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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-08-07
AWFUL DEED OF
DEMENTED MAN
SHOOTS TWO PERSONS AND THEN
TAKES HIS OWN LIFE WITH
GRIM JEST.

CHICAGO. Aug. IA tragedy o.
suicide and attempted murder. n
which one person is dead and two are
dying. occurred today at Blackberry
Center. a village not far from Batavia,
Ill. and will leave a blind woman, 80
years old. as the sole survivor Of :
wealthy farmers household.
The probable fatal shooting of J.
A. Morrill,. well known as a philan-
thropist, was swiftly followed by the
attempted murder of his housekeeper
Mrs. May Balcolm. After the shoot
ing. John Larson, the maniacal as
sailant, held the wounded pair sitting
upright in their chairs for four hours
with a shotgun levelled. Then with
a grim jest he blew OF his own head
The pathos of the CORY drama was
supplied by Morrill's aged mother, to-
tally blind whose life had been spare,
by a within of the mailman. Wher
the final explosion followed by a
fresh scent of gunpowder and blood.
told her that Larsen was no more
she CROPPED for a quarter O.
a mile along a country road to the
nearest dwelling, where she faintec,
after grasping out her awful mes
sage.
Larson had been eight years on
Morrilrs farm and was treated almost |
rs a member of the family. His re-
sentiment towards Morrill, is believed
o have grown out of a recent dis
agreement resulting from drinking on
he part of Larson.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-08-07
NOT A POINT IS
OVERLOOKED
SWEEPING DEMURRER FILED BY
RAILROADS TO SUIT OF
THE NATION.

BOSTON, July 31.-A demurrer az
sweeping as legal pharseology could
make 1t and offering objection To the
form and substance of the petition
was the answer fled today in the
United States Circuit Court here by
the New York, New Haven and Hat
ford Railroad Company as defendant
in the action brought against 1t by
the United States Government. AS
fled the demurrer is in three parts,
in the first of which the new York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad
appears as corporation in
three States. In the second part the
New Haven road demurs as having
been the Consolidated Rail-
road Company. a Connecticut corpora
lion. The third part embraces the
demurrer of the Providence Securities
Company.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-08-07
WHY 1T SUCCEEDS.
Because it's For One Thing Only, and
Columbia People Appre-
ciate This.

Nothing can be good for every
thing.
Doing one thing well brings success.
Doan's Kidney Pills do one thing
only.
They cure sick kidneys.
They cure backache, every kidney
i'll.
Here is conclusive evidence to prove
II.
r. r. Lunn, living ON Columbia
Ave, Franklin, Tenn, says: Il en-
dured about every symptom of kidney
complaint and doctored faithfully to
cure same, but was unsuccessful I'M
til used Doan's Kidney Pills. had
sharp, darting pains across the small
OF my back and over the kidney reg
ions. The kidney secretions were
also irregular in their action and con-
tanned a sediment. / could not rest
we'll, was unable to lift or stoop and
became run down. nervous and weak.
AS previously stated Doan's Kidney
Pills went to the root Of my trouble
and cured me, | gave statement
recommending them in 1903 and att
this time, am perfectly willing to
endorse them again
Plenty more proof like this from
Columbia people. Call at Adams &
Martins drug store and ask what Gus
toners report.
For sale BY all dealers. Price so
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. CO. Buff
falo. New York, sole agents for the
United States.
Remember the name-DOAN'S-and |
take no other. 3
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-08-07
NEGRO CHARGED
WITH MURDER
GREAT EXCITEMENT STILL PRE-,
Walls AS RESULT OF NEGRO
LYNcHlNG.

RUSSELLVILLE, KY, Aug. 3.-Ru-
fus Browder was indicted by the
grand jury today for the murder of
James Cunningham, the farmer who
employed him. The charge is wilful
murder.
A great crowd gathered In town
expecting Browder would be brought
from Louisville. Feeling is at the
highest pitch.
Judge Sims, attorney for Browder.
says troops will be necessary.
1t is believed there would be grave
danger of race war were it not that
the negroes are frightened by the
lynching of four true reformers"
who praised the killing of Cunning
ham in resolutions.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-08-07
FORESf FIRES
WIPE OUT TOWNS
FLAMES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
BURN HUNDREDS or HOUSES,
LEAVING MANY HOMELESS.

