF ten blocks
I started at approximately O'Clock
and when | reached point near Six
teenth and Farnam streets I met Mrs
Rice, who had stopped two newsboys
TO buy a paper. | watched her for
some time as she walked down Far
nam street and stopped under an elec
trio light and eagerly scanned the
paper. l had seen her many times
before with Or, Rustin and always
supposed she was his wife,
a went directly home and did moi
get mp until II o'clock. / heard news
boys calling Extra! All about DR.
Rustin suicide" and said to a neigh
Dor: ! saw Mrs. Rustln down town
when came up the street and she
was almost frantic 1t was Mrs. Rice
I saw, but ! presumed she was Rus
tins wife until learned differently
later" ai
All the way through the prosecution
has introduced witnesses TO show that
Mrs Rice that night got on car al
Fortieth and Farnam streets at l:3C
and went directly to her room. where
she remained until the next day.
Mrs Allen declared she had never
met the attorneys for the defense un
i'll two hours before she was called
to give her testimony and had only
been persuaded to tell what she knew
by her son, who said she ought TO give
her evidence.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-08
churchman Faces Death Calmly.

Toledo, o., Dec S.--'I won't be with
you much longer. The doctors tell me
that | may live month. but not
longer than six months" In voice
that showed no more emotion than he
might exhibit in one of his regular
sermons, the Rev. John P. McCloskey,
assistant pastor of the Church of the
immaculate Conception, and one of the
BEST beloved Of Toledo clergymen,
Sunday told his congregation that his
death is near. He informed his listen.
,rs that he was suffering with cancer
If the esophagus, an lncurable disease,
and that his physicians had told him
IN operation would be useless. He is
i6 years of age and was ordained 20
Years ago ~
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-08
Bank Robbers Get s1e,5oo.

Portland, Ore, Dec S.-The Eas
Side bank was robbed Monday nigh
by three masked men of s16,5OO The
president of the bank, sIenry Newhall
and his son We're just about to leave
the bank for home when two mel
armed with pistols entered. Newhal
and his son were ordered to hold az
their hands and while they were thus
under the cover of one robbers re
yolyer the other man crawled through
the cashiers window passed out the
money and crawled back into th'
foyer A third robber guarded th'
entrance. The three men escaped.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-08
TELEGRAPHlC BRIEFS.

Charles W. Blow, manager OF the
American Linseed Co.'S crown works
at St. Louis, shot and killed himself
Monday. u.u.
The long overdue British ship Had.
don Hall, over whose safety much
anxiety was caused, has arrived at
Seattle, 245 days from Liverpool, via
Montevideo
The United States heads the list Of
boot and shoe exporting nations Of
the world, the value OF exports in 1908
aggregating S11,47O,OOO according to
the bureau of statistics.
The National Exchange bank Of
Springfield, Mo-, with capital OF
100000 and deposits of s2,l00,000,
has been closed by direction of the
comptroller Of the currency
President Roosevelt has appointed
Rufus Thayer OF the District OF Co
lumbia as Judge of the United States
court at Shanghai. China, succeeding
Judge Lebbius |. Wiley, resigned.
Secretary Cortelyou announces that
the Panama canal bonds have been
sold at an average of s102.436S. The
lowest accepted bid was at $102.277S.
Charles A. Eckstromer. Swedish
vice consul in st. Louis. committed
suicide Monday by drinking prussic
acid.
The supreme court of the United
States has decided In favor OF Mrs.
Eva A. Iugersoll widow of the late
Robert G. Ingersoll, a case involving a
claim of 100000 op account OF servi-
ccs rendered by her husband in break
ing the will of the late Andrew J. Da.
Wis. a Montana millionaire.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-08
WOULD EXCLUDE CONFESSION
Defense in Hazel Murder Trial Seeks
to Keep It from jury.

Toledo, o., Dec. S.--A fight to ad-
NIT the signed confession and fight
on the part of spectators, mostly
women, were Mondays features In the
trial of Harvey Hazel, aged IL, who is
on trial for the murder of his mother
last January.
When Judge Morris opened court
entrance to the room and the over.
flow waited in the corridors Of the
Lucas county court house to catch a
glimpse of the young matricide, Al
the noon recess when Hazel was re.
turned to his cell, deputy sheriffs were
compelled to make an opening through
the throng and between the lines OF
solidly packed curious the boy was
escorted, while he ioked with a TALLER
TO whom he was handcuffed.
At the afternoon session the big
fight of the trial thus far developed
when the state attorneys attempted
to lay the groundwork for placing
young Hazers signed confession be
fore the jury. This is probably the
crucial point In the case. for without
this confession the prosecution can.
not hope to convict him as charged
with murder in the first degree, carry.
ing with 1t the death penalty. The
admissibility of the confession hinges
entirely on the question whether Il
was voluntary or secured under
duress.
Young Hazel has been calm during
the trial. but he paled when Dr.
Briggs, police surgeon, described the
denth NNoilnds ON NIrs IInzers hnnh N