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Milford chronicle., 1908-10-02
The PRESIDENT
DENOUNCES BRYAN
Scores Him For UNFOLDING Has,
keII and Talks Of Trusts.

Washington. Sept 2S - President
Roosevelt made reply to William ].
Bryans telegram in which he main
tanned that the Democratic party and
platform were not getting a Square
deal In the campaign that the presi-
dents professions of fair treatment
| entitled them to. Mr. Roosevelt's replv
| deals particularly with Mr.. Brvap's
assertion that the administration has
been neither sincere nor effective in
the prosecution Of trusts. The presi
dent says Mr.. Bryan has not answered
Governor Hughes speech, referred to
IN his first letter and does well in not
attempting it. The president then
says:
You say that your platform de
clares in favor OF vigorous enforce.
ment Of the law against guilty trust !
magnates and officials and that the ;
platform upon which Mr.. Taft stands
makes no such declaration. It was not
necessary. That platform approved
the policies of this administration and
promised to continue them; and here.
as usual. have only to compare your
words with the deeds OF the admins
ration and Of Mr.. Taft. You merely
promise in your platform that you in
end to do just what this administra.
Ion has actually done and is doing.
You say that the trust magnates
now their own interests and are sup
orting Judge Taft. So far as their !
interests are simply the interests Of
he business community and especially
l the wageworkers, ! believe they will
Import Judge Taft. So far as they
ave special interests which are to e
lem more important than the gen n
raj business welfare. believe they n
Ill support you. / base this belief H
pom what happened in 1896 Your C
lccess then would, in my belief. have &C
zen a calamity for the country from r
e standpoint Of the welfare of the &C
lsiness men, farmers and working. NJ
en- just as, in my belief, your sue C.
SIS now would be a calamity to the at
untry, both from the standpoint Of pa
siness land especially of the inter-
IS Of the wage worker and from the
lndpoint of morals" Al
The president then says the steel
st in purchasing one of its largest pu
ais last fall did so with his knowl- 'Ic
&c of the transaction, and that no 70
was broken. Instead, he says the ene
lcern was on the verge Of failure 0.a
the time and would have made the ca
tic much worse had the steel trust IN
acted as it did d
You state that Mr.. Haskell has vol.
Milford chronicle., 1908-10-02

UNFAIRLY resigned from the committee
You speak highly of the public service
which he had rendered and protest
against any condemnation of him ex-
/ cept such as may come in a court.
| Out of your own mouth you are CON
demned. You thereby set I'D that
standard of law honesty which has
been the bane Of this people in en-.
deavoring to get equity and fair deal.
ins-as they should obtain among
high-minded men-from great bust.
ness corporations, and from individ.
uals like Mr.. Haskell Apparently you
disclaim even asking Mr. Haskell tc
retire from the position in which YOU
placed him. so that he retires of his
own free will; and you utter no word
OF condemnation of his gross ofenses
against public decency and honesty.
On the contrary, you strive to make II
appear that his misconduct in refer |
ence to the Standard Oil company is
all OF which he is accused. whereas |
shameless though this particular act |
Of his is, it is no worse than countless
others in his career.
THE nat nal government. obeyins
10Th the law and the principles Of
ound morality. disseminated Either
or nor against the Standard Oil com
amy or its rivals. Governor Haskell.
gainst the law and against every
rinciple of honesty and fair dealing
iscriminated in favor of the Standard
III corporation. Failure to see the dis
notion between the two cases indi. D.,
ates moral rather than mental OBJ
lseness.
"You have uttered no word of con- !
of Haskellism, as we thus :
'e it. That you have consciously /
'ught to bring it about, do not be- .
we That it was the natural result &
the effort to apply in practice your a
achings, | have no question" :
Milford chronicle., 1908-10-02
HASKELL TO SUE HEARST
Story of Alleged Attempt to Bride May
Be Heard In Court.

Kansas City, Mo, Sept. &c. - Gov
ernor Charles N. Haskell. of Oklaho-
ma, is preparing to bring suit in the
next few days against William R..
Hearst because of the latter's charges
concerning Governor Haskell's alleged
connection with an attempt to bride
Frank S. Monnett for the Standard Oil
company. The suit will be brought in
Missouri, probably at Kansas City. II.
c. Simrall, of Mexico, Mo, is here as
attorney for Governor Haskell, pre-
pairing the petition.
Milford chronicle., 1908-10-02
Hearst Reads More Oil Letters

William R. Hearst, while he was ad.
dressing the New York state conven.
ton of the independence League party.
as the New York state branch of the
national Independence party is Off
cially known, renewed his attack upon
members Of both the Republican and
Democratic parties. and produced an
other batch Of letters, which he said
were written by or to John D. Arch.
bold, of the Standard Oil company.
One of the letters was addressed
to United States Senator John L. Nc.
Laurin, of South Carolina, and there
was also a letter from former Senator
McLaurin to Mr.. Arehbold, in which
the writer declared he could beat
Milford chronicle., 1908-10-02
The BROUGHT
is BROKEN
Heavy Rains TO Be Followed
by Drop in Temperature.

