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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1908-10-27
Farmers and Merchants De.
post Co. Notice.

The Bank of the Farmers and Mercha uts
Dep sit Co. will be closed on Tuesday. No
yember 3, l90s-Election Day.
s. LEE PHILLIPS Cashier
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1908-10-27
National Citizens Bank Notice

The National Citizens Bank will be closed
on Tuesday, November 8. 1s0,-Election Day.
GERARD d. MOORE. Cashier.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1908-10-27
Bank of Charles Town Notice,

The Bank OF Charles Town will be closed
on Tuesday, November 8, 190s-Electon Dav.
GEO. A. P0RTERFIELD, Cashier.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-01


brief, succinct aid limited to the decla
ration Of mere fundamental principles
leaving it TO the speakers in the cam
paign to elaborate, and eypound This
is not an easy end ITO accomplish FL.
erybody wants something in the plat,
form. and everybody wants his own
particular something set forth in his
own oratorical and finely rounded pc
RODS Mr.. Bryan used to say that the
ideal platform would be one that could
be printed on a postal card, but that is
an ideal practically impossible of full
fllment When. the Republican plat
form was printed, scores of men in pol
ities and in journalism whose business
it was 20 read the platform scoffed at
its length and said that they had not
had time to read it. Better q short
platform that can be memorized than
a long one which only the proofraaaer
will ever read through.
Chicago
WILLIS ]. ABBOT.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-01
Especial washirzt nfCorrespendence of
TIDE Argus

Especial washijsgt on fCorrespendence of
rhee Argus.)
The Republican Convention ended
s.nid 6iokerins. hard feelings. dlsap-
poihted ambitions and sense of ont
rage on the part of the minority lead
ers. II would he diftlcult 70 exaSger-
ate the amount of discomfort which
the Republican convention has left
among Republican politicians. 1t is OF
course Impossible to mention names.
bur every Washington correspondent
who has been here in Chicago and who
knows the Washington leaders has
stored away ia his mind the acrimoni-
Gus utterings of more than one of the
great figures at the capital concerning
the methods of the convention and the
character of the ticket Where rresi-
opinion that Taft would be Il popular
candidate is difficult to imagine. He
could not have got it from the leaders
in the house or In the senate or the old
time leaders in Republican or doubtful
states. He could not have got il
through the time honored method of
feeling the pulse of the people, for
such popular enthusiasm as there was
aud Is for Taft has been manufactured
at heavy financial expense and by the
use of the power of the federal gov
eminent through its offieeholders.
In separating to go their various
ways the Republican leaders, with the
exception of the little ring who ham
died the steam roller that crushed OLD
time Republicanism out OF recognition.
complained bitterly of these wrongs:
The, fragrant and open Intervention of
the administration To force the nomi-
nation of a member of the president s
official family and thereby perpetuate
in fact If not in name the Roosevelt
dynasty; the methods by which the
majority in the national committee and
the majority OH the floor of the con
vention ignored the rights of the mi
nority and carried through cut and
dried programme with heavy hand
the platform. which was written al
Washington and concerning which the
old time leaders of the party had lie
more to say than the pages who car
ried messages about the aisles of the
convention hall, and the summary side
tracking aof the tried and true war
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-01
REPUBLICANS DO NOT
ETJTHUSE OVER TICKET

horses of the pais.y in order to make
place for new blood. new men and new
ideas.
Nobody can oyerestimate the extent
to which today these things are resent.
ed But it is not for Democrats TO rely
too much upon the present unrest in
the Republican party. for dissension i'll
that organization is apt to die out be-
fore election day. 1t is for MS rather to
close our own ranks and TO proceed as
though we We're TO meet IN enemy
united. strong and confident of victory.
The Conventions Best Moment.
The one real burst of unmanufac-
tured enthusiasm came when q man
almost unknown to national politics
rose at the end of the roll call o.
states to~nominate hopelessly La Fol
lette of Wisconsin. There was no
chance for the nomination of his chief
He confronted body of delegates
pledged to Taft and who represented
an Investment in preliminary cam
paigninG of more than three-quarters
of a million dollars He spoke without
titStt. bht ht oct
forward clearly and calmly the three
planks In the La Toilette programme
which the Republican party in con-
venton assembled had refused to
adopt. Even among the delegates who
were tied hand and foot by instrue-
lions his earnestness and the way in
which he axpounded the nature and
purposes of these planks aroused en-
thusiasm. The galleries blaZed with
joy, and save that the officers of the
convention and the Taft leaders on the
floor put out their utmost endeavors to
check the outbreak the demonstration
for La Toilette would have equaled
that for either Taft or Roosevelt
There Is significance in this-doubls
significance. Do not forget that Senator
La Toilette is yet young man as pol
itics goes. having reached his fifty
third birthday the day before this con
vention assembled. He still holds his
state organization and the devoted sup
port of vast majority of the voters
of Wisconsin. Very wisely-and l sa,
| this as lifelong Democrat-he tele
graphed to the nominee of his party his
assurance of his support of the ticket
but explicitly reserved his right to crit
icise the platform. How useful Sen
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-01
New York stocks.

