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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-25
DR.. Herring Tells of Roads.

The annual meeting of the
Mar, land Turnpike Association
was held al the Hotel Westmius
ter. President BiilingsIea was in
the chair.
Dr. Herring delivered an ad
dress outlining tue history of road
building. showing the adj, antages
which have occurred 10 the people
OF this state, through the Mary
land Turnpike Association, and
making timely suggestions as to
current questions.
The following officers were
elected for the ensuing year.
President Chss w. Slagel. vice
president p. III. Hammaker. sec
Rotary aud treasurer o. q. Ware
helm. A dinner was served In the
private dining rooms of the hotel.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-25
Freedom as Xmas Gift.

Governor Hoch pardoned John
Collins, a prisoner, who is now
serving a life sentence in the
penitentiary at Topeka. Kansas,
on Wednesday, December 23rd.
He was sentenced to the peniten-
tiary for the murder OF his father,
John s. Collins, a well known
real estate and insurance man of
Topeka, IN May, 1898. Collins
will be free on Christmas Day.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-25

TIE s'e<l N sxua'es ~Ili next spoesr
D ior- me Committee of Wzs and
Mems. <heu j; ~ili e So, hax ma =
81 them zE- s;-eI-d against reduction u
the ex"ft'Its dulie> On their c'a-s OF
P '-aae'- IL would se yihiag bat
al e7iisa ing - eiz-le to the An. rirzn
p-oi'ie II AHdr-~ Csrn-giA ,h6ali
stsnd sione an NJ them ia ThIs inlpor-
i2at question Of tariff r-fornl.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-25

To John Dalzsll more than to any
other man the tin plate adjunct of the
Steel Trust is indebted for the increase
in the duty of $50 per ton ON its pre- :
duct. 1t may be reasonably antici-
pated, therefore, that the grateful ben
eficiares Of the tin plate duty will
send an immense delegation from Pitts
burg in behalf Of Representative Dali
zell when the Legislature comes 10
choose successoI ~anator Knox.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-25
Will Lift Quarantine.

Following conference with the
Mary land Live Stock Board. Sec
rotary Wilson, of the Department
OF Agriculture, consented TO a
partial raising of the quarantine
placed on Maryland following the
outbreak of the foot and mouth
disease among cattle, principally
III Carroll and Baltimore counties.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-25

Mr. ScHwAB admits that nine years
ago he said steel rails could be M. de
for sl2 a ton, but he wants it under.
stood that was just the mill cost with
out the fixed charges. Tue ore cost
- 40; the pig, including this, cost s. %
and he cost Of conversion was 50 75'
Prices are higher now. but they would
hardly carry the cost aroye $40. There
is duty d S7.Si in order to enable The
Steel Rail Pol to maintainan unvary-
ing price # S2S, aud for The past two
aud half years the price of German
rails has been decidedly higher than
the pool price here.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-25
Quotations Furnished by Fred
erick County Farmers
Exchange.

Quotations Furnished by Fred
erick County Farmers
Exchange.
CORRECTED DECEMBER %, 1908.
Wheat
No. . red. 96c.
y No. = red, Ole.
Steamer. soc.
Rejected, Soc to SIC.
Corn
New Yellow ear corn. %. 90 ID
New White ear corn, 81 80 10
yellow shelled. SOC to 5Sc bu.
White shelled, 55c to .5Sc bu.
Rye
60c to 65c per bushel.
Oats
60c to Csc per bushel.
Hay, Baled-
No. Timothy, sll to Sl2.
No. 2 Timothy. $40 to slI.
No. l Mixed, $40 TO SII.
No. 2 Mixed. 50 to $40. !.
Glover. IS to 80.
Hay, not baled-
IS to $40 per ton.
Straw
Baled Wheat, IS to 80.
Baled Oats. IS to 80
Bundle Rye, 81 to $40.
Flour. Etc
WinterWheat, 81. so to IS. 75hl
Spring Wheat. IS to s6.o5 nj
Cornmeal, SLIGO to 81. 20 per
100 pounds.
Buckwheat, SIC to 4c per III.
Mill Feed
Bran, s25. so per ton.
Middliugs, SIS per ton.
Red Deg, S32 per ton.
Dairy Feeds, S26 so per ton
Cotton Seed Meal, s32 per ton. |
Potatoes
SOC to zoe per bushel.
Seeds
Timothy, si.75 to 90 per bu.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-25

