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The Washington times., 1908-02-24
Petition From AnacOstia
Against Bill Forwarded

The AnacOstia Citizens Association
has submitted to the Commissioners =
copy OF the resolutions. unanimously
adopted, protesting against the Deliver
bill
The resolutions state that IL is be-
lieved Il Is better that the schools OF TIA
District should be under the control OF
the local rather than the Federal an
thOrities and that in justice To tie
newly appointed superintendent and the
efforts OF the School Board 20 restore
harmony, the new regime should be
given a fair trial
The Washington times., 1908-02-24
.STRAUS MILK PLANT
OPENED IN GERMANY

BERLIN, Feb. 2+-The pasteuriza-
ton plant presented TO the municipal
tty Of Sandhausen. South Germany, by
Nathan Strauss the American million
aire, whose campaign for pure milk
has been attracting attention through
out the Fatherland, has been opened
with much ceremony. The plant is
the most complete OF its kind in Ger
many. and was built and equipped by
the American philanthrOpist.
Infant mortality at Sandhusen is AZ
per cent, and the point was selected
b. Straus as a favorable one for dem
onstrating the good his system Will ac-
complish.
The Washington times., 1908-02-24
NOTICE OF CUT IN WAGES
WITHDRAWN BY ROADS

CHICAGO. Feb. 24-Three railroads
entering Minneapolis which had given
the freight handlers notice that a re-
duction I'm wages would be made this
month have withdrawn the order. The
roads are the Chicago Great Western,
500 Line, and the Minneapolis and St.
Louis. international Secretary John ].
FLYNN received notice yesterday that
the Vanderbilt lines in Toledo had cut
the wages of the freight handlers 10 per
cent
At a mass meeting OF freight handlers
Il st night resolutions were adopted pro-
testing against the reduction.
The Washington times., 1908-02-24
WHY THEY RoARED.
rhe Ormond beach was gay.

The OrmOnd beach was gay
What are the wild waves saying?'
inquired the girl.
From their sullen roar" we an
swered. 'it is probable that tn are
merely reiterating the genera kick
against the high prices that prevail
here. Exchange.
The Washington times., 1908-02-24

Members OF the House and Senate
Committees on the District Of Columbia
are earnestly requested to read IN the
Record the recent speech OF the Hon.
w p Hepburn. On overcapitalization Of
public utilities in Washington. and then
t. consider the demand of the District
Commissioners for repeal Of the gas
imitation section.
The Washington times., 1908-02-24

The District Commissioners might
make some progress with the two Com
mittees on Appropriations II they could
get the Congressman TO cut the cloth
for Washington according to the meas,
ure used at home.
The Washington times., 1908-02-24
SPECIAL OFFICER NAMED.

AT the request of Prof. Willis L
9-ore, chief of the Weather Bureau, the
commissioners have appointed AlOis
lIelgerich n special policeman for duty
~ tbs bureau.
The Washington times., 1908-02-24

A Pennsylvania recently sent $40 to
the state treasury for the conscience
fund" If that thing should become
epidemic in Harrisburg the State could
cut its tax rate.
The Washington times., 1908-02-24
A FEAT.

do you imagine It possible for a cam
ei 10 &C through the eye Of needle? p
'Oh, / wouldn't be surprised. You
know how large my wife is?f
"Yes"
wei. she goes through my pocke
regularly. Houston Post
The Washington times., 1908-02-24

II is understood the Speaker and the
Vice President are fully aware OF the
need to get out OF the way before the
baseball season begins.
The Washington times., 1908-02-24

The cocktail belt in Kentucky is dis
posed to the opinion that its very best
and sanest friend In the list is the Vice
President.
The Washington times., 1908-02-24

In the matter Of winning heiressss
TIE modern chauffeur has the oId-time
ooachman. left at the post and ham
strung.
The Washington times., 1908-02-24

It is now up to the Senate 20 break
out in a spontaneous demonstration"
for Mr.. Fairbanks.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-21
YELLOW STREAK IN MODS
What a Few Brave Men Could Do in
a Bout with the Night
Riders.