Chicago, July Following are
the quotations on the stock market to-
day:
Gas 92, U. P. 145A. U. S. Steel pre-
ferred 1925. U. S. Steel common 377s.
Reading -113$s, Rock Island preferred
29k, Rock Island common 1875,
Southern Pacific S615, n. Y. Central
1915, Missouri Ptcific 4Sas. L. & N.
1863, Shelters 1914, C. F. |. 81. Ca
madam Pacific 1G0 Illinois Central
Il29k, Penna. 12G5s, Erie 1919, c. &
o. 40, B. r. T. 47$4, B. & o. sc, Atch-
ison Sis. Locomotive 4S. Sugar 126,
st. Paul 1888, Copper &C., Republic
Steel preferred 66as, Republic Steel
common IS, Southern Railway 17l4.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-01
Provisions and PRODUCE.

Provisions and Produce.
I Eggs-Fresh, Ice.
& Live poultry-Hens, per pound, 10c
ducks. per pound, Sc; geese. per pound
&c.
q Butter-Dairy, zoe.
Lard-10c.
Vegetables-Potatoes. 45c to soc.
Live Stock.
Hogs-$5.00@$535.
Sheep-Yearlings or over, $500 to
$500; lambs, $3.50 to S675.
Cattle-Steers, $500 to $500 COWS,
and heifers. $500 to $500; calves, $500
$3.50.
Feed and Fuel.
Grain-Cou, zoe; oats, SOC.
Forage-Timothy hay, $40 to s11;
prairie, 81 to $40; clover, $40 to s11;
straw, Sc.
Coal-Lump, per bushel, he; slack,
per bushel, &c to SC.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-01
THE MARKETS.
New York, July Following are
market quotations today:

New York, July Following are
market quotations today:
Wheat.
July, S4ss, S61s, S41s. S5sz.
September, S61s, sly. SSH, S71s.
December, S77s, S9A, S75s, SSss.
Corn.
July, 60, 20, 6SA, G9s4.
September, 7oss, 711s. 701a, 70%.
December, 6O1s, 81, 597s, 60ss.
Oats.
July, 461s, 463s, As, Az.
September, 39as. 40. 39as. 1885.
December, $685., 40A 40ss, 40A.
Pork
July, 1856, 14.62, 1855, 1850.
September, 1885, 1882, 1882, 1887.
Lzfu.
July. 9.12, SIS, 9.12. 9.15.
September, s.27, s.27. s.25, 9.25.
Ribs.
July, S.22, 1927. S.22. s.27.
September, s.45, SAT, s.42, s.45.
Receipts today-W s: corn,
157; oats, 1926: hogs, $1,000. cattle
$4,000; sheep. 10000.
Estimated receipts Thursday Hogs
q, 900.
Hog market opened SC lower. Hogs
left over, 4.0O0. Light. $4,000 6.52;
mixed and butchers. $G.O0@s.60s good
heavy. Sc OO60i,. GO rough heavy sc. 90
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-01

Duluth-Today, &C; last week, %
last year, sc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-01
HOULAHAN NAMED
Former Trainmaster on Bur-
linnton Under W. G. Brown
Gets Managership
OF GLOVER LEAF AND AlTpk
Rose in Al Years From Position c
Water Boy, Having Filled Nearly
Every Position in Business.

