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New-York tribune., 1908-07-17
FOR4KER IN TAFT RANKS.
Senator Says Ohio Is Safe and Elec-
ton Is assured.
TFrom The Tribune Bureau


Washington, July Ex-senator Foraker stopped in
Washington long enough to-day to attend to some
personal affairs and announce that Ohio safe
for Mr.. Taft. He is on his way to Northeast Har-
Dor. Me. where his family is spending the summer
and he will return to Ohio until the middle of
August.
Il have been in Cincinnati for the last, two
weeks" said Senator Foraker, but busily
occupied with other matters that did not have
much opportunity to look the political stua
ton. But. so far I could observe. the people
have not yet become greatly interested in politics
and there is not great deal of discussion They
have been waiting for the nominations to be made
and are apparently awaiting the letters of ac-
ceptance from the candidates I do not like to
name majorities by which any state is to be car
ried, but 1 do not think any one has serious
doubt about the election of Secretary Taft In
Ohio we have doubt to the ultimate outcome
The committees getting to work. and interest
will begin to grow from until the election
Regarding the Ohio Senatorship Mr.. Foraker sald
Judging from present indications, there will proba-
bly, be number of candidates to succeed me in the
Senate. It will be time enough to bother about
that after we have elected Republican Legls-
lature which is the first consideration There Is
some opposition to Governor Harris on account OF
his temperance views and although he may lose
some Republican votes this account he will gain
many Democratic supporters
New-York tribune., 1908-07-17
PROF. E4TM4N DROWNED.
Columbia Instructor Vas Boating
on North Carolina Pond.

Charlotte. N c., July 16.-Darius Eatman. a
professor in Columbia University, New York.
drowned to-day while boating in a pond
near oxford. Granville County With three
companions Professor Eatman was on an out
ing, when in manner the boat caps1zed
The other three swan ashore and prepared to
save Eatman, who could not swim BEFORE
sinking the second time oar was extended to
him, which he grasped with such violence as to
jerk it from his rescuers' hands.
The body was recovered almost Immediately,
but efforts to resuscitate the professor were
without avail.
Professor Eatman was thrty-three years old.
He a graduate of the University of North
Carolina and Columbia University and held the
chair of pedagogy in Wake Forest for two
years.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-17
MIR. BURTON AND THE SENATORSHIP.
Will Not Imperil Ohio Harmony by Enter
ing Contest at Present-0ff for Europe.

Cleveland, July 16.-Congressman Theodore r.
Burton made the following statement tonight
relative to the Ohio Senatorship
My supreme interest is in the election or Mr.
Taft and Republican victory in the state ana
Cuyahoga County. l especially anxious that
the Presidential campaign should not be compn-
Gated by competition for the SenatorShip NhIe
7 should of course. be pleased to be elected SEN
ator am not disposed TO put forth any active
effort for the position. at least at this time IN
an important sense, the office should seek the
,,5. so- ~ 4
/ do not anticipate that the candidates for the
LEGISLATURE will commit themselves until .a1ter
election when. after careful survey or the
sitnatton they will have opportunity to weigh the
respective claims of those who have been sug-
gested, and make wise choice 20 49,.
should be glad to have the support of the
legislative delegation from Cuyahoga County;
Indeed T believe that it will be given Outside
Of CuVahoga County 1 am taking no part in the
selection Of members, nor have l solicited sup
port
Mr. Burton started on trip TO Europe tonight
and will he absent until the latter part OF August.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-17
LIVED IN PITTSBURG.
Mrs. Hartndge IN Hotel There
Under Assumed Name.

Pfttsburg July 16-It became known tonight
that Mrs. Clifford W. Hartridge. who disap-
peared from her New York home last fall. was
in Pittsburg from October until her death
Monday During all of that time she lived in
secIusion and surrounded by an air OF mystery,
but provided with all the comforts and conven-
fences which money could provide In hotel
She STAYED at the Hotel Griswold, where she was
known as Mrs. Jessie Rogers
Mrs Hartrfdge had little baggage when she
arrived but through purchases made for her by
maids at the hotel. by whom she was greatly
beloved she soon acquired liberal wardrobe
of house gowns but did not add anything TO her
outft of street apparel She left the hotel during
the nine months she guest there only
three times visiting stores TO make small pur-
chases
She was in i'll health when she came here Or.
E J. Trader treated her until about the Fourth
of July. when he left the city for a vacation.
Dr. L. r Miller. a well known physician. was
then called and insisted that she be taken to
hospital A message sent to Mrs Hart
ridges mother at Canton. " Y. and the latter
came and personally attended her daughter TO
the end
Mrs Hartridge was plentifully supplied with
money. the remittances amounting. IL is said TO
about $1,000 month. The hotel bills averaged
s400 month and these and all other bills were
promptly paid, while all who attended her were
literally rewarded Secrecy was the thing
imposed upon all
New-York tribune., 1908-07-17
GETS !SIS1,945 VERDICT.
Former Railroad President Sued for
Alleged Breach of Contract.

