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The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-27
Searchinu For Fortune

New York, June 27-All safe deposit vaults are being searched for $2OG.- 900 fortune left by August Konrad, an eccentric miser, who died in as asy- lum. Konrad left three keys, but for fot to tell where the safety boxes were located His widow and family are now rying to uocate the fortune.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-27
Six Stores Robbed.

Fort Worth, June 27-The police are trying to obtain clues to serious of burglaries perpetrated in the busi- ness section Thursday night. Six stores were entered and robbed, little cash being stolen but merchandise to the amount of $500 taken. Only cloth ing and dry goods houses were broken into and police believe the robberies at work are of the same gang.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-27
Meadows Refused Bail.

Houston, June PIC. B. Meadows. charged with the murder of Alice Corners. alias Eastup, alias Meadows, was refused bail at his prelimi
 nuary hearing. The grand jury has taken up the matter and meadows has made no statement, the attorneys at hearing agreing to bring the matter to the grand jury as early as possible.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-27
TW
A GOOD MEETING.

| N
 Yesterdays meeting was uui <
 largely attended and Mrs. Wright
 proved herself quite a gracious
 and thoughtful hostess. 1..1
 delicious truice so daintily sei.v-
 ed was a fit precursor for tte
 beautiful department of our work
 which filled the afternoon-tnat t
 of Flower Mission.
 Some may not know the origin of this beautiful ministration Il
 the W. c. T. U., and for the be- neflt of any such, wa will say that it sprung from the fertii
 brain and tender heart oi u young woman of wealth Wa. lived in the suburbs of a great | city, and who made it a pr~.
 tice to always carry flowers C. something green and pretty ey- cry day to be given to the pc, children of the city Seeing tic great joy the flowers gave
 these helpless little ones, sine de- cided to organize a society that she might have more flower and more helpers and thus br0Ga- en the work.
 A ''write-up" of her work canC out in one of the big eastern dailies and it chanced to fall in the hands of an invalid girl i. Louisville, Ky who, even an:- her suffering, longed to do something helpful for others, and so she began to work. n 1882 the National w. C. T. u. convention was held in LouisyillN and Frances Willard was a Cuas in this home, and always seeing the connection between any goo movement andd any good move meat and the W. C. r. U.. SIC 2t once had it adoptaI as natiCn al department with Miss Jcn- nie Cassady as national superin- tendent. This beautiful Gc- partment has been so systematic ed and expanded that whereNe.' the w. c. T. U. finds ! fOCthciC and it has found one in more than fifty countries, this department is at once adopted. The plans and purposes for it have grown so that it means more than the gift of flowers. It embraces the charities of the w. C. T. U.., the Fresh Air Mission, where thous- ands are taken from the crowdeL | cities for a breath of pure air | during the heated season, it aids school and settlements by sup plying seeds and plants, it plants trees and vines; it gives drives | to invalids, it gives comfort and cheer to those who mourn, and | hope to those who have wandered astray. Jacob Riis says, "In New York I have seen an armful | ,i daisies keep the peace of a block better than policeman with his club. Whenever a gar den is put in a tenement block it does the duty of dozen police man. In proportion as it spreads the neighbOrhOod takes on a more orderly character"
 Who knows how great and te- inefficient the influence eXertcd over many a young heart in Prescott by the sight of the beautiful beds of flowers plant 1 ed around the Methodist church Let us all follow suit and make | our homes and church surroGn1- | ings places of beauty instead of unsightly weeds.
 We were delighted to add the names of Mrs. John White ani Miss Fife Crossland to our list. Others are invited to join in this great work.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-27

company, met horrible death in view of 500 persons Many women were overcome and tainted A street car collided with heavy wagon. The wa gon box caught Dryer against an ele- vated pillar. His life was crushed out His body was mangled beyond recog- milton.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-27
Friuhtful Collision.

Bombay, India, June 27.-In a col lision between an express and freight train on the Bombay and Baroda rail- way near Baroda number of persons were killed. It will be impossible to estimate the loss of life until the wreckage has been cleared away Four passenger coaches and four mail cars of the express train and four cars of the freight were burned.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-27
AsSasSinated While Asleep.

Waco, June 27.-Request for blood hounds came to Sheriff Tilley Friday morning. J. G, Good, prominent farmer of Ben Hur Limestone coun. ty, was assassinated Thursday night while asleep. The murderer is un- known. He leaves a widow and an adopted daughter.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-27
Lid On at Amarillo.

