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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-11
ALWAYS IN THE LEAD.

Nord Alexis who has recently been
deposed as president of Haiti, is near
ly 100 years of age. The party depos'
ing him was evidently a Republican
party, since that party is always in adj
vance of the Almighty in good deeds
A higher power would have deposeo
Alexis in little while, but the spirit
of Republicanism was rife there az
elsewhere, and proceeded to arrange
business matter the Lord had put OF
too long.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-11

When the tariff was raised on TIN
plate by the Mckinley bill from cent
per pound to % cents per pound, a
man of the name of Leeds up in Penn
sylvania, railroad conductor, got to-
gether a few men with a small capital,
and began the manufacture OF tin. he
died last week leaving an estate Of
about 80 millions 1t is no where writ
ten that any of the laborers in his fac
tories ever grew independent. We thus
see that the tariff is entirely. for thu
protection of the laboring man.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-11
coINC1DENTs.

A lady up in Delaware was mistaken
for burglar by her grandfather and
fred on. The bullet struck her about
her waist and her corset steels saved
her life.
Recently one Andrew Carnegie OF
Pittsburg, was prowling around III a
magazine which did not belong to him,
and some persons taking him for a ROD
her. fired on him. The shots struck
some steel bonds about his person and
glanced off, thus saving him to his
| friends, family and country.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-11

Capt. Coglan Of the navy, VINO So
stirred Germany in general, and Inc
Kaiser in particular, some years ago,
by reciting poem "Hock der Kaiser"
at q dinner given himself and others at
the Union League Club in New YORK,
is dead. The poem was a whitening
satire on the Emperor as it set forth
his vanity In new light. The refrain
was, "Me und Gott," putting himself
before the Almighty. Capt. Coglan
had to apologize to the Emperor, which
he did only at the request of the Navy
Department.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-11

The superintendent OF every school
district in the United States will be
asked by the Lincoln Centenary Com
mittee to have Lincoln's Gettysburg
address read to the children in their
schools at noon precisely on February
y next, the one hundredth annlversa-
ry of Abraham Lincoln's birth.-Ex-
change.
We think we see the superintendent
hereabouts requiring that address to be
read. The next thing we suppose will
be to ask the schools in this Valley to
keep a copy of Phil. Sheridan's "Crow
haversack' order posted in aconspicu-
GUS place, and recited in preference te
| the Lords prayer.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-11

The new management of our local
morning contemporary is warned not
to smear the eulogium salve on too
thick in the start. There are so many
deserving men in Staunton the supply
may run out before it gets all the, way
round.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-11

Whenever we hear that additional
battleships are to be built or extraordl-
nary increases made in government ex-
penses, we know this is the work OF the
tariff lords, There must be some way
to spend the money or the tariff must
be reduced, hence their fight for expen'
ditures. This is what has caused oul
expenses to be greater than those OF any
two European governments.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-11

and cheerfulness soon
disappear when the kid
neys are out of order
or diseased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that it is not uncommon
for a child to be born
afflicted with weak kid
neys. If the child urin-
otoc too cfAeo Is Aha
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-11

and a law recommended that will turn
the general board into a general staf1.
s'The navy should be treated as pure
ly military organization. :" The trip OF
the great Atlantic fleet around the
world is lauded.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-11

The Republicans have made report
of their campaign contributions.
Jawn D., and Archbold, and Hartman
do not appear. No trust seems to have
given anything. Does anybody believe
that report represents the truth ? We
do not.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-11

Since we have heard the history OF
the good Octopus as told by Jawn ID.
and Mr.. Archbold, we wonder why
Noah did not take pair Of them into
the ark and turn them loose right AFTER
| the flood.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-11

A liberal reward will be paid for the
first man to shout "Hurrah for Taft. !"
The reward will be doubled for any one
in Augusta county or Staunton who
has ever been heard to shout "Rah for
Tatt.n What is the matter? Is
shouting for political hero lost art ?
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-11

Rural postoffices are the most attrac-
tive places known to burglars. Ii the
Republican party will now add pos
tai savings bank to them, the burglars
will become their most numerous and
best customers.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-11