SONE resrs ago the surgeons texan
eIi~rruIn sfiax ire verEnifsrn zpp Z
DIX r u he human .y-tenl. aud jas,i-
I'D sis-ir eo11le. on he xro4nd tbst
the &PF=u-six 49, % 30 u-e xbs.-ve-
w ose-VTe n0< that M Of the
le1ro-d rlea ave reached the conclu-
sion that u = u some : But What
iii The people shes appendices have
beea resnps-d : wishaut then?
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-25

The Pr-sid-ni ~ill not sppoini Fred
Paul Or s-~up 81 Iuierazl Reve Ne
Collector in WeseVirginis- thn1gh Hrx-
I'd 70 oy the >-nstors sui R@presen-
tz;ir- froen that >tzie. Ire fact that
this Grus-c1p sss broSher Of ore f the
J Idg-s ~no reSrrs@t the 6De Judge
lands isi1i o-ei % John D Rockefeller
j. by some siris.er-EnIud-zi i0siyidusIs
supp q 20 - Intimately corrected
with III Presidents rsfOszlL but a.
Mr. b s-ev=li j. w-lt-kuoEu cham
PEN y fhe '-squsr- deal" aud iuvsri-
zbiy iu-I-t~ thz. eyerg man ssoald Dc
ires'ed On his owu meri7~. tbs expIa-
nsii . eau hsrd b admi ted
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-25
Labor Leaders Sentenced.

Justice Wright OF the District
Court, sentenced President Com
pers, Vice President Mitchell.
Secretary Morrison, to one year.
y and 6 months in the Jail of the
DistIictOf Colum bia. for contempt
of court in the Bucks stove and
Range Company suit. against fed
GRAFTON of labor officials to restrain
them from declaring a boycott,
against the store company.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-25

Is = Lnus the curious -ifea -, ms
20 have prevailed that mau e1u.d
ese-Pe the obligation Of paying ali
mong to the wife who di creed him If
he n.F'i-d sgaiu ami fpuna it incon-
ven'ent 10 suppaFt two fa1 iIies. A
divorced ~if- gzraish-ed her former
hasisnd'~ Dsgvs o satisfy = deciee far
siimouy Of Sd Ter week. Tue man
preed that It vas la dship tosuI pom
two wives. but tie court declined T.
regard The &c nd marriage e. dis ~
ing the aiimo ) decree, aud an APPEL
lsfs Court has AFFIRMED this decision.
= LoHi- seems to ue considerably sur
prise'i a tins, sud i. /. sal. Thar it VIII
oi'iig- 'ere'al men 70 - port tao
ftmiiies VII 4Fe nov supporting one
Tins b-t-sys a curious cnnce. ton Of
tie force u Judicial decree
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-25
Ebert Hubbard Injured.

Ebert Hubbard. the Roycrofter
and author, was nearly killed by
a tree in the woods near his East
Auroa colony He was assisting
workmen, when he miscalculaied
the direction in which one of the
trees which lie was telling was go
ing to fall, aud he was crushed
badly. Mr.. Hubbard will be laid
up for some time.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-25
Mr.. Bryan Thanks Donor OF
Photo.

Mr.. John F. Kreh, the photo.
grapher. has received letter of
thanks from Hon. VIM. j. Bryan.
of Lincoln, Neb., late candidate
for president on the Democratic
ticket. for photograph taken of
him while in this city. In his let
ter Mr.. Bryan said he would"take
pleasure in adding it to his col.
lection.v
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-25
Jury Says That Piers Were
Faulty and Engineer is
CenSured.

The jury that inquired into the
COLLAPSE OF the WILLIAMSON,
Bridge last week. has made pnb
lie It's verdict. which was brou bit
IN sealed on Saturday night.
Five men we're killed and four in
Jured in the accident. The yer.
diet SAYS that the accident was
due to the faulty construction OF
the concrete piers. aud that the
bridge engineer was at fault in
permitting tue steel workmen TO
go ahead while the piers were
still green.
Mason ID. Pratt. the bridge
engineer. is at his home in Har.
risburg, having left Williams.
port Saturday. after testf, ing
that the accident was caused pri
marily by the breaking of the
Key ring on .he travelling crane.
The iron work was done by the
Pennsylvania Steel COMPANY.
Gilmore and Hamilton erected the
piers. The sand used in the piers
was taken from the Potomac
River near the bridge. Officials
recently declined to discuss the
verdict or to state whether there
will be any prosecutions.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-25
Bishop Michaud Dead.

