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The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-04-30
LIABILITY BILL A LAW
PRESIDENT SIGNS THE MEASURE
AFTER 1T is DECLARED
CONSTITUTION
SCOPE LIMITED TO RAILROADS
Makes Common Carriers Engaged in
Interstate Commerce Liable for
the Injury or Death of
Employe.

Washington, April 23.--President
Roosevelt Wednesday signed the en-
ployers' liability bill, upon receiving
an opinion from Attorney General
Bonaparte that the measure was con-
stitutional.
The bill makes railroads or other
common carriers, while engaged in
interstate commerce. liable for the in
jury or death of an employe II the In
Jury or death results, in whole or In
part, from the negligence of any of
the officers, agents or employees OF
such carriers, or by reason of any de-
feet or insufficiency in equipment.
This provision is made applicable also
to carriers in the territories, the Dis
trict of Columbia the Panama canal
zone and other possessions of the
United States.
Exempting Rules Made Void.
1t is provided that in any action
brought under the provisions of the
bill the alleged employe shall not be
held to have assumed the risk of his
employment in any case where the
violation by the carrier of any statute
enacted for the safety of employees
contributed to the injury or death oil
the employe. Any contract, rule, reg
ulation or device to enable the carrier
to exempt itself from liability under
the act is rendered void by a specific
declaration to that end.
Time Limit on Action.
Provision is made, however. that
the carrier shall receive credit for
any contribution made to the employe
or his family in the form of insur
ance, relief, benefit or indemnity. An
action for the recovery of damages
must be commenced within two years
from the date of the cause of the
suit.
In his opinion the attorney general
indicates that the bill is confined in
its scope to common carriers by rail
road. as distinguished from the act
declared unconstitutional by the SUI
preme court which embraced "all
common carriers engaged In inter
state commerce and foreign com
merce" The attorney general then
shows through court decisions and
conditional interpretations that this
restriction does not make the act re-
pugnant to the constitution. but is in
line with state statutes which have
been upheld in the highest tribunals
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-04-30
TWO LIVES LOST IN FLOOD
ONE VICTIM IN TEXAS is SAN AN
CELLO ATTORNEY.
SEVERAL HOUSES WASHED AWAY
ing Rapidly, Destroying
Farm Property.

Fort Worth, Tex, April 23.-The
Leon river at Temple, 80 miles south
of here. is rising rapidly, flooding the
lowlands and destroying farm prop
erty.
Several houses were washed away
Wednesday. The Missouri. Kansas Il
Texas Railway Co. has suffered wash
outs, and is unable TO run trains be-
tween Temple and Bolton, while the
Cotton Belt road has suspended serv-
ice between Gatesville and McGregor.
Several steel bridges near Temple
were washed away.
George Davis, negro boy, was
drowned in the food at Bolton, and
]. F. Rinsworth a wellknown at
torney of San Angelo, lost his life in
the flood San Angelo and Gainesville
are now isolated.
Rains are reported in several sec
tions and it is feared that the floods
will be increased.
The house OF George Messner at
Wichita Falls was wrecked Tuesday
night The family was rescued.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-04-30
Granite Workers Strike on.

Barre, VT, April 25-The strike OF
granite workers in Barre Montpelier
and neighboring towns, which mas
kept 5000 men out of employment for
eight weeks, was finally settled Friday
night. 1t Is estimated that the cost of
the strike in loss OF wages to the men
and in loss of contracts to employers
amounts to $l.50OO00 approximately.
By the agreement the Jumpers, box.
ers and derrick men get an eight-hour
day at 27sc per hour. The men in
the other departments signed an
agreement some time ago.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-04-30
Miners and One GATORS snllt.

Springfield, ILL.,, April 25.-The coal
miners and operators of Illinois have
reached the parting OF the ways, so
far as the joint scale committee is
concerned, in the settlement of the
wage scale. and it is now up to the
rank and file of the United Mine
Workers of the state to determine by
referendum whether a strike shall be
called in order to compel the Illinois
Oprators' association TO pay the wages
of shot firers employed in the mines.
This action was determined upon by
the miners Friday afternoon.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-04-30

Manchester, Eng. April 25.-The
northwest division of Manchester, by
the heaviest poll cast in 20 years,
Friday reversed its verdict of 1900,
and by a majority of 429 votes, IN
seated as its member of parliament
Winston Spencer Churchill, liberal
who has just been made president Of
the Board of Trade in the new As.
quith cabinet, and who that year so
brilliantly wrested the seat from ".
Joynson Hicks, unionist his chief or.
ponent Friday.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-04-30
sCHNEck AT EASE ON STAND.
Declares Wife Threatened to DO
Something Desperate.