Gov. Magoon tells the administra-
ton that Cuba has had an HONEST
election. He must have made good
many people blush when he told it.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-11

MI. Taft has announced that ho will
not attempts to dictate who is to be the
next Senator from Ohio. Does this
leek a. if he were following in Eoose-
velt's footsteps?
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-11

Andrew Carnegie may think himself
a modern Vulcan, but he will have to
hit a harder blow than his recent one
to ever phase the tariff.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-11

Chas. P. Taft's fitness for the U. s.
Senate may be summed up briefly. he
will have unusual opportunities to gel
the ear of the president.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-11

1t seems likely your Uncle Samuel
will have to go into the hands OF re-
ceiver. His treasury is empty and he
can't pay his bills.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-11
ABOUT THE TARIFF.

uIf YOU Will take the tariff off steel
and permit me to buy my raw material
American made-as cheaply as my
foreign competitors can buy it, you
may take tariff off my product-agri-
cultural implements-and III make
more agriculture implements than L
ever made before; will materially re-
duce their price to the consumer, will
employ more workmen, and give them
better wages than 1 am paying now;
and the American manufacturer OF
agricultural implements will possess
the markets of the world"
In these words Herbert E. Miles,
chairman of the Tariff Reform Com
mittee of the Manufacturers AssOcia-
ton, stopped the hazing to which he
was being subjected by the Ways and
Means Committee of the House one day
last week.
Mr. Miles said he addressed the COM
mittee 'sas one of $4,000, 900 consumers,
as one of 5000 to It's, 900 manufectur-
! ing consumers, as an employer who
paws half million dollars annually in
wages and as an independent non
truStified manufacturer"
He refused the proposition that the
high tariff makes wages better and EN-.
ployment more plentiful. On the con.
trary. it was Mr.. Miles contention that
the great unlawful com binations in re-
straint of trade were built up by The
Dingley tariff law, and that they re
duced wages and closed up many fac
tories which otherwise would be busy
and employing the many idle men now
in the country. The Standard vi
Trust, the Leather Trust, Steel Trust
Glucose Trust, Linseed Oil Trust ant
half a dozen more big combination
were scored by Mr.. Miles and charged
directly to the tariff as being Congress
made Trusts"
Mr.. Miles declared at the outset tina
the wage cost of oil is 6 per cent of tn
selling price and the tariff 80 per cent
ssThe idea," he said, ''of duty
times the wage cost of an article levie'
in the name of the American working
man! The American consumer is pay
ing Is per cent. more for oil than tn
foreign consumer, and under the Ding
, lev act the Standard extracts from tn
2 American consumer from $25, 900, 900 t
$50, OGO, 900 more than he would have
pay abroad.
81 appreciate that the people hav
T suffered to the extent OF $3O, 0O0,OOO nc
f because Congress put the Standard O.
q on the protected list, but because the
y were not advised in practical mannt
that when they did this thing for th
e Standard Oil Company they were d.
J. livering the American people into tt
q hands of the Trust"
Poor Miles. He has bought all ia
! ifdom down on him. He will
c crushed as toad under steam role
+ These may be truths, but they are sue
q truths as one who is manufactur
n may hardly think much less ute
y He has made himself the target for fiji
! and the tariff gatling guns now to
J. turned on him will make his hi
/ look like a sitter. To avoid beir
J. buried in the potter's field he had bt
# ter order his coffin now.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-11

Il would have been pity to have
deprived Lynchburg of liquor while it
had 70 drink James river water,
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-11

Notwithstanding most everything is
done by machinery these days, MI.
Taft will find good many individual
cabinet makers plying their trade.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-11

The Rock bridge Lime and Stone
Company's works, just west OF Licking
ton, Va, have been sold to a number
of business men of Lexington.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-11