Amarillo, Tex, June 27.-The lid is shut down hard on this city. All sa- looms have closed. It is learned that liquor dealers intend to fight the law on new ground, but refuse to disclose their plans. Five thousand dollars worth of liquor was sold Thursday to those laying in supplies against the "drouth"
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-27
STATE TICKET.

STATE TICKET. Governor
 GEORGE w. DONAGHEY Secretary of State
 o. c. LUDWIG. State Treasury
 J. l.. YATES. State Auditor
 JOHN R. LOBE. Commissioner of Mines, Manufac- lures and griculture-
 GUY B. TUCKER. Commissioner of Lands
 l.. l.. COFFMAN. Superintendent of Public Instruc-
 GEORGE B. COOK. Justice of the Supreme Court to succeed Justice Riddick-
 J. c. HART. Justice of the Supreme Court for Full Term
 CARROLL D. WOOD. Congress- MINOR WALLACE. Prosecuting Attorney
 D. A. GRAVES.
 COUNTY TICKET. Represent
 J. w. WHALEI. Sheriff ED HOOD. County Judge
 A. NJ. DENMAN. Circuit Clerk
 F. F. MURRAH. County Clerk
 J. A. BAILEY. County Treasurer
 w. c. FELTS. Assessor ! JNO D. BRIGHT. Surveyor TOM LAVENDER.
 c. c. PURPLE. B. Cotton Weigher-
 H. T. INGRAM Justices of the Peace
 F. M. SMITH.
 JOHN FISHERS. T. F. BURNS. 'Const a ble-
 C. B. MOON.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-27
uniuue Baseball LeaQue.

Chicago, June 27.-The most unique baseball league in the world was or ganized here of four teams-one Chinamen, another Italians, another Hebrews, the fourth mixed of all na- tionalities.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-27
Great Diamond Field.

Berlin, June 27.-A dispatch re- ceived here from Windhook. Damara- land, German Southwest Africa, says diamond field the extent of which is nearly ten square miles, has been discovered at Luderitz Bay
The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-27
No Communication For Gibson.

Austin, June 27.-Board of Pardon advisers refused to grant the applica- tion of Monk Gibson for communication of death sentence. As soon as the board made it's report to the executive department. Private Secretary Barton at once forwarded the report and all papers bearing on application to Gov ernor Campbell, at Waxahachie.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-29
Marines az Panama.

We are well within our rights in TAX
ing due precautions for the preseUa-
ton Of the public peace in Panama. By
the Panama constitution il is provided
that the government Of the United
States Of America can intervene in any
part Of the republic of Panama for the
purpose Of establishing the public peace
and constitutional order in event Of the
same having been disturbed" BY a
special treaty between Panama and this
country, this constitutional provision is
emphasized, and interference is war
ranted whenever I'm the judgment OF
the United States the republic Of Pan
ANA should not be able to maintain or
der"
But there is small reason for believing
that there will be any need for armed
interference, and the duty OF the United
States marines down on the isthmuS is
likely to be merely a sort of special
police duty. The very fact that the force
is there at hand was a strong guarantee
that the public order would not be dis
turbed during the elections, as well as an
indication that the election itself would
be carried on as honestly as possible
The people of the republic Of Panama
must understand that with our vast in
terests in their country we are not going
10 allow the usual methods of Pan
American political procedure. They can
see as we'll as anybody that once armed
interference on behalf Of order became
necessary, it would be the beginning OF
the end for them.
The marines at Panama will probably
be a good exemplihcation Of the doc
trine that a ready sword is the best
guarantee OF peace
The Washington herald., 1908-06-29
Army Detail System

It will be interesting to observe
whether any Of the military authorities
who, in the next month or two, will sub
NIT they annual reports 10 the Secre-
tary Of War will refer. as some Of them
did last year, TO the defects of the sys-
TEN OF detailing line officers Of the army
10 duty in the special Staff Corps. This
IS class of detached duty which takes
infantry cavalry, and artillery officers
away from their commands for periods
OF from one to four years, to perform
the duties of quartermasteFs, commits
saries. and paymasters, and so on, at the
conclusion Of which tour of service in
the staff these officers return to their
line duties Under this arrangement
there IS a separation Of line officers from
their commands and lack of permanent
personnel in the special Staff Corps. As
vacancies occur in the present perma-
nent personnel of these corps. other line
officers are detailed. with the result that
in time there will be no permanent per-
sonnel in the staff. excepting in such
technical branches as the Medical Corps
and the Corps Of Engineers. Those Of
hcers who have had to perform duties
OF quartermasterS and commissarics. for
instance, and certain duties in the Sig
nal Corps, maintain with much show OF
reason that the work they perform is no
less technical than that of an army en-
glneer or an army surgeon.
The suggestion Of remedy is that only
the junior grades in the staff shall be
occupied by officers detailed from the
line, and that positions above that Junior
grade shall be filled by permanent ap-
pointment from among those officers
who have served in the detailed Ca
pacity The theory Of the detail system,
which led Mr. Root, while he was Sec
LstaEy OF War, to favor the method, was
The Washington herald., 1908-06-29
THE vANQUIsHED DAYS.