A mob, anywhere you find 1t, is a cow
ardly body. This is so of a banded crowd
with shotgups and ponies, whether in
Maine or in Kentucky. Let a sheriff show
fight, let a squad of policemen march
arl east toward the ranks Of the outlaws,
anc they will dispense like quail before a
pointer dog.
Five brave, courageous men can rout a
hundred whitecaps or night riders. The
instances are many when this has been
demonstrated. In Vicksburg, some years
ago, James A. Gibson, district attorney,
quietly spirited an alleged culprit from the
local Jail to the ~penitentiary at Jackson
Meantime a mob had formed and, discover
ing the ruse, fell upon Gibson In Main
street. For a moment the 800 men looked
menacing. Suddenly Pat Henry, an intl-
mate of Gibson, appeared. In another min
ute Charley j. Searles was with thelm'
Then along came wild Bill McLaurln'
brother to the senator.
"lu give you fellows five minutes by the
watch to dispense and set off the streets!"
shouted Gibson to the mob. III you are in
sight when the time is up, we four men
will run each of you in the river. the
Gibson party drew their guns and watches
In two minutes there wasn't a mob.
In Birmingham in 1888 a locomotive en-
gineer had brutally slain a young woman
and had cast her body in the lake. The
evening of his arrest 5000 men formed
to break down the jail and lynch him.
As they approached, the sheriff, with
twenty deputies inside the Jail inclosure,
warned them of their peril should they
come nearer. The mob hooted ana a
pistol was fired. In five seconds a score
of men, among them the postmaster, lay
dying. Next morning there was peace
Senator McLaurin himself, while district
attorney of Smith county, Mississippi
rescued a negro from a mob of 1000,
He backed the trembling creature Up
against a tree, shielding him with his
hodv. drew a revolver and dared one OF
them to lay hands on the prisoner. Then
| seeing he had the situation in hand he
marched his man back to Jail.
The greatest mob of modern times &C.
Cured in New Orleans in 1892, when
eleven members of the Malta were taken
from the parish prison and hanged. They
were accused of having assassinated
| Chief OF Police Hennessey. Because Of
the Jury being bribed they were acquitted
Next morning half of New Orleans gath
cred around Clay statue, in Canal street.
A fiery address was made by Major
Parker, and then the mob rushed to the
Jail. After an hours bloody work some
one said: Let's go after the jury and
the detective who bribed IT,"
The jurymen had fled. But the detec-
tive, with one friend by his side at his
home, sent word to the mob where he was
and invited II TO come and do its worst.
But he was not visited, and that night he
freely walked the streets. II took cold
nerve 10 do this, but this man had II.
One day, twenty years ago, 1 sat on the
porch OF the Palace hotel (all hotels in
western Texas are palaces) at Sweetwater.
The saloon OF Schiefhin & Guillot was next
door. Across the street was another gin
mill, run by four brothers Of the lame OF
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-21

up the tiger by poking him with sharp
sticks, setting off firecrackers under him,
and squirting him with seltzer-water
siphons. The tiger merely changed his posi-
ton, displaying a certain ill-humor toward
the humans who were tormenting him, but
showing no intention Of bothering the bull
who was not annoying him. 1t was then
decided to let the second tiger in. This
one approached the bull. but after having
his paw hooked by the bulls horn he went
speedily to Join the other of his kind. There
was great dissatisfaction among the spec
tators on account of the refusal OF the ami
mails to fight. and the management
promised another fight for the next day.
Scarcely, however. had the bull been re-
turned to the stable, says the French jour
nalist, when the police took 1t into their
heads to take the part of the peaceful anil
mails as against the feroctous onlookers.
They broke into the arena, drove out the
spectators, and arrested the organizers OF
the sport, who protested vehemently against
this invasion Of a private domain. Never
theless, they were carried off to the police
sation. The animals, remarks the French
Journalist, which did not want to fight, did
not fight. but they saw men quarrellng
among themselves, and that at least may
have given them some pleasure.-Collier's
Weekly.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-21
A BULL FIGHTS TWO TIGERS
Lords of the Jungle Show Wholesome
Respect for Bulls
Horns.

In the bull-ring at Juarez, Ell Paso. Tex,
on October IS last, there was held a fight
between a bull and a tiger. According to
the newspaper reports, the animals, which
were locked in an iron cage, fought fiercely.
The bull, although hampered by lack Of
space finally dispatched the tiger; not,
however, until he was himself wounded
so seriously that he will die. Thousands
of people paid admission and saw the
bloody, brutal spectacle. The Mexican Of
ficials make no effort to stop 1t. A similar
fight was held in Franco last summer. and
some of its phases are shown in photo
graphs. The battle was arranged by
some Frenchmen of Marseilles, who
built a large circular iron cage on a
private estate near that city because
the police authorities had refused to give
permission for a public exhibition. About
a hundred people were admitted and several
hundred more looked on from ~neighboring
roofs and treetops. Two Sumatra tigers
and one Spanish bull were the principal
actors. The tigers. however, according to
the report Of a French journalist who was
a spectator, were not in fighting mood on
that day. The first one made a feeble
attempt at seizing the bull by tho neck,
but the latter tossed him away, and there
after the tiger crouched against the iron
bars as far away from his opponent as
possible. The bull, too, apparently had
enough, for he remained calmly In the
center of III. cage. Attendants waved red
flags, but the bull did not seem to be in
terested in these. Then they tried to start
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-21

