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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09
 The OK and Civilization.

l could if I had a mind write an ex- cellent tribute to the ox-but all he needs is record of facts. in the matter of primal motive power it was he that founded this United States. In the two great transmigrations of our people west ward, what jeopardy of life and limb has instantly rested on his sturdy neck-over the Alleghanies, over the Rockies, over the deathful desert over the steep Sier- ras. In that great outpouring from New England that began about 1877, the OK. as usual, pulled forward and held back nightly on the mountainside and lalu down his bones for humanity. It was he who took our multitudinous ances- tor from his old onion farm at Weth-' ersheld and hauled him with his house. told to the Little Miami; and there ne again assumed the role of prairie 'pust- er' opening up the more generous bosom of nature Again in the days ol
 49, he took up the trail; and the history of that exodus was writ across the con . tinent in the bones of oxen. Where is deeper reading than this-the bones oi two or three yoke lying where they feii, and across the skeleton necks the neaVy beams all strung along on a chain that would move a freight train. It stanus Tor departed strength in fight to the finish II means that the motive power ran out of water.
 And having twice subdivided eur peo-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09
CELEBRATE RETURN TO WORK.
Thousands of Workmen Cheer as a
 Girl Starts Idle Furnace.

The whole of the town of Rankin cele- brated today because of the blowing Tn or the last idle blast furnace of the United States Steel Corporation at this place. The entire seven furnaces of the Carrie block are tonight working for the nrst time in many months making pig ron for the different steel corporation plants.
 Rankin has not seen such day of eel ebration in all it's history. The last nine months have taught the thousands in Rankin, who for years depended on the S7 OO0, ,o00 GOO worth of furnaces of the cor poration, just what it was to be without work or money. One by one the furnaces were fired or blown in until today, when but one remained idle, which was set to work with whoop that made the Mo- nongahela valley jingle.
 A beautiful girl was given the task Of firing the last of the seven furnaces. Miss Cecilia Hagar, IS years old, daughter of Dr. C. A Hagar, was chosen to touch the button which set the machinery in motion, and she did it in the presence of several thousand cheering people who had gathered to see the last mile post of hard times passed. It is announced to- night that another blast furnace will be placed in cperatio at tho Edgar Thom- son works here tomorrow. This will make seven of the Il furnaces in opera tion.
 Industrial conditions in the Monongahe- la valley district are improving steadily. Of 26 blast furnaces of the Carnegie Steel company in Braddock Rankin, and Duquesne, six to eight were operated dur ing the depression.
 Two new stacks at Carrie, built in the last Ii months, were fired this month. Each furnace employs 12e men. The en- tire seven stacks of the Carrie plant are operating, while previous to last fall only foar of the five cld st0o were usually operated.
 The Carrie furnaces furnish molten iron for the entire Homestead works across the river, and the latter has deferred resumption until the furnaces started full. Two-thirds of the Homestead steel mills are now operating day turn and night turn practically with 5000 men, and all departments there will go on full within the next fortnight, the double turn taking on 5000 more hands.
 Of eleven huge blast furnaces at the Edgar Thomson plant at Braddock, six are operating three having been lighted In the last IS days Another goes into commission tomorrow. These stacks fur nish raw iron for conversion to finished steel products for seven foundries and three rail mills, two of standard gauge style, at the same plant. One standard mill starts next Monday, day turn, with 400 men, and all foundries will resume on Monday after seven months suspen- sion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09
At the Pension.