Lay the Jest about the iulep in the camphor ball.
at last
For the miracle has happened and the olden DAY.
are past.
That which makes Milwaukee thirsty does not foam
IN Tennessee.
And the I'D in old Missouri is as tlghtlockod a,
can be
the comic paper colonel and his cronies well NAY
sigh.
For tie mint is waving sayly. but the South is 60
ing dry.
By the stillsdc on the hillside in Kentucky all i.
still.
For the only damp refreshment must be dipped up
from the rill:
Moth Carclinss stately ruler gives his soda elas,
And discusses local option with the South ca1ina
Gov:
1t is useless at the fountain to be winkful of the
For the cocktail glass is dusty and the South is
going dry.
1t is water. water everywhere. ard not a drop to
drink:
We no longer hear the music Of the mellow crystal
clink.
When the Colonel and the Major and the Gnq ard
the ledge
Nee; TO have little nip to give their appetites an
edge
For the esgnog is nogless and the rye has sone
awE,
And the punch bowl holds carnations and the South
Is going dry.
All the nishtcSps now have iasses and are won
upon the head
Not the niehtcnps that were taken when nobody
went 20 bed:
And the breeze above the bluegrass is solemn as
IL death.
For it bears pungent cove-tanE on its odorihc
breath.
And each man can walk 4 chalk line when the stars
are in the sky.
For the fzz glass now is azzless. and the South
is going dry
Lay the jest about the julep meath the chestnut
tree at last
For there's bit one kind Of moOnshine and the
olden DAYS past
For the water wagon umbles through the South
land on its trip.
And it heirs no one TO drop of to pick up the
drivers whip
For the mint beds make a pasture and the cork
screw hangeth high,
All is st along the stillside and the South is 60
ing dry. ATLANTA Georgian.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-29
SuccessfuI ChiIdren's Club.

From the Richmond TimeSDisTatch
The Times-Dispatch Chldren's Club
has attained a position. and We venture
TO add, a genuine usefulness far beyond
the expectations with which It was
launched. Started only as a department
TO interest and entertain the younger
readers Of this paper il has grown 10
an undreamed of size. and has found
ways to be of real and tangible help
fulness. With a membership Of 4.5Ol.
with a we'll selected library. already In
cluding some 60O volumes, and with free
night classes in arithmetic, drawing. and
stenography. the club may well feel that
II has attained the dignity OF Importance
in the life Of the community The Times.
Dispatch published yesterday its first
children's annual supplement, and held
in the Jefferson Auditorium its fourth
annual reunion. We hope TO see both
OF these annual features repeated often
in the years TO come. and 10 watch the
club expand into still wider fields Of
practical service.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-29
HOME SUNSHINE.
Girl Graduates Go Back TO Place In
Family Circle.

From the Detroit Free Press
OF the 90 graduates this year from
Smith College, between % and 100 desig-
nate their work for the future as sun
shine in the home" Some OF them are
going in for art. for missionary work
and for music. 4 few are considering
matrimony. None viii be schoolmarms
But the largest percentage look forward
10 being sunshine In the home"
The phrase is explained as being col
lege slang for a return 20 the parents. to
brighten their declining DAYS with the
aid Of the requirements OF the four years
az college. The old folks sent away their
daughter for a time. Now they recall
her. and she goes gladly back 70 resume
her place in the family circle.
II is pretty thought, and something
more. A college course Is not a cheap
thing in these days II is likely that
these parents paid out 5000 at least for
the training Of each OF the daughters
In the case Of the 70 or 100 sunshlners
IL Is an investment without thought Of
profit II represents a payment Of from
$3.50 600 10 500 900 OF idle capital
Probably most Of the girls will be bring
ing sunshine TO another home before
many years. for that is the way OF na-
ture. but Il is pleasant 20 think OF them.
for a time at least. repaying some part
Of the mothers solicitous care and the
fathers willing self-denial by their sun
shine.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-29
Filipinos Need Control

