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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-10

The Indiana republicans have en-
dorsed Vice President Fairbanks for
president.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-10

Senator Joe Bailey has a big fight
on his hands in the Lone Star State
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-10

The Vanderbilt family have the di-
vorce mania.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-04-10

Anna Gould likes wearing a title.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16

and blinking; my aunt III one chimney corner KNIT
ting my uncle the other smoking his COrnCOb
pipe; the slick and carpetess oak floor family mir
roring the dancing flame tongues and freCkled with
black indentatOns where fire Goals had popped out
and died a lesurely death; half dozen children
rOmping in the background twilight; split bOttOmed
chairs here and there some with rockers; cradle
out of service, but waiting with confidence, IN the
early cold mornings snuggle of children, IN shirts
and chemises, occupying the hearthstone and
procrast mating could not bear to leave that
comfortable place and go the wind swept
floor space between the house and kitchen where
the general tin basin stood, and wash.
Along outside of the front fence the country
road; dusty IN the summer time, and good place
for snakes-they liked to lie IN it and themselves
When they were rattleSnakeS or puff adderS,
killed them when they black snakes.
racers or belonged to the tabled hoop breed
fled without shame; when they house snakes
garters, carried them home and put them IN
Aunt Patsy's work basket for a SurprISe.-fOr she
was prejudiced against snakes, and always when
she took the basket in her lap and they began TO
climb out of it. it dsordered her mind. She never
could seem to get used to them; her opportunities
went for nothing And she was always cold
toward bats too, and could not bear them; and Vet
l think bat IS friendly bird there IS
MY mother was Aunt Patsy's sister and had the
A'A same wild superstltons a bat is beautifully
soft and silky; | do not know creature that is
pleasanter to the touch, is grateful for
caressngs if offered in the right spirit. know all
about these ChirOptera. because our great cave
three miles below Hannibal was multitudinouslv
stocked with them, and often | brought them home
to amuse my mother with 1t was easy to manage
If It was school day because then had ostensibly
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16

been to school and hadn't any bats Sh, ,,.,s NOT
suspicious person but full OF trust and confidence
and when | SAID, There's sometime IN ,- "
pocket for YOU she would put her hand IN n. "a.
she always took 1t out again herself. | did, -
TO tell her 1t was remarkable the way She. colIi't
learn To like private bats. ''''ii
thnk she was never III the cave III her IT.
but everybody else went there Manv erN,,-I' ii1'
parties came from considerable distances un and
down the river to visit the cave It w. ''
extent, and was tangled wilderness Of rar N - ~
iolty ceitS and passages 1t was easy pIac. ~ ,t
,oSt IN ybody could do II, including the hats So
lost III IT myself, along with lady and our Ist So So
Ole burned down to almost nothing bef0rs ~,
glnpsed the search party lights in the d;St,, VIC
inJun Joe the halfbreed got lost in there nr, .,,,
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16

DR.. Meredith removed 70 Hannibal ~ - nv
life several ' time< it.l.' stiil he vas good nan anu
meant well Let II go.
L WAS always told that | v,ts q sitNi55 - IIved
mainly on aliopathie mediSines during th' bout ,Is
seven wears OF my life. l asked my 'n,iL-,~,sishth
this III her old age,-she was IN her els,' N th4-
year,-and sand. Il suppose that OUTFITS
time YOU were uneasy about me
Yes, the whole tune
AFRAID | wOudn' Z live .L,--- C-t
Atter reflective pause, oste1sloiS -
the facts. No. afraid YOU would =: rr. tly
Ii sounds like plagiarism, p"' -
Costrasa es s1gs y
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16

was deeply religious Like them, she had great
faith in prayer, and employed 1t IN all ordinary
exigenCes; but not where dead CeTtalIty Y
of result was urgent Whenever witches were around
she tied up the of her wool IN little TUFTS,
with white thread, and this promptly made the
witches mpOtent.
All the negroes were friends of ours, and with
those of our own age were in effect comrades L
say in effect using the phrase as modification. we
were comrades, and yet not comrades; color ana
condition interposed subtle line which both parties
fusion impossible We had faithful and atfectonate
good friend allv and adviser in Uncle Danl, a
middle aged slave whose head was the best one IN
the negro quarter, whose sympathies were wide and
warm, and whose heart was honest and simple and
knew guile He has served me well, these many
many, wears. | have not seen HIM tor more than
half a century, and yet spiritually have had his
welcome company good part OF that time, and have
staged him in books under his own name and as
Jim and carted him all around to Hannibal, down
the Mississippi on raft and across the Desert
of Sahara in a baOOn,-and he has endured 1t all
with the patience and friendness and loyalty which
were his birthright. 1t on the farm that got
my strong liking for his and my appreciation
of certain of fine qualities This feeling and this
estimate have stood the of sixty years and more
and have suffered impairment The black face
is as welcome to it then.
In my schoolboy days had no aversion TO slavery
/ was not aware that there anything wrong
about it. No arralgned 1t IN my hearing; the
local papers said nothing against IT. the local pulpit
taught that God approved It, that 1t was holy
thing, and that the dOubter need only look IN the
Bible if he wished to settle his mlnd,-and then the
texts were read aloud to to make the matter
If the slaves themselves had an aversion to slavery
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16

