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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-02

man of but 2S years-created a sensa.
ton from the start. It is no exag-
geration to say that he really elec-
trified the audience. His speech was
short. clear and to the point, and his
eloquence stirred the crowd to storms
of applause. Instead of leaving the
hall everyone stayed and still others
damned their way in.
Littleton became known outside Of
Brooklyn after that. 1t was that effort,
in fact, which led to his selection as
the man to nominate Alton B. Parker
for the presidency at the st. Louis
convention of 1904. William F. Shee-
han heard his Academy of Music
speech, and in looking for some one
to make the supreme effort at the st.
Louis convention he suggested Little
ton.
Studied address Carefully.
1t is not necessary to recall the sen.
sation caused by Mr.. Littleton's speech
in st. Louis, but it is interesting to
recall the preparation made for the
address. Unlike most orators, Mr..
Littleton does not profess to be an
impromptu speaker. He can make an
impromptu speech, but he never does
so if he can help it. He prepares his
sentences with great care and then
commits them 10 memory. In fact, he
does not have to put forth any effort
to memOrize them. When he has writ.
ten a speech he has learned it. He
can repeat it with practically no varia-
ton.
He prepared his st. Louis speech
! weeks ahead of time. He rehearsed 1t
at home. and when he needed larger
place in which to train his voice he
went out to the cathedral in Garden
City and practised for hours. After he
reached st. Louis he went to the con,
vention hall one Sunday afternoon,
and in the presence of two or three OF
| his friends went through the speech
two or three times to get the proper
| pitch for his voice. His Oration
created a sensation and put him in.
stantly in the front rank of American
| orators.
Never Seeker for Office.
Although possessing the attributes OF
a successful politician and having pc
| litical ambitions, Mr.. Littleton has not
been a seeker for Office. He was perman'
ent chairman of the Democratic state
convention in 1902 and was borough
president of Brooklyn in 1904 and
| 1905. He was urged to accept a renom
ination for borough president, but he
| declined. He had two reasons for do
| ing so. One was that he wanted to
leave the Office before he had been
criticised; the other was that he was,
as he publicly expressed it at the time,
unable to make both ends meet"
He retired from public life to build
up a law practice, ard he has been
busily engaged in doing SO ever since.
He left Brooklyn couple of years
| ago and set up in Manhattan. and he
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-02
In1nortant TO Motnere,

Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that u
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-02

Texas Gulf Coast Country.
Write for free booklet and maps to Theo.
T. Koch Land Co., Globe Bldg, St. Paul.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-01-02

Sweet are the uses Of adversely
for our neighbors.
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Join Our Excursion to Texas

Gulf Coast, leaving St. Paul Jan 9TH Thee
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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-01-30
FROM WAITRESS TO WEALTH
A Boston Lunch Room Girl Is He'll
to 100000.
Papers Sealed for 70 Years Reveal
Great-oreat Grandmother Was
4 Married to King George w.

Boston, Jan. 26.--Miss Georgia A.
Emythe, a waitress in a Cambridge
street lunch room, has received news
from her home in New Brunswick,
that she Is entitled to fortune Of
100000 by virtue Of being a great
great.granddaughter Of Maria Fitzher-
bert, celebrated In history as having
been married to King George Nv. Of
England, though the marriage was
never officially recognized.
Miss Smythe's father is dead and
she and a sister are his only heirs.
When Maria Fitzherbert died, In
1887, her papers, including letters
lrom George ~. were sealed by her
orders for 70 years. They were opened
at Windsor Castle some time ago by
order Of King Edward, and according
to adylces Miss Smythe received from
home an advertisement has been pub
lished calling for heirs Of Miss Fitz
herbert to make themselves known
with a view to receiving their shares
In the distribution Of fortune aggre
eating something like S12,0O0.OOO
Lawyers retained by Miss smythe's
great uncle believe that her share fig
nres out something like 100000.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-01-30
| TEST or PREstRVATIVES
Chief Of Bureau Of Chemistry Gives
Result Of Experiments.
Ho Believes Their Poisonous Effects
Are the Cause 81 Prevalent
Kidney Disease.

