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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-01
NATIONAL.
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING.
AT RROOELYN,

n 7 T3ItO0JJN u I N,
New York ....G O | O O-3-6-
Brooklvn .......0 o 0 u o e 0-0-5-1
Batteries-raylor and Bresnahan; Pas
torious and Ritter. Umpire. ODay. Time,
12S.
AT CINCINNATT.
Cincinnati 10 | . o X-4-11-1
Chicago ......O 0 = o o o. 40
Batteries-Spade and Mclean: Fraser.
Reuibach and King. Time. III Inn
pres, Rudde rham and Emsie.
At I3ostun-The Observation-Disclosures
game WAS postponed: rain.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-01
Chicago Produce Market,

Chicago, June 90
Favorable weather for the harvesting
ment of the new crop in the Northwest
We're chiefly responsible for a weak tone
in the local wheat market today At the
close wheat for September delivery was
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-01
AT CHICAGO.

CHICAGO ........O 0 , o. o x-2-5-2
Detroit ..........0 0 D o Otto
Batterips-Whitc and Sullivan: MGiln
and Schmidt. Time. 153 Umpires, Sher
idan and Connolly.
AT ST. LOUIS.
st. Louis .......0 D O-l-3-2
Cleveland ..t....0 0 e. ! 0 O-2-6-2
Batteries-powell. Waddcll and Spencer:
Liebhardt and Bemis. Time Lac. UNI
pire, Evans
AT rHILADl;Lf HIA.
Washington 80 | { O-1-6-o
Philadelphia 80 3 o y X-3-6-l
Datterios-Burns and Street: Coombs,
Plank ard Powers. Smith. Time, 1.3s.
Umpires Hurst and EEar.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-01

When q heavy fall of snow occurs in
Valdez, Alaska. the fire department is
called out to clear the sidewalks.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-01
New York Money Market.

New York June 80
Erin mercantile paper 2lM: per cent
Sterling exchange fiim with actual bus
mess i'll bankers bills at 1875 for de-
mand and at 1886 for 60-day bills
Commercial bills 4S51,t3s.
Ear silver 5;ls.
Mexican dollars IT,
Government bonds steady.
Railroad bonds steady.
Money on call HnsV at olIoH ncr cent
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-01

matches are disposed of Burns says he
will return to America to meet Jack
johnson in November.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-01
SHORT CLEAR SInEs-S 25os n

I:tiGS-Firm. ut market cases included
1im;E firSts l5l:: prime frsts IT..
CIIEESE-E Easy: 11HK.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-07
Rhymes for To-Day

ME AND THE OTHER FELLOWS.
T NEVER whine that rare and scnnty
raises
Adorn what pay cnvcllops have
All, no! 1 only knock the nigsard
praises
That ] get.
who calls on me with laurel wreatls
for browning?
Who forms a club to con my metric
And yet. by Heck. write as much as
Browning
Did. or Keats.
II beats my cerebelium to Jelly!
Did Shakespeare ever dish out daily
dope?
Don't l write just as good as good q
hand as Shelley,
Or as Pope?
Could Homer's muse put any harder
lit onD
Could Dante use more paper up?
Not he
How is 1t dolts can still persist that
Milton
Outlutes Me? II. S. II.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-07
MISREPRESENTATION vERN-
NE:NT.

Despite the Democratic principles
and the Republican necessities which
when combined would be amply suf-
ficient to repeal tho tariff OH paper
and pulp, Speaker Cannon has abso-
lntcly and steadfastly refused to al
low the question to be put to a vote.
This procedure on the part Of the Re-
publican boss OF the House will doubt
less stave Off the question Of tariff
reform for six months or year, but It
will set many people to thinking on
the present system under which our
government Ia administered,
Speaker Cannon is elected to Con-
sress from the Eighteenth District
of Illinois, and is made Speaker
of the House by the vote of
that body. He cannot be reach
ed by the people of America. and yet
he is able. by arbitrary exercise of
power. to deliberately thwart the will
of the majority of the representatives
of all the people. This may be govern
ment by rules of order; 1t is not gov
ernmcnt by representation.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-07
no make Complaints n Duty.