Ottawa, Kas., April 23.-Apparently
at ease and replying to the questions
of his attorneys with positiyeness,
Frank Schneck, on trial here charged
with killing his wife and his two
young children, testified in his own be
half Wednesday. He said he had new
er quarreled with his wife, but that
when she told him she was unhappy
and had decided to look out for her
self he would always go away.
She told the witness on Thursday
before her death, he said. that she had
decided TO moke back to Centropolis
and that he need not come back.
Schneck said that he returned Satur-
day to inquire about his children, and
Mrs Schneck said to him. Frank,
I'm going to do something desperate
and it will follow you to your grave -
The witness said he told his wife he
guessed she wouldn't and then walked
away.
Not later than Thursday morning
the fate of Frank Schneck will be
with the jury. After nine days of
testimony the defense closed at .
o'clock Wednesday afternoon. The
state concluded its rebuttal evidence
half an hour later. and Judge Smart
read to the jury the usual instructions
in a charge of first-degree murder, al
lowing for verdict of either first de
gree or second degree.
A night session of the court was be
Ing held to hear the arguments.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-04-30
Evans Takes Auto Ride.

Paso Robes, Cal, April 23.-Real
Admiral Robley d. Evans was IN ex
cellent spirits Wednesday and although
April showers were threatening, he in
sisted on taking an automobile ride. l.
company with Mrs. Evans and DR.. p
f. Mcdonald a speedy run was mads
to the hot mud springs. The admira
expressed himself as having enjoyed
the trip, and on his return spent al
hour in the sun room.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-04-30
Philippine Bandits Hanqed.

Manila, April 24.-Clphriana Onion.
go, alias Tiducduc, and Afroniano Fer
nandez, noted bandits and fanatieal
leaders, were privately hanged at Bill
ibib prison Friday. Omongo practical.
ly started the Pulajan movement in
Samar. Fernandez participated in the
attack on Leyte and aided in the kill.
ing of four policemen and the burning
Of the municipal buildings
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-04-30
Postmaster Kills Himself.

Hannibal, Mo, April 23-William
F, FISHERMAN, postmaster at Withers
Mill, a town five miles west of this
city, committed suicide Thursday by
taking carbolic acid, He was the
principal merchant at that place. His
daughter found him dead in bed with
a bottle of whisky and an empty phial
Of carbolic acid by his side. He had
been postmaster for many years.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-04-30
Brothers Killed by LIGHTNING

Paris, Tex, April 23.-James and
Thomas Trimm, aged Is and % years
respectively, were killed by lightning
at their home at Ammonia Wednesday.
They were standing at the window,
when the bolt struck. The house was
damaged little and the same room
was not injured.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-04-30
strike-Rreakers at Work.

Marshalltown, Ia, April 27.-Sixty
strlke-breakers from Chicago and
Minneapolis were placed at work in
the Iowa Central shops in an effort TO
overcome the strike OF machinists.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-04-30
Fire Mines Out Town

Spokane, Wash. April 27-Black.
bear, small mining town in North
Idaho was practically wiped out by
fire. Two of the best houses in the
town were blown up with dynamite
to check the flames.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-04-30
WouId.Re Suicides Nerve

BarabOo Wis, April 27-BecaLse
his newly purchased revolver failed
to kin him when he attempted sui
eide, Nathan Wood returned it to the
store and demanded his money back
in accordance with an agreement
made when he bought the weapon that
it would work right" or the cash
would be refunded.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-04-30
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia Z. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousandsof
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, tibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness ornervous prostration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-04-30
Western League.

At Pueblo-Sioux City I, Pueblo s.
At Omaha-Lincoln 4, Omaha 3.
AT Denver-Des Moines 16, Den
yer G.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-04-30
THE MARKETS
Livestock Markets.