washington, Jan. 25.--Dr. H. W
wiley, chief Of the Bureau Of Chem
istry Of the department Of agriculture
reported Friday to the house commit
| tee on agriculture the results Of ex
perinients conducted by the bureau e
determine the poisonous effect on the
! human system Of such drugs as borax
benzoic acid, bensoate Of soda, sui
phate Of copper. sulphur dioxide, for
maldehyde and salicylic acid, when
contained in food stuffs. DR.. Wiley
said that the expulsion Of those and
kindred drugs from the body is per
formed almost entirely by the kidneys
and that he is satisfied the term Of
American life would be heightened II
the use Of such drugs in foods were
wholly discontinued. He said he was
convinced that kidney disease, so pre-
valent among Americans, is partly
the result of constant introduction In
the system Of such preservative sub
stances as hensoate Of soda, carried
In foods. Discussing sulphur dioxide
and its injurious effects Dr. Wiley told
the committee Of a discovery Just
made by him that salt solution is q
perfect substitute for sulphur IN tne
whitening and drying Of fruit. He ex-
hibited samples OF apples DRIED expert
mentally by the bureau Tne SUI
phured fruit was not SO white or ten
der as the salt cured.
The committee was informed py u.
Wiley Of plans to teach the farmers
Of the United States to make dena'
tured alcohol. Next August ne pro-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-01-30
MANY FREIGHT CARS IDLE.
Railroads Claim that 5000 Loeomo
tlves and $4,000 Cars Are Laid
Up at Present

New York. Jan. 24.-Figures pre-
pared for one Of the large railroad
companies, says the Tribune, show
that a week ago there we're 5000
idle freight cars In the United States
and about 5000 locomotives, which
were laid up on account Of the fall
ing OF in trafic. As there are AGO.
900 freight cars in the country this
would show that "A per cent Of ali
the cars owned BY railroads are stored
on railroad tracks waiting for loads
Figuring the value Of cars as $1,000
each and Of locomotives At $4,000
the statement shows that the rail
roads have gt4o.0Oo.oOo tied up II
rolling stock for which there b nc
present use.
The great shortaga n rolling stool
lt.f year caused large ordera for can
% 3. ,lac,d b rnilfoais A late q
- b lrtrl he f1lof,ei 1hpfings w.
5000 ezra
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-01-30

and other disbursements caused by
weakness. liberation OF uterus and
kindred Affections. often after many
other Advertised medicines and physi-
clans had failed,
NURSING mothers and oyer-burdened
women 4, ali stations OF life, whose
viror and vitality NAV have been UNI
dermined and broken-down by over
work exactino aocial duties. the too
ireouent bearing Of children, or other
canses. will And in DR.. Pierce's Fayorite
Prescription the most potent, invigorat-
ing. restorative strength-giver ever dc.
vised for their special benefit. Nursing
mothers win And Il especially valuable
in SlstaininQ their strength and promot-
inc an abundant nourishment for the
child. Expectant mothers too will find
d a priceless boon to prepare the sys-
tam for baby'e coming and rendering
the ordeal Comparatively painless. Il
can do no harm in any state, or con.
dition ~ Inc female system.
Delicate. nervous, weak women, who
suffer from frequent headaches, back
ache, draQQing-down distress low down
IN the abdomen, or from painful or iF-
regular monthly periods, gnawing or
distressed sensation in stomach, dizzy
ar faint smells. ace imaginary specks or
sD6ts floatinR before ewes, have disagree
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-01-30
Not Business, Only Politics.

Washington, Jan. 24.-Although the
urgent deficiency bill was technically
up for consideration the house Of rep
resentatives Friday not a word peril
nent to the bill was spoken. Under
the privilege Of general debate sew
eral members addressed the house on
variety Of subjects. but the one
which attracted most attention was a
criticism by Mr.. Hitchcock Of Nebras-
ka, Of a political forecast by General
Charles H. Grosvenor, Of Ohio. The
debate brought to their feet numerous
democrats who sprang to the defense
Of Mr.. Bryan, while General Keller.
Of Ohio, supported by several other
republicans, undertook to refute all
the arguments concerning Mr.. Bryan's
two campaigns.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-01-30

