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The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1908-09-18
Draying

Draying or hauling of all kinds prompt
ly attended to. Meet all trains.
H. E. HOLToN,
Titusville, Fla.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-23
TrIEf6 and
quality

appeal to the Well-Informed in every
walk Of life and are essential 20 permanent
success and creditable standing. Accor-
ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup Of Figs
apd Elixir of SIENNA is the only remedy of
known value, but one of many reasons
why it is the best of personal and family
laxatives is the fact that 1t cleanses,
sweetens and relieves the internal organs
on which it acts without any deblitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantity from time to time.
1t acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as a laxative, and its component
parts are known TO and approved by
physicians, as it is free from all objection
able substances. To get its beneficial
effects always purchase the genuine
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co., only, and for sale by all leading drug
Eists.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-23
THREE MEN HOLD UP SALOON
Secure Only a Few Dollars and n
Watch For Their
Emort.

Three masked men held up and robbed
the bartender. Garfield Tysaczyk at the
saloon OF Mrs. August Kradowoski. 2506
Walnut street. about 1920 Thursday night.
securing between s. and Sc and a watch.
and made their escape through a rear door
after knocking down Bob Robinson, a Gus
toner who was in the place and who put
up a fight.
All three of the men were dressed in dark
clothes. dark soft hats and were masked
with large blue handkerchiefs. which con-
cealed their faces. Each one carried a
revolver, ard when they entered the rear
door the foremost one ordered the bar
tender and two customers who were in the
saloon to throw up their hands. Robinson
made an attempt to pick up a cuspidor, but
was felled to the floor by a blow over the
head with a revolver. The robbers then
emptied the cash register and took watch
belonging TO the bartender. Robinson was
only stunned by the blow he received. After
taking the money from the cash register
the robbers left by the rear door and dis
appeared toward the railroad tracks, with
out attempting to search either Of the Gus
toners
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-23

property and financial standpoint. It's
losses during the revolutionary war were
very heavy. The deprivation OF It's priests
by the circumstances which / have re-
ferred to. interfered greatly with its use
fulness and influence. This is a most un-
fortunate matter for the islands, viewed
from a purely governmental standpoint.
The Roman Catholic church must always
be the most important influence for the
uplifting of the Filipino people, and its
prosperity will always make for the good
of the Filipino people Since the American
occupation other denominations have come
into the islands and have been doing good
there, both directly and because the spirit
of Christian emulation which theft presence
creates does good to the older church. As
a non-Catholic, / sincerely believe, and
think that there are no Protestants that
know the conditions in the islands who do
not admit that 1t viii be of much advan-
tage to the islands as a whole, to have
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-23

conference and welcoming the signing of
fifty and more treaties of arbitration in
the last five years, concludes as follows:
The fourteenth Lake Mohonk conference
on international arbitration further com
mends the activity of our schools, colleges,
universities and the various professional,
business and labor organizations of the
country by which and through which pop
ular sentiment is created, trained and di-
peace, but also by the elimination of the
ostensible causes of war by peaceful set
tlement, to the prevention of war itself.
Finally the conference rejoices in the
fact that the representation of all the civ
ilized nations of the world in the second
guarantee for the future a conference of
an international and permanent character
international practice and of enacting a
code of international law based upon JUS
tice and equality.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-23
direct and on the omaha market if possl-

direct and on the Omaha market If possl-
ble." .-s
Mr.. Bauer said the. wool market was
looking up and was in much better shape
than it was three weeks ago. "The Omaha
market talk has made the commission
houses and buyers take brace and they
are offering better prices. came out on
the train from Boston with several buyers
They admit that the talk about the Omaha
market has already caused the price to
push up several notches."
Mr.. Bauer left Friday afternoon for
shoshoni. Wyo., where he will meet Presi-
\ dent Charles H. King OF the Omaha Wool
and Storage company where the two will
meet the Omaha trade excursion next Fri
day afternoon,
Mr., King is now in Shoshoni and, writing
to Manager L. L. King Friday, said:
II have met a large number of wool
growers. We are going to get the wool.
Push the work on the warehouse to the
limit"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-23
TAFT TALKS OF PHILIPPINES
Secretary Discusses InsuIRr Problems
In Address Before Tennessee
bar Association.

