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Little Falls herald., 1908-10-30
PAY BY SHORTEST ROUTE
Pcstoffice Department Adopts New
Rule for Carrying Mail.

Rule for Carrying Mail.
Chicago, Oct. ga million dollars
a year in revenue will be lost to the
railroads who are engaged in the
transportation of United States mail
as q result of a new order governing
the methods of calculating the COM
rensation to be paid the roads, which
has just been issued by the postotfice
department.
It was announced that Joseph Stew
art, second assistant postmaster gen
eral, has issued a notification to the
New York Central and the Lake Shore
roads that the rates for carrying the
mails between Chicago and New York
will hereafter be based upon the short
line mileage between the cities. AS
the Lake Shore-New York Central
route is some thirty or forty miles
longer than that of the Pennsylvania s
fastest trains, which run 905 miles,
the compensation paid to the New
York Central lines will be reduced
$4,000 a year, or the contract for
handling the mail will be turned over
to the Pennsylvania. The latter now
handles much of the mail from the
South, while the Lake Shore gets that
from Chicago and the North.
The reduction applies over the four
year period for which the contract
was made, and is retroactive from the
date of the contract, July 1, 1907, so
the loss to the roads will amount to
1920. 900.
Little Falls herald., 1908-10-30
Fearful Loss Of Life IN Phil
!. ippine Storm.
HEROIC WORK SAVES MANY
Three Americans Hasten to Aid
I of Stricken Town, Rescu-
ing 100 Persons.

Manila, Oct. 22.-Additional details
Of the damage wrought In the Ca
gayan valley by the typhoon Of Oct.
IL indicate that the loss of life In the
disaster will reach 500. At Apart,
whore thrilling rescue of hundred
Aatives was effected through the hero
Ism Of Lieutenant Robert Clark, Lieu
tenant Tredway and Postmaster Foss,
the survivors say that 800 residents of
the submerged fishing village, which
h located some distance below Apart,
were swept away and drowned.
The three Americans, aided by one
Filipino volunteer, were informed Of
The danger that threatened the village
and managed to reach it by boat. Ap-
Droaohing the shore in a series of
short rushes between breakers that
threatened at any moment to swamp
their frail craft the rescuers found
scores of natives clinging to the poles
of their wrecked habitations. Lieuten-
ants Clark and Tredway, carrying
lines from the boat, fought their way
through the breakers and, swimming
from house to house in the flood wa
ter, saved the lives of about one hun
d1ed men, women and children. So
thorough was their work that all but
six of those living when the boat
reached the village were saved. The
half dozen unfortunates in question
were swept away by the force of the
water while the Americans were striv-
ing to reach them. More than fifty
bodies were recovered in this locality.
1t IN reported that many were
drowned at 1lagan and that the town
was almost entirely destroyed.
1t is feared that the storm and the
resulting flood has seriously damaged
the tobacco crop of the islands. The
principal supply and the best quality
Of Philippine tobacco is grown in the
Cagayan district, where two planta-
tons report serious damage.
Little Falls herald., 1908-10-30
DEATH LIST INCREASES.

Mere Than Seven Hundred Dead in
Philippine Storm.
Manila, Oct. 24.-The death roll of
1he storm In the Cagayan valley Oct
% grows heavily as fuller reports
come In. ~t
The ,constabulary of Tubecart, cap
ital Of the province Of Cagayan, re-
port that 500 persons were drowned
there and that all the houses were
destroyed or damaged.
In the province of Abra it is known
that 269 people were drowned and it
q said that others were lost.
Cholera has appeared in three towns
O3 Abra province.
Little Falls herald., 1908-10-30

The New York World has cartoons
showing q Standard OIL can taking
the place of the dome in picture of
tho Capitol at Washington. Good! It
3 another evidence that the people do
not rule at Washington, but that the
trusts rule through the agency Of the
Republican party. Al to legislation.
NJ. Sherman, candidate for vice-presi-
cent, said THE Republican party is
willing and ready 70 accept full re-
Oonsibility." Exactly. And the stand.
aed on and othor trusts rule through
oLa& party. The only way % prevent:
a1dh rule u TO elect Bryan.
Little Falls herald., 1908-10-30
TWO practical. MEN,