Ward. They came across the street leis-
urely, walked inside and began firing.
After numbering the three men connected
with their rival saloon they returned to
their own place and sent to a livery stable
for horses.
In those days every Texan was sup
posed to be a fighter. Cowboys, team
sters and ranchmen were in this town
by the hundreds. They collected in a
body. BY this time the Ward boys had
got their feet in stirrups, and with six
shooters fl%ourishing rode away. No one
followed, no one gave the m to
halt. The grim courage of the assassins
appalled, and awed them.
Fake the case of Robert Sims, in Choc-
taw county, Alabama, fifteen years ago.
Sims was a free-love advocate. He made
moonchine and defied the revenue col
~lectors. One day he was oyerpowered
and was being transported to Mobile,
when some of his followers overlook the
deputy marshal's posse, killed three of
them, rescued Sims and took him back.
On Christmas day, 1891, six of his men
were lynched. Still, in his home, with
his two beautiful daughters as his only
aid, he held off a mob of 1000 for nine
days. At last, however, he was lynched.
In one of the small villages of Har-
rison county, Indiana, in which, by the
way, there never was the face of a col
ored man shown since 1869, a mob took
a woman out one night and. stripping
her, whipped her brutally. The charge
was that she had mistreated her step
children At the time of the assault her
husband was absent. But next day this
man, suspecting the barbarians, visited
each and every one individually, tweaked
their noses and spat in their faces. Then
he went home unscathed to nurse his
wife's wounds.
Speaking of mobs, I must tell a story.
Some time ago, when the defaulting state
treasurer, i. A. Burke, ran a New Orleans
newspaper, a man was arrested in one
of the parishes across Manchase, charged
with a heinous crime. Mr.. Burke sent a
reporter over In a tug, there being no
other means of communication. The tel
egraph wires were down. The mob that
had gathered hesitated about using the
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-21
Life An Apartment Houses.

Owners of some apartment houses In st.
Louis haV added a clause to their leases
which reads as follows; And II Is fur
Their agreed by and between both parties
that, shall the lessee cook or permit to be
cooked in the said premises any onions,
cabbage or other odoriferOus vegetables OF
anything which shall penetrate the common
halls Of the premises. either in odor or
smoke, this lease shall be void" This looks
like an attempt TO deprive the family OF the
natural right to enjoy what they like at
that Il is good law. One of the legal opln-
ions given says: The restrictions are In
the mutual interest OF tenants. The pro-
hibit certain thinEs which would tend TO
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-21

rope. Finally the reporter interceded:
See here, boys" he said, IF you are
going to lynch this man, do 1t now. I've
just got time to reach the office to get
the item in the paper"
And to accommodate the reporter the
man was hanged. and the reporter scored
a scoop.-Chattanooga Times.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-21
Why They Parted.

Vernon told me this morning" relates
the woman with the cold blue eye, that
he passed the tree where two years ago he
carved your Initials and his own, and en-
circled them with a heart. He says he felt
so glad he almost danced with joy"
"Ah," said the tall brunette. a~nXiously,
then he must still love me after all? Did
he tell you why he felt so happy"
Yes, dear; he said some men were cut
ting the tree down!'-Judge.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-21
On the Job,

You say you wish to speak to me, young
mann"
YES, sir: on a matter concerning your
daughter"
But she told me she had definitely re-
jected you"
she said she would be a sister to me-
well, what have i to do with that?''
81 called to learn what lowance you
make her other brothers. Post.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-21

disturb the jewellers in the apartments
In several apartment houses in that city
the mo children" clause is in force. It
aroused some opposition when first adopted,
but II holds good,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-21
East End Reputation.