Tho Railroad Gazette cites INCIDENTS
to show the opposite results, Of com,
planning generally about an abuse, but
refusing % make specific compliant az
reports to Headquarters The incidents
are such as may have 90, ne to ), inc n,
on railroad trains. The argument is
all i'll favor Of making comp !,n. ana
The average American, though, how
ever angry he may get oyer impo =
railroad sonlpany, Is 10th, to take any
action which may cost that amploye.
his Job, and. after tho first hurst Of
wrath. lets the matter slin--to the
hurt Of the. service and tho Inevitable
repetition or the offonse at the expense
Of some ono else. some complaints
are entered at headquarters. It IS true,
hut mo one will contend that such
is tho case as often as 1t should be.
The Railroad Gazette unauestlonably
takes tho right attitude In the mat
ter but 1t cannot hope to make many
patrons of the railroad agents for the
cultiyaton of courtesy among ems
ployds.-Buffalo EXPRESS.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-07
Liked In Chimney.

The death has just occurred OF Jo-
seph Beca.ick. known in the village OF
Woolfardisworthy West. North Devon
for the past twenty years as "the man
who lives in the chimney"
Becalick's history was strange and
somewhat sad one. Beginning life DIS
a farm hand. hes was educated at a
night school under the then vicar OF
the parish. and was later appointed
rate collector for the district. In al
dition he held a small farm
Here he lived with two servants
cident occurred which led to his
ago. while en- one Of his periodical Wis
it's to Bidcford Market. his house was
burned to the ground. One wall how
ever was intact. supported APPARENT:
by an oldfashioned chimney, at the
ture about five feet square.
Into this cavity. amid the ruins 81
his house, the poor man crept ant
lay down to sleep. And here for more
| than twenty years he had lived alone
through storm and sunshine. wind ant
snow. a Geal box was his couch. ant
Becalick was seventy-one years o
trap up to the time of his death.
sessed Of ample means. and some year!
house near tho side of tho old one
| but when about half completed hi
abandoned the work.-London Chroni
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-07
Must Your Child Lic..

When a boy of two or three rushes
into the house with beaming eyes and
says he saw horse with one horn
on his head, a dog as big as house,
or that God met him on tho lawn ana
told him not to pick flowers; that lie
had been UP to the moon. and these
are real cases, he has perhaps Just dis
covered for the first time that he can
really say things that have no basis
In reality. This marks the moment
OF the conscious birth Of the imagina-
ton. The child Is also gratifying his
passion Of exciting attention and
arousihs interest, Fancy in childhood
is very vivid and inventive. and prob
ably, In our prosaic, matter-of-fact
world, far more often needs period
Of cultivation than repression. IN the
home and school games OF "shut your
eyes and tell me what you see" we
often have, after a little practice. tho
most staggering Munchausen wonders
or tales spun out of pure visual linz
aEery that make the child first ac-
Guainted with the charm Of his new
found imaginative power-tales true
not to things but to thoughts. feel
ings and wishes. The child Is a poet
artist romancer, and always has a
larger fraction OF pellef In his reve-
ries han adults have in thelrs.-Ap
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-07
CROP ou1,Loo,<.

On Friday the government will issue
its crop estimate, and so far nothing
has occurred to impair the expectation
of big yield this year. The Ohio
State report estimates condition of
90 per cent. for winter wheat as
against IS per cent. last month and "A
per cent for last May. This is en-
couragins, but 1t must be remembered
that May is a month of dangerous
crossings. In 1909 the governments
estimate was 97.S per cent. as of April
lst and 1926 per cent. as of May lst;
but later troubles caused these esti-
mates to be reduced to se.2 per cent.
for June LIST and 1873 per cent. for July
1st.
AT present nothing disquieting has
occurred, and every indication is that
the farmers of this country will mako
unprecedented crops at time when
crops will bring large returns.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-07