ind any I used Sandy once also,-it in Tom
Sawyer y tried to get him to whitewash the fence
but It did not work | do not remember what
name | called him by in the book.
CAN the farm yet with perfect clearness. l
can all its belongings, all its details the family
room of the house, with trundle bed III corner
and a spinningwheel IN another,-a wheel whose
rising and falling wall, heard from distance, was
The mOurnfulest of all sounds to me, and made me
homesick and low spirited, and filled my atmosphere
with the wandering spirits of the dead-the vast
fireplace, piled high winter nights with flaming
hickory logs from whose ends sugary sap bubbled
out but did not go to waste for we scraped it off and
ate 1t the lazy cat spread out on the rough hearth
stones the drowsy dogs braced against the jambs
New-York tribune., 1908-02-16

taught us that GOd approved II, tnat 1t
thing, and that the dOubter need only
Bible if he wished to settle his mind
texts were read aloud to us to make the
If the slaves themselves had an aversion
they were wise and said nothing. In
Hannibal we seldom saw a slave mis-
used; on the farm, never.
THERE was, however, one small in
L cident of my boyhOOd days which
touched this matter, and it must have
meant a good deal to me or it would
not have stayed in my memory, clear
and sharp, vivid and shadowless, all
these slow drifting years. We had a
little slave boy whom we had hired from
some one, there in Hannibal. He was
from the eastern shore of Maryland,
and had been brought away from his
family and his friends, half way across
the American continent, and sold. He
was CHEEKY spirit, innocent and gentle,
and the nOiSieSt creature that ever was,
perhaps All day long he was singing,
whistling, yelling, whooping, laughing
it was maddening, devastating, unen-
durable At last, one day, | lost all my
temper, and went raging to my mother,
and said Sandy had been singing for an
hour without single break, and |
COuldn Stanu II, ana WOulu1I Sne
please shut him up. The tears came
into her eyes, and her lip trembled,
and she said something like this:
Poor thing when he sings, it shows
that he is not remembering, and that
comforts me but when he is still, | am
afraid he is thinking, and | cannot bear
it. He will never see his mother again
If he can sing, | must not hinder it. but
be thankful for it If you were older,
you would understand me; then that
friendless child's noise would make YOU
glad.
1t was a simple speech, and made up
Of small words; but it went home, and
SandV'S noise was not a trouble to me
any more She never used large words,
but she had a natural gift for making
small ones do effective work. She lived
TO reach the neighborhood of ninety
wears. and was capable with her tongue
to the last, especially when a meanness
or an injustice reused her spirit. She
has come handy to me several times III
nv books, where she figures as Tom
Sawver's Aunt Polly. | fitted her out
with a dialect, and tried to think up
other improvements for her, but did not
find any | used Sandy once also, it W
SAWYER, - tried to get him to whitewas
but it did not work | do not rene
Il
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-02
DELIBERATE PLOT TO ROB
Partisan Police Probe Murder of
AdOIphe SteinheiI and Hts
Mother.

PARIS, June L-Mme. SteinneT. whose
husband. the well known painter, and
his mother Nine. Japy were found
strangled to death on Sunday morning at
the artists residence in the Rue de Vau-
gerard. had somewhat recovered from the
shock this morning and was able TO give
the police almost perfect description of the
asssssins, all OF whom wore long black
gowns. Nine. steinher was gagged and
bound to bed by the strangers.
NJ. Hamard. chief OF detectives. says the
crime was not a question OF revenge, ard
that the plot. which undoubtedly hs1 rob
berry for its object, was perfectly planned
executed and directed by some one familiar
with ;he feet that there was considerabl BILE
money in the house. derived from the sale
Of NJ. Steinhen's pictures, bat that murder
may not have been irtended. NJ. Hamard
declines 10 disclose the nature OF evidnnce
against an Italian arrested Sunday night
on suspicion Of being one OF the assassins
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-02
MILITARY SHOW IN BERLIN
Emperor william Gives King Gustav
and Queen Victoria MaEnih-
csAt Display.