Rt. Rev. John Stephen Mi
chaud, Bishop Of the Catholic
Diocese, Of Burlington. Vermont,
died at Saint Vincent's Hospital,
New York. on December 22nd.
OF BIight's disease, aged 65
years.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-25
Steel Trust Expanding.

Announcement has been made
that two new fishishiug mills, five
blast furnaces aud twelve open
hearth furnaces are soon to be adj
ded to the steel trusts plants at
Homestead and Duquesne, at an
outlay of 81. 600, 900.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-25
FRIDAY. DECEMBER .. 1875

81 WILL TELL JUDGE DOUG
LASS FRANKLY I AZ SOT n
FAVOR OF NEGRO CITIZEN
SHIP"
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-25

The Christina. N
Cambridge Rsco,s s'aA
p ppnSnaI, exchanges, hs..]
art: We congratnI.,..' s \
on its souvenir numb. VI
tn, that its fondest ssp,'i,''|
n the future mr. Of Cambria rt's
Q One City Of The "
Will De realized. y
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-25
MONDAY. JANn.pr..

MONDAY JASuARr.n
at 10 o'clOckAu
The first three days will i. j,
general business. ~ Y
Road Supervisors willh,
new appointments made n s s'.s
the following schedule. ''a
THURSDAY. January 7-rA
trict, No. II. ''an'Fllle
Friday. January s-wooa.n.
ganore Districts, nos. il ,'S Y and
Saturday, January S-Is, =.
trict, No. 20. 'aa'l
SECOND wEEE.
Monday, January 1l-Enni,,,,. /
trict, No. 5.
Tuesday, Januaryl2-Wooa.,..
No. IL. '-sO'A
"Wednesday, January 12-p.,....
Bursittsville Districts. Yos i y y
Thursday, January AIM =
and Walkersyille Districts " y.
%. AA
Friday. January l5-lIscb,,i,s,!
trict. No. Is.
Saturday, January l6-Jes,r0l
No. Il.
THIRD WEEK.
Monday, January lS--JaeEsu
No. 1t.
Tuesday, January l9-yer MI
trict. No. 9.
"Wednesday, January 2O-LB.nI
Hauvers Districts, Nos. sanim
Thursday, January 2l-UhuNl
No. Z.
Friday, January 22- TusarOn N
No. 81.
Saturday, January 2S-Niddl,aJ
trict, No. 3.
FOURTH WEEK
Monday. January 25-Creagers,,
triet, No. 4.
Tuesday, January 26-Catoctnu
lenger Districts, Nos. 6 and q.
"Wednesday, January 27-BuE.
District, No. /.
~Ihursday, January 2s-Freierid
dock and Brunswick Districts; M
and %.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
Supervisors are hereby notifd
bring in their accounts before the
signed for Their District. Also n
Road Machines, tools, lumber
other materials in their possession
ing to the County.
By order
WILLIAM H. H0GARTI
Pr
EUGENE H. ALBAUGH, Clerk.
dee. % st.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-25

r.. FIRE. FREDERICK Nh, b
mis- mlss o viii commen d, az Y
the Court House. on ~ At Q
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-25
:" aOysarlssu,,,

SPECIAL MEETING
OF
COUNTY coMNISrOc
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-12-25

EUGENE H. ALBAUGH, Clerk.
dee. % 81.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-03-28
Items from All Over the State Of
Matters Of Interest to Our
Readers.
Happenings Of the Week from Cairo to
Chicago Carefully Compiled for
Busy Men.
USE FIRE IN SALOON WARP
1ncensiiRries Cause several Blazcs
In Jolict--Much Damage Done.

1ncendtRries Cause several B1a1cs
In JoIict-Much damage Done.
Bitter feeling over the saloon war has
caused several incendiary fires. according
TO the belief Of numerous people in Joliet.
The city is in n turmoil over the inccn.
diary burning Of the TRULY company
grain elevator. Lcander Leach windmill
manufacturing establishment. and the at
tempted burning of the Hardy machine
shop Sunday. Several suspects have been
placed under arrest. The loss on the
TRULY elevator and contents Is estimated
at Si5.OOO and of the Leach manufacture
ing establishment at SiO.OOO. The blaze
at the Hardy Manufacturing Company
was discovered and put ont before IL had
gained any Roadway. The TRULY elcva.
tor was first set on fire Sunday morning
and the flames gained considerable head.
way when the department arrived. About
4 o'clock. while iircmcn were still fight.
ing the blaze there. they noticed from
the roof of the building flames at the
Hardy machine shop. about six hundred
feet away. Two men were seen running
from II on the arrival of the fire com
papy. \ large amount Of waste taken
from journals of cars was found piled
up against the door and saturated with
oil. The department was still working
on the TRULY elevator fire when word
was brought that the Leach windmill
plant was burning. This plant Is locat.
ed near the drainage canal about three
blocks from the TRULY elevator. When
the department arrived the entire north
east part of the building was in flames.
There were evidences that this was also
Of inccndiary origin.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-03-28
millionaire Farmer Dead.

