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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-03
Robert Boyd. age 80, Fenton; burn
ed and bruised; will recover.

FENTON. Mich, August 3.--An ex-
plosion OF coal dust in the coal con-
veyor at the plant OF the Aetna Ce-
ment company at Silver Lake. one
mile west OF here. at 8 o'clock Sunday
morning resulted In death TO three
men and serious injury to another.
The men We're engaged in cleaning
out the coal chute OF the conveyor
when there was a sudden report fol-
lowed by sheets of flame which shot
through the chute and enveloped the
men before they had a chance to-
reach place OF safety.
William Harris and Andrew Corwin
were knocked down and all their
clothing except their shoes. was burn
ed from their bodies.
George HIATT was also Frustrated
and so terribly burned that death re-
lieved his awful suffering at S:46
O'clock last night.
Robert Boyd escaped the fate OF hin
fellow-workmen by almost a miracle
He was standing at one side and did
not get the full force OF the darling
flames With great presence OF mind
he leaped from the high conveyor and
jumped 40 feet to the ground. Al
tuouSHt ScNcIcll Dufutu Oh tic ucdQ
and arms he seized the hose and turn
ed water upon his blazing compan-l
ions and called Justify for help.
Boyd's injuries are not serious and
his speedy recovery is expected. He
lives with his parents In this village.
The explosion resulted from the ac-
emulation of dust and gas In the
chute OF the conveyor, which connects
with the furnaces OF the plant. The
chute had clogged with coal and when
the coal was loosened II is supposed
the gas ignited from the heat Of the
furnace and set fire to the dust. the
force OF the explosion sending the
flames through the chute with great
force. The damage to the conveyor
was slight
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-03
CURRENT PALAVER
OF The POLITICIANS

Sheldon o. Smith is out for the Re
publican nomination for senator In
the Fourth district, and will make a
campaign on his record. He made a
strong fight for the state primary bill
and tried to have the 40 per cent
clause cut out. Failing In that. he
voted against the bill in an attempt TO
throw il back into the house.
william B. Thompson rarely APP
points a man who has strong backing
for a position" declares one OF the
mayors staunchest supporters. 1T
is his custom rather to pick out the
man who comes in all alone and says
I want the Job and can do the work
we'll "All the time that he was city
treasurer, he appointed men who had
no license to hold Office under ordin-
airy political considerations, men Who
could not carry their precincts some
times. But he picked good men and
made record nevertheless. Despite
the opinion OF many that his appoint
ments would not get him votes. he
was elected time after time"
William r. Renick, who In out for a
Democratic nomination for alderman
in the Seventeenth ward, was former.
~ ward foreman In that district
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-03
RED NEXT TO SKIN
TO PROTECT SOLDIERS

WASHINGTON. Aug 3.-Out In the
Philippines the army is to conduct
a contest OF the use Of underclothing
OF suitable color to protect the troops
against the actinic ray.
Accordingly the depot quarter-mas-
ter at Philadelphia 10 now having pre-
pared 5000 suits OF underclothing and
as many hat Innings, all OF an orange
red color. They will be shipped to
the Philippines. where careful obser-
walton will be made 10 ascertain TO
what extent color can be depended
on ne protection for troops against
actinic ray
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-03
ONE KILLED IN BATTLE
OF ITALIANS AND SLAVS

UNIONTOWN. Pa. Aug. 3.-In a
pitched battle between Italians and
Slavs at Gates, one OF the II. c. Frick
Coke Co. plants near Masontown Sat
urday night. one man was killed, two
were probably mortally wounded, and
score of others injured
The dead man Is AntillO Renco. ltal-
ian, shot through the heart and In
stantly killed.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-03
TO HARNESS TIE AU SABLE.