The Whiteness of the Pot and the
Blackness of the Kettles
From Theodore Roosevelt's letter Of
Oct 4, 1904, to Edward II. Harri-
man.
Now, my dear sir, you and are
pfacucal men, and you are on the
ground and know the conditions bet
ter than l do. If you think there is
any danger of your visit to me caus-
Ing trouble or If you think there is
nothing special should be informed
about, or no matter in which l could
give you aid, why, Of course, give up
the visit for the time being, and then
q Few weeks hence before I write nv
message, stall get you to come down
to discuss certain government matters
not connected with the campaign.
From Edward III. Harriman's conflden-
tial statement to Sidney Webster.
About week before the election in
the autumn of 1904, when it looked
certain that the state ticket would 90
Democratic and was. doubtful as to
Roosevelt himself, he, the president,
sent ne request to go to Washing
ton to confer upon the political condi:
hons in New York state. l complied,
and he told me he understood the cam
paign could not be successfully carried
on without sufficient money and asked
If I could help them in raising the
necessary funds as the national COM
mittee, under control of Chairman Cor
telyou, had utterly failed of obtaining
them, and there was large amount
due from them to the New York state
committee. We talked over what could
be done for Depew, and finally he
agreed that if found necessary he
would appoint him as ambassador to
Paris.
With full belief that he, the presi.
dent, would keep his agreement, L
came back to New York, sent for
Treasurer Bliss, who told me that I
was their last hope and that they had
exhausted every other resource. In
his presence l called up an intimate
friend of Senator Depew, told him that
it was necessary in order to carry New
York state that 100000 should be
raised at once, and if he would help
I would subscribe $4,000. After a
few words over the telephone the
gentleman said he would let me know,
which he did probably in three or four
hours, with the result that the whole
amount, including my subscription,
had been raised.
The checks were given to Treasurer
Bliss, who took them to Chairman Cor
telyou. If there were any among
them Of life insurance companies, or
any other like organizations, of
course Cortelyou must have informed
the president. l do. not know who
the subscribers were, other than the
friend Of Depew, who was an indi-
vidual. This amount enabled. the New
York state committee to continue it's
work, with the result that at least 5O,-
600 votes were turned in the city Of
New York alone, making difference
Of 100000 votes in the general result.
Little Falls herald., 1908-10-30

AS we have before stated his charges
of April last were too explicit and cir
cumstantial for successful denial or
explanation. II Bob Dunn ct al. were
representatives of the interests men
toned by him there is no question
that Mr.. Jacobson was their candi-
date. Can it be possible that Mr.
Young will go before the people and
apologize for the structures placed
upon these great and good men? We
do not believe it possible.
Little Falls herald., 1908-10-30
DAWES FOR GUARANTEE
Comptroller OF Currency Under Nc
Kinley Favored Insurance of
Bank DepOSits. ~

Charles G. Dawes was comptroller
Of the currency under MI. Mckinley.
Since 1902 he has been president of
the Central Trust company at Chi
cago. Writing in The Public. Louis
f.. Post calls attention to the fact that
several years ago Mr.. Dawes wrote
a book entitled 1.-The Banking System
Of the United States" The following
is taken from Mr.. POSTS article: H.
In describing in that book the 'tpres-
ent need of our national banking sys-
tem," Mr.. Dawes distinctly argues for
the insurance idea that Bryan advo-
Gated in congress and upon which his
campaign is now advancing in the
advocated by Bryan in congress,
national banks for the purpose Of Gre
ot:ng fund for the insurance Of de-
posits, Mr.. Dawes wrote:
"National banking statistics show
that fund o. the necessary amount
would soon he created by q compare.
lively small Tux upon each national
bank. " Fl
- 1t must certainly be ad-
mitted that til: establishment Of such
70 fund would lave a tendency to pre-
vent the mad rushes OF small and
large depositors during times Of panic,
for money which they hoard away in
safety deposit boxes or other hiding
places.
80 If the effect of such
lsw would be to render bank deposits
more stable under all conditions, as in
cur judgment would be the case, nc
law could be Of more vaue and i'm
portance to the debtor, or to the cred
itor, or to the community at large.
- Besides the great Importance
Of the law, as related to the general
prosperity Of the country, it is meri-
torious as preventing the keen suffer
ing in those localities where bank fail
ures occur, and where the hard earned
savings of the community, under our
present laws. are often swept away.
BY such law, losses are distributed
% by insurance, the beneficial effects
Of which need no argument. To the
passage OF such law in proper form,
we trust the efforts Of congress will
be directed"
New York Evening Post.-1t has
been shown that the Democratic COM
mittee got not cent and that Nh.
Roosevelt gave currency to a false
charge. He admitted that Hartman
raised $4,000 for the Republican
campaign fund in 1904. Then they
were both practical men, and were
working together.
Little Falls herald., 1908-10-30
sheep PERISH IN STORM

canadian Ranchers Lose Thousands
From Exposure.
Winnipeg, Man., Oct. 24.-Harry
Martin Of Martin Bros, sheep ranch
(ss, district of Maple Creek, Sask.,
While out with sheep in the recent
Qnow storm, lost his way and died
Prom exposure fifteen miles from
town. Many thousands Of sheep have
1or1shed in the storm. Ivey Wilson,
&ortA Of Maple Creek, lost $500. The
otorm drove the animals into a lake
Aear his ranch. Thomas Kerr lost
100 and Martin Bros. lost several hun
1red.
Little Falls herald., 1908-10-30
Storm Causes Heavy Loss Of Life.