WINNIPEG. Man. Aug. Blush
fires which invaded The city Of Fernie.
B. c., yesterday almost completely
destroyed the place. But seventeen
houses were left and 5000 persons
are homeless.
Every building except the coal com
pany's Offices and few shacks art
totally destroyed. More than 5000
people, some accounts say 5000. arc
homeless.
Cranbrook has been wired TO for
ward all available provisions and
relief train is now travelling with aid.
Bush fires are raging from Gran
brook to the Crows Nest. The wind
is blowing a heavy gale and all avail
able men are fighting the fire and
west of Cranbrook it is under control
Telegraphic communication with
Fernie, Hosmer and Michel is cut.
Four men lost their lives trying TO
save the huge Great Northern bridge
fifteen miles west of NIGEL. but it was
totally destroyed. Two men from j
Sparwood were taken 10 the NIGEL |
hospital. 1t is feared NIGEL also is
doomed as the fire is sweeping east
ward down the Crows Nest and unless
the wind shifts the whole Crows |
Nest country will be laid waste Pete
Campbell, who reached Michel, says
the whole country between CranbrooA
and Michel is a seething furnace.
The body of Pete Miller was found
on the Canadian Pacific Railroad
tracks near Michel
Hosmer, Elko, Sparood. Olson and
Cokato are reported TO be completely
destroyed by the fire. 1t is feared
the loss of life viii be the creates
on the continent since the San Fran
cisco disaster. The Canadian Pacific
Railway is rushing relief trains with
doctors, nurses, food and clothing to
the destitute. A bulletin from Michel
says
This town is doomed unlses the
wind changes Canadian Pacific Rail-
way making up special trains to carry
to safety"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-08-07
PUBLIC DEPT
GROWING FAST
INCREASE or OVER TWENTY MIL
LION DOLLARS THE PAST
MONTH.

WASHINGTON. Aug. sh-The
monthly statement Of the public debt
shows that at the close OF business
July 81, 1908. the debt, less cash in the
treasury, amounted to S95S. SOS, S25.
which is an increase for the month Of
S2O.677. 414 The debt is recapitulated
as follows:
Interest bearing debt, 1897 .5OS. $50;
debt on which interest has ceased
since maturity. ss.9SS.745; debt bear
ing no interest, s41O,sSO26O; total.
$1,312. 437 ,996. This amount, hover
er. does not include s1,3O7. 715,S6S in
certificates and treasury notes out
standing which are onset by an equal
amount of cash held in the Treasury
for their redemption. The cash in
the Treasury is classified as follows:
Gold reserve, s45OOOO,OOO; trust
funds, s1.SO7. 7l5.S69; general fund.
S197 ,212, 664; in National bank deposi-
tories, $1S0.660,744; in treasury of
Philippine Islands, $5.44S. 700; totals.
81, 791 ,03S,027. Against which there
are demand liabilities outstanding |
to s1.437, 4O9,S56. which
leaves a cash balance on hand OF
s453.62S,17S. The apparent increase
n the public debt is accounted for by
he loss of cash in the Treasury,
which during July amounted to nearly
;S6,OOO,OO
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-08-07
THE BEST PILLS EVER SOLD.

After doctoring Is years for chron,
ic indigestion. and spending over two
hundred dollars, nothing has done me
as much good as DR.. Kings Life Pills.
l consider them the best pills ever
Sold" writes B. F. Ayscue, of Ingie-
side, n. c. Sold under guarantee at
GEO. S. ALCORN'S drug store. 25c.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-08-07
A Boon to EIderIv people,

Most elderly people have some kid
ney or bladder disorder that is both
painful and dangerous. Foley's Kid
ney Remedy has proven a boon TO
many elderly people as it stimulates
the urinary organs, corrects irregular
titles and tones up the whole system.
Commence taking Foley's kidney
Remedy at once and be vigorous
GEO. S. ALCORN.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-08-07

BUcKLEN'S ARNIcA SALVE WINS.
Tom Moore, of Rural Route l, Coch-
ran. Ca, writes: Il had a bad sore
come on the instep of my foot and
could find nothing that would heal
it until l applied Bucklen's Arnica
Salve. Less than half of a % cent
box won the day for me by affecting
a perfect cure Sold under guaran,
tee at GEO. S. ALCORN'S drug store
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-08-07

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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-30
GOOD DRESSING LIKE TONIC
TO THE AVERAGE WOMAN
How the Conversation Sparks Along When Ones Raiment Il
Correct, and How 1t Lays Burdened by Old buds!
BY ADA LYNN.