SAGINAW, Mich, AuR. 13.-The
Commonwealth Power Co, which is
made up OF New York and Chicago
capital I'm connection wiki the Loud
interests, Is, preparing, 10 harness the
Au Sable river. Representatives OF
the company are now engaged I'm max
ing tests along the river. the findings
being so favorable that work will be
commepced on power plant some
time this fall The financial end OF
the proposition has all been settled
and plans are now being drawn for
dams, power stations, etc
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-03
Wabash Shut Out Of Capital.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 3.--It is be-
leved here that one result OF the
Gould Hartman railroad alliance will
be to shut the Wabash system out Of
Washington for good For an indefin-
tie time, II had been a pet project
Of Gould and his associates In the.
Wabash to get this trunk line into the
capital and firmly planted within strik-
ing distance OF New York. which was
10 be the next forward movement and
the ultimate goal.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-03
RoMuLusiTEs TURN BURGLARS

ROMULUS. Mich, Aug. 3.-tSpe-
cial. )-Burglars broke the front win
dow of Walter s. McBride's hardware
store, and took three airguns and a
rife. which were standing In the win
dow. They were frightened away.
before they could make bigger haul.
Local talent is suspected.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-03
India Rich in OIL.

The petroleum deposits In India, in
Guiding Burma. have scarcely beer
disturbed. and the magnitude OF the
possible trade OF India In petroleum
and its products can hardly be esti-
mated. In 1g06-07 Burma produced
137,654lOO0 gallons and exported So.
10000 gallons. all OF II going 10 In
dian ports.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-03
WOMAN
BURNS TO DEATH
PINNED TO FLOOR UNDER WARD
ROBE AS LAMP SETS FIRE TO
HER CLOTHING.

JACKSON. Mich, Aug. 3.-Impris-
oned under wardrobe with broken
kerosene lamp. Mrs. Amanda Tai
mage. proprietress OF rooming house
at 900 Francis-st., was slowly burned
TO death AL 1880 last evening.
The woman appears to have mount
ed a stool to get her hat, which was
probably on a top shelf, holding In
one hand lighted kerosene lamp. As
she was about 60 years OF age ana
not strong Il is believed she lost ner
balance. and grasping the cupboard.
pulled II with her TO the floor. pinning
her underneath with the broken lamp,
which at once kindled a raging IRE.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-03
A skYserAper Eplsode.

"A copingstone just fell from the
top floor"
Indeed? Telephone the first floor
10 have the street cleared. Louis
Vile Courier-J Journal
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-03
F, An encouraging sign.

Our baby squalls all night long
: Don't be discouraged. He may
grow up TO help nominate president
some day."--Chicago Record-Hsrald-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-03

Job PrfntinG done right. Times Print.
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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-03

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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-03
EXPLOSION KILLS 8,
HURTS ANOTHER
At FENTON
MEN ARE ENGAGED IN CLEANING I
OUT COAL CHUTE OF CONVEY.
OR To FURNACE AT CEMENT
PLANT.
DEAD.

William Harris, age 20, Linden,
Mich.
Andrew Corwin, age 45. Fenton.
George HIATT, age rs. Saginaw.
INJURED.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28
"WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER as, 1908.
 HELP THE PARTY.

The Advertiser makes a last appeal for contributions to aid in carrying on the campaign for election of the National Democratic ticket. The total amount contributed to the cause up to the 18th inst. has been published. and 1t was nSt as much as the necessities of the National Committee called for. Alabama has done as well in propor- tion, as any of the other States. but none have done as much as they shout have done. Mir. Ridder, the Treasurer of the Committee. earnestly appeals for further contributions, and we hope our party frie..ds in Alabama, will, Tn the next few days, double ;he amount already sent in through The Advertiser. If you are going to contribute, do so at once. The Advertiser will receive the money and forward 1t to the Na- tional Committee.
 The campaign fund received by The Advertiser to date is as follows:
 AotaI. .x677 co
 Money should be sent to "Campaigu Fund. care The Advertiser" All con. tributions will be acknowledged in the paper daily.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28
Waair in Falth.