The President wrote DR.. Abbott that
"woman suffrage does not amount to
much one way or the other" wait
till they have it and then see.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-11

urine scalds the flesh or if, when the child
reaches an age when it should be able tc
control the passage, it is yet afflicted with
bed-wetting, depend upon it. the cause of
the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due to diseased condition of the
kidneys and bladder and not to habit as
most people suppose.
Women as well as men are made mis-
cradle with kidney and bladder trouble.
and both need the same great remedy.
| The mild and the immediate effect Of
| Swanp-Root is soon realized. 1t is sole
by druggists. in fifty Esf-
cent and one dollar :{ ::E::s
sizes. You may have i;'Eeii
sample bottle by mail sszss $3.50
free, also pamphlet tell Home of Swamp Root.
ing all about it, including many of thu
thousands of testimonial letters received
from sufferers cured. In writing DR.. Kline
& Co., Binghamton. N. T.. be sure ant
mention this paper.
Don't make any mistake, but remem
her the name, "Swamp-Root. t." ID
Kilmer's Swamp Root. and the 40
dress, Binghamton, N. X, on ever.
bottle.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-11

There is no question about the tariff
being in the hands of it's friends.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-11

1t is stated that E. H. Hartman is
buying the stock of the G. & o. Ry.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-11

For once in our lives we are kind O.
sorry for Foraker.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-11
Women as Well as Men
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, dis
corrapes and lessons ambition: beauty. yiqor
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-12-11

BY druggists, IN MY
cent and one dollar
sizes. You may have a
sample bottle by mail
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-22
ARMED GUARD
Ordered by Judge for
Night Riders on Trial.
One Of Victims, a Woman, Tells
Of a Brutal Whipping
Because She Would Not Stop d.
vorce Proceeding, as Ordered.

rrnion CITY. Tenn, Dec. 2l.-Thc state
practically completed it's case today
AGAINST the eight alleged Night Riders
on trial for the murder of Capt KAN
kin when it drew from Frank Fehrin-
per = member of the band. detailed
account Of the Rankin affair and Il
score or more of other outrages. 1t also
called to the stand Mrs. Emma Thur
man Johnson. one of the two women
said to have been whipped by the pahd'
and had her tell her story.
The startling testimony of Fehrlnger'
vino confessed, accusing the men on
trial Of being actual participants in INC
murder Of Capt. Rankin. given with an
exactness of detail, amazed the people
who thronged the court room. Theh
as Mrs. Johnson's name was called, IL
murmur Of satisfaction arose. She
walked rapidly to the stand ana re-
moved her veil reluctantly on the
Judges instructions, that she might be
heard by the jury.
Mrs. johnson had married Joe John-
son. man % years older than she'
and lived with him four years. when a
child was born. Last August she sued
him for divorce, charging cruelty ana
asking maintenance. Early in Septem-
her the Riders" visited her fathers
home and left word that she must
" Nithdraw the suit. She failed to do so
and on second visit her father was
whipped.
on both occasions she was at her sis
ter's home The Riders seem to have
realized this, for on Sept. 80, about II
o'clock at night, they went to the sis
ter's house. Mrs. Johnson awoke. be-
side her child. to find her bedroom fill-
ed with masked and armed men. A
man. whom she said she recognized as
Fred Pinion, one of the defendants
was standing SO close that she could
touch him.
Continued on Page Twelve)
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-22
BUSINESS BOOMING IN
maine SHIP YARDS.
Many Ships Have Been Built This Year,
Many More Are on the Ways and
Other Craft Are Projected.