Storm Causes Heavy loss Of Life.
Bluehelds, Nicaragua, Oct. 24.-A
disastrous hurricane swept the coast
u Nicaragua, destroying the towns of
rio Grande and Prinzapulka and do
ING considerable damage in the inte-
1ter. The entire coast from Pearl
Gays to Cape Gracias was swept and
there was much loss of life.
Little Falls herald., 1908-10-30
TO AVOID DISTURBANCES.
Reception to American Fleet at Annoy
an Exclusive Affair.

Annoy, Oct. 2s.-As a precaution
against any disturbance during the
visit of the second squadron of the
American battleship fleet invitations
to Chinese for the reception of the
feet have been limited In number to
400. Many foreigners of bad charac-
ter are assembling here, but no for
eigner will be admitted to the grounds
where the receptions are to he held
without a pass from the consular rep
resentative of his country. Invitations
to the Fcochow students and naval
cadets have been withdrawn.
Little Falls herald., 1908-10-30

The state is invaded by an army Of
Republican spellbinders. who are On.
deavoring to convince the voters that
they should curb their impudence and
voter straight. They are not getting
any too warm receptions from the peo
ole.
Little Falls herald., 1908-10-30
Death RoI, Now Eight Hundred.

Manila, Oct. 2S.-Oficial dispatches
received from the section visited by
the typhoon and resultant floods that
devastated Cagayan province recently
place the death roll at 800 and the
damage of property at $1,o00,0o0 in
gold. There were no reports Of dam
a8e In Isbelle province.
Little Falls herald., 1908-10-30
THE OKLAHOMA WAY.

Guthrie. Okla, May 21.-Within ens
hour from the time H. H. smock, Or.
lahoma banking commission, had
taken charge Of the International
Bank Of Colgate he had authority to
pay the depositors in tull, though
the banks cash and available funds
u other banks fell $4,000 short Of
Ne total amount Of deposits. The
commissioner was able 10 do this IN
dor the operation OF the new banking
law, and this 10 he 1rst time Il has
been called int use.
BRYAN STANDS FoR THIS.
Little Falls herald., 1908-10-30
AGAINST Laborinu Men,

While William H. Taft is travelling
about Ohio and elsewhere making
frantic appeals for the support of Ia
boring men, his running mate on the
Republican ticket, James S. Sherman,
is giving his Endorsement to the state
ment that labor unions are COM
posed largely of anarchists, socialists
and demagogues." Mr.. Sherman
heard the organized wage worker Of
the country thus denounced by q
trust magnate who presided at q meet
ing where he spoke, and gave approval
of the sentiment expressed. When
Mr.. Sherman appeared recently at
Akron, O., the meeting which he ad-
dressed was presided over by o. c..
Barber, president of the Diamond
Match Company. Mr.. Barber intro
duced Mr.. Sherman to the audi
ence. In doing so he made use Of the
following language, as stenographically
reported:
lone of the main reasons for tho
success Of tho Diamond Match Com
pany is that , it's directors HAVE
NEVER TOLERATED UNION LABOR
IN IT'S SHOP. THEY HAVE AL
WAYS BEEN OPEN We have had
no one to dictate to us what wages We
shall pay, what men we shall hire, and
what hours our employees shall work.
LABOR UNIONS TO-DAY ARE
COMPOSED LARGELY OF AN
Rcg1!y1s; HRca1gTs, SOCIALISTS AND DEN. +
PROTECTING bEpoeiTs IN BANKS.
Little Falls herald., 1908-10-30
COURT / RULES u|I|!|E
FOR 0 Defense: /: | I: | / J /:
Several Points Decided ii
Morse=Curtis Case.
TRIAL WILL NOW PROCEED