BERLIN. June Emperor William
gave King Gustav and Queen Victoria of
Sweden a magnificent military show to-
day, the accession being the annual spring
parade Of the garrisons OF Berlin and
neighboring stations. Thirty thousand
men OF all arms Of the service, about
5000 being cavalry, Unanswered In the
two square miles OF the Tempelhof parade
field.
The emperor and the king OF Sweden
viewed the troops on horseback. attended
by several Of the reigning princess of
the minor German estates with their
staffs TO the number of about 100 forming
a brilliant cavalcade The empress and
the queen OF Sweden. were on the
left Of the reviewing stand. where,
drawn up in four lines, were the
carriages OF the diplomatic corps. includ-
ing charlemagne Tower. the American am
bassador. and Mrs Tower and many dis
tinguished guests. In consequence Of the
extreme heat many OF the soldiers were
overcome Notwithstanding the severe
training, consisting of daily marches OF
from fifteen to twenty-five miles, which
they underwent during the last three
months.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-02
ROADS REsIST BOARD ORDER
Fuel CarryinG Lines OF Illinois seek
to Enyoin Interatate Com
merce COnmissiOn.

CHICAGO. June 1.-The Illinois Central
and the Chicago Alton railroads today
filed application in the United states
circuit court for writs of injunction re-
straining the interstate Commerce COM
mission from putting into force an order
recently issued directing the railroads
to adopt a new system OF coal car distri-
button
The order which the railroads seek to
have set aside becomes effective July
and directs that in distributing coal cars
to mines along their lines. the railway
companies shall take into account all
cars carried on the roads. including for
eign railway, leased or private fuel cars
and fuel cars used for the private ser
vice of the railroads. The Interstate
Commerce commission held that the fail
ure of the railroads to take into account
all the cars made IL possible for them
10 discriminate against certain mines
The action of the commission followed a
suit before that body. brought by the
Illinois Collieries connpeny against the rail-
roads. in which it was charged that GER
tain mines obtained, the use of all classes
of cars, while thel defendant was COM
PEELED to be content with what cars were
available.
II is maintained lby the railroads in
their applications hat the commission
is without turisdict ton. that there. never
have been any unjust Determinations
in the distribution OF coal cars and that
such determinations are impossible be-
cause the foreign leased or private cars
are used only in hauling the fuel sup
plies of the railroads,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-02
This Section Will Be Made Strong and
Direct.
ANOTHER
MEETING TODAY
Result Will Probably Be Brought to
Presidents Attention.
FORECAST OF TARIFF PLANK
Secretary In in Favor of RevisiOn Of
Schedules at Special Session
of Congress- in the
spring.

WASHINGTON. June There will be
no luke warm endorsement Of President
Roosevelt and his policies, in the republi-
can national platform, II the wishes Of
Secretary Taft and his friends have
potency in the framing OF that document.
This much was made known today after
the first OF a series Of conferences TO be
held with the Secretary OF War on the
subject Of the platform.
Should the Chicago convention adopt this
sort of platform and nominate Secretary
Taft Il is predicted in Authoritive quarters
that his letter or speech of acceptance will
contain a pledge to carry out the Roose-
welt policies already inauguarated and
earnestly strive for those not enacted.
which will have a ring similar to that
pronounced by President Roosevelt on taxi
ing the oath OF office.
Wade Ellis attorney general of Ohio,
who has prospects OF being the Ohio
member of the resolutions committee of
that convention and who was largely
responsible for the conceded virillty OF the
Ohio republican platform is here for a
thorough understanding with the Secretary
OF War. He was with Mr., Taft at his
offices for several hours today and at the
Taft residence for q long time tonight
Another conference is to be held tomorrow.
when it is not unlikely the result will be
brought to the attention OF President
Roosevelt.
Secretary TAFT has made no secret OF his
position on the tariff. He is for revision
at a special session OF the sixty-first con-
gress. to be called Immediately after the
Inauguration March 4. 1903. His ideas as
to what the tariff should be also are public
property. The schedules should be drawn
as nearly as possible TO cover the differ
ence between the lesser cost Of production
Of a given article in foreign countries and
the cost to produce that article in the
United States. This he regards as pro
lection" in It's true and fair sease.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-02
STILLMAN is OUT OF COPPER
President of National City Bank
Witbdraws from AmalEa-
mated Company.