Washington Post. ~rasaiona1 Il district is composed of sixteen couns ties, two of them in the bluegrass ana ita the rest in. the mountains. For us us geographdGai extent stsn,nr 1 in in the tree, more desirable hardwood timber than any other region in the United StaLes'
 The Hon. John w. Langley: g, ne, inc sanguinary old Tenth in the Six tieth Congress, and has heen nomlnat- ed by, his party for reeleetion: A Judge Pavis Is hls d Rem0fTa'T tha fwo rfappied in stump debate. and an intelligent and veracious newspaper correspon- dent reported it, in part to this erect: /: paTis Gas was W9nH' that if the Democrats win and begin pairing down the tarin, enc of the first articles effected would be lumber, and that with the to. .trL tRrim on nf the Tenth, district would be rendered valueless. Judge Davis responded to this that, while he is q tariff reformer and believed in revising go1le the navar tarir no, never, vote to reduce the tarth on lumber, railroad ties. slaves. and things of that sort. ... ,.,-.. ,..,..
 ton the judge r6shed into print and published in the newspapers that he was bitterly and irrevocablY. opposed to the slightest reduction 9d a the tST1I, fdbT sRarp R D Wiliiams, the Hon. Champ Clark. the Hon. Judson Harmon. the the Hon. Henry Watterson. the Hon one James. and the Kon. William J. Bryan think of such "tariff retormer as this Judge Davis appears to be pfSo Suppose every tariff reformer was just such a tariff reformer as Judge Davis! Tariff reform would be as re- mote as the millennium. To contine the thing to the State of Kentucky Ollie James would demand protection for the cotton grown in Fulton and Hickman counties; Owsley Stanley would see -4hat.,the tobacco of his dis trict is adequately protected; MT Thomas would vote for. high tartn op beef Ben Johnson would be rs for !, bdI Sif SanYrilI would go in red-eyed for pro teeted hemp swagaG shsFIsy foT w9G sol, leather; the Eleventh district trough the Hon; Don Calvin Isntad3d9 Edward; noa, would
 And Kentucky would be as higi tariff a State as Pennsylvania or Yer, 0b ye of little faith!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28
Incidents and Opinions Throwing Light on :
 The National Contest

present regime of extravasance and hou use-cleaning and a return of an administration of the affairs of the pl1city," he continued.
 Tt looks, judging from the tone of Ts PTesisent Roosexes letters t9 Bryan pe vented to tell the people that tlfe cal organization it to attend tc the af- pomoeratic party. which has been in in composed of millions of Food, A@eris to the public business of the nation It Is an affront to the intelligence Of the people. :. The, people are getting h earttly., sick Of this swinging of the pig stisck-of ts this, ,intimidatOn@ ths Ohio Republicans Call for Half q AIiI-. Hon.
 New York World.
 That William Jennings Bryan cer- tainiy stirred up the Republican party in Ohio on his tour through the State vas anade plain when Chairman Henry and Walter S.. GuIibeTt' state Auditor stgdsInn s9s Ma%ha'taP @ifO hoss tS Pk ts Hitchcock. It had been MT. Hitch aasy afternoon on tks TwSntietE Gen see the two ohio leaders and did not leave until Saturday afternoon.
 While MT Williams In his talks @ EEepGTssTts Es %snt tS ss E RS G99 @ oughly with MT. Hitchcock and in- formed the National Chairman that cI1t ohio {. will need at least s5oo.OOo to ''get
 It was decided to send s15o,OoO to Ohio to be expended in the closing week of the campaign. but the state leaders say that will not be enough.
 Roosevelt Agitated over Situation. Washington Special to New Orleans Picayune.
 The best indication that Ohio is leaning toward Bryan Is the action of solicited Secretary Root to go out thers and make two or three speeches, and the Secretary reluctantly consented. stated frequently that nothing would induce him to make more than cne speech in the campaign, and that one would be in New York. However, he recognizes the urgency of the situa- tion and will do as the President The The Presidents action is the most significant of the campaign. and 1t is taken to mean that the administration
 lTS to she danger of 6lSSiIns at diana and New York.
 It has been learned on the best au- thority that the confidential informa- from Ohio is to the effect that the ns- tive State Of Judge raft is lost to the Republican Party beyond recovery. members of his Cabinet will ladmlt that the situation is So bad as 1t has been reported, but 1t is now plainly evil dent that they are thoroughly, alarmed. was alive to the situation when he or- dered his entire Cabinet on the stump. 1 be sCurrying about the country Tn, last endeavor to whip the voters inte ] line.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28
LOW POLITICS.