~LOTHES lot count? Whoever says so knows better They are most
important, not only for the effect they have upon others, but fol- the
way in which they elevate our opinion of ourselves.
gloves a woman an o to a reception all afablty smiles, feeling that
she is just a IS good amd perhaps a little better than anyone else.
But suppose she goes % that same affair in her winter suit and a hat which
has seems good service. Do you find her GU in the lmehght dispensing sugary
remarks o those who m her way? Ear from it She is more likely o be in
the furthest corner of the room slipping Ter tea With the most dsagreeable,
Ifororn face IN the world, and making ready o stink out at the very first OPP
fportuniy.
Clothes max as much difference in the average woman, or man IS did a
certain drug in that famous Dr JekylL
Flat and unpaatabe as bread with out salt is the conversation of the
woman who is oppressed by the consci business of being badly dressed, b ut the
tchit-chat of she who feels that she lis beomngly arayed scintinates and
almost dazzles With its fwcefuI brIiancy. This la be Exaggerated slightly
but it serves to illustrate m point
Some women seem to hav al idea that pretty clothes belong only to
youth; there is n o greater mistake The young and pretty girl cn almost
afford to be indifferent about, clothes SO great is her personal charm, though
this very charm is enhanced by daint y garments hats; but the woman
on whom the mark of years is begmn ing o show must needs look well to
her wardrobe Tests she b set aside or left behind in the worlds great a e
for success.
You see, modsh garments have a direct influence on our minds If ever
you are oppressed " the blues n IA n to get rio of them, try thu effect OF
putting o. your bestc clothes n newest hat, and walking n the open.
It behooves every woman % dress wei, and this al easily be done
without extravaganza, which indeed ofen spons a woman Excessive dress-
ing is as IA as excessive drinking.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-30

touched, and on repeated or rough
touching the leaflets of the neighborlng
pinnate also close together, become de-
pressed, and lastly the whole leaf hangs
as if withered. If the stem is shaken
all the leaves exhibit the same phe-
nomena. After a short time the leaf.
stalk rises and the leaflets expand
again. On account of this curious
property some of the sensitive plants
are frequently cultivated in hothouscs.
The same faculty IS possessed by the
sensitive brier. two or three species of
which are indigenous 20 the southern
United States, and also Ly the stamens
and styles of many plants. especially
of certain cacti. By extension all plants
which respond to contact stimuli are
said to be sensitive, and in the widest
sense all plants may be included. Some
plants exceed in sensitiveness the sense
organ of the human body.-Ed.1
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-30
ARE VICTIMS
TO FANATICAL RELIGIONS
Case Of the Sacrificed Little Girl In Pennsylvania a Pathetic
Warning to All Mothers and Others.

eTVHE pidabe sacrifice of the life of the innocent little girl nar
Nazareth, Pa, to the religious fanatics calling themselves the
u Devil Chasers" should be a gntterng warning tt all women-not
mothers.
Women are more susceptible, it has been proven, to the pIeadings If re-
hgious exhorters than men, perhaps because woman is naturally better than
nan Therefore she should exercise greater caution in Ter selection O. a re-
heious belief.
Recent history is strewn with the hapless wrecks of countleas von.n
Northern New Jersey, who dance madly about fires until they fall in
proxysnns of false religious fervor; the Dowiefes who sacrificed all their
worldly possessions to a false prophet; the Doukhubors who march a4mless
through the northern Willis, none of them either men or women wearing n
stitch of clothes, and numerous other wild cults.
The largest percentage of inmates of insane asyhms are religious fanatics
and the largest proportion of those fanatics are women.
The mother of the little girl killed at Nazareth could lave saye her
life by looking at the matter calmly and sensnbIy. Certainly The nus know
that the casting out of devils has been for centuries ridiculous
Religion is a mighty good thing-perhaps it is the best thinr-but n INNS
be a sane and logical religion, and therea ire plenty of them which win s0ora
all the surcease for sorrow the soul demands and all the salvation necessary
redeem the lost.
AS women are in the majority of church attendants, they should see that
their religious belief is IN keeping with the san demands of fep re~rvaHon
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-30