p. II. Houlahan, well Remembered
in Rock Island as trainmaster of fhe
Rock Island and st. Louis divisionl of
the Burlington at the time w. C.
Brown was superintendent of the
same division, was yesterday pro-
NOTED to the general management of
the Alton and Glover Leaf roads.
In II years Mr. Houlahan has risen
from water boy to his present posi-
|tion.
Mr.. Houlahan's railroad career be-
gan when he was IL years old. Be
started in at Ottawa. HI. in 1867. 10
carry water for section workmen on
the lines of the old Ottawa Oswego
and Fox River railroad, which now
forms part of the Alton system. Young
Houlahan was a good water boy, and
as reward was promoted to track
walker. Then he became check clerk,
Istation baggeman, and ticket agent at
la small station, and finally, entering
the operating department, brakeman
and conductor in 1881 he took his
first step toward executive leadership
WHICH iiC was dppOihltu doSlSldHI lfdlH-
master for the ST. Louis division of
the Burlington lines. His work was
good, and in 1885 he became trafns
master.
Promotion was Rapid.
Then the hard working young man
came to the notice of officials of the
Arkansas and Texas railroad, and in
1886 he was given the place of master
of transportation at ST. Louis This
was in May. and in November he was
made trainmaster. In 1880 he had
risen to be superintendent of the
western division. and the following
year saw him as superintendent of the
Hannibal and st. Joseph railroad. In
December of the same year he became
general superintendent of the Toledo,
St Louis and Western, and remained
in the same position, but with greater
responsibilities and. a more important
position, when that road and the Chi.
eago and Alton were merged into the
Glover Lear system.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-01
LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS.

Rock Island. July Following are
the wholesale prices in the local mar
ket today:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-01
Easy Picking

We have the money tree-all you
have to do is to get into our yard and
shake it. 1t produces continuous
crop, too, and there will always be
some for you.
SO if you need money come here;
we'll show you how to shake the tree
and how easy we make it for honest
people to get the money they need, on
plan whici. makes it easy and con-
venient to pay back, for, of course,
you have to repay the money, other
wise the tree couldn't produce the con-
tinuous crop. But we'll make the
charge so reasonable that you'll be
glad TO pay us the moderate fee we
ask
We take a lien on your furniture,
piano, horses, wagon. cows, ETC., to Sc
cure us, but the transaction is conf
Dental and the goods are left in your
possession. Ask us all the questions
you like. No loan, no charge
Fidelity Loan Co.
MITCHELL & LYNDE BLOCK,
Room 50, Rock Island.
Once hours, a. m. to Q p. M, ana
Saturday evenings. Old telephone west
514; new COLI.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-20
CARPENTERS DANCED
AND HAD Al GOOD TIME
Local Union No. 4sl, Held It's Ninth
Annual Celebration Last Night
There Were Fifty Couples
Present.

The local union, No. 4s1, Carpenters
and Joiners Of America, held their ninth
annual social and dance IN Woodincn hall
last evening. There WAS an attendance
Of fifty couples, II spite Of the heavy
snow storm. and the occasion was one
81 TIE most pleasant and enjoyable the
local has ever held. Dancing and socia-
biiity composed the evenings program
and they were most successfully carried
out.
The grand march was led br Mr.. and
Mrs Frank T. Colyin and thirty. FIVE
couples took part III It. There we're
fourteen numbers on the dance order.
which, with the cncores and extras
kept the company until ono o'clock. Ex-
ceilent music was furnished by an or
ehestra composed Of James Riley, violin;
Z, T Walker, clarinet; and L. t. Hunt
il gton. piano Refreshments were serv-
ed during the internission.
The committee which had the oceas-
Ion in charge was composed Of f. T.l
Colvin, George Clark ana u. J. Boyce.
G. O. Averill was iloor manager and
prompter. The officers of the union
are, President, L. n. Philbrick: vice
president. II. II. Powers; financial sec
retary, 9. Il. Philbriek recording Sec
retary, I. T. Colvin; treasurer, E. NJ.
anderson.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-20
TOOK SEVEN BALLOTS
TO NOMINATE RUSCHER
In Montpelier Sixth Ward Caucus Which
Ended After Midnight This Morn
ing The Other Results.

1t took seven ballots and until after
midnight last evening to nominate a
candidate for alderman in the sixth ward
citizens caucus at Montpelier Johann
Ruseher finally wen over Jeremiah Dea-
dg. The yote stood 80 each on the sixth
ballot, G. q. Roberts withdrew after
the fifth ballot and Patrick Slattery
pulled out after the second.
In ward s. Frank b. Smith was nomi
mated over Timothy Callahan. the pres
ent alderman, and in ward 4 George ID.
Butler WAS nominated by one majority
over S. M. Corse, the present inclm-
bent
Nominations for school commissioners
were made in wards ? and 3, with con-
tests; il the first ward. J. Fl. kelleher;
III the second, IL J. NJ. Jones; iii the
third. DR. r. Il. Templeton. III the fourth
ward Frank X. Goss was nominated FOR
school commissioner ~oyer $. s. Ballard.
The results of some Of the Caucuses
are taken to mean a rebuke for mem
befs OF the council, which voted to pur-
chase the Golden Fleece building in con.
neetion with the city hall project, in
direct opposition 70 the vote Of the eiti
zens. To-day, that is all the talk Of
the street in Montpelier, and 50 to-
nights general caucus will probably be
4 hummer Laird and Dawley arc still
the only avowed candidates, but there is
a persistent rumor that in spite OF his
announced intention not TO rum Jack
sibley may be presented before the citi-
zens as candidate for the mayoralty
nomination.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-20
WAS NEARLY S YEARS OLD.
Phyrilla Durkee Whitney, Whose Funer.
raj Was Held Yesterday AfternAbn.