Mapcllurla Is but the thin edge OF the
wedge WHICH Japan Is inserting In the
body body q the Chinese empire. l Trsn !,
they hope to flood China With Japa-
ilesc goods. Japanese books and Japn.
nese ideals, not to mention Japanese
guns for revolutionsts, For this rea-
son they are interpreting objections to
the extension OF the Chinese railway
to Fakumen. Chinese city, because II
might interfere with Japanese rail-
road business. For this reason they
are flooding China with teachers and
spies whose business 1t is to try to
teach the Chinese that Japan Is the
equal OF any nation on earth, and that
~ China Will only follow its lead. the
driven from Asia.
However. Japan Is not putting all its
eggs In ono basket, and IL the CHI
n mes; wi, VII no, rot snccnmb to methods OF
cumb by war. Japan. failing In d.
Iplomacy. will always fall back on war
as It's best asset. Just now It is
almost bankrupt, but nevertheless its
army and navy are being made ready
for trouble. and II trouble comes In
China--then Japan is there on the
ground and China cannot defend TT
self.
There are two methods by which ma
tions maintain great military establish
ments. One is that OF the rich nation
which can afford tho expenditure and
to defend its possessions and its trade.
The other Is that OF the poorer nations
which cannot afford the luxury. but
which hope bp occasional wars to
make vanquished nations pay the bill
In the form OF indemnities or territory.
Japan obtained a huge indemnity fron,
China. and while It was thwarted In
hts purpose to extract great sum
from Russia. 1t obtained possession Of
Korea and Manchuria. 1t is not at all
unlikely that Japan, contemplating
war with China, considers It foregone
conclusion that China. and not Japan.
must foot the bill for its own demoli-
ton.
Copyright. leos, by, Frederic j.
Haskin)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-07
Flrcsldc Deliberations.

Editor OF The Times-Dispatch:
Sir,-Referrng to your editorial oI
yesterday attacking Bryans demand
for instructions, may I ask you to ex.
plain why elaboration during tho
few days of convention is more rela.
Bile than that during the past twelve
years? 70 put 1t otherwise, why |.
1t that de;iberation in the turmoil am
excitement OF n political convention
should be moro eltlcacious than thu
quiet del!beration by ones freside? Z
strikes the ordinary reader that tn
argument of The Times Dispatch |!
not creditable to Its Democracy, and
slnacks too much OF reliance upon thu
wisdom of Political bosses and the Of
ficacy OF political wire-pulling. Upol
what theory does the argument of TIL
editor proceed?
Another thing: why is tire editor 81
indignant at the suggestion that tn,
predatory interests arc unduly no
tive in this contest? rs itnot the crit
zeal fact Of the situation?
IAN oil, VIRGINIA DEMOCRAT,
l May. 2, 1908. @
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-07
The Political situation In virginia.

Editor of The Times Dipatch:
Slr.--As the first Democratic conven-
ton that has been held in Virginia
for four wears past approaches. inter
est rapidly increases in the probable
| outcome Of its deliberations.
With the prospect OF contest be-
tween the followers OF Senator Daniel
and that portion OF the party who
one can lead US to victory. and the
well-supported attack of Judge r. r.
w. Duke and others upon the present
primary election system Of choosing
means from any hope of alling one
Of the most important offices, and the
showing OF the comparative strength
Mann as candidates for Governor
there will be no lack of excitement
and enthusiasm in the election of del.
egates to the Roanoke convention, and
also in the proceedings of that quad
| rennial Democratic conclave.
1t appears to be the preordained and
very proper decree of the sovereigns
that three Of the delegates at large
to the national convention at Denver
shall be John W. Daniel, Thomas S
amongst the leaders, such as Hon
Henry D. Flood, Hon. Tate Irvine OF
| Hon. James Hay, will be chosen fol-
While either Messrs. Flood, Hay OF
Irvine would be good selection for
the fourth delegate. ! must say thai
I, believe the people In my section Of
this honor fall 70 the share of the able
popular, energetic, untiring and sue.
cessful Congressman from the Tent
| Virginia District, who has done as
for as faithful and patriotic service
rendered to the people Of his State
as any man OF his years In the Com
monwealth.
1 The convention could make no mis-
take In olecting the brilliant and tai
aware Flood, delegate at large t.
4 Denver.
i take 1t as a foregone conclusion
DESPITE pi aa all aa the a Roano X
convention will select Major John W
Daniel as the accredited leader o.
the party. and chief figure in its ranks
to one OF these four positions.
We're this not to be done politica
chaos and possible disruption and new
alignments would probably be tn
result. 'rhe cry goes UP from TIL
Democratic masses Of Virginia to sen,
National Democratic Convention. fire.
and untrammeled by Instructions. A
to the proposed Remuneration of tn
! primary system, 1t would appear t
= u private III TIC RANKS tlIldl#l IL CHdNS
!. is necessary. and Judge Duke deserve
!. great credit for his able championship
!, of a plan of making nominations tia
/ would give more general Opportunit
to any good Democrat. regardless q
his means, to. be elected to an i'm
portant or lucrative position. To at
!, tain this object, 1t seems that 1t Nigh
: be best Tor both political parties I
: hold their future primaries on the sam
! day. under the sanction OF law lie
gallzing these elections. and such
. law could he enacted by the mex
4 Legislature, but in the mean time abol
ish the present primary system at thu
convention, until the enactment OF til
proposed law, and let the Democrat
= nominee be chosen by convention |
: 1909. w. D. PATTERSON.
!, Scottsville, Va, May s, 1908.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-07
Riding nm O.trlci,.