The reason sckv Golden Medical Dis
coyeryp cures these and many other
affections, is clearly shown In little
book of extracts from the standard
medical works which Is mailed free 70
anv address by DR.. r. v. Pierce, Of
Buffalo, N. Y, to oil sending request
for the same.
To aid in healing old sores, or ulcers,
apply DR.. Pierce's ALL Healing Salve TO
them while taking the cGolden Medical
Discovery" topurify and enrich the blood.
Dr.. Pierce's All Healing Salye IL
cleansing and pain relieving. IL de-
etroys the bad odors arising from sup
purating, or running, sores and puts
them in the best possible condition for
healing. N1.
The All-Healing Salve " Is q superior
dressing for all open, running, or sup
purating, Sores or Ulcers. For healing
open wounds, cuts and scratches it Is
unsurpassed.
II your medicine dealer does not have
the 6All-Healing Salvep in stock mail
30 cents in postage stamps TO DR.. X. VI:
Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y, and you Will
receive IL by return post.
In treating all open sores, or ulcers,
boils, carbuncles and other swellings, II
Il important that DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery be taken persistently
70 purify the blood and thereby remove
the cause OF the trouble. It Is in the
blood that the great battle Of health has
TO be fought. The ulcer and the sore
are simply the scarlet flowers Of disease,
with roots running down into the blood.
These roots must be eradicated or the
disease will break out afresh. "Golden
Medical Discovery" cleanses the blood
OF all foul and poisonous accumulations,
pushes out the dead and waste matter,
and thus purifes the entire life current.
Disease in the flesh must die out when
IL Is no longer fed by foul blood.
UGolden Medical Discovery" effectively
cures disease in the flesh by curing its
cause In the blood.
Not less marvellous, in the unparal-
leled cures Il Is constantly making OF
woman's many peculiar affections,
weaknesses and distressing derange-
ments, is DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton, as Is amply attested by thousands
Of unsolicited testimonials contributed
by grateful patients who have been
cured by Il OF catarrhal pelvic drains,
painful periods, Irregularities, prolapsus
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-01-30
PreparIno for Next Uencus.

Washington, Jan. 23.-Director North
Of the cencus bureau Wednesday ask
ed the house committee on cencus for
an. appropriation Of $14,O00,OOO to de-
fray the cost Of taking the cencus Of
the United States for 1910. He said
that 5000 clerks were needed in the
cencus department, some of them to
serve from one to three years and that
$4,000 enumerators will be required.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-01-30
lamar Means Business.

Honolulu, Jan. 2S.-Japanese consul
Saito has received a cablegram from
Foreign Minister Hayashi notifying
him that beginning February the
only Japanese laborers who will be
permitted to emigrate to Hawaii are
those who are returning there and
who are immediate relatives Of those
already there.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-01-30
cb.roed with Municipal GRATING.

Muskogee, Ok, Jan. 23.-Charged
with oficial corruption Mayor @. Ed
win Brown Of Claremore has been
placed under arrest. The complaint
was made by the county attorney and
the facts which led to the arrest were
brought out in an investigation in
duced by a policeman who had been
suspended BY the mayor.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-01-30
Mu,t AboIIah card system.

Carson, New. Jan. 25.-Immediately
following adjournment Friday a eau
Gus Of the members OF the assembly
was called and 1t was decided, after
a brief discussion, to defer action on
the police bill until assurances were
given by the Mine owners associa-
ton that the card system, recently in
stituted in the goldneld camp, would
be abolished.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-01-30

Newport, r. l., Jan. 25.-with the
wind blowing IS and 20 miles an
hour, a heavy fall of snow and the
temperature continually dropping,
Newport was Friday in the grasp Of
the first real blizzard Of the winter.
Friday night the conditions grew
worse rather than better. The wind,
which had blown from the northeast
since Thursday night, changed to
northwest at about sunset, at the same
time increasing in violence. Between
two and a half and three feet Of snow
had fallen up to o'clock Friday night
and the storm continued. At that hour
the temperature had dropped to Is
degrees above zero.
There was a heavy sea running and
all shipping was practically tied up
Steam trains were delayed and troll
ley lines were tied up BY the storm.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-01-30

Washington, Jan. 25.-Congressmar
Fulton, Of Oklahoma. introduced BIZ
Thursday to cut down the homesteadl
Of all Indians In that state, except
those OF the FIVE civilized tribes, t.
50 acres each. The homesteads nov
contain 100 acres. Fulton wants e
Ak Il 90 that white people can bus
more Indian land. The bin apple,
10 the Kiowas, comanches. Arapahoes
PottaWatomies, shhNnees and wichl
tas.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-01-30