From Judge.
 .'It must have been a very tender hearted butcher who killed this lamb. said the Cheerful Idiot, pausing iH the saving of his chop.
 ''Why?" kindly asked the oldest boarder.
 ''He must have hesitated three pr four years before striking the fatal blow
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09

Auction Sale, Tuesday, 10 A. M., selling everything in paint md roofing; closing out the re- all part. Rogers. 1st avenue and 18th street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09

pie, cutting them almost entirely of from each other in the railroadless days, the OK did his part, along with horse and mule, to bring them together again. In 1868, on the anniversary of the battle of New Orleans, they began a memorable work. On the mountain sides of Califor- mia a thousand axes began to swing and there was a roaring of 25 saw mills-a reaping and threshing of trees. The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09

mountain groaned as it brought forth a railroad. The oxen strained down the mountainside with logs for the ties; they kept the Chinamen supplied with rails and ties a hundred miles in advance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09

Sing Fong Lee, the worlds greatest violinist, next week. Amuse-U Theatre.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09

"Gimme the kale," said Luckett, briefly. fourth of 5000 was not to be disregarded.
 I,orenzo's players had all finished when I,uckett got back. He wrote something on his card, and showed 1t to Lorenzo, crumpling up the big bill and tossing It across at the same time. Lorenzo looked, took the money and nodded. Then he called the old Colonel to sit In for him at the head of the game, and quietly ran downstairs to the eating house next door He was back in time to hear Fingers announce Counterpane, Harrigan and Ell Picaro as the finish of the Daisy Stakes
 Granaday was jubilant. He had lost s70O to Hannegan, but he had won $2.oVo from Lorenzo, less Pucketts $500, maki1S the Boss $500 winner without taking a nickeps worth of chance. Luckett was happy, for he had quit $500 ahead without taking a chance Lorenzo's face showed nothing of It's feelings
 On the way out Granaday paused to put the sting on his concessionaire.
 "what you lay against Counterpane, Lorenzo?" he asked as quietly and as sweetly as If 1t were the most natural question in the world
 Lorenzo consulted a square card. "l laid Luckett 5000 to $500" he said as carelessly as Granaday had spoken. "and I bet Dinky Rudolph s1,250 against s2,0OO over the telephone downstairs. I'd have just broke even to the race If hadn't held a lot of Harrigan money"
 Granaday's jaw stuck out a foot. Then he saw light. Lorenzo" he said, dog gone your old skin, I love you. Outside of myself, you're the best merchant in the block Come on and have a drink"
 Sure" said Lorenzo, "rll drink with anybody"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09

Lorenzo's thoughts. on the other hand. were not at all in keeping with his out ward mirth. "Oh, the swine!' he unused. Trying to hog the whole works. Well,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09

This is an Exceptional Value Full ll-quartered serpentlne front just like picture; has large French shaped mirror; can give you a dress CT with good mirrow as low priced as $7.69. See our line In Bird-Eye Mahogany, Circassin, Walnut and Golden Oak.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09

The third day Granaday could stand it
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-09
No Rule to Prevent Chimney
Fires, Says Fire Chief Ed Miller
the Nature the Blaze
Turning Alarms.

tackled exactly in the same way" said
the chief. However he continued,
IF little care would be taken a
great deal of good would be accom-
plished It's the story of an ounce of
prevention being worth a pound of
cure. There is practically no danger
from the majority Of flue fires. You
see the SCOT collects in the chimney
and when a spark falls it is ignited.
1t burns with flash, similar to pow
der and the only danger come in
sparks from the chimney falling on
the roof. 1t is not hard to extinguish
these without calling the department.
If you have good chimney it is best
just to- let the SCOT burn, whenever
it wants to. If the heat passes
through the bricks and scorches the
wallpaper that is no sign the house is
going to be on fire.
The chief advises persons to inves-
tigate before turning in alarms of fire,
as often it is found there is no work
for the department after it has been
called.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-09
NATIONS AS RIVALS
Action in Building Large Ma
vies Decried by Church
Council.
SESSIONS HAVE ADJOURNED