Bath, Me, Dec. 21-That the ship
building industry in Maine is grad
ually increasing in volume, so that its
former great proportions will be reach
be shown in the statistics Of the Maine
yards during the past year. These
figures show an increase of 5000 in the
tonnage OF the vessels actually launch
ed. while those projected or ON the
ways would greatly swell this amount
That the increase of the past several
years was maintained during the past
year of depression and stagnation in
shipping circles. is regarded az espe-
cially promising to the chances Of
Maine again leading the states of the
country in shipbuilding.
During the year there have been
built, or are now building, or definite
ly projected one steamer, u SchoOn-
ers, two tugs and single barge, with
q total tonnage of 10000. OF the
schooners, nine were four masters, six
carried three masts. two had six masts,
and one fiVe-maSter was launched.
Three coasting schooners, three mas
terS, were also built.
The single steamer launched was the
Belfast, 2076 tons, which was built at
the Bath Iron Works for the Eastern
Steamship 90. In past years, the Iron
Works yards have produced Il number
Of government vessels but this year no
additions to the navy Wer" mhh" from
these wards one of the two siX-maSt
cd schnnnrrs launched assumed III"
honor of being the largest wooden
schooner al at at its launching, tn"
Edward Il. WinsluW. 3423 tons, from
the yards Of Percy K Small in Bath,
being e tons larger than the Eleanor
A. Percy, one of last years products
of the same yard The sole naval VeS-
sci built on the Maine coast during
the past year was the steel navy tug
PatauScO, the construction of Whirh
took place at the kittery navy yard.
Bath, as usual. introduced more YES
sells to the waters OF the Atlantic ocean
than any other district in the State.
In addition to the steamer Belfast ann
the six-masted schooner Edward Is.
Winslow, Bath yards produced the fol
lowing:
The six-master Edward ]. Lawrence,
1851 tons, and the five master ruler
Palmer, 1860 tons, for the Palmer feet
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-22
TODAY'S JOURNAL CONTENTS.
Page One.

Page One.
TELEGRAPH-Busine Booming in
Maine Ship Yards-Dramatic story Tod
by Mrs. VIM; =. Annis of the G9id-
EIains-Armer Guard Ordered by Judge
for Night Riders in Tennessee-l-eap for
Life by Boston Firemer at Chelsea FIRE
Carnegie Gives His Views on Tariff Re-
vision.
Page Two.
Gives Details Of Loss of His shin, the
Var kce-,rhe King. Trial-Gardiner and
National Home News.
Page Three.
Gardiner and Tallowell Local Matters.
Page Four.
SPORTING-Bascba -Easketball-Rox-
ing Daily Market Reports.
Page Five.
LOCAL AND STATE-The Law Court
Rowdoin College Notes-Kent's Hill Notes
County News.
Page Six.
EDITORIAL--Capital Park Movement
Tax Reform in New Iiampshire-Maihe
Gossip--The Split Log Drag.
- Page Seven.
CLASSIFIED ADS.-Wanted--T Let
For Sale-Lost-Hotels-R -Railroads-B'sl-
ness Cards
Page Eight.
LOCAI.-List of Subscribers to the Cap
ital Park Fund--Monthly Meeting OF tlly
Government--Hab Corpus proceedings
in Case Of j. A. Goodrich of Vassalboro.
Page Nine.
LOCAL-Proposed Legislation Regard,
ing Corporations--Retired National tifiru
officers Talking Of Rifle Club pr
Fire Loss Less Than in 1O1-Number OF
Indians in Maine Slowly But Surely De-
creasing.
Page Ten.
LOCAL-Canadian Fruit Grower IN An
g,,sta on Tour of InVeStigatlOn--lp''t
Arnusements-North Augusta News-Lo-
cal Bits.
Page Eleven.
LOCAL-Police Raid Bridge street Re
sort Monday-Personal Mentloh-iAoc''
Items.
Page Twelve.
TEI.EGRAPH-The Hams Trlal-beicc :
fast and Dover News-Delai Lama Oh
Tibet Returns to His Capital Guy ras aM
Cannot Re Taken to Pittsblfg TO les
tify.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-22
By Boston Fireboat Fire.
men at Chelsea Fire.
Flames Drive Them from Wharf
---AII Rescued by Comrades.
About SI50,000 Loss...Fire Starts
In Emery Co.'S. Yard.