Christian y. Smith. II millionaire farm
er and land owner. living near Edwards
vile. died the other day. aged ~ years.
Mr.. Smith was ns4ive of IIesse- Darn.
stadt. Germany. and came to America
when n young man. Starting without a
penny, he died the owner Of between
5000 and 5000 acres Of farming lands,
valued M more than S5OD,OOO. the con-
trolling interest in -four banks, besides
other interests.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-03-28

The Beef Trust defies the Supreme
Court Of the United States every day
Of Its existence.
II defies and violates the permanent
injunction granted against 1t by the
highest court Of the country January
30. 1905.
And such Is its power for harm. that
no official can be found who will stand
up for what the United States Supreme
Court decreed on behalf Of the people.
The Beef Trust continues Its exist.
ence as combination In restraint Of
trade and commerce.
1t continues to fix and to maintain
throughout the country uniform and
ex0rbltant price for meat In defiance
Of the mandate of the highest court
In the land.
The temporary injunction issued by
Judge Peter 8. GrOsscup May 20. 1902.
against the Beef Trust was made per.
manent by the United States Supreme
Court In a decision announced Jnnu.
AIRY 20. 1905. The decision establishes
these points:
Traffic In live stock transported from
State to State Ia Interstate commerce
ana persons engaged In buying and
selling such live stock are engaged In
interstate commerce.
The combination between dealers to
suppress all competition In the pur.
chase Of live stock Is an unlawful re.
straint Of trade.
The combination between dealers to
AZ and maintain a uniform price In
the sale Of meat throughout the cOun.
try IL an unlawful restraint OF trade.
The combination OF dealers to Oh.
tain preferential railroad rates, IL an
unlawful. restraint Of trade.
All combinations suppressing compe-
tition between independent dealers fall
under the prohibition Of the sherman
| Antitrust Act.
Arthur Meeker, treasurer and gen.
eral manager for Armour 4 Co.. who
was indicted In the United States
Court. together with other members
Of the alleged Beef Trust for conspir.
acy, In 1905. and escaped on technl-
cality. was on the venire Of the Cook
County grand jury for January. 1908.
but on account Of innate mO,lesty
caused by u sore foot was unable to
serve this time. He certainly would
be a
Good man to investigate
The Milk Trust;
Gamblers Trust:
Ice Trust. Or any other trust.
Talk about getting the man higher
up!
How Ia Chicago ever going to he
cleaned up with the Reef Trust con.
trolling the grand Jury as fully as 1t
does the Health Department or the
Board OF Assessors?
Why does the jury commission play
favOrites?
II it Is selecting men fresh from the
defendants dock In the Federal Courts
for positions on the grand jury, why
not give the other trusts a fair show
why not draw i'atsey King, James
O'Leary and Mont Tennes?
They never raised the price OF food
on the people or conspired against
them.
Even II they are called gamb.
lers, their court records. II they have
any, are no worse than the members
Of the Beef Trust. who only es.
capped severe punishment In the United
States court because Judge gave them
an immunity bath on the ground that
they furnished evidence against them.
selves!
Why not draw Bowman. Borden OF
Mig to Investigate the milk cases?
They are certainly the peers of
M'.Akar, Armour or Swift, because they
have only been indicted.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-03-28
wREcKERs DERAIL FAST TRAIN


Diamond special. Oa Illinois Cen.
trail. Thrown Into the Ditch.
The Diamond Special. the fast train
on the Illinois Central between Chicago
and ST. Louis. was drrailcd at ! 40
o'clock Saturday morning two miles south
Of Springfield. The locomotive and bag
gage and express ears turned over on their
sides and the buffet ear left the rails.
No one was injured. The passenger ears
were brought back to Springfield and sent
south Oh the Chicago and Alton. lnvcs-
tigation revealed that the wreck was
caused by train wrrckcrs. All the spikes
In the rail which dcrailed the train had
been pulled out. The engineer and fire.
man saved their lives by jumping. the
engine and ears dragging some distance
and humping along the road before turn.
ing over.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-03-28
THREAT TO MOB WIFE SLAYER
Heavy Guard IN Placed an sorrento
Jatl ~ Prevent LynchiMH.