counts IN the indictments Alleging
Conspiracy and Misrepresentation,
but Refuses Application to Dismiss
the Remaining Counts.
New York, Oct. 28.-The defense in
the case of Charles w. Morse, finan-
cier, and A. H. Curtis, former presi-
dent Of the National Bank of North
America, who are on trial in the Unit
cd States court here, scored telling
points. The presentation of evidence
by the prosecution had been conclud-
ed and the defense, before opening
its case, had made motions to have
quashed the Indictment against their
clients. These motions were denied,
but after hearing arguments on mo-
tions to strike out certain specific por-
tions of the indictment Judge Hough
ruled in favor of the defense. BY his
direction two counts of the indictment
one charging conspiracy and the
other misappropriation- stricken
from the, record. In dismissing the
conspiracy charge Judge Hough said
that, from the evidence which had
been adduced, he could not see how
the minds of the two defendants could
act in concert. In view of the evi-
dence, he said, he could not permit a
verdict on the conspiracy count and
therefore he directed that the conspi-
racy charge be dismissed. The count
in the indictment charging misappro-
priation in connection with a 100000
note given in payment for stock pur-
chased from Mr.. Morse also was dis
missed by Judge Hough on the
ground that there was no evidence of
criminality. The part of the indict.
1ment which remains, and which Judge
Hough refused to dismiss when appli-
cation was made by counsel for Morse,
alleges false reports, misapplicat
over certification and the use of funds
Of depositors for speculative purposes.
After Judge Hough had passed upon
the motions to dismiss portions of the
indictment Mr.. Olcott began an ar
gument in behalf of Mr.. Curtis. He
contended that many of the counts
in the indictment did not apply to Mr..
Curtis at all, but his application to
have them lifted from Mr.. Curtis was
denied by the court.
Little Falls herald., 1908-10-30
Aoss Explosion" In Palace,

| Lisbon, Oct. 24.-What 10 described
lefe % . "gas explosion" occurred at
Ne royal palace at Oporto. General
olbrao and three other persons suf-
loeo0 iajuries. The palace 10 being
'peepared for the coming Of King Man
~ q Nov. Z
Little Falls herald., 1908-10-30
Village Surrounded by Fire.

! Village SURROUNDED by Fire.
! lowslltown, Me-, Oct. 24.-The vii
lage of Skinner, five miles north Of
bewelltown. is entirely surrounded by
1Ames and millions Of feet of lumber
have been consumed. Forty thousand
oeres Of valuable timber lands have
\Don burned over.
Little Falls herald., 1908-10-30
ALL HOSPITALS FILLED.

Montreal Has Severe Epidemic OF
Typhoid.
Montreal, Oct. 22-An epidemic of
typhoid fever, which has been prev
alent in Montreal for several weeks,
n assuming serious proportions All
the city hospitals are filled to capac-
1ty and are refusing additional pa
tients. The hospital cases alone num-
Der 200, while private physicians are
overrun with calls. So far the num-
Der of deaths has been comparatively
small. The city health authorities at
tribute the epidemic to the bad con-
dition of the water supply and impure
milk.
Little Falls herald., 1908-10-30

They are "all" for Taft. Who?
Every trust magnate in America. ssThe
q knoweth his owner and the ass his
masters crib. 80
Little Falls herald., 1908-10-30
PROTECTING bEPo6iTs IN BANKS.
An Ohio Example Of Taft's Position
and oklahoma's Proof Of Dryan's
Position.

One Of tho planks Of the Denver
platform favors guaranteed bank de-
posits. Mr.. Bryan addressed Ne Chic
legislature in February favesing guar:
antssd deposits. Former Governor
Hsrriok subsequently addressed the
legislature in reply to MI. Bryan. op-
posing any such protection for banks
ana bank depositors.
Mr.. Taft, In his speech Of aecep-
tancs. denounced the plank Of the
Denver platform, which declares for
q national law for banks similar to
the Oklahoma law for state banks,
thereby ooinciding in tho views Of Mr..
Herriok and opposing the views Of Mr..
Bryan. ...-..
Below are two dispatches showing
what Mr.. Bryan stands for and what
NJ. Taft stands for:
THE OHIO WAY.
Cleveland. O., Aug. 17.-TAs orsl.
itors, committee. charged with a in-
vestigation Of the affairs Of the d.
tanet Farmers and Merchants bank,
The cashier Of which, Henry W. Ga,
)ell, 10 under arrest charged With ON:
6ssslsmsnt, tonight reported thst the
depositors will 30 forced to shoulder
Q loss Of @415,o0o. 'S
The report, made in . meeting OF
$500 depositors. charged the deficit to
0azoll, alleging his speoulations
proved disastrous to the institution.
TAFT STANDS FOR THto.
Little Falls herald., 1908-10-30
SOWING and Reapinu

