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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1908-07-02
REFLECTIONS OF A BACH
Flor.

When a man is in love with
a girl it's a sign she convinced
him of it.
The bigger an armful wom-
an is, the more she expects you
to call her your little pet.
The more any particular fash
ion shocks a woman, the surer
she is she has to wear it.
A very embarrassing thing
about being married is to how
many people you have to pretend
you are glad of it.
From the tone of voimw
From the tone Of voice IN
which a woman says some other
woman hasn't called on her,
you'd think she ran a baby MUIR
der farm.-New York Press.
AN EASY WORD.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1908-07-02
! '. %. I've EvENT.

Mrs. Peck-Henry, do you. see
anything in the paper about
Blinker running over his moth
er-in-law? Mr.. Peck-Not yet.
| haven't come to the sporting
news.-Puck.
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so 1T IS.

Teacher-If a vehicle with
two wheels is bicycle, what is
one with only one wheel?
Scholar-A wheelbarrow.-
Illustrated Bits.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-28
Holding Companies Have Been
Paid Thirty Per Cent An.
nual Dividends
COAL AND IRON COMPANY
OWES RAILROAD :8o,000,ooo
This Company Has Never Paid . Diyi.
dend But Has Furnished the Means
for Immense Profits for the Rail.
road Company Owning 1t.

Philadelphia, Oct 2S-The hearing
In the suit instituted by the govern
ment for the dissolution of the So
called coal trust was resumed here
today before c. H. Guilbert, who was
appointed examiner by the United
States district court. The last hear
ing was held in New York. VIM. Tay-
lor, secretary of the Philadelphia and
Reading Railway company, was the
first witness. Questioned by James
G. McReynolds, special assistant
United States attorney. general, Tay-
lor told of the earnings of the three
Reading companies and of the rela-
tions existing between the Philadel-
phia and Reading Railway company
and the Philadelphia and Reading
Coal and Iron company, the latter a
holding concern. Taylor said the coal
and iron company had never paid
dividend but that the railway had, in
1902, paid the holding company is per
cent and for two years thereafter
20 per cent and that during the last
two years 80 per cent year. The
coal and iron company, he said, is
Indebted to the railway company to
the extent of sS0,O00O0O which credit
was inherited from the old Reading
company which was sold by the sher-
III in 1896. Taylor declared that the
Reading railway company owned no
coal stock, but said the Reading COM
pany was interested in several SUBJ
sidiary companies.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-28
OLD STORY REVIVED.

Toronto, Oct 2S.-The mysterious
disappearance of Olive Dupraw, the
little French-Canadian child OF st.
Pierre. Man., who left the G. P. R.
train travelling between Winnipeg and
Fort William, is again recalled by a
suit instituted by Augustus Dupraw
against the Canadian Pacific railway
for damages for the loss of his child,
at Toronto. Dupraw, however, was
allowed to amend his claim, and the
papers in the case have been returned
to Fort William. Dupraw claims that
he bought ticket for his eleven year
old daughter from Winnipeg to Fort
William, that she was in charge and
care Of an older girl, and that the
younger girl was not delivered at her
destination so she must have disap-
peared en- route.
He adds that he does not know
where his child is and that he has
not seen her since she left Winnipeg.
The amendment changes the aspect
OF the case considerably. The original
statement of claim treats the girl as
If she had been a parcel or a package
and the master does not consider this
form proper one for trial purposes.
Story Of Pitiful Case.
The Dupraw case was one which
caused considerable sensation in Win
nipeg when it occurred, especially as
that city played such prominent part
In 1T. Speculation was rife as to
where the child really was, and the
sister of the girl herself claimed that
she was with her mother in ST. Paul,
Duluth or Chicago.
Later, however, the mother turned
up at her old home in Fort William,
and denied all knowledge of the
whereabouts of her daughter, and
claimed that she had never seen her
since she had parted from her hus-
band.
At the time of the disappearance,
it was thought by passengers on board
the train that the child had wandered
into the bush to pick flowers and that
she had lost her way Large search
parties were sent out by the railway
company for a whole week, but no
trace of the missing one could be
found, and it was surmised that she
must have been kidnapped.
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SENATORIAL VOTE. WILL Be TAKEN
If COURT DOES mot DECIDE CASE
10 Restraining Order Issued at the Institution Of the Su
And Matter is now Pending on the Hearing
To Grant Such Order