Boston, Mass, Jan. 23.-Charles Al
fred Welch. aged 90 years. the Oldest
living graduate Of Harvard university,
died at his home In Newton late We'd
nesday. He graduated from Harvard
n the class Of 1ssa
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-01-30
Brother Of Russian Ambassador Dead

st. Petersburg, Jan. 25.-Baron Vic
tor Rosen, a brother OF Baron Roman
R. Rosen, the ambassador OF Russia
to the United States, died here FRI
day. He was at one time the rector
Of the University Of St. Petersburg.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-01-30

Providence. R. L., Jan. 25.-The Cor
ham Manufacturing company works,
which have been operated on short
time for several months, will resume
full time within . fortnight, affecting
1900 men.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-01-30
spaIn q keep Worka u An.

Madrid, Jan. rs. Senor Rodriguez
San Pedro, minister Of education, Fri
day introduced a bill in parliament
prohibiting the expectation from Spain
Of works Of art unless such exporta-
ton is authorized by the government
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-01-30

carson. New Jan. 2t.-The senate
b COMMITTEES Of the whole Thursday
discussed ~ state polics IN and ~.
anlnQurly recouneaisi ~ psasnqs.
ne I'm uH1 ordered e1roIsa NJ
ne1zlIa calls iaf rn arrre1Elallar q
II[1rtt
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-01-30
Violated Safety Appliance Law.

Chicago, Jan. 25.-Six railway com
panies were found guilty in the United
States district court het Friday Of
having violated the safety appliance
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-01-30
WINTER IN EAST
The Atlantic Coast Gets Ia First
Experience of Cold Wsaih-
Of This Year.
4DJu. .D9IllH FHL III tIlnlLIl
VINO WAS so MILES an HOUR
shipping Was DemoraIlxsd and street
Cars etopped--Mueh Suffering
Work for the Unemployed
In New York.

I
-
| New York. Ian. 25.-New York Fri
dav night was digging itself ont Of a
| foot az snow no uneyenly divided that
while exposed and unfreouented spots
Ike Coney Island have been blown
bare. the thoroughfares OF the million.
aires are left piled high with drifts
that impede the progress of man and
beast ana in the more open sections,
have tied mn street car and yehicular
traffic.
Much suffering has been occas,onAd.
there has been the usnaI toll AZ deaths
exactad and the MONETARY damage
must he reckoned nv the tens Of thou.
sands Of dollars Mercifullv the snow
was aecompanied by moderate tenn.
nerature and N its early stages IL was
welcomed nv the honest mart of the
| az 600 unemployed men in the CITY. All
who sought employment from Thurs.
dav M midnight on found Il readily
and a. good wages The street clean.
ING denartment reouired some 10000
aboyelers the traction companies as
MANY more and Thousands ~ others
earned many dollars from household.
era nv shoveIins of walks that a mu.
uiacont providence allowed IN he
rromnt,v fllad again IN the pecuniary
advantage of the next labor seeker
wbo CHANGED nv Even with ali who
would work emnloyed the streets in
Tho outlying sections could not he kent
oman and many a house owner who
bad wadad homo after dav IN the
oH,ce was ohl,Oed In spsnd the eve
MING IN a more or less futile effort to
comr,v With The sidewalk cleaning or.
dlronce
Az Tho dav grew shorter and the
rorcrrv fall The cold nincbed in
r,onv crortars ana nc charity soc,e.
hrood I,nas norhans Tho r,os+ ritif,,l
- a. o,tv woro avtondod Cor bloclrs
sa-thor M, a. ony t,noo hosoro tbis
n,rtar and a. on oorIv bour n was
saId thot tha s,,rn,v you'll NOT neorTv
$500 ~, 49, nooJ nh troa : LODGING
Sn,'ro. w. 80 noa,,o1 ~ the coInat;o.,
49,, .rJ ,,,pJroI orran,1ot,ors woro
,rnr,,n en- Soroioa,Iv - n,inlmiSa tho a.
80 - .ha snddor oh,ft from, snr,no
~ 80 s.o ~ s,oatha. nor,ar ~ Az
~ thn.r'or, " atars roo,starad fror, 9s
~ 90 $3.50 ohauo 90 so,,awad ~
" . 30 sos,,n~ $500 ,.,sIn,rht
Tr~an. g. ~ .,,h-.a, 4. rrh,,h
p. AZ 80 80, Ia,.r ~
Az $500 ...sa ,,ha.a ~ .ro,ns
eLe s 80 a- . 49, - .o,,,,ar,,,
- ono $1,000 ~. sn..s ~ t,s.sran
1850 sas,I,t,o. =, tha o,t1 ana tha
-. 49,. ~, -,rh saraora,,sos
were paraIized in all the boroughs.
AsbuYy Park. N. j.. Jan. 25.-Thou-
sands Of dollars worth of property
was damaged along. the Jersey Coast
from Long Branch north to the High
lands Nv the storm Friday.
The seas broke over the bulkheads
which protected the narrow strip of
lana lvinr hetween the ocean and the
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-07-27
TAFT TO LEAVE
Z SYLVAN RETREAT