April ~.
KANSAS CITY-Cattle-Choice ex-
port and dressed beef steers, SG,500
100, fair to good. s550u6.50; west
ern steers. $1,000 ESQ. stockers and
feeders, $350Q5.S0; southern steers,
s4.25a6.50, southern COWS, s2.75m5.
native cows, $4,000 sos; native heif-
ers, $450aG.4o; bulls, $3.50 a $40;
calves, $450Q GOO. Hogs-Heayy, 1855
a ) Ca, packers and butchers $5.450
$50; light s5,4oQ555; pigs, s4100
AS. Sheep-Lambs, $4,000 80;
ewes and yearlings $5.25aG.25; west
ern yearlngs s5.504675; western
sheep, $4o0d6.25, stockers and feed.
ers. $500 500.
ST. LOUIS-Cattle-N steers.
1870 lbs, $3.50; lilo. $3.50 1850,
$3.50; 970 $500. Cows-1,2G0 lbs,
$40: 112o. $50; 1910, s4G0; SEQ,
81. Heifers-710 lbs, s6.05; 690 $685.;
ESQ. $3.50; 700, $40. Cows and calves,
500 TO $50 each. Hogs-Some fair
medium-w weight hogs at $50, balance
OF sales from $3.50 to $50
Observation-Disclosures. $1,000
7.15; cows. $3.75G475; heifers. $3.50
aG.75; bulls, $3.50Q5.3O; stockers and
feeders, s32505.75. Hogs-Choice
heavy shipping, s5.65G575; butchers,
s5.65Q5S0; light mixed, 5000 Go;
choice light $5.25G570; packing.
s475Q5.65; pigs s4004500 Sheep
Lambs. $6.00G700; yearlings, $500
ESQ; sheep. s5.00G6oO.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-04-30
American Association.

At Toledo-Milwaukee 0, Toledo 3.
At Columbus-Kansas City 2, Col
umbus 8.
At ouisville-Minncapol /, Lou
isville 5.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-04-30
BASEBALL
National League.

At Cincinnati-St Louis 0, Cincin-
natl L.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-19
* THE EVENING STARS TWO PAGE MAGAZINE X
SEE BRAND OF HEALTH ON
GIRLS BACK FROM SEASHORE
That Tan Shows How Much the Salt Air and the Sun and the
Sands Do for Those Who Know What's Good.
BY ADA LYNN.

- DON thu city will be filled with girls and women tanned by the sum- WITH
Eyes bright, steps firm nd stonachs in splendid condition, each on
~ benefited in a hundred way " her brief outdoor existence at shore or
mountain.
Good enough! Jus he result to be most deared'" d I hear yu say?
ours vol are right, but I'll wager that only a small fraction If thoeg girls nd
wom will make good use of their lew lease on perfect health. The great
majority will drn right back 20 where they wereb before they vent away drv-
ing, sitting in the house. riding in trolley cars to h shops in fact Twin
little or no exercise to h bodies that have become accustomed to It When
people are away in the summer the spend thu greater portion of heir days
in outdoor exercise in ne form or another The muscles and vita sans re-
spond to the stimulation, n thu general health is greatly improved Bt II
to exercise is forgotten a S soon as she reaches home the subject VIII uner
from a sharp reaction n before the winter is over you will In here complain
ing of general ill health.
Walk a great da1w while you are away and when you come home walk
more than ever There Is no better exercise Throw back our shoulder keep
your head erect and march. You can tell just how much yu need. This done
every day you will find that our meals appear jsta IS important to your lively
appetite as ever they'd lid while vol were ut of town.
When a woman tasks ne for a cure for dull eyes I want to say "Want"
When she complains of lack Of ambition n habby muscles justly van to
answer WALK l firmly believe that most ills. imaginary and otherwise can
be banhhed by healthy thinking and plenty Of exercise. What chance have
muscles to become lfdessa nd compexions to become dull when the Ife-biood
is pounding through every vein at the rate which plenty OF sane exercise
produces?
The majority of women deMm exercise of an kind too much trouble They
would rather sit at home and take "cure-als" "youth-renewes" AM super
fuous flesh banshes' by the quart than on outdoor apparel n use their
limbs AM bodies as they were meant to De used.
They also consider it easier to plaster their faces with all sorts of oncochons
in search of beauty than o gto out lin the airaa n give their ed corpusces q
chance to nven.u p and scare way tn muddy compilations that are their
greatest Nightmares
If the average woman would get away from her asiness she could make Of
herself a pretty healthy specimen of womankind. But I doubt If she will as
long as here are beauty doctors an patent pain-kinersI to blind her eyesa and
mind to the truth
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-19
OUR MUNICIPAL GLASS HOUSES.