NASHVILLE. Tenn, May 22-secretary
OF War William Il. Taft addressed a mag
nificent audience at the Vendome theater
here tonight the taking over of the Phil
ippine archipelago by the American gov
ernment being his subject, He was most
cordially received and was frequently ap-
piauded Secretary TAFT Is here as the
guest OF the Bar association Of Tennessee.
After giving a history OF the negotia-
uons. resulting in the purchase OF the friar
lands, Secretary Taft said:
1T is quite possible that the friar lands
will not prove 10 be worth what we paid
for them, though II agriculture improves
In the islands. / think We shall probably
be able 20 escape with a very slight loss
The Roman church In the Phil
ippincs Is IN a deplorable condition from
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-23
NEW HAVEN LINE MONOPOLY
Government Brings Suit Under Sher-
man Anti Trust Law.
NEW ENGLAND IN ROADS CONTROL
Save One Steam Line and a Few Troll
ley Systems Road Owns All
Transportation Lines In
the Region.

WASHINGTON, May 2-With the object
Jf preventing the New York, New Haven
& Hartford Railroad company from ex-
any control over the Boston q
Maine railroad, and to separate the New
Haven road from the extensive trolley
system which 1t has acquired, the gov
ernment today through United States dis
trict Attorney French filed in the United
States circuit court at Boston petition
against the New York, New Haven &
Hartford Railroad company and others
charging the existence OF a combination
in restraint Of trade and monopoly within
the meaning of sections / and OF the
Sherman antitrust act.
The petition alleges that the New Haven
company has acquired control over ap-
proximately 800 out OF coo miles of electric
railway In Connecticut, 400 out Of 800 in
Rhode Island. and about COO in Massachu-
setts, which roads. prior to such control.
were engaged in active competition with
the New Haven company. Also that in
acquiring about 90 per cent OF the capital
stock of the Boston & Maine railroad, it
has secured practical control over that
railroad; and that by the acquisition of
the electric lines and this control Of the
Boston q Maine. It has established a
facilities by land in the New England
states. the Boston & Albany railroad be-
ing practically the only line of any con-
sequence In the New England states. with
the exception OF the state Of Vermont, not
now under the control in some form of
the New Haven company.
The petition relates the history OF these
various acquisitions and shows how the
New Haven company has pessistently
pursued the policy Of suppresslng all COM
petition with II until now, with the ex-
ception aforesaid, II dominates practically
all line transportation facilities between
and among the New England states, and
between those states and the rest of the
United States"
The petition prays that the combination
and monopoly be declared a violation of
the Sherman antitrust act.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-23
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

]. ]. Ellick, master mechanic OF the
Omaha line, left Friday for Minneapolis.
Mrs. W. A. Kingsley OF Norfolk, Neb
formerly OF Omaha, is visiting her mother,
Mrs. A. L. Root, a57O Cunning street.
Judge Lee 8. EstelIe has gone 10 Gibbou
where he will deliver the pddress 10 the
graduating class Of the high school this
evening.
News has been received in Omaha Of the
death Of the father of Rabbi Leo Frank
lin, form erly OF Temple Israel Rabbi
Franklin Is now in Detroit and his father
died In Cincinnati.
Peter Duffy of Chadron, an old friend
OF Mayor Dahlman, Is in Omaha to assure
the mayor that he will need to make mo
campaign In western Nebraska for the
governorship, that all the democrats In
anyway. Mr.. Duffy Is accompanied BY
his son.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-23
FROST FAILS TO COME HERE
No Harm is Done in Nebraska Thurs
day Might, as Was
Feared.

The weather bureau reports do not show
that any frost came in Nebraska Thurs
day night. The lowest temperature shown
in the state during the night was "a at
oakdale. Cloudy conditions prevailed even
there. and II there was any frost at all
1t was extremely light and harmless.
In the twenty-six stations reported to the
Minneapolis station but four report freez-
ing temperature, and these were in North
Dakota and western Minnesota. The aver
age temperatures In the corn and wheat
regions Of those states was So.
bslow-freezing temperature is reported
in southeastern Montana. At Miles City
the minimum was &c and the maximum 3
during the night.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-23

the Roman Catholic church restored to a
condition of prosperity. This change for
the better must be quite slow. The rad
ical difference between a church whose
priesthood was paid by the government
and out of the taxes collected from the
people to a church whose priesthood must
be paid in some way by contribution of
the congregations, is 80 great that II is
very difficult for the people to adjust
themselves to the change"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-23
MONETARY COMMISSION GOES
House Committee Votes for Measure
of Senator AIdrich by
Good Majority,