Boston, July 16.-A verdict of S1S1,945 was
awarded in the United States Circuit Court to-
day to Francis Sawyer. former president of the
Pittsburg, Binghamton & Eastern Railroad
Company. sHho sought to recover $4,000 from
E. H Gay & Co, of this city for alleged
breach Of contract.
The suit was brought through Elliott Norton,
of this city. to whom Sawyer assigned the
claim 1t was alleged that an agreement by
which the banking firm to pay TO Mr.. Saw
yer, who lives in Towanda, Penn, stipulated
salary president of the railroad, and also to
give him a certain amount Of bonds in the rail-
road company, was not fulfilled.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-17
INQUIRY INTO DEATH CERTIFICATES
To Be Made in Pittsburg as Result of the
Demise of Mrs. Hartridge
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune

Pttsburg July 1s-An investigation into the
methods OF physicians in turning In death certid-
Gates TO the of vital statistics is ade
as a result OF the changes in the death certificate
of the late Mrs. Clifford W. Hartridge. When
the certificate first turned In IL declared she
had died OF typhoid fever. Then this was changed
10 meningitis. and later third change was made
which gave the cause of death as ceresro-menin-
gifts.
DIR. L. T. Miller. who attended Mrs. Hartridg-.
refused to make any statement whatever to-day.
He said he had promised the family that he would
not talk about the and that he Intended to
keep his promise.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-17
MOTHS Raid HARLEM.
WindOscs Closed and Cracks Stuffed
TO Keen Pests Ont.

An avalanche of white moths descended Oh
Washington Heights and Harlem late last night
and caused much annoyance owing to their
ability TO crawl in through window screens. no
matter how small the opening. Windows had
TO be closed and in some cases stuffed up to
keep the pests out
In 125th street the moths particularly
noticeable, and it was reported that several men
gazing out of cafe windows and seeing crawling
things on every side promised to swear off at
once.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-17
SHOE POLISH MAN IN THEIR EDEN.
Two Pittsburgers, Happy Until He Came,
Think He Hypnotized Their Wives Away.
TBy telegraph to The Tribune.I

TBy telegraph 70 1he IT1bune
PfttsbIrg July 16.-Harry Minor. a telephone IN
spector and Willard Draucher, a wire chief. re-
rorted To the police to-day that their wives. May
,,;ror aged twenty-tIFo and Violet Draucher. aged
seventeen. disappeared last Friday. and they be-
ueve from letters received since. that they eioped
with the same man, an agent for shoe polish. whose
name they gave to the police
The couples were married about the same time
CIV months ago both OF the young women being
eron1oved as senograp piers In the telephone offices
Tbev rented a house together. and had been living
togetber until the shoe polish agent appeared
Minor and Draucher believe that their wives have
been hypnotized.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-17
WIFE CARRIED MONEY BACK HOME.
Texas Come On" Was Wise, and Kansas
Bunco Men Were Themselves Buncoed.
rRv Telerraph to The Tribune. !

wichita Kan. July 16.-J. j. Savage, ranch
owner of Amarillo. Tex, came to this city TO pet
e 500 on a fixed horserace. He has fed back
10 Texas with his own money and 500 belonging
to the four men who tried TO fleece him. lie
brought a draft here TO wager on the race After
Savage cashed the draft the bunco men gave him
$500 Of their money TO wager, thinking 90 convince
him that the deal all right.
Before the wager made a friend gave the
Texan n tip however and he and his wife hired
a motor car drove rrom this city to wellington
and took a train home. Mrs. Savage took charge
OF her husbands $500 and the bunco mems 900
New-York tribune., 1908-07-17
nav STATE WAR ON FLIES.