The State Excise Commission investigation has been Illuminating In the re-
spect of showing the lage number of municipal glass houses N the State OF New
Jersey. The tradiuonh has always rn that the truly wicked places in New Jersey
were the large n populous cities, such as Newark n Jersey city, in the north
end of the State. 1t was here that the moral and statute laws were violated:
N that public virtue stood abashtd. In debates in the Legislature thu repre-
sentatives of the smaller towns and the rural districts always pointed the moral
finger TIC the vice and crime and law1essness Of the North Jersey cities and
they sat u p nights devisng ways and means of converting them to the strictly
moral ways of The small towns and villages especially those located in South
Jersey There Is q large glass industry in that section, a factt hat may have
n % connection with the conditions disclosed by the investigation. but these con-
ditons reveal al extraordinary prevalence OF glass houses, all municipal ones
There is al enormously big ne in Camden M a very extensive one at Atlantic
city, n mailer ones at Mrvne ad Brdgdon and Vineand n Borden
town an Burlington and It other places Even where local prohibition pre-
walls he glass house is large am imposing. The investigation sadly damaged
city. when the investigators appeared, promptly and wisely dsowned It's glass
house. One after h other the fair gas edffees amt % grief after a short
bombardment by he commission. Hypocrisy, hunbug m cant have been
shown mp Pretentous municipal morality has been plo1ed. When the Leds-
latme meets next winter the representatives of Newark and JerseyC City and
Paterson and Hoboken md Elizabeth will have fn with the members from the
crstwhie strictly moral communities Of South Jersey. Indeed, in the light of
recent developments they can Justly assume the role OF moral censors OF south
Jersey morals
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-19
OFTEN LOYAL AT
EXPENSE OF SELF-RESPECT
Wives Who Cling to Husbands Who Have No Claim to Consideration
Are Not Entitled to Sympathy, Says Betty Bradeen.

- OYALTY is a beautiful thing, up to a certain point, when 1t becomes
absurd. one understands the wife nd daughters who stand by a man
- in misfortune, but perhaps fails to grasp the sentiment that keeps them
steadfast in Loyalty O a criminal a nan who has basely betrayed their trust
In him by doing dastardly deeds. with various excuses for them.
b a defaulter. although ne had a generous salary. a beautiful wife and talented
daughters who were preparing or careers. Worse than tina ws the later
that he had been unfaithful to his wife am a disgrace to his daugh-
by assodatng with a worthless woman. The MAJ had forfeited all right
to support ron the feminine members of his household, yet that trio of women
lived for him all the years ne spent in prison labor.
They got heir reward Tor angelic sweetness n patience, o say? On
yes. When he left prison, a few friends, inspired by the example of hisw wife
and daughters secured him a position as superintendent of a retreat, a pTma-
position had he chosen to keep it, One dark night lie eloped with a nurse
M they were not located till their money a exhausted. Then the angelic
welcomed him bach, and thereby set a seal upon a long period of brutality
and habit was strong.
The daughters rebeued at tn second blow, n went w to mako homes
for themselves leaving the mother to her chosen fateo # q martyr. 1t would
take a deaI of persuasion to make ne believe hat the womans course was
wise or dignifed. Sefrespect is something in this life, and it must be sac
rhced by the woman who accepts faithlessness and ingratitude without a
murmur We pay the penalty of folly and carelessness at the best SO why
curt a double allowance by sharing the burdens Of Others who deserve no con
sheraton
The wife md children of the embezzler would have Jared much better had
they accepted the grandfathers Offer oil a home In a distant cny-that even
the wife knows 10Y There was n sympathy for her after her. refusal tic leave
who are thoroughly aware of the condition of the household. The daughters
pays Them say BETTY Bradeen. She knows that her loyalty has been absurd.
but she 20 lacks IN spirit to act for her W good. A wasted life I call It,
no matter what excuse she ofersf for it,
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-19
THE COUP oe GRACE FOR THE VOTING MACHINE.