WASHINGTON, May 22-The house
committee on banking and currency today
voted by substantial majority TO recon-
mend the passage of the Aldrich Joint
resolution creating currency commission,
which passed the senate yesterday.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-23

The platform OF the conference. after
approving the work OF the second Hague
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-23
EAST FAVORS OMAHA ON WOOL.
Such is Report Brought Back by Vet
eran Grader.
MANUFACTURERS WILL BUY HERE
In MasaGchusetts, PennsyIvapta and
New jersey Factory Men AD-
prove the Market in the
Gate City

"To learn the actual position OF
the eastern manufacturers, ON the
Omaha wool market, have visited
the factories IN Philadelphia and Camden.
N. j., as well as those in Massachusetts
and Connecticut during the past ten days
and have found them unanimously In favor
of coming to Omaha to buy the wool and
OF having il shipped here by the growers"
said ]. N. Bauer, for twenty-four years
. wool grader connected with some of the
best houses OF the country. who is in
Omaha.
''The manufacturers are exceedingly an
xious TO buy on the Omaha market for
several reasons. the first being to cut but
the mlddeman's profit. which is often
times exhorbitant and is usually the cause
OF market fluctuations.
"The manufacturers as well as the grow
ers, would Ike TO have the price OF wool
about the same each year. instead Of hav-
ing It 10 cents one year and Is to q cents
the next. This wide variation is shown
In the situation this year. The middleman
bought wool at high prices last year and
when the manufacturers had no sale for
their products. were compelled to- accept
prices which caused heavy losses. The re-
suit Is that they have forced the prices
down this year, In the hope OF making up
the losses. The grower loses while the
manufacturers are likely to be compelled
to pay high price.
Want TO he Met Half Way.
NEARLY sn the manufacturers with
whom / talked believe that the promoters
OF the Omaha market and the wool grew
ers Of the west should meet them about
bali way and divide the middle man s
profit with them, When the commission
houses and wool buyers have been making
from 20 10 cents per pound the manu-
fRcturers are Of the opinion that the grow
srs should be willing to give the manu-
facturers from l to 3 cents OF this saving
On this condition many promised me they
would be on the Omaha market for their
wool and would buy It direct whenever
possible.
zone thing Is certain; the eastern man
ufaeturers recognise the fact that they
cannot get along without the western WOO
--the wool of Wyoming Utah, Colorado
and Montana. But they want to buy Il
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-23

BY using the various departments OF The
Bee Want Ad Pages you get quick returns
at a small expense.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-16

Cleveland Park Officials Believe II 10
Cheaper Than Water

Hundreds of gallons OF crude oil will
be used by Cleveland o.. the coming
summer In laying the dust on the bou
levards and park roads
II has been decided by park officials
that oil for dust laying purposes IL
cheaper than water Experiments
were conducted last summer by Su.
perlntendent ST. rlle and Park En.l.
neer Stinchcomb. n.d It WAS announced
recently that The cru L. oil compost.
ton would Ice used this season I'm place
OF water for spriIklinc purposes
A composition Of crude oil and SOAP
is used. and this l. diluted with water
Al Grst the proportion OF the crude oil
mixture il great. but after coating
forms Oh the rOldways II Is necessary
To use bat II small amount In the wa.
ter ana tn necessity for sprlnkllng
also becomes less and less A well
coated roadway viii be- sprinkled but
once In two weeks at the height of
the summer season after the system
is In force.
The use Of oil will be great labor
saver" said Superintendent Starke
we Will nat need nearly so many
men and teams"
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-16
UnIntentIonal sabbstb sreakIr,.