Schoolboy Kills Himself In Presence
of Sweetheart-Fights Devil Fish In
Hold of sunken shIp-surrenders
Son to Authorities AZ a Murderer.
Haskell Resigns As Treasurer Of
Democratic Campaign Fund-Mad
Hen Attacks Two Babies - Camel
the Emblem of the Prohibitionlsts.
The long drought in New York, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania, which result
ed in serious forest fires. stopped in
dustrial pursuits and caused a water
famine in many districts. is broken.
Rain. which fell lightly and increased
in volume as the day advanced, and
reports from throughout the affected
territory announce that the rainfall |
has become general and heavy. High
winds accompanied the storm and
damaged telegraph wires. thereby in
with communication. Brief
however, have come to
hand from many points in the Cats.
Kills the AdiTOndacks and other re-
yions which have suffered from forest
Tres. announcing that copious rains
ire falling and that the fires are being
apidly obliterated. Although reports
rom some Adirondack districts still !
Indicate menace from the flames. it is !
elieved that the effects of the rain
all accompanying the widespread e
torn will soon be beneficially felt a
all the affected districts. T.
The drought, which has been the
lost prolonged in many years, has
Lsted about eight weeks. So serious !.
as been its effect, especially in the q
'untry districts, that prayers were Of -
red up in many churches for relief. *
Milford chronicle., 1908-10-02
:5MR. BRYAN TO
Mr.. ROOSEVELT
Says He Lived In Vain II AC-
GuSatlOnS Lost Him a Friend.
POINTS TO HIS RECORD

Declares That ls Sufficient Answer to
Inslnuations That He Is In sympa-
thy With the Trusts-speakina Of
Haskell, He Says the HumbIest
Citizen Cannot Be Denied the Right
TO Protect His Name In Court
Campaign Contributions His Closing
Theme.
Rock Island, ILL.,, Sept. sO.-'I have
Hved in vain if your accusations have
lost me a single friend" said William
J. Bryan in letter addressed to Pres
Ident Roosevelt, replying to that of
the president written Sunday last.
Mr.. Bryan points to his record and
declares that it is sufficient onswer to
the insinuations OF the chief executive
that he is in sympathy with or con-
trolled by the trusts
Reverting to the charges against |
Governor Haskell, Mr.. Bryan SAYS that
the president, in response to his re-
guest, did not deign to suggest a
tribunal which could determine those
charges but instead proceeded to pass
Judgment upon him, and he informs
the president that the occupant of
that high office cannot deny to the
humblest citizen the right to protect
his reputation and vindicate his name '
in the courts. t
Taking up the presidents assertion
that certain trust magnates fearing t
prosecution under Mr.. Taft will sup t
port the Democratic candidate Mr.. \
Bryan charges that the president
Rorded his statement in such a way n
Is to demand the support of all the v
rust magnates land yet put It on the ot
round that they are supporting your h,
arty for patriotic reasons, rather q,
nan for the promotion of a selfish in fr
crest. That is ingenious, but it is re
Ot sound. The trust magnates are m
the Republican party, and M
e Bible offers an explanation, the IA
/, knoweth his owner and the ass his oh
asters crib" stt
In proof Of the fact that he would Of
t be controlled by the trusts, Mr.. The
yam says that If elected he will en- he,
'ce the antitrust laws, mot spas. ma
ideally and internationally, but per gre
tentiy and consistently" "vo
Milford chronicle., 1908-10-02
Fights Devil Fish In ship's Hold.