Bismarck n d. Oct 28Conadabl voters
OF the state as the condition
States senate left the filing constitution
Tue ano IN order to the
court decides that the law before Tuesday
the vote for senator will be cast just the
was the general impression when
was elmer ssoved at the
was not tne
now are tnat the decided
Of similar section of bo ~
that to on;n
This will to be transcribed and the time
O the
and BY the time they give the several
must conditions
ed before the
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w. G. T. u. WELCOME
White Ribboners Will Welcome Battle.
e..= ship Sailors Home

Denver, Colo, Oct. 2S.-Mrs. Lillian
M. N. Stevens of Portland, Me-, yes.
terday was unanimously reelected
president of the national Women's
Christian Temperance union.
Thanking the convention for ths
confidence in her, shown by her re.
election President Stevens said: y a
II will bear the torch of the w. G
+. U. since you have chosen me. Its
the torch of God-given truth and !
Will try to keep it burning so bright
ly and hold it so high that the w. c.
I. U. will be high over everything"
AT the afternoon session, Mrs. Ella
It. Thatcher, at the end of her ad-
dress on Work among soldiers and
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our children Nj. Dutcher told the
delegates. Tie p4blic. as trustees,
are IL. honor t1rnHto i reserve these
wild sirds fol those that follow us.
We do not wish our children to feel
about us az we dasabout oul fathers,
who permitted the want ii and. useless
extinction Of the blson and the wild
pigeon In tke matter .tt bird 1egisla-
tana thers is An resting l,,ace. the on
~ tpclce Of sta5lsfa1tpry bird protec-
ton IS. eternal Watering Of iegisla-
lures for In an sungua-ded moment
an amendment may hc pas. ed that
will undo the work of years IL,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-28
THE NETHERLANDS
NEXT. PROPOSAL
The Diplomats Are Wondering
What Will Happen on the
Castro Issue

Washington, Oct. 2s-Diplomats,
together with state department ofici-
ais, are wondering just what is to be
Hollands next step In her dealings
with Venezuela, now that President
Castro has declined to revoke his de-
cree of May IA, prohibiting the trans
shipment of goods for vepezuelan
ports at Curacao. HOLLANDS latest
note demanding the revocation of that
decree generally has been understood
to be an ultimatum by Holland and
November 1 was set down as the
limit of time in which she expected
Venezuela to take favorable action on
her demand That time is now near
at hand. Neither at the state depart
ment nor at the Netherlands legation
in Washington can any Information be
obtained as to the governments
course regarding Venezuela in the
event Castro persists in his refusal to
revoke the Objectionable decree
against Curacao.
There has been some talk of a
blockade of the ports of. Venezuela by
Holland. II Holland, is determined to
do this she is fully prepared for the
work. She has now three good-sized
vessels in West Indian waters. They
are the battleship Jacob var Heem-
skerck OF about 5000 tons, and the
protected cruisers G .lderland and
Friesland, OF about 1000 tons each.
Reference has been made in one of
Hollands notes to the protocol of
1894, which Holland insists Venezuela
must fulfill. This p- -,tocol opened
Venezuela ports to Dutch commerce
IN return for which Holland promised
that she would not permit the harbor-
ing Of Venezuelan revoluticrists in
the island of Curacao Or permit the
exports from those waters Of weapons
or ammunition to Venezuela
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the partisan press and other papers
IN the east which have not taken the
trouble to investigate ditions, as
an evidence Of serious trouble Ii the
state. 1t 10. fair to assume that this
matter should not have been delayed
any longer than It was. It was no
stretch OF Imagination to presume that
the home state Of the presidential
nominee needed no cajoiing and pre-
icious little effort, but the situation
was changed. Cincinnati is for Taft
almost to . man. The most recent
poll Of Judge Taft's home city shows
s surprising sentiment in his favor,
20 Se Is extremely popular down
70, ,,nnati Is as much in Ken
tucy ~ sana a. It is in Ohio.
Ctncinnats ~ So other Ohioans sell
dom tSss q naye ts,s a. - N common ,.:a, and
honors. Another u; Are is the fact
that the Democrats started out In per-
feet harmony. following their nomina-
ton OF Harmon last May, such con-
diton as did not exist In either Of
the Mckinley campaigns or when
Roosevelt opposed Parker In 1904.
And the disposition to let well enough
alone in Ohio Just because there was
q woeful dearth Of campaign funds
was not a whit more imbecilic than
the average man Is. apt to consider It.
These facts are responsible for the
so called "whirlwind finish" in Ohio
this year, and 1t was due the candi-
date that such q finishing touch be ap-
piled, for with the coalition of the
Democrats and the powerful liquor
organizations, with their great cam
patgn fund, poison was disseminated
among the unthinking men In several
sections, which made It necessary to
give them enlightenment on matters
pertaining to their welfare.
And In the meantime SO counties
have rolled up enormous dry" plur-
alittes, as against five counties which
have gone wet" by small margins.
One-third Of the So are Democratic
and at least 10 Of the rural counties
which have not yet voted, all OF them
strongly Republican, reversed their
form three years ago and went to
Pattison on account Of his temperance
tendencies. This is taken as conclu-
sive proof that the Republican plur-
alities in these 19 counties will be
doubled, II not trebled. For the farm
ers and the residents Of every section
except in the i've large cities are sup
porting Harris with more vigor and
enthusiasm than any other favorite
son of Ohio was ever supported in the
history OF the state.
The defeat Of the franchise In Cleve-
land under which the Municipal Trac-
ton company is operating the street
railways of the. Forest city, is the
genuine surprise of the campaign. II
is positively the hrst time the people
have failed to respond to Mayor john
soI's slightest whim. With Johnson
himself luke warm in his support of
the Democratic state ticket, and the
voters evidently sick and tired Of his
domination in Cuyahoga. county, It is
nov freely predieted at. Republican,
stefe Asaaq1aEters that the. Repubfis'
can jarity in Cleveland will prob
abiy exceed 100000. Conservative
Democrats admit the tide, has turned
lfi JohnsoA's private stronghold and
they expect an. overwhelming defeat
all along the line.
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.OUMA OPENS FOR
AUTUMN: SESSION
Several Reforms Which Were
in Committees Are Ready
for Action