Boston, Dec 21.-The second fire of
Importance in the city of Chelsea since
the great confiagration of last April,
destroyed much valuable property in
the extensive yards of the George B.
mahogany, Spanish cedar and veener,
Nos l to Al Broadway tonight The
total loss is estimated at $150000
The fire originated in the company's
mill shortly before 10 o'clock and
spread to the workshop of the plant
within few minutes The situation
appeared SO serious at one time and
before a strong westerly wind it was
feared that the flames would extend
Continued on Page Twelve)
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-22

of Boston, from the Percy & Small
yards; two four -masted schooners fol
the Gilbert Transportation co. of Mys-
| tic, Conn, the Bertha l.. DowneS and
| Mary Manson Grucner, Of 715 tons
each. by the New England Shipbuilding
! Co. which is also building a four
masted schooner for Capt. James W.
| HaWley Of Bath; the barge Henry En-
dicott, for Boston parties. at the Kelly,
Spear & Co. yards, which is also build
ing sea-going tug for the CONNER
cial TOWboat Co. of Boston; and the
four -maSted schooner William r. Will
son Of 1885 tons, by Gardiner G. Deer
ing, for his own fleet.
In Phippsburg. Frank S. Bowker has
launched the three masted schooner
Frank B. Witherbee. 504 tons, for Cap
tain Watts of Boston, and will shorty
start upon the construction of another
schooner for Bath parties.
The twin 624-ton four-mastrd
schooners Dean T.. Brown and Jessie
+. Bishop for the Benedict Manson
Marine Co, OF New Haven, Conn. and
the four master Lewiston, Of I'll tons.
for CroWell & ThurloW of Boston. have
been sent overheard from the yards If
the Cobb, Butler Co., at Rockland. The
|. L. Snow Co of the same place has
launched the three c-maSted SchoOn-r
Frank Brainerd, 254 tons. for the
Braincrd. Shaler & Hale Granite Co,
Of Portland, Conn, and are now con-
structing q three-masted schooner to
be named the Tarratme for their own
fleet.
w. l. Adams & Son, at East Booth
bay, have launched the schooner Eliza
beth Nunan for Frank Nunan of Cape
Porpoise, and are building another
large fishing schooner for j. +. Ire
fethen, of Portland.
Two three maSted SchoonerS are un-
der construction at the yards of r. l..
Bean at Camden, one for Capt Samuel
W. Theall. of Chelsea. and the other
for Capt. William Nelson, of Lyndon,
Mar@.
~ "'l'mlston Washburn Brothers
ar building, for their own fleet the
four master Robert Mcfarland; C. H.
Curtis is building Il tWo-mastel coast
ing schooner. and the George b. Nc
Question Co Of Boston will shortly ar
range for the replacing of their
schooner Frank Barnet, recently burn
ed
1t is expected that the new towing
regulations will tend to still further
increase the number of orders for
SchoonerS in the Maine yards.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-22
Gives His Views to Tariff
Revision Committee.
Admits That Steel Trust Can
Live Without Protection.
Ms Plan to Give Consumer Best
Article at Lowest Cost.

Washington, Dec. 21.--Andrew Car
negie, whose published interviews on
the tariff question caused considerable
comment took the stand before the
House ways and means committee to-
day. Mr. Carnegie WAS the first wit
ness subpoenaed by the committee. but
secured the poStponement of the time
Tor his appearance until today.
The crowded hearing room frequent
~ rang with peals of laughter at the
qupS of Mr. Carnegie who seemed to
be in splendid shape for the questions
asked by Reps Dalzell and Payne. At
one point Mr. Payne leaned over and
whispered to Mr.. Dalzell. who sat at
his right.
II wish the chairman would tell m"
what he said to Mr.. DalZell, / think
Continued on Page Twelve)
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-22
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

Wilbur F. Stevenson, chief carpen-
ter in the navy, died Sunday at the
naval hospital at Canacao. Cavite.
Philippines. While attached to the
battleship Vermont at Manila, Dec. /,
he was transferred to the hospital for
treatment. Previously he served at the
Kittery, Me, navy yard. He was born
at kittery in 1862.
Henry C. Munson. successful retired
business man. died at his Lincoln street
home, Calais. Saturday. Mr.. Munscn had
been i'll few days with pneumonia Hen
rv Munson was born In Wesley in 1884
In 1861 he married Miss Rhoda Higgins
of Wesley. The result Of this union was
one son, Smith Munson OF the United
States custom service. who is at present
stationed at Barring.