III
The city of Newark spoke and in no uncertain terms In the special "e"'"'
rb,zs of a majority representing % per cent of 1T voters that the voting
uaesdne must be abolished. The thhtyGne districts spoke for all the othe dis
t.cs fr those that are 10 vHo early In September M for hose in which no
machine ave yet been pl,cea and where Ia popular sentiment is equally
thing Ike The nnanlmfy of sentiment of the people of the tate as Inhibited
IN the special elections N voting machines When III question Of the adoption
of the nt1ambH amendnont was before the people in 1879 six countes
including Essex CAV IN aggregate majority o i4@ against the meno"
adopted " onys m majority. counting more doubtful Votes thar he majority
declared In tn special elections this year tn sentiment ina al sections in all
oounues IN municipalities, n among all classes Of voters is h same South
Jersey, North Jersey, East Jersey and Middle Jersey record similar Verfi"s'a Inc
utionat greater han the rest only a fool would presume to doubt
te wishes of thu whole people of New Jersey after these decided expressions
Of heir sentiment, and only a person interested in forcing an unpopular device
upon thu New Jersey voter will have HI hardihood to say that the logic OF the
state I'M municipal elections will be held n November Ill oil m day. and
all the candidates will be voted for on ne ticket The people desire perfect
freedom in voting. They want to examine their party tickets and vote accord
ing to their incnnatons, interigenty and in secrecy. This mdoubted right of
Of II the eecion districts. whether they have voted OIL nt hae equal rights
In the November election. They are all of me mind. The election results in
thu State prove that fact conclustvey To 10Y force the voting machine upon
non-voung districts would be an outrage on popular suffrage 1t would be a
draw all he voting machines. The people of New Jersey have epudiated th'm
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-19

Municipalities like Newark and Jersey lily, that have been so grossly de
frauded of hdr railroad taxes. sun have the privilege Of issuing bonds and
creating new debt The legislation which jugges them out Of their legitimate
tax dues is indulsent in that respect ad always has been. Under legislative
actsf for the Iastt thirty odd years the railroads have been given ak exemptions
verasin between 100000 100 and si000@ annually, and In that period the
countless and municipalities have accumulated an aggregate of more than $50.
ooO Of bonded debt 1t is cas- 10 see that If the municipalities had received
their lust from railroad property this enormous debt would not have been
piled p, the annual interest being about our millions. When the Perkins rail-
Dad tax act vas passed this wholesale discrimination in avor of railroad prop
ertyw was declared to be ended, b ut recent vents show that In IN la legislation
Of 1906 h people were handed a legislative gold brick. Newark has beer forced
by an artfuly drawn legislative act to the alternative Of issuing a million of
rev bonds. Jersey City is to issue 100000 of school bonds Her railroad as
sessed valuations have been cut down more hn seventy millions and her in
come correspondingly. Great is railroad tax reform and great are its proclaimed
prophets
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-19
FORCE OF HABIT.

Fine day, sir!" said the barber.
No reply.
Looks a little like snow" he said,
as he stropped his razor.
Silence.
Got a tender face?" he went on, as
he made a sweep with the razor. Don't
shave close, do your"
Profound silence.
"Never like to draw blood from a
man. Looks bad! That's a mole on
your chin, ism t IT,"
No reply.
"WhatIl you have on your face
witch-hazel or lilac? Witch? Witch?
All right Always use that myself"
Deep silence.
"A little POWDER 1t takes the shine
off. There you are, sir! Pay cashier!'
And then the knight of the blade
stared round In amazement.
He had been shaving himself!-Phila-
delphia Inquirer.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-19
TELEGRAPH LINES.

To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
Will you kindly state extent of tele-
graph lines in this as compared with
other countries? c.. d. S.
according to a detailed report on
the worlds telegraph systems issued
by the Berlin International Bureau of
Postal Statistics. the United States is
easily first in regard length Of lines,
the total being 1,160, 965 miles, or about
three times as much as Great Britain
or France, which have 1886, 1853 and 391, =
275 miles of wire, respectively. Ger
many has the largest telegraph system
in Europe. 461, 036 miles. Russia, with
Siberia, included. has only 402, 81 miles
of wire. AS regards the number of tele-
grams handled for the year, Great
Britain heads the list, with nearly d.
DOC, 900 messages, the United States
coming next, with $4,000. 900. France
stands third, with nearly 80, 900, 900, and
Germany fourth, with 90, 800, 900 mes