The East End of London has recently
achieved a literary reputation for itself.
In the first place. out of the East End
slums has come a senior wrangler'' of
Oxford. II must be mentioned in passing
that It, is the "~wranglers' who take all
the honors at the university, and never be-
fore in the history of that great institu-
ton has a first honor man come from the
London slums. Another triumph for the
East End consists in the fact that new
Libraries have recently sprung up In various
parts of that %benighted section, and a
movement called THE Home Reading
Circle" is making great progress. Readers
who join this circle are expected to make
studies of certain books and to write es-
says on the subjects they treat. The vari-
Gus circles are controlled by the National
Home Reading union, which gives certi-
ficates TO the readers who show the great
est mastery OF their subjects. The presl-
dent Of the union is Princess Louise, who
makes a point Of signing all the certificates
Of merit with her own hand.
The literary awakening of the East End
in this manner is the outcome OF the work
started there by the late Sir Walter Besant
who helped. to build the Peoples palace in
the Whitechapel road. and his works are
immensely popular IN the neighborhood.
Since Besants death, a number of in
fluential authors, including Israel Fang
viii. PETIT Ridge. Jerome X. Jerome and
others have taken a keen personal interest
in this movement. The stranger who goes
to the East End today and imagines that
ne will find a class of ignorant people
similar to those who lived there before
Besants time, will be much mistaken.
ReRdinE Books to WOrkmen. p
Another interesting idea along the same
lies is the reading OF books during the
meal-times of the working classes. A num-
Der Of workers, for instance, who are oc-
cupied i'm the same building. will have their
lunch at the same table, and II is becom-
ing a custom for someone TO read during
lunch hour a book which has been chosen
by the circle committee. Instead Of every
one talking about nothing in particular.
they listen to the book and discusss 1t
when they meet again at the usual weekly
gathering. The subscription to the circle
is Is cents a year.
CHARLES OGDENS.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-21

FRESH BALIIMUHE U1oIEHS,
Canned in Baltimore and shipped direct
to us. They ave the right flavor. s. II.
Buffet G. Son, 315 South Fourteenth street.
Daily picayune., 1908-07-09
ANNOUNCEMENT.

Erwin,s $ music school will be- gin next Monday, July 18th, at LaneDurg and will continue for ten days. Rates for the primary pupils $1.00, and for the advanc- ed $1. 50. For further informa- tion see R. D. Erwin, Conductor or J. B. Mum, Secretary.
Daily picayune., 1908-07-09
NEW YORK STORE. L. SUCKLE, Proprietor.

loon by saying 70, this is over drawn. Nay verify, the dalk- est picture that was ever drawn by mortal tongue or pen, descrip- tive of the ravages of liquor, was not overdrawn. for who can de- scribe the unutterable anguish of a fond heart when 1t sees it's lov- ed ones suffer the results of li- quor, or the blackness of despair when a fond mother sees the door of the prison close on her own dear boy brought to deed of crime by the drink.
 An! verify the pictures are not oaerdrawn. They cannot be ov- erdrawn.
Daily picayune., 1908-07-09
TO
 q YEARS
Gus Williams Pleads Guilty to Second Degree Mur-
 der Gets Limit.

Little Rock, July 9.-A plea of guilty to murder in the se- cond degree is all that saved the
 neck of Gus Williams, a country negro who shot and killed his wife in Argenta several months ago. The negro was sentenced to serve 21 years in the peniten- tiary by Judge R. J. Lea, yes terday afternoon. This is the highest penalty that could be as- sessed, or it would have been
 more, for it was shown that Will Hams shot his wife because she would not get up in the middle of the night and leave the house where they were stopping in Ar genta and return to the farm with him. He claimed a negro man was in the room with his wife at the time shot, but wom- en sleeping in the room. over which the brained woman fell, denied this. After killing his wife, Williams went to her fath- CT and told him he had killed a man and wanted money to leave
Daily picayune., 1908-07-09
STATE ATHLETIC AS-
 ISOLATION GROWS
Russellville High School Be- comes Member Hendrix
 Champion Base Ball.

Little Rock, July 9. Prof. O.. D. Longstreth. president of the State athletic association, has just received the agreement of the Russellville high school to abide by the rules of the associa- tion, and requesting admission. This now makes 26 colleges and schools in the association. This school was brought in by Prof. w. A. Crawford, one of the founders of the association, who will next year be the superinten- dent of the Russellville schools. Prof. Longstreth is now making up the standing of the schools and colleges which claim the State championship in base ball. Hendrix college will recieve the honor for the colleges, but the championship for the high schools is in doubt. It rests betwee the Clary Training School and the Crosset High School at pres ent, and will go to one of these two unless the Fort Smith school which made the best record of the season, and has the strongest claim, makes it's report within the next few days. Prof. Long, streth is holding the books open to see if Fort Smith in- tends making a claim for the pennant.
 |
Daily picayune., 1908-07-09

Good Ice Cream delivered quick from Howard Terry's, Phone 200.
Daily picayune., 1908-07-09
R RW.C.T.U.
DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY.
(tfrS. Jennie Cdrv piftmdn,
 Editor.