Philadelphia, Dec. 9.-The first
Federal Council Of the Church of
Christ in America, organized to fur
ther the movement of unity of action
among the protestant denominations in
the interestof spreading the gospel, adj
journed Tuesday to meet in Decem-
Der, 1912, at a place to be selected by
the executive council of the organiza-
tion. Strong resolutions were adopt
ed at the finel session in opposition to
Increased armament by the nations of
the earth.
A feature of the session was an adj
Gress by Prof. Henry Wade Rogers, Of
Yale University. who said the time was
ut hand for obligatory arbitration of
disputes between the nations. He dep
recated the unchristian attitude of the
United States and its ma drivalry''
with the nations of Europe in building
the largest, swiftest and deadliest bat.
tleships.
Resolutions were also adopted con-
Siemning the divorce evil and COM
mending organizations that have Ia
ken up the subject of better divorce
laws The council also passed res
plution calling upon school authorities
to give children more time during the
week for religious instructions in their
homes and churches.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-09
FATHER IS UNCLE
Serious Charges Registered
Against Jacob STAFFORD,
An Ohio Man.
HEARING THIS AFTERNOON

Eldorado, O., Dec. 9.-Jacob Swat
ford, So, bachelor, of Commers town
ship, this county is in Jail at Eaton,
on a grave charge, brought against
him by his niece, Nellie Swafford, %.
The woman had been keeping house
for her uncle the last three years.
Last September, she went TO Hamil-
ton, o., and applied for admission to
the Helping Hand Society of that
place. She was taken in and later be-
came mother. 1t is said she charged
her uncle with being responsible for
her condition.
The Rev. VIM. H. Mason, superin-
tendent of the Humane society of But
Ter county, filed an affidavit against
Swaffortl The Swafford woman has
been married, but she and her hus-
band have not lived together for sew
eral years. She now has three child
rem.
Swafford will be given a preliminary
hearing before Squire L. T. Stephens
this afternoon at one o'clock Swat
ford was arrested by Sheriff Hoffman
e - ''~~>a in Sommers township late
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-09

"There is no fixed rule that could
be stated for preventing chimney flue
fires except by keeping the SCOT burn
ed out" said Ed Miller. chief of the
fire department last night. He had
been asked to offer rule for the ben
eft of the public in preventing Chin
ney fires. This class of conflagra-
tons, which in the most cases is not
at all dangerous, has been the source
of half a dozen or more calls for the
department in the past week. Upon
arrival there is nothing for the depart
ment to do but stand around while the
SCOT burns out and then return to
headquarters. The expense of these
runs is not in the slight damage done
once in awhile, but in the cost to the
city of its fire department mainten-
ance.
Miller says there can be no rule
stated, because none would apply in
probably more than one case. 1T is
just like with fires that are fires,
there are no two that are to be at
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-09
FOR WAR
Roosevelt Thinks It Time to
Establish Adequate Ma
chinery.
BILL ASKED OF CONGRESS.

Washington, Dec. 9.--An emergency
volunteer army measure was advocat-
ed Tuesday by President Roosevelt in
a special message sent to congress and
the draft of the bill accompanying
the message was introduced in the SEN
ate by Mr.. Cullum. The president
says the bill is intended to strengthen
the present law, which was placed on
the statute book 'piecemeal and hur
riedly, partly on the, eve of the war
with Spain and partly after hostilities
had actually commenced After de-
claring the present law to be faulty
and wholly inadequate to a speedy and
proper organization of a volunteer
force. the president says the bill pro-
posed, which was drawn under super
vision of the Chief of Staff of the
Army. has the hearty approval of the
war department. The message says
further:
1T is designed to afford the complete
machinery by which, should we be
confronted with a foreign war, the ex-
ecutive power could proceed at once
to transform enthusiastic and patriotic
citizens into efficient and organized
soldiers. Happily there is at present
no cloud upon our horizon, but that
very fact affords us the best opportu-
nifty to proceed with deliberation and
care in the preparation of laws ade-
quate and indispensable for our pos
sble war needs
The proposed bill is elastic. Under
it's provisions force of 100000 men
could be raised as we'll as one of 90
coo.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-09
Even Scottish BQrn1Qids Are
AbQShed at Carries Talk