Chelsea, Feb, 20 The funeral ser.
vice Of Mrs. Phyrilla burke Whitney was
held at ! p m Wednesday at the home
81 her daughter, Mrs. Lyman A. Bur
hank, one mile south Of Chelsea Rev.
Irving Towsley. pastor Of the Univer.
saiist church in Washington Officiating.
The interment was III the Durkee Gem.
etery near North Tnnbridge
Mrs, Whitney would have been ss
years Of age had she lived until March
S She Was born in 1920 in the town Of
Tunbfidge, in the house later occupied
BY Parker Durkee, her nephew. In 1910
she was married to Aaron r. Whitney
twho died III ls70l She was the mother
Of eleven children and foster mother to
another Nine OF her children are stin
living, all but two Of whom were presens
at the funeral Those two were the
oldest son and daughter. Leander Whit
nay and Mrs. George Dewey, both Of
whom reside at Bayard, Iowa
AL tho funeral service there were pres
eIlt seven children, twenf Y four grand
children and nineteen great grandchil-
dren. The four sons acted as bearers.
Abiiah. Aaron, Orson and Horace.
Mrs. Whitney had recently made her
home with a daughter, Mrs. Arthur Han.
son, but she went TO visit another
daughter Mrs. Burbank. and was taken
sick while there dying just three weeks
after her arrival
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-20
HOMELESS OLD MAN
APPLIED FOR SHELTER
Chef Of Police Faulkner Took Pity on
Him and Gave Him Place For
The Night--Strange,r Said He
Came From Montpelier.

Patrick Fay Of Willston pleaded
guilty TO a frsb ofTense Of intoxication
Ia the city court this morning and was
fined SIS with costs OF S7.75. He was tn-
able to pay and went to the county jail
for 10 days, Pat mistools store ON
Depot square for hotel and went in
and laid down on the noor He was
very indignant when the proprietor
threw him ont and Pat attempted To
Kick the door down Otlieer earle came
along and furnished him with bed Iii
the basement Of tine city building for
TIC night Though he said his name was
tatrick, his tongue was more like n
native Of West Chazv than Of IRELAND.
A feeble, gray -heaSed old man ap-
Piled for lodging at the police station
last night. He was accommodated and
this morning, on account Of his poverty
and belpleSsness. Chief Faulkner thought
that the old man ought to be taken care
OF IN some way and has notified the
oYerseer Of the poor and the caarity
committee Of the aldermen. The old
man claims he has no home and said
he came to Barre from Montpelier yes
terday
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-20
who VIII Succeed Evans.

Washington. Feb. 20 Beyond the
statement that Rear Admiral Robley D.
Evans probably will Be preclded from
commanding the Atlantic battleship fleet
on its return voyage from the Pacific BY
reason Of his retirement on account Of
age Aug. Is next, the navy department
officials decline to make any predictions
as TO who will be in command then
With the exception Of Rear Admiral
sperry, who Is not il robust health,
none Of the fleet admirals with Rear
Admiral Evans, has much more than 4
wear of active service in prospect, 4
fact which probably win operate to pre-
veNt their assignment to the supreme
command
he president, It il stated, has not
AZ yet made choice. but among the
Ulcers regarded as particularly eligible
a. successor to Rear Admiral Evans, are
Rear Admiral UrieI Sebree and Captains
Wainwright, Schroeder. Potter and
Sutherland, some Of whom viii obtain
the rank of rear admiral very soon.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-20
MANCHESTER UNITY
WINS CRIBBAGE TROPHY
Interfraternity League Closed Last Night
With the Odd Fellows Team
Having a Bare Lead of
One Game.