st. Petersburg, Oct. 2s.-The Rus
sian parliament will reopen tomorrow
for the autumn session. which prom
ises to be the most fruitful since the
establishment of the duma. A number
of important reforms, which were in
the committee stage in the preceding
session, are now ready for immediate
consideration in the lower house; 9TH
ers are far advanced, and since the
dangers threatening their predecos-
sors have now been fully dissipated,
the legislators can attack their task
with the certainty of carrying 1t to a
successful completion.
The duma will be occupied for a
long period of time with the discuss
sion OF the budget, which probably
will not be ratified before March 1.
The debate on the estimates in the
earlier sessions occupied almost the
entire time of the house to the exclu-
sion Of actual legislation. but the
members are now familiar with the
work and thesdiscussion of important
reforms can be conducted simultane.
ously.
Priority will be given to two meas
ures connected with the Agrarian
problem, namely, the law permitting
the dissolution of commune and the
transfer of lands to Individual owner
ship, which was proclaimed as. tenn
porary measure in the interval be-
tween the first and second dumas, and
reform of the local courts among The
peasantry
The new university statute. the law
governing religious freedom and that
relating to local self government are
also on the calendar for this session.
NJ. Iswolsky, the foreign minister will :
make statement with regard to
the Balkan situation early in the sit
ting, but as speedy settlement Of the
congress program is not in sight, his
speech probably will be delayed.
According to the duma regulations,
the president and vice president hold
office for only one year, but from
present indications, NJ Khomyakoif.
Prince volkonsky and Baron de Mey-
endorf, the president, first vice presi-
dent and second vice president, re-
spectively, will be reelected unani-
mously. =
Tho relations between the various
parties have been greatly improved
of late and the conscientious manner
In which the Social Democrats and the
reactionaries are working together In
committee has given great encourage
ment to the leaders In the parliamsak
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Continued Oh .pass s.