Dundee, Scotland, Dec. g Carrie
Nation raided several public houses
here last night. At the first saloon
she admonished the bartenders who
told her to leave. Some physical force
had to be used to get her out. Large
crowds cole cted and followed the
Ratchet woman as she entered the diff
ferent pubs"
Entering a fashionable pub" where
barmaids are employed, she addressed
them especially on the shame to wom-
anhood of their business and urged
them to quit what she called their
hellish life. The barmaids appeared
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-09
EIGHT MURDER
INDICTMENTS RETURNED
Trial Started Today, State
Being Ready

Union City. Tenn, Dec. 9.-Eight in
dictments, charging alleged members
of the night rider band of Reelfoot
Lake with murder in the first degree,
were returned by the grand jury late
Tuesday. the indictments alleging that
the men named-Garret Johnson, Sam
Applewhite, Arthur Cloar, Fred Pin
ion, Roy Ransom, Bob Huffman, It'd
Burton and Bud Morris-had a part in
the actual putting to death of Captain
Quentin Rankin at Walnut Log on the
night of October IS last.
All of the men indicted are under ar
rest, and when their cases were called
for trial today the prosecution an
nounced ready.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-09
First UnfriendIy Move on Part
OF Holland Signal for Ven
eZueIan Attack.
EUNBOATS ARE PURCHASED
PRESIDENT CASTRO NEGOTIATED
FOR THEM FROM GERMANY
PRESIDENT ATTACKED IN HIS
OWN COUNTRY.

Willemstad, Island of Curacao, Dec.
1.-The three Dutch cruisers now
making a demonstration off the Ven
ezuelan coast were REINFORCED Tues
day by the battle shop Jacob Van
Heemskerk.
The Friestand is now anchored in
Maracaibo Bay, in sight of the Fort
tess of San Carlos, the Venezuelan
stronghold that was bombarded by
German cruisers in 1903 during the
blockade Of Venezuelan ports by
Great Britain, Germany and Italy.
The locations of all the Venezuelan
forts along the Maracaibo Channel
have been observed and mapped by
the Dutch warships.
The Venezuelan government has re-
solved to fire on the first Dutch war
ship that commits an unfriendly act
and the beginning OF what may de-
Velop into a strong movement against
President Castro has been noticed.
The four Dutch warships continue
to display their activity along the
roast from Puerto Cabello to La
Euaira and they have appeared off
Puerto Cabello, La Guayra and La
Fela De Coro.
II has been learned here that
President Castro recently closed nego
tiations for the purchase in Germany
of three gunboats.
Leaflets are being distributed every
day in Caracas attacking President
Castro. and urging Acting President
Gomez to a course of treason. Efforts
are being made to discover the auth.
prs of these attacks and whenever
they are found they are promptly car
ried off to Jail.
Cable advices from Santander
Spain. say that President Castro has
not yet arrived there.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-09

to be much abashed. Eventually the
manager politely insisted that Mrs.
Nation withdraw
Thereupon Carrie left the high road
for the poorer quarters patting little
barefooted children on the head on the
way.
BY this time the crowd, which had
grown dense and unwieldly, made a
great rush to get inside public house
which Carrie entered. The shouting
and hustling became threatening and
Mrs. Nation desisted from further
crusading in the interest of public
safety.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-09
TAFT ACCEPTS
RED CROSS PRESIDENCY
Gives Him Great Pleasure to
Continue Work.

Washington, d. c., Dec. 9.-Tuesday
at the annual meeting of the American
National Red Cross society, Mr. Taft
was unanimously reelected president
Of that organization, and he afterward
told the members that 1t would give
head.
He accepted the office only after he
had been assured by the Nominating
Committee that it had secured from
the Judge Advocate General of the
army the opinion that it would be en-
tirely legal for him to retain the pres
idency of the Red Cross at the same
time he is acting as the nations Chief
Executive.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-09
WOULD PREVENT
PUMPING OF GAS
Madison County Farmers to
Appeal to Legislature.