From the New York Herald.
Stronger Endorsement Of the editorial
condemnation by the Herald Of the "inde-
pendence" outcry Of the Filipino assem-
bly, could scarcely be made 70 order than
the sentiments expressed by two Ameri-
cans before the Quill Club in Manila. as
reported in a special cable despatch TO
the Herald from the Philip ne capital
a few days ago. Bishop Brent declared
that the island needed not a shadow. but
the substance Of vigorous government.
and that the men on the ground should
be trusted 70 handle the situation prop
erly A teacher from New York state
asserted with emphasis that only the
Filipino politicians wanted immediate in
dependence and that they were but the
froth on the top.
These speeches have naturally carried
dismay 10 the clamorers for independ-
ence. They may be commended 20 I'm
practicable persons In America who still
talk of freeing the islands
The Washington herald., 1908-06-29
Dictator RoosereIt-

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
The word dictator has been flung at
President Roosevelt by personal enemies
and hostile interests until It has lost its
sting and provokes little more than a
tolerant grin. Nevertheless, If the gov
ernment IS ever to fall into the hands
Of an unscrupulous dictator who seeks
TO perpetuate his power. the calamity
will come in this same fashion. ToIera-
tion Of such methods is fruitful with
evil. The country can generally be trust
ed TO pick its own rulers A man popu-
larly supposed TO typify the extreme dem
ocratie spirit Of America might be pre-
sumed TO recognize this. But not So
Wherefore the country will watch with
mingled emotions the maneuvers Of the
marionettes operated by wires from the
White House.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-29
The Crouch Germ.

A physician claims to have isolated
the germ to whose pernicious activity
may be attributed our i'll nature He
dubs it, picturesquely, the Crouch
germ" He says its annihilation alone
can restore man TO a normal condition
and that ideal state OF mind we all
would delight to experience constantly.
The world will wag along right mer-
rily if the Crouch germ is rendered
hors de combat forthwith. or course, it
will involve hard struggle TO rid some
people Of the hosts of Crouch germs
with which they are infected. A few
people we know Of must be one solid
mass of these pesky and pestiferous
animals Il will require desperate and
long -drawn-out effort to save them. In
deed, the most powerful germicides may
fail in many instances. Be that as It
may, however, nothing should be left
undone to effect a cure in the most rad
ical and apparently hopeless cases. Every
agency at all calculated TO work so
worthy a restoration should be set in
motion.
We are not surprised TO learn from
the wise physician who promulgates the
Crouch germ theory that unmarried
men are much easier victims to the wiles
OF these creatures than are the married
men. Observe the concrete evidence al
your elbow and you will conclude that
the doctor is right In spite OF ribald
jokesmiths and professional fun makers,
the married men continue to increase
their ranks and wax happy They are
invariably the even-tempered men Of the
neighborhood-the most steady-going,
In truth and soberness, they hold So
ciety together, and are the calm and de-
liberate factors in the force that pre-
serves civilization intact
If a way can be found to rid the
bachelors Of the Crouch germ we be
lieve II will disappear speedily from the
face OF the earth and be known Of men
no more forever. II has no proper place
/ in our scheme OF things. and if the good
doctor has hit upon a well-founded the
ory, he has inaugurated a work well
worth while
The Washington herald., 1908-06-29
GENUINE REFORM.
Billy Sanders Gives HIS Views on
This Important Question.

From Uncle Remus Magazine.
Never was much OF a reformer." said
Billy Sanders; i've seed so much reform
that I'm sick OF Il. Maybe ef I could git
a glimpse OF the real and genuine article
I'd ike It better. but the Jlly kind I've
ever seen Is the kind the politicians trot
out when they want office. You know It's
all buncombe by the way they open
Their mouth and see-saw the ar wi Their
hands. had the idee that the issues OF
the last campaign was all for reform; the
rum demon was 10 be lifted out wi a
par OF ice tongs, an the cussed corpo-
ratIons was 20 be helt UP an skint alive.
amt even see the tonEs. an nuther
have I seed the hide Of the cussed cor
porations. but I hear tell that the skin
min has been done. Wei. that satisfies
my taste for blood all right. an now I
want 20 see some Of the one-hoss poll
ticians operated on for their appendices.
They'd feel much lighter and nimbler."
The Washington herald., 1908-06-29
THE MAYORALTY RECOUNT.
Both Hearst and Mcclellan Put I'm
Bad Light.