in 1857, and laid down the doctrine that
had no right or power to for
bid slavery anywhere, and that a slave
holder might carry his slaves with him
where he pleased, seeing that they were
mere objects of property, whose possess
sion the Constitution guaranteed. The
case arose out of an action by a negro
Tor assault and battery against a per-
son claiming to be his master, n it
was held that a slave. taken tempo
rarily to a free State and to a territory
in which Congress had forbidden
slavery, and afterwards returning to a
slave State and resuming residence
there, was not a citizen capable of
suing in the Federal courts. If by the
law of the slave States he was still a,
slave.-Ed.1
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-30
PATERSON IN REASONABLE MOOD.

The consensus of opinion at the conference in Paterson yesterday by Mayor
Mcbride, members of the Taxpayers Association city officials and others in
respect to sewage disposal "a that the only practicable course for the munich
pahty "a to join with the other municipalities in the Pa@ac Valley IN the
construction Of the proposed Munk Sc wer4 The alternative proposition is
local disposal and that plan, if it 90 be carried gu, would, in mainte-
nance and initial cost, equal or exceed Patersons assessment for a joint
sewer. But a a local disposal works cannot be located anywhere in the
vicinity of Paterson, the conclusion sc ems inevitable that nothing remains
but the trunk sewer job which the Legislature and thu courts, including
the United states Supreme Court ha " authorized and. leganzed. 1t is
twelve years sine the agitation a begun for the purifcation OF the
Passaic River and there is every prospect that the great Improvement
will be made ant that the Passac Valley will soon be redeemed from the
curse that has rested upon it so long.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-30
B DAY TOMORROW.

Arbor Day tomorrow will be mostly celebrated in the public schools and
With literary exercises. The observance of the day regards the future more
than the present The children Of the schools are taught he great Importance
of the forests. the beauty of treea and shrub and flower and their uses to man.
A generation educated o this knowledge cannot be as reckless in squandern6
the wealth of nature, in stripping the hlkides and laying waste fertile re-
gnns, Is previous generations have been. The schooboy of today who shall
become a State or national legislator will OF pc is stupidity indifferent to
forest destruction as are the men who o make the w of State and
nation. It will be his care to repair the enormous injury done with the con-
sent nj even conntvance of these aw makers. The sentiment of the next
generation will also be more intelligent than ours in respect to the nations
greatest asset, it's forests 1t Is a pity, indeed, that the voters and lawmakers
of the presentg generation had lot been taught in their youth the lessons of
Arhor DaV
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-30
NHwARK,s FOR oNsuMp7IvHs

The tuberculosis hospital established at Verona by the city 10Y contains
twenty-one patients which is OF far short of its capacity, and money is
asked for the erection If two pavnions to increase the accommodations. The
cost IF maintenance is $16 per day per patient inclusive of all expenses That
the institution is doing good work is shown in the medical report, which de-
scribes the great Improvement effected in the condition of patients by the
curative methods employed. promoted by the pure air of the locality. We. the
Board of Health established the hospital in the unused city building at We
roma, it "a felt that the municipality was entering upon al enterprise that
would 500 grow to large dimensions and this belief vas wn-founded. Bene-
fetal results of the treatment at Verona must constantly increase the number
of applications for admission, with a attending increase in HI annual cost
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-30

Bishop Walters, of the African Methodist Church, in convention at Allan
tic City, voices his opposition to Secretary Taft, md is ate sure that the
negro vote of the country will go against Taft sondy, if he shall be nomi-
mated, and win defeat him. There are other representative negroes who
differ with Bishop Walters, who is nathe a politician nor a oothsayer All
thu dust that has been raised over the negre battalion at Brownsville has
not vidbly affected Tafts candidacy. 1t is possible that 1T has been helped
by it. Bishop Walters, if he had the wisdom OF t. serpent would lot be so
loudly pocaimmg negro hostility to Taft A race-ne issue could have only
one result With the negro vote massed on IN side, the white vote would be
suret to mass o the other. A still hunt against Taft would be better, it, in
fact the negro vote cn be unified at ALL which is extremely doubtful
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-30
N ON MOTHER.

They talked during dinner of the re-
cent A%narchistic activity.
But, papa, what is an Anarchist
little Willie asked.
"Eyoll, my boy replied the father,
hes a person who is always blowing
somebody up
The child turned to his mother.
Then you are an Anarchists MAJ"
he said.-Exchange.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-30
AN ALPHABETICAL VERSE.