! don't believe the stories told about
Inc NAMES IN Africa and Australia rid
ne ostriches, said Il Californian who
Elves Fly riding lessons In an uptown rid
ing academy, and saw this pretty
we'll tried or one occasion in my State.
y a GO cowboy !, who had .vanquished every
was induosd to try an ostrich. After
an a. nc hard work, he succeeded in
mounting the bird, which at first tried
to shake and roll him off. but these
tactics, OF course, had no effect upon
the COWBOY. Then, in spite Of all
the man could do, the ostrich sue
seeded IN Getting its head around and
sselzlns the rider by the calf of one
les. Finally the man, after much fran
&c kleking, got his leg free. He then
doubled MS feet under him, and tho
ostrich relcrod over his wings and
got good fast hold on the mans
back, throwing him heavily to the
ground and trampllng on him. It took
three of us to chase the infuriated
ostrich away, and we accomplished It
barely in time to save the mans life
that's why | don't believe the native
australians can ride ostriches. New
| York Press
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-07
HOW TO CALL rrMEs-prsPArcH.
THURSDAY, MAY I, 1905.
SENTIMENT IN POLITICS.

:. Beyond any peradventure OF doubt
the two most popular and powerful
citizens in the United States day
are Theodore Roosevelt and william
Jennings Bryan. Both are feared and
abhorred by many of their party
leaders. and both are idolized by hun
dreds OF thousands of their fellow
citizens 1t is this personal prestige
and this enormous hold on the masses
that have given President Roosevelt
and Mr.. Bryan their extraordinary po-
sition as leaders. The remarkable fea-
ture in the career and power of these
Two men Is the fact that neither of
them are deep thinkers, wise COUNSEL
ors or trained statesmen. Mr.. Roosc-
yelt's policies. IL unchecked, would land
us In a bureaucracy which for AFRO
gance and power would surpass that
Prussian. despotism of Bismarcks crea-
ton. AS statesman, Mr. Bryan is also
far from perfect. His theory of free
silver has been abandoned as hopeless
his government ownership of railroads
to popular demand that he could not
withstand; his call for initiative and
referendum has awakened no popular
response, and still his power and place
with the masses is strong and practi-
cally untouched. There must be some
reason for the almost reverential att.
tude which the real followers of Mr..
Bryan and Mr.. Roosevelt feel towards
their leaders. and the explanation is
to be found in the fact that these two
men have risen up to teach morals at
time when morality was more needed
than craftsmanship.
In preaching their crusade against
materialism both Mr.. Bryan and Mr.
Roosevelt have been led into declama
tions with which The Times-Dispat ch
which cannot be proved, and both have
offered remedies which would be en-
tirely ineffective or disastrous, but
despite these mistakes Mr.. Bryan and
Mr.. Roosevelt alike have stood for
manhood before money, and for the
inalienablc and glorious rights of the
individual TO live his own life under
that freedom for which the fathers OF
the republic died. But the heart OF the
American people understood and SYM
pathized with the real motives OF both
preachers. And the good sense Of the
American people pierced through the
frequent ella ptran: and demasosy tc
! the underlying principle.
Again we have seen it demonstrated
.that the heart has its reasons which
the head does not understand.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-07
EXHIBIT OF CoNcEsrED CITIES.