Columbus, Ohio. Oct. 2s-Announce-
ment will be made from Republican
state headquarters within the next
few days that Judge Taft will have
an immense majority in Hamilton
county and tho defeat of Mayor Tom
L. Johnsor's pet referendum measure
In Cleveland last week indicates clear
ly that Cuyahoga county will, for the
frst, time in many years, roll up. q
handsome Republican plurality. Con-
ditions in the cities Of Columbus, To-
ledo and Dayton have greatly Inn
proved within the past two weeks,
especially with reference to the labor
vote. and there ts now no man con-
nected with the Republican machinery
In the state who Is at all apprehensive
regarding the outcome generally.
Bets can be found in Cincinnati,
where the strong German element
still strenuously oppose the candi-
dacy OF Governor Harris, and the odds
are one to three that his plurality over
Harmon will not exceed 10000. Re-
publtcans are, risking considerable
sum that the veteran executive will
have this figure and to spare. There
are several pools being formed this
week on the strength Of the governor
coming down to Hamilton county
with at least 100000 plurality, after
having run the gauntlet of wet op-
position in the other four large cities.
And this was being done before Re-
publican stock shot skyward In Cleye-
land Thursday night as q result Of the
stinging rebuke administered to John.
oon. This development has materially
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-28

Sailors" offered the following resolu.
ton, which was adopted:
Believing that Notwithstanding ali
the feting and feasting which our
sailors have been rendered on their
trip around the world they have not
found braver, truer mother hearts
than those of their motherhood.
Resolved, that the members of the
Woman's Christian Temperance union
prepare proper welcome for the
sailors on their return in recognition
Of their service to our country"
Just before the adjournment of the
session, the following resolution in
troduced by the Sunday school depart
ment was adopted:
Whereas, the international Sunday
school convention has instructed the
newly elected International Sunday
school lesson committee to provide a
graded course of lessons apart from
the regular International Sunday
school lesson series, and inasmuch as
the plans Of work recommended by
the International Sunday school
association and printed in their en-
titled Principles and Methods of
Country Sunday School association
work includes the careful teaching
OF the quarterly temperance lesson
In all grades and departments of the
Sunday school, therefore,
Resolved, that this convention ex-
presses its confident expectation that
the temperance committee of the In
ternational Sunday School association
Will secure regular and specific. tenn
perance lessons in the forthcoming
graded series Of lessons, and to this
end we pledge our cooperation"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-28
AN OLD DEBT
Paid By Spain After Thrce.quarters
Of q Century,

Washington. Oct. 2e.-The Spanish
debt Of $685., $50. awarded to certain
citizens OF this country under treaty
OF Feb ~, 1884, with Spain, has been
finally ltQuidated. according to the an
nual report Of the register of the
treasury. which was made public to-
day. Spain has been paying annual
interest on the amount since the
treaty, and this year the Spanish gov
eminent transmitted $3.50 900 in liqui-
.datton OF the debt. The principal has
been paid over 'hree times in interest.
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SIxTY THOUSAND DOLLARs.F1RE,