NEW YORK, June lat the annual
meeting of the stockholders of the Amalga-
mated Copper company today James Still
man, president OF the National City bank
retired from the directorate of the copper
company Benjamin B. Thayer John d.
Ryan and John Bushnell were elected dl-
rectors to succeed Mr.. Stillman, George H.
Church and J. z. Judson. The resignation
of Mr.. StilIman is in line with his policy
to retire from many corporations in which
he has been director. The financial state
ment of the company shows net income for
the year ended April 30 of $685.. .557. a de-
crease of s7.473.s43 as compared with the
previous year and a surplus for the year
of 3525,O41 decrease from that of the pre-
vious year Of S1,7OS,O47. The total surplus
is 81, COS s23.
The annual report Of the Amalgamated
Copper company says the companies owned
wholly or in part by the Amalgamated
Copper company produced in the calendar
year 1907 from their own and custom ores
about 2l2,OOOO00 pounds OF refined copper
OF which amount the Amalgamated Copper
company received the benefit from about
lS,0Oo.000 pounds. After reviewing the de-
preston in the copper business last fall
and winter the report says that In Febrl-
airy, 1903. the surplus stock Of copper had
practically disappeared and the mines OF
the different companies are now being
operated at their fullest capacities.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-02
ATTACK ON CHEAP COLLEGES
American Medical Association Meet
ing OPENS with This Subject
Under Consideration.

CHICAGO. June 1.-The annual conven-
ton of the American Medical association
opened here today with about 1000 dele
gates In attendance. The first session was
devoted to business and work Of legis-
lative character
1t was announced before the convention
opened that the committee on education
will present a report sharply attacking the
cheap medical colleges of the country. The
committee has prepared statistics by which
all American medical colleges are grouped
under three heads, and action will be urged
against colleges whose graduates score
more than 20 per cent Of failures in their
practice.
The first classification groups together
those colleges whose graduates have av-
eraged less than 10 per cent OF failures, the
second those whose alumni have averaged
between 10 and 20 per cent of failures and
the, third those whose graduates have
shown more than 20 per cent of failures.
Tomorrow the first meeting for scientific
discussion will be held.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-02
MRS. PRATT SHOWS LETTERS
Says Colonel Wrote COnstan antly and
Paid Attention TO other
Momen. 80

Mrs. Julia Montgomery Pratt spent al
most an hour on the witness stand in
Judge Kennedy's court yesterday afternoon
In her divorce suit against Colonel James
II. Pratt, but most of the time was occu-
pied by the attorneys in arguing questions
OF law as to the admission Of evidence.
The plaintiffs first point in the attempt to
establish her right to a divorce was the
Offering of almost a score Of letters which
Mrs. Pratt said she found among the
colonels correspondence while he was down
in Texas. The letters were all from
woman now living IN Benson, whom Mrs.
Pratt alleged Colonel Pratt paid consider
able money to about the time NJ her mar
riage to him. to prevent her from bringing
breach Of promise proceedings against him.
Mrs. Pratt asserted she had asked Colonel
Pratt not to visit the woman. but he per-
sisted in doing so. much to her humiliation.
After the letters we're offered Colonel
Pratt's attorneys asked time in which to
examine them and court adjourned until
Tuesday morning.
Colonel Pratt was in the court room dur
ing the greater part OF the hearing He
leaned heavily on a cane and LETT the room
before the hearing closed Mrs. Pratt in
her testimony said she was s5 and Colonel
Pratt was Is years old when they were
married in 1906.
Mrs. Pratt has filed an answer to Colonel
Pratt's cross-p petition In which she makes
a general denial Of all his allegations Of
fraud and cruel conduct. She also attacks
It on the ground It does not state cause
of action.
The hearing will probably last several
days and considerable sensational testimony
Is expected.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-02
MAYS RECORD FOR WETNESS
New York Weather Bureau Has No
Figures that Equal Those for
Month Just Ended.