As We act toward others, 80 ~
may expect others to act toward us.-
Syrus.
Little Falls herald., 1908-10-30

: He mentioned the name of j
: Oar Reese as the representa- !
\ tive CT the liquor interests. Mr.. :.
:. Reese is the man who engi- !
!. neered MIR. Jacobson's candi- !
!. dacy in Ramsey county and i
+ whose convention instructed !
:. for Mr. jacobson first, last ::
= and all the time" !
!. He also referred to Tom !
!. Shevlin, who was the para !
1. mount influence behind Mr.. ::
\ Snyder's candidacy in Henne. !
+ pin county. It will be remem- :
!. bered that Mr.. Young also ::
: wrote an open letter requesting ::
< his supporters to do their ut ::
\ most to defeat the candidacy ::
:. of Mr.. Snyder, because such !
!. candidacy was inimical to him ::
\ and was furthered by the Gin :;
! terests." !
!. Ed Smith, Eli Warner and ::
!: the balance Of the old machin- ::
!. lists of the halcyon bygone !
!: days, when the interests ::
I. ruled unquestioned, naturally ::
/. fell in line with the leaders !
+ mentioned. They were all for !:
- Jacobson. !
!. i
i. + + !. 81. + !
We do not believe that Mr.. YOUNG
expects the people of the state to take
this last letter Of his seriously. They
are gifted with the powers Of reason
and he must know they will use them
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-01-16
TAKES GROUND HOG AS MODEL
IN LIFE.

Oxford Especially Claiming that
the secret of the long lives of bibli-
cal character was simply that of hi
bernation and seeing no reason why
people OF today should not attain
such venerable years, Thomas Coch
ran, of Elk Township, who has just
passed his one hundred and fifth
birthday, Is calmly lying in bed at
his home, waiting for the second day
of February, upon which he annually
makes his appearance and takes his
accustomed place among the family.
He patterns his life after that OF
the ground hog and is persuaded
that his long years and remarkably
good health are the result of careful
study and the adoption of their mode
of existence. He commenced this
style of living some years since, upon
learning of the many years which
some ground hogs lived. He argued
that 1t must be due to the fact that
they retired to their holes and await
ed the coming of Spring, so he con-
cluded to do likewise.
With the first cold snap of Win
ter he goes to bed and never comes
down stairs until the second of Feb
ruary, which is grounding day
Even then he does not venture out,
but watches the women going to
church and II he sees their shadow
returns to bed; otherwise he resumes
his duties. He is confident he will
live many years yet and his appear
ance fully indicates that It may be
probable.
His senses are all acute yet. his
mind perfectly clear and he never
has an ache or pain. He is a won
der of the neighborhood, but many
Of his neighbors declare they would
not care to live so many years If
they had to adopt his means Of liv-
ing In order to prolong life.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-01-16
New Type of Roadway.

A new type of roadway has been
developed in some parts of California
known as the petrolithic, which Is
nothing more than well-built OIL
ed road. The leading feature Of this
pavement is the very complete COM
pacting of the oiled material by
means of a rolling tamper, a new
piece of road machinery. 1t was de-
signed to insure the tamping of the
material from the lower portions up
ward to the surface, instead of down.
ward from the surface. The inven-
tor received the idea from seeing a
large flock of sheep walk over a new
ly plowed road. After the sheep had
passed over it the soil was found to
be packed so hard that a pick in
dentcd 1t but short distance. To
obtain this effect with a roller the
circumference of the main roll Is
covered with tampers. which act like
so many feet walking over the earth
I'D packing it down.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-01-16
STATE OBITUARY.

Wrightsvllle.-After an illness for
more than a year, Colonel r. w.
Drenning, a prominent citizen of
Wrightsville, died. Death was caus-
ed by erysipelas. The deceased was
colonel on the staff of the department
commander G. A. r. of Pennsylvania.
He was prominent in fraternal cir
cles and was twice elected Chief Bur-
CESS of Wrightsville.
Acknowledgements Clark Clemson,
head bookkeeper In the Altoona
Trust Company, and a thirty-second
degree Mason, died from heart fail
ure resulting from an operation at
the Altoona Hospital for gall stones,
aged 43. He was a brother of ID.
NJ. Clemson, of Pittsburg. one of
An1Sew CarnegIe's young partners.
Scranton. - Robert Reaves, for
thirty years superintendent of the
Scranton Gas & Water Company,
died after a brief illness with pneu-
monia. He was an expert of high
standing In water works system and
was invaluable to the company. He
was connected with various corpora
tions and was member of the Elks.