Boston July l6-The State Health Board is plan
ming war OF determination on files The cam
paign will last at least year. and $2Oo,OO has been
appropriated to carry 1t out. AT the end of the
fight it is hoped that not fly will be left in the
state The method of warfare is thoroughly 10
cleanse every possible breeding place.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-17
JUDGE PARKER EXECUTES DEFENDANT

Toston Mont, July Ie-Judge Alton B. Parker.
while visiting here yesterday, took part in tragedy.
The dead: One large and vociferous rattIesnake
The Judge was riding a horse in the wake of band
of sheep at Riverside Ranch when he took judicial
cognizance of the reptile The rattler waved its
tail His honor. not TO be outdone, waived all tech
nicaies and by virtue OF his authority and q large
stone executed, the defendant the spot
New-York tribune., 1908-07-17
M4G4ZINE BLOWS UP.
Nine Men Killed WhIe Unloading O.
Car of POzcder.

Tacoma, Wash, July 16.-Tho powder maga-
zine Of the Northwestern Improvement Com
pany at Cleelum blew up at o'clock this after
while gang of men unloading a car
of powder. Nine were killed.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-17
GILLIAN EARTHQUAKE.
Ertends to Peru and BOHUio-PrOp-
ertV DESTROYED.

Tacna, Chill. July 16-A terrific earthquake
occurred to-day in the provinces of Tacna and
africa, in Chilli, the southern part of Peru and
Bolivia Considerable destr -ction of property
but no loss of life, is reported. The cable be-
tween africa and Lima has been broken and the
telegraph lines to Bolivia damaged
New-York tribune., 1908-07-17
WELuI WELL! HERE'S A WHALE scHool'
,nr.,.rrar,r, 70 INC Tribune.

TRy Telegraph TO The Tribune
Eastport Long Island. July le-Ihe appear aho"
~ q schoo, OF whales among the bathers along the
haoch onnos,te the Hampton summer resort caused
considerable OF hutter and several fishing parties
scurried ashore The whales were swimming leis-
urely and harmlessly through the breakers in
ouest Of food The various whaling crews along
the coast did not see the whales in sufficient time
IN
New-York tribune., 1908-07-17
To BUY BRAZILIAN BATTLESHlPS.

London. July 17.-"The Daily Express states
that it is in possession of definite information
that Great Britain will purchase the three
brazilian battleships now under construction in
England.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-17

To PhIladeiphia every hour the Hour in Two
Hours Seq New Jersey Central Schedule Page
g. Satisfies the most exaeting.-AdvL
New-York tribune., 1908-07-17

Quebec and all r. r.. tickets bet. New York and
Albany accepted by the II. T. DAY L1NE.-Advt.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-17

GREAT BEAR SPRING WATER.
Its purity has made Ii famous. "-Advt
New-York tribune., 1908-07-17
PULLMAN PoRTER's STORY.

T y. Hankerson. the negro porter Of the III
lated car, who did heroic work in saving the
Passengers. described what happened in the car
Tor The Tribune He said:
Il was sitting on q camp stool in the rear, or
~onen's end, Of the car when I felt the emer-
gency brakes go on. jumped up and started
Tor the centre Of the car, but had gone only a
lew steps when the crash came ] was thrown
back against the glass door which goes out into
the rear vestibule
I felt the car topping over TO the left and
knew that il had left the rails. ] got mighty
stiff Jolt on the head but it did not knock me
out and as the car turned over 1 could see the
Passengers, most of whom were women, tum-
bling out Of the chairs and crashing down to
and through the windows on the down side. The
screaming was something awful. All i could
see for minute or two were dust and flying
Pieces OF wood. l think the car was dragged
oh its side fifty feet before IL stopped.
AS soon as the car steadied 1 picked myself
0p and with the only man in the main part OF
1he car began TO help the women 10 get un-
lahg4ed from the, broken chairs The woman
~no was killed was wedged IN between seats
!" and Z. and guess she killed when the
car fell over. for was close TO where she lay
ana she never made sound
found that il was possible TO crawl out of
ene rear Vestibue, and IT was only few min
uoes before began TO hand the women out
mere were several men in the smoking room
"heE the accident occurred and these all got
Out by the front platform II was not long
New-York tribune., 1908-07-17

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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-09-26

A steady rain fell here all day yes
terdsy, beginning before daylight and
continuing until q late hour in the
afternoon. Showers were also ex-
perienced Thursday afternoon and
this morning, and the indications
point to more OF ''the same'' during
The next day or two, at least. The ex-
cess OF moisture will cause the cane to
spront and thereby prevent It's ripen-
ing, while the rice still standing in the
fields will be injured to material
extent. With the opening OF the grind
ing campaign less than a month away,
what is needed is a period of clear,
cool weather, in order that the growth
Of the cane may be checked ana the
ripening process promoted.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-09-26
Distinguished Visitors.