The closing contest Of the fourth and
last series Of the seasons Interfraternity
|cribbage league was played at the Quin-
len hall last evening and resulted in
victory for the Manchester Unity Of
Odd Fellows, their team winning six
out OF eight tables from the Clan Cor
don team, This result places Manches-
ter Unity team in the lead and gives it
the silver cup which has been the tro-
ply awarded to the winning team for
the past seven years in the league con-
tests
This is the first time that NJ. u.
has been successful in gaining posses
sion Of the cup
The result Of last evenings play by
tables was as follows Faulkner and
Kennedy, NJ u, defeated Mcleod and
Taylor, G. G.; oliver and Parker, M.
ll., won BY forfeiture; Joll and peast,
NJ q. defeated Stewart and Cowie, G.
O.; I.eith and Craig, NJ u, defeated
Taylor and Mckenzie, G. G.; Murray
and Sinclair, NJ III, defeated Cruick-
shank and Davidson, G. g.; Cruickshank
and Ilalyoso, N. II, defeated Booth
and Marshall, G. G.
Wfshart and Dinnie, G. G., defeated
Smith and Beagrie, M r.; Slora and
Stephen, G. @, defeated Graham and
Bressett, M. u,
The standing of the teams at the close
of the series follows:
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-20
JAPAN Is OUR FRIEND
SAID WHITELAW REID
Rejects Talk of War With The 0rientais
as Only Fit For Lunatics to Con-
sider--Spoke in New York
Last Night.

New York, Feb Whitelaw Reid
ambassador Of the United States "a
Great Britain, in speech last night al
the dinner Of the Pilgrims of the United
States at Delmonicos, declared that
talk Of the obligations Of Great Britain
70 sustain Japan in war against the
United States, WAS nonsense. The am
bassador was accorded an ovation when
he arose TO speak by the 400 members
Of the Pilgrims Of the United States
and their guests Joseph H Choates,
former ambassador to Great Britain, was
toastmaster
He said in part 'Tn thus dwelling on
our peaceful and cordial relations | am
not forgetting the nonsense you have
read in the sensational press about the
obligations Of Great Britain to sustain
japan in war against the United States.
IL that ignorant and foolish talk were
not mischieyous YOU might dismiss 1t
as merely another bit of yellow moon
slime. For first, there is no war. and
not the ghost of probability Of war
with Japan any more than there Il of
war with Russia or with Ihibet, or with
Paraguay and Patagonia
I'VE have every reason to think the
Japanese are our friends as we are theirs
ard yon have TO think them entirely
without common sense before You eau
imagine them capable Of seeking war
with pawerfu and friendly nation
half way around the globe absolutely
without any grievance or motive. And
secondly, the treaty between Great
Britain and Japan simply provides that
in case Of aggression of Japan's reco9-
nized territorial rights in tne east Great
Britain would sustain her Now what
grown man outside Of a lunatic asylum
dreams that we have such 4 hunger for
more land that we are going To cross the
Pacific and try to rob one 81 our Oldest
and truest friends IN the Far East the
very land we introduced to the western
world, and 10 which we certainly tried to
be useful In helping to bring the late
lamentable struggle to closeg
Iou are right, no doubt, 10 blame the
sensational press for its nnpatriotie
eagerness to make dirty half pennies by
and spreading this mischievous
folly. But | beg Of you, Be Just, ana
blame still more that section Of Ameri-
can people, inconsiderable in influence,
and | must think not considerable III
Numbers, who appear still SO provincial
So cfedulolls and so careless a. to gulp
down such stun. open mouthed, like
half grown backwoods, flY-gobblers, and
really seem to relish II"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-20
HAS NO AMBITION
TO BE GOVERNOR
Fred I. Davis Sets at Rest the Rumor
That He Might Be a Republican
Candidate for the Nomi-
nafinn

Secretary Fred T. Davis Of the state
board Of agriculture was interviewed in
Montpelier to-day while he was on his
way from East Montpelier. where he
attended the agricultural meeting yes.
terday, aud asked as to his part In the
Vermont govanombip. Mr. Davis had
been mentioned several times a. a pos
sible Republican candidate. He said
that he did not know how the mention
ing Of his name got started, but added
that he had no ambition for the place
and never would have. He modestly
pleaded his lack Of capability to serve
III that position, said he hadn't The
means and that his bent did not turn
that way
Mr. Davis replied to questions as to
his preference nat 1T present he favored
Lieut. enant Governor Prouty, but should
Governor Proctor consent % run again
he should be for him, as He thought
Proctor had made an ideal governor.