Hot Springs. Va, July 21.-At
a table by a window where the cool
morning breeze from the mountain
side blows over his cantaloupe and
dry breakfast food sits the Republic
an candidate for the presidency. II
Is $3.50 O'Clock. and the morning train
from Washington has just arrived
bringing a stray Filipino tourist and
a new batch Of correspondents. Mr..
Taft Is alone. and this Is one of his
busy days. for the speech Of accept
ance still must be deftly boiled down
from 10000 words TO one-thlrd that
length.
For less than half an hour the big
man with the friendly face and laugh
!, ing eyes eats as composedly and a.
determlnedly as II no irreverent carl
caturist had exaggerated his physical
proportions. BY o'clock he has hid
den himself in his ONCE room, to re-
main excluded until 3 o'clock in the
afternoon. when the golf links are "a
be attempted II the drizzllng mountain
rain stops.
That is the daily program now, ana
something like It will continue unt'
about Sunday, July 26. when ths
Woodworking candidate will leave foi
Cincinnati. TO be informed OF the fact
that he is 10 be the Republican stand
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-07-27
MOST RADICAL
PLANK OF ALL
Will be Independence Leagues
Declaration.
To DO Away Entirely With Prlim.
mary Ipiunctions in Labor Cases
Seems 60 he Temper of
Delegates.
THE CHICAGO CONVENTION

Chicago, July 27.-The platform
of the independence League, which
lis to meet in national convention
here tonight. will, IL the present
plans are carried out, contain a
much more radical declarations on
the question OF injunctions than was
embodied in the platforms of either
the Democratic or Republican party.
From present indications the temper
of the convention will be in favor
of declaration doing away entire
ly with preliminary injunctions in
cases of labor disputes.
The majority of the delegates who
have arrived. also believe that there
should be no punishment for con
tempt OF court until after trial by
jury. The sentiment of the conven-
ton. so far as it can be forecasted.
is somewhat divided concerning the
financial plank Of the platform.
The majority seems TO favor a de-
claration that all money should be
issued directly by the government
without any Intermediary. Others
incline TO view that money should
be issued through national banks.
over capitalization of corporations
will be condemned.
OF the candidates now In the field
for president Thomas l.. Hisgen. OF
Massachusetts. has a strong follow
ing and he is apparently in the lead.
w. NJ Howard, of Alabama. has
many friends, who are making a
strong fight for him. The Indiana
delegation is pushing Chas. F. s..
Neal Of that state. Other candi-
dates are: John T. Graves. of Geor-
gia. and Howard s Taylor. of Chi
cago. The name OF Chas. 4. Walsh.
of Iowa. secretary of the national
committee, and who for many years
acted in the same capacity for the
Democratic party, is also mentioned.
William r.. Hearst, who is to be
temporary chairman OF the conven-
ton. arrived today. Hearst said
there was no probability of fusion
with the Democratic party or the
endorsement Of Bryan.
At conference held early in the
evening it was decided that Charles
A. Walsh should be permanent chair
man OF the convention.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-07-27
CONTINUED from Last Issue

From the great republic the cloak
OF mystery and inaction was thrown
aside and the cordons to the north and
the south were being tissipated as II
by magic. That menacing line OF blue
along the Canadian border was
crumbling with greater rapiditv than
II had been formed Here and there
through the air swept 80 radioplanes
carrying improyiscd passenger ac
commodations, the sun showing then
as flashing birds Of blue carrying the
hosts OF the guard back TO their arm
cries, whence they might return Il