Ge are frequently told nowa- |s that drink plays only a mi part in the divorce evil.
 robably if all the particulars fe told in divorce cases we bld find that in many cases kre drink is not mentioned, k actually have their origin in sky and beer. In a certain the other day seven women e granted divorces. Three s were, on the surface, drink (s. The published report sug- led drink in three of the oth-
 the first case tried the wife fled: He came home about in the morning and wanted hch. When 1 didn't want to t out for him he hit me. l
 ran to a neighbor's and sent vate detective over to ask to take a Turkish bath and E up. Did he do it? l should bot. He sent back word that |ould put my coffin against wall under the telephone and escribei my shroud he was B to buy for me, so l didn't ear him any more. He used me home two or three times ek and abused me.
 mother case the report says: tie Gilson testified that her lnd dragged her across the
 and tried to hold her face
 st a hot stove. She left because he came home drunk
 ten"
 w, don't satisfy your con- ce in holding up for the sa-
Daily picayune., 1908-07-09
ATTENTION, COMRADES OF CAMP BRAGG

You are hereby commanded to meet at the court house on Sat- urday, July II, at three o'clock, D. m., to make arrangements for our annual reunion. All citizens who will help us in our effort, please meet us on that day. Only a few years longer and the old boys will bother no longer.
 o. l.. MoNCRIEF, Com.
Daily picayune., 1908-07-09

the country, which was refused him. He claimed to have shot his wife accidentally, she having gotten between him and the man when he was shooting. The ne- gro tried to slip letters out of the county jail and get friends to conjure up evidence for him, but they were intercepted and read in the court when the negro made a plea for his life yester- day.
Daily picayune., 1908-07-09
| HAVE COME TO STAY.

have bought the Daniels shoe and harness shop and am now ready to do all kinds of leather work. When you want gooC work try a man that learned by eS perience. If you are not satisfied with the work it won't cost you a cent. See Fletcher Bolls in the old store by Geo. Terry's.
 o. F. BOLLS.
Daily picayune., 1908-07-09
BOUGHTON.

The farmers are needing rain.
 A large crowd attended the picnic last Saturday.
 The Boughton school opened last Monday with a good attend ance. Miss Abbie Hale is a good teacher and we expect to have a good school.
 We regret to see our friend, MT. 1. N. Clark leave. He in- tends to make a physician of himself.
Daily picayune., 1908-07-09
|CHURC H E s
 and PASTORS.
METHODIST SUNDAY SCHOOL.

School conducted next Sunday by T. R. Wright. Practical ap- plication of the lesaon by J. O. A. Bush. Hymns 112. 121, 155, 191 and 99. F. k. MURRAH, Supt.
Daily picayune., 1908-07-09
SPECIAL NOTICE.

I hereby call a meeting of the stock holders of the Farmers Union Warehouse Co.,, to meet at New Salem, July 18th, 1908, one o'clock, D. m. Important business pending.
 w. C. JONES, Pres.
Daily picayune., 1908-07-09
THREE OUT OF FOUR.

N LITTLE ROCK is again NJ on the baseball may, be-
 cause of the Travellers 1 taking three out of four game from Montgomery, and the tail-enders from Birmingham op- ening here today. The Travellers play the Barons four games, and Manager Finn hopes to be we'll above the 500 mark before the end of the week. With the team winning consistently Little Rock goes baseball mad, and the crowds at West End Park are in- creasing in size daily. Finn has signed new infielder. who will be played at short if there is not an improvement in Stark's work. He is Wilhelm, a collegian.
Daily picayune., 1908-07-09
A NEW ENTERPRISE,
 BLEvINS CANNING GO.
Has a Capacity of About 10, ,000 Three Pound
 Cans Per Day.

The Blevins Canning Company of Blevins Ark, is now running at full blast, working about fifty men. women and children. It has a capacity of about 10000 three pound cans per day, and is now running day and half of the night. This cannery was put up by the citizens of that community which composed the Blevins Fruit Growers Association. It has a paid up capital of 5000, with w. F. Smyth, president; F. c. Stephens, business mana ger.
 There are some of the finest orchards around Blevins that can be found in the State and the people there are wide awake and progressive. The land is espec- ially adapted to the Elberta peaches and will grow them as fine as anywhere in the country.