Among all the low and mean tricks resorted to by Republicans to insure the election of their candidate none Is more so than is shown by large employers of labor who tell their em- ployes that their wages will be re- duced if MT. Bryan Is elected. It Is a species of coercion that is not only un- fair and unjust, but is morally crim- inal If not legally so With equal justice the employer might say to those under him, If you vote for Bryan we'll discharge you" It would be the same in meaning, though put in more direct way. It is simply an attempt to force working men to vote as their employer tells them.
 We tsn easily understand that some. at least. of the large employers really believe that their business will suffer if Iatt is defeated. We cAn also un- deratand why certain tariff protected trusts arprehend that the surce SIS of Democracy may mean reduction in tariff schedules and a consequent re- auction of their ill-gotten gains. In either of these cases the employers have as much right to express their opinions and vote as they think proper as any other citizen has. but in neither case have they any moral right to force their employees to give up their convictions and vote as they are com manded by those above them. The threat to reduce wages if Bryan is elected is virtually an order to vote for Taft.
 Here. as one example. is The New York Central Railroad officials. as we see 1t stated, notifying their employees that if Mir. Bryan is elected they will have to submit to a reduction of ten per cent in their wages, but if Taft Is elected their wages will be in- creassd. That is equivalent to saying in plain words: "If you vote for Taft we will reward you. but will punish you If you vote for Bryan" They do not word it in that way. but that is their meaning, and we insist that it is not only low politics. but that 1t Is taking mean advantage of work ing men who should be left free to vote as they see proper.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28

feet into }Taft's support utilizing thus the remains Of his own populArIty. By coming in at the eleventh hour. when no time will permit adequate answer to be framed to meet his rhetorical ex- travagahce and vicious special plead ing. he will doubtless try to save by hook or crook the succession he has mapped out. It Is now and always has been with Republicans in emergen- cieS anything to win" i
 While it may, not be exactly a cor rect expression to say that 'he will be forced te take the stump" perhaps 1t amounts to the same thing. for he will force himself to believe that il Is necessary. And 1t will be so typical of him to wait until the last day or two of the campaign so that there will be no chance to reply to his attacks $ or to refute the false charges that he will be sure to make against Mfr. Bryan and Democracy.
 We are persuaded that ono of the governing reasons that actuated the leaders of his party in dissuading him from going on the stump heretofore was not founded on any question Of propriety or decency. but was soely because they know him so well. They know his aptitude for making un- founded claims for himself and his administration, and his equally inde- fensible and uneoneuerable habit of making charges and accusations for which there is no foundation, and which they knew would be refuted to the injury of the party and its candi- date. In short they feared and be- lieved that he would Burchard the party.
 But It will be different if he waits until just about the close of the cam paign. Then he can bloviate, bluster and misrepresent as much as he pleases just as hls inclinations and in- stincts prompt him to do, and it will be too late to refute or correct his charges. There are many Republicans who believe that he Is infallible, sim cere and absolutely reliable, and they would believe the most outrageous islanders if uttered by him too late for them to be corrected. We may look out for some dirty politics just before the campaign closes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28
Railrsads Placing Orders.

New York Tribune.
 The Pennsylvania Railroad acording to reports received in Wall Street, is about to place its rail orders for 1903 II is under stood that the orders will be distributed where the business will do the most good in stimulating the recovery of general trade conditions
 The amount of the tonnage to be placed was not stated. but 1t fs believed that it will be in the neighborhood of l5o'ooO tons. It was also said that the company would be in tue market shortly for about fisty passenger and mail coaches and number of freight cars.
 It was reported that the Chicago Mill uaulxee and st. Paul Railroad Company had n1aced orders for fifty locomotives, thirty eight with the American Locomotive Com pany and the remainder with the Baldwin locomotive Company. The cost of these ,s:arroti,as added to thR of 7,500 freight cars ordered recently by the st, e. Paul ns, will bring the total to be expeneeo' 'os aao ne soyipraent by that road up to about Ss'oQo'' aea To @atAr-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28
rHr rIMr ro STAND rrR,r.