For concrete illustration of the peril
of congestion in modern cities nothing
but the actually itself can surpass
the exhibit now installed In the Me-
chanics' Institute. If the National Con-
ference for Charities and Correction
had brought nothing else to Richmond
but the exhibit of congestion in cities,
Its coming would have been incalcu-
lably beneficial to this community
Every citizen who believes in health
and happiness. fresh air for all the
citizens and square deal for the ten
ement dweller owes it to himself to
study the maps, figures, photographs
and plans in this exhibit.
II that study is made by the citizens
of Richmond, then the reproach OF our
crowded condition will be taken away
as certainly as light dispels darkness.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-07
IT'S n Pity That Others Arc Not Tn.
apired by This Example.


Representatives. Cooper and Nelson
showed courage when they voted wits
the Democrats Of the House in favor
of a resolution censurins Speaker Can
non for arbitrarily adjourning the
House few days ago. They were tina
only Republicans to register their pro-
tests by their votes. This means
trouble. OF course. for Messrs. Nelson
and Cooper. BY their act they have
placed themselves in opposition TO the
all-powerful House organization. 1T il
possible for Boss Cannon and his sub.
bosses 10 make Il very unpleasant FOR
these Wisconsin representatives. and
very probably no opportunities Will he
neglected to do so.
The people OF Wisconsin. however
will not sa.l TO give credit to Mr. Coop
err and Mr.. Nelson for their courage
These two Republicans represented
their constituents truly. They voted
for what was right and for the coun-
trys good. and we miss our sues.
IL the sentiment in their districts Is
not found to be strongly behind them.
They have been made conspicuous bv
that is IN honor which they should
not fall 20 appreciate 1t is a. mark
of distinction
Republican representatives from Wis
pressions of devotion to the cause of
tariff revision. However. they vote
with the utmost regularity with the
clique that absolutely controls III.
House OF Representatives. They sur
render their dignity and their indc-
pendence into the hands Of an old
machine, standpat politician from IL
Inois Only Representatives Cooper
and Nelson have had the courage to
stand out for their rights and for
the interests of the people. The 9th
ers have proven false to their prom
ises and false to their continents
Milwaukee journal.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-07
Caring For Two Blind Men.

The facility with which blind men
find their. way about the city IS u
Illustrated N enc of the largest restan-
blind men come to the place and stand
near the door until the head Walteress,
guides them to table. The blind
men, of course, cannot read the menu
and instead of having 1t read to- them
they state the amount they wish 20
spend FOR lunch and allow the waitress
to make The selection for them. Al
first her choice of luncheors was often
unsatisfactory, but from their frequeEl
visits the young woman has grad
ually learned their likes and dslike
until she how rarely orders a luncheon,
which Is not to- their tastes. Another
detail which Is carefully looked after
by tho waitress is that the peper, salt
and other table accessories are al
ways, In the same relative positions
on the table, so that the blind men
have no trouble in selecting them,-
philadelDhia Record AZ
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-07
TEACHES WIFE A LESSON.
Which II Great Many Others Might
Very We'll Learn.

Very We'll Learn.
There Is a brokers wife residing
within pistol shot OF the Majestic, who
learned lesson In finance this week
which. she says, Will last her awhile
She saw a pretty rug down town and
expressed wish for its possessi on.
"We don't mead 1t for the moment"
she told her husband. .but am per-
fectly fascinated with It.. and I'd like
own our house. Please write me 81
check for the amourt-s60o.'
The broker is man OF means but
even mon OF means have looked twice
and even thrice OF late before buying
$500 rugs that were not Of immediate
service. This broker however, is 4
judge OF human nature--or else he
wouldn't he success In his line OF
bnsiness---and he saw an avenue OF
escape.
glihly said. "but III send YOU the
money as soon as I get down town. !"
And he did. He sent Ills clerk to
the bank with Instructions. loaded him
up with $500 in silver and sent him
up to the house. When the man arr
rived no asked to be shown to the
dumped the contents Of the sack In
which lie carried the silver. II made
big pile--600 round. .gitterlng dol.
la-s-and Mrs. Broker was impressed.
4 check wouldn't have appealed to
her for n moment, but tho money ac-
tunlly talked She looked at the heap
Of silver, and fingered it. TOO. and at =.
last she said: you take this money
bnck. Tsl Mir. Blank I've changed
that rug for the present. New York
TELEGRAPH,