In the early days Of New England II
was the custom to keep the Sabbath
from shutdown Saturday night until
the same hour on Sunday That this
practice was attended by pitfalls Is
shown by an incident told IN THE Pa
pcrs OF the Connecticut Valley Hlstor
teal Society"
There lived in Eyefeld thrifty
dame, an cnterprislng drivln woman
and notable housewife. The good wo
man was not willing TO lose Sunday
evenings out Of her catalogue OF house
work but she was pious withal and
strictly kept the day 10 the sunset
limit As soon as the sun was fairly
below the horizon she would begin her
washing and get her clothes ready for
drying bright aud early on Monday
morning
one cloudy Sunday she. supposing
the day was ended. changed her sun.
day gown. rolled mp her sleeves and
went TO work ~ she was scgubbing
away in the kitchen. her face toward
The west window, the clouds s1dlrnly
broke and the great round sun sho1p
I1 full or the poor Sabbath breaker ~
WORK She gave one cry ~ amazcmcut
anl horror and Hcd the Kitchen
Aftcr that sinful day she mover be
gan her work On SUNDAY evening
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-16
Artistic Sins.

1t Is n frequent matter OF lamenta-
ton on the part or artists that one OF
their number may spend genius and
time OH a piece OF work. only to fail
conspicuOusly In small detail
There Is a story that one Royal acade-
miclan gave hand five fingers and n
thumb and that another painted IL live
lobster bright red
The clever GoOdall had been engaged
In painting II number OF laborers drag.
ging huge stone across the desert
when man Of science entering the
studio said TO him: II say. Goodan. II
you want those fellows to pull that
stone you must double their number
1t would require just twice as many
for the task"
But 1t is not modern painters alone
who slip up on points of accuracy
Even AlDrecht Durer In a scene repre-.
senting Peter denying Christ painted
one OF the Roman soldiers In the act of
smoking Turner put a rainbow be
side the sun. and In another picture hp
got fearfully tangled In the ships rig
ging.-Chicago Record Herald.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-16
Fixinu a photoarefter

Senator Stone Of Missouri once made
himself unpopular with certain pho
tographer. The latter individual ap.
peared at the senator's room az the
capitol and announced that he was
there 10 take n picture. Stone cxpostu
lated but in vain. a few days later
the photographer again appeared and
presented the pictures and also u bill
for $40. Remembering how hopeless
was his argument against having the
picture taken. Senator Stone decided II
would be stlll more useless for him "a
decline TO pay for them So he wrote Il
check. After the mans name was on
the check he wrote the word photo
CRATER"
When the man presented tho check
at the senate disbursing Office for pay.
mcnt hc was required 20 Indorse the
check and write after his name, just
az Il was written on the face Of the
check. the word PHOTO grafter."-St
Louis Republic.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-16
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Bids will be received by the Boarl
OF Education OF Beaver Pond dis
trict until Wednesday. May 27th. az
IL O'Clock noon. for the construc-
ton OF High School Building in the
City OF BlueHeld in accordance with
plans and specifications now on file
at the office OF w. +. & f. l.. Shut
fiebarger, Architects. Blueflcld. West
Virginia.
Bids will be received as follows:
(a) For the building complete in
every detail.
OBJ For the building complete
excl ding the heating and ventila-
ton thereof.
tcl Bids WI be received for the
heating and ventilating of said build
ing only.
The successful bidder will be re-
qulred to furnish bond in a Guaranty
Company. legally authorized to do
business in West Virginia. in double
tho amount bid.
All bidders will be required to
deposit a certified check with their
respective bid for per cent. OF the
amount bid. payable TO the Board OF
Education and same to be forfeited
to the said board. In case said bond
Is not filed within Is days after the
letting OF the said contract.
The BOARD OF Education reserves
the right TO reject any and all bids.
All bids should be addressed to the
Secretary of the Board of Education,
Bluefeld, West Virginia.
BY order OF the Board of Educa-
ton.
II. l.. BOWMAN, Secretary.
Bluefleld, West Virginia
May 18th. 1908.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-16
Good Work In IIIinois.

President Miller of the Galva Qll)
Good Roads association stated recently
that over twenty-five miles OF road had
been graded and as much dragged I'M
der the auspices of that organization.
He said further: I'VE have specimens
OF road where the grade was complet.
ed In this manner and draintile land
where the water line was within one
foot OF the surface and through which
for many years people waded hub deep
In mud in the spring and sometimes in
the fall when 1t rained. But these por-
lions OF the road are now firm and as
good as any we have" He also stated
that the highway commissioners had
been making contracts with the farm
ers for dragging their roads at IS II
mile and that the cash system Of road
working Is heartily approved by both
The taxpayers and road users.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-16
HOW TO MAKE GOOD ROADS,
suggestions by State Engineer Cooley
cf Minnesota.