A0E AAME AO SHANR Fl Ahh0s
 Thfs Is no fime for an Alabama Dem- ocrat to be flirting with Republican ism. Of all election years this is the year in which the Southern Democrat should stand staunch and true to the faith of his fathers.
 The Advertiser two weeks ago pre- dicted a shrewd and partly hidden movement on the part of the Federal ofneehoiders trust. which is the head and frone of the Republican party in Alabama, to increase the Republican vote In thls State, that they might have freer access to the pie counter if Taft should be, elected. The predic- ton has been verified by the activity the meeting held at Anniston and by the proposed meeting at Mobile, as well as by adroit arguments addressed to Southern business men that Taft rather than Bryan Is the conservative" candidate. No Southern Democrat would care to violate his family and political traditions to further the in- terest of the pie counter brigade, who are in politics only for what there is in it for them.
 Which Taft is the conservative" candidate. the Taft presented to the voters in the East or the Taft present. ed to the voters of the West? The Western Taft Is shown as the legiti- mate successor of Roosevelt. who will continue to rough ride the Roosevelt ian policies and woe to him who gets in the way. In the East the candidate is Judge Taft, the calm and judicial, who will proceed cautiously and who would never be guilty of bringing on a panic like Roosevelt did just twelve months ago. Which of the two Dromios is the South asked to follow? !?
 They say William H. Taft Is a clean man and no doubt he is. But neither his private nor his public character is one whit cleaner than that of William Jennings Bryan. who for twelve years has lived in the white light of pub Heity.
 The election of Taft means. as every reasonable man knows, a continuation of the Roosevelt dynasty at the White House Except for Theodore Roose- velf, William H. Taft would never have been nominated by the Republican party. If Taft is elected President Roosevelt will be as responsible for 1t as though he had signed a royal decree, abdicatlng a throne in his favor.
 Theodore Roosevelt is the man who in his literary works traduced every President except himself and Lincoln. He is the man who prescribed Jefferson Davis as untrue to his flag when he was in the Union and traitor to his flag when he was out of the Union. Theodore Roosevelt is the man, who when Jefferaon Davis, browen in health and fortune, and with but one purpose in life. in his retirement wrote him ask- ing correction cf tae damming statements. inditsd that cfAel reply. theodore Ro6sevelt doss not care to have any communication with Jetrer- son Dayis."l
 To the true Democrat. Republication this year should be As repulsive as 1t ever was. Let Southern Democrats stand firm.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28
WHAT WE MAY EXPECT.

The Pittsburg Sun is suffering from
 an attack of lack of confidence in the President Perhaps 1t is chronic trouble with The Sun, but 1t is in the acute stage just now. "one best bet to make for the closing hours of the campaign" 1t says. "is that Roosevelt will be forced to take the stump, and that, like a roorback, he will walt until the last moment, and then try to rush the Wsvering voters of their
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28
This b My S9th Birthday
Joseph W. Folk.

Joseph W. Folk, Governor of Mis- souri. and a candidate for United States Senator, was born october 26, 1869, In Brownsville. Tenn. His edu- cation was received at Vanderbilt Uni versity, from which institution he waS graduated in 1890. He studied lay, was admitted to the bar and practiced for year in his native town. He then removed to St. Louis where he soon became prominent in his chosen pro- fession. He took an active interest in Democratic politics and before long became prominent in public affairs. In 1900 he was Instrumental in bringing about peaceful settlement of the great street railway strike in St. Louis. The prominence which he attained through the arbitration of the street railway strike led to his nomination later in the same year as the Demo cratic candidate for district attorney. He was elected and during his term of office he won national fame by his prosecution of those guilty of election frauds, bribery and municipal corrup- ton. Nearly score of Legislative bribers were sent to prison through the efforts of MT. Folk and among them were several millionaire political bosses. In 1904 he was elected to the Governorship. receiving 5O.OOO more votes than the other candidates on his ticket. As Governor he continued his work of purging the State of politi- cal corruption.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-28

New Orleans and has been offered salary to join a musical comedy at S100 a week. How the beauties of Montgomery could have been omitted from the contest can only be explain ed by the fact that they, though the prettiest in the world. refuse point blank to join a theatrical company
 I-
 We've discovered a secret: A 'suf- fragette" Is a full grown woman who has to button her own dress up the back.
 
 You notice people who knock the sheath gown most are those who have no visible means of support" 
 Lucky is the wife whose husband occasionally remembers her birthday" '" says Dorothy Dix.
 But luckier Is the wife whose hus- band forgets 1t entirely, keeping her perennially young.