Users of natural gas in this city
may be affected by the action of farm
ers in Madison county, who are circu-
iating a petition to be presented to
their representative in the state leg
islature. The petition would have a
law enacted to prevent the pumping
of natural gas from any wells of the
state. The Richmond Natural Gas
company obtains its supply from the
field in Henry county and practically
every bit of the gas is pumped. The
proposed bill would make it not only
unlawful to pump gas but to use any
unnatural means to increase the flow
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-09
ella GUINNESS
WOMAN IS NOT DEAD
Attorney Worden Appears for
Insurance Company.

Laporte, Ind, Dec. 9.-Attorney H.
w. Worden, who defended Ray Lam
phere in the Guinness case. appeared in
the Laporte circuit court for the Con-
necticut Fire Insurance company,
which was sued by Wesley Fogle. exec
utor of the estate of the late Mrs.
Belle Guinness, for $500, the amount
of policy on the Guinness house and
contents. and filed a plea in abatement
alleging that Fogle cannot be executor
of the will of woman who is not dead.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-09
A dinner to celebrate the thirteenth

A dinner to celebrate the thirteenth
wedding anniversary of a New York
couple took place Friday, November
Is. In order TO emphasize the disbe-
lief in hard-luck superstition. the
guests had to walk under ladder to
reach their places at the table, they
found the salt cellars all overturned,
the prongs of the forks pointing the
wrong way, and many other things
which come under the head of "un-
lucky" At each plate, however, there
was placed, as an antidote. a four.
leafed clover. and this and the I'M.
doubted happiness of the celebrants
seemed to remove any fears as to the
many hoodoos.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-09
TURKEY NECOT|ATtS
FOR ARMY SUPPLIES
German Factories Kept Busy
Making Guns

Berlin. Dec. 9.-The Turkish gov
eminent is negotiating for the pur-
chase of $1,S75.000 worth of shrapnel
and infantry ammunition with a Ger
man company at Dusseldorf.
The small arm factories of Berlin
are unusually busy with the manufac-
ture of army rifles.
1t is reported that Bulgaria has no.
titled the Powers of her willingness
to indemnify Turkey in the sum of
sic. 100000 for the damages sustained
by the Bulgarian declaration of indie.
pendence.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-09
NOTICE TO BIDDERS.

Proposals for supplies for the use
Of the Eastern Indiana Hospital for
the Insane for the month of January,
1909, will be received by the Board
Of Trustees at the Hospital before 3
p. M. Monday, December IA, 1908.
Specifications may be seen at the
Second National Bank. or at the Hos
pital.
BY order of the Board,
S. E. SMITH. Med. Supt.
S-2t
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-09
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. Friday AT. and Eve, Dec. nth .
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. The Pure Food Room will have .
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. milk for sale on Thursday even .
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-09

Breaking into houses where funer-
ais have just taken place and plumber
ing them is spoken of by the Berliner
Tageblatt as the latest trick of the
thieves of that city. While this may
be new form of criminality in Berlin,
says the writer. it is really only an
limitation of an incident described in
Dion Cassius as having taken place g.
500 years before Christ.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-09

Headaches and Neuralgia from coIds.
LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine, the
world wide Cold and Grip remedy, re-
moves cause. Call for full name.
Look for signature E. w. GROVE. CSC.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-09

A left-haaded high school girl out
in the State of Washington has won a
contest by throwing baseball 1872
feet inches.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-09
.REvOLUT|ON|ST
NAMES CABINET
General Simon Has Haitian
Situation Well in Hand.

Port au Prince, Dec. 9.-General An
tome Simon, who has assumed the
presidency of Aaiti, and who has the
situation we'll in hand has appointed a
Cabinet headed by General Hippolyte
as Minister of the Interior
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-09

POLLY:
Gold Medal Flour makes baking easy.
THERESA.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-12-09
PRESIDENT
TO CONGRESS
Message Read to Both
Houses of National
Assembly
LEGISLATION CALLED FOR

Financial Standing of the Nation De.
c|ared ExceIlent-ControI Of Cor
porations, the President Thinks,
Should Be Left to the National
Gcvernment-Labor Leaders Come
In for Criticism-Respect for Law
Vital to the WeII-Being Of Country.