August A. Busch, first vice presi.
dent of the Anheuser- Busch Brewing
Association, of ST. Louis; e. S. Claus,
credit man; F. Widman, architect; N.
Nicaud. auditor, and ]. C. Harvey,
q friend OF MIR. Busch's, who are
making tour through the southwest
to look after the association 8
interests, visited Donaldsonville Tues
day and inspected the plant of the
Donaldsonvilie Ice Co., Ltd, which
concern has the local agency for the
celebrated Anheuser- Busch keg and
bottled beers.
Hon. Sidonius Goette, president and
manager of the ice company, enter
taiEed the party at his home and at
dinner at the Nichols Hotel, and later
the distinguished visitors were the
guests OF Hon. r. n. Sims on a trip
through the big Donaldsonville rice
mill and at Mr.. Sims attractive home,
Liberty Hall, " in Chetlm aches street.
The party left on the steamer Virgie
at 4 o clock p. m. for Burnside, where
they boarded Mr.. Busch IS private car,
"Adolphus, = and proceeded via the
Valley route to Baton Rouge. After
inspecting the association properties
at that place and at Plaquemine, New
Roads, Alexandria and Shreveport,
they returned to st. Louis.
In an interview with a representative
of The Chief, Mr.. Busch said thar
Notwithstanding the general business
depression of the past year, his COZ
eern has found trade conditions en-
tirely satisfactory and has no cause
for complaint. The prohibition wave,
he says, is receding, Il has already
reached it's highest point, and in
short time there viii be reaction that
may even affect the states that have
already adopted prohibition.
The visitors had 6ne time here and
were sorry that they could not arrange
TO stay longer.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-09-26
REPUBLICANS OUGHT TO WIN.
Reasons why Grand ola Party should
be Successful in November.

By FRANK HEeDR1oK, of New York city
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-09-26
Pnhlc Schnnl Note..

Messrs. A. /. Picard, w. B. Stuart
and Superintendent c. J. Brown, con.
stituting the committee appointed by
the parish school board to investigate
the merits of protests from patrons OF
the Walker and Melancon schools
against the consolid alton OF these in
stitutions with the Gonzales and St.
Amant schools, respectively, visited
those localities Wednesday and con-
ferred with committees representing
the citizens interested. The protests
were found to be we'll grounded and the
committee will report favorably to the
patrons at the next meeting of the
school board on Oct. IA.
The patrons of the Melancon school
have agreed to enlarge the building,
erect 3 gallery and insure better
attendance of pupils than last season.
The Gonzales graded school build.
ing is nearing completion and will be
ready for occupancy by the date set
for the opening of the schools in The
seventh and eighth wards-Monda az,
Nov. 2.
Superintendent C. J. Brown visited
the St. Mary. Belle Helene and Burn.
side schools on Thursday, and found
> fair enrolment of pupils at all of the
Institutions, with good work being
done. Yesterday Mr.. Brown made
an official visit to the local high
school, and next week he will complets
his first tour of inspection of The
schools now In session.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-09-26
Party Of Expsnsion.

THE following was awarded prize of $50 by
the Republican Congressional Committee as the
best article submitted on the subject
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-09-26
On Mobs and Riots and Mere Spec
tatOrs.

A tendency in the press to describe
persons as mere spectators OF
mobs or riots seems to be SO persistent
| that The Chief feels impelled to raise
its voice in protest. A mob or riot
is one of the most serious breaches
of the law imaginable. L. is fore
most among the class OF crimes that all
law is constituted to forestall and pre-
vent. In the very nature of things
there can be no mere spectator of a
riot or of mob. Evey individual
who does not aid the constituted au-
thorities in putting down riot and
dispensing mob is a participant in
every act and crime commltted.
This IS the law and necessarily So
The so-called mere spectator" by his
very presence gives aid and comfort
and countenance 10 the violators Of
the law. If he does not approve the
action of the mob or rioters he should
actively interfere on the side of law
and order. Ii the situation is such
that he does not deem this prudent,
then he should at once go home and
remain there till quiet is restored.
These are the only two things he can
do as good citizen.
The very fact of his presence with
out interfering not only gives coun-
tenance to the violation of the Law and
a certain moral support to the active
violators, but by being in the way of
the peace officers dealing with the
rioters he becomes an inactive partic-
ipant in the outbreak. He is in the
way. He helps to furnish cover by
which the ring-leaders escape. He is
at the very least an accessory after the
fact. More often he is in reality an
accessory before the fact.
Mobs and riots are intolerable.
They are shame and a disgrace to
any community. We are wanting in
civilization and real capacity for self
government to just the extent at they
are tolerated. There are, of course.
occasions when one may be an un-
willing witness of one of these horrible
tragedies. These are exceptional, and
ii every unwilling witness would quickly
oeiake himself home the moral effect
would Immediately lead TO the dissi.
patton of the crowd.
Above oil things, however, ii is i'm
portant that all good citizens should
impress upon the uninformed that
neither in good morals nor in law il
there any such thing as ssmere suec.
tatorn of mob or riot. The we'll learn.
ing Of this lesson will go far to make
such disturbances impossible.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-09-26
Coneeruing CurreneY Reform.