Campbellsport.. Wis, Oct. 2s.-The
general store and warehouse, Of, the
saemann, Loeb Nickler company was
DESTROYED by hre today with q loss
.ol 100000.
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But for the Faithful Burros They Could
Not Have Kept the Trail.
were thoroughly frightened. They
couldn't talk except to urge the burros
on. The wind took their breath.
eve won't be Christmas presents,
I'm afraid" sobbed Nina, through
chattering teeth.
Say your prayers" suggested moth
er, "it Is all we can do now"
They had long since dropped the
reins and trusted the burros to choose
their W way. Mother recalled story
after story Of men who had persisted
on those mountain trails and she
blamed herself for ever attempting
such a journey. Suddenly a welcome
sight appeared before the struggling
travellers.
1.-The lights Of Mr.. Deans cabin!"
exclaimed Nina. "Oh, mother! We
have reached Mr.. Deans ranch and
we're still alive! Tomorrow we'll
see father!"
A funny thing then happened. Both
burros began to bray. Mother and
Nina laughed and cried at the sound.
Instantly the signal was answered.
Robert Dean flung open the cabin
door and in a food of light beheld his
visitors.
well, we'll, WE'LL" he exclaimed.
"Who told you that we're having a
Christmas dinner here this evening,
turkey and all? Why, Miss Nina, vour
father is or was at the tablet"
The next thing Nina knew she was
in her fathers arms and mother was
removing her wraps.
Are we frozen or anything, moth
err" asked the child.
mo we're all right and so are the
b%urros," was the reply.
ooh, how glad everybody isl" the
little girl exclaimed. "And I'm hungry
-and-and father, we're your Christ
mas p%resents!"
Father, for some reason couldn't say
thank you," but didn't speak Of re-
turning the precious gifts and it is
doubtful If anywhere in the valley be-
low there was such happiness as filed
the mountain cabin that Christmas
eve.
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-Un, nave such a beautiful idea
| repeated Nina. We'll ride on the
stage with the Christmas box and give
ourselves to father for a Christina:
present. He wouldn't return his
Christmas present, now, would he?"
Would you be c%ontented, Nina, tc
live up there all winter" asked
mother. You must remember that We
will be four miles from Fredalba. You
will have no little girls to play with
nc school, no Sunday school, no."
But, mother. can't we have a school
with you for the teacher, and a Sun.
day school? Can't / have a whole row
of snow men to play with? And,
mother. We'll have a real Christmas"
Thus it happened that two passen.
gers went up the trail on the last
stage of the old year.
Anybody going to meet you in
Fredalba?" asked the stage driver.
'The weather is pretty v e up
here a few thousand feet higher. Had
lots of rain in the valley and that
means snow storms in the mountains"
mo one will meet u.s." said mother,
"but we know the trail from Fredalba
and our burros are there, although we
didn't expect to see them again until
next summer"
you a telephone from Fredalba,'
suggested the stage driver. "They
tell me your husband has a telephone
out at camp"
But we're Christmas presents" ex-
planned Nina; 80 we must surprise
him. Don't you know that tonight
will be Christmas eve?"
IF the wind dosen't come up,
you'll be all right" the man replied,
but unless I'm mistaken, there's a
heavy snow falling in the mountains
this minute"
At Fredalba every one advised
mother and Nina not to attempt the
trail until morning. This time 1t was
mother who would push on. I'VE
know the trail so WE'LL" said she, land
the burros know it better. In two
hours we can reach camp"
1T seems to me-" said the stage
driver as he watched the two disap-
pear around the curve, lit seems to me
that some folks haven't any sense"
and shutting his lips in a determined
fashion he went to the telephone and
called for Nina's father. 9TH tell him
nfs folks are coming and to go out 70
meet them" he explained to the men
standing near. Otherwise the poor
fellow may have a surprise he won't
like on Christmas day"
To the stage drivers dismay there
was no answer to his call. Fathers
cabin In the Sierras wai evidently de-
serted.
"See here" said he to q friend, you
call Brown up In half an hour and tell
him that his wife and daughter are
on the trail"
"The wires are down." declared {
big man wAA came in al tr.at momen
from ou;s5sA. No use trying to tele-
~
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P&eNo oho WIZ JILL
sick. They would gladly have forgot
ten snow, but father was in a noun.
tain cabin all alone.
will he hang his stockings by the
stone f1replace?" asked Nina. land
don't you s'pose he'll be 'vited some
where to dinner?"
i wish we had stayed with him.
said mother. "If he can live through
the winter in the mountains, so could
we.'
"But he told us no. don't you re-
member? He said he brought us to
southern California on purpose so we
could live always in a summer land"
Mother sighed. The little family
had been west only a few weeks when
father was offered a position as book
keeper for a lumber company away up
In the Sierras. Living in the noun
tains had been delightful through the
summer. but at the first hint of cold
weather the tent home was packed. ia
Their bought a cabin and sent mother
and the little daughter to the valley.
Father was an artist and he de-
clared that he should like nothing
better than to paint pictures of snowy
peaks with no one to interrupt him
and nothing else to do but to guard
the company's property.
1T Is a wonderful chance" he had
insisted.
Mother and Nina had tried to be-
lieve he vas right; but the little
bungalow which they rented already
furnished, seemed but a poor excuse
for a house.
Il wish I could see him hang up his
stocking" continued Nina. ooh, / wish
I could put this penwiper I'm making
IN the very toe of it,"
, Mother made no reply. She wished
% much that she. too. might help fill
that lonely stocking in the mountain
cabin.
"Oh, mother, mother" exclaimed
Nina, dropping her spool and scissors
and springing to her feet. Il have a
beautiful idea! You always have to
keep your Christmas presents, don't
you? You never can send them back,
can you?" i
Sars;y not" was the answer,
ssBut, mother. s'pose you wish your
Christmas present hadn't come. Would
It be very polite to tell the ones that
ave It to you that you were getting
along nicely without their Christmas
present and that you really didn't want
mr.
~Vhy, Of r not. Nina. We
sn,,st think OF the loving thought be-
hid ire rift, ever i Uneia I'D
Send no states fN.s vfT w.n
te-.*
,yr ANS Gaw SHY n
ers neck.