Fights Devil Fish In Ships Hold.
Wrapped in the tentacles of a giant
devil fish, Martin Lund, a diver.
! fought for his life in the hold of the
4 wrecked steamer Pomona, which lies
In thirty feet of water of the Marin
county coast in California.
giant tentacle, four inches in
diameter, first gripped a leg. Before
Lund could realize what had happened
others encircled his body.
The diver began to chop frantically
at the rubber-like bonds and sigualed
to ascend. The efforts of the men on
the surface to comply with his signal
threatened to pull his helmet of, and
ne was forced to signal them to de.
sist.
He was being drawn toward the
deadly beak, when he saw the outline
OF the devid fishs body Plunging sud.
denly toward it, he drove his knife
INTO the head until he had slashed It
into sections.
In its death throes the octopus tight.
sned its tentacles until the diver was
almost crushed. Lund was brought to
ne surface in fainting condition.
Milford chronicle., 1908-10-02
Atlantic Civ E

Atlantic City Publisher Dies Suddenly
Carl Voelker, ffty-four, editor and
publisher Of the Freie Press, of Allan.
TIC City, died at Newark, M. He came
TO Newark to attend a dinner given to
the Democratic editors of the state by
state Chairman Nugent and was seiz.
ca with a gastric hemOrrhage and died
IN an ambulance while on the way to
3 hospital.
Milford chronicle., 1908-10-02

Mr.. Bryan, in dealing with the Dem
ocratic campaign fund of 1896 as com
pared with the Republican campaign
fund Of 1904, charges that the presi-
dent pays more attention to the mote
! than to the BEAM" and asserts that in
| 1904 the Republicans used in one state
alone fund almost as large as the en-
tire sum the Democratic party had in
its control. Mr.. Bryan further SAYS:
you are the first conspicuous mem
Der of your party to attempt an ex-
PLANTATION of the party's opposition to
publicity before the election. and the
admission which you make viii EN-
barrass your party associates. Your
position is that the publication before
election of the contributions made to |
your campaign fund would furnish !
your political opponents an oppor
tuntiy ito give false impression" as
to the fitness of the candidates. If the
voters differ from you on this question
are they necessarily ignorant and
wrong? Must the members of the
party organization act as self-appoint-
ed guardians of the people and con
zeal from them what is going on. lest {
he people be misled as to the purpose
md effect of large contributions? Is
his your explanation of the action of :
he Republican leaders in the national
in voting down a publicity c
flank? If you will pardon the sug- n
eston, / believe that a better expla- n
alton can be found in Holy Writ. for D
o we not read of men loving darkness n
ather than light because their deeds n
re evil? II
We are going to give you an Oh. pi
ortunity to misrepresent the motives a,
those who give to our campaign W
md, and to arouse all the suspicion tr
~ can; we are going to prove to the pr
sople that we are making a fight for te
e whole people and not for those til
no have been enjoying privileges and
vors at the hands of the govern kn
ent and we expect that the honest po
ntiment of the country will rebuke int
party whose convention refused thu
endorse any kind Of publicity. and of
lose candidates are not willing that SUI
RSSPAN 9ACAAu hnOW uuNll AFTER the Id
lis are closed what predatory in. the
ests have been active in support Of era
Republican party" will
odooist Puts Child On Red Hot Stove up'
bridgeport, Conn, Sept. 80. - The s suo
Ice of this city are searching for t gee
liam r. Miller, a colored veteran sne
he Spanish war, who is accused of Sus
ing practiced the terrible rites OF lnei
Odooism" on Bertha Bryant a child 80 80
q Brooklyn, N. Y, who was re. ou
lily left in the care of Miller's a lug.
her. In his mothers absence 80" 800
er, 1t is charged, recited an incau- S', ~
IN in strange gibberish over the -
and placed her on a red hot s :, 10
e. The child's cries and the shouts lt,s.
nller drew neighbors, who saved ~"
child from serious injury. Miller
Miller has of late BETRAYED a IN =,
red fear Of reptiles, and other ne. 49, =
say that he is a devoteeI Of VI Se,.''
iooism." not
Milford chronicle., 1908-10-02
Resigns AS Democratic treasurer

~
Governor Charles N. Haskell. of Ok.
Iahoma, resigned as treasurer of the
Democratic national committee. His
resignation was announced by him.
self three hours after his arrival in
chicago from Guthrie, Okla, and after
ne had conferred with officers of the
democratic national headquarters. In
giving out his decision, Mr.. Haskell
IN response to a question. declared he
did not desire to be responsible for
any embarrassment which might re.
suit to the Democratic party by re-
tanning the Office Of treasurer. That
MS resignation is the direct result OF
the charges made against him by viii.
liam R. Hearst and President Roose-
Velt, Mr.. Haskell also admitted. At
he same time he did not by his re.
'ignation intend to admit that any of
ne charges were true Herman Rid
Ter, editor Of the New York staatz
.eitung, was appointed to succeed Mr..
Haskell.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-07-02
A Good Wish Rose.