NEW YORK, June MAY went out
with a record for wetness. Counting its
contribution to the moisture that came
with cataract force on Saturday. when the
fall for nine hours was 1.ss inches. 1t let
the floodgates loose to the extent of 91O
inches. unequaled in any May since the
weather bureau went into business, thirty
eight years ago. Figures given by Fore
caster Emery show also that the greatest
twenty-four-hour rainfall OF any May oc-
Cured May last. The greatest previous
Neutrality-suspicious. drenching was in May.
1898, and was 81 inches. The previous best
record for the month was 7.ol. in 1901
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-02
COPY OF HISTORIAN TABLET
Danish Explorer Returns from Far
East, where He Made Expe-
dttion to Get 1t.

NEW YORK, June Infringing q copy
of the famous HISTORIAN tablet discov-
cred in the seventeenth century by the
Christian monks In China, Fritz Won Holm.
a Danish explorer. arrived here yesterday
on the British steamer Kennebec from the
far east. Mr.. Won Holm's project in copy
ing the priceless HISTORIAN block in the
Chinese temple at Sian Flu was a daring
one.
For sixteen months he and his assistants
worked to make two-ton copy of the
tablet. On one occasion they were threat
ened with death and torture and were
chased away from their work by religious
fanatics in the ten.ple. But Mr.. Won Holm
and his artisans resumed tneir work when
the objectors believed they had given up
their project The copy when completed
was Grated and moved TO Hankow, where
It was held up until released by the British
ambassador. Then Il was shipped to
Shanghai, where it was placed aboard the
Kennebec.
Over 2.eOo figures os dragons. ancient
figures and mystic hieHcglyphics adorn the
copy Or It are alsol cut the HISTORIAN
odes and eulogy to the religion and the
names of seventy-five priests of Syria, who
are believed TO have been connected In
some way with the missionaries at the
time the relic was carved cut OF 4 great
stone OF the temple.
Mr.. Won Holm says, sthe original tablet
was transferred TO -the forest of tablets
after it's discovery by the Jesuit mission
aries in the seventeenth century and thet
It testifies to the HISTORIAN religion in
China as far back as $50
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-02
HIGH WATER ABOUT WICHITA
LowIanas FLOODED and Wagon Bridges
Are out IN Southern

e WICHITA, Kan, June l.-Lowlands are
flooded. many railroad and wagon bridges
are out and trains in an cut of this city
are delayed on account OF high water
Almost twenty-tour hours of continuous
rain came to an end early today. During
the last twelve hours 3ss inches Of water
fell
BUTTE, Mont. June bridges crossing
silver Bow creek within the limits OF
Butte are threatened by the floods. and
street car tracks on the flats south of
the city are under water. The rainfall
during May amounted to seven inches ex-
eesdins All records.
The Yellowstone river is also on the ram
page. Trains are from twenty-four 10
Eorty-eight hours late on the Northern Pa
OaEic
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-02
TOXIC COMMISSION SELECTED
Secretary Root Chooses Men 10 Take
Charge of American Exhibit
In East.

WASHINGTON. June i.-secretary Root
has decided on the personnel OF the COM
mission 10 represent the United States at
the Toxic exposition in 1912. The commits
sioners general viii be Francis B. LoOmis,
former assistant secretary Of state Fred
erick J. V. skiff. director OF the Field mu-
scum Of Chicago. and Francis d. Milet, the
well known artist
The first work Of the commission after
It's formal appointment, which is expected
10 be made within few days, will be the
selection OF a secretary and other clerical
assistants. Many applicants are on file for
the position OF secretary and each has
numerous endorsements. The recommends
ton Of the commissioners will undoubtedly
be followed In fillinS shis pace Upon gocd
authority It y predicted thai the appoint
msnt wm so TO John callan OI.oaShlin. q
woal known nsWspADer writer Of this city.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-02
DAUGHTERS NURSES
Prominent Young Chicago Women
FOrsake Society 90 Assume
Care of Sick.

CHICAGO. June 1.-Denying themselves
the honors and privileges OF society, Miss
Adelaide and Vivian Walsh. daughters of
James Walsh, president of the Southern
Indiana railroad. have dedicated their lives
TO the care OF the sick and injured. Now,
upon the eve OF the graduation Of Miss
Adelaide Walsh from the Mercy hospital
training school for nurses, third sister,
Dorothy Walsh, eontemplates leaving the
family home 10 adopt the same career.
The three girls are unusually beautiful
and as one after the other has determined
TO adopt the profession of nursing they
have met with determined opposition from
society friends.
Miss Adelaide Walsh was educated al the
Sacred Heart academy Of this city, the
select school, where we're once pupils Mrs.
Potter Palmer, Mrs. Mather Smith and Mrs.
Marshall Field. jr.