To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
Is there a single short verse in the
Bible containing all the letters of the
alphabet? READER.
[Ezra, VII, q contains all the letters
of the alphabet, as we have them now,
except the letter 'j;' but as q" and 'i'
were one and the same. the entire al
phabet is really represented:
And 1, even I, Artaxerxes the king, do
made a decree to all the t~reasurers
which are beyond the river, that what
soever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the
law of the God of heaven. shall require
of YOU, it be done speedily."-Ed.]
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-30
DAY NURSERIES.

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Would you kindly inform me through
the evening edition if there is a nursery
or home where a man can have a child
(boy) of 3 years taken care of from
7 a. m. to 6 p. M, while the father is at
work? Board and care being paid
weekly. A. A.
There are the Female Charitable So
ciety Day Nursery, corner of Hill and
Halsey streets; the Eastside Day MUIR
sery, at Il Merchant street, and the
Eighth Avenue Day Nursery, in Eighth
avenue, near Broad.-Ed.l
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-30
JERSEY CITy,s TAX wINDFALL.

There is a Martin Act Commission in Jersey city which viii have some
thing to say in the matter IF the $500 coo of past due take representing an
assessment for many years on land under water in New York Bay owned by
the Central Railroad Company, which taxes, the United Estates Supreme Court
has decided, are due and payable to the city. There is n doubt IS to the
equity of the claim, and none now about its legality as the land in question
is declared to be a part of New Jersey. But the Martin Act Commission has
been active in wiping tut large tx liens by its system Of adjustment" even
the taxes have beer confirmed by the State courts and it is MT I'M
likely to undertake the job of relieving the railroad company Of payment Of
the 100000 which the United States Supreme Court has just affirmed.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-30
WITHOUT

I'D like a glass of plain effervescing
drink" said a thirsty man. You hat
vanilla, or you hat raspberry" asked
the young nan Teuton-behind
the counter. Il want a plain drink, no
Observation-Disclosures me? responded
the thirsty man testify. Eyes, but vat
kind favoring you want him mitout?
Mitout vanilla or mitout raspberry ?''-
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-30
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION

The Republican State convention next week will be very much divided in
sentiment on the question of the presidential candidacy n incidentally S
to the membership Of the big Four of the delegation to Chicago. Not until
the delegates assemble at Trenton Will there be n clear index oft he ma
jority sentiment of the convention or a definite expression of the choice of the
convention for eegatesatIarge. The outlook is for IN uninstructed state
delegation or presidential candidate. although strenuous efforts will be made
to commit the convention to Taft or Knox or Hughes But whatever may be
the action of the convention there is sure to be defeat and chagrin for two
prominent gentlemen who have been figuring on going to Chicago at the head
e the State delegation as observation-disclosures.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-30
DRIED O DECISION

the Editor Of the Evening Star:
Please help out a reader who is rusty
in his United States history and state
what the principle of the bred Scott
decision was. E. S. N.
LThis famous decision was made 10y
the Supreme Court of the United States
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-30
A MONUMENT IN MS LIEETIMn.

"A Montclair citizen. William I. Evans, has Just erecteda an enduring ronn-
men for himself 1t is in the shape o f an addition to the Mountainside los
pal at Montclah, costing about $4,000 and to be used as a. nurses home
Ihe modesty o the gift lends to it a p ecuiar charm and n o public gift couLd
be more appropriate Mr.. Evans did o wait fr the hour of his ennis 70
sonir this enefacuo He gave in his lifetime, I'M it is to be hoped he
will have many years of conscious pie assure in his gift
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-30
A SAILOR LIFE a MERRY ONE nneeo

There viii be 10 need hereafter for the Navy Department ito advertise for
recruits fr the navy. The trouble will be to keep them ont The entertain
ments given to the batueshp tarso on the Pacific coast arc making :. nouorea
impression OF the minds of the staIwart male youth Of the conntrv ana 10
macte is cache in that dance yesterday at Santa Barbara and te ipvi
tation by a committee of San Francisco ladies to all the sailors of he fleet
to a big bali att San Francisco, when two thousand of the prauiest girls on
the Pacific coast are to be their dancing partners who wouaar,t - $40.
Of the American navy after that