ga clever idea was carried out
at a recent shower for a BRIDE to-
be-, says the July Woman's Home
Companion. "In the invitation each
guest was requested to send in, ,pri-
or to the party, a wish for the
bride. The hostess made a beauti-
full large white paper rose and be-
fore putting it together she wrote
on each petal wish and the name
of the wisher. AS is usual in most
cases, some of the guests forgot
to send in wish, but brought'one
with them, and others wrote them
after they arrived. For this pur-
pose large paper rosbeud had
been made, into which the wish
es were slipped, and the bud twis-
ted up again. The guest of honor
was charmed with the rose and
rosebud, and she said she should
always keep it as a pleasant remin-
der of her friends, whom she was
soon to leave for a new home in a
distant CITY,"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-07-02
The Crisis of the Nation.

God gave man Eden, with its shady bow'rs,
Its pleasant fruits and many fragrant how'rs
Created Eve and gave to him for wife,
Companion and help-meet for his life.
And all the fruits were given them for meat
One tree alone the Lord forbade them eat
Beguiled by Satan they partook of this,
And thro' this folly forfeited their bliss.
The Lord spoiled Egypt for Israe's behalf;
They of the treasure made molten calf;
So quickly turned aside from his commands
Rejoicing in the works of their own hands.
The brazen serpent in the wilderness,
That Moses raised cure for their distress,
Became source of base idolatry;
They worshipped it instead of Deity.
God gave them mama in the desert waste
A pleasant food, like honey to the taste
But by their sin, the Sacred Writ affirms,
1t stank and bred the foul and loathsome
worms.
And ever since the world began we find
That God has showered blessings on man.
kind;
But sinful man, whose nature is perverse,
Has turned each heavily gift into curse.
w. C. JOHNSON.
ITO BE CONTINUED
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-07-02
Press Censorship.

The longest stride yet in the di-
rection of a press censorship in
the United States, of the most au-
tocratic and irresponsible type,
was taken last week by the Post
Master General. He acts under a
law passed with hardly protest
at the recent session of Congress.
Senator Hale did give notice upon
it's passage that it was a censor
ing law, but it went through the
legislative mill without a jar. I'm
der this law the Postmaster Gener-
al has just issued a notice to post
masters to exclude from the mail
all publications which in their re-
spective opinions contain ''matter
tending to incite arson, murder
or assassination. If the publi-
cation is in foreign language,
and the postmaster "has reason to
believe" that it contains ''matter
tending to incite to arson, to MUIR
der or assassination" he may
withhold its transmission through
the mails until a certified trans
lation is filed, and continue to do
SO until the department. rules if he
asks a ruling. If the local post
master is Gin doubt" in any case
he must submit the question to the
Department, and pending its de-
cision must exclude the matter
from the mails. This is a terrific
power to place in the hands of
postmasters. Scores of thousands
of censors are thereby established,
centralized justices of the peace,
each with his own test of what
constitutes a publication "tending
to incite to arson, murder or as
sassination," and each beyond
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-07-02

the reach OF the courts. But post
masters are expected to act with
"wise discretion and conservatism,
in order that no innocent publisher
may suffer injustice" All! Pub
lications that are "right" must
not be disturbed. To call Re-
publican President despot might
subject a socialist publication to
suppression as tending to incite to
assassination. But to call a So
cialist on trial for his life an "un-
desirable citizen" might be legiti-
mate in the interests of justice.
1t would depend upon the point of
view of the postmaster.
Who is the man so blind as not
to see that this postal regime plac-
es every publication at the mercy
of the party in power? Who SO
obtuse as not to understand that
here is an engine for the suppress
sion Of opinion not yet popular,
more formidable than any engine
with which the advocates of free
press and free speech have ever
before been confronted. This is the
sedition law of a hundred years
ago, done over into a form infn-
itely more dangerous to personal
liberty. - Chicago Public.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-07-02
Sherif's Sale as Trustee.