iEoi- lAt NtN AuIA fNei.
There are two men who must now
wish that they had never heard of the
mayoralty recount-William r. Hearst
and George b. Mcclellan. The formers
rout is complete; he has failed 10 show
any wholesale frauds in the counting.
Some corruption there apparently was;
but In the main the errors made have
been due 10 blunders or 10 stupid deci-
sions as 70 the validity Of the markings.
We very much fear. therefore. that Mr..
Hearst's newspaper will have TO forego
the pleasure Of calling Mr.. Mcclellan the
fraud mayor. and printing his title In
quotation marks. Mr.. Hearst will now
have 20 fall back upon registration
frauds. cOlonizers. and repeaters as the
reason why he Is not sitting IN the
city hall. AS for the mayor. who has
fought so hard for more than two and a
half years TO prevent the recount. no
must be regretting thai he did not
promptly come forward after the cleo
ton and demand the opening Of the
boxes. His failure 10 do that has cost
him dear. not only in pocket. but in
prestige, and has created the unhappy
impression that he was willing 20 hold
Office even If not entitled 10 IT, The
mayor must have had an exceeding dis
trust of the methods OF his own beloved
Tammany henchmen
The Washington herald., 1908-06-29
OREGON SAFE AND SANE.
Policies which She Favors All in
the Line of Progress.

the Line OF Progress.
From the Portland tores.l Journsl.
Various Eastern papers. such as are
not in sympathy with progressive poll
tics, scofiingly allude to Oregon as the
fool of the family" say that Oregon has
become as Populistic as Kansas was
some years ago, that II is rushing reck-
lessly into socialism, and so on. II is in
timated that there is here a fierce hatred
OF corporations. that it has become an
unsafe field for investments, and that
business interests viii surely suffer
While certain Portland paper has not
distinctly said all this itself. it has said
enough In all its sour scoldlng 20 furnish
Eastern papers sufficient excuse for
thus misrepresenting and slandering Ore
gon, considerably TO it's hurt.
The facts are that oregon is as "sane
and safe" as any State in the Union
its people are. as a rule intelligent, con-
scientious, reasonable. and really con-
servative. 1t is true that the people of
Oregon have adopted a direct nomination
law. have taken means 10 elect their
own United States Senator'S and have
adopted the Initiative and referendum.
by which they can legslate for them
selves but these acts show their pro-
gressiveness, their alertness 10 their
rights and duties. and their confidence
In their own capability for self-govern-
ment.
What the people OF Oregon have done
along these lines is no proper cause OF
sneers and SCOTS and SANDERS. and
while these might have been expected
from a certain class. OF Eastern news
papers. il is unpleasant to reflect that
much OF this misrepresentation and abuse
Of Oregon had its source or inspira-
tion in prominent Oregon newspaper.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-29
Predatory Wealth.

From the Louisville Courier-J0urnal
Quoting the editor OF the Courier-Jour-
nal to the effect that There VIII De but
one real issue in the coming struggle
that Is the cause Of the people against
predatory wealth. which has been very
we'll put by Mr.. Roosevelt. but which Mr.
Bryan. more than any one else, represents
in all Of its length. breadth. and thick
ness the New York sun suggests that
-four years ago, instead Of conceding
that Mr.. Roosevelt was putting up a fight
against predatory wealth, Mr. Watterson
said: The President stands for all that
is dangerous and sinister in American
politics. Why. four years ago. Mr..
Roosevelt was not making a fight against
predatory wealth. On the contrary. he
was carrying on correspondence with
dear Hartman" and generally tapping
the system through Cortelyou. for his
campaign expenses. The Sun continues to
write Ike a child for children.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-29
Make Them Proud.

From the Philadelphia Record
If you expect your clerks, TO be en-
thusiastic about the store and the busi-
ness. see that you give them some rea-
son TO be, says contemporary Moth
ing will starve 10 death much quicker
than enthusiasm" It's pretty hard for
the most loyal employe to get enthusas-
tic about a business that isn't effectively
advertised. Requiring a clerk 10 push
goods that have not the advantage OF
newspaper introduction is like asking a
carpenter TO work with dull tools. The
lack of enthusiasm so obvious in the
merchant who falls 10 grasp his adver-
tisin6 opportunity is very likely to COM
municate itself to his salespeople