suggestions by State Engineer Cooley
cf Minnesota.
state Engineer George w Cooley of
Minnesota. who recently discussed
macadlm roads with the members of
The road ana bridge committee of the
county board. also discussed the speci
lications for Ramsey county road work
and gave the members of the commit.
tee many valuable Suggestions. Mr.
Cooley spoke OF the growing popularity
Of macadam roads In the eastern
states. where the best roads that mon
~ can procure are demanded Hi
opinion was that good earth roa..
~ the best that can be had. but the,
are hard To keep in repair. whereas
macadam roads may be built to last
Scientific methods should be adopted
ana specifications must be carried out
tO the letter
In building macadam road the
foundation Ii the main thing. The
voids in the crushed limestone founda.
ton should be tightly filed with gravel
instead of clay, which Is sometime:
used. very little clay may be used
but for filling purposes gravel is much
more satisfactory. There should be
no shoulder on the eide of the road
but the macadam should be gradually
fcathered off TO the edge AMI made
water tight The material used for II
Allcr should he applied before the road
Is rolled. ON top of foundation OF
Your Inches of crushed limestone an
inch and half of pit gravel. Wash
the gravel I'm with street sprinkler
ana then roll The next layer should
consist OF three Inches of smaller hard
stone treated In the same way and
then layer of pit gravel feathered of
TO the edge
Mr.. Cooley said all the materials
should be specified and nothing left to
the choice of the contractor. Even tn,
gravel pit should be designated. The
contract should be so wordcd that in
the event that the gra rel pit deslgnat.
cd failed to pan out well alA the way
through the contractor can be required
10 go elsewhere for this supply upon
making an equitable adjustment with
HIN. Such an arrangement woald be
Gar more economical than to permit the
contractor to go on with unsatisfactory
materials. In this way the board could
control the sources Of supply and moth
ing would be left to the within Of the
contractor
Mr. Cooley also went into the ques
ton OF maintenance of roads. which he
considered quite as important as con
s;ruction The contractor he said
should be required to keep a man OF
ih0 road for two weeks after It's com
pletion to look out for defects.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-16

bank requires security before MAX
ing a loan. either By way OF enjorser
or some marketable collateral which
would save II harml 'ss in case the
borrower failed. The banks could
protect each other by guaranteeing
the depositors. II would immediate
ly increase the volume OF business
OF banks all over the country.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-16
A i.s..en In Grammar.

In certain mountainous region the
teachers are appointed with little uurs-
tion concerning their grammatical
orthodoxy. Occasionally. however A
wave OF school reform sweeps through
the valleys. and undesirrd cxanlInn.
tons are thrust upon embarrassed ped.
ngOgucs
IL was during one OF these periods OF
intellectual discomfort that the follow.
Ing sentence WINS given: The bird
few over the house" ACCOMMODATING
II was the query. lis flew regular
or IN irregular verb"
One tencher utter another shook his
head hop"lessly despite the slow.
thought inspiring fashion I'm which the
examiner repeated the perplexing fact
that The - bird - tiew over the -
house"
Finally man rose In the rear. and.
with the assurance or one who puts
his trust In logic and II practical knowl-
edge OF natural history. he volunteered
a solution. Said he:
''lf that bird which flew over the
house was a wild goose. II went I'm q
straight. regular line. so the verb Is
regular. But II IL was peck wood
that flew over the house. then IL went
In crooked. zlgzag line. and 80 the
verb Is Irregular"
All but the grammar bound exam.
liner were satisfied with this sensible
and rational explanation. Youths
Companion.
what ,ne Cat Had.
The teacher or the Sunday school
class was telling the little boys about
temptation and showing how Il some
times came I'm the most attractive form
She used as an illustration the paw OF
cat
Now" said she. you have all seen
the paw or cat. Ii IL as soft as vel.
vet. isn't it?"
"Yessum." from the class.
"And you have seen the paw OF a
dogT"
"Yessum."
well. although the cats paw seems
like velvet, there IL nevertheless con.
cealed In IL something that hurts. What
Is III"
No answer.
'The dog bltes.' said the teacher.
when lie Is In anger. But VIVA, does
the cat doY
"Scra tches." said a boy.
Correct" said the teacher. noddIng
her head approvingly. Now. what has
the cat got that the dog HASN'T"
"Whiskers!' said boy on the back
seat Home Magazine.