Whereas James NJ. Rynearson and Mar
garet F. Rynearson, his wife, of the county
of Livingston and State of Missouri, by their
certain deed of trust, dated the z5th day of
January, 1904, and duly recorded in the Of
flee of the Recorder of Deeds for the Coun-
ty of Iron and State of Missouri, in Book
40, at page 189, did convey to Scott J. Mill
Ter, trustee, the following described real es-
tate, situate, lying and being in the county
of Iron and State of Missouri, to witt
All of the north half of section fourteen;
the east half Of the northeast quarter of sec
ton fifteen; the north half of the northwest
quarter of section ifteen the west half of
the southwest quarter of section eleven; the
east half of the southwest quarter of section
eleven; the southwest quarter of the south
east quarter of section eleven; all in town
ship thirty, range three, Iron county, Mis-
souri,, containing 6So acres, more or less.
Which conveyance was made to the said
Scott Miller in trust to secure the pay
ment of certain promissory note referred
to in said deed of trust and interest thereon,
OF even date with said deed Of trust;
And, whereas, the said note and the in
terest thereon are now past due and remain
unpaid;
Whereas, it is provided in said deed of
trust that in the case OF death, removal from
the state, or refusal to act of said Scott J..
Miller as trustee, the then acting Sheriff of
Iron county, Missouri, shall act as trustee in
his stead, and sell the foregoing described
property in case of default;
And, whereas, the said trustee, Scott J.
Miller, refuses to act;
Now, therefore, at the request of the legal
holder of said note, and in pursuance of the
terms OF said deed of trust, I, the under
signed sheriff of Iron county, Missouri, act
ing as trustee instead of the said Scott 7.
Miller, will sell the property herein descri6-
ed at public vendue to the highest bidder for
cash at the east courthouse door in the City
OF lronton, County of Iron, and state of Mis-
Souri, on
Saturday, J"Ly 25, 1908,
between the hours Of o'clock A. NJ. and
O'Clock P. M, for the purpose of satisfying
said indebtedness and cost of executing this
trust. John l. MARSHALL,
Sheriff and Trustee.
Ironton, Mo-, June "a, 1908.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-07-02
The 4th at Arcadia.

Come, everybody, to the Arcadia
Prosperity Barbecue Picnic at the
Arcadia Hotel Park, which will be
decorated with the stars and
stripes, where there is ample shade
and a good spring of cool water.
Barbecued meats beef, pork and
mutton) and bread will be served
between IL and 1 P. NJ. from a
screened arcade for which a NOM
inal price will be charged to cover
cost. All kinds of refreshments
will be on the ground.
A steam merry-go-around will
make the hearts of the children
glad.
1st. At 1 P. NJ, Hon. G. H. Polk,
our representative, will make the
speech of welcome and tell what
to do to have better roads in our
county.
I'd. DR.. Fuller Swift, of Chica-
go, who has been connected with
the Seton Indian tribe founded by
Thompson Seton. which is an out
door club for natures study, games
and athletics. The Indian name
given Mr.. Swift will fully explain
the simple life and how to be pros
porous, though poor in purse.
Sd. Mr.. j. H. Currens of st.
Louis will speak on dairying in
Missouri and how we can make a
profit of it.
4th. Rev. Father Adrian will
speak on "Arcadia Valley" and
how we can be prosperous.
Music by the Des Arc Brass
Band.
Matched Base Ball game at P.
M.
Fireworks at s P. NJ.
Negro comic songs after the
fireworks.
The committee will spare no
pains or money to make this pic
mic a grand success; not only frol-
ic and fun, but an intellectual
treat which will make it worth
your while to come.
BY The COMMITTEE.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-07-02
Not Recorded In the Daily Press.
tCole County Democrat.l

tCole County Democrat.)
F. M. Brown of this city was to-
day awarded damages to the
amount of $4,000 in the Missouri
supreme court for libelous articles
printed in the Globe Democrat and
the st. Louis PepubIic.
The verdict against the Globe
Democrat is for $4,000 and the af-
firmation of a Judgment rendered
by a Cole county jury January,
1905. The suit was brought by Ed
Silver in behalf Of his law partner,
F. M. Brown, and charged the
GIobe-Democrat with printing a Ii
belous article about the latter.
The article in question said that
Brown wa a perjurer in making
false affidayits with regard to the
extradition of VIM. Zeigler, a New
York capitalist, who was indicted
by the Cole county grand jnry in
1904 on the charge of bribery in
connection with the passage of the
baking powder bill.
Mr.. Brown was acting as spec
ial prosecuting attorney in the
place of R. P. Stone, who had
been temporarily deposed.
The verdict of this suit was ST.
600 actual damages and $1,000 pu-
nitive.
The suit against the Republic was
tried in May and was based on
practically the same article as the
one printed in the Globe Democrat,
The verdict in this case was fol
5000 punitive and $4,000 actua
damages.
Mr.. Brown is not in the city, but
the case is practically settled, as
the latter opinion was delivered
by Judge Cant and there was nc
dissenting opinion in either case