l.. Evans shot and killed his wife near
the Clover Leaf railroad station In So
rentO. and then shot himself. hut inflict-
cd only slight wounds. lie was arrested.
4 heavy guard was placed at the jail
owing to threats Of lynching. Evans and
his wife separated four months ago and
he left town. returning unexpectedly the
other day. Ills wife was in the railroad
station when he called her outside and
shot her three times. killing her instantly.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-03-28

we can understand how the Beef
trust controls local conditions In Chi.
cago. Everybody is beginning to un.
dersfand that. But how the Beef
Trust can continue to defy the United
states Supreme Court In view of its
permanent injunction against II. grant.
Ell by that tribunal January 80, 1905,
Is hard to understand.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-03-28
Craxci BY ...p, Leaves Home.

Crazcd by grip, William Bandreau. a
young Kankakec county farmer, left his
home near Tucker. lie Is still missing.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-03-28

In Galesburg, In the Knox college ora.
torical contest the other night, the first
prize was awarded to Bruce McClelland,
son of President Thomas McClelland and
the second to Clifford Ewart of Melvin,
Kan. This entities McClelland to repre-
sent Knox AZ the intercollegiate orators.
cal contest In Bloomington next October.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-03-28
sixtecnth Child, Mother ~.

4 daughter, the sixteenth child. was
born to Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Eckhart,
farmers living near Kasbeer, Bureau
county, a few days ago. The mother il
AZ years old.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-03-28

Among the Stock Yards people serv.
Ing as Grand Jurors OH the July Grand
Jury were the following:
Thomas L. Smith. foreman for Swift
& Company, Union Stock Yards.
James Il. Turner, clerk, Swift &
Company. Union Stock Yards.
Everett l.. Van Meter. live stock
salesman. Union Stock Yards.
The following Stock Yards repre-.
scntatlves were on the June Grand
Jury:
l.. b. Crumbaugh. head cashier Ar.
mour 4 Company. Union Stock Yards.
W. J. Russell, manager Swift & Com.
pany. Union Stock Yards.
Nicholas Kilburg. telegraph oper.
tor. Armour 4 Company, Union Stock
Yards.
Martin Rudy. live stock commits.
son, Union Stock Yards.
q. William sperry, live stock com.
mission. Union Stock Yards.
Il Company, was on the venirc of the
January grand jury. but through in
nate mWlesty caused by an alleged
sore foot he was unable to serve this
time. should he be called on grand
jury again. the other members of that
body should take advantage of the cir.
cunistanccs to ask Mr.. Meeker all
about
The Beef Trust. and why It should
not be indicted for violating the trust
laws OF Illinois;
The fixing Of assessments so that
Armour & Company and Swift 4 Com.
pany escape paying their Just share of
personal property taxes;
The withdrawal Of city inspectors
from the stock yards. leaving the PEG.
pie OF Chicago without adeauate pro.
lection to their health;
The relations Of Armour & Company
with the Health Department Of the
Harrison and Dunno administrations.
Mr. Meeker, who Is nice gentleman.
VIII undoubtedly tell his brother Jurors
all that he knows about these subjects,
or give them tip rs to who can give
them better and more accurate infor.
nation.
80 far rs the Reef Trust IL cen.
cerned, the grand Jury can get lot Of
Information already collected and relia.
bile, by applying at the government
building.
We can understand how the Reef
trust controls local conditions In Chi.
cago' Everybody Is beginning to I'M.
dersfand that. But how the Beef
trust can continue to defy the United
states Supreme Court In view of jts
permanent injunction against II. grant.
Ell by that tribunal January 80. 1905,
Is hard to understand.
~
The failure OF the Government to
proceed against the Beef Trust crimi.
nally under the Supreme Court deci-
sion OF March IL, 1909. the open def.
ance by the Reef Trust of the United
states Supreme Court ana the perma.
nent injunction granted against this
awful trust by the Supreme tribunal
January 30, 1908: the daring viola
lions Of the Antitrust Law by the
Beef Trust--all these and more will
Inc great questions discussed by the
people In the campaign Of 1908.
The Reef Trust must go to Jail.
Nothing lees will satisfy the people.
People are commencing to see why
so many beef Trust men are put on the
county grand jury.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-03-28

PILES CURED IN O TO II DAYS.
PAZO OINTMENT Is guaranteed to cure
any case of Itching, Blind, bleeding or Pro-
truding piles In to II days OF money
refunded. 50c.