Our currency system certainly neecs
| over hauling-there can be no manner
OF doubt about that-and the banking
system needs it at the same time. The
recent report that the Oriental Bank
of New York has been Iiquidated on q
basis which not only pays all its debts,
interest and costs, but gives its stock.
holders $50 to 200 per cent on their
stock, shows that the banks need pro-
lection of some sort and ought not to
be left altogether to the tender mercies
of their friends, the other bankers. The
two things are so interviewer that any
dealing with one affects the other.
1t seems that there is one considera-
ton to which currency reformers, like
reformers in general, do not give due
thought and attention. That is, the
Wis inertiae OF popular preiudices and
habits. Strange and apparently para
doxical as it may seem, the fact is
that there is hardly a more stable
thing in nature than the habit OF pop
ular thought. Il is for this reason
that any change, even the most bene-
icent, is 30 difficult to make effective.
The mere naked fact that q thing is
intellectually logical has compare
lively little weight.
See how hard it has been to get the
decimal system of weights and meas
urvs introduced. We would not now
have decimal system for money but
for the fact that it had really no pre-
decessor and trade was practically
confined to barter. The decimal system
would never have been introduced in
continental Europe but for the fact
that everything had been tnraed topsy
turvy by the Napoieonic wars.
1t would seem, therefore, that any
change or Improvement in our own
currency system must be one that viii
command popular confidence and re-
spect-not one that ought to do SO,
there being q vast difference between
the two. The best may not be prac-
ticable because the people won't have
IL. Any currency system to be sue
cess must suit the people who use it,
otherwise they will not make use OF it
and it will fail. Probably the most
illogical system in the world from q
purely intellectual point of view is the
English, and yet il is one Of the most
successful. 1t suits the English and
they are used to it. 1t would not nec-
essariIy suit US and our people are
not accustomed to it and would prob
ably not take kindly to copy.
Radical changes cannot, we are quite
sure, be made all at once. Any change
must be by steps, and not too
long ones, either. The Introduction of
to meet the best results,
should be in the nature of groWths-
from what exists. Some
pruning OF existing groWths may be
necessary, but these should, it seems,
be not too severe at one time.
Every student will admit that our
present system or utter lack of it is
q appalling to the mind, ana yet the
people 40 not seem TO ind ii So. They
do not realize its detects and cannot
always trace to those defects ills that
they see transpire.
1t is not, however, the part of wis,
dom to throw the patient into fits be-
cause We think we can cure FITS and
do not know what is really the matter.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-09-26

The Chief is in receipt of a copy of
the yearly catalogue, premium list
and program of the Louisiana State
Fair Association, under whose aus
pices the third annual state fair will
be held at Shreveport during the week
beginning Nov. z The premiums Of
fered show that the association is en-
deavorinc to give the public a real
agricultural fair, as in this depart
ment alone $4,000 10 prizes will be
disbursed. Ia the horse-racing de-
partment purses aggreg ating $500
will be offered.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-09-26
SATURDAY. SEPT. 2e. 1908
.sBryan Hurls Another Bomb,'' ac-

"Bryan Hurts Another Bomb, " &C
cording to a search head announcement
in the New Orleans Picsyune. Not
conte Mt with Illuminating the thunder
OF the Populists and the Hearst Leag-
uers, under the guise OF Democracy, is
the shifty Nebrsskan going to cab
bage the policy of the Anarchists also
and resort TO bomb-throwinR? Watch
for "the hoist with his own petard'' in
November.